Good News

After returning from the Golden Branch Pavilion, Fang Yu found his wife, Jiang Yue, less appealing.

As the saying goes, "Food and sex are human nature," and with Exquisite Jade's beauty as a contrast, other women seem different.

Although Fang Yu had slept with many beautiful women in the Black-Yellow Realm and the Great Scarlet Heaven, his memories of them were somewhat hazy now.

Moreover, after sleeping with her, when I thought about it again, it was just so-so, and I no longer felt the same amazement as when I first saw her.

People are all prone to getting bored easily, and Fang Yu was no exception. However, he wasn't in a hurry. Although Exquisite Jade was causing him some anxiety, she was still there.

The price is fixed; as long as you have the money, you can go anytime.

Moreover, as time goes by, the price of this top-tier service will naturally decrease gradually. It's not too late to experience it when the price has dropped significantly.

'It's a pity that my Primordial Qi wasn't easy to accumulate, otherwise I could have used the White Bone Sarira to simulate it.'

As time went by, Fang Yu still practiced his skills in the morning and then went out to stroll around the streets to show his face and let Xu Ning know that he was helping to find the person. At the same time, while wandering around the streets, he was thinking about doing some legitimate business.

Whether it's learning martial arts or sleeping with top courtesans, both require a lot of money. Relying solely on extortion is not sustainable, and big fat sheep like Second Master Zhao are rare. Even though he is now Ninth Grade "Village Brave," he can't spend all his time extorting people. He still needs to find a long-term business.

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed.

That morning,

Fang Yu was practicing his Qi and Blood in the courtyard.

He stood with his feet shoulder-width apart, in a horse stance, his arms outstretched to the sides, each hand gripping a stone lock the size of a human head.

His bare upper body was bulging with muscles, veins standing out, and tiny beads of sweat gathered along the streamlined muscles before dripping to the ground.

[Proficiency +1]

[Leopard Fist (Level 1): 36%]

Suddenly, martial arts information appeared before Fang Yu's eyes. He smiled slightly and slowly finished his practice.

After a month of honing his skills, Fang Yu's physique had changed significantly compared to before; his muscles were bulging, like solid rocks.

He also became noticeably more robust, showing a tendency to grow horizontally, which is a significant characteristic of his improved kung fu skills.

A 36% progress in a month is not bad. At this rate, I should be able to advance to the Eighth Grade ' Martial Foot Soldier ' in two months.

"Sir, the water's boiled, go wash up!"

When Jiang Yue Fang Yu had finished work, she called out to him. Fang Yu smiled, took a bath in the newly built bamboo shed in the courtyard, changed into a new set of clothes, and then went out.

The North Peace Avenue were still crowded with people, with pedestrians and merchants coming and going in an endless stream. Among them were quite a few attractive women strolling hand in hand.

Fang Yu walked slowly, his gaze occasionally drifting away from the women with good figures. He had to admit, the beauties on the street were quite a sight to behold.

As he passed an alleyway, he saw Sun Laizi and his gang huddled in a street corner, chatting and watching the women passing by, especially Sun Laizi, whose eyes were practically bulging out of their sockets.

"Have you guys found anything?"

Fang Yu asked casually, and Sun Laizi and the others casually replied, "No!"

He smiled and continued strolling forward. When he turned back, Sun Laizi and the others were no longer there; he didn't know where they had gone.

Fang Yu didn't care. Although he was nominally a "gang," this group was an extremely loose organization. You might come today, and someone else might not come tomorrow. There was no coercion, so he couldn't control others, let alone Sun Laizi and his gang, who had some minor conflicts with him.

After his routine street patrol, he would leisurely stroll home for dinner, and then make love with his wife, Jiang Yue.

The next day, he got up early and practiced ' Leopard Fist ' in the courtyard.

Just as they were practicing, there was a loud banging on the door. "Master Fang, Master Fang, open the door quickly, something's happened!"

Fang Yu stomped his foot and pounced on the door like a leopard, opening it and looking at Zhou Daqing.

"What happened?"

Zhou Daqing said with a hint of schadenfreude, "Sun Laizi has been beaten to death!"

Fang Yu laughed and said, "This is a good thing!"

For Fang Yu, Sun Laizi's death was indeed a good thing.

However, he's now part of the gang, and if someone below dies, his gang will definitely get involved.

"Last night, the night watchman in the west of the city bumped into a suspicious person. Upon seeing the watchman, the person dropped a corpse and ran away. The watchman, upon seeing the body, went to find the patrolling officers. Then someone recognized the corpse as Sun Laizi. This morning, the case was handed over to Master Ning."

When exactly was it discovered?

It seems to be around dawn.

How did he die?

"He was hacked to death, it was horribly gruesome, he was even disemboweled!"

"That bad?"

"Isn't that right?"

On the way to the crime scene, Fang Yu learned roughly what had happened from Zhou Daqing. When they arrived at the scene, they found that the entire alley had been cordoned off.

On a stretcher in a corner of the alley lay a corpse covered with a straw mat, with only its two bare feet showing.

Xu Ning was standing to the side with a gloomy expression.

"Master Ning!"

Fang Yu approached and greeted Xu Ning.

"You've come at the right time. I have other matters to attend to at the yamen, so I'll leave Sun Laizi's case to you!"

Xu Ning's words put Fang Yu in a difficult position. "This... I haven't checked this either."

Xu Ning glanced around and lowered his voice, saying, "The higher-ups don't care how Sun Laizi died, as long as the case is closed."

Fang Yu understood immediately. "Don't worry, Master Ning, I will definitely investigate the case thoroughly and give you an explanation!"

"Okay, then I'll leave this place to you!" Xu Ning said and left, leaving only a group of hangers-on who had rushed over after hearing the news.

Fang Yu took a few steps, came to the body, and lifted the straw mat.

"Wow! That's really pathetic!"

What I saw was pretty much what Zhou Daqing had said: Sun Laizi's chest had been hacked open, a bloody mess.

The next moment, Fang Yu's Divine Thought stirred slightly, and he began to scan the entire corpse. In the next instant, he discovered something strange.

"Daqing, come here quickly and turn the body over!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Daqing, his face grim, beckoned someone over, who then painfully turned the body over.

Fang Yu's gaze then fell on the back of his heart, where there was a wound about two fingers wide.

Zhou Daqing, being quite perceptive, glanced at it and said, "Has it been exposed?"

"Hehe!" Fang Yu chuckled. "Alright, let's flip back!"

"Ah..." Zhou Daqing's face turned even uglier.

Fang Yu stood up, looked at the watchman with the gong hanging from his waist, beckoned him to come closer, and asked, "When did you discover the body?"

The watchman immediately replied, "When the old man encountered the murderer, the incense sticks for timing had just burned out; it was exactly 5:45."

"How do you know that was the murderer?" Fang Yu asked.

"Isn't it obvious at a glance? The murderer was acting suspiciously, with mud smeared on his face and carrying a corpse. Who else could it be but the murderer?" he said matter-of-factly.

Fang Yu continued, "Was the corpse just left naked like that?"