If you were asked to identify an item, would you choose to extract magical powers?

Chapter 85 Clues, Shen Bai comes with a sword

I saw a few people waking up slowly, looking around blankly. Just when they were about to speak, they suddenly covered their stomachs and vomited on the ground.

The people spat out pieces of emerald green leaves onto the ground, and under the sunlight, the few traces of cold and strange aura disappeared completely.

Seeing this, Shen Bai frowned and stopped playing with Qin Shuang. He asked, "What is this?"

The citizen who spit out the vegetable leaves rolled his eyes and fainted, but he was no longer in danger of death.

After staring for a moment, Qin Shuang suddenly thought of something, grabbed Sheng Bai's arm, and a serious look appeared on his face.

“This is Yin food.”

"Yincai, what is that?" Shen Bai asked.

Qin Shuang's eyes grew more solemn. "So-called Yin vegetables are vegetables grown for human consumption on a strange land that is about to be born. These vegetables are vastly different from ordinary vegetables because they are grown on strange land and are nourished by the strange aura that keeps them growing stronger."

"If it is eaten by humans, it will kill them."

"I see." Shen Bai looked at the civilians and said, "If someone hadn't brought this thing here, it wouldn't have been eaten for no reason."

"Or perhaps there's something mysterious buried underground around Shengyun County that's about to be born, and these people accidentally planted some vegetables there."

Qin Shuang nodded: "Both are possible, but I prefer the first one. After all, you know what time it is now."

At this moment, when the Heavenly Supervisor is on patrol, this kind of thing suddenly happens. It is hard not to associate these things together.

Shen Bai nodded, thinking that Qin Shuang's guess made sense.

Just as he was about to continue discussing with Qin Shuang, footsteps suddenly sounded.

Captain Zheng, along with Zhou Qing and a group of detectives, were rapidly approaching the street.

When Captain Zheng saw Shen Bai, he was stunned for a moment and then walked towards Shen Bai.

"Shopkeeper Shen, you are here too."

"What happened here?"

Not long ago, some people came to the yamen and said that several people seemed to have been poisoned and fainted on the roadside.

Captain Zheng then immediately brought his men over.

He didn't expect to meet Shen Bai.

Captain Zheng still remembers how powerful Shen Bai was in the yamen during those days.

To be honest, except for Zhou Qing, the attitude of the entire yamen, including Captain Zheng, towards Shen Bai has changed drastically.

The current Shen Bai made them unable to understand him, but at the same time, they felt a little awe.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that Shen Bai is no ordinary person.

So Captain Zheng also showed some respect.

Shen Bai pointed at the people on the ground and recounted what had happened.

"Yincai?"

After hearing this, Captain Zheng's eyes widened. "In the past, these Yin vegetables were accidentally planted by ordinary people in strange lands. I didn't expect them to appear in Shengyun County now. This is not going to be easy."

Things like Yin vegetables use strange auras as nutrients. If you eat them, your life will be in danger. The dead will be considered killed by the strange aura, which will increase the strange aura's resentment and make the strange aura stronger and stronger.

If the source of the Yin vegetables is not found out and the strangeness is not resolved, an extremely evil creature will be raised.

"We will thoroughly investigate this matter." Captain Zheng asked several detectives to move the people to a safe place, then turned around and said.

Shen Bai touched his chin and said, "If you find any useful information, please let Captain Zheng know so I can come up with a plan."

Recently, the inspection matter has caused a lot of controversy, and County Magistrate Li is bound to take action.

Whenever anything unusual happened, Shen Bai would blame County Magistrate Li.

"I killed County Magistrate Li's nephew. If County Magistrate Li could swallow this anger, that would be wrong." Shen Bai said in his heart.

"Manager Shen, don't worry."

Captain Zheng nodded in agreement, then led the people off the street.

After Zhou Qing and Shen Bai chatted for a few words, Shen Bai found that Zhou Qing's mood had stabilized and improved, so he didn't say much and let Zhou Qing leave.

After they left, Shen Bai and Qin Shuang also returned to the pawnshop.

Qin Shuang continued to rest in the pawnshop, while Shen Bai started Shadow Walk.

Shen Bai used the shadow-driving attribute, and the shadow moved swiftly in Shen Bai's hand, like a monster in the shadow, exuding a murderous aura.

……

yamen.

After receiving the reply from Captain Zheng, County Magistrate Li returned to the backyard with a serious expression and pushed open the door.

The yard was quiet, and in the room, Envoy An was drinking tea with his legs crossed.

The slender thighs are firm and tight, full of charm.

Magistrate Li, however, acted as if he hadn't seen it. He walked into the room and slammed the door shut. The solemnity on his face turned into anger: "This is the method you said you would use to deal with Shen Bai, Yin Cai, you really want me to die, right?"

The Dark Envoy put down the teacup in his hand and said slowly, "Don't worry, we know what to do."

"Is this what you call propriety?"

Magistrate Li stepped forward and clenched his fists. "The more civilians die, the more dangerous I become. Don't you know that?"

The Dark Envoy laughed and said, "Nowadays, the true masters of the Shang'e Sect cannot leave Fenglin Province, so they can only send us, a group of envoys."

"But do you think we can kill Shen Bai?"

County Magistrate Li fell into deep thought, then shook his head.

The allure in the eyes of the Dark Envoy gradually disappeared: "In the entire Shengyun County, no one can kill Shen Bai. The only one who can kill Shen Bai is Wei Yi. Wei Yi is cultivated with Yin vegetables and the lives of the people. Only when a peerless and evil creature appears can Shen Bai be killed. Do you understand?"

"I know you're worried, but it's useless. I'll be able to raise this extremely ferocious creature in a dozen days at most."

"With the arrival of ten envoys, coupled with our unique and strange abilities, killing Shen Bai will be easy."

"You don't have to worry about too many people dying. Isn't the captain of police going to investigate?"

"When the people eat Yin vegetables and suffer injuries, even if they don't die, their resentment will increase. It's just a matter of how much. Although the increase is small, the Yin vegetables are enough to increase it."

"Shen Bai...will definitely die."

……

When County Magistrate Li came out of the room, his eyes had become extremely gloomy.

He heard the reply from the Dark Envoy, and after weighing the pros and cons, he finally chose to believe the Dark Envoy.

Because he has no way out now.

"I have no regrets now. I have done too much. I can only keep moving forward, otherwise the Heavenly Supervisor will not let me go."

County Magistrate Li arrived at the yamen and looked at Constable Zheng, who was waiting for his answer. He said, "Immediately send people to the surrounding wilderness to see if there are any people growing Yin vegetables where the strange thing is."

Captain Zheng agreed and without thinking too much, he immediately arranged for the constables to go and investigate.

In fact, what County Magistrate Li did was correct.

After all, the first thing to do is to think about whether some people have mistakenly entered the strange land and planted Yin vegetables.

But only Magistrate Li himself knew that everything he had just done was just to deceive others and divert the attention of the detectives to the outside world.

Looking at the back of Captain Zheng as he left, the gloomy look in County Magistrate Li's eyes appeared again.

……

Time passed slowly, and many days passed in the blink of an eye.

Shen Bai stood in the yard, looking at the shadow dancing between his fingers, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

Before his eyes, a line of smoke appeared, gradually condensing into words, floating in the air.

The black text is like a demonic shadow in the night, exuding a mysterious and wonderful feeling.

【暗影行lv.4（隐藏+8，藏踪+8，驱影+8，夜战+8）:0/10000】

When the text disappeared like an ink painting, Shen Bai closed his eyes, absorbed all the information completely, and mastered the fourth level of shadow movement in an instant.

During this period, Shen Bai once again fell into a liver frenzy.

The hard work every day brought a great harvest.

He brought Shadow Walk to level 4.

Now, in addition to doubling those attributes, a new attribute of night combat has been obtained.

A new attribute called Night Battle, which has a special effect.

This effect allows Shen Bai to achieve a special bonus when fighting at night.

"Eight times, eight times again."

Shen Bai thought to himself.

From now on, as long as it is in the dark, Shen Bai’s combat power will be increased eightfold.

Coupled with the previous attributes that doubled his abilities, Shen Bai felt like he was no longer a human being.

"If someone tries to mess with me at night, it could be disastrous."

Shen Bai stretched and took some blood and qi medicine, then he relaxed a little.

Now, except for the ability to travel a hundred miles, all his abilities have reached level four.

These fourth-level magical powers gave Shen Bai a huge boost in combat power. In addition, Shen Bai felt the Qi in his chest becoming increasingly full.

"As long as I can reach the fourth level of Shen Xing Bai Li, I can reach the last level of the Three Treasures Realm."

Shen Bai had a plan in mind.

Not far away, Qin Shuang sat on the chair that Shen Bai often sat on, rocking the chair and flipping through the information in his hand.

"Haven't you figured it out yet? Captain Zheng can't find it. You've been looking for information everywhere recently, but you still can't find it." Shen Bai asked.

Qin Shuang shook his head and said, "I've recently extracted a lot of information and files, including local vegetable farmers and vegetable vendors, but I haven't found any clues related to Yin vegetables."

Shen Bai poured Qin Shuang a cup of tea and sat opposite him. "It's very simple. Someone is helping to cover up for you. What other information can you find out?"

The implicit meaning of his words was pointing at County Magistrate Li.

In Shen Bai's opinion, Captain Zheng and his men went to investigate the wilderness, which was simply a diversion.

Qin Shuang couldn't find out what was happening inside Shengyun County, so there was only one possibility: someone covered up the matter.

Who can do it in Shengyun County?
Apart from Li, the most powerful county magistrate in Shengyun County, Shen Bai couldn't think of anyone else.

"After all, there is a lack of evidence." Qin Shuang smiled bitterly.

The Tianshi Division can be a little vague about the weird and the quacks.

However, for these officials, especially when conducting inspections, sufficient evidence is essential.

Otherwise, the power of the Tianshi would be ridiculously great.

Shen Bai touched his chin: "I do know what that guy means. He might want to use weirdness to deal with me."

Shen Bai actually thought what County Magistrate Li was thinking.

Now, County Magistrate Li is playing a famous card game with him.

Just tell him that they are going to use weirdness to deal with him, but don't provide any evidence, so that Shen Bai can only watch the weirdness slowly appear and become stronger.

"What are your plans?" Qin Shuang asked.

Shen Bai smiled and said, "Just pick up your sword and kill Magistrate Li."

Qin Shuang said helplessly, "That's really not possible. Although Magistrate Li is only a county magistrate, he is still an official appointed by the court. If he dies like this, it will be a slap in the face of the Great Zhou Kingdom."

Shen Bai shrugged and said, "Then we can only investigate slowly like this."

Qin Shuang listened to what Shen Bai said and was about to answer when he suddenly seemed to think of something and looked at the smile in the corner of Shen Bai's eyes.

"Do you have any idea?"

Shen Bai at this time gave her a different feeling, as if he was deliberately teasing her, so Qin Shuang came up with this idea.

Shen Bai pointed to the teacup beside him and said, "I want to drink some tea."

Qin Shuang immediately picked up the teapot and poured a cup for Shen Bai. He even picked up the teacup with both hands and gently blew off the hot steam on it before handing it to Shen Bai.

After Shen Bai drank the hot tea in his hand, he put down the teacup.

Qin Shuang immediately took it with both hands: "Tell me quickly, is there any way to solve this current dilemma?"

Shen Bai looked around and said, "Captain Zheng is investigating the wilderness and hasn't found anything. You're investigating Shengyun County and haven't found anything either, but the people are still eating their food."

"The merchants have no news, and the vegetable farmers have no news either. So this incident cannot have happened inside Shengyun County. There is only one possibility: it happened outside of Shengyun County."

Qin Shuang's eyes lit up slightly when he heard Shen Bai's analysis.

Shen Bai had been thinking about this issue while improving his proficiency for a while, and finally came up with the answer.

"Think about it carefully. How can we transport the vegetables from outside to inside? This is not a small amount."

Qin Shuang stood up immediately: "It's the Chamber of Commerce!"

The Chamber of Commerce is a normal organization in the Great Zhou Kingdom. There are countless chambers of commerce of all sizes throughout the Great Zhou Kingdom.

Even a county town has a chamber of commerce.

After all, the economy plays a very important role in determining a country's strength.

With Shen Bai's reminder, Qin Shuang naturally thought of it.

"I'll go investigate the businesses that specialize in transportation."

Qin Shuang was about to leave immediately, but Shen Bai held her hand.

Seeing Qin Shuang's puzzled look, Shen Bai smiled and said, "County Magistrate Li can't be so stupid. You won't be able to find anything if you check the transportation."

Qin Shuang frowned and asked, "Then where should I check?"

Shen Bai knocked on the table and said, "The largest chamber of commerce in Shengyun County is called Hengyun Chamber of Commerce. Before County Magistrate Li came, this chamber of commerce was just a small shop. But after his arrival, in just a few years, it united many businesses and became the largest chamber of commerce in Shengyun County."

"Do you believe he has nothing to do with County Magistrate Li?"

Qin Shuang immediately tightened his grip on Shen Bai's hand: "Let's go and take a look."

Shen Bai shook his head and said, "Do you think they can transport so many Yin vegetables during the day?"

Qin Shuang thought about it and felt that what Shen Bai said was right: "You mean at night?"

Shen Bai nodded and said, "That's right, it's at night. Let's go and take a look at the Hengyun Chamber of Commerce at night."

With the clue of Shen Bai, Qin Shuang felt much more at ease.

The two of them didn't say anything else, and Shen Bai continued to practice his new magical powers in the yard.

He will have new plans once Shenxing Baili reaches level four, so he should focus on improving his proficiency in Shenxing Baili first.

The day passed in a frenzy.

……

As night falls, people return to their homes, begin a day of rest, and prepare for tomorrow's livelihood.

At this moment, in this quiet and deserted street, two figures were rushing in one direction.

Not far away, the three-story building is the most landmark building in Shengyun County and also the richest place in Shengyun County.

Hengyun Chamber of Commerce.

Figures are busy in the Chamber of Commerce.

At the back door of the Chamber of Commerce, there is a narrow path where carriages are parked.

There were black wooden boxes on the carriage, with locks hanging on them.

Many members of the Hengyun Chamber of Commerce were unloading goods from above.

A middle-aged man who looked like a butler was giving orders in a low voice.

"Hurry up, hurry up, be gentle, don't break anything inside, or you won't be able to pay for it, and don't make too much noise!"

The butler's voice was so soft that the people who were unloading immediately slowed down their movements.

From time to time, the housekeeper looked around like a thief, as if afraid that someone would see what they were doing.

At this moment, a heavy sound of footsteps was heard.

The middle-aged man turned around and saw a fat man dressed in tight silk and satin slowly walking towards him.

"President Qian, it's so late at night, just go to bed early and leave this matter to me."

The butler lowered his head and looked fawning.

Chairman Qian of Hengtong Chamber of Commerce is the top leader here.

At this moment, President Qian frowned, and his fat facial features were squeezed together.

"Don't be so long-winded. The county magistrate has ordered us to be cautious. I must be present."

"Yes Yes Yes……"

The butler didn't say much and worked even harder, as if he wanted to show off in front of President Qian.

Boxes of goods were continuously being lifted down. Seeing that there was less and less goods on the carriage, President Qian wiped his fat face with his hand.

There was also much less sweat on it.

"I'm finally going to finish unloading today's goods and can go back to have a good sleep." President Qian thought to himself.

Not only him, but even the housekeeper and others breathed a sigh of relief.

Not long ago, the county magistrate asked them to do this and told them to be careful.

President Qian knew what was going on. He knew how he got his identity, so he took every step very cautiously.

Recently, many people have had problems with vegetables. Chairman Qian knows exactly what the problem is, but he dare not say a word.

Seeing that the goods were getting less and less, President Qian was ready to turn around and leave.

At this moment, footsteps suddenly sounded.

President Qian subconsciously turned his head and saw a man and a woman walking out from the shadows in the corner.

The man was holding a long sword in his hand, looking very majestic, while the woman was extremely beautiful, holding a thin needle in her hand.

President Qian was slightly stunned, then his face changed drastically. He directed several thugs who were guarding the house, pointing at Shen Bai and the other two: "Catch them!"

He didn't know who these two people were, but he absolutely couldn't let the news leak out now.

No one answered him, because he only felt the man's figure flash and disappear from the spot.

Screams were immediately heard all around.

(End of this chapter)