Gu Shi took Shufeng back to the room, and after a good night's rest, he returned to his previous pace of life.

As for Zhang Bei, just as Gu Shi guessed, they were busy with the follow-up of this matter for almost half a month before they had time to rest.

"Gu Shi, you don't know, I haven't slept much these days, and I'm almost getting dark circles under my eyes."

As Zhang Nan spoke, he gestured for Gu Shi to look into his eyes, his voice full of resentment.

Gu Shi brought Zhang Nan a glass of warm water, then asked curiously, "What took you so long? We rescued everyone that day, so we should just clean up the mess. It shouldn't take more than a few days, right?"

Zhang Nan took a sip of water and said, "Ah, the main reason is that the subsequent development of this matter was so unexpected that we were almost dragged into the power struggle of the Ativi Empire.

If we hadn't retreated in time, the men we left in the royal city would have been mistaken for enemies and accidentally injured by one of the factions."

After Zhang Nan's explanation, Gu Shi finally knew the truth behind this matter.

The cause of this disappearance can be traced back to a few years ago. After the new king of the Ativi Empire took the throne, he began to vigorously suppress those conservative nobles and continuously promoted his own people to the position.

Those conservatives will naturally not sit idly by and watch themselves being suppressed. After all, for them, watching the power and wealth in their hands being taken away bit by bit is the most painful thing.

So they began to rebel.

In addition to openly engaging in political struggles with the forces supported by the new king, they also made a lot of plans in secret.

The mastermind of this incident, the Hamid family, is one of the pawns they control.

The Hamid family was originally a member of the conservative faction, but they were not very prominent among them and their strength was not that strong. Therefore, as soon as the conservative leaders extended an olive branch to them, they could not wait to accept it.

The conservatives provided the Hamid family with a method to quickly improve their strength, which was the magic circle that Gu Shi had found traces of twice in the castle.

This magic circle can draw magic power and vitality from other people and directly infuse it into the user, thereby rapidly increasing the user's strength.

The Hamid brothers' strength was able to increase so quickly because of this magic circle.

Of course, this magic circle will also have certain negative effects on the user, otherwise it would not be the turn of the Hamid brothers to use it.

The goal of the conservatives is to use the magic circle to cultivate two powerful professionals belonging to their forces, so that they can gain more benefits in this struggle.

That night, after Gu Shi and his men made a big fuss in the castle and rescued all the people who needed to be rescued, Ji Wen, who was still in the royal city, acted decisively and reported the matter to the political enemies of the Hamid family.

Who knew that Ji Wenxuan's mobility was so strong? After learning the news, he rushed directly towards the castle.

So, not long after Gu Shi and his companions left, the castle was attacked again.

Immediately after successfully catching the Hamid family's tail, a new round of turmoil suddenly broke out in the royal city of the Ativi Empire.

A magic circle like this, which requires the life force of others as its material, is openly a strictly prohibited sorcery, and the Hamid family is obviously conservative.

Therefore, under the influence of this incident, the power of the conservatives was forced to shrink again.

As the person who leaked the information, Ji Wen was naturally put on their blacklist and attacked by a killer.

"However, fortunately, their political struggle was so intense that we could hide in this matter. Ji Wen and the others who stayed in the city also successfully faked their own deaths and escaped.

We've already cleaned up almost all the traces we can, and we're putting the blame on one of the parties involved. Even if they investigate further, they won't be able to trace it back to us."

Zhang Nan took another sip of water and said, "I almost forgot about the main thing. I didn't come to you today to talk about this."

Gu Shi looked at Zhang Nan in confusion.

Zhang Nan placed a space ring in front of Gu Shi and said, "Here, this is the agreed reward. Also, I came here mainly to hear you recount the details of the action that night and to make a record."

"Oh, let me think..."

Gu Shi recalled what happened that night, starting from entering the castle, and recounted everything he had done, and showed Zhang Nan the incomplete pattern.

Zhang Nan carefully wrote down everything Gu Shi said, and asked him for some details from time to time.

"Okay, that's all I want to ask. I'm really sorry to bother you today." Zhang Nan closed the notebook in his hand and smiled at Gu Shi.

"It's okay, this is what I should do."

After saying this, Gu Shi looked at Zhang Nan's expression again and said hesitantly, "I always feel that you don't seem to be in a good mood. Is there something wrong?"

Zhang Nan was stunned for a moment, then he sighed deeply, "Alas, you found out."

"It's because of the people we rescued that night. You might not know this yet, but even though they've all recovered from their comas and are no longer in danger of death, they're still unable to use their magic normally after so many days.

Originally, this matter has nothing to do with me, and I have not studied the knowledge in this area. I should let the professionals worry about how to find a way to detoxify it.

But among these people there happened to be a friend I knew.”

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