Chapter 00237: Drawing Some Blood
# Drawing Some Blood
Chapter 237
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 237 Drawing Some Blood
Dragon Mallow has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, as well as dispersing blood stasis and reducing swelling.
The Heart-Purifying Dragon Mallow merely amplified this effect and had no other medicinal properties.
But after neutralizing the poison, one still had to expel it...
So, Li Chengxi stayed in the bathroom for nearly an hour.
By the time he came back, he was completely drained.
But to be fair, the effect of the Heart-Purifying Dragon Mallow's fruit was indeed miraculous.
When Li Chengxi woke up in the morning, he felt refreshed and invigorated, as if his entire body had been cleansed from the inside out.
It was an exceptionally comfortable feeling.
As for the claim that it promoted longevity, he couldn't tell, since Li Chengxi was only twenty-six years old.
Having obtained a leaf from the Heart-Purifying Dragon Mallow, Audel decided to end her trip early, planning to return to the City of Academics to analyze the leaf.
So, she changed her clothes early in the morning, ready to leave.
Just like last time, Audel left a box behind when she left, indicating that it contained some homemade potions as a gift.
Li Chengxi saw Audel off, then sat behind the cash register and opened the box, finding eight small vials again.
Among them were still two vials each of High Grade Healing Potion, Potion of Restoration, and Potion of Remove Disease, but the labels on the last two vials read 'Dragon Dream Potion'.
This was even more confusing.
Did drinking it make you dream of becoming a dragon?
He opened the dedicated forum for insiders and did a search, seeing that the selling price of this thing ranged from over a hundred thousand to over two hundred thousand.
With such a high price, it must be a potion in high demand on the market.
Li Chengxi browsed through the posts again and found the description for Dragon Dream Potion.
The description for Dragon Dream Potion was very simple, just one sentence: 'Treats all types of impotence and erectile dysfunction'.
...
Oh, so that's the kind of dragon dream it was, huh?
Li Chengxi looked down and found a note in the box, surely left by Audel.
It said, 'Wishing you a speedy recovery'.
"I don't have any problems in that department!"
Watching Audel on the screen chatting with Viola, Li Chengxi suddenly felt the urge to drag her back and let her know that his functions were all completely normal.
But it was just an impulse, after all.
Li Chengxi put the potions back in the box.
He should probably lock it up first.
What if he needed them in the future?
He had just put the potions down when his phone rang.
Unsurprisingly, it was Qian Sen.
"Hello? Has Miss Audel already left?"
"Yeah, not long ago."
Since Audel had already visited twice, and she was very well-behaved each time, Section Nine had lowered her threat level.
Therefore, upon receiving the return spatial shift signal, Qian Sen didn't call Li Chengxi to confirm right away.
He waited until he was done with some matters at hand before making the call.
"Same as last time, she left me a few bottles of potions and took some snacks."
"Okay, I'll just make a record of it here."
Li Chengxi thought there was nothing else and was about to hang up when he heard Qian Sen say:
"The investigation into the incident a few days ago has yielded preliminary results. We've found a direction for our investigation."
Qian Sen was still busy with the Golden Bull Mountain affair.
Since Li Chengxi was also one of the victims, he was informing him over the phone.
"Isn't that a good thing?"
"It is a good thing, but it's not easy to handle..."
"Why are you hesitating? Is there something you can't talk about?"
"It is indeed a bit difficult to tell you, but with your cooperation, it should be a little easier."
This left Li Chengxi a bit confused.
Then, Qian Sen continued:
"You're quite familiar with Xue Wenshu, right?"
"Of course. I knew that kid when he was still wearing split pants. I was always the one taking him out to play. It's been over ten years..."
As he said this, Li Chengxi suddenly realized:
"Holy shit, no, wait a minute. Are you guys suspecting Xue Wenshu?"
"To be precise, we aren't suspecting Xue Wenshu, but rather whether someone is impersonating Xue Wenshu."
"You mean... it's the same person from the incident at the mall last time? That's not right. Didn't you say the Head Office had already locked onto the target?"
"It's only a suspicion at the moment."
In fact, Li Chengxi was also among the suspects, but he had been temporarily ruled out.
On Golden Bull Mountain, traces of three types of power were left at the scene.
One was Audel's magic, another was Lei Lei's immortal art, and the last one was unidentified.
Section Nine took samples and sent them to the Head Office to be tested with large-scale equipment.
A report came back not long ago, stating that it was left by a Positive Energy Spell, likely a healing spell.
When Qian Sen saw this report, he recalled that Li Chengxi seemed to have a magical artifact capable of casting healing spells.
This was consistent with Li Chengxi's statement after the incident, so his suspicion was temporarily ruled out.
There were two reasons for suspecting Xue Wenshu.
First, traces of a newly set barrier were found at the scene.
This indicated that the group who went up the mountain had been deliberately trapped.
At that time, the only people who had the opportunity to set it up, besides the villagers, were those who were also trapped on the mountain.
That included the four students, one of whom was Xue Wenshu, plus the physical education teacher, Wang Degui.
Of course, Teacher Lin Qiaoya and the three students who had stayed at the farmhouse inn and run for help were also suspects, but they were lower on the list.
After checking the villagers one by one and confirming they were not involved, if it wasn't someone who had secretly snuck in to cause trouble, then the problem lay with the group of students and teachers who had come to Golden Bull Mountain to have fun.
And according to the statements and Section Nine's investigations during this period, they discovered that it was Xue Wenshu who had suggested going to Golden Bull Mountain.
It just so happened that they heard Teacher Lin Qiaoya's hometown was on Golden Bull Mountain, and she was planning to go home for the National Day holiday, so they all went together.
This greatly increased the level of suspicion on Xue Wenshu.
Besides this deduction, due to suggestions from Audel and Lei Lei, Section Nine's technicians urgently made some improvements to their instruments, significantly increasing their precision.
They successfully extracted a power sample from the person who set up the barrier.
A Section Nine investigator also secretly went through the trash and found a snack wrapper discarded by Xue Wenshu.
Through comparison, they found faint residue of the same type.
It was like a DNA comparison.
While not 100% certain, the match rate was already over 90%.
Thus, Xue Wenshu was listed as the highest priority surveillance target.
"We've sent a report to the Head Office, but haven't received a reply yet. However, I'm certain the Head Office has already sent people to investigate, they just haven't notified us at the city level."
"So what you're saying is, someone is impersonating Xue Wenshu to cause trouble, and this person is also a wanted criminal?"
"I already said it's just speculation for now. The Head Office definitely wouldn't inform us of their operations. I don't know if they caught the person before or not."
Li Chengxi felt agitated and upset upon hearing this, but an even stronger emotion was worry.
If Xue Wenshu was really an imposter, then where was the real Xue Wenshu? Had he already been killed?
He scratched his head:
"Tell me, how do you want me to cooperate?"
"It would be best if you could get some of Xue Wenshu's blood. If not, his sweat or hair would also work, but the comparison accuracy wouldn't be as high."
"Blood? That's not too difficult."
Li Chengxi immediately had an idea.
He said:
"You guys set up a voluntary blood donation vehicle, and I'll bring Xue Wenshu over right away."
"A voluntary blood donation vehicle? That's easy enough, we can arrange it immediately. But are you sure it'll be that simple?"
"Of course, I'm sure. I just have to tell him that a blood donation certificate gives bonus points on his exams, and that kid will definitely scamper over with me."
"He's a high school student, after all. He can't be that easy to fool, can he?"
Donating blood certainly didn't give bonus points on the college entrance exam.
It was a complete lie.
"I've known him for over ten years. He'll definitely believe what I say. If he doesn't come with me, then he must be the fake. You guys can just come and arrest him directly."
(End of this chapter)