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"This afternoon, the Adventurers' Academy announced a full-scale war against Master Tata's students, with the first challenge to take place on the dueling arena in five days."

"This afternoon, Sword Maniac Gallo announced that he would be the first to fight and would defeat Master Tata's student within three rounds..."

"Behead."

Chapter 134 The Upper Fourth Tier of the Chamber of Commerce

The thing Tassanya had warned about didn't happen, and the two arrived at Mammon Street without any problems along the way.

By this time, the sky was already getting rather dark.

The sun, as bright as an egg yolk, slid down the right side of the sky, casting its last rays of light and stretching the shadows of the people standing on Mammon Street from west to east.

Night was about to fall completely in Kanril, but Mammon Street was still bustling with people, and the shops on both sides were empty, an even more exaggerated situation than when Tassanya had come yesterday.

Milair and Tassanya had only taken a few steps forward when they heard a muffled thud echo through the street, like a thunderclap rising from the ground and exploding deep within the street, sending dust flying from the eaves on both sides.

An alchemist who was standing on a chair looking out into the street lost his footing and was thrown off the chair by the deafening noise.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Tassanya stomped her foot hard on the ground, leaped up, and stood on the chair.

She opened her mouth and let out a dragon's roar, which attracted Luo Xiu's attention at the other end of the crowd.

Luo Xiu was just about to return to the grid shop to continue alchemy when he heard the dragon's roar. He looked up and saw Tassanya waving at him.

He paused for a moment, then addressed the crowd:

"Alchemy is finished for today, everyone. We'll probably have a day off tomorrow and continue the day after. If you have any materials, you can leave some. If you don't have any materials, you can throw in some gold coins."

Amidst sighs of regret and reluctance, all sorts of strange and unusual materials were thrown to the ground, and the alchemists gradually dispersed.

Tassanya jumped off the chair and ran with Miler through the dispersing crowd to Luo Xiu.

"Good afternoon, Milair, Tassanya."

Luo Xiu smiled.

He refined a lot of new second-tier alchemical potions today, and also encountered many pitfalls in refining third-tier alchemical potions.

Overall, it was a very fruitful experience.

But he decided to take a day off from alchemy and go to the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow.

With a major battle imminent, he also planned to buy some materials similar to Silver Dragon Blood to increase his strength.

Moreover, since the Adventurers' Academy set the duel for five days later, he no longer had to worry about anyone coming to Mammon Street to cause trouble for him, greatly reducing the impact of his dramatic performance.

People who want to cause him trouble have already lined up at the Adventurers' Academy, waiting to meet him on the dueling stage in five days.

"Good afternoon, Master."

Miler and Tassanya spoke in unison, wanting to kneel on one knee, but Luo Xiu stopped them. There were too many people on the street, so he simply called them into the house.

"Speak, what brings you here at this hour?"

Luo Xiu found a chair, sat down, and began to speak.

"It's like this, Master..."

Milair recounted in detail the discovery that a mushroom disease might be present in the city.

Luo Xiu listened to everything, his brows furrowing.

The situation does sound ominous. If, as Milair predicted, a mushroom disease has indeed broken out in the city, and the daily disappearances continue, it means that the mushroom disease is not yet fully under control.

This is normal, after all, mushroom disease has an incubation period of several days, and the so-called handler probably only treated the people who were sick.

Fortunately, the transmission of mushroom disease is not efficient; it only works if the infected person eats the mushrooms they are carrying. Otherwise, Kanriel would definitely be in complete chaos by now.

But when did the mushroom disease enter the city, and why didn't the traitor within the Knights report it? Luo Xiu went over his thoughts again and realized that the final conclusion was the same as what Milair had pointed out: the traitor wanted to conceal the news of the mushroom disease entering Kanriel, so it was very likely that this news was detrimental to him.

But on the other hand, he was dealing with people suffering from mushroom disease, which shows that he did not want the mushroom disease to spread.

It's important to understand that, given the unique transmission methods of mushroom diseases, eliminating each infected person effectively curbs the spread of the disease on a large scale.

Because this disease requires mushrooms to spread, and mushrooms can only grow on infected people, this disease is different from other diseases in that it cannot be transmitted during the incubation period.

But that's not right. If the virus can't spread during the incubation period, given the speed at which the mole can handle it, it should be completely under control very quickly.

Luo Xiu's thoughts became increasingly chaotic. He went out to ask his teacher, but then suddenly remembered that his teacher had been researching a new type of alchemical product these past few days and had told him not to disturb him.

Since it was a matter of great importance, Luo Xiu decided to give it a try and asked Haha for advice.

But the result was the same. Haha told him that if he disturbed his teacher at this time, it might cause his teacher to lose control of the alchemy.

If an alchemist of the fifth rank goes out of control, there will be no need for the mushroom disease; a single explosion could destroy half of Kanriel City.

Luo Xiu returned to the grid shop, sat down in a chair, and began to ponder again. Miler and Tassanya dared not breathe loudly, afraid of disturbing Luo Xiu's thoughts.

One thing after another floated into Luo Xiu's mind after arriving in Kanriel: the mushroom disease, the disappearance case, Nika's sweetheart, the mysterious monster called Mushroom Monster Gai at the Gold-Earning Casino...

Now that a connection has been found between the two things mentioned earlier, things seem to have become even more puzzling.

These events seemed to transform into fragmented images, swirling endlessly in Luo Xiu's mind. Luo Xiu tried to find the connection between them, but that glimmer of inspiration was like a kite with a broken string, impossible to grasp.

He suddenly remembered a similar scene before, when he first encountered the man in the gold-clad casino who made money. At that time, he had a lot of questions that he couldn't understand, and his final solution was to simplify things.

That is, they simply took down the man in the gold clothes.

Yes, we need to keep things simple.

The clues at hand may seem messy, but they may not be impossible to find a solution from.

If you can't deduce the truth on your own, then you might as well ask someone else.

If you have the ability to examine yourself, you won't be afraid of not being able to ask questions.

Luo Xiu made up his mind, called Tassanya and Miler to his side, and roughly explained the plan he had come up with.

Milair and Tassanya listened to everything and nodded.

"But Master, I suspect there might be more than one mole this time..."

Milairs thought there was nothing wrong with the plan, but raised some questions about the details of its execution.

"It's alright. I'll find a way to get Leila to the fourth tier in the next couple of days. Once Leila shows any signs of reaching the fourth tier, you can start implementing the plan."

Luo Xiu spoke softly.

"Understood, Master."

Miler nodded, no longer having any doubts. She then looked at Luo Xiu and carefully spoke:

"Master, the Adventurers' Academy says they want to duel you, especially that sword fanatic Gallo. You must be worried about this news..."

"know."

Luo Xiu nodded.

"Master, Tassanya will go and give the Adventurers' Academy a taste of their own medicine first."

Tassanya clenched his fists tightly, veins bulging on his strong arms, muscles throbbing.

"No need, you just need to do this well."

Luo Xiu shook his head, then looked at Milair:

"Mirel, do you have any information on Gallo?"

"some."

Milair quickly took out the documents he had prepared beforehand.

After hearing from Gallia that the sword fanatic Gallo was going to kill his master, she went back to prepare detailed information about Gallo, which is why she and Tassanya arrived a little late.

"Ah."

Luo Xiu nodded; he had always trusted Milair to handle such detailed work.

He took Gallo's file, glanced at it briefly, and then closed it, planning to take a closer look later that evening.

Have you two had dinner?

Milair and Tassanya both shook their heads.

"I do not have either."

Luo Xiu spoke up.

"I'll go buy it now."

Tassanya stood up.

"Okay, let's go to the Kanriel Market to buy it."

Luo Xiu spoke, took out a piece of paper, wrote a message on it, and handed it to Tassanya:

"Spend two silver coins to post this note on the bulletin board next to the market."

Luo Xiu handed the note to Tassanya with the front facing up, so Tassanya could see the contents of the note directly:

See you in four days, White

Tassanya felt a little strange, but she knew that this must be the main reason why Luo Xiu had asked her to go to the Kanriel Market, so she quickly put the note away.

"Mirel, you should go with her. If you leave the Knights' territory recently, it's best if you go in pairs."

Luo Xiu spoke up.

Milair agreed and walked out of the stall with Tassanya toward the Kanriel Market.

Kanriel Market is not far from Mammon Street; the distance between the two places is even shorter than that between the Knights and Mammon Street.

The two paid two silver coins to the manager as Luo Xiu had instructed, posted the note on the bulletin board, and then left after buying their groceries.

That night.

Two figures, one tall and one short, appeared furtively in front of the bulletin board.

Due to his professional instincts, the taller of the two figures could only come out at night to collect information and post his own advertisements on the bulletin board.

"Boss, I'll come alone next time. I've learned quite a few characters recently."

The shorter figure sniffed.

Winter is approaching, and the nights in Kanril have become quite cold.