I Can Extract Divine Power-Chapter 87 - 84: Clue, Shen Bai Comes to the Door with a Sword

Chapter 87: Chapter 84: Clue, Shen Bai Comes to the Door with a Sword

"I know you’re worried, but that worry is useless. In just over ten days at most, I will be able to nurture this unparalleled evil."

"All ten of us Venerable Envoys have arrived. Coupled with our unique supernatural methods, killing Shen Bai will be effortless."

"You also don’t need to worry about too many people dying. Hasn’t that Chief Constable already gone to investigate?"

"When people eat the Yin Vegetables, they will be harmed. Even if they don’t die, their resentment will grow—it’s just a matter of how much. While each person only adds a little, there are more than enough Yin Vegetables to go around."

"Shen Bai... will die without a doubt."

...

When Magistrate Li emerged from the room, his expression was incredibly grim.

He had heard the Dark Venerable Envoy’s response and, after weighing his options, ultimately chose to trust him.

Because now, he had no way of turning back.

’I can’t turn back now. I’ve done too much. My only option is to press forward, or the Observatory will never let me go.’

Magistrate Li arrived at the Government Office, looked at Chief Zheng awaiting his reply, and said, "Immediately dispatch men to the surrounding wilderness. See if any civilians are growing Yin Vegetables in the tainted areas."

Chief Zheng agreed without a second thought and immediately went to arrange for the constables to begin their investigation.

In fact, Magistrate Li’s course of action was technically correct.

After all, the most pressing concern was to check if any civilians had accidentally strayed into the tainted lands and planted Yin Vegetables there.

But only Magistrate Li himself knew that everything he had just done was merely a smokescreen to divert the constables’ attention to the areas outside the county.

As he watched Chief Zheng’s departing figure, the grim look returned to Magistrate Li’s eyes.

...

Time gradually slipped by, and in the blink of an eye, several more days had passed.

Shen Bai stood in his courtyard, watching the shadows dance between his fingers as a faint smile touched his lips.

Before his eyes, a wisp of smoke appeared, gradually coalescing into text that floated in mid-air.

The black text looked like phantoms in the night, exuding an aura of mystery and profound wonder.

[Shadow Walk Level 4 (Hidden +8, Hidden Track +8, Shadow-Dispelling +8, Night Combat +8): 0/10,000]

After the text vanished like a dissipating ink wash painting, Shen Bai closed his eyes. He absorbed every bit of the information, instantly mastering Level 4 Shadow Walk.

Over this period, Shen Bai had once again thrown himself into a grinding frenzy.

His relentless daily grinding had paid off handsomely.

He had ground his Shadow Walk all the way to Level 4.

Now, in addition to the multipliers on his other attributes, he had gained a new attribute: Night Combat.

The new attribute, named Night Combat, had a special effect.

This effect granted Shen Bai a special bonus whenever he fought at night.

’An eightfold increase. Another eightfold increase.’

Shen Bai thought to himself.

From now on, as long as he was in a dark environment, all of Shen Bai’s combat prowess would be multiplied by eight.

Combined with his previous abilities that also provided multipliers, Shen Bai felt like he was becoming inhumanly overpowered all over again.

’If anyone tries to cause trouble for me at night, things will end very badly for them.’

Shen Bai stretched lazily and took a Qi Blood Medicine, only then allowing himself to relax a bit.

At this point, apart from Divine Hundred Miles, all of his abilities had reached Level 4.

These Fourth-level Divine Powers gave Shen Bai a massive boost to his combat prowess.

In addition, Shen Bai could feel the Qi in his chest growing ever fuller.

’I just need to grind Divine Hundred Miles to Level 4, and I’ll be able to reach the final stage of the Three Treasures Realm.’

Shen Bai made up his mind.

Not far away, Qin Shuang was sitting in the chair Shen Bai usually used, rocking it gently as she flipped through the documents in her hand.

"Still no leads? Chief Zheng couldn’t find anything, and you’ve been pulling files from all over but have also come up empty," Shen Bai asked.

Qin Shuang shook her head. "I’ve gone through a lot of records and files recently, including those on local vegetable farmers and merchants, but I haven’t found any clues related to the Yin Vegetables."

Shen Bai poured her a cup of tea and sat down across from her. "It’s simple. Someone’s running interference. How could you expect to find anything?"

The implication, of course, was that this "someone" was Magistrate Li.

In Shen Bai’s eyes, sending Chief Zheng and his men to investigate the wilderness was purely a diversion tactic.

And with Qin Shuang unable to find anything within Shengyun County, there was only one possibility: someone had covered the whole thing up.

And in Shengyun County, who could have managed that?

Other than Magistrate Li, the highest official in Shengyun County, Shen Bai couldn’t think of a single other person.

"Ultimately, we lack proof," Qin Shuang said with a wry smile.

The Observatory could afford to be a bit flexible when dealing with supernatural entities and Jianghu People.

But when dealing with officials, especially during an inspection, they had to have irrefutable proof.

Otherwise, the Observatory’s power would become absurdly great.

Shen Bai rubbed his chin. "I have a pretty good idea what that guy is planning. He probably wants to use a supernatural entity to deal with me."

In fact, Shen Bai found it quite easy to guess Magistrate Li’s intentions.

Right now, Magistrate Li was playing with an open hand against him.

He was making it obvious that he planned to use a supernatural entity against him, but without providing any evidence, forcing Shen Bai to watch helplessly as this entity slowly emerged and grew stronger.

"So what’s your plan?" Qin Shuang asked.

Shen Bai smiled. "I’ll just take my sword and kill Magistrate Li. Simple as that."

Qin Shuang replied, exasperated, "You can’t do that. Even though Magistrate Li is just a county magistrate, he’s still an official appointed by the Court. If he were to die just like that, it would be a huge slap in the face to the Great Zhou Country."

Shen Bai shrugged. "Then I guess we’ll just have to keep investigating slowly."

As Qin Shuang listened to him, she was about to reply when she suddenly seemed to realize something. Her gaze shifted to the hint of a smile in his eyes.

"You have a plan, don’t you?"