Dominating the Pugilistic World With My Detective Skills

Translator: Henyee Translations
Editor: Henyee Translations

Zhuge Celestial Bow (Treasured weapon): The ancestors of the Tang Clan collected all the refined gold they could find on earth and spent 10 years creating this celestial bow using the Zhuge quick-firing crossbow as its foundation. Capacity: 13. Reloading time: 2.5 seconds. Effective shooting range: 100 meters. Attack +500. Special effect: Repulse!

The attributes of this crossbow were almost perfect!

The capacity was huge and it had a fast reloading speed. It was a long-range weapon and its damage was high. Every single attribute was simple but useful.

As for the special effect, repulse, that was even more amazing.

What were long-range professions most afraid of?

They were afraid of close combat professions getting too close to them!

With this repulse effect, they would be able to force their enemies back when they got too close to them. This was an outstanding weapon that could allow one to continue kiting one’s opponent to death!

Ye Weiming enviously complimented the weapon. Suddenly, he changed the topic and asked, “How long did the system give you to return this crossbow?”

Youyou was stunned when she heard this. “How do you know that there’s a time limit?”

“Isn’t it obvious?” Ye Weiming shrugged. “With the Zhuge Celestial Bow, you were able to kill a level 15 boss within 7 arrows. His blood might not have been full at that point in time, but he still had half of it left. If he was in full health, one round of firing would’ve probably been enough to take care of him. You don’t even need to reload your crossbow. In that case, if you meet a level 20 boss, you will be able to get rid of him with two rounds of arrows. If the boss is level 25…”

Ye Weiming didn’t continue. However, his intention was clear. “If you don’t hand over the Zhuge Celestial Bow immediately after you receive it and continue using it for missions outside or to kill bosses, you will be able to accumulate a lot of EXP, cultivation, items, kung fu scriptures, money, and many other things in less than half a month. It will be too easy for you to run ahead of all the other players.”

“However, based on the way our game system acts, do you think it will allow a player to gain such a huge bug?”

Suddenly, he thought of something and said in a luring tone, “Or, you can choose to betray and leave your clan.”

“Why would I do that?” Youyou’s attitude was firm. She would definitely not consider this option. She changed the topic directly and said, “You’re right. I must return this crossbow to my clan within six hours. If not, I will be marked as a traitor and will be chased by the NPCs from the Tang Clan as well as the players inside. Well, although I was given six hours, they did give a disclaimer that it’s better to return it as soon as possible.”

“You should return it as soon as possible then.” This disclaimer must have had something to do with the final reward for clearing this mission. Anyway, six hours wasn’t enough for her to kill some bosses and rush back to the clan. “Let’s split our loot now.”

“No need.” Youyou was resolute. “I’ve already said that I just want my mission item.”

“Don’t reject the offer so quickly. There are still many good things in the hall. Why don’t I search for the items first and then we can discuss how to split them.”

“You can do what you like. I don’t want them anyway.”

Ye Weiming stopped talking nonsense. He reached out with his hand and felt Chen Ming’s corpse that was pinned on the stone pillar.

Mount Splitting Blade (Lackluster): A popular blade skill in the pugilistic world. The moves are vicious. Cultivation requirements: Arm strength 23, Enlightenment 10.

Beheading Blade: A knife tainted with blood. Attack +42, Defense +7.

Bamboo Hat (Blue): A hat made from bamboo. Helps to block the rain and wind. Defense +10.

Cow Leather Boots (Blue): Boots made using tanned cow skin. It’s light and durable. Physical defense +5, Movement +5.

Realgar Wine Recipe: Records the way of making realgar wine.

Realgar Wine: …

1 Gold, 21 Silver.

Why was March able to get an intermediate palm skill scripture and a beginner lightness kung fu scripture when she touched the corpse of the boss the other time? Why was it that on his turn, all he managed to get were these useless items?

Mind you, Chen Ming might have been easier to defeat, but he was still a level 30 boss!

Was it because he was unlucky or was it because of the Zhuge Celestial Bow? Since killing Chen Ming would give them the Zhuge Celestial Bow, the other items he dropped might have had weaker attributes.

Ye Weiming played with the items he found for a while before he kept them in his bag. At the same time, he secretly observed Youyou’s reaction. When he was playing with the cow leather boots, he noticed that the lady’s eyes lit up for a moment. However, she quickly hid her reaction.

As expected, she was interested in this pair of boots.

Ye Weiming immediately clicked on the boots and opened the trading page. “The attributes for this pair of boots are not bad. As a long-range vocation, you need some movement attributes too. You can take this. I will take the realgar wine recipe. As for the rest, I will sell them away and we can split the money after that.”

“But…”

“No buts. Without you, I won’t be able to kill the boss alone. Also, since we’re a team, I can’t be the only one getting all the rewards. If not, how are we supposed to work together again in the future?”

Honestly speaking, the two items that Chen Ming dropped were not bad in terms of attributes. However, the benefits given by the Divine Constable Bureau were too good. Players were given a full set of blue items the moment they entered the bureau. The attributes of those items were quite good too. This was why Ye Weiming said that the items Chen Ming dropped were all rubbish.

As for the other clans, they didn’t have such good treatment. Every single item needed to be exchanged using clan contribution points and money. Let’s take Youyou as an example. Movement was important to her, but it wasn’t as important as her attacking attribute. Thus, when she had enough clan contribution, she would first consider changing her crossbow and not her shoes.

Now, after seeing Youyou’s skills, Ye Weiming wanted to befriend her too. Thus, he couldn’t take all the rewards during their first collaboration. This was to make things easier if they were to work together in the future.

Ye Weiming wasn’t sordid. The interaction between adults normally started out of interest. There was no friendship between them. That was something that could only be found in school. Or rather, it might not have even been found in school.

When he saw Youyou still hesitating, Ye Weiming urged her. “Hurry up and take it. Don’t waste time. I still need to look for other treasures!”

Youyou finally took the boots. As for Ye Weiming, after collecting Chen Ming’s corpse, he walked towards a set of ancient-looking furniture in a corner of the hall.

You received ‘The Study of Knife Skills’ ×1.

The Study of Knife Skills: The diary of the leader of the West Lake pirates, Chen Ming. It can be used on specific knife skills and can increase the proficiency of the skill by 800 points!

Ye Weiming used ‘The Study of Knife Skills’ and the realgar wine recipe.

Ding! After studying ‘The Study of Knife Skills’, you’ve managed to learn through analogy and the proficiency of ‘Daizhong Way’ has increased by 200 points!

Ding! You have learned how to make realgar wine. The proficiency of your cooking skill has increased by 100 points.

The hall wasn’t just an empty room. There were many pieces of furniture inside. For instance, there were Buddha figures, enchanted armaments, and many other objects. Most of them were Buddhist armaments that were useless to the players. One could consider them antiques too.

Just now, when Youyou was recuperating, Ye Weiming observed his surroundings and unexpectedly received a few notifications from the system.

As expected, after walking one round, he found many good items.

The items he found were much better than the rewards he received from killing the boss!