Universe Infinite Canteen-Chapter 382 Encouragement in Education

Ma Lu succeeded in his corpse examination, withdrew his hand contentedly, then turned to look at Gu Qingyi, only to find that she was still maintaining the posture of her last strike.

It wasn’t until Ma Lu patted her shoulder that she came to her senses and exclaimed, "Ah, I’ve killed someone!"

"That’s right, but it was a villain. Congratulations, Catcher Gu, for ridding the martial arts circles of a menace," Ma Lu said.

Blushing at his words, Gu Qingyi hastened to wave her hands and said, "No, no, no, I didn’t do much. You were the one who broke his body-protection technique and got him down to just 9 health points. I just, just got lucky with the final blow, that’s all."

"But without that strike of yours, maybe both of us would have been done for today."

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Ma Lu was worried that tonight’s ordeal had been too much for Gu Qingyi, making her consider beating a retreat. What if, after this battle, Gu Qingyi realized how dangerous Jianghu was and decided it was safer to stay at home? Where would he find someone else with a Divine Detective Token who could continue to joyfully examine bodies with him?

Therefore, Ma Lu decided to implement an encouragement-and-praise education strategy with Gu Qingyi. Whenever he had the chance, he would cheer her on, helping her to bravely chase her dreams.

"Ah, is that so?"

Gu Qingyi felt that Ma Lu was overstating things, but there seemed to be some truth to it. Indeed, fighting a master like Yan Wuji, the longer the fight dragged on, the more variables there would be.

Even if Yan Wuji only had 9 health points left, who knew whether he had another ace up his sleeve?

Looking at it this way, she truly had exerted a lot of effort in this battle. And come to think of it, it was also her reasoning that had initially exposed Yan Wuji’s identity as the culprit.

She just hadn’t expected that in the end, only she and Ma Lu, as well as Yan Wuji’s wife and children, would be the ones to survive among those at the temple.

Gu Qingyi certainly hadn’t forgotten the life-saving favor Ma Lu had done for her earlier. She then turned to him and, with a bow of her fist, said, "Brother Ma, a great kindness needs no words of thanks. After this battle, we are comrades in life and death. If you ever encounter any difficulties in the future, just let me know."

"Really? I actually have something I need your help with."

"Hmm, what is it?"

"I want to investigate cases with you," Ma Lu said bluntly.

"Eh?" Gu Qingyi’s face revealed a hint of bewilderment. She had thought of many possibilities, but she had never expected Ma Lu to make such a request.

But soon, her eyes lit up, "You like investigating cases too?"

"Like it." Ma Lu affirmed without hesitation, who wouldn’t enjoy dealing with corpses in an aboveboard manner and picking up martial studies for free?

Gu Qingyi immediately became excited upon hearing this. "That’s great, then we can exchange more in the future. I also joined the Iron Clothes Sect back in the day because, oh no... I wanted to be a Divine Detective since I was a child, that’s why I left home."

"I understand," Ma Lu wouldn’t expose Gu Qingyi’s lie, of course.

"I’d be more than happy to investigate cases with you, Brother Ma." Gu Qingyi, having rarely met someone on the same path, was quite excited at the prospect and wished she could start discussing with Ma Lu the most recent unsolved cases in the martial arts circles right away.

However, seeing the dead body beside her, she sobered up and let out a sigh.

Back at home, she had also heard her father and several masters talk about the dangers they encountered while investigating cases; those dangers were often glossed over and became nothing more than ornaments in those convoluted and mysterious cases.

Only when Gu Qingyi left home this time did she realize that they were usually dealing with such vile and fierce criminals, and she couldn’t help but hold the Divine Detectives of the Iron Clothes Sect in higher regard.

Fortunately, on this occasion she had not brought shame upon the Iron Clothes Sect. While Gu Qingyi was still immersed in her reflections about the real Jianghu, Ma Lu asked, "How is the injury on your left arm?"

"Hiss~ It should be just a superficial wound, nothing serious," said Gu Qingyi, but the pain already had her grimacing and baring her teeth.

Her original 63 points of health had dwindled down to just 22, the injury was far from light.

Afterwards, she took out a jade bottle from her bosom and poured out an elixir. Hesitating for a moment, she handed it to Ma Lu first.

"Brother Ma, this is a special healing pill made by the Iron Clothes Sect. Would you please take it to Auntie Zheng and have her swallow it.

"Although she is Yan Wuji’s wife, the extent of her involvement in the death cases he has committed still needs to be investigated. I plan to take her and that child to a nearby town, where they can recover from their injuries while waiting for a senior from the Zhengqi Academy."

Ma Lu had no objections. They had already acquired Yan Wuji’s Subduing Demon Vajra Skill, and with Auntie Zheng possessing no impressive martial studies, Ma Lu naturally lacked interest in her. Explore more at novelbuddy

On the contrary, the corpses on the ground were more attractive to him, and Ma Lu began to search them one by one.

However, he was not after martial studies this time; he had already tried before, and a body could only be searched once. The reason Ma Lu was doing it again was simply to pocket anything valuable they might have on them.

He had only just arrived in this Plane, his pockets were empty, and he urgently needed to collect some currency from this place.

It’s common for those in the Jianghu not to carry much actual silver, so after a long search, Ma Lu managed to find less than twenty taels of silver, though there were quite a few copper coins, nearly a thousand.

Additionally, Yan Wuji had several silver notes sewn into the lining of his clothes, which had not been found during the initial search.

Had Ma Lu not been vigilant and felt the stiffness, he might have completely overlooked them.

The denominations of the silver notes were not large; three were for one hundred taels each, and two for two hundred taels each. It was unclear whether Yan Wuji was just accustomed to spending freely without the habit of saving or if, in the haste of his escape, he had not managed to bring more with him.

All in all, for one of the notorious demons of the martial arts circles, his wealth was indeed meager, but Ma Lu collected it, nonetheless.

He then remembered that Gu Qingyi mentioned there seemed to be a bounty issued by the Zhengqi Academy for Yan Wuji, and Ma Lu thought perhaps there was still a chance to make some money from it. So, he used his longsword to sever Yan Wuji’s head and wrapped it up.

Of course, Ma Lu did not forget about the escort goods of the Xingtong Escort Agency.

Although these were not silver, they were food ingredients that could be stored in the Collection Bag. With Shen Zhou and the others dead, these escort goods would definitely not reach their destination. Instead of leaving them here for the next passerby to benefit, Ma Lu decided to take them to another Plane for Old Wang to use as cooking ingredients.

Moreover, Ma Lu was not taking them for free. After packing them up, he dug a pit behind the temple. Now that he had Inner Strength, such a task was much easier for him.

In no time, a pit three feet wide and one and a half feet deep was dug. Ma Lu pushed all the bodies into this large pit, covered them with soil, and allowed them to be buried in peace, as a way to repay them for the increase in his skills.

When he had finished all of this, Gu Qingyi had digested the healing pill and opened her eyes again.

The secret healing pill from the Iron Clothes Sect was indeed quite effective; her internal injuries had seen significant Recovery, but her external wounds were only hastily treated. She would still need to go to the nearest town to seek a doctor for proper treatment.