Although Fang Yuan had the purple thorn token, he could not investigate openly.
But in his memories, Li Ran also participated in the battle stage. After obtaining the legendary Gu, he went on a killing spree, sweeping the battle stage.
That was easy.
Fang Yuan had the authority to forcefully challenge others, thus he used this excuse to go to the special reception.
There were three Li Ran who signed up for the battle stage.
Two males and one female.
The female was excluded, the rumored Li Ran was a male.
Of the remaining two, one was an old man in his sixties, he had some fame. Rank three cultivation, he had charged into third inner city battle stage a few years ago, but his condition was not good these years, he dropped back to fourth inner city. This was obviously not the case, the Li Ran in his memories was not doing well.
The other was a middle aged man in his fifties. Rank two cultivation, he had been in Shang clan city for close to ten years, but was still roaming around fifth inner city battle stage. He liked to gamble on rocks, and lived a poor life. He had once married and had children in Shang clan city, but the couple did not get along, and had separated.
Fang Yuan investigated secretly, and found that this person was the one he met at the gambling den when he first opened the rock.
After following him for a few days, Fang Yuan found that this Li Ran lived a poor life, sometimes he could not even eat his next meal.
But this did not mean he had no ability.
He was in fifth inner city battle stage, fighting to obtain Yuan stones to make ends meet.
Fang Yuan checked his battle record, and found that he won more than he lost.
Logically speaking, he should not have to worry about food and clothing. But this person liked to eat, gamble, and visit prostitutes, spending money lavishly, without any sense of moderation. To gamble on rocks, he would use all of his Yuan stone, and for the next half a month, he would have to borrow money from people, and eat the lowest quality food to survive.
Similarly, to have a good meal, he would go to the highest class restaurants, and spend most of his money. He had even dined and dashed before, and now he still owed several restaurants money for his meals.
"This person should be the owner of the legendary Gu in my previous life. But if he does not know how to control his desires, so what if he has the legendary Gu? No wonder he was like a shooting star in my previous life, shining for a while, but vanishing after a while. "Fang Yuan shook his head.
"He obtained the legendary Gu in his previous life, will he get it again in this life? Following him like this is not a long-term solution. The day of discovering the legendary gu was approaching. Am I really not fated with this legendary Gu? "Fang Yuan frowned.
Tracking Li Ran over the past few days had wasted a lot of Fang Yuan's time and effort. If he used this time to cultivate, he might be able to improve even more.
More importantly, Fang Yuan wasn't sure if he would gain anything by following Li Ran.
Moreover, if they followed him for too long, they would be discovered. Fortunately, Wei Yang had an important mission and would only come when Fang Yuan was practicing. Otherwise, Fang Yuan would not be able to track Li Ran.
If Wei Yang found out that he was investigating Li Ran, how would he explain it?
The biggest question now was why was the Legendary Gu not in the star stone, this did not match the rumors!
Fang Yuan couldn't figure it out. This was simply unimaginable! All the factors matched up, but the most crucial point was that something went wrong.
Maybe it was because he was overthinking things, but Fang Yuan felt that Li Ran's actions were strange. But he couldn't tell what was strange about it. It was just a feeling, vague and vague, even Fang Yuan wasn't sure.
More than twenty days passed like this, and Fang Yuan fell into deep trouble. That strange feeling was getting stronger, but Fang Yuan didn't know where it originated from.
Li Ran's actions were not inappropriate at all.
He had lived in Shang clan city for close to ten years, if there was anything wrong with him, others would have noticed long ago.
"I am already in a rut, thinking too much. At this time, I need someone else's point of view to enlighten me. "Fang Yuan had a clear understanding of his situation.
But he only trusted himself, even though Bai Ning Bing swore an oath with him, Fang Yuan didn't trust Bai Ning Bing at all. He was only using her to cultivate, the bone flesh unity Gu was much better than the liquor worm.
With no one to help him, Fang Yuan could only rely on himself.
But he was used to relying on himself, and liked to do things by himself.
Thus, he went to a shop: "Shopkeeper, do you have a flash of inspiration Gu?"
Fang Yuan asked several shops, but they didn't have it. Finally, one shop had it in stock, but when he asked for the price, it was twenty-nine thousand Yuan stone.
A flash of inspiration Gu was a rank three consumable Gu, it could be used up after one use. Who would spend so much Yuan stone to buy such a thing?
But the truth was, there were many people who used it.
These people were recipe masters who specialized in deducing Gu refinement recipes.
When they met a bottleneck, and were just a step away from success, they would choose to use this Gu. Once this Gu was used, it would give them the most crucial flash of inspiration, allowing them to break through the window and deduce a new recipe.
The value of a new recipe was far more than twenty-nine thousand Yuan stone.
Thus, a flash of inspiration Gu was priceless, if not for Fang Yuan having the purple thorn token, the shop would not sell it to him.
Similar to a flash of inspiration Gu, there was also immortal finger Gu.
But the latter was Tie clan's exclusive grass Gu, it was not available in the market.
Fang Yuan gritted his teeth, buying this flash of inspiration Gu.
This Gu was like a sapphire tadpole, small and exquisite, it swung its tail and swam around.
Fang Yuan activated his primeval essence, and this Gu immediately entered his mind, turning into a white light, and like a bolt of lightning, it cut through the dense fog for Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan's eyes shined with brilliance, he finally found the source of this strange feeling.
"Right, this Li Ran's life is decadent, he has no control, it looks like a mess, but there is a hidden pattern. He goes to a restaurant seven times every three days, a gambling den twice every seven days, and a brothel once every five days. Moreover, every ten days or so, he would go to a restaurant called 'Fu Tai Xiang He'. "
The messy and complicated information, under the effect of the A flash of inspiration Gu, revealed the pattern within.
This was the strange part.
If he really had no control, and did not think about the future, his life would definitely be rotten, how could there be such a pattern?
Three days later, Fu Tai Xiang He restaurant.
"Waiter, pay up." Li Ran retracted his gaze from the window, shouting.
"Coming, Lord Li Ran, this is a total of five and a half Yuan stone."
"Here are six, keep the change." Li Ran threw out six Yuan stone.
"Thank you lord, take care!"
Thud thud thud …
Li Ran went down the stairs, walking out of the restaurant, until his figure disappeared at the corner of the street.
Upstairs, Fang Yuan's gaze was eerie, he called the waiter over, pointing at Li Ran's previous seat: "The scenery here is too bad, I want to move to that table."
According to his understanding, every time Li Ran came to this restaurant, he would sit near the window, this was really strange.
"No problem!" The waiter laughed: "A gentleman likes to sit here."
"What do you mean?" Fang Yuan's brows raised slightly.
"Eh, don't you want to see Qin Yan brothel's red card, Lady An Yu? Hehe, from that seat, you can see Lady An Yu's room, if you are lucky, you can even see her figure. Earlier, that Lord Li Ran sat here every time, to satisfy his craving. I reserved the seat for him every time, it only costs half a Yuan stone each time. "The waiter said sneakily.
"Oh, is that so?" Fang Yuan did not deny it, sitting at Li Ran's seat.
Through the window, he could see Qin Yan brothel two streets away.
Qin Yan brothel had eight floors, the leading lady, Lady An Yu, was a rank two Gu Master, her room was at the top floor. She had an extraordinary beauty, and her identity as a Gu Master could incite men's desire to conquer her, it was said that a single night's company would cost over ten thousand Yuan stone.
With Li Ran's wealth, he could not afford such a huge sum, but was he really here to peep at Lady An Yu?
From his experience in brothels, he was not a person who was infatuated.
Fang Yuan looked outside, there were many restaurants around Qin Yan brothel, why did he choose this one?
If he had a investigative Gu that could increase his vision, it would make sense. But as far as Fang Yuan knew, he did not have such a Gu.
From this distance, even if Lady An Yu stood by the window, he would only be able to see a blurry face, right?
"Eh? This is … "Fang Yuan's gaze focused, he saw a tofu shop across the street.
A mother and son were packing up the shop, preparing to close for the day.
Fang Yuan recognized this mother and son, they were Li Ran's wife and son!
"Don't tell me, Li Ran's true motive is to look at them?" Fang Yuan could not help but think.
He narrowed his eyes and recalled the topographic map of this street in his mind.
To peep at Lady An Yu, there were many better places than this. But to observe this mother and son, this was the only place with the best scenery!
"If Li Ran really wanted to observe this mother and son, why did he do it secretly? According to my investigation, he abandoned this mother and son a few years ago. Could it be that he felt guilty? Strange … if he felt guilty, and wanted to care for his wife and son, he could have shown himself, why did he need to hide? "
"No, it could be that he felt ashamed, and did not have the face to see his wife and son. But if he really felt guilty, why did he not repent? This is strange, he seems to be living a rotten life, without restraint, but the truth is that his decadence is very regular. This regularity shows that he has great self-control. "
Fang Yuan's eyes shined with an eerie light, countless thoughts flashing in his mind.
He took a mouthful of food and chewed, but could not taste it.
He felt that he was getting closer to the truth, like a person groping in a dark room, getting close to the door.
All the clues, all the suspicious points, flashed through his mind in a frenzy.
Such rapid thinking caused his eating speed to slow down.
He slowly put down his chopsticks, and slowly picked up the wine cup. The wine in the cup was clear like amber, emitting a rich fragrance.
Suddenly, Fang Yuan's black pupils dilated!
The wine cup in his hand was raised halfway, and his entire arm was suspended in midair, motionless, like a stone statue.
It was as if a bolt of lightning had exploded in his mind.
"So that's how it is … I understand now!"
He shouted excitedly in his heart, and a flash of light that was as dazzling as lightning flashed in his eyes.
The fog of his past and present life disappeared, and all the suspicious points were connected. Fang Yuan found the answer!
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