"How are you?" Lu Xiaoling and I asked in unison.

Ma Bin's expression was a little embarrassed, and after a while, he said: "I just reported, and I don't understand anything, so my superiors asked me to be responsible for transmitting information first." ”

"What news did they ask you to bring?" Master Cao asked.

"Mokang City sent a set of photos, which were taken by accident by the surveillance on the street, and the technicians thought that it was Qi Mingfei after processing and comparison, and it was very likely that it was Qi Mingfei, and Director Dai had already led a team to rush over by plane."

"Why didn't you tell us to go along?" Lu Xiaoling asked.

Master Cao didn't say anything, just picked up the envelope and took out the photo.

The photo should be from a convenience store at a gas station, and the resolution is not very high, but Lu Xiaoling and I can see that it is him.

"He's going to Burma." Master Cao judged.

"Burma, Laos, or Thailand." Ma Bin said.

Master Cao once told me during his casual conversation that most of the developed countries in the world have engaged in a special struggle against religion similar to that of the Great Xia Empire, and although it may not be as fierce as that of Great Xia, without exception they have obtained a lot of resources for the development of science and the improvement of national power.

The same is true of Japan, the sworn enemy of Bactria in the Meiji period, when radical young military officers launched a surprise attack on the shrine forces and the extreme conservative faction they supported, Shintoism and Buddhism were almost completely wiped out in just a few years, tens of thousands of shrines and temples were burned down, and they became the first countries in Asia to become Westernized.

The exception is Southeast Asia, where the government is too weak to fight the wizards. Witchcraft was suppressed only for a period during the Japanese occupation, but after the war, everything was revived. Southeast Asia is still a stronghold of witchcraft to this day, and nowhere in the world does it have so many shamans and nowhere else do they have so many taboos.

Thailand and Malaya are the strongholds of the art of descent, and although it first originated in Bactria territory, it is in this region that it is truly famous. Although the head descender is an evil way in the eyes of Master Lu and Master Cao, it is undeniable that the Thai people respect the head descender no less than they do for high-ranking government officials.

If there is any place for people like Qi Mingfei to go, it must be here.

Mokang City is already only a little more than a hundred kilometers away from the border, and it is adjacent to three countries, most of which are dense forests, so it is no wonder that he runs to this place.

"I see." Master Cao put away the photo and said to Ma Bin.

"Then I'm leaving." Ma Bin saluted him a little awkwardly and left expressionlessly.

"Why did they exclude us?" Lu Xiaoling said dissatisfiedly.

"They've always been like that." Master Cao said. "I don't think I can find those books back this time."

"Won't it?" I screamed. I'm counting on them to help me get all the books back!

"Their gang, if it weren't for the fact that the high-level leaders no longer support it, would probably not hesitate to nationalize all the magic weapons and classics in the hands of our loose cultivators." Master Cao said. "Don't expect to get those books back, they'd be merciful if they could give you a copy, and normally you don't want to get them back as long as they get them in their hands."

"You have to be careful with the one you have now." He reminded me. "Don't let them know you have one more."

"Qi Mingfei may know." I hesitated, but I still confessed to Master Cao. Lu Xiaoling and I studied the book at Qi Mingfei's house that night, and if he hadn't fallen asleep, he must have heard our conversation.

"It is perhaps more precious than all the books my uncle gave you."

This is what Lu Xiaoling said at the time, Qi Mingfei's target must have this book in it, if he is caught, will he confess?

"Then we can only pray that Qi Mingfei was killed on the spot by them." Master Cao said. It's impersonal, but it's realistic.

"Now let's talk about the two of you." He said suddenly.

These words sounded very ambiguous to me, but Lu Xiaoling's face became serious.

"Xiaoling, I have long known that a will cannot stop you from seeking the Tao." Master Cao said after taking a deep breath. "Lu Lou has always been very conflicted, on the one hand, he is proud of your every progress, and on the other hand, he has always regretted that he brought you into this world."

"I know that." Lu Xiaoling nodded dejectedly. "He wrote it all in my letters, but I really couldn't understand it......"

"You think you have the freedom to choose, but the problem is that Lu Lou thinks that in fact, this freedom of yours was inadvertently deprived by him when you were a child." Master Cao shook his head. "Your childhood was different from that of other girls, who were confronted with dolls and beautiful dresses, while you were ghosts and runes."

Lu Xiaoling shook her head: "I think this is very good." ”

"The problem is, you don't actually have access to those things, you might have been a normal girl, go to college, fall in love, get married, have children......"

"I don't want to live those boring days!" Lu Xiaoling immediately protested. "I'm going to throw up just thinking about it!"

"I know you're like this, there's no way to change it." Master Cao said. But this has always been a thorn in Lu Lou's heart. He wants you to really live like a normal girl for a while, and thinks that you might have different ideas. ”

"I don't think so." Lu Xiaoling shook her head again and said.

"Whatever you want." Master Cao said. "This is also what I said to Lu Lou. You've become what you are, and it's impossible for you to live an ordinary life. ”

Lu Xiaoling suddenly became excited: "Then Uncle Cao, what do you mean?" ”

"I don't have the power to bind your future." Master Cao said. "I have only one request."

"You say!" Lu Xiaoling said excitedly. "As long as I can do it......"

"Grow your brains." Master Cao's words made her smile freeze on her face.

I couldn't help but laugh, but Master Cao had no intention of letting me go.

"Sun Yang, you are the same, you are not as good as Xiaoling." He said with a sigh. "When Lu Lou and I were young, we never had you so reckless, and we didn't know the sky as well. Don't think you're already powerful, Xiaoling, this world is far more dangerous than you think. Most of our companions who walked this path with us are dead, and you think we are the two of the best? He shook his head. We both just had a little better luck than the others. ”

"Use your brains more and don't fight unprepared battles. I'm an old guy who can help you for a few more years, don't take me too seriously, and don't take yourself too seriously. ”

"I see." I said it sincerely.

But I quietly looked at Lu Xiaoling and found that she was also looking at me with an excited expression.