Chapter 83 Return to Xuan Lou

  Li Mang's one move caused a disaster, successfully pulling Yang Fan and Cai Guai into opposing positions, and this big fire immediately ignited.

  "Cai Cai, before the investigation, you should give me an explanation first!" Yang Fan adjusted his black-framed glasses and took the lead in questioning him: "You said I killed Liu Junsheng and framed the two former secretaries of the Ninth Group, right?"

  Duande and the disciplinary team next to him stared at Cai Chai with a hawk-like gaze. If it was confirmed that Cai Chai was indeed from Chiyou, this would undoubtedly be a big fish, and having discovered it through their own efforts would be enough to become their capital for promotion and boasting.

  Cai Cai's face turned iron-green with anger, he had hated Li Mao to death, but this matter was not enough to make him unable to respond. Since Yang Fan already knew what he was thinking, Cai Cai simply opened the window and spoke bluntly: "I'm not trying to frame Yang Guan Shi, it's just that Yang Guan Shi is too cunning and scary, my suspicions aren't baseless, if I had evidence, I would have reported him to the disciplinary committee long ago!"

  "I can't stop your suspicions, but to say such things about Li Mang without any evidence, is that something a responsible person would do?" Yang Fan pressed on.

  "...Sorry, this is my fault, I am willing to accept the organization's punishment!" However, Cai's response was astonishing, not only apologizing but also bowing deeply.

  Yang Fan was speechless, and Duan Xingde beside him was also at a loss. Cai Guai had admitted his mistake, but he had shifted the suspicion to almost nothing. Even if they continued to investigate, it was unlikely that they would find any useful leads. In fact, before Liu Junsheng's death, they had already investigated Cai Guai, but found no results. As for Cai Guai's admission of error now, at most it would be a warning and punishment, far from enough to bring him down.

  "What a pity..." Li Meng sighed in his heart, although he said that Cai Guai was his intentional calculation, but no matter whether he was an insider or not, Li Meng did not want him to be better off. But unexpectedly, this Cai Guai could still endure so much, the earlier he bowed his head, the lower the price he paid, without hurting his flesh and blood.

  This interrogation, Li Meng passed easily, Cai Chai didn't get to the bottom of it, and Yang Fan still maintained his mysterious and ambiguous attitude. As the investigation made no substantial progress, the intelligence team and the discipline team left reluctantly after recording their statements.

  "Li Meng, you're not bad, you even know how to scheme against others. But do you think dispersing the internal ghost's target can ensure your own safety? You're a bit too naive." Cai Cuo ridiculed Li Meng's ignorance in front of Yang Fan, then turned and left with a cold hum, also having his own ulterior motives.

  "Cai Guanshi, if you continue to stir up trouble and cause discord, be careful that I'll report you to the disciplinary committee. Don't think that just because we can't find evidence of your misconduct, you can get away with it!" Li Mang retorted with a cold snort, his attitude towards Cai Cai was one of intense dislike.

  "Heh heh!" Cai Cai just gave a sly smile, his back was already disappearing from the two people's line of sight.

  The idle people have left, and the nine courtyard is only left with Li Meng and Yang Fan. However, Li Meng does not feel at ease, but rather a bit uncomfortable. He still forced a smile and said to Yang Fan: "Sorry, Yang, this time we failed to complete the task smoothly."

  "No, you've done very well, better than I imagined." Yang Fan shook his head, not hiding his praise at all: "This time the situation was complicated, and it's already surprising that you're back alive. As for the mission, it wasn't easy either. The organization has cancelled this mission for you, so there won't be any bad records."

  "Many thanks, Yang!" Li Meng was truly grateful.

  "Don't be polite, take another day off!" Yang Fan waved his hand, indicating that Li Mang could go back.

  Watching Li Meng leave, Yang Fan's eyes were unusual, Li Meng was very good to him, but in this situation, being so good didn't seem normal. He could sense Li Meng's vigilance and even hostility towards him.

  "Tsai Tsai!" Yang Fan's eyes were icy cold.

  Back in his own courtyard, Li Meng first swept the floor and then went to the cafeteria to fetch back various dishes and stuffed them into the refrigerator. After finishing these chores, he came to the Xuanlou Library, intending to find some information about spiritual beasts. However, the vast ocean of books left him at a loss as to where to start his search.

  He quickly flipped through book after book in the sea of books, from morning to afternoon, until his eyes were about to ache, but he still couldn't find any information related to the Crystal Dragon, let alone a way to awaken the crystallized dragon.

  "What are you looking for."

  The question from behind made Li Meng's body stiff, and he was suddenly covered in cold sweat. Someone had approached him without his noticing, which was very dangerous. Turning back to look, it turned out to be the old man who guarded the library... The other party was actually a strong person, and it could be seen that every place in Yanhuang University was hidden with dragons and crouching tigers.

  "Senior!" Li Mang called out respectfully, in the world of cultivators, those who arrived first were considered senior, and the strong were revered. Moreover, this old man's age also made him worthy of being addressed as "senior".

  "What are you looking for?" The old man asked with a smile.

  Li Mang hesitated for a moment, knowing that his random search wasn't going to work, and the old man was the librarian, so he might know where the information he needed was. So he humbly asked: "I'm looking for information about the Crystal Dragon, but I haven't been able to find it."

  "Crystal Dragon?" The old man looked at Li Mang unexpectedly, pulled out a book from the front bookshelf called "Qí Wù Zhì", and slowly said: "The Crystal Dragon is extremely rare, generally not recorded in literature, ordinary people only know that it's a spiritual object, but don't know what its function is... The content you're looking for is on page 309. Next time you want to find something, ask me directly, don't mess with the books on the bookshelf."

  “……” Li Mang hesitantly took over, and soon found the 309th page. The content that caught his eye made his heart skip a beat, with the title being "Water Crystal Dragon". Watching the old man leave, he couldn't help but ask: "Senior, can you remember the contents of all the books in the library?"

  "It's fate, I'm helpless!" The old man said without turning his head.

  "...such a powerful talent, don't give it to me." Li Mang could only admire and envy, remembering the contents of all the books in the entire library, which requires such a developed brain.

  Then he shifted his gaze back to the documents in his hand, which were written in a grandiose ancient style and somewhat difficult to read. Fortunately, having studied for several years, it wasn't as if everything was completely black before his eyes.

  "Crystal Dragon, transformed from the Crystal Python's tribulation, a water-attribute spirit beast, its entire body transparent like crystal, can summon clouds and rain, can hide in nothingness, becomes stronger when encountering water..."

  The Crystal Wyrm can change its size at will, and before it exhausts its life force, it will transform into a statue to stop consuming energy. It can hold its breath for over 100 years. During this time, it can be revived by drinking blood, but not just any blood, it requires the essence of spiritual blood that has been soaked in the crystal for a long time.

  "Dragon's blood? Can the blood of a dragon beast work?" Li Mang asked doubtfully, re-reading it once more. He roughly thought it meant that too, if it said dragon beast's blood, using the blood of a black turtle should be worth trying.

  Li Mang's face lit up with joy when he obtained this information, but as he continued to read on, he was disappointed to find that there was no method to subdue the Crystal Dragon. Waking it up wasn't Li Mang's original intention; his ultimate goal was to subdue it. If he were to rashly wake it up, he might even get bitten back, and the Crystal Dragon's strength wasn't something to be taken lightly.

  Helpless, Li Mang could only come to the miscellaneous repair books, find various ways to tame the spiritual beasts from them, but unfortunately, he couldn't use most of them, except for one: forced taming.