I, the leader of the esoteric sect, am doing great things in the infinite world!

When the temperature exceeds 375 degrees Celsius, water will evaporate immediately, and there should be no liquid that can maintain its shape. However, the thing that Li Lin is holding in his hand is still wriggling.

The intense heat nearly made Mr. Boris faint. Thick steam surrounded Li Lin, as if draping him in a crimson tuxedo, and the entire kitchen was filled with intense heat.

Boris's brain, which was on the verge of collapse, only had time to think about one question: how could he still stand in this temperature?

"To be honest, I even had my lines ready for running away from the beginning."

Li Lin's voice came from the thick steam.

"Everyone has their own dreams and lives their own wonderful life. I hereby formally announce the end of my engagement with Mrs. Boris. Thank you to her family for their hard work all this time. We may meet again someday, but this is not the last time."

"No matter what, I will fully support their family's decisions and arrangements for the next life, and I wish them all the best on their road to recovery, that they may ride the wind and waves, set sail and cross the vast ocean, and achieve the life they desire!"

“I didn’t expect it to be so simple.” Li Lin picked up the jelly-like thing and said softly, “Rusalka, a water spirit from the alien species.”

In the Key Hunter's notes, one in ten paranormal events are caused by this water spirit.

There are four theories about their origin: First, water spirits are young women who jump into the water because of extramarital pregnancies; second, water spirits are young women who died as virgins, whether they died violently or naturally; third, unbaptized babies who die will be reborn as water sprites; fourth, water spirits are unclean souls, in other words, people who commit suicide by drowning.

These exotic creatures roam the waterways and naturally also exist in the city's waterways. Due to the urban environment, many water spirits live more comfortably and harbor greater hostility towards people in the civilized world.

Some extraordinary individuals or mystics use water spirits to purify water and can also use them to catalyze various types of liquids.

【Species: Water Sprite】

[Sexual aspect: Cup]

[Flowing water brings blessings, its passing brings death; sometimes it disperses, sometimes it gathers, and every object it touches is heartbroken in its ignorance.]

Before Li Lin, who already possessed the first mark, the water spirit, which had no mark at all, was naturally powerless to resist. The water it relied on for hiding was completely evaporated in an instant by the formless technique of casting images.

Li Lin turned to the side, blocking Boris's view, and tried to throw the water sprite onto his desk, but when he did so, he encountered a huge resistance.

The water spirit was not tamed and harbored deep hatred for Li Lin.

"You're courting death." Li Lin indifferently crushed the water spirit's shell, turning it into a ferocious cloud of steam.

As the effects of the invisibility spell wore off, Li Lin walked up to Mr. Boris, crowbar in hand: "The matter has been resolved satisfactorily."

Mr. Boris stared wide-eyed; this method of exorcism was an eye-opener for him.

......

In a bar somewhere in Vienna, amidst the swirling smoke, the swaying of skirts and the whispering of ladies and gentlemen, people were whispering sweet nothings to each other.

On the second floor of the bar, someone lowered his eyes and watched the people swaying their bodies on the dance floor on the first floor, observing their movements to the music.

Suddenly he turned around and looked at the believers who had silently arrived behind him.

The believers wore inhuman, grotesque masks with black edges that blended seamlessly with their skin. They stood silently behind the golden curtains hanging on the second floor of the bar.

"Really... So it's an old friend of ours."

The refined-looking man, wearing frameless glasses, sighed slowly, raising his hands to clap gently.

"Then it's time to award him an admission ticket. After all, the title of Key Hunter is prestigious enough, isn't it? Or can we simply ignore such an unseen variable?"

A maniacal smile curved the corners of the man's mouth.

59. Ten thousand pounds (plus the first update)

As Li Lin emerged from the restaurant, the twenty pounds he had just earned instantly bulged his pockets.

Taking advantage of the meal, he summoned the dark green tabletop and looked at it. One of the ten evil names was missing, and the color of the other two was fading rapidly.

The patron Dickens only promised to help Li Lin deal with the tabloid news, not to take down the reporter and the newspaper.

Li Lin unconsciously turned his gaze to the [Desolate Sanctuary]... Only this thing could help him quickly get rid of his evil reputation.

Besides, he didn't try to cover up his violent exorcism at all; he only did some superficial work. Boris will probably realize something is wrong once he calms down.

After all, not every private investigator brings explosives and crowbars when they come to solve a case, and the commotion Li Lin caused was far beyond what explosives could achieve.

Although stories of extraordinary individuals and mystics are not widely circulated in civilized society, one can still find some clues if one is willing to look closely.

Sure enough, within the time it takes to eat a meal, Li Lin discovered that three more Secret Auras had appeared on his dark green panel... He probably now had so many Secret Auras that they could drag the remaining Evil Names to their deaths.

Before he knew it, Li Lin returned to his front door and found that not only had the door been replaced with a new one, but the wooden boards on the windows had also been removed, and the entire exterior of the building had been painted with a new layer of paint.

Li Lin stood blankly in front of his house, looking it up and down at its brand-new appearance.

"...Does your mom, the fairy godmother, even come with a fully furnished apartment?"

“Sir.” A voice interrupted Li Lin’s unrealistic reverie. He turned around and saw a newsboy standing not far away, clutching an envelope in his hand.

Li Lin suddenly realized that this group of people had probably left him their contact information through this method.

He snatched the brown paper envelope from the newsboy and took a newspaper with him.

In return, Li Lin pretended to pull a shilling from his pocket and slipped it into the newsboy's hand.

"Sir, this is too much..." The newsboy was somewhat flustered and at a loss.

"If you think it's too much, you can deliver the newspaper to my door every morning from now on," Li Lin said as he opened the envelope. "Any overpayment will be refunded, and any underpayment will be collected. Consider this a deposit."

The grateful newsboy wanted to say something more, but Li Lin had already impatiently opened and closed the door, taken off his shoes, and jumped onto the sofa in one go.

He opened the kraft paper envelope and took out a stack of smooth paper that felt extremely comfortable to the touch.

"Using this to wipe my butt must feel really good..." Li Lin thought to himself.

There were other things in the envelope. Li Lin turned it upside down, and an expensive white Montblanc "Ode to Mont Blanc" fountain pen slid out, but instead of falling to the ground, it floated in the air.

As if an unseen person were holding it, the pen tilted and paused in the air, waiting for the moment to write.

Li Lin stared at the pen for a moment, then got up and drew all the curtains around him, turned on the lights, and the light shone brightly from above, illuminating the entire living room.

He opened the stack of papers.

It was a share transfer agreement worth £10,000. As long as Li Lin signed his name on it, he could become the owner of those £10,000.

Just hours before, he had accepted a risky commission for twenty pounds, and now a gift contract worth ten thousand pounds had appeared before Li Lin in such a dramatic way.

He carefully examined the stack of gift contracts with gold foil embossed along the edges.

A transfer agreement

[Someone, some organization, prepared this gift for you, imbued with some unseen magic to ensure that the person who opens it is the right one.]

When Li Lin turned his gaze to the pen, the words displayed were different.

A fountain pen

[It was temporarily activated by some unseen technique. Only once.]

"Haha, don't tell me this pen will sign my name by itself..." Li Lin suddenly quipped, "The wheels of history begin to turn at this moment."

Then he watched as the pen moved swiftly to the transfer agreement and quickly signed "Abraham" in beautiful cursive script in the lower right corner.

That's the Key Hunter's real name.

After the final stroke, the expensive pen fell to the ground with a thud, and in the data field's description, it became "a simple pen," clearly indicating that the invisible magic attached to it had disappeared.

The signed contract writhed as if it were alive, and it was pulled into the air, floating right in front of Li Lin.

Every pattern and every design was rapidly glowing, breaking free from the constraints of paper and forming a golden rectangle half a person's height in the air in front of Li Lin. Then, a voice appeared out of thin air in the living room.

With that sound, some words leaped out from the golden rectangle, like fiery sparks burning in the air.

"Hello, I am your securities broker."

"Your grant application has been received... Application approved... Account updated."

The voice alone evokes images of well-dressed traders with gold-rimmed glasses on Wall Street, on another continent.

The sound continued to ring out, like the gentle flow of water.

"Thank you for your purchase and support of blue-chip stocks."

Seeing that Li Lin remained silent, the agent on the other end paused for a moment, then his tone became even more enthusiastic.

"The real estate sector is performing strongly today. Here are some further suggestions tailored just for you..."

"I'm talking about Tingting."

Li Lin shouted at the air.

The voice stopped, then rang out again after a moment, carrying a gentle and impeccable quality.

"How can I help you, Mr. Abraham?"

Li Lin rubbed his chin: "Do you know who gave me this money?"

“I’m sorry, Mr. Abraham, the entire process of the transfer was kept secret by mystics and extraordinary individuals.”

Li Lin clicked his tongue almost imperceptibly, but soon, unwilling to give up, Master Li spoke again: "So what's your name?"

“I’m sorry, Mr. Abraham, but brokers on the Wall Street exchange enjoy Level 2 confidentiality. You can rest assured that it is safe and secure to entrust your stocks to us.”

"Do you realize that you are communicating with me using invisible magic?"

“Yes, Mr. Abraham.” The voice paused. “The New World, especially Wall Street as the heart of finance, is far more tolerant of the intangible than the Old World. Here, everything gives way to money.”

The profound meaning behind this statement is chilling upon closer examination.

Li Lin looked up, seemingly meeting the gaze of a stockbroker on Wall Street: "Then let's do as you said before, help me purchase real estate in the New World, but..."