The Martial Saint begins by collecting corpses.

[Gain martial arts experience.]

[Acquired martial arts technique: Fierce Tiger Skill.]

[Acquired martial art: Fierce Tiger Palm.]

[Obtained partial root bone.]

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[Gain martial arts experience.]

[Acquired Martial Skill: Flaming Blade.]

[Obtained partial root bone.]

A great harvest! A great harvest indeed!

After absorbing the two green lights, Lu Ming immediately felt a large amount of martial arts experience flooding into his mind.

These experiences alone are already invaluable.

He discovered that both of these martial arts experiences contained insights into communicating with Yin and Yang and revealing true meaning. This was an incredibly pleasant surprise.

He still remembered the assessment of the Zhenye Division. When Master Wuling was chanting the sutra, he suddenly uttered a golden swastika.

Although it was only for a moment, and he wasn't even sure if it had really happened, it was very likely the result of communicating with Yin and Yang.

Clearly, after connecting Yin and Yang, martial arts should undergo a qualitative change. It might even enable martial artists who previously struggled to deal with ghosts and monsters to do so.

Otherwise, the Night Watch Division would not have included this condition in their assessment.

Now that he has the insights of two martial artists into communicating the true meaning of Yin and Yang, it means that as long as he cultivates diligently, he will eventually reach that level.

In this respect, he has no bottleneck.

Not to mention, in addition to that, both beams of green light also gave some of his root bone, which made him, who had just improved his root bone, clearly feel that his root bone had improved again.

However, the green light behind it was rather strange. On one hand, it possessed insights into the manifestation of true meaning, but on the other hand, it had only cultivated the Fiery Blade martial art.

Although this martial art seems to be an accessory to a cultivation technique, rather than a low-level one.

However, since this person did not learn any cultivation techniques, it means that at most he could only cultivate his physical body.

How did he come to understand the true meaning of manifestation?

He had a vague feeling that this person's martial arts experience seemed somewhat chaotic, unlike that of a normal person.

"How could it be him?!"

Lu Ming was puzzled when he suddenly heard Ah Lang and the monkey exclaim in surprise. He immediately looked down and his pupils contracted slightly.

At this moment, he saw the face of the corpse on the ground clearly, and it turned out to be Yan Pengfei!

"Brother, it's actually Lord Yan! He... he even asked you to go ghost hunting with him during the day..."

The monkey suddenly trembled as it finished speaking and stopped talking.

Lu Ming nodded slowly. It was already very clear that Yan Pengfei hadn't waited for him and had gone to catch the ghost himself, only to fail.

So that's how it is. Then the second green light must have been provided by the ghost he wanted to eliminate.

Looking at Yan Pengfei's corpse, Lu Ming suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

He suddenly remembered that Monkey and Wolf couldn't see Yan Pengfei until he went up to look, and Yan Pengfei suddenly appeared, shouting that there was a ghost.

Yan Pengfei obviously became a ghost after his death, but his behavior is puzzling.

Lu Ming had a bold guess: Did Yan Pengfei come here specifically to find him? To tell him that something was amiss?

But is this the behavior a ghost should exhibit?

A question suddenly popped into his mind: Are there good and bad ghosts?

Lu Ming was somewhat confused; he didn't know the answer to this question yet.

"What should we do, brother?"

Ah Lang had calmed down by now and said, "Wouldn't it be a problem if Lord Yan died here?"

Lu Ming said, "Although it's late at night, someone might have noticed his movements along the way. The matter is urgent, so I'll go directly to the Town Night Division to report it later."

As he spoke, he thought for a moment and then added:

"Don't touch it yet. Aren't there patrol officers stationed nearby? Go and fetch them."

"Yes."

Ah Lang hurriedly left and soon found two archers stationed near the Lu residence.

When the two arrived and saw that the deceased was Yan Pengfei, their sleepy eyes immediately widened:

"I'll go and fetch the inspector right now."

A short while later, Deputy Inspector Zhao Dehu arrived hastily with a troop of archers. After carefully inquiring about what had happened, he did not touch the corpse, but instead looked at it with a solemn expression and said:

"I've already notified the Night Watch Division. They should be arriving soon. We'll see what the commander of the Night Watch Division has to say later."

After waiting a while longer, dawn broke. The person from the Night Watchmen was none other than Lin Xiaojie. Beside him was Shen Mo, and behind them were several Night Watchmen corpse collectors.

Upon arriving at the door, after exchanging a few pleasantries with Zhao Dehu and Lu Ming, Lin Xiaojie examined the corpse and immediately said:

"It really is Lord Yan's body. It seems that this new Crescent Moon Society was indeed recruited too hastily. They lack strength, yet act recklessly."

Upon hearing this, Lu Ming frowned; these words had also insulted him.

"Lord Shen, you are a senior, and I was reluctant to speak ill of you, but this is indeed your fault."

Lin Xiaojie shook his head and said with some helplessness.

"It was clearly agreed that you would take Lord Lu for these ten days to familiarize him with the duties of the Zhenye Division."

"I didn't expect that such a big thing would happen, yet you still arrived so late."

"If you had been here last night, the truth might have already come out."

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Shen Mo hesitated, his face flushed red, whether from embarrassment or anger, it was hard to tell. What did this have to do with him?

"In short, I will report this matter to Lord Sizheng."

"As for who the ghost Yan Pengfei mentioned is, and whether it was the one that followed him last night, Lord Shen will take Lord Lu to investigate."

"I hope that you two will do your duty faithfully, find out the truth as soon as possible, and restore justice to Heishui County."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Xiaojie waved for the body collectors to collect Yan Pengfei's body, giving Shen Mo and Lu Ming no chance to speak.

Unexpectedly, during the process of collecting the body, a scale fell off Yan Pengfei's back with a thud.

"Huh? What's this?"

Lin Xiaojie frowned and said.

Lu Ming took a look and saw that the scales were about the size of a palm, with mysterious patterns on them, like the scales of some kind of creature.

However, a fleshy bud was growing in the middle of the scales. The bud was slowly wriggling, and under the sunlight, it seemed to be alive, making everyone present feel a chill down their spines.

Is this thing alive or dead?

Lu Ming shook his head: "I don't know."

In fact, he probably knew that the strange scales were left behind by the ghost behind Yan Pengfei after it died.

At this moment, he had no intention of investigating the truth of the matter; instead, he was extremely vigilant.

This is too dangerous! What exactly is happening in Heishui County? How could Yan Pengfei, a martial artist who has mastered the essence of manifestation, be so easily killed?

While he was deep in thought, Lin Xiaojie had already led his men to collect the body, taking the piece of fleshy scale with them.

The area in front of the Lu residence became deserted.

Shen Mo said, "Brother Lu, let's go check out the southeast district first. We wonder what exactly happened to Yan Pengfei yesterday..."

Lu Ming shook his head and asked:

"Brother Shen, can you please put me on the list of talented people to be selected for Blackwater County? I heard from Lord Lin yesterday that only one person in the entire Zhenye Division can be on this list."

"One person? No way? I heard there were two people. Could it be that he took the other spot...?"

Shen Mo was taken aback, then frowned and said.

Seeing this, Lu Ming said directly:

"How do you plan to get me on this proposed list? Just take me there today and see."

Shen Mo hesitated for a moment:

"Should we investigate Yan Pengfei first...?"

Lu Ming interrupted him:

"Try it first."

Shen Mo frowned and looked at him for a long while before saying:

"Okay, come with me."