When Zhou Shi saw his mother muttering about this, he immediately said, "Mom, don't think about it. Just do what you're supposed to do, or watch TV. I'm going to lie down in my room for a bit!"
Jin Xiumei muttered, "Why have you been lying down and sleeping all the time as soon as you get home lately? You're turning into a pig!"
Zhou Xuan grinned and pointed to his stomach, saying, "I think I ate too much. I'm a little short of breath. I'll lie down, practice some qigong, and take a nap!" He said this specifically to Fu Ying; of course, his mother wouldn't understand.
Fu Ying knew that Zhou Xuan was going to hide in his room again to tinker with his ice device. Although she wanted to see what was going on, she was too embarrassed to follow him upstairs now. She was still feeling shy from earlier, and if she followed Zhou Xuan upstairs, her mother-in-law would laugh at her again.
Zhou Xuan hummed a little tune as he went upstairs. Back in his room, he sat on his bed, recalling the day's events. From his encounter with the white jade tiger to his touching of the mangled corpse at the scene, the images he gleaned confirmed that today's situation represented a new and rather unique ability since acquiring the Ice Qi. Previous abilities like gold transformation, gold absorption, and detecting the authenticity of objects were simply enhancements of existing ones. But today's ability to suddenly obtain images from objects was a truly strange new ability!
The more Zhou Xuan thought about it, the stranger and more excited he became. He wondered what would happen after creating ice energy, and what new abilities it would evolve into!
However, Zhou Xuan is certain of one thing: this new ability is based on the several violent enhancements of the ice energy, and the new ability may have evolved from the enhancement of the ice energy.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xuan took out the small crystal again and looked at it for a long time. Looking into the crystal from the outside, it was like a fog or a maze, with all sorts of things moving around inside. But no one could have imagined that what was inside was an endless, earth-shattering superpower!
Zhou Xuan himself didn't understand what kind of results he could get from it, but now he was like an opium addict, taking it out at home every night to absorb and practice, and strengthen his ice energy.
However, some time ago, after Zhou Xuan practiced with the crystal every night, the ice energy no longer absorbed the ice energy in the crystal as fiercely as it had at the beginning, nor did it expand. It seemed to have reached its limit. The ice energy circulated in the crystal for a while before returning to the body, and the meridians no longer expanded. The ice energy in the pill in his wrist also stopped growing.
Zhou Xuan then channeled the ice energy into the crystal. With his previous experience, he was now quite adept at it and skillfully entered the ocean of ice energy within the crystal. After circulating the energy for more than ten seconds, the ice energy returned to his body.
Zhou Xuan could clearly feel that the ice energy in the pill had not increased or expanded at all, but the golden color had become more vibrant. He felt that although the ice energy was no longer expanding, it had become much purer and more mellow!
This made Zhou Xuan realize that ice energy, like people, stops growing taller after reaching a certain point. People stop growing taller after twenty-five or twenty-six, or after thirty, but their minds become more mature and their experience becomes more profound. Ice energy might be like that.
Zhou Xuan realized that everything in the world, whether understood or not, is connected by a common principle. Perhaps it is the saying that human strength has its limits and its limits. After climbing one mountain, you will climb another, but after reaching the highest peak, you will start to descend! He circulated the ice energy a few more times, then returned it to his left wrist and put the crystal back in the drawer.
The ice energy was even purer than before, but Zhou Xuan still couldn't figure out how his new ability came about today, or why this scene suddenly appeared when he touched the white jade tiger.
Why does it not react when other objects are touched? Is it really only when the murder victim's belongings are touched that this scene occurs?
Zhou Xuan thought for a long time, and couldn't help but pick up the photo frame of him and Yingying on the table. He held it in his hand and tried for a while, but not a single image came to mind!
This made Zhou Xuan even more certain that the new superpower of ice energy might only react to murder objects, but he found it very strange that the same object would only react to murder objects.
This puzzled Zhou Xuan. Could it be that the aura lingering on the murder object was stronger, causing the ice energy to react more strongly?
That is indeed possible. In legends and stories throughout history, there are stories of snow falling in June, resentment soaring to the sky, and vengeful ghosts haunting people. It is also said that people with strong resentment become vengeful ghosts after death to harm others. But I have never heard of a person without resentment or hatred becoming a ghost to harm others!
Although Zhou Shi felt something was strange, he still circulated his ice energy and concentrated his mind, trying his best to fix the ice energy on the picture frame. Just then, a strange phenomenon occurred in Zhou Xuan's mind, and one image after another kept running through his mind!
There were shots of Zhou Xuan taking pictures with Yingying, shots of Yingying buying photo frames alone in the supermarket, and even shots of a photo shop employee developing photos! Zhou Xuan was overjoyed!
It turns out that this new ability generated by the Ice Qi power isn't limited to sensing murder objects; it's applicable to all objects. However, murder objects, as Zhou Xuan estimated, might possess a much stronger aura, making them easier for the Ice Qi to detect. The aura on the picture frame, on the other hand, is much weaker, making it less easily detected. It's only when Zhou Xuan fully energizes his Ice Qi and concentrates his mind that he can sense it. Of course, this is also due to the daily strengthening of his Ice Qi.
Zhou Xuan took a few more items from the room to test them. As he expected, these items did not have any fierce or menacing aura, so Zhou Xuan had to use more ice energy and more effort to sense them. However, the white jade tiger had a fierce and menacing aura on it, and Zhou Xuan accidentally gained this new ability when he touched it!
After experimenting with a large number of items, Zhou Xuan finally figured out the origin of his new ability and was able to skillfully control this new sensory ability. When testing how long the image could be detected, Zhou Xuan found that he could only detect the image on the object for a maximum of about fifteen days. In other words, after more than half a month, the aura on these objects would completely fade, and the image after half a month would no longer be detectable.
Zhou Shi was very excited and felt a sense of novelty. He wondered what benefits this new ability would bring him.
The ability to identify the person who handled certain objects from their images is truly remarkable!
However, the images detected were only from the past, from the last half month, and could not predict the future. Zhou Xuan shook his head and chuckled. People are really insatiable. If they could predict what will happen in the future, that would not just be a superpower, that would be a god!
After testing the new abilities of the ice energy, Zhou Xuan circulated it through his meridians several times before drifting off to sleep. When he woke up in the morning, he got up and drew back the curtains. Outside, everything was a blanket of white—it was snowing again!
After washing up, Aunt Liu had already prepared breakfast. Zhou Xuan's mother, Zhou Ying, and Fu Ying were all in the living room. To Zhou Xuan's surprise, Li Wei was also there. Why was he here so early? When Li Wei saw Zhou Xuan, he said with a grin, "Brother Xuan, am I early enough?"
Zhou Shi paused for a moment, then suddenly said, "Li Wei, your dad calls me brother, so you should call me uncle from now on. Don't keep calling me 'Brother Xuan,' it's disrespectful!"
Li Wei was stunned for a moment, then his face flushed red. He retorted defiantly, "My father—my dad—that's just a nickname. He's not your real brother. What kind of brother are you? My dad is over fifty or sixty, and you're only twenty-six."
Seven, you're about the same as me, and your parents are about the same as your parents. So what kind of uncle are you? Seeing Li Wei's angry look, Zhou Xuan had a sudden thought. He suddenly remembered what Fu Ying had said to him and his mother yesterday. Could it be that Li Wei really had fallen for Zhou Ying?
Fu Ying and Jin Xiumei exchanged glances. Jin Xiumei was starting to believe Fu Ying's words. The more she thought about Li Wei's expression, the more it seemed to match!
At breakfast, Li Wei was very informal, saying he had come straight over as soon as he got up and hadn't eaten breakfast. However, at the table, Zhou Ying kept a distance from Li Wei and ate her breakfast with her head down.
Zhou Xuan knew perfectly well that his sister was family, so it seemed the matter was indeed true. However, Zhou Ying hadn't revealed a word to them, probably out of fear. Perhaps she was worried that Li Wei's family was too well-off, so she didn't dare to say anything. Besides, Zhou Ying had never been in a relationship before, so it was natural for her to be afraid.
Zhou Xuan had a headache. If Zhou Ying's boyfriend were an ordinary person, he would be much happier, but with a family like Li Wei's, he was worried. It was one thing for Li Lei and Old Li to treat him well, but it was another thing for the two families to become in-laws. He was worried that his sister would be hurt! Li Wei's little hands!
Zhou Xuan sighed. To be honest, Li Wei wasn't a bad person, and he liked him quite a bit. He was also straightforward and unpretentious. But he was worried about Li Wei's mentality. After all, Li Wei was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He came from a wealthy family and a high-ranking official's family. Back then, relationships weren't as strong as those in ordinary families.
I need to find a quiet moment to talk to Li Wei. This is something I need to think about seriously, as it concerns my sister's lifelong happiness and happiness, so I have to be careful.
Just as Zhou Xuan was thinking of a way to get Li Wei out, his phone rang. He took it out and saw it was the number from Fu Yuanshan's office yesterday, knowing it was Fu Yuanshan calling. He immediately stood up and walked out of the restaurant, answering the phone as he went. "Director Fu…hehe, Brother Fu, what's up so early in the morning?"
Fu Yuanshan chuckled and said, "Brother Zhou, good news! DNA testing has confirmed that the dismembered body is Zhang Cheng's. We tracked down his red Jetta taxi and found it in a neighboring city 80 kilometers away. We've had the police there secure the taxi and are keeping it under tight control. I'd like to take you there to see the taxi again and see if there are any new clues!" "Oh, haha!" Zhou Xuan smiled and added, "I'll be right there. Have you found any clues from the killer's image?" "Not yet!" Fu Yuanshan replied. "From the police database, this person is definitely not a repeat offender because he has no criminal record and isn't linked to any wanted fugitives!" "Oh, okay, I'll come back over there and we'll talk." Zhou Xuan answered, turning back to his family and saying, "Mom, Yingying, I have to go out." Li Wei asked, "Brother Xuan, where are you going?"
Before Zhou Xuan could answer, Fu Yuanshan quickly said on the phone, "Brother, don't rush off. I've already asked Zhou Hong to drive over and pick you up. He's been gone for about ten minutes and should be here soon. Just wait a little longer!" Zhou Xuan smiled and didn't refuse any further, saying, "Brother Fu, I'll hang up now!"
Li Wei and Fu Ying both heard Zhou Xuan's address on the phone and were wondering if it was the police chief surnamed Fu from yesterday, because apart from Fu Ying, Zhou Xuan didn't have any other friends with the surname Fu.
Zhou Shi turned around and saw the question in Fu Ying's eyes. He smiled and said, "Yingying, it's Fu Yuanshan, Director Fu. He asked me for a favor. I should make friends like him. It's nothing serious. It's just a small favor for me. You guys can stay at home. Anyway, it's snowed so heavily today, you can't go anywhere!"
Fu Ying sensed Zhou Xuan's relaxed expression and guessed it wasn't anything serious. A police chief had the manpower and resources he needed, and in a country like this, he wouldn't be in any danger. So she nodded and said, "Okay, come back early after you're done. Call home if you have anything to say." "I know."
Zhou Xuan smiled and turned to walk out of the hall, but Li Wei followed, saying, "Brother Xuan, I'll go with you!"
Zhou Xuan was a little surprised that this guy wanted to leave with him again today? Was he no longer clinging to Zhou Ying?
Stepping out of the villa, the two of them crunched through the snow outside.
Li Wei glanced behind him, and seeing that no one had followed him out of the hall, he whispered to Zhou Xuan, "Brother Xuan, I know you went to see Director Fu Yuanshan, right?" Zhou Xuan nodded and asked, "Yes, what happened to you this time?"
Li Wei clenched his fists tightly and said in a deep voice, "Damn it, I want Fu Yuanshan to catch Wu Jianguo and give him a good beating. I won't be able to sleep well until I get this pent-up anger!"