Dominating the Pugilistic World With My Detective Skills
Chapter 40 - 40 40 Strength Increases Again

40: Chapter 40: Strength Increases Again 40: Chapter 40: Strength Increases Again Editor: Henyee Translations Bodies lay all around on the Wangpan Mountain, in both quantity and quality, surpassing the Dragon Gate Escort Agency prior.

Because in this incident, all the NPCs that perished were martial artists, not a single one was without martial arts abilities.

Even the lowest-ranking members of the three gangs each gave Ye Weiming about 20 proficiency points.

Within them, there even lay the bodies of 5 bosses, each adding over 2000 proficiency points to Ye Weiming’s tally.

They were Yuan Guangbo, the sea-sand gang rudder master, Mai Jing, the giant whale gang leader, Guo Sanquan, the Divine Fist Sect master, and two Kunlun Sect disciples Gao Zecheng and Jiang Tao.

From Yuan Guangbo, Ye Weiming received a ‘Inner Strength Experience’.

Naturally, this was added to the ‘Breathing Technique’.

Mai Jing contributed a ‘Long Weapon Experience’.

There weren’t many players who used long weapons, and Ye Weiming had no intentions to double major in any weapons martial arts.

Therefore, he directly used it and touched the side path leading to the ‘Eight-Step Chase Toad’, further enhancing his already superb Qinggong skills.

Guo Sanquan provided a ‘Fist-form Experience’.

With no experience in fist martial arts, Ye Weiming could only touch the side path again, this time leading to the ‘Yue Maiden Swordsmanship’ – which was unfavorable.

Until now, Ye Weiming had been relying on this same ‘Yue Maiden Swordsmanship’ as his main attack method.

But once this mission is complete, an intermediate sword technique would be added to his skills.

At that time, ‘Yue Maiden Swordsmanship’ would definitely be replaced.

Spilling experience onto these would only result in wasted proficiency points.

Harbouring this in mind, the ‘Swordsmanship Experience’ provided by the two Kunlun disciples were not hastily used up by him.

Instead, he planned to save those valuable proficiency points and add them to the intermediate sword technique when he returns to the Divine Capturing Department.

After spending half a day on collection of corpses, burials and side connections, Ye Weiming’s attributes became…

Ye Weiming

Level: 14

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Vitality: 760/760

Inner Strength: 550/550

Physique: 73

Arm Strength: 73

Movement Technique: 178

Reaction: 73

Qualification: 25

Understanding: 29

Breathing Technique (Non-Stream) Level: 7

Proficiency: 3608/6400

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Vitality +350, Inner Strength +350

Physique +35, Arm Strength +35, Movement Technique +35, Reaction +35

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Yue Maiden Swordsmanship (Lackluster)

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Level: 8

Proficiency: 1036/12800

Power +80%, Precision +80%

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Eight-Step Chase Toad (Beginner)

Level: 5

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Proficiency: 886/4000

Movement Technique +100

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Unrivalled Mt Tai (Uniquely Learned)

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Level: 1

Proficiency: 512/1000

Attack Damage＋10%, Hit rate＋10%, Critical Damage＋10%.

It can activate an active effect in battle, calculating the flaws in the enemy’s moves and defeating the enemy in one strike!

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Equipment

Flying Fish Suit: Standard equipment of the Divine Detective Agency.

Physical Defense＋30, Inner Strength Defense＋30, Maximum Health＋100.

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Wrapped Straw Hat: Standard equipment of the Divine Detective Agency.

Physical Defense＋10, Inner Strength Defense＋10, Maximum Inner Strength＋50.

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Tall Officer Boots: Standard equipment of the Divine Detective Agency.

Defense＋5, Movement Technique＋5.

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Bamboo Sword: A treasure sword forged using the Poison Scripture Secret Method of Miao region.

Attack Power＋150, Movement Technique＋5, Poison Attribute Damage＋5.

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To avoid unnecessary complications, after Ye Weiming had buried all the bodies including the one he’d brought along, he immediately boarded a ship back to the Central Plains.

He then took a carriage back to Bianliang city in Tokyo and found You Jin to complete his task.

It was only after he heard the task prompt that he finally breathed a sigh of relief:

Ding!

You have uncovered the truth behind the murder case of the Dragon Gate Escort Agency, and successfully captured one of the culprits, Zhang Yue from Tianying Sect.

You have successfully completed the task “Dragon Gate Escort Agency” and received a reward: 7000 Experience, 700 Aptitude, 20 gold, and one copy of the intermediate level swordsmanship secret book, “Phoenix Leading the Dragon”.

The task completion rate has gone up again?

But what about capturing Zhang Yue?

Ye Weiming, embracing the traditional virtue of not being ashamed to ask, soon got the answer to this question from You Jin, “Due to the uniqueness of the game players, capturing them alive is almost impossible.

Hence, to make it easier for the Divine Detective Agency to enforce the law, you only need to kill the involved player during the mission.

They will then automatically resurrect in the prison cell of the Divine Detective Agency and, depending on the severity of the case, be imprisoned for a minimum of 1 hour to a maximum of 24 hours, or even be penalized by being banished into exile.”

“At the same time, if a player of the Divine Detective Agency is maliciously attacked by other players during the mission, killing the malicious attacker will also result in them resurrecting in the prison cell of the Divine Detective Agency, and will be imprisoned for 1 to 3 hours for obstructing official duties.”

This rule is powerful!

Excited, Ye Weiming was about to check out the “Phoenix Leading the Dragon” intermediate level swordsmanship.

However, You Jin suddenly asked, “Weiming, is the weapon you’re currently wielding the Bamboo Sword from the Miao region?”

Weiming?

Hold on, are we that close?

Although he disliked You Jin’s familiarity, Ye Weiming maintained the appearance of a diligent student and obediently replied, “You’re absolutely right, Officer You.

The Dragon Spring Treasure Sword issued by the Divine Detective Agency was destroyed in my previous battle with Xie Xun.

Luckily, I found this Bamboo Sword; otherwise, I would have no sword to use.

Is there a problem with this sword?”

“Of course, there is!”

You Jin continued in his grating voice, “Firstly, this sword does not have the attribute common to almost all blue grade and above weapons – it does not amplify inner strength.

Of course, its sharpness makes up for this shortcoming.

However, the real problem lies in its poison attribute!”

Is there a problem with the poison attribute, could it harm the user?

Ye Weiming was puzzled, but he listened as You Jin went on, “In the Martial World, there are certain reservations about using poisoned weapons.

Such usage is somewhat acceptable for sects who specialize in poison or evil sects like the Devil Cult, but it is frowned upon for upright sects or neutral sects like the Divine Detective Agency.

Using poisoned weapons will reduce your chivalry points.

The more you use them, the more points you lose.”

Ye Weiming was shocked, “Really?”

In “Eternal Chivalry”, chivalry points are a special attribute with significant impact on players.

If a player, like Yin Bukui, is a disciple of a famous sect and their chivalry points fall below a certain level, they would be directly expelled from the sect.

Even as a neutral sect like the Divine Detective Agency, there won’t be the pressure from the sect, yet it will directly affect the attitude of NPCs towards you.

Upon hearing the negative effect of the Bamboo Sword, Ye Weiming couldn’t help but take it seriously.

He quickly asked, “The reduction is considerable?”

You Jin glanced at Ye Weiming with a look of amusement and casually replied, “If you use it to fight normal monsters that are harmful to the Martial World, with your current strength, you can probably maintain the chivalry points at the same level.”

As a matter of fact, players accumulate chivalry points by doing tasks or killing monsters.

However, these points are accumulated slowly through monster killing.

With Ye Weiming’s current strength, camping at a grinding spot for a day would only yield about 2-3 chivalry points.

According to You Jin, the Bamboo Sword could reduce 2-3 points of chivalry values per day!

Ye Weiming frowned slightly, and a bold idea suddenly occurred to him, which might solve this problem.

“Thank you for the warning, Officer You.

I will keep it in mind.”

After expressing his heartfelt gratitude to You Jin, Ye Weiming finally took out the intermediate swordsmanship book he had just obtained and was immediately disgusted after seeing its attributes.

“Officer You, can I exchange this swordsmanship book for another one?”