Your Lord Has A Screw Loose?-Chapter 374 - 376: Have you heard of feigned death? The kind with a really wild imagination!
Chapter 374: Chapter 376: Have you heard of feigned death? The kind with a really wild imagination!
“Secret medicines, breathing skills, hammering methods, martial arts skills—these Secret Martial Martial Artists really burn through money and time.”
As Qin Muye was flipping through the Pan Turtle Sect Secret Martial book, he had a sense that something was amiss after reading it.
“Incomplete? All this secrecy…” Qin Muye quickly realized that the Pan Turtle Sect Secret Martial book in his hands, which was obtained from the Pan Turtle martial arts gym, was actually just a subsidiary branch of the Pan Turtle Sect Secret Martial Sect. How could it possibly contain the complete inheritance?
“However, the Spirit Monsters are quite adept at blending in. I reckon they’ll be able to infiltrate the Pan Turtle Sect soon.” Qin Muye has never underestimated Spirit Monsters, especially those that specialize in espionage and acting as spies. They have undergone professional training and can adjust to their external environment.
For instance, right now they’re disguised as students, and in some situations, they take the form of various creatures like snakes, rats, birds, and so on, to quietly monitor everything.
The Spirit Monster that has infiltrated the Pan Turtle Sect has now been tagged by the new gym master and even dubbed a ‘genius’, so it will likely be sent to the Pan Turtle Sect for training before long.
The current gym master is not like the previous one. Since he has just taken over and came from the Pan Turtle Sect, he is very loyal to his own Secret Martial Sect. Encountering a genius, naturally, he wants to send them up to become a part of the Pan Turtle Sect.
Unlike the former gym master, who had been posted outside for a long time and whose martial arts had not progressed, he naturally focused on various interests. If it were still the former gym master, he would definitely look for ways to stimulate potential and then send it out as a hired hand to make money.
After all, Martial Artists are expensive to maintain. The stronger they are, the more expensive they become. Whether it’s secret medicines or medicinal baths, the expenses are astronomical, so he had to constantly accumulate wealth.
Becoming stronger on their own is one thing, but the energy needed for this does not come from nowhere. Martial Artists don’t absorb energy from the environment, so they have to take it in themselves, whether through medicinal baths or ingesting secret medicines. On one hand, it’s to align with their own Secret Martial Sect, and on the other, naturally, it’s to replenish sufficient nutrients.
“It’s just that there’s another system, which seems even more scattered and hidden. The Spirit Monsters haven’t found it yet, interesting.” Qin Muye glanced over the other pieces of intelligence again.
The Spirit Monsters have discovered another Extraordinary System besides the Martial Artists, but this system is like the rats in the sewers, not as open and upright as the Martial Artists.
“Living in such a sorry state, they probably won’t come out to challenge me…” Qin Muye thought these people were just like sewer rats and certainly wouldn’t jump out and challenge him.
While he was pondering, a tall woman walked in. She was very pretty, and her seductive charm was nothing like the people from the poor neighborhood where Qin Muye was from.
“Hey boss, got any good drinks?” The way she twisted her waist was snake-like.
Qin Muye was worried she might break her hip from all the twisting.
“Yes, soda.” Qin Muye said, handing her one, while silently quipping about it being something a real Wild Lion Sect disciple would drink.
The woman threw Qin Muye a flirtatious look, sending a shiver down his spine—he even thought about killing her right there.
Because he could smell a dark, bloodthirsty scent coming from her, which was radically different from the fervor of a Martial Artist.
If he had to describe it, Martial Artists, in Qin Muye’s eyes, were like braised pork that was rich but not greasy upon entrance, whereas the woman before him was like gazing at the starry sky—digestible, for sure, but lacking in color, fragrance, and flavor, digestible at best.
The woman took the soda with a charming gesture, then took a sip, filled with certain disharmonious insinuations, and her tone carried a seductive air, “Any exciting news around here lately?”
“Yes, a woman walked in who is clearly corrupting public morals.” Qin Muye nodded, speaking emotionlessly.
The woman across from him first paused, wondering who he was talking about. But she quickly realized he meant her, which caused her expression to sour, yet she didn’t lash out.
“You’re strong, no wonder you’ve taken down both Li Xiang from the Wild Lion Sect and Wu Dao from the Yin Snake Sect,” she said, suddenly changing her tone, discarding her previous flirtatious demeanor for a more professional air, her face serious.
“…”
Qin Muye was speechless. Do people really change faces this quickly nowadays?
“By the way, even though novels are a good way to pass time, I think you should read less. With a brain like yours, reading too much could affect your marriage prospects…” Qin Muye kindly advised, pretending to be just an ordinary person.
“Stop pretending. The aura emanating from you has already excited my Secret Spirit!” the woman said calmly. As she spoke, a black pattern surfaced on her skin, which upon closer inspection, appeared to be some kind of vine-like rose.
Subsequently, the tattoo activated and truly turned into a rose, albeit an eerie one; this must have been the “Secret Spirit” the other party had mentioned.
Qin Muye swallowed his saliva, “Has technology really advanced to this extent that one can even plant flowers in the body?”
This remark made the woman frown. Could there have been a mistake? But after careful thought, it was impossible; this person must have had issues.
After returning to the North, Li Xiang of the Wild Lion Sect remained silent and even refrained from discussing why he and Wu Dao of the Yin Snake Sect had suddenly started fighting, merely mumbling that it was inappropriate to talk about.
As the Secret Spirit Master of the Blood Rose Society, Zuo Qiu Qing didn’t hesitate to investigate upon receiving intelligence from within the Wild Lion Sect, naturally arriving to look into the matter as soon as possible.
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According to the analysis by their upper echelons, there was certainly something hidden here, even possibly some of Wild Lion Sect’s schemes.
In their eyes, the real purpose of Li Xiang’s visit to this remote small town to avenge his junior brother was likely just a cover; his true mission was to make contact with the owner of this small convenience store.
As for the conflict with Wu Dao of the Yin Snake Sect, it definitely occurred because Wu Dao had discovered something, which led to their confrontation and the eventual killing to silence him when things went awry.
Having vanished without a trace for many years, Wu Dao was presumably dispatched by the Yin Snake Sect, hence why he went incognito and became an insignificant patrol officer.
With a bit of speculation, Qin Muye’s location had become a place harboring a shocking scheme.
“Blood Rose·Bloom!” With determination in her heart, Zuo Qiu Qing thought, if you’re going to feign madness and act stupid here, then don’t blame me for making a move. If you’re really an ordinary person, your death is inconsequential; but if you dare to retaliate, then it proves there’s indeed something wrong here.
As a Secret Spirit Master, she did not care about the lives of ordinary people as much as a Martial Artist would.
The rose of the Blood Snake bloomed, unfolding its petals like a snake lunging towards Qin Muye.
The rose immediately pierced through Qin Muye’s head and quietly withdrew.
This scene caused Zuo Qiu Qing’s expression to change, “Dead? That’s impossible!”
Based on the aura emanating from that person, he was definitely a Martial Artist whose strength was not inferior to hers. She hadn’t used her full power in that attack, yet the person was now dead.
“Really dead? Could I have guessed wrong?”
Zuo Qiu Qing checked over Qin Muye’s corpse and indeed found no signs of life, which made her expression very ugly.
“No, it’s that he became worthless, and so was abandoned by the Wild Lion Sect.”
“Previously, Li Xiang used avenging his junior brother as an excuse to take something from here, then he was discovered by the vigilant Wu Dao. After their battle, Wu Dao was killed, and the item… already landed in the hands of the Wild Lion Sect,” Zuo Qiu Qing wildly speculated, hastily filling in the background and consequences.
“It is even possible that the news was deliberately released by them, intending for the Blood Rose Society to clear the Wild Lion Sect’s last vulnerability. What a crafty scheme,” she thought.
Zuo Qiu Qing’s face turned shades of green and then pale, feeling like she had been used as a pawn.
“Now is not the time to think about these things; I need to dispose of this body quickly, or else it will be troublesome if people come.”
After some thought, she decided to bury it directly underground, thinking that since the owner of the convenience store was alone, no one would report to the authorities…
“No, what a cunning plot; this place has become the center of a vortex. With this death, the Wild Lion Sect can splash their dirty water on the Blood Rose Society. They would gain the benefits while we carry the blame!”
“Take the body with us first, lest it be dug up by those Martial Artists with noses like dogs.”
Listening to Zuo Qiu Qing’s incessant speculation, Qin Muye was dumbfounded. He even wanted to play dead and tell her: Can we stop the wild guessing? Just bury me quickly and we can go our separate ways, and I’ll gain a tiny bit of reputation.
Reputation equates to main missions; thus, the lower the reputation, the later the main missions are completed, allowing Qin Muye more time to develop.
