Versatile Mage: Undying Fire

Chapter 348
"Don't worry, as long as you have real evidence, no one can be negligent in this matter. Please make sure to grasp the clues of the traitor and dig out the lurking Cardinal Leng Jue no matter what. Only by digging out his plan... can we take the best and most direct measures!" Gu Lian said.

"Do we need clues about the cardinal, or solid evidence of his plan, before the higher-ups will take action?" Mo Fan asked.

"There is a prevention team. You can go find them, or you can hand over everything you know to the prevention team. Then you don't have to worry about the rest. I believe they will do a great job." Gu Lian said.

……

After hanging up the phone, Mo Fan felt heavy-hearted.

He did not blame the Speaker and the Speaker's secretary for inaction. In fact, what the secretary Gu Lian said made a lot of sense. In the absence of solid evidence, making a big fuss might lead to major mistakes. The domestic mages have very limited power. If they were sent to clear up such groundless accusations, the cunning Leng Jue would definitely hide immediately, and it might cause trouble in the places that really needed help.

"How is it?" Zhao Manyan asked at this time.

"We need to dig out something powerful first." Mo Fan said.

"Well, I just wanted to report to them first." Lingling was mentally prepared for this.

Lin Ran said, "Shall we start with the traitor?"

"Well, this time we will take the initiative and give Black JT a heavy blow!" Mo Fan said coldly at this time.

At noon, Lin Ran and his companions sat at the top of the signal tower. Facing the howling wind from high above, they ate the packed food and enjoyed the feeling of having the entire city's skyscrapers under their feet.

In front of us was Victoria Square. At this moment, the pedestrians on the ground were as small as faint specks. Even if they were walking, there was not much difference between them and standing still.

Suddenly, a pair of golden wings flew up from Victoria Square, and the figure passed through the domes of those skyscrapers and approached the 500-meter-high signal tower. The man was holding two hot plastic boxes in his hands, and the fragrance was already overflowing from them.

“Come here, some freshly steamed rice rolls, some beef balls, and some barbecued pork buns…” Zhao Manyan put the things down.

Suddenly, he was not paying attention and a lunch box was blown away by the fierce wind. Then they saw the white plastic box turned into a small flying man, and then it was floating in the sky above the city. It didn't fall down, but flew higher and higher...

“Oh my god, stop littering!” Mo Fan said.

"It's a problem of quality." Lin Ran muttered.

“Damn, I didn’t want to either. It’s just too windy here. It wasn’t me who suggested eating here.” Zhao Manyan couldn’t help but say.

Lin Ran sat next to Lingling and ate.

"I want this." Lingling took Lin Ran's chicken leg.

“Fuck! My barbecued pork buns.” Zhao Manyan’s hand suddenly slipped and the hot barbecued pork buns fell to the ground. He immediately turned his gaze to Mo Fan.

Mo Fan was indifferent. He would not use his space magic to help an idiot pick up a fallen barbecued pork bun. He said confidently, "The air quality here has always been poor, and there is dust everywhere. If your barbecued pork bun falls like this, it will just roll in the dirt after falling a hundred meters. What's the point of eating it?"

"Fuck you, if you don't want to help, then stop talking nonsense." Zhao Manyan was very unwilling. He loved eating barbecued pork buns. He liked the sweet taste of the soft dough and the honey-glazed barbecued pork. He suddenly straightened his body and then dived upside down like a professional diver, chasing after the meat bun.

Lin Ran and the others ignored him and continued to enjoy their food. However, screams were heard from below. They probably thought someone had jumped off the building...

"Have you thought of a solution?" Mo Fan suddenly asked Lingling.

"I've thought about it." Lingling nodded immediately.

……

Wuyishan Trial
Jiaoguai Mountain is the mountain base of the Wuyishan Tribunal, which is mainly in charge of the southern border of Nanling Mountains. In addition to supervising the One-eyed Demon Wolf Tribe, it is also responsible for criminals in Fujian and Jiangxi.

At this time, in the Gaoting Conference Building of Jiaoguai Mountain, a woman who was probably in her early forties was sitting alone on the rooftop terrace. The sunlight from the mountains shone warmly on the parasol. As the afternoon sun slanted, the shadow of the parasol began to move, but the woman still didn't notice it. She just sat there, staring at the overlapping peaks in front of her with a bit of panic in her eyes. She stared at the high valley cliffs in front of her...

"Have they noticed something now? That's impossible. I have done it very secretly. They should not be able to find me!" The woman muttered to herself, her pair of light grey pupils shaking constantly.

Her hands also tightly grasped her pants, and it took a long time before she gradually loosened them.

She seemed to have made a decision, then suddenly stood up and said, "I can't let them find me!"

"Why can't we find you? Aunt Cheng Ying, do you know that Chief Judge Leng Qing of the Lingyin Tribunal seems to have been assassinated? It is said that it was done by someone from the Killer Hall. Now the top leaders of the Tribunal are furious and have ordered the arrest of the people from the Killer Hall!" At this time, a young female judge came over and said in a low voice.

Cheng Ying glanced at the female judge at this time, and after confirming that she was not here to test her, the fierceness in her eyes disappeared.

"I have something to take care of now. Please tell the Inspector General for me." Cheng Ying said.

"Auntie, you are confused. You are the Inspector General... How come your head is damaged after just a short period of sun exposure?" The female judge immediately laughed.

"Oh, oh, oh, I always used to report to Inspector General Luo, and it has been like this for decades." Cheng Ying explained.

"Inspector General Luo is the same. He fell ill and left this position early. However, if he was not seriously ill, you would not be sitting in this position, auntie." said the female judge.

"Don't talk nonsense! Don't let me hear such words again." Cheng Ying's face suddenly darkened, and then he said in a very serious tone.

"I'm sorry, I spoke too quickly." The young female judge said hastily, looking frightened. "Go tell the people below that I have something to deal with in the next two days. If there is anything important, then leave it to the presiding judge."

"Okay, so where are you going, Auntie?"

"Why are you asking so many questions? I took you away from your mother, not to ask you questions. I want you to do your duty and listen to me! By the way, Leng Qing once sent us a secret message and requested for a response. Since the location she mentioned is Kunming, I asked you to pass the information to Kunming and not tell anyone about the trial. Now that Leng Qing is dead, the superiors will definitely hold the subordinates accountable. If you don't want to be blamed for no reason, you must keep your mouth shut!" Cheng Ying said.

"Ah, you can blame all of this on me. I was just following instructions!" Su Qingqing said.

"Humph, now that a presiding judge is dead, someone has to pay the price. If the real culprit cannot be caught, and if the higher-ups cannot give an explanation and cannot quell the anger of the Lingyin Tribunal, then they will catch a scapegoat to suppress the matter. Who will be the scapegoat? It must be the person who made a mistake. No one would hold you accountable for your mistakes before, but now that you have encountered this incident, your mistakes may become fatal, even if this matter has nothing to do with you at all!" Cheng Ying said in a heavier tone.

"I... then I will keep it a secret, Auntie. You are so good to me. If you hadn't told me what to do all these years, I would definitely still be struggling among the low-level wizards. My mother taught me nothing except drinking and scolding me all day long. People who treated me badly before have been respectful to me since they knew I was a judge." Su Qingqing said.

"Are you very grateful to me?" Cheng Ying suddenly looked at the woman in front of her who seemed to have a simple mind, and asked with raised eyebrows.

"That's natural."

"Then help me do one more thing. Don't let other colleagues know. I don't trust them very much now. I heard that there are traitors in the trial council. I don't want my decision to be influenced by people with bad intentions." Cheng Ying said.

"no problem."

……

To the west of Mount Jiaoguai is the Feiya Bridge, which is built between two peaks. Because an accident happened on the other peak in the early years, it has been basically abandoned, and the Feiya Bridge has become a decoration.

On the cold suspension bridge, a young woman's body was hanging on the side railing of the suspension bridge, and her feet were floating on the canyon river.

"Auntie..." The woman was kicking and struggling desperately. Her whole body was restrained by a special force. She was unable to release any magic at all. She was no different from an ordinary woman.

The noose tightly tightened around her fair throat; her face gradually turned blue and her eyeballs seemed to be popping out of their sockets. The pain of suffocation was all reflected on her twitching and twisting face.

"Didn't I just tell you that only by abandoning the body can the soul gain eternal life? In that world, those who have made contributions to my religion will become the masters. They will no longer be driven by others, inferior to others, or suffer. Go ahead, I will lead you to the kingdom of death in the name of Lan Yi!" Cheng Ying said to Su Qingqing expressionlessly.

Su Qingqing was filled with fear at this time. She didn't hear a word Cheng Ying said. She was just in great pain and scared to the extreme. She didn't understand why her aunt who had always taken care of her suddenly became like this.

She was born in a poor family, and her mother was a villain. She was either beaten or scolded every day, and had to do endless chores. It was not until she was admitted to the magic high school and awakened the plant department that she was rescued from her mother by her aunt. Her aunt Cheng Ying was a very outstanding wizard who worked for the Inquisition. She had been very good and perfect from an ordinary inspector to the current Chief Inspector. She was Su Qingqing's role model and the person she respected the most. Sometimes she even felt that Cheng Ying was her mother, and her biological mother was simply a scumbag!
But why did such a person whom she regarded as a mother suddenly become like this? This was a scene more terrifying than a nightmare. Right in front of her eyes, the benefactor who gave her everything new suddenly turned into a demon, and then coldly, cruelly, and viciously strangled her neck with a noose, tightening it more and more. The mother-daughter relationship they had for decades was actually useless at this moment, even if she strangled her less, even if she told him the reason...

Su Qingqing had tried very hard to raise her head. She knew that she was going to die. She had no resentment, because everything she had now was given by the man in front of her. If she wanted to kill herself, she would have no complaints. With the last breath she had left, she wanted to see Cheng Ying's face. She wanted to see that she was "forced to do so", and she also wanted to see that she was in the same pain, and she wanted to see her reluctance...

Unfortunately, no!
Nothing at all!

She's like a stranger!
……

The wind on the mountain was howling, like a ruthless whip hitting a corpse that was gradually losing its temperature.

The bright moon was hanging high in the sky. On the Feiya Bridge, a stiff figure was swaying with the creaking sound of the suspension bridge. After the first half of the night, Su Qingqing's tender skin had become severely cracked...

"Why is there a wooden board hanging on the suspension bridge? It looks like it's about to fall off..." the patrolling personnel suddenly shouted.

"Wooden board?? It looks like... that's a person!" The person nearby leaned over and carefully identified it.

"Oh my god, go get some backup."

At nightfall, Lin Ran and his companions arrived at the Wuyi Mountain Trial Hall. As soon as they entered Jiaoguai Mountain, they found that the people here were in a mess, and it was obvious that something had happened.

They walked into the hall and saw a group of people gathered outside. These people had strange expressions and were discussing something.

Inside the hall, there was a woman whose crying was particularly shrill and she looked extremely heartbroken. Several people walked in under this solemn and sad atmosphere and saw several judges.

"She seems to be the person you are looking for, Su Qingqing..." said the judge who led Lin Ran and others in with a frown.

"We are a step late." Mo Fan said in a deep voice.

"Who are you?" At this time, the presiding judge who was sitting high up looked at Mo Fan and the others with a puzzled look on his face.

"Lin Ran, who is number one in the world's academy, and the deputy chief judge, are entrusted by the Lingyin Tribunal to investigate the murder of Chief Judge Leng Qing." Judge Qi Yang said.

Qi Yang is a member of the prevention team. He has certain powers to find out the internal personnel of the trial committee, and it was the secret technique Gu Lian who asked him to assist Lin Ran in handling this matter.

"What does the death of Judge Leng Qing have to do with us?" said Zou Hui, the presiding judge of Wuyishan.

"We have found the traitor, and this traitor seems to be Su Qingqing, and we need to investigate her body. If it is someone from the Black JT, then we should be able to find out something." Lin Ran said.

Even if Su Qingqing died, he could transform her into a ghost, a ghost that would tell him everything.

(End of this chapter)