Dominating the Pugilistic World With My Detective Skills

Translator: Henyee Translations
Editor: Henyee Translations

“It’s salt!”

As he answered March’s question, Ye Weiming took the chance when Chou Ba closed his eyes to prevent them from getting hurt by the salt and threw out another paper bag. Since Chou Ba’s eyes were closed, he could only listen to the sound of the wind. When he broke the paper bag with his palm, red powder went everywhere.

Without waiting for March’s question, Ye Weiming had already opened his mouth to explain, “This time, it’s chili flakes.”

Chou Ba didn’t dare to open his eyes when there was salt in the air, so all the more he wouldn’t open his eyes now. March copied Ye Weiming and threw out a paper bag too. When it was destroyed, greyish-back particles danced in the air. It landed on Chou Ba’s wound but it didn’t cause him any real damage.

Ye Weiming was curious when he saw this. “What is in that paper bag?”

March stuck her tongue out. “It’s cumin…”

Young lady, do you want to eat lamb skewers?

His left leg and right arm were crippled. He could only use his left arm to block attacks, but the wound below his rib affected his agility. In this situation, Chou Ba didn’t have the ability to block his opponents’ concealed weapons anymore. Cobble and flying daggers landed on his body. The HP bar above his head was dropping at a very fast rate too.

When Chou Ba was only left with less than 100 points of blood, Ye Weiming suddenly waved his hand and stopped March from continuing her attacks. He opened his mouth and asked Chou Ba, “Did you kill Old Man Li?”

“So, Old Man Li’s death is the reason why my location is exposed?” Chou Ba knew that he would die, so he gave a sorrowful smile. “The bad will always be punished without fail!”

He didn’t wait for Ye Weiming to ask further and continued explaining on his own. “I used to be a chivalrous swordsman from the pugilistic world. However, there are too many evil people in this world. My entire family was brutally killed by a bunch of mountain bandits. After finding them after a long time, I finally knew that the culprit, who killed my entire family, is the chief of the Lotus Clan, Eight Directions Quake, Lin Zhipei. His internal energy is very strong and his sword skills are exceptional. I knew that I was no match for him, so I chose to become an outlaw and entered the Lotus Mountain to find a chance to take vengeance.”

“Fortunately, Lin Zhipei did many evil things in his life, so he couldn’t remember who he had killed. After I joined his clan, he wasn’t suspicious of me at all. I submitted my oath to the Lotus Clan, killed many innocent people, and did many evil deeds. Finally, I managed to become the third leader of the clan.”

“Once, during a banquet, I thought that my chance had arrived. Hence, I decided to sneak an attack on Lin Zhipei. But, that evil bandit is too powerful. I had an advantage because of my unexpected attack but I’m still no match for him.”

“Luckily, he was injured so I managed to fight my way out. After running away from the mountain, I found my old friend, Elder Jade Xiaozi. He is the Old Man Li you mentioned. I went to seek his help. Elder Jade Xiaozi treated me very well. Not only did he help me to find medicine for my wound, but he even looked for a hiding spot for me and sent me food every day.”

“But, when I knew that he had a sword scripture that was powerful enough for someone to rule over the pugilistic world, I got greedy! I knew that this was my only hope of taking vengeance, so I snuck into Dukang Village secretly and lied that my injury had worsened. When Elder Jade Xiaozi was using his internal energy to treat my injury, I attacked him and killed him. Then, I disguised the scene and made it looked as if he committed suicide.”

Ding! You have found the real cause of Old Man Li’s death. You’ve completed the mission ‘Old Man Li who committed suicide’. Rewards received: EXP 1,000, Cultivation 100, 50 Silver.

After receiving the notification from the system, Ye Weiming secretly used the team channel to ask March, “Have you completed your mission?”

“Yes. You’re amazing!”

Ye Weiming smiled slightly. He heard Chou Ba continuing, “An ungrateful person like me deserves to be in this state. I just hate the thought that the evil bandit Lin Zhipei is still… pfft!”

Before Chou Ba could finish speaking, the Green Blade Sword in Ye Weiming’s hand had already stabbed through his throat.

Ding! Successfully killed level 25 boss, Chou Ba. You received 3,000 EXP and 300 Cultivation.

Ding! You’ve successfully killed the evil bandit, Chou Ba. You’ve completed the mission ‘Catching Chou Ba’ with flying colors. Rewards received: EXP 5,000, Cultivation 400, 50 Silver.

System Announcement: Player Ye Weiming from the Divine Constable Bureau and novice player March killed a level 25 boss, Chou Ba. They’ve achieved first blood. Rewards for first blood: Reputation in pugilistic world 400, Clan contribution 400.

System Announcement: Player Ye Weiming from the Divine Constable Bureau…

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The system announcement appeared three times. Young lady March was so excited when she heard it.

She finally appeared on television!

Compared to appearing on television, Ye Weiming was more concerned about the changes in his abilities.

He instantly received 9,000 EXP, allowing him to reach level 13. He also noticed that his abilities seemed to have gotten stronger.

If one over-fulfilled the quota of one’s mission, one would be given even more rewards. These rewards were really much more than normal. However, why were the other rewards doubled but the amount of money received halved?

After some time, he didn’t care about it anymore.

Besides the Divine Constable Bureau, Chou Ba’s warrant was posted in many other places too. Any player could take the warrant and accept the mission. In this case, when two people killed Chou Ba together, the reward would have to be split evenly. Not everyone would get 1 gold.

The system was very stingy. It wouldn’t give the players any chances to find a loophole.

After the excitement of being on television was over, March suddenly thought of something. She asked Ye Weiming with a slightly vexed tone, “Speaking about it, why did you kill him so hurriedly just now? I was quite interested in the story he was saying.”

Ye Weiming smiled calmly when he heard this. “Since he had already admitted to his crimes, what he said after that isn’t important anymore. It’s better to kill him quickly in case changes happened.”

“He’s right about this.” Suddenly, a hoarse and unpleasant voice was heard. The two of them felt a figure flashing past their eyes and a man in black had appeared in front of them.

This person was wearing a black Flying Fish Suit. However, from the workmanship of his Flying Fish Suit, it was obviously a higher grade than the one Ye Weiming was wearing. He wore a cape, covering his head and wore a mask on his face. He was giving off a unique sinister aura, like an evil spirit that crawled out from hell. He made people frightened just by looking at him!

Ye Weiming vigilantly looked at the man with an iron mask. He asked, “You are?”

“Former commander of the Brocade-clad Guard, current vice-commander of the Divine Constable Bureau, You Jin.”

Ye Weiming’s eyes lit up. He hurriedly replied enthusiastically, “It’s Sir You. Did you come specifically because I performed too well in this mission? Did you come to give me some special rewards?”

You Jin scoffed, “What a glib tongue. Weren’t your rewards doubled already?”

Ye Weiming smiled and kept quiet after that.

You Jin opened his mouth again and said, “By right, based on Chou Ba’s ability, you won’t be able to handle him. I hurried to Dukang Village so that I could personally catch this culprit. I didn’t expect you to be able to complete this seemingly impossible mission using such weird methods. Not bad, our Divine Constable Bureau needs a talent like you.”

So, the right way of completing the mission was to find Chou Ba and question him face to face so that he would explain how he killed Old Man Li? Then, they just needed to close the door and release You Jin?

If that was the case, it was reasonable that these two missions were both three-star.

You Jin turned and looked at March. “Young lady, I was observing from the side this whole time and I noticed that although you aren’t as powerful as Ye Weiming, you’re not bad either. This is the extra reward for completing your mission. If you’re interested, you can go to the Divine Constable Bureau at Bian Liang City to report to us.” As he spoke, he had already placed a token of authority from the Divine Constable Bureau in March’s hand.