Chapter 209: Something Happened at Feng the Butcher's House
The night deepens.
In Magistrate Qian's mansion, He Ru entered Magistrate Qian's bedroom holding an oil lamp.
As soon as I entered the room, I heard a voice coming from the bed: "…You gave him the golden elixir?"
"Yes, although I don't know the level of Li Zhen's martial arts, his talent is definitely top-notch in the world. If he takes the golden elixir, his chance of success is probably a little higher than yours."
He Ru said with a smile.
When facing County Magistrate Qian, her tone was not at all coquettish, and she was talking to him as if he was an acquaintance.
County Magistrate Qian, who was lying on the bed, was silent for a long time before he said to He Ru, "I have asked someone to investigate his identity. Although the results are not yet out...but I think there must be something wrong with him."
"Is there a problem? Of course there is a problem." He Ru came to the table, picked up an apple on the table, and gently scraped the skin with a knife. "He looks too young, and his real age is definitely not what he shows on the surface.
"There is not much change in his facial expression. Although he can smile or get angry, he lacks some vitality. That look is probably a disguise... Even his identity as a patrol envoy may be fake."
"Since you already know, why do you still——"
"So what?" He Ru interrupted Magistrate Qian. She cut the apple in half and cut it into cubes with a knife. She came to the bedside and handed it to Magistrate Qian, saying softly:
"I don't care about his identity. I just care whether I can recruit more Dharma protectors for the Holy Church... Lord Qian... no, the future Dharma Protector Qian, don't you think?"
"snort."
The person on the bed snorted coldly and ate the apple handed to him by He Ru in one bite.
Seeing that the person on the bed seemed angry, He Ru smiled tenderly and cut another piece of apple, but this time she held it in her mouth and handed it to County Magistrate Qian on the bed:
"Don't be angry, Master Qian. At least I am yours now~"
Because she had something in her mouth, her voice sounded a little unclear, but it sounded unique.
Although County Magistrate Qian was still a little angry, he snorted a few times and said no more, allowing He Ru to come over with the apple in her mouth.
Then...
A night in silence.
…
Early the next morning, Li Qi sat in the study room and conducted his daily research on martial arts.
These days, while investigating cases as the Six Gates' patrol envoy, Li Qi also asked Jiang Ming to help him collect some of the seventh, eighth, and ninth grade martial arts techniques within the Six Gates.
Li Qi is the patrol envoy of the Six Gates and is qualified to review the martial arts of the six branches.
Through these martial arts, Li Qi continued to perfect his Immortality Heart Sutra in his spare time.
Although the first stage of the Immortal Heart Sutra is a relatively simple stage, because it is the foundation of the entire Immortal Heart Sutra, Li Qi cannot be careless. Therefore, it doesn’t matter if the creation is a little slow, it must be as perfect as possible.
Li Qi even thought that it would be okay even if he couldn't completely perfect the Immortal Heart Sutra in this world, but he had to solve one thing.
That is, when facing different world rules, one can still use a complete practice system.
Li Qi has now traveled through five worlds.
It does not count the ordinary world of the first life, nor the gambling world of the second life. After all, Li Qi can also use the abilities of these two worlds in other worlds.
Let’s talk about magic in the third world.
In the fourth life, Li Qi was still able to use the magic circuits of the magic world to strengthen himself.
But in the fifth life, which is this life, Li Qi found that he was unable to construct a magic circuit.
Because there are meridians and eight extraordinary meridians in this world.
No matter how Li Qi constructed the magic circuit, he could not avoid these meridians.
Magic power cannot be generated and is all converted into internal force. A lot of magic cannot be used and only some basic magic can be used in the form of 'talismans'.
Those mysterious magics, such as repair and healing, are completely unusable.
This made Li Qi realize that different worlds have different rules and different power systems.
An ability that is useful in one world may be of no use in the next.
It is even possible that in a certain world in the future, Li Qi will not even be able to use his super powers.
Therefore, Li Qi plans to rely on the talents of this world to create a set of skills that can be used in all worlds.
Leaving aside other aspects for now, at least it can be guaranteed that he has the possibility to become stronger in any world.
Besides the characteristic of 'immortality', the most important characteristic of the Immortal Heart Sutra is this.
Based on Li Qi's experiences over several lifetimes, he can confirm that there are only two things that remain basically unchanged in every lifetime.
One is one's own soul, and the other is the body as a 'human'.
Li Qi had no idea about the improvement of his soul, but because he swallowed No. 3's soul in his previous life, his soul strength was greatly improved.
Being able to recall memories of past lives at a very young age is the best proof.
And sometimes, Li Qi felt that his senses were sharper and his superpowers had been upgraded to a certain extent.
Sometimes, even when Li Qi closed his eyes and didn't need to look around, he could still sense all the details within a few meters around him.
These are all the benefits that soul improvement brings to Li Qi.
But apart from this, Li Qi has no other way to increase the strength of his soul.
Then in the end, the only thing that can be improved is physical strength.
Li Qi discovered that no matter what world he was reincarnated into, he was a human being. At least he had a normal body and normal blood flowing in his body.
Therefore, his Immortality Heart Sutra also focused on these basic aspects when creating it.
As long as he has flesh and blood, even if he doesn't have magic power or internal energy, Li Qi can make himself stronger! Of course, the above are just theories.
After all, Li Qi cannot guarantee that he is really a human being in every life, although from the current point of view, he is indeed a human being in every life.
But there is also the possibility of reincarnation into another species.
By then, Li Qi would have no choice but to find a way to replace his body.
If you just want to change your body, you must also meet the prerequisite of being able to let your soul leave your body at will and possess other things.
I was able to do it in my previous life, but in this life... probably not possible.
The rules of the world are different, which is really a headache.
"Sir, I have delivered the files."
While Li Qi was creating his skills in his spare time, Jiang Ming had already delivered the sorted files to Li Qi's study.
These files are the ones that He Ru sent yesterday. They record the case records of the entire Linbian City over the past few years.
Perhaps in order to win over Li Qi, He Ru even sent all the cases that had already been handled over to him.
Because there were too many cases, Jiang Ming and his men had to sort them out overnight.
It took a whole night to finally sort out the files that looked wrong and seemed to indicate that something strange had happened, and submitted them to Li Qi.
"Put it there. Thank you for your hard work."
Li Qi pointed to the desk beside him and said to Jiang Ming.
Jiang Ming, who had been up all night, resisted the urge to yawn and said to Li Qi, "It's not hard. This is what I should do. If you have any other instructions, just order me around."
"Not for now, go and rest."
"Okay, sir, you are busy, just call me if you need anything."
Jiang Ming bowed and left as if he had been pardoned.
Li Qi sat there and began to look through the cases in Linbian Town over the past two years.
Because of the corrupt official Qian County Magistrate, most of the cases in Linbian City are false and wrongful convictions. However, this is not important. Li Qi has no intention of redressing the injustice for the people in the city. After all, the two systems are different, and it is not easy for Li Qi to intervene.
He focused on examining those cases marked as 'unsolved'.
There are many cases here, and they are attributed to the people of the underworld, or to the mysterious and bizarre things.
For example, if someone died for no reason with a black chest, they would blame it on the people from the Demon Sect, saying that they were killed by the poisonous black hand of the Demon Sect.
For example, if a middle-aged person suddenly dies without any warning, it is said that the God of Hell has taken his life...
Although this does seem like sudden death, the way of solving the case is a bit too random.
Li Qi flipped through the files in his hand from beginning to end several times, but was unable to find any cases related to the "pig demon".
It seemed as if this pig demon appeared suddenly.
"Tsk, it looks like we're going in the wrong direction."
After searching for a while without any clues, Li Qi realized that he must have gone in the wrong direction.
He thought for a moment, called someone to get the remaining files, and asked them to look for cases related to the Feisha Gang.
The pig demon was definitely not a 'monster' that appeared suddenly. From the fact that it 'took away' all the corpses overnight, it can be confirmed that it is at least very familiar with the environment in the city.
Otherwise it would be impossible to carry away such a large number of corpses without alerting anyone.
And there is another point that people are more concerned about.
The leader of the Feisha Gang who turned into a bat demon.
It is true that he was a human being before this. There is no possibility that he was a bat spirit disguising himself as a human to infiltrate. Then how did he become that giant bat that was craving for flesh and blood?
Li Qi felt that since he couldn't find clues anywhere else, he might as well look for clues directly from the Feisha Gang.
Maybe we can find something by checking the case files of the Feisha Gang.
The detectives from the Six Gates were busy because of Li Qi's words, and Li Qi followed suit.
This went on until the evening, when everyone's busy work was interrupted by the visit of Wang the Butcher.
A day later, Wang the Butcher came to Liushenmen and took the initiative to visit Li Qi.
Thinking about the task assigned to Wang the Butcher yesterday, Li Qi more or less understood the purpose of Wang the Butcher's coming here today.
"What's going on?"
Li Qi asked Wang the Butcher.
Butcher Wang nodded and said, "Yes, last night, the two pigs you asked me to keep started screaming again, but they didn't scream for long.
"I didn't plan to come here to report to you, sir, but... just now, half an hour ago, the two pigs screamed again, and the screams were very miserable. I felt something was wrong, so I came here to tell you, sir."
"Half an hour ago?"
Li Qi glanced at the sky. It was almost dusk.
I still remember the last time the bat demon gathered everyone to absorb their blood, it was near dusk, when day and night were changing.
Li Qi thought for a while and was about to go back with Wang the Butcher to check on the two pigs.
Then a constable came in hurriedly from outside and immediately said to Li Qi:
"Sir! Something seems to have happened at Butcher Feng's house!"
He was appointed by Li Qi to be the constable responsible for keeping an eye on Feng the Butcher's family. After all, Feng the Butcher's family were just ordinary people, and it was not easy for Li Qi to treat him with the same methods he used to treat gangsters.
Therefore, he specially arranged constables to keep an eye on the situation and warned them to report to him immediately if anything happened in Feng the Butcher's home.
Now the two pigs in Butcher Wang's house started to make strange noises, and there was indeed another situation in Butcher Feng's house.
Li Qi pondered and asked the constable, "Is it a pig that is squealing?"
“No…No!”
The constable said with horror, "It's a scream, it's... a human scream!"
"!!"
(End of this chapter)
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