Chapter 216: Peering From the Dark! Ugly Doesn't Affect Its Practicality!

"Ahem."

The old man's face showed an awkward expression when he heard this.

He touched his messy beard unnaturally: "This is not... This is not..."

No matter what, the first suspects must be outsiders!

Who would want to suspect their own people?

Qiao Bai: "I can understand."

Listening to Qiao Bai's words, the old man smiled with relief.

Qiao Bai continued: "It has been a while since Wanmu City was blocked, so have you found anything?"

"Or are you going to keep people locked up like this."

The old man and Qiao Bai looked at each other.

The visitor was not kind to the best of his ability.

But it was obvious.

This matter must be given a fair explanation and treatment.

In the end, the old man took a step back.

"You are right, we have been investigating those foreign professors and scholars for several days, but we have found nothing."

"Nothing."

Dara Zaxi's tone was indescribably heavy.

Qiao Bai could understand his mood.

Investigated.

But nothing was found.

There are only two possibilities.

One is that the person who committed the crime is really good at hiding, and must have done a good job of investigation and preparation in advance.

It was not discovered before.

Nothing can be found after further investigation.

Another possibility is that the person who committed the crime is not an outsider at all, but a local resident of Wanmu City.

From the perspective of blood, customs and habits.

Wanmu City still retains ethnic culture to a certain extent.

The blow to them when their own people commit crimes will be more serious than they imagined.

But for Qiao Bai, it seems that it has little to do with him?

Let them solve their own problems.

After communication.

Qiao Bai met Zhou Xinran and others smoothly.

"Qiao Bai?!"

Hearing the sound of the door opening, he thought that those people from Wanmu City came to ask some questions again.

He turned his head impatiently and looked in the direction of the door.

Then Zhou Xinran saw the person who had never thought of appearing here.

Others: "?"

Huh?

Qiao Bai?

This name sounds familiar!

Then look at the person at the door.

Seems familiar too?

Then everyone reacted.

It's not that he looks familiar, they really know this person.

They matched Qiao Bai's name and appearance.

"You..."

Qiao Bai walked in and interrupted what Zhou Xinran wanted to say.

He took the initiative to talk about the current situation in Wanmu City.

"... That's about it." Qiao Bai omitted the part about Jianmu and the sacred tree and didn't elaborate.

He said everything else that could be said.

Including why they were temporarily detained.

Everyone: "..."

"No, what does their lost things have to do with us!"

"Maybe...the despicable outsiders stole it?"

"I am also speechless! Really speechless!"

"That wreath sounds like it is indeed very important. If so, it is understandable that they are nervous, but it does not mean that I have to accept it."

Everyone is talking at the same time.

Zhou Xinran suddenly said: "This matter really has nothing to do with our people."

The room was suddenly quiet.

The people who were just complaining indignantly suddenly quieted down.

How to say this?

Everyone will promise solemnly.

But it is hard to tell whether it is true or not.

"Anyway, thank you." After throwing out such a big thunder that made everyone suspicious of each other, Zhou Xinran looked at Qiao Bai.

She said to Qiao Bai gratefully.

Qiao Bai shook his head: "It's okay."

Jianmu's discovery alone is quite worth it.

Zhou Xinran didn't think so.

Qiao Bai knew where she was, but that didn't mean he had an obligation to look for her.

Zhou Xinran moved closer to Qiao Bai and asked in a low voice, "Can't we get out if we don't find her?"

"Not really."

Qiao Bai, who was treated as his own child by Jianmu, said confidently.

"But it's better to find out who stole the wreath."

Thinking that the wreath came from Jianmu, Qiao Bai felt that he should still pay attention to this matter.

Zhou Xinran nodded, "Of course, and I suspect this matter..."

Zhou Xinran paused and glanced at Qiao Bai.

Qiao Bai: "?"

What are you looking at him for?

Before Qiao Bai could ask, he heard Zhou Xinran lower his voice again and said in a low voice.

"And I suspect this matter is related to the previous incident of your research results being leaked."

At the end, Zhou Xinran's voice was close to a whisper.

Only Qiao Bai, who was beside Zhou Xinran, could hear it.

Qiao Bai: "..."

Uh.

Qiao Bai opened his mouth and wanted to explain something.

Then he realized that this was really hard to explain.

Maybe?

Although there was no sign of his research results being leaked from the inside, most of the news was more like a compilation and speculation of bits and pieces on the Internet.

But maybe?

Who knows if someone, or a foreign force, targeted something with special beast-controlling power when the Jianmu wreath was stolen this time.

"Let's investigate first. If possible, we can help together." Qiao Bai said with a smile.

Hearing this, Zhou Xinran stared at Qiao Bai with a strange look.

Qiao Bai: "?"

"Okay." Zhou Xinran nodded.

I didn't ask Qiao Bai how he did it, and how the locals in Wanmu City believed them.

Anyway, they also want to find a way to investigate together.

When these pet professors and scholars reappeared in the square, both tourists and locals showed surprised expressions.

Hmm?

Hmm hmm?

"Good guy."

The young man who was taught a lesson by the aunt walked to Qiao Bai's side.

He pushed Qiao Bai's shoulder with his shoulder.

"I thought you were really going to never come back, but I didn't expect..."

The young man's eyes shifted from Qiao Bai to Zhou Xinran beside Qiao Bai.

Unexpectedly, Qiao Bai not only came back by himself.

He also brought back the pet professors who seemed to be locked up before.

"How did you do it!"

Qiao Bai smiled: "They are still easy to talk to."

The young man gave Qiao Bai a look that said "Guess I believe it?"

Qiao Bai smiled but didn't say anything.

Seeing this, the young man scratched his head and didn't ask any more questions.

Qiao Bai found a place to sit down casually.

Zhou Xinran sat next to Qiao Bai, and the young man and the old lady also came over.

Several people chatted casually.

Just then.

Qiao Bai vaguely felt as if someone's eyes were on him.

"Ah."

"It seems that I really guessed it right."

Qiao Bai said with a smile.

Zhou Xinran: "?"

"Guessed what."

Originally thought it would take several more days.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Xinran and other foreign pet professors were released, and the real mastermind couldn't hold back.

Qiao Bai even wanted to ask.

No?

How did such a person hide until now without being discovered?

He really doesn't doubt his own people at all, right?

Qiao Bai was a little speechless.

Fortunately, the old man was not really a vegetarian.

After learning that Qiao Bai had communicated with the sacred tree, and the sacred tree was very angry about their loss of the wreath.

He thought that this was because they did not attach importance to the wreath.

The old man Dara Zaxi immediately abandoned those unnecessary entanglements and his kindness to his own people.

Investigate.

We must get to the bottom of it.

Put the wreath back in place!

We must not let the Lord of the Godly Tree calm down!

So...

"We caught him." The old man stroked his beard and said seriously.

Qiao Bai was a little speechless: "Aren't you guys quite fast?"

"Why did it take so long before?"

Qiao Bai was really speechless.

Aza and other young people looked at Qiao Bai's impolite appearance and immediately wanted to scold Qiao Bai's behavior.

But they were stopped by the old man.

"No."

"He's right, this time we were indeed too... incompetent."

Hearing this, Aza and the others showed angry expressions on their faces.

Because of the old man's obstruction, their anger could not be directed at Qiao Bai.

So they all went to the guy who stole the wreath.

"Damn it! I didn't expect it would be you, Lama!"

"Lama is usually kind. When the wreath disappeared, it was this guy who reminded me that it might be related to those outsiders... I..."

"Who would have thought that this guy would deliberately lead us like this!"

He got angrier and angrier as he talked!

Qiao Bai also took a look.

The man called Lama was a middle-aged man.

He looked a little dark.

He tilted his head, so his specific appearance could not be seen clearly.

He looked taciturn.

At first glance, he did look like a very reliable and kind old man.

Seeing that they were talking more and more, Qiao Bai waved his hand, a little impatient: "I am not interested in the reasons for stealing the wreath, etc. I am too lazy to listen to people kneeling, crying and repenting."

Rama: "..."

Hearing Qiao Bai's voice, Rama immediately remembered how he was exposed.

He looked up angrily and glared at Qiao Bai fiercely.

Qiao Bai ignored him.

Scared?

Impossible.

"Where's the wreath."

"We can get out after we get it done."

It's not 24 hours yet. If we hurry up, we may not have to bother the alliance.

"This..." Hearing Qiao Bai's question, the old man's expression gradually became embarrassed.

Qiao Bai: "?"

Qiao Bai also thought of a possibility.

"No way?" Qiao Bai said in surprise: "The wreath should have been preserved for many years. Is it so easy to be destroyed?"

Qiao Bai didn't quite believe it.

But the old man showed a bitter expression on his face: "I don't believe it either, but... but... hey!"

The old man pushed a square, not very big, simple wooden box in front of Qiao Bai.

Looking down.

Inside was something broken into pieces, colorful like glass.

Wreath.

Qiao Bai's expression was a little surprised.

It looked like an ordinary wreath in the photo.

But why did the real thing look more like some kind of glass crystal?

"Lord Shenshu..." Darazaxi said with a bitter taste in his mouth.

Qiao Ba didn't say anything.

What would Jianmu think when he saw the broken wreath?

He didn't know.

Qiao Bai just wanted to return the wooden box when he found that he couldn't push it.

Qiao Bai: "?"

Qiao Bai suddenly came back to his senses and looked at Darazaxi in front of him with a shocked look.

No? !

What do you want to do, old man!

Qiao Bai asked with a horrified look.

"This beastmaster..."

"Stop!" Qiao Bai stretched out his hand and interrupted the old man's unfinished words.

Qiao Bai rubbed his arms, his face full of disgust: "Don't call me like that, if you call me like that, it's definitely not good!"

Although.

Qiao Bai has not forgotten that this old fox was planning to plot against him at first.

Old fox... No, after hearing what Qiao Bai said, the old man's face also showed a little bit of embarrassment.

A little bit.

"I apologize to you for my previous behavior." Darazaxi's expression was extremely sincere.

"I still want to ask you about the wreath..." Darazaxi didn't say the rest of the words, and looked at Qiao Bai with a pleading look.

The atmosphere in the room gradually became weird.

Aza and other young people wanted to say something, but seeing that Darazaxi, the clan leader, was so sincere to Qiao Bai, they didn't dare to do anything.

Zhou Xinran frowned.

"If there is danger..."

"It's okay." Qiao Bai shook his head.

Looking at the wreath in the wooden box, Qiao Bai nodded and agreed to help them communicate with Jianmu about this matter.

"I'll try, but I can't guarantee it."

"Thank you very much!"

...

This communication process is much simpler than Qiao Bai imagined.

Jianmu, who originally treated Qiao Bai as his own child, wanted to dote on Qiao Bai.

Qiao Bai brought the broken wreath to Him.

Explain the truth of the matter.

It's probably a story of jealousy.

Jealous that the young man is better than him.

Jealous that the young man is more valued than him.

Obsessed.

Did this kind of thing.

Jianmu shook the branch: "Oh."

Not really caring.

"So what should we do about this?" Qiao Bai raised the wooden box with the broken wreath fragments in his hand and asked Jianmu.

Jianmu: "Do you want it?"

Qiao Bai: "?"

"Why do I need this? It's useless."

"Why is it useless?"

Qiao Bai was stunned by Jianmu's question.

Wait?

What does this mean?

Qiao Bai understood it, and he looked at Jianmu in surprise.

"You mean... even if this thing has been broken into pieces, it is still useful?" Qiao Bai didn't understand, Qiao Bai was surprised.

But Jianmu nodded as a matter of course: "Of course, this is the condensation of my power."

"The shape is just a casual thing."

"The change in shape does not affect its function."

Qiao Bai: "..."

This explanation... is so damn reasonable.

"Okay, then I'll send it back to them later." Qiao Bai put away the wooden box.

He didn't forget the old man's heartbroken expression when he saw the wreath before.

Although Wanmu City did something unfair this time.

But this does not mean that Qiao Bai hates Wanmu City.

This method of controlling beasts through the use of blood is still very useful.

Qiao Bai was about to leave: "Remember to resume normal entry and exit."