Seeing Liu Xiaoyuan's disappointed expression, the director said to the staff, "Think carefully again, is there anything you've forgotten?"
“Nothing was left behind, I…” At this point, the staff member suddenly remembered something and said, “Right, I think I remember now, we found a stone on the deceased’s body. We thought it was useless, so we threw it in the trash can.”
Upon hearing the staff member's words, Liu Xiaoyuan's eyes lit up. Perhaps that stone was the thing that could detect spiritual roots.
"Which trash can did you throw it in?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked immediately.
The staff immediately led Liu Xiaoyuan to the trash can and took the stone out. After the system identified it, it was indeed a treasure that could detect spiritual roots.
"This thing is called a Spirit Detecting Stone. It is used to detect spiritual roots. If you have a water spiritual root, the stone will turn blue. If you have a pure water spiritual root, the blue color will be even deeper."
"How do I use it? How do I use this spirit-detecting stone?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked anxiously.
The system said, "Don't use it too much. This thing will sense things innately. But this spirit-detecting stone also has a drawback: it only has twenty detection functions. Each detection reduces the number of detections. I see that the spirit-detecting stone in your hand is not very useful. At most, you won't have many left. After it's used up, the spirit-detecting stone will become a useless stone."
Hearing the system's words, Liu Xiaoyuan wasn't discouraged at all, because he wasn't using the item to detect whether someone had a spiritual root. Instead, he was doing it to prevent someone from picking it up and running into Yang Zihan, which would cause unnecessary trouble.
Seeing the joy on Liu Xiaoyuan's face, Lu Siyao immediately asked, "Xiaoyuan, is this the stone you're looking for?"
Liu Xiaoyuan nodded and said, "Yes, Siyao, this stone is what I'm looking for."
Upon hearing this, the director immediately criticized the staff, saying, "Your work attitude is too careless and negligent. You actually threw away such an important item as trash. What are you trying to do?"
The staff members knew they had done something wrong and immediately lowered their heads to admit their mistake. The director then gave them a few words of reprimand.
Just then, the stone in Liu Xiaoyuan's hand suddenly turned red. What happened? Why did the stone suddenly turn red?
Liu Xiaoyuan immediately asked the system, "Handsome system, why did the stone suddenly turn red?"
The system said, "Kid, this proves that you have someone with a fire elemental root by your side. Let me see. Oh, it's this girl next to you. She has a fire elemental root, although it's not pure, it's not bad."
Looking over, Liu Xiaoyuan realized that the girl the system was referring to was Lu Siyao. He hadn't expected that Lu Siyao was also someone with a fire spirit root.
When the spirit-detecting stone suddenly changed color, everyone present paled. Anyone would be surprised if a stone suddenly changed color.
"Xiao Yuan, why did the color of this stone in your hand suddenly turn red? What's going on?" Lu Siyao asked, pointing to the spirit-detecting stone in Liu Xiaoyuan's hand.
Liu Xiaoyuan didn't know how to explain it. Should he explain that it wasn't an ordinary stone? If so, Liu Xiaoyuan, a mere commoner, wouldn't be able to take the stone away.
But even if we don't say anything, now that the director has seen this strange phenomenon, Liu Xiaoyuan probably won't be able to take it away, because anyone who isn't an idiot would know that this stone is not simple.
Liu Xiaoyuan said, "I don't know why this stone suddenly turned red."
No one would believe Liu Xiaoyuan's explanation. You went to great lengths to find this stone before, so you must have known its purpose, which is why you valued it so much.
"Mr. Liu, you can't take this stone. It's the most important evidence on the deceased." After seeing the stone's magical properties, the director wouldn't let Liu Xiaoyuan take it away.
The director had his own plans. Such a magical stone was a very rare item, whether as evidence or a gift. Therefore, such a valuable item should be kept in the institute, as it might be useful in the future.
Upon hearing the director's words, Liu Xiaoyuan immediately asked the system, "Is there any way to destroy this stone?"
Since we can't take this spirit-detecting stone, let's destroy it to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands.
The system said, "With your cultivation at the second level of the Innate Realm, destroying this Spirit Detecting Stone will be troublesome. Summon an expert at the third level of the Innate Realm and see if injecting Transformation Qi into the Spirit Detecting Stone can render it useless."
Upon hearing the system's words, Liu Xiaoyuan immediately summoned a master at the third level of the Innate Realm and infused him with Transformation Qi into the Spirit Exploration Stone.
As the energy was injected, the red color on the stone gradually disappeared, and after a few minutes, the stone returned to its previous appearance.
Upon seeing this, Liu Xiaoyuan knew he had succeeded; the spirit-detecting stone had become an ordinary rock.
"Alright, this spirit-detecting stone was almost worn out, which is why it worked. If it were a brand new spirit-detecting stone, you could risk your life and it wouldn't have mattered." The system didn't forget to tease Liu Xiaoyuan.
Liu Xiaoyuan handed the now-useless spirit-detecting stone to the director, saying, "I was just looking at it. Here, take the stone back."
The director immediately took the stone and carefully held it in his hands.
The director wasn't too surprised that the spirit-detecting stone had lost its color, assuming that if the stone could suddenly gain color, it could also immediately regain its color.
Therefore, he still regarded this useless spirit-detecting stone as a treasure.
After leaving the police station, Lu Siyao caught up with Liu Xiaoyuan and asked, "Xiaoyuan, tell me, what exactly is that stone for? Why did it suddenly turn red?"
After thinking for a moment, Liu Xiaoyuan decided to tell Lu Siyao about cultivation, since Lu Siyao would also be involved in this kind of thing in the future.
After hearing Liu Xiaoyuan's explanation, Lu Siyao's face was filled with surprise, as if she were listening to a story. What cultivation, what spiritual roots, these were things that Lu Siyao had never heard of before.
Liu Xiaoyuan understood Lu Siyao's surprise, because anyone would have reacted the same way in this situation.
"Xiao Yuan, do you think there really are cultivators in this world who can fly on swords?" Lu Siyao asked in surprise.
Liu Xiaoyuan nodded and said, "That's how I understand it. But I've never seen a cultivator who flies on a sword. Maybe they all hide in caves to cultivate. They don't care much about worldly affairs; they care more about cultivation."
"Xiao Yuan, you said I have a fire elemental root, so does that mean I'm a cultivation genius?" Lu Siyao said excitedly. "Xiao Yuan, I want to cultivate too! I want to fly through the air! I want to wreak havoc everywhere! Then those criminals will have nowhere to hide!"
(End of this chapter)
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