After arriving in Xiangzhou, Li Mu and Lin Hongluan bought plane tickets for the same day, choosing the flight with the shortest travel time.

Watching Li Mu and his daughter enter the boarding gate together, Han Bing's calm heart began to worry again.

Li Mu's smile, radiating confidence and composure, finally eased the tension in her furrowed brows.

As he held his daughter's hand and waved goodbye, a sense of sadness, like that of a fledgling eagle growing up and eventually having to leave the nest, lingered in her heart.

She burst into tears the moment the plane took off.

This wasn't a life-or-death separation, but she still couldn't hold back her tears.

Li Mu must have extraordinary abilities, she agrees, and of course she hopes her daughter will find a good home.

However, time flies.

Approaching middle age, I got divorced, and now my daughter has passed away with the man she loved.

Unbeknownst to her, her heart had been filled with the vicissitudes of life.

No relationship that begins on a small scale can end well; her emotional heart has already closed itself off.

Now, the only path she can truly control and persevere in is cultivation.

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On the plane, Li Mu was watching a movie on a tablet.

This was something Lin Hongluan deliberately brought from home; the computer contained dozens of movies.

Among them were more than ten blockbuster European and American films, with original audio and Chinese audio simultaneously. Li Mu watched them very attentively.

The flight from Xiangzhou to Australia takes more than ten hours, during which Li Mu watched original-language, synchronized Hollywood blockbusters.

With his current level of consciousness and memory, he would definitely be a top student if he used it for learning.

After watching four or five movies, he could understand most commonly used English and even imitate the original voices from the movies.

This made Lin Hongluan feel that her translation was somewhat superfluous.

More than ten hours later, the plane landed at Kingsford Smith Airport, and the two walked out of the arrival hall almost empty-handed.

The temperature in Sydney was around 20 degrees Celsius, and the sun was shining brightly, but it couldn't dispel the gloom in Li Mu's heart.

The area boasts a grand theater, beaches, harbor, botanical gardens, rocky outcrops, and churches, all worth visiting.

However, Li Mu didn't come here for a vacation; he came to find someone, or even to rescue someone.

In this city, which is a third larger than Jiangcheng, finding someone among millions of people is not easy.

Besides knowing that someone was causing trouble at the mine, which led to many conflicts and ultimately Li Hongjun's disappearance.

Li Mu had no clue whatsoever, so he could only go to the Li family's residence to see if he could find any clues.

If there are no clues at the residence, the next step is to go to the two mines where the incidents occurred.

There's not much I can do since I'm new here; I can only take it one step at a time and hope someone comes to me.

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I took a taxi to Kellyville, an affluent area where safety is relatively guaranteed.

The pavilions, terraces, bridges, and flowing water create a very pleasant environment.

The Li family villa is located in the villa complex, and its architectural style blends in with the neighboring villas, so it does not appear out of place.

There is a small hill in the southwest of the villa area, not far from the Li family villa.

The house was about the same size as Li Mu's house in Jiangcheng, but the yard was several times larger.

Looking from outside the yard into the yard, everything appears normal; most people wouldn't notice anything unusual.

Li Mu had already sensed some problems using his divine sense.

Although the villa's door was closed and the lock was damaged, the first floor was not a major problem.

There were several bullet holes in the study on the second floor. Some ornaments on the desk were swept to the ground, and the chair was overturned.

Li Mu, with a dark expression, went up to the second floor with Lin Hongluan.

I had known before that guns were rampant in Europe and America, and now, seeing the bullet holes on the walls and bookshelves of my study, I can confirm that what they said was true.

There were bullet holes in the room, but no bloodstains or smell of blood.

This means that Li Hongjun was not shot on the spot, which is good news.

However, this does not mean that Li Hongjun did not encounter other dangers, after all, he had been missing for half a month.

Scattered on the ground were some odds and ends: minerals, cigarette butts, and many papers that looked like contracts.

Next to the chair lying on the ground was a safe that had been forcibly opened.

The cabinet was empty except for a few contracts remaining, and the contracts on the floor had obviously been thrown out by someone.

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Li Mu picked up a map from the ground and spread it on his desk.

This should be a map showing the distribution of mining areas, and it's entirely in English.

Aside from a few similar city names, Li Mu could barely understand these English place names.

The locations marked in red and blue should be properties invested in by Lee's Mining.

Two large red crosses were clearly visible, indicating that these were likely the two mines where the accident occurred.

Lin Hongluan was also looking at the map, and when she saw Li Mu pointing to two red crosses, she examined them carefully.

"This is South Australia. Let me see, this place should be called Queensland."

Lin Hongluan's English is better than Li Mu's, so she should have no problem conversing with people, but she's still a bit unsure about place names on a map.

The Li family's mines are mainly concentrated in Western Australia, and it seems there are only two mines in South Australia.

Furthermore, the circles drawn on the map are smaller than the circles to the west, indicating that they are likely two small mines.

Li Mu studied the map for a while, memorized the locations of all the mines, and then sat down on the sofa in the study.

Lin Hongluan didn't disturb Li Mu, who was deep in thought, and began to tidy up the contracts on the ground.

All the contracts were stacked together; there were nine in total.

She glanced at them and saw that they were all mining contracts for Theo, but she didn't see the two mining contracts for South Australia.

She didn't know if it was placed elsewhere or if someone had taken it; she could remind Li Mu about this later.

After tidying up the contracts, Lin Hongluan brought cleaning tools from downstairs to clean the floor.

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There were some scattered ores on the ground, and she held one of the colorful stones in her hand.

"Li Mu, look, isn't this the opal you mentioned? It looks very beautiful."

Lin Hongluan handed the ore to Li Mu, who took the egg-sized stone and examined it with his divine sense.

Opal!?

If Li Xuan hadn't mentioned it, he really wouldn't have known that this kind of stone was called opal.

"Li Mu, I just felt that there was a spiritual energy in this stone, but it seems like I can't absorb it."

Lin Hongluan picked up another black stone from the ground and tried to absorb it by holding it in her palm.

Lin Hongluan's intuition was correct; Li Mu sensed the stone as soon as he picked it up and even examined it with his divine sense.

There is indeed a trace of spiritual energy within opals, but it cannot be absorbed.

If it cannot be absorbed, then it cannot be called spiritual energy. So what is this substance?

Li Mu casually waved his hand, rolling up all the ore on the ground and placing it on the coffee table in front of him.

"Hongluan, stop tidying up. You should get used to using magic."

Li Mu stopped Lin Hongluan, who was about to clean, and casually cast a few dust-removing spells, instantly cleaning the ground.

Lin Hongluan blushed as she put the cleaning tools aside and sat down next to Li Mu.

Li Mu had taught her this dust-removing technique, but due to ingrained habits of thought, she hadn't actually considered using magic.

However, as soon as she sat down, she saw Li Mu staring at her with wide eyes, as if he had encountered something amazing.

Li Mu suddenly spoke up:

"Opal! So that's how opals are used. Hehehe."