Chapter 52: Obscure Involvement

Li Jing listened to Liu Sisi’s report with a slight frown.

People trapped in the One Realm deliberately underwent physical examinations to verify their realm, and then without exception, advanced to the Second Realm?

This, indeed, sounds a bit illogical.

An individual or two can perhaps be explained as having a particular inherent constitution.

But special constitutions aren’t as common as cabbage, it would already be impressive if one in a million people had one.

Subtracting those with special constitutions that did not burden them and allowed them to smoothly break through, the number of special constitutions hidden among ordinary people might not be significant.

Simply put.

Possessing a special constitution is a low probability event.

Then, add another probability for those who it burdens.

The combination of the two probabilities.

In cases like Liu Sisi’s, is even lower than the low probability of the city having a demonic event.

If it were in the past, Li Jing wouldn’t have thought much of it.

But, Jianghai has been experiencing a series of abnormal incidents due to the Demon Miasma recently.

Influenced by the Demon Miasma, instances of very low probability demonic transformations have become frequent, and some people even deliberately cultivate ordinary creatures into monsters using the Demon Miasma.

The anomaly that Liu Sisi mentioned seemed to have a subtle connection with the recent series of abnormal events.

After silently contemplating for a while, Li Jing asked.

"Sisi, which hospital did you visit? Did the doctor mention how many similar cases were encountered?"

"North City First Hospital."

Liu Sisi responded, "The doctor didn’t elaborate on how many similar cases he’d come across. However, since he mentioned there’d been quite a few, I suspect there must be at least ten or twenty of them."

After saying this, she added.

"Besides, I heard the doctor say that, besides their breakthrough in realms, they didn’t find any other anomalies in these people. No symptoms like Spiritual Qi fever were detected. Considering patient privacy, the hospital merely kept their blood samples for continued observation, and didn’t report it as an anomaly to the patrols."

After hearing this, Li Jing fell silent.

No anomalies detected, so it was not reported as an abnormal event to the patrols.

This, is understandable.

Patient privacy is a sensitive issue, the hospital cannot report so easily without discovering a problem.

However, this matter could easily be exploited by those with ulterior motives.

In a way, the people who deliberately go for check-ups to confirm their realm are doing so because of this notion.

They are intentionally getting check-ups, clearly because they are aware and choose the hospital as there is no other way to confirm if they have broken through.

If going for a check-up meant being reported to the patrols, who would be willing to go?

Just as Liu Sisi said earlier, there was definitely something fishy going on.

Those who broke through the One Realm must have come into contact with something or were influenced somehow in order to breakthrough, and they cannot withstand scrutiny.

Once the patrols discover anything, the situation could become serious.

After thinking for a while, Li Jing stood up.

"Wait here for a while, I’m going out to make a call."

Seeing how seriously Li Jing was taking this matter, Liu Sisi simply said ’okay’ and took out her phone.

This event, was at most just a conversation topic for her.

She was, after all, a bystander.

She couldn’t touch upon or understand many things.

The reason she brought it up was purely because she had a friend like Li Jing who was an "official".

If you asked her how concerned she was about this matter, not so much.

Not to mention that she had just broken through to the Second Realm, her life was changing, she was too busy with her own matters.

She was just selling chicken, why would she meddle in so many miscellaneous affairs?

Li Jing’s situation, in fact, wasn’t much different from Liu Sisi’s.

He was merely an assistant inspector.

Logically, he didn’t need to worry about this matter, nor did he have the authority to worry.

But he has been deeply involved in related incidents, even becoming a "temporary worker" in the major case squad.

One reason is that he knows many inner workings that ordinary people don’t know.

Secondly, the Evil Cultivators case has not been perfectly closed, and the information provided by Liu Sisi might be related. He believes it is necessary to report the situation.

He walked out of the hot pot restaurant and immediately dialed Captain Dai Hong’s number.

The call was quickly answered.

"Li Jing? What brings you to call me?"

The weary and puzzled voice of Dai Hong rang out over the phone.

"Yes, I came across an unusual situation that I need to report to Captain Dai."

Li Jing spoke clearly, reiterating word for word what Liu Sisi had told him.

If Li Jing could sense that the situation might be related to the Demon Miasma and the Evil Cultivators case, then naturally, Dai Hong could as well.

After attentively listening to the details, Dai Hong’s voice on the phone sounded much more energetic, and he quickly said.

"I understand, I will send someone from the Security Department to the First Hospital immediately to investigate. I will inform you if there are any updates."

After saying this, he hung up the call.

After he reported the situation to Dai Hong, Li Jing didn’t worry too much about it and returned to the hot pot restaurant.

He had done what he needed to do.

What he could do was only this much.

The next step was to wait quietly for the investigation results.

...

In the hot pot restaurant.

Right now, Liu Sisi was sitting at her table, browsing an online shopping site. She looked up in surprise to see Li Jing returning in no time at all, and said.

"That was quick, you’re done already?"

"I was just reporting to my superiors, how long did you expect it to take?"

Li Jing laughed and sat down.

Thinking about it, Liu Sisi nodded, put down her phone and asked.

"You’ve been working as an assistant inspector for over a week now, how’s it going?"

"Ordinary, getting by."

Li Jing responded casually.

Not that he deliberately wanted to hide anything, it’s just that his experiences were somewhat thrilling, and sharing them might make Liu Sisi anxious.

Just as the two were chatting, the waiter brought the ordered hot pot to the table.

Wait till the waiter left, Li Jing looked at Liu Sisi who was holding chopsticks impatiently waiting to eat.

"Sisi, since you have broken into the Second Realm, the Chicken Shop..."

Halfway through his sentence, Liu Sisi chimed in.

"I will still run the Chicken Shop. Starting the business wasn’t easy. Also, as you know, our business is not just about setting up a stall in the Agricultural Market, we have quite a few dealings with outside hotels and such. It would be a pity to just let it go."

While saying this, she smiled at the corner of her mouth.

"Besides, I have only just broken into the Second Realm, I don’t know anything yet. If I go out to find a proper job, at most, I could be making twenty to thirty thousand per month. When I run the Chicken Shop, a month’s revenue starts with ten million. I’m not a fool, why should I give up running my shop to go work?"

"Ah, that’s not what I meant."

Li Jing shook his head and smiled bitterly, saying.

"I think you, Sisi, now that you’ve entered the Second Realm, should have other plans and future development directions. You may not have much energy to focus on the Chicken Shop, wouldn’t it be better to find someone to help manage it?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Sisi looked at him warily.

"Hiss! Are you coveting my Chicken Shop?"

"..."

Li Jing was speechless.

Looking at someone choking, Liu Sisi giggled, and laughed non-stop, saying.

"The matter of finding someone to manage, I have indeed considered. But it’s not urgent for now, at least I still have the energy. At my age, it’s not really practical to talk about going to Immortal Learning Academy for further study. Mixing with a bunch of seventeen or eighteen year olds, even if they don’t mind, I do."

While she was talking, she held her cheek in one hand.

"Later, I plan to enroll in an adult advanced study class to learn some things that one should know in the Second Realm. As for the magic skills, they can’t be rushed. Even with a professor from the Immortal Learning Academy, it still depends on personal comprehension, and you can only explore slowly by yourself. I’ll just pass on the secret classes outside, even if a teacher teaches me, I might not dare to learn. If I happen to come across a scam and have problems while practicing, it would be bad."

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