The Golden Elixir is A Star, and You Call This Cultivation?
Chapter 702 - 316 Old Martial vs. New Martial_2

Chapter 702: Chapter 316 Old Martial vs. New Martial_2

"You’re really lucky, your first mission and you run into a great beauty like me."

"If it were someone else, who knows how they might trick you."

Just now, when she patted Li Shu’s shoulder, it was to make a sneak attack.

Qi Yuan blinked his eyes, "He still owes me money, and you want to kill him?"

The black-clad man, hearing this, quickly said, "Let’s not talk nonsense now, our mission is urgent!"

As he spoke, he looked towards the round-faced woman and the big black dog she was leading.

"Xiao Bai, go smell around, see if you can find any clues." The round-faced woman shook the leash, gesturing for Da Hei to go and sniff.

"This is no ordinary dog, it’s a tracking dog, captured by An Qiao, very scarce and precious.

This dog is somewhat similar to real-world police dogs, capable of smelling things that ordinary people can’t, very helpful for our mission.

However, this dog’s temperament is a bit... tsk tsk," the black-clad man explained eagerly to Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan also looked at the tracking dog, which, like the Da Hei in his home village of Qingshui, had black fur, but compared to the energetic Da Hei of the village, this dog seemed listless, its eyes clear and silly like a college student.

"Xiao Bai, go sniff!" An Qiao urged Da Hei.

Da Hei lay there lazily, completely unwilling to move.

The black-clad man beside them laughed, "You want the dog to work, but don’t treat it well."

The tracking dog wagged its tail appropriately, as if agreeing with the black-clad man’s comment.

An Qiao smiled a foxy smile, "Luckily, I came prepared, and this morning I cooked a meal myself."

As An Qiao spoke, a basket appeared in her hand out of nowhere, filled with steaming hot food.

"Storage space?" Qi Yuan turned to the black-clad man.

To Qi Yuan, the black-clad man seemed to serve the role of an NPC providing explanations, so Qi Yuan asked without any hesitation.

No shame in asking questions with a straight face.

The black-clad man played his role amiably, "This isn’t a storage space, it’s a martial skill.

Once you become a Qi and Blood martial artist, you can also exchange cultivation techniques and learn martial skills.

The principle behind this martial skill is to construct a space with Qi and blood for storage."

"Not bad, all roads lead to Rome," exclaimed Qi Yuan.

Only warriors in the Qi and Blood Realm, comparable to cultivators in the Qi Refining Realm, could have something similar to the storage rings of cultivators.

That was quite impressive.

You should know that making a storage bag or a storage ring requires at least a Yuan Pill cultivator.

And at this moment, An Qiao put the food down in front of the tracking dog.

Qi Yuan looked at the particularly styled meal and immediately lost his appetite.

The tracking dog sniffed at it eagerly, then suddenly made a face.

The black-clad man also smiled.

Just then, the tracking dog stared at An Qiao and actually spoke human words, "How about... you eat it and then poop it out for me to eat?"

This meal was not fit for human consumption, it was too pungent.

Even the dog wouldn’t eat it.

The situation was dire enough to make the dog talk.

An Qiao’s face instantly turned the color of eggplant, "Fatty Dog, eat it or leave it, hurry up and sniff for clues!"

The tracking dog muttered, "Wanting the dog to work without eating well, you’re the real dog here!"

But although it said that, An Qiao had already called it Fatty Dog, and if it didn’t work, An Qiao would really get angry.

It lowered its head and sniffed to the left and right.

Qi Yuan and the others followed behind it, also scanning the Luo Residence’s courtyard.

The Luo Residence’s courtyard was empty and desolate, with some bloodstains on the ground.

What was strange, though, was the absence of any signs of a fight.

"Strange, there are no signs of a fight, nor signs of fire damage.

Yet their corpses are all charred beyond recognition, impossible to make out anything," the black-clad man said doubtfully.

Last night, they had investigated the corpses, and all of them had turned into charred remains, with an unbearable stench, nearly impossible to gather any useful information.

"You’re really dumb, it’s obvious they were burned after death, and as for who did it, clearly it was that county magistrate," said An Qiao with a grave expression.

Hearing this, the black-clad man grew wary, "It’s him... It seems this matter is very complicated.

But we have a new member on this mission, so in theory the difficulty should be low.

This Yunyan County, not only has three major demon powers, but this county magistrate also... harbors ill intentions, something’s not right."

Generally speaking, in the most difficult scenario for a rookie mission, the biggest enemy is a Demon Clan member from the Qi and Blood Realm.

This mission, called investigation, isn’t supposed to be hard, but whatever could annihilate the Luo Family is clearly not an ordinary demon.

You should know, both the Luo Family and the Chen Family had Blood Martial Artists.

Investigating such demons, those seasoned ones like them still had the ability to protect themselves, while newcomers like Qi Yuan were practically sent to their deaths.

"Maybe it’s because I’m too special, so the tasks given to me are a tad more challenging," Qi Yuan replied with a smile.

"You’re lucky to have encountered us," the man in black athletic wear sighed.

At that moment, the Tracking Dog spoke, "Here, I smell the scents of two Demon Clan factions: one is the Weasel Clan, and the other is... the Aquatic Clan. Among these, there’s another scent that’s very familiar, as if I’ve smelled it somewhere."

"To think that it involves two major Demon Clan forces?" The round-faced girl’s complexion also turned sour.

Yesterday, Chen Fan had said that there were three Demon Clan forces in Yunyan County that should not be offended lightly.

Two of them were the Weasel and Aquatic Clans.

This one case pulled these two forces into the mix, so it’s no wonder they were shocked.

"The Weasel Clan’s strongest combatant is at the Blood Martial Arts Achievement level; among the four of us, no one except the captain can match him.

Within the Aquatic Clan, it is rumored there are demons beyond the Qi and Blood Realm, how difficult!" The round-faced girl frowned deeply.

Suddenly being entangled with two major forces, they felt like they were riding a tiger they couldn’t dismount.

Qi Yuan, however, looked at Da Hei and inquired, "The familiar scent, what is it?"

As for the Weasel and Aquatic Clans, Qi Yuan had intended to find them anyway.

They were his mobile blood banks.

Now, what he was considering was to investigate the true cause of the Luo Residence and Chen Residence’s fall.

"I don’t know," the Tracking Dog shook its head.

Qi Yuan was somewhat disappointed.

His eyes also saw a lot of information.

But for him, this information was not important.

For instance, he saw that Grandpa Huang had visited the Luo Residence and that a demon from the Aquatic Clan had also been here.

At this moment, the Tracking Dog sniffed and approached Qi Yuan, taking a deep whiff, "Strange... you also have a scent similar to that of the Aquatic Clan, but... it’s not quite the same."

"Have you encountered a demon from the Aquatic Clan?" the round-faced girl asked.

Qi Yuan narrowed his eyes, wondering, "The Aquatic Clan... I shouldn’t have, should I?"

Since coming to this world, his eyes had been watching everywhere, searching for useful information.

He hadn’t encountered the Aquatic Clan.

If it were his predecessor?

Even less possible.

He was the original being descended into this world.

And Qi Er had long since perished.

"This is baffling," the man in black athletic wear furrowed his brows.

At that moment, Qi Yuan inquired, "Do you have any Martial Skills or Cultivation Techniques here? Give me some, I want to learn, especially the Martial Skill for storage from before, I’m quite interested."

Qi Yuan was again acting as a freeloader.

After all, the other party was an NPC.

If the other party was willing to trade, he’d trade.

"Our Martial Skills... can’t be traded," the man in black athletic wear shook his head, "You have to join the Demon Subduing Department first, then you can exchange."

"It seems I need to find some martial arts secret manuals here," Qi Yuan said offhandedly.

His strength was not yet strong enough, he needed to learn some Martial Skills and master Martial Arts Techniques to increase his power.

"Don’t even think about learning the martial arts here!" the round-faced girl hastily warned, "The martial arts here are... Old Martial.

Once you learn Old Martial, it’s very hard to switch paths."

"Oh? Such a complex setup, there’s Old Martial and New Martial?

Which is more powerful between Old Martial and New Martial?"

"We from the Demon Subduing Department all study New Martial," the round-faced girl An Qiao spoke at this time, "Don’t be fooled by how, in this world, Old Martial and New Martial seem pretty similar, their power also seems the same.

But there’s a clear gap between Old Martial and New Martial; that is... Old Martial is only applicable in this world.

Switch to a new world, and Old Martial Artists... their prowess will decline by one level.

Meanwhile, New Martial Artists won’t have this problem. No matter which world they go to, they can retain their strength.

Inside our Demon Subduing Department, there are also many seniors who, unfortunately, didn’t understand in the beginning and chose Old Martial. What a pity."

The round-faced girl looked regretful.

Qi Yuan was slightly stunned.

"Many worlds? Many games?"

"Yes, every time our tasks are actually in different... Parallel Worlds," the round-faced girl replied, "Only New Martial is universal across all worlds."

Qi Yuan narrowed his eyes, "This setup... it seems to be related to the Sun God’s Great Ultimate Reasoning."

"Sun God? Great Ultimate Reasoning? What’s that?" An Qiao looked puzzled.