Chapter 40: Prelude to Death

"Hmph, I'm. An Yong slammed his fist and slammed it on the wide desk in front of him, waiting quietly aside, the tall female secretary was startled by the loud noise, and hurriedly lowered her head tightly, trembling all over.

"How could it be, how could it be like this" An Yong exhaled deeply, ripped off the expensive suit from his body, and threw it on the face of the bodyguard on the side, "Go, find Lao Feng for me." An Yong pulled off his tie and sat heavily on the gorgeous seat, resting his hands on the wide handles of the chair and letting out a long sigh of relief.

"Boss, you're looking for me. A few minutes later, a hunchbacked old man with a table of goatee on his chin, black round-framed eyes, and a blue coat stood in front of An Yong in a bit of a hurry.

Cross your hands under your nose and cover your mouth. An Yong's eyes were deep, "Old Feng, how is the investigation of that matter?" ”

Lao Feng waved his hand to the female secretary standing aside, "Go down." ”

The female secretary thought that she had received the holy decree, so she hurriedly bowed, lowered her head, walked out quickly, and gently took the office staff with her.

Seeing the female secretary close the door, Lao Feng was still not at ease, so he took out an energy pillar from his sleeve robe and turned on the light brain, and the light brain immediately emitted a faint light, covering the corners of the entire room, Lao Feng shook his head, took a step forward, and said in a low voice, "Boss An, no, we invited the best hackers in Lishui City, but we didn't find out the owner of the scales of the red jade fire snake."

Ha, ten fingers into his hair, rubbed his scalp back, sighed, and closed his eyes tightly.

"We haven't found the owner of the ruby fiery snake scales, but we've found something else." Lao Feng lowered his head and took out a beautifully crafted red pendant from his wide sleeved robe. "Look. ”

Looking at Lao Feng with a smile on his face, as well as the red pendant in his hand, An Yong's burly body trembled suddenly, "Is this?"

"The texture is crystal clear, exuding a faint warmth, and there is this special feeling of pressure" Taking the pendant from Lao Feng's hand, An Yong couldn't help frowning, and his two fingers kept knocking on the wide desk in front of him, making a knocking sound, "Could this be a pendant made of the scales of the red jade fire snake." ”

"That's right, this is carved and pressed from the scales of the red jade fire snake. Lao Feng and An Yong glanced at each other, then nodded slightly. "Such a large pendant requires a lot of raw materials to be carved. With his head leaning forward, Lao Feng looked at An Yong with deep meaning.

"You mean that the material used for this pendant is the same person as the scales that are being auctioned. An Yong's fingers kept rubbing the crystal pendant in his hand and said slowly.

This is exactly what the little one meant, Lao Feng bowed down and nodded heavily.

"Then have you found out who bought this pendant?" An Yong stood up from his seat and stared at Lao Feng tightly.

"Return, Boss An, a family of three, I've arrested them all"

"Okay." An Yong raised his eyebrows, haha, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, "It's another big deal." ”

After experiencing the turmoil of the previous day, Li Ling felt that his right leg was completely wasted, so he had to use the light brain to make a light mold to protect his calf tightly, and bought a program for the treatment of fractures in the capable store, loaded it for Xiaoxiao, and let Xiaoxiao treat himself overnight, the effect was really good, the recovery of the injury was much faster than expected, and he could walk normally the next morning, Li Ling couldn't help but sigh at the magic of science and technology.

It's still that clear blue sky, it's still such soft sunshine, it's still such an ordinary morning, Li Ling is still walking leisurely on the street, "Anyway, my leg is broken, I'm late, and the bad old man of the teaching director definitely can't say anything." "I was hungry for hamburgers again, Li Ling went to the uncle's place to buy two points, I didn't see the uncle still with such stubble on his face for two weeks, smiling, he said that he wanted to buy two copies, but the uncle had to give himself one more, and it was difficult to refuse, so Li Ling didn't accept it without prevarication.

Along the neat sidewalk, Li Ling ate while walking, a hamburger was in his stomach, Li Ling felt almost, so he took out a paper towel, wiped his small mouth, threw the paper towel into the trash can with the paper bag wrapped in the hamburger in his hand, and looked at the remaining two copies in the bag in his hand, Li Ling wanted to bring it to Xiao Zi, but when Li Ling walked to the academy, he had already gone to class

Walking into the teaching building, he secretly looked through the crack in the door of the classroom and found that it was still the dressed teacher Lan who was teaching the students, and shrugged his shoulders helplessly, Li Ling had no choice but to turn his head and go to the reading room.

"I haven't seen the old man in two weeks, and I don't know how the guy is doing. Li Ling took out half a glass of iced Coke and drank it as he walked, "I heard Sister Yin Yu say that the old man seems to have something to do with the East Tower, so you must ask that guy when you go in." ”

Turning around, there was a heavy black iron gate more than three meters high and more than two meters wide in front of him, Li Ling threw the Coke in his hand into the round electronic trash can on the side, and was about to reach out and smash the door, but the black iron door actually flew up, and at the same time, a withered hand claw shaped like a ghost claw stretched out from the dark corridor and grabbed Li Ling's collar.

Some wooden eyes scanned this familiar space, smelling the strong smell of books in the air, Li Ling, who was pale, turned his head, and stared directly at the white-robed old man sitting in a rocking chair and leisurely drinking hot tea.

Ha, huh, Li Ling exhaled deeply, pointed at the old man and scolded, "Old guy, you want to scare me to death"

Hmph, he rolled his eyes at Li Ling, and the old man's withered palm gently sent the white teacup in his hand to the old small coffee table next to the rocking chair, "And said, stinky boy, your little girlfriend is good, your teacher Fang Ling is good, if it weren't for the blue ice seed I gave you, your kid could go to the big barren area, don't come back to see me first, actually go to find a woman first"

"Give it to me, Li Ling rolled his eyes, it was clear that I exchanged it for the photo album. Li Ling's counterattack was extremely powerful, and he choked the old man back in an instant.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the old man's face turned faster than the June sky, and he instantly turned his anger into joy: "Haha, young man, don't be angry? I haven't seen you for two weeks, old man, don't I miss you." The old man rubbed his hands, "I was a little excited just now and didn't suppress it, it's a lot of offense, please include it." ”

"It's pretty much the same," Li Ling raised his chin, respecting the old and loving the young is a traditional virtue, "Seeing that your time is short, I won't bother with you." Li Ling tilted his head and stretched out his hand to carry it, "Then, old man, you can eat this, otherwise it will be cold for a while." ”

"What's that. Raising his head, he sniffled violently, the old man's remaining eyebrows pressed together, his right hand shook slightly, and the bag in Li Ling's hand appeared in the old man's hand.

Opening the bag, first took out a soft object wrapped in brown oiled paper, the old man looked up, "This is"

"You don't even know this, right," looking at the old man's incomplacent expression, Li Ling was also drunk, sighed slightly, Li Ling became a teacher, and patiently explained, "This is called hamburger, which is a very popular fast food at the moment, which originated in the American continent more than 50 years ago"

"American Continent" while repeating Li Ling's words, the old man carefully opened the oil paper with his withered palm, looking at the steaming, fragrant hamburger, the old man's eyes were straight, and before Li Ling could say more, he opened his mouth with few teeth left, and withdrew a big mouthful, chewing it with taste. "This thing, the old man has heard of it, but he has never eaten it, it tastes good, not bad. The old man ate and shook his head with pleasure, like the old nerds who shook their heads when they were reading.

"It's just a little dry, boy, can you get some thin. Seeing that the old man's eyes were white and his face was blue, Li Ling shook his head helplessly, "Don't you blame that there is a whole glass of cold Coke in that bag if you don't choke to death in one mouthful?" Li Ling pointed to a paper cup with the Coke logo printed on it in the bag and said.

Ao, his eyes were wide open, and the old man who was about to be choked seemed to have seen a savior, and he squeezed the pen and paper into his mouth, "Ah, it's so cool." The old man squinted and put down the Coke in his hand, the old man had lived for so long, "It's the first time it's so cool." As he spoke, he wept again.

Li Ling hurriedly waved his hand, "Okay, alas, old man, okay, if you want to eat and say it later, I'll bring it to you for free."

"Really," Hearing this, the old man almost didn't jump up and kiss Li Ling, so frightened that Li Ling took a few steps back, "Okay, it's just a gesture."

Alas, putting the rest of the hamburger in his mouth, the old man chewed it a few more times, "I have always heard others say that food is poisonous garbage, I didn't expect it to taste so delicious today." Alas, the old man said with a deep sigh.

Say so, "Old man, then you didn't eat before"

Knowing what Li Ling meant, the old man nodded, "You know, as long as you become capable, human beings can absorb the energy in the surrounding space, as the foundation for sustaining life, old man, I have listened to the slander of others, and for more than fifty years, I have relied on absorbing energy to live too much." The old man clenched his fists with a look of resentment.

Looking at the few remaining teeth of the old man, Li Ling couldn't help but shake his head, "It's a loss." ”

"Sizzle, but I have a question for you, old man," Li Ling changed his words, "Who are you?"

"Didn't the old man tell you, my name is Wang Guang. Others. Brushing the snow-white beard, the old man shook his bald head, "Keep it secret, you will naturally know when the time comes." ”

"When the time comes. Li Ling looked at the old man in front of him with a suspicious expression, "What do you have to do with the East Tower, it won't be the sacrifice of the East Tower." ”

Hearing the word sacrifice, the old man's withered body trembled slightly, then raised his head, staring at Li Ling with straight eyes, "How did you kid know about the sacrifice of the East Tower?"

"Sister Otowa said that a lewd old man like you grabbed a lot of money in the East Tower"

"Cut, although the old man has a slight relationship with the East Tower, it is by no means the lowest level of sacrifice. Shaking his head, the old man stared at the other burger in the bag and began to drool, "Boy, is this also for me?" ”

"Without waiting for Li Ling to answer, the old man had already chewed it."

"It's hard to gnaw on this old bone. Li Ling, who didn't intend to ask, turned his head and walked into the rows of huge bookshelves, looking for something.

Seeing Li Ling walk in, the old man didn't say much, anyway, those treasures of the town hall were in his hands, he was afraid that the kid would not succeed, and tasted the hamburger in his hand with relish, and the old man let Li Ling turn it over.

After searching for a long time, he still didn't find the slightest information about the emperor-level mutant beast, the Purple Wing Emperor Dragon, Li Ling lowered his head and walked out, "Old man, do you still have that blue ice species from last time?" Looking at the old man who was lying on the rocking chair with a leisurely face and drinking tea, Li Ling directly said the words that he had been holding back for a long time.

"Blue Ice Species. When the old man heard Li Ling's words, he almost didn't burn his lips, "You think it's jelly beans, how many do you want" Bai Li Ling turned white, and the old man continued to drink tea.

"One hundred photo albums, what's the matter" Seeing that the old man was unmoved, Li Ling stretched out three fingers, "How about three hundred copies." ”

Hearing this, the old man raised his eyelids and skimmed Li Ling, then shook his head, and then drank tea.

"You" Seeing the old man's ignorant look, Li Ling was suddenly angry, turned his head and was about to leave, seeing that the situation was not good, the old man hurriedly put down the tea in his hand, blocked his body in front of Li Ling, and said with a pleasant face, "Don't be angry, young man, although there is no blue ice species, but I am another energy technique specially used to gather energy, how can I think about it?"

"Energetic techniques that specialize in gathering energy, and this kind of thing. The old man smiled slightly, "What's the matter, boy, I know that every time you advance, you have to gather more than a few times the energy of ordinary people, and with my ability, the time for you to gather energy will be greatly shortened." Seeing Li Ling's temptation, the old man continued to seduce, "With this thing, it's not a matter of dominating the Central Academy."

Although he wanted to "dominate the Central Academy" in his heart, Li Ling did not show it on his face, because the more like that, the more the old man would unscrupulously ask for a sky-high price. Li Ling raised his head and asked directly, "What conditions?" ”

"Since this is throwing such a big bait at himself, it can't be without conditions. Li Ling naturally knew very well in his heart, "There is no free lunch in the world, if there is really one, it is either a trap or a scam." ”

"I want a thousand copies, the old man stretched out ten fingers, his eyes were wide open, and his face was hideous, I want a thousand photo albums."

Li Ling, who was so frightened that he stepped back, swallowed his saliva, looked the old man's extremely withered body up and down, and nodded, "There is nothing wrong with this, although the quantity is huge, I still have a lot of fat people in stock." ”

"Don't promise so early, the old man's words, but I haven't finished speaking," the withered hands were put together, and the old man slowly turned around, "Another condition is that you, Li Ling, must worship me as a teacher."

"What. Old man, you don't have a fever, do you want me to worship you as a teacher. Li Ling looked at the old man with a wicked smile on his face, and couldn't help but cover his chest and step back, "Go dream, my master hasn't been born yet." ”