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"Everyone, please! I really don't know what happened!"

Zhao Yong looked like he was about to cry, his face a picture of misery.

That morning, after losing to his colleague Xiao Lan's flirtatious gaze, he'd agreed to help her inspect the facilities in the residential complex.

But when he checked this house, he found that the door wasn't shut—it was only ajar.

A faint stench was coming from inside, too.

Without thinking, he opened the door, and what met his eyes...

"Why were you the one who reported both cases?"

Li Yingxue regarded Zhao Yong with suspicion.

Zhao Yong had reported both of the murder cases they'd handled over the past few days. She couldn't help suspecting something was going on.

Under Li Yingxue's gaze, Zhao Yong felt like crying.

"I actually really want to ask the same thing!"

Two days ago, he'd found a Blood Person lying in the middle of the road. Today, he'd found a mother and son dead in their own home.

He seriously suspected that something nasty had latched onto him lately.

Otherwise, why did he keep running into this sort of thing?

He'd have to find time to invite Fúshēng Wúliàng Tiānzūn over and have him ward off the bad luck!

After giving Zhao Yong a long look, Li Yingxue finally reached a judgment.

It really had been pure coincidence that this guy had been the one to report both cases.

To Zhao Yong, these were just two ordinary murders. But to the Law Enforcement Bureau...

This could well be a sign that the Crimson Tide and the Myriad Spirits Holy Hall were joining forces!

Otherwise, why would Li Yuan, a member of the Myriad Spirits Holy Hall, have married He Wu, a member of the Crimson Tide?

And even had a child with him?

That's right! The instant they saw Li Yuan's body, they'd recognized her identity.

There was no helping it—those two fox tails stood out too much!

They'd also verified He Wu's identity and learned that he was, as it happened, Li Yuan's husband.

That meant they'd have to discard the Bureau's earlier theory: that some righteous person had run into He Wu, a member of the Crimson Tide, and killed him on the spot.

An entire family had been killed, and both spouses had such sensitive identities.

No matter how she looked at it, this seemed like an organized, premeditated operation.

Otherwise, it would be far too much of a coincidence!

She didn't believe in coincidences like that!

Li Yingxue scanned the area, then waved her hand.

Her subordinates immediately understood and escorted Zhao Yong outside.

The things they were about to discuss weren't for Zhao Wu to hear.

Hearing them would do him no good at all.

Li Yingxue slowly crouched down and prodded Li Yuan's body a few times. Then she looked at He Yi, who lay fallen on the other side.

Images automatically formed in her mind.

He Yi had gone to open the door, where the killer had clamped one hand around his neck and crushed it. The killer had then rushed toward Li Yuan at incredible speed and punched her flying.

Li Yingxue looked at the bloodstains dragged across the floor, then at the black blood that had long since dried on Li Yuan's tail.

She reached a conclusion at once!

Li Yuan had briefly spoken with the killer before her death, then the killer had killed her with a single blow.

As for what they'd talked about, Li Yingxue could guess.

Li Yuan's half-open underwear was explanation enough.

The killer hadn't hesitated in the slightest...

Li Yingxue continued trying to reconstruct the scene in her mind.

After piecing together all the clues, she finally reached a conclusion:

The killer was either a man or a woman!

Well, that was a bit of a pointless statement!

In these two cases, who the killer was mattered less.

What mattered was whether the Crimson Tide and the Myriad Spirits Holy Hall had actually joined forces, as they suspected.

If they really had...

That would be a huge headache for them!

But surely that was impossible!

As far as she knew, relations between the Crimson Tide and the Myriad Spirits Holy Hall were terrible!

Members of the Crimson Tide loved killing, and their targets weren't limited to people. Fierce Beasts were fair game, too.

So what was going on?

Li Yingxue couldn't figure it out, and she didn't intend to spend too much time thinking about it.

When the sky fell, taller people would hold it up. She'd report the two cases to the head of the Law Enforcement Bureau in Muyang City and let that person worry about it.

With that in mind, Li Yingxue told the people around her to clean up the scene and headed for the door. But just as she was about to step outside, she suddenly paused.

She turned to a young man and said:

"Zhou Yuan! Look into whether this family had any conflicts with anyone recently!"

Before long, evening arrived.

As the door to the Gravity Room opened, Qin Chen slowly walked out.

His exhaustion was plain to see. It was as if more than half the energy had been drained from him.

Tired! So tired!!

Ten hours of high-intensity training, all under many times normal gravity—it had been grueling.

If the Seven Injuries Fist hadn't kept him going, he would've given up long ago.

Even so, a faint smile remained on Qin Chen's lips.

The results of this training made every bit of effort feel worthwhile.

After breaking through, he'd made considerable progress along the path to the Body Tempering Fourth Layer.

He was still a long way from the peak, but he'd already made enough progress to make him happy.

Under normal training, it would've taken at least three times as long.

Thinking of this, Qin Chen couldn't help sighing.

"I don't get much time to use the Gravity Room!"

Other people would leave the Gravity Room after only an hour or two, because their bodies couldn't withstand prolonged exposure to gravity.

If they exceeded their limits, they wouldn't improve their strength; they'd just damage their bodies.

But Qin Chen didn't have to worry about that at all.

For him, mental fatigue was the main thing holding him back.

His body was fine.

So ten hours of training per month was still far too little for him.

But...

That was only temporary!

The school was making such a big change, setting up an Elite Class through a grade-wide competition. It wouldn't make sense if the rewards weren't substantial enough, would it?

If he could use the Gravity Room without limits...

A glint flashed in Qin Chen's eyes.

He'd be able to reach the Spirit Vein Realm much faster!

All right, he'd see what the details were later. Right now, he had something more important to do!

Time to eat!!

After midnight, Muyang City sank into a deep silence.

Only a few people were still out and about.

In an unremarkable breakfast shop, everything around was pitch-black.

Suddenly, a dim yellow candlelight appeared in the darkness.

The flickering flame seemed so helpless, surrounded by endless blackness.

A middle-aged man with a bushy beard sat in a chair beside the candle, propping his head on one hand as he leaned against the table it stood on.

His eyes were closed.

Suddenly, he opened them. His gaze was indifferent as he said in a calm voice:

"You're here!"