Chapter 14: Legend of the Immortal Body
"Am I really a genius?"

While patrolling the streets the next day, Liang Yue was still thinking about his practice last night and couldn't help muttering to himself.

"Hey, you just discovered it. I discovered it a long time ago." Chen Ju, who was standing next to him, heard what he said and continued with a smile, "You can see all the things that others can't notice or think of. I have always thought that you are a genius."

"Not in terms of solving cases, I mean in terms of spiritual practice." Liang Yue said.

“Haha, when I just broke through the second level, I also thought I was a genius.” Chen Ju said with a face of an experienced person, “Don’t be too confident, it will be difficult to break through later.”

"You should be in the late second realm now. How long does it take you to practice a new technique?" Liang Yue asked.

"It depends on the difficulty of the technique." Chen Ju replied, "For simple ones, you can get its charm by meditating for three to five days; for difficult ones, it may take a month or so. Generally, if you can't comprehend it after more than a month, you will never be able to comprehend it in this lifetime."

"What if you can understand it just by looking at it?" Liang Yue asked again.

"Are you kidding?" Chen Ju said with a smile, "Even if it's the legendary immortal body, it's impossible, right?"

"Oh..." Liang Yue didn't say much, but asked: "What is the immortal body?"

"Some people are born with supernatural powers, and their cultivation is far superior to that of ordinary people." Chen Ju explained: "The Sword Academy once compiled a book of the immortal bodies that have appeared in the world, with a total of more than 800 types."

Most of the time he spent patrolling the streets was spent doing nothing, so he patiently explained to Liang Yue: "Among them, the top ten are ranked. For example, the recognized first immortal body in the world, Tian Ren Xi, is said to have belonged to Li Sheng in ancient times."

"This kind of immortal body can absorb the spiritual energy of living creatures into its own body after killing them, greatly enhancing its power. It is extremely terrifying. Fortunately, after Li Sheng, no one else has ever had it."

"The fourth-ranked one is called the Supreme Immortal Body. It is said that Miss Wen from the Evil Slaying Division has this kind of immortal body. She has no distractions and is born like a god."

"The fifth-ranked Divine King Blood is the bloodline of the current Yin Dynasty's royal family. It is a bit like what you just said. It is favored by heaven and earth, and any magical skill you practice will be twice as effective with half the effort. In ancient times, it was also called the Immortal Spirit Body. It was only after the founding of the dynasty that it was renamed the Divine King Blood."

"Are there many people with immortal bodies?" Liang Yue asked curiously again.

"Of course, there is only one in ten thousand." Chen Ju said, "And except for some people with deep backgrounds, many people who are born with supernatural powers will choose to conceal their immortal bodies, fearing that they will attract the covetousness or targeting of others. This makes the number of immortal body owners known in the world even smaller."

"Having too much talent can be dangerous..." Liang Yue said.

"Yes." Chen Ju said, "A few years ago, I heard that there was a man named Shi who had a pair of legendary supreme bones, but they were dug out by someone! It is said that it was done by a relative of his family!"

"So bad." Liang Yue frowned.

Fortunately, I don't seem to have any special talents, I just have a slightly higher level of understanding, so I shouldn't attract any covetousness.

At most, just keep a low profile.

After chatting for a while, Liang Yue turned back to look at Pang Chun and asked, "Dachun, how is the martial arts book you read yesterday?"

"Hehe, it's pretty good." Pang Chun laughed, "Basically, I can fall asleep after watching it for three seconds."

"..." Liang Yue was silent for a moment, then said, "The purpose of giving you that book was to help you practice, not to help you sleep."

"Ah?" Dachun was surprised: "I thought only people who couldn't sleep read books."

Liang Yue looked at Dachun helplessly.

There seems to be nothing else in his world except eating and sleeping. In a sense, he is really a pure person, a person who is out of touch with high interests.

"When I fell asleep, I dreamed of an old man with a white beard who forced me to beat him and kept beating him..." Dachun muttered.

"I really can't tell." Chen Ju laughed and said, "You have thick eyebrows and big eyes, and you dream of beating old men every day."

The three of them were talking and laughing as they walked. When they passed Linmen Street, they suddenly saw a lot of people gathered in front of a shop in front of them, and there was a lot of noise inside.

I could vaguely hear someone shouting something like "Someone's dead!" or "Call the police!"

Liang Yue immediately became alert: "Go and have a look!"

……

The riot happened at the tavern that caught fire a few days ago. The old couple who owned the tavern stood in the shop at a loss, their faces full of panic. There was a man lying on the ground, curled up, his body flushed, his hands tightly grasping his neck, as if he couldn't breathe, his body twitching constantly, and it looked like he was dying.

There were two other men nearby. One was holding a kettle and pouring water into him, while the other stood with his hands on his hips, shouting to the crowd, "Hurry up and call the police! The wine in this tavern is poisonous. My brother is going to be poisoned to death!"

"This is not...it's definitely not our wine..." The old couple stood there powerlessly protesting.

"Then did he drink someone else's wine?" the man shouted.

Chen Ju stepped forward and pushed everyone aside, then shouted, "Stop making noise, what's going on?"

The standing man was wearing a linen robe with many patches on it. He looked carefree. When he saw their official uniforms, he immediately became excited and shouted, "Sir, look, my brother is a good man, but he became like this after drinking a bowl of wine from their family! They must have poisoned the wine!"

"How is this possible?" The old woman looked like she was crying. "I don't even know them. We have no grudges against each other. Why would I poison them?"

"That's even more serious. It means that the wine they have is poisoned. Anyone who comes here could drink it!" the man shouted, "Should we take them back and interrogate them severely?"

After hearing these words, the old couple became even more panicked and were about to burst into tears together.

"You don't have to tell me what to do!" Chen Ju scolded the man and asked him to step back. He then looked at the old couple, "What's going on? Did he really fall down after drinking your wine?"

This old couple has been doing business here for many years and they are very honest people. Chen Ju really doesn't believe that they would poison anyone.

"This..." The old man trembled and said, "The three of them came here to drink. This man just drank a bowl of wine and suddenly fell to the ground. I don't know what happened... Sir, my wine can't be poisonous... If you don't believe me, I'll drink it and show you."

"Humph, it must not be poisonous for him to drink it himself! But there is definitely something wrong with my brother drinking this bowl! Otherwise, how could he be like this?" The man refused to give in.

“Haha ...

Since Liang Yue entered the tavern, he has locked onto him and has been squatting there observing him.

Seeing that the poisoned man was no longer in danger, he asked, "Is the bowl of wine you just drank still there?"

"I overturned them all!" The standing man pointed and saw a pile of messy tables and chairs on the ground. The wine jugs and bowls were broken and the wine was spilled all over the floor.

"Since you say there's something wrong with the wine, don't you know that these are important physical evidence? If you knock them all over, how can we check whether it's poisonous or not?" Liang Yue looked at him.

"Do I need to prove this? My brother is such a grown man, and he almost died here!" The man's behavior was very strange. He kept blinking his eyes when he looked at Liang Yue, as if reminding him of something: "Whether there is a problem or not, you will know if you take them back for an interrogation!"

Liang Yue looked at the weak man on the ground again and said, "No need for now. We need to see if your friend has been poisoned by his family. I have a way."

He stood up and said loudly, "Let's buy a few more bottles of wine from other restaurants and give them to him to drink and see if there is any problem with him. If he is fine after drinking it, then it means that there is something wrong with this restaurant's wine."

"Ah, this..." The old couple became anxious when they heard what he said, "Liang Duwei, what are you doing? We clearly didn't poison you, this, this, this..."

In their opinion, this logic is really unreasonable.

How can other people's wine prove that their own wine is in trouble? Did Liang Duwei accept the black money from these scoundrels and join them in cheating his own wine?

Although the last arson case was solved thanks to him, there is no guarantee that the person who was upright a few days ago would suddenly become blinded by money.

After all, riches are exciting.

Besides, this kind of thing is not uncommon in the Imperial Capital Guard.

But for some reason, the man who had just escaped death on the ground waved his hands repeatedly after hearing this, and said with his dying breath: "No, no... I absolutely cannot drink anymore."

"Why?" Liang Yue asked calmly, "It's not possible that every family's wine is poisonous, right?"

The man lying on the ground heard this and raised his head, making a sharp sound: "Ka--"

He fainted simply.

(End of this chapter)