Purgatory Artist-Chapter 160: All of Them

"What, you're saying that the monster took over His Highness' body?" Liu Ping was surprised.

"When the royal family gave me the medal, I got close to His Highness and completed that parasitism," Qian Wuzhou answered.

Liu Ping pondered for a bit, then spoke: "Qian Wuzhou."

"I'm here," Qian Wuzhou answered.

"When you were alive, did you really die to save someone?" Liu Ping asked.

"Yes," Qian Wuzhou answered.

"... You've already done something stupid when you were alive, why didn't you learn your lesson after death?" Liu Ping asked again.

"I don't quite understand what you mean, Liu Ping," Qian Wuzhou answered.

"Now that I'm the master of your soul, when you lie to me, your soul will produce a fluctuation similar to a breach of contract, I'll sense it," Liu Ping answered.

Qian Wuzhou was stunned, his gaze became even deeper.

Liu Ping sighed, then spoke: "This is your last chance, tell me, who was the parasitized person?"

"I just don't understand one thing," Qian Wuzhou answered.

"Speak"

"I'm clearly the most hardworking person, to achieve my goal, I've put in more effort than any of you, why are you always the lucky one?" Qian Wuzhou was unwilling to accept this.

"Hardworking? During that war, the War Sequence had been choosing people who could be of use, but you only cared about running for your life, of course you wouldn't be chosen to protect the royal bloodline, "Liu Ping casually answered.

At this point, two lines of text appeared in front of his eyes:

[This Divine Seat Supremacy has ended]

[You will return to Eternal Night and return to your original location]

His surroundings suddenly changed.

Liu Ping found himself back in the secluded alleyway.

In a flash — — -

Qian Wuzhou suddenly screamed in pain.

"What happened to you!?" Liu Ping rushed forward and quickly chanted the [Holy Chant] technique.

But it was too late.

Qian Wuzhou's figure was torn apart by a black light.

At the last moment, he saw Liu Ping quickly chanting the incantation and tried his best to stop screaming, then quickly spoke: "The target of the soul wasn't His Highness, It wants to control everything as soon as it enters this empire... NO, Your Majesty...... I haven't come into contact with anyone...."

Before he could finish, his body turned into a bright light, then gradually dimmed, and finally turned into nothingness.

A line of burning text appeared in front of Liu Ping's eyes:

[Qian Wuzhou's soul was struck by a curse, it has completely dissipated]

His soul dissipated.

This was the end of everything. From now on, no matter where he was, there would be no Qian Wuzhou.

Liu Ping could not help but hold his forehead and say, "It broke at the most crucial point. You did it on purpose, right, Qian Wuzhou?"

Silence reigned.

The three monsters turned back into Cards and entered the void of space to hide.

Liu Ping stood quietly in the quiet and dark alley. He thought for a moment before walking out.

When Qian Wuzhou said the following three sentences, his soul didn't fluctuate at all.

"... I haven't come into contact with anyone ..."

"It wants to control everything as soon as it enters this empire ..."

"No, your majesty ..."

Control everything?

Then it could only be the royal family.

If it wasn't His Highness, then the scope of the remaining targets was even smaller. It could be confirmed that it was someone from the royal family.

Then, he added, "I haven't come into contact with anyone."

In that case, which member of the royal family had Qian Wuzhou come into contact with?

Liu Ping walked faster and faster and turned back to the main road. He found a newspaper stand with its lights on and threw in a few coins.

"The Empire Times for the past few days." He said to the newspaper stand.

"Please take it." A voice came from the newspaper stand. A few newspapers were spat out from the paper outlet and caught by Liu Ping.

Liu Ping took the newspapers and flipped through them under the light.

In a short while, he finished flipping through more than half of the newspapers and put them aside.

"Attention, you're reading too quickly." The newspaper stand said in a low and muffled voice.

"Why do you care? I'm just looking for some current news. "Liu Ping said without looking up.

"Is that so? What news are you looking for? I can help you search for it. "The newspaper stand leaned forward slightly and asked enthusiastically.

"... Nothing. Good night."

Liu Ping kept all the newspapers and turned to leave the newspaper stand.

He walked a few streets before he opened the most important newspaper again.

A line of eye-catching headlines came into view.

"Today, His Majesty the Emperor personally awarded the Empire Medal of Bravery to the frontline soldiers."

Qian Wuzhou received the Empire Medal of Bravery!

"It wants to control everything as soon as it enters this empire ..."

"No, Your Majesty..."

"... I haven't come into contact with anyone ..."

His Majesty the Emperor.

This was the truth.

Liu Ping let out a long sigh and muttered softly, "Fortunately, I've read a lot of books on survival in the wild. It might be useful when I'm on the run ... Should I leave tonight?"

His footsteps slowed down and finally stopped.

There was one thing that was almost forgotten.

Fire Fang had followed Qian Wuzhou but was almost exposed when he killed the police.

At that time, the giant gray shadow and the volcanic eruption-like spell were quite shocking.

Qian Wuzhou didn't have that kind of power.

In other words, it wasn't him who did it, but the monster behind him!

Who did the monster kill to attract the police's attention?

Liu Ping thought for a moment and threw out a card from thin air.

Bang!

The pastoral dog Fire Fang appeared.

"Do you still remember the place where Qian Wuzhou killed people?"

"Woof." 

"Very good, let's go there immediately."

A man and a dog ran quickly on the street. They passed through the spacious road paved with hard stones and walked into the depths of the night.

Ten minutes later.

Liu Ping stood in front of the ruins of a building that was burned to black ash.

"Which building?" Liu Ping asked.

"Woof!" Fire Fang barked.

Liu Ping looked at the road sign by the side of the road and saw three words written on it:

"Floating Light Road."

The buildings on both sides of the road were still in good condition. Each building had a number nailed to it. They were number 17, 18, 19, 20 ... 22.

The building that was burned down was number 21.

Liu Ping was stunned for a moment. Suddenly, he flipped his hand and took out a letter.

This letter was sealed with a black seal. It was heavy inside.

This was a letter of introduction from Teacher Ted.

"A letter of introduction. Pick a time tomorrow and go to number 21 Floating Light Road. Just give this letter to the owner there."

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Teacher Ted asked him to come to number 21 Floating Light Road.

However, before he could come, the building had been burned down and the people inside had been killed by the monster.

According to Teacher Ted, this was the place where the naturalists gathered.

Why did the monster kill the naturalists?

Liu Ping fell into deep thought.

The sound of a carriage rolling over the cobblestone road came from afar.

A carriage slowly drove onto the road and stopped in front of the burned house.

Two middle-aged men in plain clothes hurried down the carriage and stood in front of the ruins, sighing.

"What did the police say?"

"They're investigating too. After all, they also lost someone."

"The gatekeeper is dead ... It's worth our vigilance ..."

As the two of them talked, one of them turned his head and looked at Liu Ping from afar. Then, he looked away indifferently.

After a moment.

He suddenly turned his head and looked at Liu Ping again. His gaze was focused on the letter in Liu Ping's hand.

He patted his companion and pointed at Liu Ping as he said something.

Soon, his companion also saw the letter.

After a while of discussion.

The two of them walked in front of Liu Ping.

"May I ask, how did you get this letter?" One of them asked.

Liu Ping felt that there was nothing he couldn't say. After all, the two of them had the same title above their heads.

"Naturalist."

This was a group of people who liked to collect all kinds of knowledge. They should know Teacher Ted.

Liu Ping simply said, "My teacher gave it to me."

"Your teacher is —"

"Ted."

When he said this, he saw the two people opposite him smile slightly.

"You must be Liu Ping."

"You know me?"

"Of course, the letter in your hand is a necessary formality. But Ted had already informed us in advance." One of them said.

"Come with us, Liu Ping." The other said.

Liu Ping looked at the carriage and then at the two of them. He said, "Alright."

The three of them got on the carriage and sat down.

"Let me formally introduce myself. I'm the historian, Du Lei."

"I'm the biologist, Jayce."

"Nice to meet you."

The carriage began to move slowly.

"Liu Ping, since there's still time, why don't we talk about knowledge?" Du Lei asked.

"Sure, but my knowledge is limited. I hope you don't mind." Liu Ping said with interest.

"What's your research direction?" Jayce asked.

"I've only been in Evernight for half a year. My research direction is nothing." Liu Ping said.

"Oh, that's makes sence. After all, you're too young and came late. That's the truth." Du Lei said.

Jayce nodded and said hesitantly, "Then, what books have you read?"

"The books in the Royal Academy's library." Liu Ping said.

"Ah, how nostalgic. I also graduated from the Royal Academy. It has the most complete collection of books in the Empire. Isn't that right?" Du Lei said.

"That's right. A copy of any newly compiled book must be kept in the Royal Academy's library. It's the biggest treasure house of knowledge." Jayce said.

"Then, Liu Ping, what kind of books have you read?" Du Lei asked with a smile.

"What kind of books?" Liu Ping spread his hands and said, "I'm a librarian there, so I've read all of them."

"Haha, you've read all of them? Yes, there are more than a million books there. It's not bad to be able to finish them. "

"Speaking of which, being a librarian does have this advantage. He can stay in the library and read all the time."

The two of them laughed and said something.

Suddenly, they seemed to realize something and stared at Liu Ping together.

"Wait ..." Du Lei muttered.

"What he said — — Could it be that he's finished reading all of them?" Jayce said.

"There's no ambiguity in what he said just now. I guess that's what he meant." Du Lei took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his forehead.