Global Apocalypse: Awakening the Soul-Swallowing Talent at the Beginning.

"Well, I hope so..." On the other side of the data panel, Chen Li sighed deeply.

Then he seemed to have thought of something and said hurriedly:

"By the way, is your brother Chen Kou okay?"

"I'm fine. I'm still practicing my sword skills in seclusion." Chen Ding raised his eyebrows, his face full of confidence that he was in control:

"I specifically instructed the servants in the clan not to inform him of Lu Li's arrival."

"After I kill Lu Li, I will personally bring this surprise to him."

"Okay... After you get the first three levels of the sword manual, remember to practice it and see if you can form sword skills on the panel." Chen Li reminded:

"I can't make it back in time to check it myself, so please be careful and pay more attention!"

"Just in case Lu Li is trying to cheat and give us a fake one!"

"No problem, Third Elder." Chen Ding responded:

"I will make sure there is no problem with my sword skills before I kill Lu Li..."

……

Time passes day by day.

From Chen Ding's perspective, Lu Li was almost too obedient.

He stayed in the Sutra Repository every day and never took a step out.

Either he was memorizing the sword manual, or he was eating and sleeping.

Apart from occasionally looking through the martial arts in the Sutra Library, he hardly did anything out of the ordinary.

The efficiency of memorizing the sword techniques is a bit low.

Ten days have passed, and there is still no sign of the first three levels of the sword manual.

But Chen Ding was not in a hurry.

Anyway, the star field is under martial law right now.

Even if Lu Li tried to slack off, he couldn't leave the Chen family's main territory.

He even hoped that Lu Li would slow down.

Delay it longer.

This way, when the Third Elder Chen Li comes back, he won't be needed to verify the authenticity of the sword manual.

All in all, Chen Ding was not too worried about the sword manual.

What bothered him was the thieves.

That's right,

Ever since Lu Li came to the Chen family, the Chen family has been plagued by thieves.

In just ten days, the number of thefts reported by the Chen family members increased eightfold!

And the trend is growing!

At first, Chen Ding thought that it was Lu Li's doing, so he sent many more people overtly and covertly to guard the Sutra Library and keep a close watch.

Even he himself keeps paying attention.

But this lasted for five days.

Lu Li's daily life did not change at all, but the thefts in the Chen family became more and more serious.

Now that personal suspicion has been ruled out, the only thing left is the summoned creature.

In order to expose Lu Li's true colors,

Within the next five days, Chen Ding secretly ordered to strengthen the formation defenses in various areas within the Chen family’s residence.

And he also carefully activated the depth detection function of the formation.

This is to prevent the existence of soul-like creatures within Lu Li's summons, which could hide from the eyes and perception of the numerous guards.

But it still doesn't work.

There is no gain,

A lot of Yuan Crystals were consumed to support the formation.

Not worth the candle.

I have tried various methods.

Eliminate all suspicion of Lu Li!

With no other options, Chen Ding could only turn his attention to the internal affairs of the Chen family.

Maybe it's just a coincidence in timing?

Was the theft caused by a traitor in the Chen family, rather than Lu Li?

With this idea in mind, Chen Ding began to conduct an intensive internal investigation of the Chen family's children.

After checking, I found quite a few problems.

Such as patrol guards neglecting their duties, accountants embezzling money, and the children guarding the warehouse stealing...

All these are bad behaviors that harm the interests of the Chen family!

Chen Ding caught a lot of people and fined a lot of them, and he was very busy.

But the problem of theft among the Chen family’s children has not eased!

The situation had even become so serious that a member of the Chen family was still using his own prop weapons, equipment and armor in the morning. He had a meal at noon, and in the afternoon all the props including the storage props disappeared!

The rampant problem of thieves is outrageous!

Moreover, the incident happened inside the formation with the most stringent protection!

But what is strange is that the thefts only occurred among the Chen family’s children.

The treasury, which contained many precious treasures, was not stolen at all.

This made Chen Ding even more certain that there was a problem within the Chen family!

Because only insiders know the severity of the Chen family’s punishment.

Stealing is not a serious crime, and even if you are caught, you will only be fined according to the value of the stolen items.

But if you steal something from the treasury,

Even if you just pick up a needle, you will be executed immediately and turned into a knife slave puppet!

With a direction, Chen Ding devoted more and more energy into it.

Invisibly, the attention paid to Lu Li decreased.

So much so that twenty days later, when Lu Li suggested going to the local market, Chen Ding agreed.

After all, compared to the "honest" Lu Li, the internal thieves of the Chen family are obviously more worthy of attention.

……

Leaving the Chen family’s residence and leaving the inner city.

Lu Li walked on a simple path paved with bluestone.

Completely different from the spacious, neat, luxurious and grand architectural style of the inner city, the buildings on both sides of the outer roads are obviously more dilapidated and the layout is more compact and dense.

There are many pedestrians coming and going.

But there are rarely people wearing luxurious clothes or wearing pheasant heads or fox armpits.

Most of them look poor, with pale faces and thin bodies.

Most of them were in a hurry, rushing to their respective destinations.

A few pedestrians noticed that Lu Li's attire was different from that of the locals, and they would spend two seconds slowing down or simply stopping to look at him with ill intent.

However, once these gazes touched the Chen family guards behind Lu Li, they would immediately dissipate and turn into fawning smiles.

Some people even took the initiative to greet the Chen family guards and extend their respectful greetings.

But I didn't get any friendly response.

The Chen family guards looked arrogant and looked down on everyone.

The only words I can give to these passers-by are the cold and heartless "get out".

Without exception.

Lu Li naturally knew the reason.

However, in order to maintain his image as a country bumpkin, he pretended to be curious and asked:

"Brother, I just saw many pedestrians greet you with a respectful and friendly attitude."

"Why are your responses so cold? Aren't you afraid of offending them?"

Hearing this, Chang Wei, one of the guards, sneered and said slowly:

"Offend? Do they deserve it?"

"Those who greeted us are all dust people, creatures in this land that are even lower than livestock for meat."

"Even if we kill one or two on the street, there won't be any problem."

"I just said 'get out of here', which is kind of me."

"Hiss... If that's the case, why do they have to be so flattering?" Lu Li continued to ask, but his eyes were already fixed on somewhere far away.

"What you said, you are trying to curry favor with us in order to gain benefits from us!" Another guard named Youwei said:

"If someone shows kindness for no reason, he is either a traitor or a thief. Even a three-year-old child understands this."

"They are trying to please us so that we can turn a blind eye when they recruit workers next month."

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