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Jiang Heng furrowed his brow.
"Clearly, your investigation has caught the attention of the Dalu Sect. It would have been wise to bring the Coroner along earlier. What if he decides to silence us?"
Mi Wenjie seemed to have anticipated this and calmly said, "That's why I've come to bid farewell to Senior Jiang."
"I'll quietly leave later. If Gu Chengping comes over, saying he wants to entertain us or any other matter, please help me handle it, Senior Jiang. Just tell him I'm in the room practicing."
Jiang Heng nodded thoughtfully, "No problem, you should go quickly to avoid any delay in the main task."
However, to their surprise, this night was exceptionally calm.
Gu Chengping seemed accustomed to the aloofness of the sect disciples, or perhaps he had no issues to investigate. Therefore, he made no attempts to entertain or probe them.
Mi Wenjie also successfully found the Coroner's home.
By now, it was dark outside, and the Coroner's family was enjoying a peaceful dinner, appearing completely content, with no sense of urgency that would warrant them being silenced.
Mi Wenjie entered the courtyard.
The attire of a Great Dalu Sect disciple carried considerable authority within the Qingzhou region.
The Coroner's family immediately stood up nervously.
"Three days ago, at the Red Rock Mine outside the city, there were five miners burned to death. You were the one who examined the bodies, correct?"
Mi Wenjie asked, looking directly at the middle-aged man who appeared to be the head of the family.
"Yes! It was me who examined them. May I ask what instructions you have, sir?"
The middle-aged man approached quickly.
"Step outside; I have some questions for you."
They went out to the courtyard.
"Did you notice anything unusual on the bodies of those five burned miners?" Mi Wenjie inquired.
The Coroner lowered his head and replied nervously, "No! There was nothing unusual; they were just burned to death like ordinary."
Mi Wenjie narrowed his eyes and stared at him sharply, saying, "Look at me!"
"I'll ask you again, were there any anomalies on the bodies?"
"If I find out later that you've concealed anything, the consequences won't be something your family can bear. Think carefully," Mi Wenjie warned.
The Coroner, trembling with fear, lifted his head and stammered, "Th-there... there were no anomalies."
Mi Wenjie fell silent for a moment, then said coldly, "Very well, you can go."
With that, he turned and left.
Late at night, Mi Wenjie returned quietly to the small courtyard. Jiang Heng, who had been meditating with closed eyes, opened his eyes and looked at him with surprise.
"I asked Coroner, and he insists there were no anomalies," Mi Wenjie said, shaking his head slightly.
Jiang Heng furrowed his brow and added, "Gu Chengping also didn't come to probe, as if he had no guilty intentions."
"Could it be that our suspicions were wrong?"
Mi Wenjie sighed.
"Let it go. We still have a month to investigate. Perhaps we'll discover the whereabouts of that batch of Red Iron, which could help recover some of the losses for the sect."
"After all, such a large quantity of resources can't just disappear without a trace."
With that, he turned and entered another room.
The night passed without any further conversation.
In the morning, Mi Wenjie greeted Jiang Heng, saying, "I'll go check near the mountain path where the ambush occurred. Maybe I'll find something or see if we can locate the stolen goods in the mountains."
Jiang Heng nodded and continued his cultivation in the courtyard.
With the Great Completion level of the "Primordial Genesis Art" and a sufficient supply of Qi and Blood Pills, his potential points were increasing at a terrifying rate.
By the afternoon, Jiang Heng's potential points had once again reached 530,000.
He directly allocated these points to enhance his cultivation.
A massive surge of heat flowed into every cell in his body, rapidly accumulating.
In just a few seconds, his cultivation reached the Fourth Level of the True Qi Realm.
"It's a pity that I don't have a martial art technique for the True Qi Realm yet. Right now, the primal amplification effect of True Qi can't surpass the explosive power of the 'Mountain Breaking Fist.'"
In Jiang Heng's understanding, if he were to use game terminology from his previous life:
The "Mountain Breaking Fist," a martial art that enhances physical strength, was equivalent to a physical attack.
True Qi, on the other hand, was akin to a magical attack.
The "Mountain Breaking Fist," a martial art of the Physical Realm, could only amplify his physical strength by seven times, and it had no effect on True Qi.
To quantify this using data:
For instance, Jiang Heng's physical strength was equivalent to 150,000 physical attack power, while True Qi was equivalent to at least 400,000 magical attack power.
When Jiang Heng used the "Mountain Breaking Fist" at the Great Completion level to attack while imbuing True Qi, his attack power would be equivalent to 1,050,000 physical attack power, plus 400,000 magical attack power.
If he were to learn a martial art technique for the True Qi Realm in the future, with just the Great Completion level, it would provide a threefold increase in True Qi's explosive power. This would result in an attack power of 1,200,000 using only True Qi.
"Even if the cultivation becomes even deeper, the intensity of True Qi attacks will become even more terrifying.
By that time, a physical strength of 150,000 catties can indeed be neglected.
"No wonder, after reaching the True Qi Realm, physical strength is no longer important. Refining True Qi is much faster than slightly enhancing the physical body."
"What a pity."
"If only there were pure physical cultivation techniques."
Jiang Heng sighed inwardly.
He always had an attachment to physical cultivation.
But the "Golden Body Technique" he is currently studying is just a secret technique, primarily focused on enhancing bodily defense.
Even when he advanced to the Heavenly Level before, although his body underwent a thorough transformation, it was still just an accessory.
The increase in physical strength was not that terrifying.
Not to mention evolving completely like the various miraculous methods that come with the advancement of cultivation realms.
Not talking about other things, just the ability to fly. Even if the "Golden Body Technique" continues to upgrade to the point of immortality, it probably couldn't achieve flight. At most, it would be like an indestructible stone.
The most important function of physical cultivation techniques is to enable continuous upgrades, causing the body to undergo an all-around evolution.
It was evening once again when Mi Wenjie returned.
He looked tired and shook his head.
"We don't have any clues."
Jiang Heng replied calmly, "Even if there were traces of clues, they would have been lost over these few days."
While speaking, Jiang Heng suddenly had a thought.
"Right, the five people who died in the fire, weren't they colleagues who went down the mine together?"
"I've always believed that there's something fishy about their deaths. So, what was the cause of their deaths?"
"The biggest commonality among those five people is that they all went down the same mine. Could their cause of death be related to that mine?"
"Taking it a step further, what could have happened in the mine to result in these deaths? And how does it connect to the ambush and murder of the transport convoy?"
"Junior Brother Mi, what do you think is the most likely scenario?"