Texas's Speculation

Since they were at the police station, Bai Ye did not immediately use the skill points and skills from the quest rewards. After all, the infusion of knowledge required a quiet and safe environment. Bai Ye did not want to be interrupted halfway through loading a skill.

The officer did not keep them waiting. About ten minutes later, he entered the reception area with a young man in a suit.

The young man was clearly from Victoria, as the Feline man in the suit carried an air of Victorian nobility. However, the beads of sweat on his forehead and the still-unpressed corners of his black suit revealed that he was not as calm as he appeared.

Bai Ye stood up, opened the suitcase on the coffee table, and handed the envelope inside to the young man.

The man's eyes lit up. He immediately reached out, took the envelope, and opened it to inspect its contents.

"That's right, this is it!"

The young man nodded with delight. He did not even spare a glance at the other precious spices and incense products in the suitcase. Instead, he carefully put the paper back into the envelope and slipped it into his inner pocket.

"Thank you so much, ladies!"

A huge "#" appeared on Bai Ye's forehead. Though he had long grown used to all sorts of misunderstandings from strangers, the young man was still quite annoyed.

Perhaps noticing Bai Ye's impatience, the young man said nothing further and took out a stack of Lungmen dollars from his briefcase.

After all, just promoting an Elite 2 six-star Operator used to cost 180,000 Lungmen dollars, not including the costs of previous upgrades. Bai Ye considered himself someone who had seen big money before.

"This is the payment, thirty thousand in total. Please accept it."

Bai Ye nodded and accepted the Lungmen dollars expressionlessly, as if he were merely taking a stack of newspapers.

Seeing that the formula had not been lost, the young man regained his composed demeanor. He even wanted to invite Bai Ye and Texas to lunch as thanks. Naturally, they declined the invitation.

"We'll split it evenly."

In the living room, Bai Ye took half of the thirty thousand Lungmen dollars and handed it to Texas.

"You found the smuggler. You don't need to give me any money."

Texas took a sip from her teacup and did not take the money from the table.

"You took that guy down. Half of this is yours."

Bai Ye knew that if he had really faced that smuggler himself, it might have taken quite some effort to defeat him. Yet Texas had crushed him and knocked him to the ground with ease.

Although he had missed an opportunity to gain experience, completing the commission was naturally important as well.

"All right."

Texas nodded and stopped refusing. She collected the Lungmen dollars from the table.

Although they had been extremely lucky to find the smuggler hiding in the city so quickly, Bai Ye could clearly feel his own shortcomings. He knew there was still an enormous gap between himself and Texas.

"This is a dangerous world... Only by becoming stronger can I survive."

After returning to his room, Bai Ye immediately claimed the quest rewards.

"Ding—"

As the crisp notification sounded, Bai Ye experienced that indescribable feeling once again.

A vast amount of knowledge flooded into Bai Ye's mind. It was the powerful swordsmanship of the Toudou Style—precise and elegant, like folds creased into a sheet of white paper.

Strange knowledge increased!

After a long while, Bai Ye opened his eyes and slowly let out a breath. Just like the previous [Dusk-Seeing Reflection Satellite Slash], his mastery of Toudou-Style Swordsmanship was also linked to the [Cold Weapons] skill.

"So this is the foundation of all swordsmanship skills...?"

Bai Ye glanced at his skill list, then spent his skill point on [Unarmed Combat].

[Unarmed Combat (Beginner)]

Description: You have gradually mastered the techniques of fighting with martial arts. Perhaps now you can loudly declare, "I can take on ten of you!"

Note: "I forge your dreams with my fists." —Li Qing

Clenching his fist, Bai Ye threw a punch forward. He could clearly feel the change in his strength. Both his punching speed and power had improved significantly. The skill was subtly correcting his movements.

"Not bad... but I need to change weapons."

After learning Toudou-Style Swordsmanship, the rapier previously stored within the black umbrella was no longer suitable for Bai Ye. Fortunately, he had made a small fortune now. If he saved up a little more, he should be able to commission a suitable weapon from Thunder God Industries.

"It'd be even better if I could draw a weapon."

A person had to have dreams. Otherwise, what was the difference between them and a salted fish?

Wasn't that world agent Su Han someone who had drawn [Song of the Bright Moon] from a lottery? Though there was a high chance it had been gifted by the world's consciousness cheating on his behalf.

Ahem, anyway, he would set the weapon matter aside for now. Bai Ye went to the training ground converted from the basement and began practicing Toudou-Style Swordsmanship.

Everything had to proceed step by step. Bai Ye could not possibly learn the core secret of the Toudou Style, "Linked Cranes," right away.

The first thing he had to do was become proficient in the forty-nine slashes of the Toudou Style.

"'Hundred Cranes,' 'Village Cloud'..."

Bai Ye swung his rapier with meticulous precision. With the support of the [Cold Weapons (Beginner)] skill, his progress in practicing swordsmanship was extremely fast.

At some point, Texas entered the training room. She stood quietly to one side, watching the young man tirelessly wield his weapon in the field.

"An inheritance from an unknown school..."

Texas thoughtfully watched the stances Bai Ye used for his slashes. It was a school of swordsmanship she had never seen before.

"Though he uses a rapier, this is clearly a swordsmanship school from Higashi..."

Texas grew increasingly curious about Bai Ye's identity. He had appeared at the Texas estate just as the Texas Family was about to collapse. Bai Ye's appearance was highly suspicious, to say the least.

"He has mastered sword techniques from a Higashi school and Originium Arts that directly heal wounds, yet he himself is a rookie with no combat experience... Just who are you?"

Texas narrowed her eyes. Though she still trusted Bai Ye fairly well, she could not fathom his purpose at all.

If Bai Ye knew what Texas was thinking, he would surely be caught between laughter and tears.

He was merely a transmigrator who wanted to cling to someone powerful. His sudden appearance at the Texas estate was probably the work of his god.

What Bai Ye did not know was that his transmigration had been jointly planned by the goddess Laifu and the [Coastal Witch]. The author was only secretly telling you all this now, so all you higher-dimensional observers must keep it a secret too.

Bai Ye was wholly absorbed in comprehending swordsmanship and naturally did not notice Texas entering the training room.

"This feeling... is unexpectedly delightful!"

Bai Ye reveled in the sensation of gradually becoming stronger. It was a joy his past self had never been able to experience.