Chapter 381: Another Zodiac Change on May 1

Words : 1939 Updated : Sep 19th, 2025

Chapter 381: Chapter 381: Another Zodiac Change on May 1 Zhou Mei shuddered from head to toe, "Why did I suddenly have such a strange thought?" "Take a good look at the case files from back then about the murder case. First, assume Li Yongsheng is the real culprit. Compare and see." "This case is already three years old, at this point... Forget it, I’ll ask Chief Zhang if I can retrieve them. If he asks why I’m so crazy, I’ll just say you’re the crazy one..." "Alright, alright, I’m leaving!" Lin Xiaosu clapped his hands and walked out of Zhou Mei’s room. Outside in the office, two officers, who had been staring at Zhou Mei’s door, immediately bowed their heads and pretended not to have seen anything when Lin Xiaosu came out. Using his Heavenly Tao Wisdom Eye and time space reversal, Lin Xiaosu read their earlier idle chat. Their chatter was rather bold. "You think our boss is really the new target of this little flirt?" "Looks like it!" "As police officers, can we allow our boss to be ruined like this?" "Then what do we do? Knock on the boss’s door and fine him three thousand?" Oh my goodness, who said police don’t gossip? Lin Xiaosu descended the mountain. Through the dark space between the trees, he vaguely saw the Mao Ren made by the Mad Taoist. He felt a sense of urgency; he was keen to know the results Zhou Mei would bring back... If this Li Yongsheng is indeed the real murderer who killed Zhang Xiaohua back then. Then the "cause and effect chessboard" would truly be complete. The cause and effect chessboard is the most bizarre setup under the heavens. In this setup, the master of cause and effect isn’t the murderer, nor did he disturb the chain of causality; he merely wove the cause and effect into the straw man, awakening the Heavenly Tao’s mark, to rectify through the hands of the Heavenly Tao. So, the true killer is the Heavenly Tao! The Heavenly Tao killing... It’s too profound. On this mysterious path, Lin Xiaosu wanted to learn this lesson. That night, Zhou Xi received her quarterly bonus and went to meet Li Fang. It’s what an employee should do; her boss and his wife had invested so much, if she didn’t understand its importance, that wouldn’t be good. However, she ignored one thing, and that’s the stimulating nature of the quarterly bonus itself. To avoid provoking Li Fang, she drastically lowered the bonus amount, only daring to mention two thousand to Li Fang, yet still shocked Li Fang off her feet... You actually have a quarterly bonus? And two thousand at that! Sister, can you please talk to your boss? I’ll do anything at your place—serve tea, sweep the floor, warm the bedding—cutting my salary in half is okay too... Feeling her wild enthusiasm, Zhou Xi suddenly understood her boss a bit more. Such a handsome guy, with such incredible earning skills, and the more crucial point is, Li Fang hasn’t even experienced his skills yet. If she did, what then? A man like him, only staying loyal to Sister Lan for so long, is quite principled... The next day at dusk. Zhou Xi just stepped out for her appointment. With a buzz, a car stopped at the entrance of the detective agency. Zhou Mei got out of the car, her face unusually pale. Entering the detective agency, she hurriedly said, "Xiaosu, what you said has come true!" Lin Xiaosu looked up, his expression ever-changing... Miao Ruolan brought some tea to Zhou Mei. Zhou Mei took a large sip and began to speak... She spent the entire day in the archives. The old case from three years ago on Tashan has truly come to a close. Zhang Xiaohua was killed, the murderer was never found, but they did find the stick that ravaged her lower body. This stick held some genetic material, which belonged to the suspect. Now, comparing this genetic material with Li Yongsheng’s, it’s a perfect match. The real murderer of her is Li Yongsheng. His alibi from back then was completely fabricated! In fact, he tailed Zhang Xiaohua all the way home and brutally murdered her on Tashan, before secretly returning to Yangcheng. At the time, police compared the genes of adult males from over ten villages surrounding Tashan and found no suspect. With solid evidence proving Li Yongsheng wasn’t at the scene, they didn’t include him in their investigation. So, they missed it! Such oversights were quite common then, and even now, given that the gene database currently only stores information on public officials, registered businesses, and those with a criminal record, most ordinary people aren’t included. In other words, Li Yongsheng’s Mao Ren death proved Lin Xiaosu’s seemingly mad utterance: this man deserved to die! With the first cup of tea finished, the event of Li Yongsheng’s death by Mao Ren was shelved. She had more shocking news to share... Between yesterday and today, she also checked four other reported Mao Ren killings, under the assumption that those killed by Mao Ren were truly deserving of death. Reversing the evidence showed two of these Mao Ren killings were deserved! "Deserved! So...that mysterious old Taoist is enforcing justice on behalf of the heavens?" Miao Ruolan, sitting under the lamp, rested her chin on her hand, a bit dazed. "Based solely on these three confirmed Mao Ren killings, it does seem like he’s enforcing justice on behalf of the heavens," Zhou Mei said. "However, if you take a broader view, he does seem a bit like a charlatan... Over the last ten years, he sold almost a thousand Mao Ren, but only thirteen resulted in death." "Out of a thousand Mao Ren sold, thirteen died, and only three of those deaths can be confirmed as deserved," Miao Ruolan frowned. "It seems like pure chance." The two women fervently discussed there. The image of the Mad Taoist kept being overturned and redefined... Lin Xiaosu’s gaze lifted, looking into the distance, the tea in his hand slowly went cold... But the fog in his heart slowly parted. He seemed to glimpse the truth... The Taoist’s Mao Ren were all woven with the Heavenly Tao cause and effect lines. Such a Mao Ren would only fill the gap and set things right if it encountered a true "Heavenly Tao oversight," but if it didn’t? Naturally, there was no follow-up. This is the fundamental reason why only thirteen people succeeded after thousands used his Mao Ren to cast the curse. For these thirteen people, the curse-caster’s judgment aligned with reality, and Heaven’s way returned the favor. For the rest, the curse-caster’s judgment did not align with reality, and Heaven naturally ignored them. Heaven’s way... Is it truly observing this world beyond mortal sight with an invisible eye? The starry sky is vast and boundless, and Lin Xiaosu, for the first time in his life, felt as small as an ant while gazing through the stars. It was already evening, and Zhou Mei needed to head to Tashan. Her core responsibility is to guard Tashan at night. Villainous acts usually happen at night. She must be on the mountain at night. She left. Lin Xiaosu quietly watched her back. Miao Ruolan extended her hand, took away the empty teacup in front of him, refilled it with tea, and handed it over: "Don’t worry, she is already an ancient martial arts expert, and the direction she chose to strengthen is her hand. Her combat power is currently comparable to mine." The Rejuvenation Skill is different from common martial arts in that it allows one to choose a direction to reinforce independently—this is also the fundamental purpose of this cultivation technique’s creation. The founding master, Miao Renjie, extracted the cultivation mental technique from countless palace scrolls and transformed it into the Rejuvenation Skill; extending ’Old Second’ was his ultimate goal. Lin Xiaosu held her hand and gently rubbed it: "So what about you? What direction did you choose to focus on?" "Guess!" Miao Ruolan felt a bit embarrassed under his tenderness. "Personally, I think you enhanced your charm. I think you have a lot of water..." "Huh?" Miao Ruolan clapped her hand over his mouth, itching to bite him. Water? With what you’ve been doing, as long as it’s not a water or power outage, who wouldn’t have a lot of water? But she couldn’t bring herself to say anything vulgar and could only confess honestly. She and Zhou Xi both chose the same direction—senses. Why? Due to work requirements. As detectives, the most important thing is the senses. Under the blessing of the Rejuvenation Skill, their hearing and sight have become exceptionally sharp. "How is the Blood Tower preparation going?" "I don’t know either. Check it later..." "Let’s not wait, go upstairs, shower, and conduct a thorough inspection!" The door of the Detective Agency was closed. They went upstairs. Entered the room, drew the curtains. Lin Xiaosu conducted a meticulous inspection, finding that Miao Ruolan’s Blood Tower was already largely prepared, though not as flawless as Lin Xiaosu’s, but compared to typical cultivators, it was much more solid. "You can start building the Blood Tower! From tomorrow, Zhou Xi and I will temporarily take over the Detective Agency, and you can focus on building the Blood Tower." Building a Blood Tower is a crucial step for cultivators. It generally requires several months in seclusion. But Miao Ruolan is not ordinary, she has a very attentive master. Every night while being intimately connected, guiding her True Qi without obstruction using the Heavenly Tao Primordial Spirit, her progress was swift. The tenth day! A red streak flashed across her forehead, vaguely forming the shape of a Blood Tower. Inside her, a complete Blood Tower was formed. "Xiao Su, it’s done!" Miao Ruolan was so happy, she plunged into his arms. "With the Blood Tower built, you have reached the Observing Earth Realm." Lin Xiaosu said, "Although you are a detective and the senses are more important than skills, there is a cultivation technique ready. I’ll teach it to you." "What is it?" "Dakongxuan!" Lin Xiaosu began... At first, Miao Ruolan giggled, then hummed softly with enchanting eyes, yet a magical route was born amidst this state. "This is the route of Dakongxuan, try it!" Lin Xiaosu’s voice whispered in her ear. Miao Ruolan sat up on the bed, casually picked up a pencil from the bedside, using True Qi, the pencil seemed to be surrounded by a rapidly spinning airflow, and then flew from her hand. It went through the window. Thud! The pencil pierced into the plane tree outside, the five-inch long body fully embedded. Miao Ruolan was stunned... In her hand, any object could be turned into a lethal weapon, with such astonishing lethality. Is it the power of the Observing Earth Realm, or the power of Dakongxuan? Whatever it was, she, Miao Ruolan, had taken a brand new step. Returning to Fengcheng, nearly half a month had passed. Tomorrow is May Day! Lin Xiaosu’s return to Fengcheng seemed like a leisure break amidst the intense game in Yangcheng, but it was actually for this very day. May Day, Ecliptic change day, as long as he was still breathing, he would certainly go to Liu Lin Temple. Because the Ecliptic change day is the most significant day in his life. No other compares. However, upon returning to Fengcheng, he still had unexpected gains. For instance, helping Ruolan overcome this obstacle on the cultivation path. For instance... The Law of Cause and Effect!

Chapter 381: Another Zodiac Change on May 1

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