Chapter 426 Traces
"Disappeared? That was a treasure that the high priest brought out from the ruins. It was a treasure refined by an ancient alchemist master!" The master-level orc said solemnly, with a rather unhappy tone.
"Chief, calm down. The location we are looking for is not correct, but the catalytic stone seems to have been taken away."
The orc who came to report said it with fear, fearing that the master-level orc in front of him would be angry with him.
"Taken away?" The master-level orc frowned.
"Yes, we found traces of being broken open by blunt instruments where the catalytic stone was buried." The thin orc immediately told what he and others had discovered.
"There are also a small number of paw prints of monsters. Based on comparison, they should be cat monsters."
"Blunt weapons, cat-like monsters, could it be that someone knew that we buried the catalytic stone in the cloud forest, so they stole the catalytic stone while we were hiding from the hidden powerhouse."
The master-level orc frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "Is there a way to find this person?"
"You can try it with breath-seeking insects. The people who broke through the rock and soil once used fighting energy. Although the remaining breath is very weak, we still discovered it."
The skinny orc answered immediately.
Breath-seeking insects are magical beasts deliberately cultivated by the orc tribe to find prey that are too well hidden.
However, a breath seeker is a very fragile monster. It takes a lot of resources to cultivate a mature breath seeker, and a breath seeker can only find prey once in its life.
Therefore, when using breath-seeking insects, you must ask high-level orcs for instructions.
The master-level orc nodded and said, "There is no room for error in allowing the use of the catalytic sacred stone."
"yes!"
The thin orc took the order and carefully put back the gravel and soil that were contaminated with fighting spirit.
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Huangyuan Empire, Imperial City.
In Ling Changkong's study room in the headquarters of the Six Ministers, the light of the magic lamp shines through the window paper, emitting a faint orange color.
Ling Yun sat on the chair, took a sip of tea, frowned and swallowed it, then put the teacup back on the table.
"Brother, I really don't understand how you can drink this kind of tea that is bland and even bitter." Ling Yun smacked his mouth twice and said straightforwardly.
When he was in the military, he mostly drank when he was resting.
So Ling Yun didn't like this kind of bland tea.
"Tea, what you drink is Hui Gan." Ling Changkong replied lightly.
Then he put away the memorial in his hand and placed the quill on the memorial.
"Fourth brother came to my place tonight, not just to complain that my tea tastes bad." Ling Changkong sat up straight and said calmly.
"You and I, we haven't seen each other for such a long time, I just came here to catch up on old times." Ling Yun said with a smile.
"Since we are reminiscing about old times, how can we not have good wine and good food? Fourth brother, wait a moment, I will give the order." Ling Changkong was not in a hurry and knocked on the table with his finger.
A servant guarding the door opened the door and came in. After receiving the order, he immediately left.
Not long after, a table of wine and food was placed in the study.
Ling Changkong took matters into his own hands and poured a glass of wine for each of them.
After drinking a glass of warm wine, Ling Yun opened his mouth and let out a breath of hot air, and started talking.
Ling Changkong listened at the table and responded from time to time.
There weren't many dishes on the table, and a few plates quickly became empty.
"I'll leave for Yashui City tomorrow."
Ling Yun said this suddenly.
