Chapter Summaries

The Red-clothed Girl told her brother about Ye Weiming and learned that a rare quest item, A Bag of Rice of Suffering, could drop from the Lotus Stockade bosses. In Bianjing, Youyou’s squad examined the Bixie Sword Manual and debated how to handle it.

• The Red-clothed Girl complained that Ye Weiming had bullied her, but her brother rebuked her and refused to seek revenge for her.
• Her brother said he had found leads for her quest and explained that A Bag of Rice of Suffering could drop from the four Lotus Stockade bosses, with the best odds on the first kill.
• The Red-clothed Girl became excited about collecting the rare item and using her chain quest reward to make up for her attributes.
• Youyou told the squad that Lin Zhennan had asked her to deliver the cassock to the Divine Constable Bureau as evidence in the Fuwei Escort Agency Serial Murder Case.
• Tang Sancai reasoned that rescuing Lin Zhennan’s family had earned them the Bixie Sword Manual, and Youyou asked how the squad should handle it.

Ye Weiming revealed that the Bixie Sword Manual required castration, so the team abandoned any plan to cultivate its swordplay. He then proposed auctioning the loot from Yu Canghai and the Four Beauties of Qingcheng and splitting the proceeds equally, while giving Youyou the promised Cool Slippers.

• Fei Yu proposed either turning in the Bixie Sword Manual for a shared reward or selling it to a teammate.
• Ye Weiming studied the manual, rejected its castration requirement, and converted half his gained proficiency into Quanzhen Swordsmanship.
• Ye Weiming explained that Bixie Swordplay required men to be castrated, and the team gave up on the manual.
• Ye Weiming shifted the discussion to distributing the loot from Yu Canghai and the Four Beauties of Qingcheng.
• Ye Weiming proposed auctioning the items and dividing the money evenly, excluding the Cool Slippers promised to Youyou.

Ye Weiming and his companions divided the mission spoils, then returned to the Divine Constable Bureau to claim their rewards. Zhan Zhao awarded the three outside helpers tokens for two custom Gold-grade Equipment items each, leaving Ye Weiming, Fei Yu, and Sanyue wondering what their own rewards would be.

• Ye Weiming assigned Youyou a pair of boots for raising the mission completion rating, and Fei Yu accepted the loot arrangement without objection.
• Tang Sancai bought Pine Wind Swordplay for 80 gold and the matching Pine Wind Sword for 70 gold.
• Sanyue bought Nine Strikes of the Azure Character and Bodhi Seeds, while Ye Weiming bought the Eight Trigrams Robe, Clear Void Sayings, and a spare Pine Pattern Sword.
• The group returned to the Divine Constable Bureau and turned in the Bixie Sword Manual to Zhan Zhao.
• Zhan Zhao gave Tang Sancai, Youyou, and Xiao Qiao tokens entitling each to two custom Gold-grade Equipment items, and the three Bureau players anticipated their own rewards.

After completing the Fuwei Escort Agency serial murder mission, Ye Weiming, Fei Yu, and Sanyue went to You Jin to collect their rewards. You Jin accused them of neglecting suspects and witnesses, and Ye Weiming defended their choices as a deliberate deployment to pursue Yu Canghai while Youyou escorted the Lin family.

• The squad realized Youyou's cassock had upgraded the helpers' mission rewards, and the three helpers left for the Armaments Bureau to exchange their tokens.
• Ye Weiming, Fei Yu, and Sanyue learned from Zhan Zhao that Venerable Huang had left their rewards with You Jin at Iron Mask Pavilion.
• Fei Yu reported that they had killed Yu Canghai and several Qingcheng Sect members and had detained Lin Pingzhi.
• You Jin asked the three whether they knew their mistake, accusing them of prioritizing kills and equipment over suspects and witnesses.
• Ye Weiming explained that they had left Youyou to escort the Lin family while the others pursued the injured Yu Canghai to prevent his escape.

You Jin reprimanded Ye Weiming, Fei Yu, and Sanyue for their mistakes during the Fuwei Escort Agency mission, then gave them follow-up tasks to make up for the lost contribution. He told Ye Weiming that his next mission could earn him a cosmetic Divine Constable Bureau uniform and possibly Gold-grade Equipment.

• You Jin revealed that he had secretly watched the team’s investigation and criticized them for their conduct during the mission.
• You Jin awarded the team experience, cultivation, money, and the Yijin Duangu Bone Chapter, while withholding their promised Gold-grade Equipment pending further work.
• You Jin tasked Sanyue with interrogating Lin Pingzhi and ordered Fei Yu to find a living witness at the Qingcheng Sect.
• You Jin explained that official uniforms could conceal Ye Weiming’s equipment while displaying his rank, and said his next mission’s rewards would depend on his performance.

Ye Weiming received a recommendation for a promotion quest from Duke Lu Ding and reviewed the rewards from his previous mission. After learning the Yijin Duangu Bone Chapter and Daoist Arts, he gained 7,500 Internal Skill Proficiency and had to choose which internal skill to improve.

• You Jin gave Ye Weiming a letter of recommendation and sent him to Duke Lu Ding to investigate a case in exchange for immediate promotion approval.
• You Jin gave Ye Weiming a brocade pouch containing the condition for an additional Gold-grade Equipment reward.
• Ye Weiming replied to his teammates, then returned home and reviewed the Cultivation Points, manuals, and insights he had earned.
• Ye Weiming studied the Yijin Duangu Bone Chapter and gained its internal skill, which increased his attributes and limits.
• Ye Weiming studied Xujing's Sayings and comprehended Daoist Arts, which enhanced his recovery and Daoist martial arts.
• Ye Weiming used Yu Canghai's Internal Skill Insights and gained 7,500 Internal Skill Proficiency, then hesitated over whether to apply it to Breathing Technique or Yijin Duangu Bone Chapter.

Ye Weiming spent the proficiency and Cultivation Points from the Fuwei Escort Agency mission to raise his skills, nearly doubling his strength. He then remembered the bodies of Yu Canghai and his four disciples were still evidence and headed to the Coroner's Office to hand them over.

• Ye Weiming chose to invest 7,500 Internal Skill Proficiency in the Yijin Duangu Bone Chapter rather than the Breathing Technique.
• Ye Weiming read five Swordsmanship Insights and gained 13,500 proficiency, raising Quanzhen Swordsmanship to Level 4.
• Ye Weiming spent his Cultivation Points to raise the Yijin Duangu Bone Chapter and Quanzhen Swordsmanship to Level 5, reaching Level 19 and greatly increasing his attributes.
• Ye Weiming reflected that the mission's rewards came from working with other players and decided he should cooperate with them more often.
• Ye Weiming remembered that Yu Canghai and his four disciples' bodies were still in his bag and went to the Coroner's Office to surrender them as evidence.

Song Ci taught Ye Weiming that mission-mode corpses were only avatars and explained that better corpse-handling tools could improve the Corpse Handling Method’s rewards. Ye Weiming received no offer of a Bureau subsidy, then went to Duke Lu Ding’s Manor and encountered Wind Thunder Swordsman and Wang Yan.

• Song Ci told Ye Weiming that the five Qingcheng Sect corpses were mission-mode avatars and could serve as references but not evidence because their originals were still alive.
• Song Ci explained that investing in higher-quality corpse-handling tools could yield greater gains from the Corpse Handling Method.
• Ye Weiming asked whether the Divine Constable Bureau would subsidize corpse-handling tools, but Song Ci refused and said straw mats were sufficient for evidence.
• Ye Weiming followed Sanyue’s map to the street outside Duke Lu Ding’s Manor and met Wind Thunder Swordsman and his Huashan Sect friend Wang Yan.
• Wind Thunder Swordsman asked Ye Weiming whether he had come to present a treasure at Duke Lu Ding’s Manor.

Ye Weiming entered Duke Lu Ding's Manor with You Jin's letter of introduction, where Wang Yan and Wind Thunder Swordsman sold unusual treasures to Duke Lu Ding. The young duke then asked Ye Weiming whether he had anything to sell.

• Wang Yan offered to sell Ye Weiming a treasure and recommendation letter for fifty gold, but Ye Weiming declined.
• Ye Weiming showed You Jin's letter of introduction and was welcomed into Duke Lu Ding's Manor with Wang Yan and Wind Thunder Swordsman.
• Wang Yan sold a pair of Iron Arhats for two hundred gold after Master Jian appraised them.
• Wind Thunder Swordsman sold a Water-Turning Hundred Plays Scroll for thirty gold.
• Duke Lu Ding asked Ye Weiming whether he had any good things to sell.

Ye Weiming sought Duke Lu Ding’s help with an official matter and learned that the imperial palace treasury had been robbed. Duke Lu Ding agreed to let him take the case if he first passed a test, and brought him to choose one of four challenge doors.

• Ye Weiming tried to offer Duke Lu Ding the foul-smelling Bag of Rice of Suffering, but appraiser Master Jian judged it worthless.
• Ye Weiming gave Duke Lu Ding Commander You Jin’s letter of recommendation, and Duke Lu Ding sent Wind Thunder Swordsman and Wang Yan away before admitting he could not read.
• Ye Weiming explained why he had come, and Duke Lu Ding told him that the imperial palace treasury had been robbed.
• Duke Lu Ding required Ye Weiming to prove his strength before accepting the theft case quest and led him to a courtyard with four challenge doors.
• Duke Lu Ding told Ye Weiming he could pass the test by completing the challenge behind any one of the doors.

Ye Weiming entered the Baturu instance and was tasked with assassinating the imprisoned Aobai. He found Aobai in an empty estate and began testing the powerful prisoner's weaknesses.

• Ye Weiming chose the Baturu door after rejecting the other trial options.
• The instance system tasked Ye Weiming with killing Aobai, noting that the guards had been removed and Aobai was his only opponent.
• Ye Weiming followed Aobai's angry shouts to a hidden dungeon beneath an artificial hill.
• Aobai mistook Ye Weiming for an agent of Little Guizi or the Heaven and Earth Society, but Ye Weiming said he had come for the mission reward.
• Ye Weiming dodged Aobai's claw, inspected his level and attributes, then summoned the Green Bamboo Sword and attacked his Tanzhong acupoint.

Ye Weiming faced Aobai’s formidable defenses while racing against a five-minute countdown, then used a calculated feint to expose and attack Aobai’s weak point. The chapter ended as Ye Weiming drove a Seven Star Nail into Aobai’s Tailbone Acupoint.

• Ye Weiming’s sword strikes bounced off Aobai’s Bronze Tendons Iron Bones, and he retreated beyond the reach of Aobai’s chains.
• Aobai announced that reinforcements were coming, and Ye Weiming saw a five-minute mission countdown begin.
• Ye Weiming waited for his weakened arm to recover and calculated which acupoint might be Aobai’s weakness while Aobai raged at him.
• Ye Weiming aimed at Aobai’s dantian, then dodged Aobai’s temple strikes as Aobai clamped the Green Bamboo Sword between his legs.
• Ye Weiming moved to Aobai’s side and stabbed his Tailbone Acupoint with a Seven Star Nail.

Ye Weiming defeated Aobai and cleared the Baturu dungeon, then Wei Xiaobao eagerly befriended him and hosted him at a lavish meal. Ye Weiming remained wary that Wei Xiaobao’s generosity would make the Palace Theft Case harder.

• Ye Weiming broke Aobai’s Iron Cloth Shirt, struck his exposed weak point, and killed him to clear the Baturu dungeon.
• Ye Weiming searched Aobai’s corpse, obtained an Internal Skill Insights manual, and was sent out of the dungeon.
• Wei Xiaobao praised Ye Weiming, asked him to call him Xiaobao, and invited him to eat before discussing the Palace Theft Case.
• Wei Xiaobao served Ye Weiming attribute-boosting dishes, while Ye Weiming declined to ask for food to take away because he feared it would increase the quest’s difficulty.

Ye Weiming investigated the palace thefts and found mud-mark evidence but no direct clues to the thief. He decided to trace where the stolen treasures had been sold, and Chixia Manor emerged as a likely lead.

• Wei Xiaobao treated Ye Weiming to a meal, then brought him into the palace and assigned him the Palace Theft quest.
• Ye Weiming questioned the guards at the Treasure Pavilion, who said the thief had struck twice and left them unconscious.
• Ye Weiming found strange mud marks and collected the guards’ uniforms as evidence.
• Ye Weiming reasoned that the thief had likely sold the first batch of treasures before stealing again, and asked Wei Xiaobao to investigate possible buyers.
• Shi Yanming named Chixia Manor as a wealthy collector that might have bought the stolen antiques, calligraphy, and paintings.

Ye Weiming joined Sanyue to interrogate Lin Pingzhi, who had refused to confess to his murder. He warned Lin that killing Yu Renyan had given the powerful Qingcheng Sect a justification to destroy the Lin family, leaving Lin stunned.

• Ye Weiming arranged for copies of the stolen paintings and calligraphy and asked Yin Bukui about Chixia Manor, but Yin Bukui had never heard of it.
• Sanyue told Ye Weiming that Lin Pingzhi had refused to answer her questions, so Ye Weiming agreed to help her interrogate him.
• Ye Weiming and Sanyue entered the prison and found Lin Pingzhi resting in his cell.
• Ye Weiming told Lin Pingzhi that the Lin family was in danger because the Golden Saber Sect could not match the Qingcheng Sect.
• Ye Weiming explained that Lin Pingzhi had killed Yu Canghai's son, Yu Renyan, giving the Qingcheng Sect a widely accepted reason to take revenge, and Lin Pingzhi was left speechless.

Ye Weiming pressured Lin Pingzhi into calling him back, but You Jin arrived and took over the interrogation after Sanyue received her mission reward. Ye Weiming and Sanyue then traveled to Chixia Manor to investigate Gongye Qian, where a sudden attack interrupted their approach.

• Ye Weiming warned Lin Pingzhi that the Qingcheng Sect could kill him after his release, breaking through his resistance until he called Ye Weiming back.
• You Jin entered the dungeon and ordered Ye Weiming and Sanyue to leave so he could speak with Lin Pingzhi alone; Sanyue received a notification that her mission was complete.
• Ye Weiming and Sanyue traveled to Suzhou, where Ye Weiming planned to test Gongye Qian with counterfeit imperial calligraphy and paintings.
• Sanyue showed Ye Weiming her jeweled hairpin, and he repeatedly told her it looked good.
• Ye Weiming pulled Sanyue out of the path of hidden weapons and knocked them down with his sword.

Ye Weiming and Sanyue reached Chixia Manor, where Zang Yue ambushed them with four companions over their past feud. Gongye Qian intervened before a fight began and invited the pair to join the martial arts tournament he was hosting for Young Master Murong.

• Ye Weiming told Sanyue that the fleeing Zang Yue had once caused his quest to fail and had dropped the Green Bamboo Sword he now carried.
• Ye Weiming and Sanyue arrived at Chixia Manor and were surrounded by Zang Yue and four other players.
• Zang Yue taunted Ye Weiming over the Green Bamboo Sword and challenged him, while Ye Weiming warned that attackers he killed would revive in the Divine Constable Bureau's prison.
• Gongye Qian appeared and asked everyone not to fight inside Chixia Manor.
• Ye Weiming explained that he and Sanyue had come to have Gongye Qian appraise paintings and calligraphy, but Gongye said he was hosting Young Master Murong's martial arts tournament.
• Gongye Qian invited Ye Weiming and Sanyue to join the tournament for its generous rewards.

Ye Weiming and Sanyue were offered a chance to enter Chixia Manor’s tournament, but Zang Yue objected and demanded a trial match to test their eligibility. Gongye Qian arranged an unusual combat-and-guidance duel, and Zang Yue returned with the stunning Miss Wang as his teammate, leaving Ye Weiming suspicious of a setup as the match began.

• Gongye Qian described the tournament’s rewards, including a token to join or serve the Murong Family, and invited Ye Weiming and Sanyue to participate.
• Zang Yue challenged the fairness of letting them enter and persuaded Gongye Qian to require a trial match before the finals.
• Gongye Qian set a two-versus-two contest in which one teammate fought while the other sat immobile and offered guidance.
• Ye Weiming suspected Gongye Qian was favoring Zang Yue and warned Sanyue that Zang Yue’s teammate might be difficult to face.
• Zang Yue returned with the beautiful Miss Wang, whom Gongye Qian greeted with apparent familiarity, and Gongye Qian called the four contestants to the platform.

Ye Weiming discovered that the match rules let Wang Yuyan guide Zang Yue by predicting Sanyue’s moves, giving Zang Yue an overwhelming advantage. Sanyue began disrupting Wang Yuyan’s advice with loud shouts, and the fight continued with Zang Yue relying on the guidance.

• Ye Weiming protested that Gongye Qian had assigned the wrong lineup, and Wang Yuyan explained that the match was meant to provide guidance.
• Wang Yuyan predicted Sanyue’s attacks for Zang Yue, allowing him to gain the upper hand and deal Sanyue 555 damage.
• Sanyue struck Zang Yue in the face for over 600 damage after her shout drowned out Wang Yuyan’s warning.
• Wang Yuyan continued calling out Sanyue’s moves while Sanyue tried to disrupt her guidance by shouting during the fight.

Dong Liu celebrated that "I Can Extract Proficiency" had earned a Sanjiang Recommendation after a month and seventeen days, while preparing for tougher competition. He asked readers to keep supporting the book and promoted another League of Legends novel, "League: Dreaming Back to Season 3."

• Dong Liu recalled worrying that "I Can Extract Proficiency" would fail because wuxia and traditional online games were niche genres.
• Dong Liu refreshed Writer's Assistant at 2 p.m. on Friday and saw that his book had received a Sanjiang Recommendation.
• Dong Liu compared his book's data with his earlier works and concluded that writing genres he knew well had been the right choice.
• Dong Liu looked at the other Sanjiang books, expected fierce competition, and promised to keep writing and asked readers for votes.
• Dong Liu promoted "League: Dreaming Back to Season 3," in which godlike, whose original name was Xiao Chen, returned to the S3 World Finals after retiring in S5.