Chapter 157 A Private Detective (2/2)

Ning Tao mouthed wordlessly at her.

A minute later, the ringtone stopped.

Ning Tao got out of bed, opened the closet and drew a blood lock in it. He then opened the blood lock and returned to the Sky Clinic.

The human face on the good-evil tripod didn't even open its eyes. The tripod was filled with good energy and evil energy and still, there was more evil energy than good energy.

Ning Tao stared at the good-evil tripod and asked, ”Tell me, who's the villain here? How about a hint?”

The good-evil tripod made no response.

Ning Tao shrugged. ”You are not only a humbug, but also a mute.”

The good-evil tripod still did not respond.

Ning Tao nagged a couple of words and lost interest in talking to himself after venting his emotions. He continued to condense the herbs. Having completed this procedure, he proceeded to refine the Primary Elixirs.

He had been able to refine the Primary Elixirs with great skill. This time he made more than 120 Primary Elixirs, which meant he wouldn't have to worry about using up them for months. He put these elixirs separately into three small porcelain bottles, the remaining one on the ledger of bamboo slips to identify it.

Not surprisingly, it was a Fine Primary Elixir.

Next, Ning Tao sat cross-legged next to the good-evil tripod, and ran the grade two elementary cultivation method over and over again, and practiced his spiritual power. Now he could manage perform the Ladder under Feet, but he could only push one step through the void, just a few meters high. That was not enough. In addition, stronger spiritual power could strengthen the spiritual power airbags of this skill, as well as the power of the Cat Claw Punch. How could he not aspire to greater spiritual power when he was building everything on it?

As there was more evil energy than good energy, Ning Tao practiced very painfully. He gritted his teeth and held on, practicing again and again, losing track of time...

The next morning, Ning Tao returned to his and Qing Zhui's rented house.

Qing Zhui had already made breakfast—she had cooked two bowls of noodles and two eggs.

While having noodles, Ning Tao asked, ”Qing Zhui, do you know Bai Sheng?”

Qing Zhui was putting noodles into her mouth when she heard this. Her hands froze, and she even forgot close her opened mouth, but made no sound.

”What's your reaction?” Ning Tao asked.

According to her reaction, he could guess that Qing Zhui knew Bai Sheng.

Qing Zhui closed her mouth and was silent for a moment before answering, ”He's Bai Jing and my adopted father. I got demon bone necrosis when I was a child. I was to a waste demon, so he doesn't like me. Thanks to my sister's care, I survived until you appeared, or I would have died. He doesn't like me, and I seldom met him and I didn't want to see him. If there is something, he is always looking for my sister to discuss. I haven't seen him for many years. I... don't ask me.”

Every man had a skeleton in his closet.

Ning Tao smiled and said, ”I'm just asking. All right, I won't ask you anymore. Let's go out for a walk after breakfast.”

Qing Zhui relaxed and smiled again. ”Okay, oh, you want to look for the patient who can pay the good-evil rent at the same time.”

After breakfast, Ning Tao and Qing Zhui left the rented house. Out of Hakka Alley, Ning Tao saw a missing person notice posted on a lamppost when he was about to hail a taxi.

It was a newly posted notice about a missing teenage girl who had been out of contact for more than a week.

Ning Tao suddenly changed his mind and said, ”Qing Zhui, go a place with me.”

”Where are we going?” Qing Zhui inquired.

”Yesterday I saw a story about a missing freshman girl. The girl on the notice is missing, too, and hasn't been found for a week. There's something fishy about it. Let's go to the freshman girl's house. Maybe we can help them.”

”No problem, but we have an appointment with my sister at the Xin family tonight. Can we make it? The last thing my sister likes is being late or not showing up,” Qing Zhui said.

”We can make it,” Ning Tao replied. ”Let's go to the missing girl's house first.”

Half an hour later, a taxi arrived in an old neighborhood. Ning Tao and Qing Zhui got out of the car and headed toward the neighborhood. They just swaggered in and no one stopped them to register.

On the way, Ning Tao dialed the phone number left in the news. It was connected in a few seconds.

”Who is this, please?” A man's voice came from the mobile phone, sounding so hoarse that the man seemed to have just cried.

”I'm here to help you find your daughter. Can I meet you and talk to you?” Ning Tao asked.

”Yes, where are you? Do you have any clue?” The man sounded anxious.

Ning Tao replied, ”I'm in your neighborhood. Let's talk face to face.”

”Okay, I'll come right away.” The man hung up.

Ning Tao said to Qing Zhui, ”Don't scare him in a minute. If he asks us what we do, we say...” He thought for a moment and continued, ”I'm a private detective.”

”Got it!” Qing Zhui nodded, and then added, ”And I'm your assistant.”

Ning Tao put on a smile on his face. Although Qing Zhui was stubborn in some ways, she was a simple and lovely girl in general. Ning Tao felt really comfortable with her. As for private detective, it was only a whim. He wanted to help, but not as a doctor. Who would trust a doctor to solve a crime? So he had to pass himself off as a private detective. This was a lie, but it was a white lie.