“Officer, if you just let me go…”
“I’ll do anything!”
Great Ming, Hangzhou!
Inside the Zhenfu Division’s Zhao Prison.
A seductive-looking woman was bound to a torture rack.
The artfully chaotic bindings accentuated her graceful figure to its fullest.
Her fragrant words, delivered in a captivating and enchanting voice, reached Xu Shan’s ears across from her.
Three months ago, Xu Shan, who was still a super VIP member of Blue Star’s Red Romance, died suddenly on the front lines of battle due to overwork!
When he opened his eyes again, he found himself transmigrated into this high-martial Great Ming, a world plagued by Evil and where chivalry led to chaos, replacing the original owner and becoming a Captain of the Hangzhou Town Garrison!
At the same time, he also acquired the ‘Telepathy Vow’ system—as long as he fulfilled the last wishes of the deceased, he would receive corresponding rewards.
The innate skill he awakened—Telepathy—could even restore scenes from a certain period before the deceased’s death for Xu Shan through AI imaging.
It was through this divine ability that Xu Shan had investigated and solved over a dozen cold cases in these three months.
However, due to the victims’ mediocre strength, the rewards Xu Shan received were pitifully low.
Just a few days ago, Duan Yu, the Prince of Dali, who had come to Hangzhou on a private visit, was found naked and tragically dead on a kang bed.
This case not only caused a huge uproar locally but also enraged the Empress when it reached the capital.
She ordered the Zhenfu Division to solve the case within a time limit.
And dispatched an Imperial Envoy to Hangzhou.
Xu Shan, who had previously shown his capabilities, was ordered to rush to the crime scene in this crisis.
With the enhancement of ‘Telepathy,’ he pinpointed the criminal suspect—the demoness, Hua Jieyu!
After secret deployment, the Jinyiwei (Imperial Guards) experts arrested her in the early hours of the morning.
While his superiors were out to greet the Imperial Envoy, Xu Shan interrogated this demoness.
‘Ding-dong’
“Timed mission, countdown is 15 minutes…”
【Mission Content 1: Fulfill Duan Yu’s last wish—Ask Hua Jieyu: Did you ever love me?】
【Mission Reward: Twenty years of cultivation!】
【Mission Content 2: Fulfill Duan Yu’s last wish—No matter what Hua Jieyu says, you must fly together with her, to the Yellow Springs!】
【Mission Reward: Lingbo Micro Step!】
“She drained you dry with her demonic art, and you’re still asking if she loves you?”
“Damn, a pure love warrior.”
“And ‘fly together, to the Yellow Springs’?”
“Quite romantic, aren’t we!”
Every time he heard the system prompt, Xu Shan couldn’t help but inwardly complain!
“Officer, I’m talking to you!”
Seeing Xu Shan lost in thought, Hua Jieyu mistakenly thought he was captivated by her, so she deliberately leaned her face close to his ear.
While exhaling hot breath, she also lightly bit his earlobe!
This move, Hua Jieyu had used for decades in the pleasure quarters, and it almost never failed.
In her opinion, this young man in front of her definitely couldn't resist her charm.
As long as he unsealed her bindings and acupoints, Hua Jieyu believed that with her Innate Second-Grade strength, she would have a chance to escape the Zhao Prison while he was unprepared.
‘Hiss!’
The sudden sharp pain instantly brought Xu Shan back to his senses.
When he saw Hua Jieyu, with her alluring eyes, hinting at something with her gaze…
Xu Shan’s entire face turned cold!
“You… you bit my ear?”
‘Slap, slap!’
As his words fell, Xu Shan gave her a series of fierce slaps across the face.
These powerful slaps not only stunned Hua Jieyu but also made the two Zhenfu Division strongmen guarding outside watch in horror!
“N-not good. Shan Ge is acting up again!”
“Quick, go inform Qin Zongqi.”
“Don’t let him kill the prisoner again.”
“Ah? Yes!”
The strongman, whose scalp was tingling, knew better than anyone…
This master in front of them had interrogated several heinous criminals to death in three months.
Although he had solved many cases, he had also been locked in the dungeon more than once.
If this fellow went crazy, let alone these strongmen, even the Zongqi wouldn’t be able to stop him.
“Did you ever love Duan Yu?”
“Hmm?”
When they saw Xu Shan pulling Hua Jieyu’s hair and asking this, the strongmen at the door, who dared not enter, were completely dumbfounded.
Is Shan Ge’s thought process that bizarre?
‘Slap!’
“I’m asking you a question!”
“Do I have to force you with torture?”
Hua Jieyu, who had always been the hunter but was now bitten by the prey, looked at this beast-like man with eyes full of anger.
Damn it, is he lacking love?
Why is he so ruthless?
But seeing the other party holding a red-hot branding iron, Hua Jieyu, in order to stabilize this fellow, answered against her will: “I did!”
‘Ding-dong!’
【Congratulations, Host, you have completed Timed Mission 1】
【Reward: Twenty years of cultivation!】
【Please, Host, complete Timed Mission 2 as soon as possible. There are less than ten minutes remaining.】
Hua Jieyu was a major criminal!
Once she was killed, let alone explaining to the Zhenfu Division, even the Imperial Envoy who would arrive soon might not let him off.
But the temptation of 【Lingbo Micro Step】 made Xu Shan already draw his blade and pounce towards Hua Jieyu with a menacing look.
“You, what are you doing?”
“Damn it, loved him and still used a cruel hand? Deserves to die.”
‘Pfft, pfft…’
Hua Jieyu, who was stabbed multiple times, widened her eyes and said, “I didn’t love him, I didn’t love him.”
“Deceiving for sex and taking a life? Even more deserving of death!”
Until her death, Hua Jieyu desperately wanted to know the correct answer to this deadly question.
‘Clang.’
The strongman at the door was so scared that he immediately stumbled back several steps.
After scrambling to his feet, he also ran out of the Zhao Prison.
At this moment, Xu Shan was immersed in the joy of the system rewards arriving.
‘Ding-dong!’
【Congratulations, Host, you have completed Timed Mission 2】
【Reward: Lingbo Micro Step!】
“Panel!”
Upon hearing this, Xu Shan directly summoned the interface.
The next second, his personal information appeared before his eyes.
【Host: Xu Shan!】
【Realm: Houtian Third-Grade!】
【Physique: Innate Pure Yang Body!】
【Divine Ability: Telepathy!】 PS: The base duration for Telepathy is (5) multiplied by the realm (3).
【Cultivation Techniques: Basic Blade Arts (Grand Completion), Basic Movement Technique (Grand Completion), Lingbo Micro Step (Not Initiated)】
【Available Cultivation Value: Twenty!】
In this high-martial world, the path of martial cultivation is divided into three major realms: Houtian, Xiantian, and Grandmaster.
Each major realm is further subdivided into nine grades!
Where one is 'lowest' and nine is 'highest'.
And cultivation techniques are divided into Mortal Grade, Low-Tier, High-Tier, Peerless, and Supreme.
Relying on the cultivation value accumulated from previous cases, Xu Shan had pushed both the Mortal Grade Blade Arts and Basic Movement Technique taught by the Zhenfu Division to Grand Completion.
He himself had also advanced to Houtian Third-Grade.
Now having obtained the Peerless martial art—Lingbo Micro Step—Xu Shan was very much looking forward to how much he would improve.
“Use all twenty years of cultivation to deduce 【Lingbo Micro Step】.”
‘Whoosh!’
As Xu Shan gave the command, while his available cultivation value reset to zero, the profound mysteries and true essence of 【Lingbo Micro Step】 were carved into his mind as if by knife and axe, enlightening him instantly…