Chapter 113 - 112: Fox Demon’s Gratitude, Request for Purchase Orders

Over an hour later.

With the assistance of the auxiliary investigator, Li Jing and Chen Yuran completed the report.

During this hour, the Crimes Investigation Department dispatched many people to take over the scene and collectively summoned the families present, after receiving the report submitted by Li Jing.

Faced with the Crimes Investigation Department, these families dare not make a fuss anymore.

Unlike the Security Department, which has numerous affairs, the Crimes Investigation Department doesn’t spend too much energy on you.

Their responsibility is to investigate long-term cases, and they have plenty of time to "play" with you.

No matter your social status, you must either cooperate obediently or wait to be quietly investigated.

If you have a clear conscience, it’s fine if you refuse to cooperate. The Crimes Investigation Department won’t insist.

But if you hide something, it’s better to be frank. Otherwise, the Crimes Investigation Department will clean you out.

The Meng family members are all cunning. Knowing that they can’t withstand in-depth investigation, each of them expresses cooperation.

With the Crimes Investigation Department taking over, Li Jing and Chen Yuran conveniently withdrew.

The convenience of having Sky Control authority during patrol is truly realized at this moment.

Originally, the two who were in charge of the initial investigation of the case would inevitably be encircled and blocked by the journalists waiting behind the cordon as they walked out of the main entrance.

No matter whether it’s the two demon corpses that Li Jing had revealed earlier or the murder case itself, both were big news that can make headlines.

The fact that the Crimes Investigation Department took over so quickly indicated that the murder case has been preliminarily solved. Li Jing and Chen Yuran must understand what’s happening.

If they could interview these two on the spot, would their performance not be easily achieved?

However, as Li Jing and Chen Yuran left by Sky Control, the journalists who were eager to act could only watch helplessly.

What else can they do?

Chase them into the sky?

With both patrol officers and auxiliary investigators present, who dare to give it a try?

All they can do is to continue to wait.

Wait until the Crimes Investigation Department, which has taken over the scene, can accommodate them after finishing their pressing matters.

...

Not far from the scene, Li Jing and Chen Yuran found a nearby hot pot restaurant to sit down.

After being so busy, it was almost two in the afternoon.

Both of them are only in the Three Realm, not reaching the Fifth Boundary where they could avoid eating.

They didn’t have time to eat lunch. At last, they managed to extract themselves from the incident. They definitely need to eat something to fill their stomachs.

How’s the saying go?

Man is iron, food is steel, and you get jittery if you miss a meal.

You have to eat when it’s time to eat.

Considering that they had just been nauseated in the morning, Chen Yuran tried her best to avoid meat. Not only did she order all vegetarian dishes, but she also chose a colorless clear soup.

Li Jing, on the other hand, was not so picky. He ordered whatever he liked.

A hot pot without meat or soup wouldn’t have a soul, right?

Watching Li Jing eat meat heartily on the opposite side was enough to make Chen Yuran feel bad, but there was nothing she could do about it.

Even if Li Jing offered her a piece of meat at this moment, she might not be able to eat it.

After silently eating a few mouthfuls of her vegetables, Chen Yuran opened up the conversation.

"The key clue to the issue this morning was found by you, and you were also the one who intercepted and dealt with the monster culprit. When the Crimes Investigation Department finishes dealing with the scene and reports it to the bureau, there should be a reward credited to your account. However, the amount might not be much, this troublesome event caused by a wealthy and influential family is just a mess, far from a major case."

"Yes, I understand."

Li Jing smiled.

The rewards he gained from this case were already plenty.

He gained experience, and also got his hands on two complete late-stage demon corpses of the Three Realm.

As for the bonus, it could only be considered the icing on the cake.

Moreover, he knew that compared with the events he had participated in before, the incident with the Meng family was not even a minor fuss.

"Speaking of which, this troublesome event is truly outrageous."

Chen Yuran shook her head and said incredulously.

"I can’t believe you figured out that they died during sex and managed to connect it all to Meng Chengfeng. If it were me, I might have had suspects, but never in a million years would I think the father and son could be so outrageous. They’ve just come back to the country for two days and then..."

She didn’t finish the sentence, letting an unflattering expression on her face cut off the topic.

Seeing this, Li Jing smiled and spoke.

"There are all sorts of oddities happening in our circle, nothing is truly a surprise anymore. But honestly, if it weren’t for Yue Lingling telling me about Meng Fanhao’s promiscuous private life, I wouldn’t have thought so much about it."

He then asked,

"Why hasn’t there been any news from Luo Zhize?"

"Don’t worry about him."

Chen Yuran waved her hand and said,

"The Crimes Investigation Department has taken over the scene. I’ve notified him, and Yue Lingling was sent home by him early. He’s just been dawdling and hasn’t come to the scene. As soon as he got my message, he said he had to go to work on his own. I bet he’s probably off somewhere slacking off right now."

Li Jing smirked upon hearing this.

What a smooth operator.

After confirming Yue Lingling had been sent home, he didn’t ask any more questions.

...

In the blink of an eye, it was already evening.

Li Jing’s first day at work had come to a pleasant end.

Besides the issue at the Meng family, they had received numerous minor cases in the afternoon– neighborhood disputes, domestic disputes, and the like.

With Chen Yuran and Luo Zhize present, these petty issues were easily resolved.

With Li Jing accompanying them, he had managed to learn a thing or two about how to handle these sorts of situations.

Just before clocking off, the reward for the Meng’s family case was also deposited into Li Jing’s account.

The amount was not huge, only three hundred and fifty thousand.

After work, he returned home with Chen Yuran and cooked her a dinner that wouldn’t make anyone suspect anything. Then he went to the agricultural market.

Knowing his way around well, he found the Chicken Shop. From outside the shop, he could see Liu Sisi, looking distraught, slumped on the counter.

Obviously, she had learned through the news about what happened at the Meng mansion and her twenty-five-million-dollar deal falling apart.

Pushing open the shop door, Li Jing cleared his throat.

At the sound, Liu Sisi lifted her head out of reflex. When she saw who had come, she rolled her eyes.

"I don’t want to see you right now."

"..."

Li Jing stood there awkwardly, then hesitated and said,

"Should I leave then?"

Liu Sisi didn’t answer, just kept lying there, her lips pouting high up in the air, her expression seemed to be saying "Just try to leave, see what happens!"

This kind of simple "face language," of course, Li Jing understood.

With an awkward laugh, Li Jing moved around the counter and sat down beside her.

"You’ve heard about what happened?"

"Sigh!"

Liu Sisi sighed deeply, and said resentfully.

"Of course, I know what’s happened. It’s all over the news. I practically lost my voice this afternoon trying to explain the situation to my distributors. They’re being so unreasonable. People order Spirit Chickens for auspicious occasions. Now that the happy occasion has turned into a funeral, they actually have the nerve to suggest that I should still go and check if they need Spirit Chickens for this mourning event. If not, they suggested I should eat them myself."

As she spoke, she gritted her teeth in anger.

"If my cultivation level were enough, given my short temper, I’d have bought a Spirit Weapon Sword to kill them right there. Then they would know what is reasonable."

Hearing Liu Sisi complain, while Li Jing couldn’t help but laugh, he said,

"Sisi Sister, this way of thinking isn’t right. Threatening others is a criminal offense, you could end up in prison."

"I’m just venting! I haven’t actually gone and done it!"

Liu Sisi grunted like she had a toothache and looked over at him.

"Miss Lingling was kind enough to come by the store personally. Told me the wedding banquet was canceled but there was no need to return the deposit. She even bought two Spirit Chickens from me."

"Miss Yue came by?"

Li Jing was surprised.

"She came by herself in the evening,"

Liu Sisi replied, then sighed.

"She’s such a pitiful soul, once had an opportunity to marry into a wealthy family, but a joyous event ended up as a catastrophe. Can you imagine what a blow this must have been to her? If it were me, I would have crashed my head into a wall."

After saying this, she struggled to sit up and produced an uneven piece of jade-colored stone and handed it over.

"Here, Miss Lingling brought this and asked me to give it to you, calling it a thank-you gift."

"A thank-you gift?"

Li Jing was stumped for a moment, then took the stone from her.

The jade-colored stone felt warm to the touch, similar to warm jade.

Li Jing did not recognize the item, of course.

But as he held the stone, the Linglong Tower transmitted an intense emotion towards him.

It’s delicious; it wants it.

If the Linglong Tower wanted it, it was definitely not a mere trifle.

Suppressing the emotions of the Linglong Tower with his thought, Li Jing asked,

"Did Miss Yue mention what this object is?"

"She only said that it’s called White Jade Stone. She didn’t mention its purpose."

Liu Sisi answered, then suspiciously said,

"Did something happen between you and Miss Lingling?"

"What could possibly happen between us?"

Li Jing replied, smiling, as he put away the White Jade Stone.

"Since this is Miss Yue’s thank-you gift, I’ll keep it for now. If I have a chance to see her again, I’ll thank her in person."

Seeing how Li Jing was avoiding her question, Liu Sisi was very displeased.

However, she knew.

Given Li Jing’s character, it was unlikely that he could have had a scandalous affair with a woman who almost became human and married.

Tilting her head to size up Li Jing, Liu Sisi said,

"I saw the news this afternoon, there was a video of you arriving at the crime scene on a controlled sword. Were the two scorpions, one big and one small, the demon objects that committed the crime?"

"Yes, both are human-shaped demons."

Li Jing responded.

"Human-shaped demons!"

Liu Sisi widened her eyes and exclaimed,

"Patrolling is far too dangerous a job after all. It’s your first day on the shift and you’ve already encountered two human-shaped demons. Why not consider switching to a more relaxed job?"

"It’s nothing, such things don’t happen every day."

Li Jing laughed and said,

"These two human-shaped monsters were quite weak. I took care of them on my own. And since you watched the video, you should know that I’m now at the Third Boundary."

"So what if you’re at the Third Boundary? Are you saying Third Boundaries don’t face danger?"

Liu Sisi grumbled, then broke out into a grin saying,

"You really are quite incredible. Just over a month ago, you couldn’t even use magic skills and now you can control swords. Tell me honestly, were you hiding your abilities and deceiving me about your strength just to get close to me when you were in my shop?"

"...."

Li Jing was left speechless, then said silently,

"During my time as an assistant in the investigation, I’ve had a lot of fortunate encounters, which is how I reached the Third Boundary."

As he said that, he changed the subject.

"Sisi, I want to take a leave tonight."

"A leave?"

Liu Sisi blinked.

"My storage space is not large, and the two demon corpses are taking up a lot of space. I want to quickly get them identified at the market and sell them."

Li Jing said, and then,

"Sisi, if you want, you can come with me."

"You can go alone, I don’t want to."

Liu Sisi quickly shook her head and sadly said,

"I just splurged a few days ago. If I were to go now, I might not be able to control myself from buying more things."

After she said this, she waved her hand dismissively as if afraid of being persuaded.

"I’ll let you have the leave as a mercy. Hurry up and leave, don’t tempt me by staying here."

Seeing Liu Sisi act as if she was terrified of the market, Li Jing didn’t know whether to laugh or to cry.

"Okay then, I’ll go to the market by myself."

...

Since Liu Sisi wasn’t willing to accompany him to the market, Li Jing naturally didn’t need to go through the hassle of taking a taxi.

After leaving the Chicken Shop and the market, he took to the sky towards the city market and summoned his artifact, Xiao Ai.

As he was about to search on the screen what the White Jade Stone was, Xiao Ai popped its head out from the corner of the screen, made a face at him, waved its hand to drag out a webpage, and then disappeared back into the screen.

Seeing Xiao Ai’s usual mischief, Li Jing shook his head and examined the information on the webpage.

White Jade Stone:

A special spiritual material produced from rare mineral veins. It contains the essence of moonlight and rich Taiyin (lunar) energy.

White Jade Stone can be used as refining material with a maximum item grade of Tenth Grade. The abundant Taiyin energy it contains can make the refining weapon 100% possess features of metal or water property, with a chance of acquiring the rare Pure Yin property.

In addition to that, White Jade Stone can be used to nourish spirit weapons, greatly improving the strength of related properties.

White Jade Stones are more effective for spirit weapons of lower grades and weaker properties.

Due to its rarity, the standard market price of the White Jade Stone is around 4 billion, fluctuating based on its quality.

After reading the information on the White Jade Stone, Li Jing was quite surprised.

It wasn’t just that Miss Lingling had given him this gift individually, but the fact that what she gave was of high value.

Not to mention it was something he needed, but its price was even higher than Yin-Qi crystal by far.

You have to remember such a favor.

With that thought, Li Jing summoned the Linglong Tower.

The Linglong Tower, having been called out, transformed into a golden light and collected the White Jade Stone as it joyously circulated around him, then transmitted an ambiguous emotion.

The Linglong Spirit Weapon was yet to grow and couldn’t express specific information during communication.

However, Li Jing could vaguely sense that the Linglong Spirit Weapon was hoping to be used more in the future.

Upon receiving this emotion, Li Jing mentally gave a confirming response to the Linglong Tower and then returned it back with a wave of his hand while summoning the Flying Sword Blue Edge, and controlled it to carry him away.

Such a dismissive response, as if from a scumbag, instantly made the Linglong Tower, which was about to be returned, send out an emotion of resentment.

This emotion was so similar to that of an out-of-favor concubine in the harem.

Li Jing silently chose to ignore it.

If he were to indulge such a young spirit who was already acting spoiled, what would happen when it matured?

...

Shortly after, Li Jing arrived at the North City Spiritual Market.

After stepping into the market, he went straight to the assessment shop run by Xu Jiayi’s family.

As soon as he entered, Xu Jiayi saw him and her eyes lit up. She hurriedly came out from behind the counter.

"Finally, you’re here! I’ve been waiting for you all afternoon! You’re here to get the scorpions assessed, right?"

Seeing such an enthusiastic welcome, Li Jing was taken aback.

"You..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Xu Jiayi quickly said,

"I saw the news this afternoon and knew you would come. Both of those scorpions were in good condition, and it seems that one of them had extremely potent poison."

Saying this, she rattled on,

"To be honest, I won’t hide anything from you. My shop just recently received a high-priced order for a high-quality poison pancake. The order is from an alchemist who frequently deals with us, and he is currently worried about a lack of supply. After we complete the assessment, why don’t you sell both poison pancakes to me? I’ll buy them at 50% more than the evaluated price."