Chapter 70 – Need to pay more!
"The County Magistrate of Little Yellow Village's Yamen turned out to be a flower thief, abducting and imprisoning numerous young girls for his desires. Not only that, but he was also a ghostly father! Fortunately, Lin Feng, the Yamen's consultant, captured him on the spot and released all the victimized girls!"
This shocking news spread from Little Yellow Village to the Capital City, becoming the talk of many over tea and meals.
As the one who solved the case, Lin Feng had already returned to the Capital City.
He cracked the missing persons case in just one day. Was it due to his abilities? No, it was purely out of curiosity...
Lin Feng never expected that his simple desire to watch the drama unfold would inadvertently lead him to the real culprit of the missing persons case!
Curiosity is indeed the driving force behind human progress!
For this reason alone, whenever there's drama, he should indulge in it!
"Kid, your case-solving skills are impressive. Are you really not considering joining Department Six?"
Hero Guo praised him after hearing about it, practically shoving an olive branch in his face.
Lin Feng still didn't agree. He wasn't skilled at solving cases; it was just sheer luck.
Hero Guo didn't insist, instead mentioning that he still had one task left and rewarded Lin Feng with the reward for the missing girls' case.
Five taels of gold, a Yellow Grade Transmission Box, and a piece of Profound Grade equipment.
This was the first time Lin Feng received Profound Grade equipment, and it was a cloak.
[Equipment: Pursuing Life Cloak]: Lower Profound Grade, Agility +95, Resilience +10%, effectively blocks 45% of poison gas and other scent-based damage.
After completing two tasks in a row, Lin Feng leveled up again. Now at level 25, he officially stepped out of the unranked realm, entering the quasi-third rate.
[Player: Lin Yanfeng]
[Level: 25]
[Experience: 1500/7000]
[Strength: Quasi-Third Rate]
[Wealth: 31 taels of gold]
[Reputation: 1580 (New Noble of the Martial World)]
[Infamy: 140 (Notorious)]
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[Vitality: 3290/3290]
[Internal Strength: 1395/1395]
[Physique: 215] [Innate Talent: 71/Excellent]
[Force: 532] [Graceful: 64/Excellent]
[Defense: 529] [Comprehension: 75/Excellent]
[Agility: 394] [Fortune: 60/Minor Luck]
[Resilience: 10%] [Charisma: 87/Graceful]
[Martial Arts: Underground · Turtle Shell Divine Art (Beginner), Profound Middle · Sunflower Acupoint Striking Hand (Proficient), Lower Yellow Grade · Iron Mountain Lean (Minor Achievement), Upper Yellow Grade · Iron Cloth (Minor Achievement)]
[Hidden Weapon: Profound Middle · Flying Needle Technique (Proficient)]
[Palm Technique: Underground · Raging Waves Palm First Six Forms (Minor Achievement), Upper Yellow Grade · Eight Trigrams Wandering Dragon Palm (Minor Achievement)]
[Blade Technique: Basic Blade Technique (Major Achievement), Lower Yellow Grade · Thunderbolt Blade Technique (Minor Achievement)]
[Lightness Skill: Upper Profound Grade · Treading on Snow Without a Trace (Proficient)]
[Internal Energy: None]
[Equipment: Lower Profound Grade · Pursuing Life Cloak, Middle Yellow Grade · Bandit Sweeping Set, Middle Yellow Grade · Black Gold Armor, Upper Yellow Grade · Green Snake Jade Pendant]
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Only five levels left, and he could leave the novice map.
Lin Feng planned to casually take on another difficult task, as there was still no news about the Southwest Three Poisons, and he didn't want to waste time.
However, other difficult tasks were also time-consuming. Just as Lin Feng was fretting, a notification sound came from the friend list on the game interface.
The sound was identical to the WeChat notification sound from Lin Feng's Earth, reminding him of his hometown.
The Grand Martial World had photo, video, and even live streaming features, and players could add friends to chat anytime.
Lin Feng's friend list currently had only five people.
Lin Shiba, Mo Baibai, Lin Yanqiu, Lin Yanshuang, Lin Yanxiang.
Lin Shiba and Mo Baibai were the two who took on the task of eliminating the Southwest Three Poisons. As for the remaining three, there was no need to think; they were Fang Zhiqiu, Fang Hanshuang, and Yu Meixiang.
A few days ago, he bought two more activators, and Fang Hanshuang and Yu Meixiang also started playing the game.
The three of them were now gathered in the novice village, with Fang Zhiqiu leading them to slowly complete tasks.
The message was from Fang Zhiqiu.
"Someone replied to my post, saying the Southwest Three Poisons have been found. Come to my room quickly."
Lin Feng was delighted upon seeing this and immediately logged off to go to Fang Zhiqiu's bedroom.
Originally, Lin Feng borrowed Fang Zhiqiu's account, but too many people kept asking her questions, and Lin Feng didn't have the patience to respond, so he returned it to her and asked her to keep an eye on his post.
"Look, someone sent a video, saying they spotted the Southwest Three Poisons in a village in the western suburbs outside the Capital City."
Lin Feng leaned in, and in the video, three men in strange attire wielded weapons, massacring a small village, leaving dozens of innocent villagers slaughtered.
The person filming was hiding in a haystack, peeking through a gap, not daring to go out and help. The three men were highly skilled in martial arts, and it was said they had disappeared for a long time and were now all second-rate experts!
Lin Feng hadn't expected that what was originally one second-rate and two third-rate had all become second-rate now.
Seeing Lin Feng frowning, Fang Zhiqiu thought he was under too much pressure and immediately comforted him, "Lin Feng, you better not take on this task; it's too dangerous and not worth it."
Lin Feng surprisingly agreed with her this time, nodding, "You're right, it's not worth it, too risky."
Fang Zhiqiu breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, quickly smiling and agreeing, "Yes, yes, Lin Feng, you are indeed sensible. As the saying goes, 'A wise man knows when to retreat.'"
However, Lin Feng wasn't planning to give up as she thought.
"One second-rate and two third-rate are already extremely difficult. Three second-rate must be nightmare-level? No, I need more money!"
Fang Zhiqiu: "???"
Returning to the game, Lin Feng immediately headed to Department Six, finding Hero Guo in the office as soon as he entered.
"Eh? Finished so quickly?" Hero Guo expressed surprise.
Lin Feng reported the situation with the Southwest Three Poisons, and Hero Guo's expression turned serious after hearing it.
"It seems these three should be handled by our internal personnel. It's indeed too dangerous, and we might need to deploy our four famous constables from Department Six."
Lin Feng was unwilling to let such a good opportunity to raise the price slip away.
"I can do it!"
"You?" Hero Guo shook his head, "If it's a one-on-one, I believe you can handle one of them, but against all three, you can't win."
"Don't worry about that; I have confidence. But shouldn't the reward for this task be increased?"
Hero Guo laughed heartily, "So that's what you're after."
He thought for a moment and said, "Originally, after completing three tasks, I could teach you the last three forms of the Raging Waves Palm. However, I prepared three nightmare tasks for you, and you need to complete all three to learn my complete Raging Waves Palm."
"But now that there's already one nightmare task, if you can deal with the Southwest Three Poisons, you can skip one of the subsequent three nightmare tasks. How about it?"
Lin Feng thought this was a good deal, a bargain, and agreed immediately.
Leaving Department Six, Lin Feng went to find Zhan Hongling and privately messaged Lin Shiba and Mo Baibai to prepare to set out in search of the Southwest Three Poisons.
"Buddy, my friend wants to come too. He's level 28 and very strong. Is that okay?" Lin Shiba asked Lin Feng.
Lin Feng thought having an extra person would be an added assurance and agreed immediately.
Unexpectedly, Mo Baibai, a girl, also asked if she could bring someone, but the girl she wanted to bring was a bit... weak.
"Don't worry, she doesn't want any reward, just tagging along for some experience."
Since they said so, Lin Feng accepted, and they agreed to meet at noon at the western gate of the Capital City.
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Second update~~