Chapter 383 - The Sloppy Taoist (2/2)

“Hao Dong, are you off work?” Nalan Wuxia sounded exhausted on the phone.

“Yes, what can I do for you?”

“Now that your day job is done, I’ve got another job for you.” Nalan Wuxia said, “Four men have been killed in a row. Our supervisors have attached great importance to this case, and commanded us to solve it as soon as we can.

“But we don’t have any solid evidence now, so we could only start by investigating those Taoists. Can you come and investigate them? See if they’ll crack.”

“Okay. On my way.”

Qin Haodong hung up the phone, shaking his head and smiled. He knew Nalan Wuxia had to be quite anxious at the moment, or she wouldn’t ask him to do that. She needed his Mind-manipulating Skill, or the interrogation would be hard, no matter how many people she had.

Qin Haodong took a cab and headed to the crime squad. He removed the Polymorph and became Qin Haodong again. Then he arrived at the Detention Room.

He couldn’t help laughing upon seeing what was going on there. More than ten Taoists were locked in there, young and old. Some were at their twenties or thirties, even at their seventies; some looked sophisticated, and others looked sloppy.

Nalan Wuxia said, “I’ve run out of options. Just try to find some clues from these people.”

Qin Haodong nodded and entered the interrogation room with Nalan Wuxia. Two policemen brought a 20-year-old young man, then he began the interrogation.

In order to save time, Qin Haodong applied Mind-manipulating Skills directly and asked, “Do you know the Invoking Figure Talisman?”

The young Taoist answered, “I’ve heard stories about it, but I’ve never seen a real one.”

“Did you kill anybody days ago?”

“I’ve never heard about it, and I’ve never killed anybody.”

Qin Haodong asked him a few simple questions and he was sure there was nothing wrong about that young Taoist. Nalan Wuxia had someone release him and brought in another Taoist in his forties.

Qin Haodong asked him, “Do you know the Invoking Figure Talisman?”

The Old Taoist shook his head. “I don’t know what that is.”

“Aren’t you a Taoist? Why haven’t you heard about it?”

The old Taoist said, “I’m a fake one. I made the robe and wear it in order to cheat people out of money.”

Nalan Wuxia then realized the man was a fake Taoist, a scammer. She called two colleagues in and commanded, “Take him to the police station and arrest him as a scammer.”

Later they interrogated dozens of Taoists, only to draw a blank.

Just then, the two policemen took in another Taoist. He looked quite sloppy, with ragged clothes on. Wrinkles extended on his face, and it was hard to tell his exact age.

He acted like a lunatic, with quite the resemblance to those beggar Taoists in TV shows.

Upon entering the door and before Qin Haodong said anything, the old Taoist looked at Nalan Wuxia and said, “Ma’am, do you need fortune-telling? I was called the Divine Fortune Teller, knowing the past 500 years, and the future 500 years. 200 per consultation, no joke.

“Now that destiny crossed our paths together. I’ll do it for you free of charge today.”

Qin Haodong found it interesting that the Taoist dared to lure a cop in. Instead of stopping him, he stood aside and watched.

The sloppy Taoist’s inanimate eyes checked Nalan Wuxia’s body and said, “You were born in a rich family. You’ve never had any worries about food and clothes, and you’ll definitely be able to find your true love, but there is just one thing that will be hard…”

Nalan Wuxia didn’t care what he said until he came to the part of marriage. She couldn’t help ask, “What?”

The Taoist said, “Your husband has so many affairs. Women keep throwing themselves at him wherever he goes. But rest assured, excellent men are always chased by beautiful women. You don’t need to worry too much.”

Nalan Wuxia was thinking about what he said while her eyes were on Qin Haodong. The man was flawless and always surrounded by beautiful woman, that seemed to be true.

“Young man, I’ll do it for you for free, too!”

He said and stared at Qin Haodong with his inanimate eyes. Suddenly, a strong light flashed in the two dark holes. The light disappeared so soon that even Qin Haodong could’ve failed to see if he didn’t have his powerful soul.

Qin Haodong was astonished inside, he was sure that the sloppy Taoist was a hidden powerhouse, whose realm was beyond his imagination.

Ever since he stepped into the Covert Power Realm, he could easily see through the cultivation level of supreme powers with the help of his powerful soul; however, he failed to see through the old Taoist that time, which meant that the man might be above the supreme power realm.

The Spiritual Qi on earth was so thin that it was nearly impossible for one to get to that realm. Qin Haodong wondered if he had made a mistake.

But he was sure that he shouldn’t apply Mind-manipulating Skills on the man. The Mind-manipulating Skill was very convenient, but its disadvantage was also very obvious. The user would either crush the opponent on mental force or it would backfire badly.

While Qin Haodong was guessing, the old Taoist looked confused, too. He muttered, “That’s odd… how come I failed to tell his fortune by his appearance…”

Nalan Wuxia had no idea what was going on in the two people’s mind. Seeing the old man stopped talking, she asked, “Why are you stopping? How’s his destiny? How many women would he be through?”

That was the question she was most concerned about. She asked him because she thought the old man was really capable of fortune-telling.