Strange Wooden Block

Strange Wooden Block

Big brother, you're screwing people over!

Having completed a mission together, Ye Weiming really couldn't bear to watch Sanyue jump into the Divine Constable Bureau's fiery pit alongside him.

Just as he was about to say something, You Jin beat him to it. "Although our Divine Constable Bureau has no sect martial arts, we have other exclusive skills to make up for it. Ye Weiming should know that better than anyone, right?"

Ye Weiming smiled awkwardly. The Autopsy Method and Corpse Handling Method were indeed god-tier skills; that was undeniable. Compared to lacking sect martial arts, did that count as gaining something while losing something else?

"As a hidden sect, the Divine Constable Bureau naturally has to differ from those Jianghu sects. The opportunity is right before you, little girl, so make sure you seize it. I'll be taking my leave!" With that, the two of them saw a black figure flash past, and You Jin vanished with a whoosh.

The moment You Jin appeared, he had displayed an extraordinary movement technique, appearing without a trace and leaving without a shadow. The two players couldn't help but feel captivated.

That was just too cool!

When would they ever possess such powerful strength themselves?

"The time to test our luck has finally come!" Sanyue was still holding the Divine Constable Bureau Entry Token. While she stared blankly at the spot where You Jin had disappeared, Ye Weiming recovered from his shock first. Rubbing his hands together eagerly, he asked, "Are you looting it, or am I?"

Sanyue froze and asked instinctively, "Looting what?" The moment the words left her mouth, she realized she had asked an incredibly stupid question. She hurriedly tried to salvage it. "Actually, I've never encountered a BOSS before, so I don't know how high my luck is. But when I played other games before, my luck was always pretty good."

Ye Weiming knew she was saying this because she wanted to try looting the corpse herself, so he generously said, "Ladies first."

What he didn't expect was that this casual gesture raised Sanyue's opinion of him by several levels. Words like open-minded, forthright, and generous all came flooding into her mind as she thought of Ye Weiming.

They had known each other for less than a day, yet he trusted her so completely. He wasn't worried at all that she would pocket the BOSS drops for herself. Was it because he had a good eye for people and could tell that her character wasn't that bad, or was it...

With mixed emotions, Sanyue reached out and touched Chou Ba's corpse.

Would Ye Weiming be afraid that Sanyue might steal the BOSS drops?

Of course not!

Because before they had even engaged the monster, he had set the BOSS drop distribution to leader allocation...

As soon as Sanyue's hand touched Chou Ba's corpse, an item list immediately popped up before them.

Thunderclap Palm (Intermediate Palm Technique): Its palm strikes carried the force of rushing thunder and the speed of lightning. Its attacks were swift, and its momentum terrifying. Cultivation requirements: Arm Strength 60, Agility 80.

Eight-Step Toad Leap (Beginner Lightness Skill): A widely circulated lightness skill in the Jianghu. When cultivated to a profound level, it could also reveal marvelous effects. Cultivation requirements: Bone Structure 30, Agility 50.

Fine Steel Finger Tiger: A finger tiger that carried a faint chill. Attack +60, Ice Attribute Damage +1.

Strange Wooden Block: A strange square wooden block. Its surface was made up of 54 small squares, each carved with strange patterns.

Money: 2 gold, 34 taels.

Chou Ba had dropped two secret manuals in one go, including an intermediate palm technique. Judging from the drop rate, Sanyue's luck seemed quite good.

The young lady was also generous. After looting the corpse, she turned directly to Ye Weiming and said, "Whether it was finding the true culprit behind Old Man Li's murder or killing Chou Ba, your contribution was far greater than mine. You choose first."

Ye Weiming said, "Let's follow the usual practice and each choose one item." As he spoke, he unceremoniously took the Strange Wooden Block for himself.

Although he had no idea what the wooden block was for, based on some of the information he had gathered during the earlier mission, he felt that this block was the most valuable item among everything Chou Ba had dropped.

Sanyue clearly hadn't expected him to be interested in the wooden block, but she didn't ask any questions. Instead, she directly chose the intermediate palm technique called Thunderclap Palm.

After that, Ye Weiming took Eight-Step Toad Leap, while the young lady took the Fine Steel Finger Tiger, which happened to pair well with her palm technique. The remaining money was divided equally between them, leaving everyone happy.

Once the loot had been divided, Ye Weiming immediately took out a straw mat, wrapped up Chou Ba's corpse, and stored it in his bag.

Stuffing such a huge corpse into a bag was hardly scientific, but this was a game. Not only could corpses be placed in one's bag, they only occupied a single inventory slot.

Sanyue was greatly surprised and asked about it. Naturally, Ye Weiming wouldn't reveal a secret as envy-inducing as the Corpse Handling Method, so he casually explained, "This is one of the skills I learned at the Divine Constable Bureau. It lets me preserve corpses and maintain their integrity to the greatest extent possible, making them easier to use as evidence during investigations."

Of course, Ye Weiming wasn't actually lying. What he said was indeed one of the Corpse Handling Method's main functions.

Sanyue asked, "Does Chou Ba's corpse still have any investigative value?"

Ye Weiming replied, "Skills need practice. We can bury him afterward."

Sanyue suddenly understood, while Ye Weiming quietly put away a copy of Internal Skill Insights.

Internal Skill Insights: Notes on the internal skill cultivation of Chou Ba, the One-Eyed Flying Eagle. Can be used on a designated internal skill to increase its Proficiency by 1,500 points!

"I'll help too." Sanyue's eyes darted about. "Wait for me to buy a shovel."

"Let's go together. I need to buy one too." Ye Weiming readily accepted Sanyue's offer.

Then he regretted it.

According to the general store's listed price, one shovel cost 50 copper, while two cost 1 silver in total. Yet Sanyue spent over half an hour haggling with the blacksmith and ultimately bought the shovels for 40 copper each.

In other words, Ye Weiming had waited around foolishly for more than half an hour, only to save 10 copper coins!

Ten copper coins were only enough to buy two steamed buns. If he had obediently gone out to grind monsters for more than half an hour, he would definitely have earned over ten times that amount!

As they dug a pit on the back mountain of Dukang Village, Ye Weiming silently swore that he would never go shopping with this girl again, even if it killed him.

"A Ming, can you tell me what the Divine Constable Bureau's exclusive skills are like?"

This was Sanyue's little scheme. The effects of exclusive skills definitely had to be kept confidential, but she urgently needed to know whether they were worth giving up sects that possessed sect martial arts. That was why she had come up with the idea of helping bury someone. I'm helping out so enthusiastically. You can't possibly be too embarrassed to give me some advice, right?

After thinking carefully for a moment, Ye Weiming said, "My skills are pretty useful. In my opinion, they should be enough to make up for the regret of not having sect martial arts. After joining the Divine Constable Bureau, you can choose from four skills: Heaven, Earth, Man, and Ghost. I chose the Heaven-rank Skill."

Ye Weiming didn't show her the effects of the skill, but he had already explained the pros and cons. As for what to choose, that would depend on the young girl herself.

Sanyue was already quite satisfied with that answer. She smiled brightly and said, "Just digging like this is boring. How about I sing a song to lighten the mood?"

"That would be wonderful."

"The sun rises, yi yao wei, heaven and earth are wide, yi yao wei, beneath green mountains the waters wind and bend, twisting and turning through eighteen bends..."