Evil Cult

After the meal.

Lu Hao returned to his room, took the arrowhead out of his storage space, and handed it to Bai Qiuyao.

Bai Qiuyao confirmed that this was indeed C-grade alloy; it seemed this fence route really had some major issues.

The next day, Lu Hao woke up a bit late. The reason was that he had tempered six bones yesterday, one more than planned, which led to a higher consumption of his mental energy, naturally requiring more time to recover.

Now, Lu Hao's tempered bone count had reached 43, meaning he had officially stepped into the high stage of the First Grade. He was only 19 bones away from finishing the tempering of his lower limbs and preparing to break through to the Second Grade.

Lu Hao took Bai Qiuyao's car to the Detective Bureau, unable to help but wonder if he should buy a car himself. After all, he couldn't rely on his mother and Viper's cars for transportation forever.

However, Lu Hao felt it wasn't very necessary. Since he would surely spend most of his future in the Earth Cave, he wouldn't use a car much even if he bought one. It would only be useful during this current period, so he dismissed the thought.

Arriving at the Detective Bureau, Lu Hao began to filter through missions. Unfortunately, he had already completed the two missions that specified the exact location of the enemies yesterday, and finding people for the upcoming missions was going to be a challenge.

Lu Hao looked for missions involving peak First Grade targets. After all, for him now, the results for high stage and peak First Grade were the same; in a direct confrontation, they would absolutely be no match for Lu Hao.

This was Lu Hao being a bit cautious; otherwise, he could have directly taken on Second Grade missions. After all, now that he had reached the high stage of the First Grade, his actual combat power should already exceed that of the high stage of the Second Grade, and killing those at the low or mid stage of the Second Grade wouldn't be difficult.

"Classmate, want to team up to take on a mission?"

Just then, a voice came from the side. Lu Hao looked up and saw three students walking over.

"Who are you?"

"We are from Jingnan Martial University, Xijiang Martial University, and Nantian Martial University, respectively. Which martial university are you from, buddy?"

"Magic Martial University."

Lu Hao stated the name of Magic Martial University. After all, if he said he was still a high school student, they would probably doubt their own lives.

"Magic Martial University, huh? A student coming to take missions alone, you must be quite strong. Any interest in teaming up to take on higher-level missions? Since we're all from martial universities, it'll be more convenient to work together."

"No need, I'm used to being alone."

Lu Hao clearly expressed his refusal. After all, if these people were to steal his kills or drag him down, what was he supposed to do? Besides, his strength was far beyond theirs; this would just be asking for trouble.

"Alright then, I wish you success in your mission, classmate."

Lu Hao didn't say anything more and selected a peak First Grade mission. After swiping his martial arts ID, he left.

Just after Lu Hao left.

"Brother Zhang, this Magic Martial student is really arrogant. So what if he's from Magic Martial? Does he look down on us from ordinary martial universities? We kindly invited him, and he didn't even agree."

"Wu Bai, how many times have I told you? Don't gossip about people behind their backs. Perhaps he's just that strong, and we'd be a burden to him."

"We'd be a burden? The three of us are the first from this year to come out and take missions, and when we join forces, even a peak First Grade isn't our match. Can he really deal with a peak First Grade all by himself?"

"Hmph, I think he just looks down on those of us from ordinary martial universities. Doing missions alone? He'll know the difficulty of these missions once he gets hit with reality."

"Alright, enough. Let's keep waiting. Once we find one or two more people, we'll start trying to take on Second Grade missions."

Lu Hao didn't know that in the eyes of the three people just now, he was an arrogant and conceited person. Even if he did know, Lu Hao wouldn't say anything.

After all, summer insects cannot speak of ice, well frogs cannot speak of the ocean, and ordinary people cannot speak of the Dao. They naturally wouldn't know of Lu Hao's strength.

In the car, Lu Hao carefully studied the target of this mission. A peak First Grade martial artist who, due to a conflict, killed his own ordinary wife. Since the case occurred, the last time he was spotted was five days ago at a shopping mall in the city.

No other traces of him had been found elsewhere. This person was very cautious; it seemed this search work would consume quite a bit of time.

Unable to find the opponent directly, Lu Hao could only review the surveillance videos in the mission file, start inferring where this person was most likely hiding, and then slowly investigate.

Following the direction he pointed, he began to investigate, interview, and explore one place after another.

In the evening, after investigating for a whole day, he hadn't found anything. Lu Hao had investigated nearly five kilometers along the direction the person came from according to the surveillance, but found nothing. It seemed this mission would waste quite a bit of time.

"Hao'er, how did the mission go today?"

Bai Qiuyao asked from across the room.

"Sigh, I investigated for a whole day and didn't find any trace of him."

"Mom will give you an idea. You can take your martial arts ID to the police station and explain the situation, asking them to assist you in the investigation. After all, as a police station that deals with frontline situations for a long time, their grasp of their jurisdiction is something you can't compare to."

"Relying on them, you might be able to get results very quickly."

Hearing Bai Qiuyao's words, Lu Hao nodded immediately. After all, when it came to familiarity with such places, there was probably no one more familiar than the local police station.

"Okay, I'll go to the police station tomorrow and see if I can get their assistance."

"By the way, that fence route of the Bai Yifan you killed yesterday was also uncovered today."

"Oh? What's the situation with that?"

Lu Hao was quite curious about this, as Bai Yifan's equipment was a bit too luxurious.

"After Bai Yifan killed someone and fled, he somehow came into contact with people from an Evil Cult. It was through this Evil Cult route that he obtained those restricted inner armors and C-grade metals."

"Today, after this route was discovered, the Bureau sent people to take action. It was an Evil Cult stronghold with a Fourth Grade martial artist. It was successfully wiped out, killing one Fourth Grade and many low-grade martial artists."

"An Evil Cult? No wonder he could get so many good things."

"Yes, Hao'er, if you encounter an Evil Cult while doing missions, you must be careful, careful, and more careful. Ordinary Evil Cult martial artists don't exist alone; they definitely have fixed strongholds, and the strength of these strongholds can vary."

"And with the crazy nature of those Evil Cultists, they might just self-destruct when fighting you, so you must be careful. If you encounter Evil Cult personnel, report it to the Detective Bureau immediately. The Bureau will send mid-grade martial artists to eradicate them."

Bai Qiuyao said, fearing that Lu Hao would encounter those Evil Cult martial artists and be seriously injured by their self-destruction.

"Yes, I know. Don't worry, Mom. If I encounter an Evil Cult, I will report it to the Detective Bureau immediately and won't recklessly go up and fight them myself," Lu Hao said. After all, he understood his own strength; if he really encountered a mid-grade Evil Cultist, he wouldn't be able to escape at all. He could hold on for a bit against lower-three-grade opponents by relying on his blood-qi recovery, but he couldn't do anything against a mid-grade one.