Dominating the Pugilistic World With My Detective Skills

Chapter 8: Weird Block Of Wood

Translator: Henyee Translations

Editor: Henyee Translations

Brother, you’re trying to fool someone!

Since she had completed this mission with him, Ye Weiming couldn’t bear to see March jumping into the same hell as him.

Just as he was about to open his mouth and say something, You Jin spoke first. “Our Divine Constable Bureau might not have our own martial arts skills, but we make it up with other special skills. I’m sure Ye Weiming is very clear about this, right?”

Ye Weiming smiled awkwardly. Post mortem and collecting corpses were both amazing skills. He couldn’t deny it. Was this considered cracking a few eggs to make an omelet?

“As a hidden clan, the Divine Constable Bureau had to be different from the other clans in the pugilistic world. The chance is laid before you. Young lady, you must make good use of it. I will take my leave now!” After he finished speaking, the two players saw a flash of black shadow and You Jin disappeared with a whoosh.

You Jin only appeared for a short moment but he had already performed his amazing movement skill when he came and left without a trace. The two players couldn’t help but feel fascinated.

It was so handsome!

When would they be able to be so powerful?

“It’s time to test my luck!” March was still holding the token of authority of the Divine Constable Bureau and looking at the spot where You Jin disappeared from, in a daze. Ye Weiming regained his senses first. He rubbed his hands and said, “Are you going to touch it or should I touch it?”

March was stunned for a moment. She asked instantly, “Touch what?” The second she said this, she immediately realized that she seemed to have asked an extremely stupid question. Thus, she hurriedly tried to salvage the situation, “Actually, I have never met a boss before, so I don’t know if my luck is high or low. However, when I was playing other games in the past, my luck was alright.”

Ye Weiming knew from her words that she wanted to touch the corpse and try her luck. Thus, he agreed generously, “Ladies first.”

He didn’t expect his unintentional action to cause March’s impression of him to rise exponentially again; magnanimous, forthright, and generous. March attached all these phrases to Ye Weiming in an instant.

Mind you, the two of them only knew each other for less than a day, but he already trusted her so much. He wasn’t the least worried that she would steal all the things that the boss dropped. Was he someone with keen eyesight such that he knew that she had a good character or…

March had complicated emotions as she stretched her hand out and felt Chou Ba’s corpse.

Was Ye Weiming afraid that March would take all the items the boss dropped?

Of course not!

This was because before he formed the team with March to fight this boss, he had already changed the setting for the allocation of items dropped by the boss. Only the leader was able to allocate the items to his team members…

When March’s hand touched Chou Ba’s corpse, the list of items immediately jumped out in front of the two players.

Thunderbolt Palm (intermediate palm skill): As powerful as thunder and as fast as lightning. The power of this palm skill is frightening. Cultivation requirements: Arm strength 60, Movement 80.

Eight Step Chasing Toad (beginner lightness kungfu): A lightness kungfu that is widely known in the pugilistic world. If you practice it until a high level, you will understand the wonder behind it. Cultivation requirements: Potential 30, Martial arts world 50.

Steel Knuckle: A knuckle with a cold aura. Attack +60, Cold Attribute Damage +1.

A weird block of wood: A weird square block of wood. It’s made from 54 smaller pieces of square-shaped wood. Every small piece of wood has a strange drawing on it.

Money: 1 Gold 34 Silver.

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Chou Ba gave two martial arts scriptures at once. One of them was even an intermediate palm kungfu. Based on the items that appeared, March’s luck seemed to be not bad.

The young lady was straightforward too. After touching the corpse, she turned her head directly and said to Ye Weiming, “This time, whether it’s looking for the real culprit that killed Old Man Li or killing Chou Ba, you contributed more than me. You can choose the items first.”

Ye Weiming said, “Let’s follow the rules and choose an item each.” As he spoke, he had already selected the block of wood and kept it in his bag.

He didn’t know what the block of wood was used for, but based on the information he gained in his previous missions; he felt that this block of wood might have been the most valuable item out of all the items Chou Ba dropped.

March obviously didn’t expect Ye Weiming to be interested in the block of wood. However, she didn’t probe further and just directly chose the intermediate palm kungfu, Thunderbolt Palm.

After that, Ye Weiming took the ‘Eight Step Chasing Toad’ scripture and the young lady took the Steel Knuckle. It was a full set along with the Thunderbolt Palm. The rest of the money was split evenly into two and everyone was happy.

After dividing the spoils, Ye Weiming immediately took out a grass mat and rolled up Chou Ba’s corpse with it. Then, he kept it in his bag.

It was illogical to be able to keep such a huge copse in a bag but this was a game. The corpse was able to fit into the bag and it only took up one bag space.

March was so curious that she asked him why he did it. Naturally, Ye Weiming wouldn’t reveal the secret of his burying corpse skill. This was a skill that was amazing enough to cause jealousy. Instead, he said casually, “This is one of the skills that I learned from the Divine Constable Bureau. I can collect corpses and make sure that the corpse is, as much as possible, undamaged, and complete. This will make it more convenient when I’m using it as evidence.”

Ye Weiming didn’t lie. What he said was one of the main functions of the corpse-collecting skill.

March: “Is there any value in examining Chou Ba’s corpse again?”

Ye Weiming: “Skills require practicing. I will bury the corpse later.”

March was enlightened. At this moment, Ye Weiming secretly kept ‘The Study of Internal Energy’ into his bag.

The Study of Internal Energy: The internal energy cultivation diary of Single-eyed Vulture, Chou Ba. It can be used for specific internal energy skills. Using it can cause the proficiency of the skill to increase by 1,500 points!

“Let me help.” March looked around. “Let me go and buy a shovel first. Wait for me.”

“I will go with you. I need to buy one too.” Ye Weiming accepted March’s help without any hesitation.

After this, he regretted it.

Based on the price at the general store, one shovel cost 30 copper. Two cost one 1 silver. Our young lady, March, bargained with the blacksmith for half an hour. In the end, she successfully closed the deal at 40 copper for each shovel.

That meant that Ye Weiming waited like an idiot for half an hour but he only managed to save 10 copper!

10 copper was only enough to buy two steamed buns. If he used this half an hour to kill some monsters, the benefits he gained would be at least 10 times more than this!

As he dug a hole at the mountain behind Dukang Village, Ye Weiming swore to himself silently. He would never shop with this young lady again.

“Ah Ming, can you tell me the effects of the Divine Constable Bureau’s special skills?”

This was what March wanted to ask. Since it was a unique skill of the clan, the effects were probably a secret too. However, she urgently needed to know if the effects of the skills were worth it for her to give up on the martial arts skills from the other clans. Thus, she thought of helping Ye Weiming to bury the body. Since she was so kind-hearted and helped him with his work, he should be kind enough to give her some opinions, right?

After pondering carefully, Ye Weiming opened his mouth and said, “My technique is quite useful. In my view, it can make up for the regret of not having any clan kungfu. After entering the Divine Constable Bureau, there will be four skills you can choose from: Sky, Earth, Human, and Ghost. I chose the ‘Sky’ skill.”

Ye Weiming didn’t perform the skill for the other party. However, he had already explained the pros and cons of the skills. It was up to the young lady to make her decision.

March expressed that she was very satisfied with this answer. Thus, she smiled brightly and said, “It’s so boring if we just dig like this. Why don’t I sing a song to lighten up our mood?”

“That would be great.”

“The sun came out, the sky was broad, below the green mountain the spring bent around. Bent and bent for 18 rounds…”