Seeing Xu Fei brimming with confidence, Wang Qiang could only manage an awkward smile, feeling as though he’d heard such assurances many times before.
“Don’t look at me like that, Mr. Wang. I’m not like those fraudulent experts. By the way, are all the workers on the site present?”
Noticing Xu Fei getting to the point, Wang Qiang didn’t hesitate and glanced at his assistant.
“Er… Mr. Wang, Major, almost everyone on the site is here! I’ll have them gather immediately!”
In less than three minutes, all the workers were assembled.
Xu Fei scanned the crowd nearby. These people looked no different from ordinary labourers, but to him, that was precisely what seemed most unusual.
He shook his head slightly and said softly, “Almost everyone? If Mr. Wang asked you about the quality of this project, you wouldn’t add ‘almost’ to your answer, would you?”
“This…”
The assistant didn’t quite grasp the implication, and Wang Qiang scolded impatiently, “What a dimwit! The Major has already spotted that we’ve missed someone. Hurry up and check!”
Prompted by Wang Qiang, the assistant finally caught on, quickly pulling out the roster to count heads.
About five minutes later, the assistant returned, his voice trembling as he spoke.
“Mr… Mr. Wang, Major, we’re indeed missing one person.”
“The missing person was the one who first discovered the coffin!”
Before the assistant could finish, Xu Fei cut him off, and the shock in the assistant’s eyes confirmed his suspicions.
The reasoning was straightforward. Having attained the introductory stage of *The Art of Myriad Treasures*, Xu Fei could now glimpse the history of any object at a glance.
The history of this golden Buddha was so ancient it defied measurement, emanating faint traces of primordial aura.
Among the gathered workers, not one carried this aura.
Coupled with the abruptly incomplete *Art of Myriad Treasures* and the sudden disappearance of the coffin’s discoverer, Xu Fei easily deduced that the man had fled out of guilt for some unknown reason!
“Major… you’re truly a master of foresight!”
The assistant was astonished by Xu Fei’s apparent clairvoyance, but Xu Fei remained noncommittal.
“Enough. If you have time to flatter me, you’d better send people to find him. Otherwise, no one here will survive!”
“This golden Buddha has a profound origin and carries a curse. The one who first found it must have concealed something, angering the divine spirits and causing those who came into contact with it to die unjustly!”
“If you don’t want to meet the same fate, hurry up and find him!”
Xu Fei embellished the tale, weaving it into something mystical, making even Wang Qiang, standing nearby, frown.
But clearly, the story was highly effective.
“I… I’ll talk! I’ll tell you everything! Please, Major, save me!”
Within minutes of Xu Fei’s tale, a burly man, trembling with fear, dropped to his knees before Xu Fei.
Xu Fei wasn’t surprised by this. Calmly, he said, “Remember, only you can save yourself. You must confess everything you’ve hidden, down to the last detail. Only then can your life be spared! Otherwise, not even the gods could save you!”
