Dominating the Pugilistic World With My Detective Skills - Chapter 4

Chapter 4: The Study Of Sword Skills

Translator: Henyee Translations

Editor: Henyee Translations

Ye Weiming realized that March was showing the signs of thinking too much so he quickly interrupted her bold assumption and said, “Before we have any evidence, we shouldn’t make a judgment based on our subjective perception.”

The young lady wasn’t convinced. “How do you explain his strange actions then?”

“Do you really think his actions are strange?” Ye Weiming shook his head. “I feel that his actions are normal.”

“There are so many suspicious points in this case but he chose to ignore them.”

Ye Weiming shrugged. “It’s human nature to avoid harm. If something is not beneficial to him, it’s only natural that he would choose to ignore it.” Ye Weiming explained it more directly when he saw that March still didn’t understand his meaning. “If Old Man Li committed suicide, he can close the case now. If he was murdered, as the head constable, he will need to find the real culprit. If he can’t find the culprit, he will be reprimanded for failing at his job.”

“But, after you appeared, he was disrespectful towards you even though you’re his superior. Is that normal too?”

“He’s just being uncooperative.” Ye Weiming shook his head slightly. “He might get lectured for being disrespectful towards his superior but as a constable of the Divine Constable Bureau, I don’t have the right to take his life. Instead, a cruel and powerful bandit can kill him.”

“But, in the end, he pretended to be enlightened and decided to cooperate with you…”

“That’s because I said that the Divine Constable Bureau will take over this case. Since his safety was reassured, he was willing to patch up his relationship with his superior. I believe that if I ask him for help, he will agree to help me readily. But, it didn’t include him risking his life to help me catch a bandit.”

“That’s still not right.” The young lady shook her head and said, “Before we entered the game, in the introduction given by the game, they said that the higher the level of NPC, the higher their intelligence. Head Constable Liu doesn’t look like a high-level NPC no matter how I look at him…”

“Your concept is wrong.” Ye Weiming raised one finger up and shook it lightly as he replied, “High intelligence and fearing death is not the same concept.”

“Speaking of it, the creators of games aren’t kind people. Most of them liked to tease their players. I dare to say that if I use my identity of force Head Constable Liu and his men to help me, they will have the guts to make some noise while we’re catching the culprit so that we will fail our mission. But, if you analyze the situation carefully, their actions are completely reasonable. You won’t be able to find anything wrong with them. This is the most impressive part of these game creators.”

March remained silent for a few seconds. “I suddenly find this game very difficult to play…”

Ye Weiming didn’t want to waste time on this unnecessary topic, so he quickly changed the topic. “Let’s talk about your mission first.”

When she was asked about her mission, the young lady’s expression became prideful. “Actually, I have already completed all the missions that can be taken without meeting specific requirements in this Novice Village. My last mission is to help Physician Hu send a bottle of wound medicine that Old Man Li pre-ordered. But, after I came here, I found out that Old Man Li was dead. Hence, my mission changed from sending medicine to finding out his cause of death.”

Finished all the normal missions in Dukang Village?

Ye Weiming asked, “What’s your level?”

“Level 13. But, I haven’t gone to find a master yet. I’m planning to find one after completing all the missions here.”

“As expected, her level is higher than mine.” Ye Weiming rubbed his nose and changed the topic immediately. “Since you’ve completed all the missions, you should be well-versed with Dukang Village. Do you know who Old Man Li is close to? Someone that might understand him better.”

“His neighbor Wang Dalong!” March replied without thinking. “He’s Old Man Li’s drinking buddy. The two of them always drink together. They talked about anything and everything. However, recently, Old Man Li had been acting a little weird. He didn’t find Wang Dalong for drinks. When I was completing my other missions, Wang Dalong chatted with me about this before.”

“Let’s go!” Ye Weiming acted decisively. “Let’s look for him and ask him about some things.”

…

10 minutes later, Ye Weiming came out of Wang Dalong’s house with a bitter smile. March hurriedly went forward and asked him what happened. Ye Weiming shook his head and said, “That fellow was so frightened when he saw me. He kept saying that he didn’t know anything. He was afraid that I would think that he’s the culprit. Everything he said can be summarized into one sentence.”

“What sentence?”

“He didn’t have anything to do with the pugilistic world, he didn’t understand the terminology of the pugilistic world, and he never interacted with anyone from the pugilistic world before. All in all, he had nothing to do with them!”

“Haha…” March laughed heartily. She only stopped laughing after a while. She asked, “Do you think that he knows something?”

“The more he emphasized that he doesn’t know anything, the more it meant that he knows something.” Ye Weiming forced a smile on his face. “But, the problem is, he looks like a law-abiding citizen. He’s just a little timid and afraid that he will say something wrong. I can’t torture him to extract information from him, right?”

March suggested, “Shall I give it a try? I’ve done two missions related to Wang Dalong before so I’m closer to him. Also, I’m not wearing a constable uniform. He won’t be guarding against me as much.”

“Alright.” Ye Weiming nodded. “You’ll be in charge of asking around for information. You can also ask the other people in this village and see if there’s other information available. I’ll look at the crime scene again and see if there are other pieces of evidence left behind.”

“Also, if it’s convenient for you, please help me to look for an NPC called ‘Soymilk Little White’.”

This was the unlucky NPC that fooled him into entering the Divine Constable Bureau. But, that fellow wasn’t a villager from Dukang Village. He was just a temporary NPC that appeared to fool other players. If he had a chance, Ye Weiming wanted to find this fellow and let him know the consequences of teasing him!

“No problem!” March said as she walked into Wang Dalong’s house.

By this time, Head Constable Liu was already running back obediently. He came to give Ye Weiming the grass mat he asked for. He had more than 10 grass mats with him. He completed the mission with flying colors.

They brought the grass mats back to Old Man Li’s house and tidied Old Man Li’s corpse. Ye Weiming found ‘The Study Of Sword Skills’.

Old Man Li was indeed a member of the pugilistic world!

Ye Weiming looked at the scripture in his hand. He started to trust his judgment more. But, when he saw the stats of the scripture in his hand, he couldn’t help but gasp.

The Study Of Sword Skills: The sword skill diary of Jade Xiaozi from Mount Tai. It will affect specific sword skills. When one uses it, one can obtain 5,000 proficiency.

It’s a good thing that could help to increase his proficiency!

Ye Weiming had already played ‘Eternal Justice’ for a period of time. He stayed for five full days at the Novice Village.

Of course, for a game that the players had to play for many years, five days didn’t mean anything. Compared to leveling, the proficiency of their martial arts skills was harder to level up.

The biggest take back he got from the Novice Village was that it was easy to level up but harder to master martial arts skills!

Let’s take Ye Weiming’s stats as an example:

Ye Weiming

Level: 12

…

Blood: 620/620

Internal energy: 420/420

Physique: 59

Arm strength: 59

Movement: 64

Reaction: 59

Intelligence: 25

Enlightenment: 28

expiration exercise (unpopular) level: 5

Proficiency: 132/1600

There was nothing special about the most fundamental expiration exercise in the pugilistic world but one would never overexert oneself.

Blood +250, Internal energy +250

Physique +25, Arm strength +25, Movement +25, Reaction +25

…

Sword of the Yue Maiden (unpopular)

A sword skill passed down from the Chunqiu Dynasty. Not very powerful.

Level: 3

Proficiency: 86/400

Power +30%, Accuracy +30%

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Equipment

Flying Fish Suit: The attire of the Divine Constable Bureau.

Physical defense +30, Internal energy defense +30, Blood limit +100

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Twined Palm Hat: The attire of the Divine Constable Bureau.

Physical defense +10, Internal energy defense +10, Blood limit +50

…

Long Official Boots: The attire of the Divine Constable Bureau.

Defense +5, Movement +5.

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Dragon Spring Sword: Item from the Divine Constable Bureau.

Attack +50, Internal energy damage increases by 10%.

…

These two unpopular martial arts were the current status of Ye Weiming’s martial arts. Even if they were unpopular martial arts skills, their levels were pathetically low. The internal energy ‘expiration technique’ was only at level 5. This was the result after he completed a whole series of hidden missions!

As for the Sword of the Yue Maiden, he started practicing it at a later time, so his level was slightly lower.

But, ‘The Study Of Sword Skills’ was able to increase the proficiency by 5,000. It was obvious how precious this item was.

He remembered the NPC called Han Xiaoying. Ye Weiming only found a few herbs for her, but she gave him the sword scripture. As for Soymilk Little White, she completed a series of hidden missions for him, but he only gave him a token of authority that made him enter the Divine Constable Bureau.

Why was the difference between each human so great?