Chapter 95: Strength Greatly Increased

In the next five days, it was hard to see anyone in the Investigation Office; everyone was in plain clothes, wandering around North Yun City.

But the more they searched, the quieter they became.

It wasn't because the Wokou were hard to find.

But because the Wokou were really easy to find, under the protection of Liu Wei and Lin Ru, this bunch of Wokou had become rather lawless.

An Embroidered Uniform Guard, while eating noodles, discovered that the noodle shop owner could barely speak the Da Wu language, even had a slight Japanese accent; upon closer inspection, he found that this person had actually been running a noodle shop in North Yun City for half a year.

Such situations were not isolated.

These discoveries left them somewhat speechless; the Investigation Office didn't retreat, but simply kept searching for the Wokou.

Meanwhile, inside the Investigation Office, Shen Qing was cultivating.

The scholar had already bought enough medicinal ingredients, and moreover had an unexpected joy: the Diamond Fruit and Glazed Flower were also found in the city.

After a simple decoction, it was poured into a bathtub and carried into Shen Qing's room.

Shen Qing glanced at the constantly boiling medicinal tub and jumped straight in.

Afterward, he began frantically circulating his technique to absorb the medicinal potency.

Two-pronged approach.

He cultivated the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique and the Diamond Glazed Body together.

Training flesh and skin with both hands, great defense blossoms!

In the next instant, the room suddenly echoed with dragon-elephant roars, and even faintly flashed with glazed light.

Afterward, the commotion grew louder and louder until three days later, at dusk.

Only then did Shen Qing slowly open his eyes; the dragon-elephant sound gradually faded.

Now his whole body exudes an aura of explosive power, giving off the savage feel of an ancient feral beast.

Yet having cultivated the Diamond Glazed Body, his body continually flickered with a faint glazed light, and his whole person also revealed a hint of divinity.

Shen Qing looked at his own hands.

This time the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique directly broke through two layers to reach the seventh level, while the Diamond Glazed Body was achieved in one go, reaching perfection.

This time his strength greatly increased; now Shen Qing could just stand still and let Xu Han hit him, and Xu Han might not even be able to break Shen Qing's defense.

However, Shen Qing remained unsatisfied.

Shen Qing rubbed his chin.

"It seems there's still room for improvement."

"Let's go all in!"

Consuming two trait upgrade chances.

Golden Iron Skin (purple) upgraded to: Stubborn as Rock (gold) upgraded to: Kirin Body (red)

Consuming five trait upgrade chances

Weak Spirit (white) upgraded to:... Heart Like Iron Stone (gold) upgraded to: Spirit Like Dragon (red)

Kirin Body (red): Skin defense power elevated to the ultimate limit

Spirit Like Dragon (red): Spirit strength elevated to the ultimate limit

Shen Qing nodded satisfied; this is how it should be.

A martial artist wanting to cultivate spirit must at least be after the Grand Master Realm; it seems Xu Han is only one step away from Grand Master.

On the contrary, he contributed a good trait to Shen Qing, throwing a stone on Shen Qing's invincible path.

Shen Qing changed into clean clothes and walked out of the room; calculating the time, it had been five days since he gave the order.

It's time to cast the net.

If the time were any longer, it would be easy for the Wokou to notice clues.

Moreover, Shen Qing's strength has just had a major breakthrough, still purely physical; Shen Qing now truly is brimming with bullish energy and has nowhere to use it.

He really wishes some tough guy would come to vent his fury.

After an hour, all the Chiefs of a Hundred returned to the Investigation Office and came to the public hall.

Shen Qing sat in the chief seat.

"So, in five days, how many Wokou did you each find?"

All the Chiefs of a Hundred looked at each other, said nothing, and silently handed over the ledgers in their hands.

The scholar collected them one by one, simply organized them, and his eyes showed some doubt.

"This... boss, you had better take a look yourself."

Saying this, the scholar handed the ledger to Shen Qing.

Shen Qing flipped through a few pages, chuckled lightly: "Two hundred and nine? That's pretty good at finding them."

All the Chiefs of a Hundred lowered their heads, not daring to meet Shen Qing's gaze.

Shen Qing threw the ledger back onto the table in front of each Chief of a Hundred: "Don't say I'm not giving you a chance; before dawn tomorrow, I want to see everyone on this list appear in the Investigation Office Prison, while you continue to be Chiefs of a Hundred."

"If anyone misses catching one or lets one escape, they should just get lost on their own."

Shen Qing snorted, suddenly noticing something: "What about Xu Dashan?"

As for Xu Dashan, Shen Qing still had some impression of him.

After all, after Shen Qing decisively dealt with Xu Han, Xu Dashan was the first and only Chief of a Hundred who dared to speak to Shen Qing.

One Chief of a Hundred who had a relatively good relationship with Xu Dashan said: "No way, Xu Dashan went to North City; it's far, but judging by the time he should have returned."

Moreover, he is considered the most punctual among us.

Everyone's heart skipped a beat, wondering if something had gone wrong.

Suddenly a Chief of a Hundred exclaimed: "Hey! Wait! I think I know where he went."

"When I bumped into him this morning, he told me he seemed to have discovered something wrong with the Yuan family and wanted to check it out."

But I'm still investigating the Japanese pirates, a bit distracted; I advised him a few times, telling him not to go, and he agreed, but now thinking about it, his agreement was perfunctory—he probably won't really go to the Yuan family, right?

The air inside the room suddenly quieted; Shen Qing narrowed his eyes, it seems the Yuan family has some strength in North Cloud City.

Yuan family? Where is it?

It's right in Ten Thousand Jade Lane in the north of the city; they're very strong.

Shen Qing stood up, picked up the Crimson Sky at the side, and walked out of the room.

Strong? I just like those who are strong.

A centurion hurriedly stood up.

Pacification Commissioner Shen Qing, please wait! Don't act rashly! The Yuan family has a daughter who married into the White Sand King's manor; it's said she's greatly favored—don't act rashly!

Before Shen Qing could speak, Crown Prince Zhang Mo of the East Mausoleum King beside him couldn't hold back and slammed his hand on the table, standing up.

Damn it! White Sand King? Can't you find a stronger backing? What a piece of trash the White Sand King is!

Upon hearing that, Zhang Shan, Pan Ruhai, and Pan Ruyuan all looked at Zhang Mo with strange expressions.

How come this sounds so familiar? Wasn't this what Shen Qing said to you?

Zhang Mo seethed, the White Sand King isn't even a match for his own father, the East Mausoleum King—his father has to eat dirt in front of Shen Qing!

As a White Sand King, does he even get to show up?

Shen Qing strode out with big steps, the corner of his mouth slightly lifting—having a mouthpiece is really not bad.

As for the Yuan family, it's just right—I wanted to kill a few chickens to scare the monkeys in the city.

The chickens literally delivered themselves to the door.

Then let's slaughter them properly.