Recaps

After discovering that his attribute panel could make Mantis Fist initiation easier, Chu Qing left the training ground to seek out mantises. He swallowed ten of them, but the chapter ended before the panel revealed the result.

• Chu Qing transmigrated into the body of a poor sixteen-year-old and joined Mantis Fist Hall’s Assault Class to prepare for the Martial Academy Preliminary Exam.
• Chu Qing discovered a Profession Slot that said he could become initiated in Mantis Fist by swallowing ten mantises.
• Chu Qing struggled through five rounds of practice before leaving the hall to search for mantises.
• Chu Qing watched wealthy Fortified Village Disciples ride through Stone Rock County and saw one of them strike a person with a whip.
• Chu Qing caught ten mantises outside the city and swallowed them, causing the Profession Slot to flicker.

Chu Qing advanced his Mantis Fist and discovered that training refined his tendons but demanded far more food than he could afford. After the Blood River Gang ordered him to join a fight, he returned to the Mantis Fist Hall, where he watched other youths eat braised pork and was mocked for being poor.

• Chu Qing swallowed one hundred mantises and watched a duel, promoting his Mantis Fist to proficient, then ate more mantises and practiced until he felt heat refining his tendons.
• Chu Qing hurried back toward the Martial Hall for food, but Liu Hai ordered him to join the Blood River Gang's fight against the Iron Foot Gang that night.
• At the Mantis Fist Hall, Shi Tiezhu encouraged Chu Qing to practice diligently, while Chu Qing realized Shi was building a clique.
• Chu Qing practiced Mantis Fist with exceptional precision, then ate ravenously and realized he needed better food and meat to support his training.
• A youth eating braised pork mocked Chu Qing for being too poor to afford meat.

Chu Qing advanced his Mantis Fist rapidly by watching mantis fights and practicing, then sought secret medicine to improve his chances of passing the Martial Academy Preliminary Exam. He persuaded Fatty Jin to lend him money for the medicine, leaving his debt and plans to exploit future loans unresolved.

• Chu Qing watched a thousand mantis fights, unlocked Proficient Mantis Fist, and discovered that promotion required a hundred observations and one dose of secret medicine.
• Chu Qing practiced five rounds at the Martial Hall, raised his Tendon Refining progress to 20%, and realized that each Proficient-level round increased it by one percent.
• Chu Qing asked Senior Disciple Brother about Mantis Secret Medicine and learned that one portion cost fifty taels of silver.
• Chu Qing skipped the gangs' clash and demonstrated his Mantis Fist to Fatty Jin, arguing that secret medicine would help him pass the Preliminary Exam and repay his debt.
• Fatty Jin agreed to lend Chu Qing the money for secret medicine, warning that it would be his last loan until he repaid his debts.

Chu Qing used Mantis Secret Medicine to advance his Mantis Fist and develop four Iron Sinews, then killed Liu Hai and another man to fulfill his promotion condition. He left with silver and a mysterious booklet, while Shi Tiezhu and the other youths continued preparing for the Martial Academy.

• Chu Qing bought a dose of Mantis Secret Medicine from Senior Disciple Brother and trained by watching mantises fight until he completed Mantis Fist's first promotion condition.
• Chu Qing swallowed the medicine, advanced Mantis Fist to Great Accomplishment, and developed four Iron Sinews through intensive practice.
• Chu Qing went to Liu Hai's home and killed Liu Hai's Younger Brother and Liu Hai with Mantis Fist, completing the second promotion condition.
• Chu Qing searched Liu Hai's home, taking a patterned booklet and fifty taels of silver before cleaning up and leaving.
• Shi Tiezhu saw Chu Qing depart and encouraged the other youths to keep training for the Martial Academy.

Chu Qing practiced Mantis Fist and sought more Secret Medicine to speed up his Iron Sinew cultivation, while the Blood River Gang investigated a brutal killing and blamed it on Fortified Village Disciples. After Chu Qing proved he had Initiated Mantis Fist, Fatty Jin lent him one hundred taels of Snowflake Silver.

• Chu Qing discovered Toad Skill in a scroll and learned that its promotion required him to swallow ten toads.
• Zhao Hongxiu judged Shi Tiezhu the only likely candidate among the training-ground youths to pass the Martial Academy's Preliminary Exam, while Chu Qing's Iron Sinew progress slowed.
• Fatty Jin and the Blood River Gang's Hall Masters discussed Liu Hai's killing and suspected a Fortified Village Disciple, warning their men not to seek revenge or provoke outsiders.
• Chu Qing visited Fatty Jin and demonstrated that he had Initiated Mantis Fist after swallowing Secret Medicine.
• Fatty Jin agreed to lend Chu Qing one hundred taels of Snowflake Silver, and Chu Qing signed an IOU before leaving.

Chu Qing used secret medicine to perfect Mantis Fist, rapidly increased his Iron Sinews, and worried that Liu Xiaogou had seen his strength. He killed Liu Xiaogou before he could report what he saw.

• Chu Qing evaded Liu Jun's accusation that he had killed Liu Hai and explained that Hall Master Jin had summoned him to the dock meeting.
• Chu Qing bought three portions of secret medicine from Senior Disciple Brother and used them to promote Mantis Fist to perfection.
• Chu Qing's perfected Mantis Fist formed eighteen Iron Sinews, bringing his total to twenty-two and letting him split a table with a hand-blade.
• Chu Qing spotted Liu Xiaogou peeking at him through a crack in the door and chased him into a secluded alley.
• Chu Qing struck Liu Xiaogou in the face with his hand-blade and killed him to stop him from reporting what he had seen.

Chu Qing returned to the Martial Hall after killing Liu Xiaogou and rapidly learned to read while training his fists. He began advancing Toad Skill by eating frogs with Shi Tiezhu’s help, but discovered that the technique required him to consume a thousand frogs and perform a thousand Frog Jumps.

• Chu Qing killed Liu Xiaogou, returned to the Martial Hall, and found that Perfected Mantis Fist improved his Iron Sinew progress quickly but increased his hunger.
• Senior Disciple Brother taught the Assault Class to read and write, and Chu Qing mastered three hundred characters in a day.
• Shi Tiezhu saw Chu Qing’s writing and, after feeling outpaced, joined the other youths in practicing characters while eating.
• Chu Qing struggled to eat frogs until Shi Tiezhu suggested making boiled spicy frogs, then helped prepare them.
• Chu Qing met Toad Skill’s promotion condition by eating frogs and learned that advancing it required consuming one thousand frogs and performing one thousand Frog Jumps.

Zhao Hongxiu and Chu Qing learned that the Martial Academy’s reforms would favor nobles and Fortified Village masters, leaving ordinary students with almost no chance of admission. Zhao Hongxiu asked Shi Tiezhu to sign a contract and Chu Qing resolved to train harder, ending the chapter determined to overcome anyone who blocked his path.

• Zhao Wuji told Zhao Hongxiu that the Martial Academy would expand enrollment but reserve most places for the Thirty-Six Martial Arts Halls and powerful families, while ordinary applicants faced a brutal new exam.
• Zhao Hongxiu rejected becoming a noble household’s dog and said she would compete for a Martial Academy slot herself.
• Chu Qing practiced the secret-transmission Toad Skill, which seemed to cleanse his body and train his chest and back, and gained progress in his Iron Sinews.
• Zhao Hongxiu explained the reforms to Shi Tiezhu and asked him to sign a contract so they could enter the Martial Academy and work together for their patrons.
• Chu Qing overheard the conversation and vowed to keep training and kill anyone who stood in the way of his admission.

Chu Qing secured Madam Jin’s support by becoming her godson, then used a feast of frogs to advance his martial training. He left the chapter beginning literacy lessons with Madam Jin while Shi Tiezhu grew wary of him.

• Chu Qing borrowed one tael from Fatty Jin, then visited Madam Jin with rouge and persuaded her to adopt him and seek fifty taels from the gang to support his cultivation.
• Chu Qing caught frogs for his Toad Skill and recruited local children to catch more in exchange for snacks.
• Zhao Hongxiu told Zhao Wuji she had forged 108 Iron Sinews and wanted to advance to Copper Sinews, but he warned her that doing so would make completing all 365 Iron Sinews far harder.
• Chu Qing cooked and ate hundreds of frogs while practicing the Perfected Mantis Fist, forging another 10% of an Iron Sinew; his advice about overthrowing powerful families frightened Shi Tiezhu into leaving.
• Chu Qing visited Madam Jin, accepted her offer to teach him to read, and began a hand-in-hand writing lesson that stunned Xiao Taohong.

Chu Qing advanced his plans by practicing Toad Skill, cultivating Madam Jin’s support, and demonstrating talent in both martial arts and literacy. As Fatty Jin considered Chu Qing’s usefulness, Liu Jun began investigating the deaths of fellow villagers in the Blood River Gang.

• Chu Qing saw Shi Tiezhu had Initiated and pretended to leave after Shi Tiezhu rejected him, prompting Shi Tiezhu to advise him to study instead of pursuing martial arts.
• Shi Tiezhu revealed that he had signed an agreement with Zhao Hongxiu, taken her secret medicine, and Initiated; he resolved to grow strong enough to challenge his masters while Chu Qing secretly practiced Toad Skill nearby.
• Madam Jin argued with Fatty Jin that Chu Qing was her godson, and Fatty Jin agreed to lend Chu Qing silver.
• Liu Jun learned that Liu Xiaogou had been killed and ordered his men to investigate the murder.
• Fatty Jin lent Chu Qing sixty taels, and Chu Qing used some of the money to buy gifts for Madam Jin, who began teaching him to write.
• Fatty Jin learned that Chu Qing had Initiated Mantis Fist and learned five hundred characters, then considered making him a capable servant if he failed to enter the Martial Academy.

Chu Qing discovered that the proficient Secret Transmission Toad Skill restored his energy and doubled his Mantis Fist training gains, then used secret medicine to complete all thirty-six Iron Sinews. After Liu Jun threatened him over two deaths, Chu Qing decided to silence the suspicious Chief Subordinate.

• Chu Qing upgraded Toad Skill by eating toads and performing Frog Jumps, then found that cultivating it helped him recover energy and advance Mantis Fist faster.
• Chu Qing swallowed a portion of secret medicine between Toad Skill and Mantis Fist training, gaining seven Iron Sinews from it.
• Chu Qing borrowed seventy taels from Fatty Jin under the pretense of buying gifts for his godmother, then encountered Liu Jun, who threatened him over He Xiaogou and Liu Hai.
• Liu Jun begged Fatty Jin for a thousand taels to pay tribute to Seventh Young Master Hejiwu, and Fatty Jin rebuked him for suspecting Chu Qing before granting loans.
• Chu Qing completed his thirty-six Iron Sinews and resolved to deal with Liu Jun, who suspected him of killing He Xiaogou and Liu Hai.

Chu Qing raided Liu Jun’s home, killed Liu Jun and his men, and took silver and martial arts materials. The authorities blamed a surviving woman while Chief Constable Shi ordered an investigation into practitioners of three martial arts that could leave blade-like wounds.

• Chu Qing overheard Liu Jun and his men discussing their suspicions about Chu Qing and their plan to watch him.
• Chu Qing stormed Liu Jun’s home, killed Liu Jun and the gathered men, and looted silver, the Red Snake Leg Technique, and secret medicine.
• Chu Qing learned Red Snake Leg and quickly advanced it to the Initiated level by completing its practice condition.
• The authorities found the bodies, beat and imprisoned Liu Jun’s terrified wife despite her account of a masked killer, and seized the household’s possessions.
• Constable Xu Zuo reported the wounds to Chief Constable Shi, who identified Mantis Fist, Iron Hand, and Iron Thread Fist as possible causes and ordered their practitioners investigated.
• Chief Constable Shi ordered the Blood River Gang to pay investigation expenses and said finding the real murderer would cost at least one thousand taels.

Chu Qing sought Red Snake Secret Medicine to advance his Red Snake Leg and plotted to target Liu Jun’s fellow Chief Subordinates, while Hall Master Liu enlisted the county constables to find Liu Jun’s killer. After visiting Madam Jin and training at the Martial Hall, Chu Qing watched Zhao Wuji arrive with constables and summon everyone to line up.

• Chu Qing gained six Iron Sinews from a portion of Red Snake Secret Medicine and resolved to pursue the Inner Court rather than settle for the Outer Court.
• Chu Qing decided to seek secret medicine from Liu Jun’s fellow Chief Subordinates and mapped the Red Snake Martial Arts Hall and their residences while scouting the area.
• Hall Master Liu paid a constable to investigate Liu Jun’s death and accepted the assurance that Chief Constable Shi would pursue the real murderer.
• Chu Qing visited Madam Jin, gave her a massage, and put a hairpin and earrings on her before returning to the Martial Hall.
• Chu Qing continued Frog Jumps despite Shi Tiezhu’s doubts, then Zhao Wuji arrived with constables and called the students to line up.

Constables investigated the Mantis Fist killings, prompting Chu Qing to misdirect them while Chief Constable Shi intensified the search. Chu Qing completed Red Snake Leg’s training and gained fifty-six Iron Sinews, leaving him ready to use the new style if he killed again.

• A constable made Zhao Wuji identify disciples who had mastered Mantis Fist and collected fifty taels before leaving.
• Chu Qing used children to buy Red Snake Secret Medicine, but constables traced the purchase and Chief Constable Shi ordered searches across the city and countryside.
• Chu Qing visited Madam Jin with rouge and cosmetics, then learned that Zhao Wuji, Zhao Hongxiu, and others had been taken to the yamen.
• A child told Chu Qing that an old man was asking who had been catching toads, and Chu Qing wrapped two water snakes around his legs to fulfill Red Snake Leg’s second condition.
• Chu Qing repaired his door, took secret medicine, and trained Red Snake Leg until all thirty Iron Sinews were cultivated, bringing his total to fifty-six.

Chu Qing killed Blood River Gang chief subordinate Li Hao and took his Iron Cloth Shirt manual, intensifying fear across Stone Rock County. As the constables and gang leaders struggled to understand the killings, Chu Qing focused on weakening Hall Master Liu and preparing for the Martial Academy Preliminary Exam.

• Li Hao tried to flee his home but Chu Qing ambushed and kicked him to death despite his Iron Cloth Shirt.
• Chu Qing took Li Hao’s bundle, found the Iron Cloth Shirt manual, and discovered that wearing burlap clothes met its promotion condition.
• Chief Constable Shi suspected the killer was using martial arts techniques to frame different martial halls and warned that another killing might follow.
• Hall Master Liu sent his eleven chief subordinates to serve as Young Master He Qi’s guards, hoping they would be safer there.
• Stone Rock County’s common people quietly celebrated the deaths of Liu Jun and Li Hao, while Chu Qing resolved to weaken Hall Master Liu and gather cultivation arts for the Preliminary Exam.

Chu Qing advanced his Iron Cloth Shirt training by secretly acquiring medicine and iron wire, then helped restore order at the Mantis Martial Arts Hall. Hall Master Liu unexpectedly made him a Chief Subordinate, and Chief Constable Shi ordered him to investigate the murderer—unaware that Chu Qing was the culprit.

• Chu Qing bought twenty portions of secret medicine through a chain of children and wrapped himself in iron wire to meet the Iron Cloth Shirt's promotion conditions.
• Chu Qing encouraged Shi Tiezhu to organize the Great Dining Hall and Assault Class, restoring much of the Mantis Martial Arts Hall's order.
• Hall Master Liu struggled to appoint a Chief Subordinate, so the Minor Leaders recommended Chu Qing, who was promoted without warning.
• Hall Master Liu brought Chu Qing to Chief Constable Shi, who questioned the Blood River Gang about the investigation and the purchase of secret medicine.
• Chief Constable Shi ordered Chu Qing to investigate the murderer, and Chu Qing eagerly accepted while concealing that he was the murderer.

Chu Qing used his authority in Head-Slicing Hall to stage a search for the killer while secretly pursuing his own interests. After finding a precious Toad Secret Medicine formula in an abandoned Taoist Temple, he forged evidence that the killer had fled the county and sent Chief Constable Shi a report urging the search to end.

• Chu Qing took charge of Head-Slicing Hall’s minor leaders and bribed Constable Li for advice on where to search for the killer.
• Chu Qing led searches of haunted houses, old residences, and temples, then sent Chief Constable Shi flattering reports that earned his approval.
• Chu Qing’s men uncovered silver and books in a haunted house, and Chu Qing divided the silver among them, Constable Li, and Chief Constable Shi.
• While demolishing an abandoned Taoist Temple, Chu Qing found a hidden paper containing the formula for Toad Secret Medicine and concealed its value from his men.
• Chu Qing forged evidence that the killer had fled outside the county and sent Chief Constable Shi a report, hoping he would abandon the pursuit.

Chief Constable Shi used Chu Qing’s forged evidence to settle the failed manhunt, while Chu Qing searched for a rare ingredient to brew Toad Secret Medicine. At Madam Jin’s home, he learned that the Martial Academy assessment had changed, and Zhou Qingyu secretly wrote to her father asking for martial arts manuals for her adopted son.

• Chief Constable Shi praised Chu Qing’s report, planned to present the evidence at a banquet, and demanded another five hundred taels from Hall Master Liu to reward the constables.
• Chu Qing gathered almost all the ingredients for Toad Secret Medicine, then learned from Pharmacist Li that Nirvana Qi Grass was prohibited and could be found at a Black Market outside Clear Water County.
• Chu Qing visited Madam Jin, gave her cosmetics and rare ancient books, and helped her organize them while Xiao Taohong watched anxiously.
• Madam Jin told Chu Qing that ordinary applicants now needed a Servant Contract to enter the Martial Academy and asked him to accompany her to see Madam Shi.
• Chu Qing said he wanted to try on his own, but Madam Jin still planned to take him to Madam Shi and arranged fine clothes for him.
• Zhou Qingyu wrote to her father asking him to grant her adopted son seven or eight Martial Arts Manuals.

Chu Qing faced Hall Master Liu’s demand for three thousand taels, then traveled to the Black Market seeking Nirvana Qi Grass and a Lightness Skill. He bought Grass on Wings and found Nirvana Qi Grass at a stall where several Masked Men were negotiating.

• Hall Master Liu berated Chu Qing for fabricating the murderer’s escape and demanded three thousand taels by the end of the month.
• Chu Qing left the Liu family courtyard vowing that Hall Master Liu would not live to spend the money, then Xiao Taohong told him Madam Jin would take him to buy clothes and meet Madam Shi.
• Chu Qing traveled to the Black Market outside Clear Water County and searched its stalls for Nirvana Qi Grass.
• Chu Qing bought the Grass on Wings manual after learning it had no secret medicine, then quickly advanced the skill to Initiated by walking on grass.
• Chu Qing spotted Nirvana Qi Grass at a stall while several Masked Men negotiated with the stall owner.

Chu Qing bought fake Nirvana Qi Grass at the Black Market, learned the truth from Pharmacist Li, and returned to confront the seller. He strengthened his Iron Cloth Shirt on the way, then killed the peddler despite the man’s ties to the Armored Soldier Sect and fled with the corpse.

• Chu Qing bought Nirvana Qi Grass from a stall owner after animal-masked men threatened him, then waited outside for them before leaving when they did not appear.
• Chu Qing trained Grass on Wings to Perfection during his return to Stone Rock County and learned from Pharmacist Li that the herb was fake.
• Chu Qing raced back toward the Black Market and used secret medicine to cultivate all forty Iron Sinews of Iron Cloth Shirt, bringing his total to seventy-six.
• At the Black Market’s dispersal, the stall owner threatened a group of masked people with his brother-in-law’s Armored Soldier Sect connections.
• Chu Qing charged the stall owner, endured his Iron Sand Palm, killed him with Mantis Fist and Red Snake Leg, and carried the corpse away.

Chu Qing recovered Nirvana Qi Grass and arranged for Pharmacist Li to refine the Toad Secret Medicine, then went to the yamen, where he helped shape the case against Zhao Wuji and the others. Chief Constable Shi rewarded him with a claw technique instead of the blade technique Chu Qing declined, while Chu Qing concealed his anger toward the constables who had opposed him.

• Chu Qing brought blood-soaked loot to Pharmacist Li, found Nirvana Qi Grass in it, and gave him two days to refine the Toad Secret Medicine in exchange for the formula.
• Chu Qing went to the Martial Hall and practiced Frog Jumps while Zhao Wuji and the others remained detained.
• A Blood River Gang Minor Leader summoned Chu Qing to the yamen, where Hall Master Liu and the constables argued over how to punish Zhao Wuji and the others.
• Chu Qing blamed Hall Master Liu's failed search for the killer's escape and suggested Zhao Wuji and the others repair abandoned houses for Chief Constable Shi to oversee.
• Chief Constable Shi offered Chu Qing a blade technique, but Chu Qing declined because he intended to enter the Martial Academy.
• Chief Constable Shi instead promised Chu Qing a claw technique, and Chu Qing hid his anger at Hall Master Liu and the other constables.

Chu Qing used chicken claws to initiate his Eagle Claw Technique and visited Madam Shi with Madam Jin, who hoped to secure him a place in the Martial Academy. At the opera house, Madam Shi offered him a groom’s position if he failed the exam, while Chu Qing practiced his new technique and noticed her singing along.

• After Zhao Wuji and the others were released, Constable Li told them Chu Qing had helped secure their freedom, and they invited Chu Qing to dinner at Immortal Fate Tower.
• At Jin Family Manor, Chu Qing refused Madam Jin’s offer of brocade clothes and a Martial Academy place through Madam Shi’s connections, saying he wanted to pass the exam himself.
• Chu Qing told Madam Jin that he had long wanted to eat chicken claws, and eating ten initiated his Eagle Claw Technique.
• Madam Jin took Chu Qing to an opera house to meet Madam Shi, who offered him a groom’s position that would let him enter the Martial Academy if he failed the exam.
• While watching the opera, Chu Qing practiced Eagle Claw Technique movements and noticed Madam Shi quietly singing along.

After Chu Qing helped save the Martial Hall leaders, Zhao Wuji and the others searched for him to thank him at a banquet. The chapter ended with the hall masters celebrating Chu Qing at Immortal Fate Tower while Hall Master Liu watched resentfully from nearby.

• Chu Qing’s Eagle Claw Technique advanced, and he considered combining it with the Mantis Fist before heading to the Martial Hall.
• Shi Tiezhu found Chu Qing and invited him to a banquet at Immortal Fate Tower on behalf of Zhao Wuji and Zhao Hongxiu.
• Hall Master Liu arrived at Immortal Fate Tower, learned that Zhao Wuji and the others were waiting for Chu Qing, and grew angry when they welcomed Chu Qing inside.
• Zhao Wuji, Zhao Hongxiu, Iron Hand, and the other hall masters bowed to Chu Qing and thanked him for saving them and their families.
• The hall masters praised Chu Qing over dinner and served him a basin of chicken feet, while Zhao Hongxiu reflected that she had once underestimated him.

After the banquet, Chu Qing learned that Hall Master Liu planned to make trouble for him, while Zhao Wuji and the other Hall Masters secretly agreed to wait for a chance to strike Liu. Back home, Chu Qing studied his new manuals and discovered that Zhao Wuji had given him a forbidden weapon martial art, which he decided to keep as a future trump card.

• Zhao Hongxiu and Shi Tiezhu watched Chu Qing leave and reassured themselves that they would eventually surpass him by entering the Martial Academy.
• Zhao Wuji and the other Hall Masters plotted to stop Hall Master Liu from harming them and agreed to wait for an opportunity.
• A Minor Leader warned Chu Qing that Hall Master Liu bore a grudge against him, and Chu Qing thanked him with a tael of silver.
• Chu Qing recalled Hall Master Liu's threats and decided to wait for a rainy day to deal with him.
• Chu Qing mastered the Iron Hand and Iron Thread Fist manuals, then recognized Zhao Wuji's nameless manual as the weapon martial art Dual Mantis Sword.
• Chu Qing destroyed the manual after learning it and chose to focus on bare-handed techniques for the Martial Academy Preliminary Exam, saving the weapon art for later.

Chu Qing acquired several forbidden techniques and advanced his Eagle Claw Technique, then made plans to obtain its secret medicine. After practicing calligraphy and spending time with Madam Jin, he decided to visit Chief Constable Shi at dusk.

• Chu Qing discovered that Zhao Wuji had given him Dual Mantis Sword, Iron Hand, and Iron Fist techniques, then completed Eagle Claw Technique’s second promotion condition through practice.
• At the Martial Hall, Chu Qing ate a large serving of chicken feet and watched Shi Tiezhu drill the Assault Class, while Shi Tiezhu privately believed he would soon surpass Chu Qing.
• Chu Qing ordered steel gloves from a blacksmith and decided against commissioning a greatsword because it would draw suspicion.
• At Jin Family Manor, Chu Qing practiced calligraphy for Madam Jin and ate her boneless chicken feet, advancing Eagle Claw Technique to Proficient.
• Chu Qing noted that he needed stone balls and a dose of Eagle Claw secret medicine, and planned to visit Chief Constable Shi at dusk.