Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
After Lu Yu logged into the game, the sun was setting, and the night quickly arrived.
Whether in real life or in the game, this was Lu Yu’s first night shift. He was a little excited, and he stopped his training at 10:30 pm. He was fully equipped as he waited by the logistics department for work.
He was in such a hurry not only because he was a little excited about his first night shift, but also because he would have enough experience points to level up the Fierce Tiger Fist Style after he completed the patrol mission.
In order to upgrade the Fierce Tiger Fist Style, he had already worked hard in the game for three to four days. He was about to complete a small goal, how could he not be excited?
The logistics department closed at 10 o’clock in the evening. Right now, the servants and steward inside were checking today’s bills and supplies.
When it was around 10:50, everyone would leave. At that time, the security task here would be handed over to Lu Yu.
He touched the whistle in his pocket. It was still there. He did not forget it in his room.
When it was close to 11:00, the steward in charge of the logistics department locked the door of the warehouse and locked the gate of the logistics department.
He looked at Lu Yu, who was waiting at the door, and noticed that he was wearing formal protective clothing. He did not pay much attention and left the logistics department.
Lu Yu began to patrol around the logistics department to see if there were any unusual movements.
It was late at night, and only a few places in the outer courtyard of the Han Residence were still bright The logistics department was even more deserted. One could only see the figures of the courtyard guards who were also patrolling at night.
There was no movement in the logistics department either, not even a mouse could be seen.
A few hours passed. At first, Lu Yu would carefully inspect the corners that Wang Qiang had pointed out. But now, he could just walk around casually. As long as there were no problems, it would be fine.
Boring.
That’s right. The biggest problem with night shift was that it was boring, especially when he was walking in a circle. There wasn’t even anyone to talk to.
They didn’t arrange for others to patrol with him, so as to prevent them from chatting while they were on patrol. This would make it easy for outsiders to discover them.
“Being bored is also a good thing. This means that tonight’s mission can be easily completed.”
Just as Lu Yu was consoling himself, he suddenly received a system notification.
[ Quest triggered! Thief in the Han Residence — Recently, the warehouse of the logistics department had been mysteriously losing some items. As an official courtyard guard of the Han family, it was your duty to find this thief. Quest reward: 200 experience points. ]
Lu Yu was a little surprised that the quest had suddenly been triggered. He quickly picked up his saber and whistle and rushed to the warehouse of the logistics department. He did not find anything unusual.
When Lu Yu arrived at the main gate of the logistics department, he only saw the back of a man far away. That man was much faster than him. There was no way for him to catch up.
Lu Yu wanted to blow the whistle. When the whistle was about to reach his mouth, he suddenly stopped. He did not choose to blow the whistle.
Now that the man had run away, he had no evidence to prove who did it. If he were to rashly blow the whistle, they might blame him and then punish him.
After all, he had just entered the Han family for a few days, so it was easy for him to be suspected.
Lu Yu put away the whistle and walked to the gate of the logistics department. After careful observation, he did not find any signs of picking the lock.
After walking around the logistics department, he did not find any traces left by the thief.
Looking at the two-meter-high wall, he hesitated for a moment. He put the saber into his backpack. Then he jumped and grabbed the top of the wall and climbed into the logistics department.
The logistics department was composed of three parts. There was an accounting room in the front, an empty yard in the middle, and a warehouse in the back.
The items were taken from the accounting room. Only the workers and stewards in charge of the logistics department would enter the yard and the warehouse.
Lu Yu looked around in the yard. There was nothing suspicious. The front door and the back door of accounting room were both locked, so he could not enter.
He walked to the warehouse and found that the lock was not broken. Everything was normal.
Lu Yu wondered if the person he saw was not a thief. Or maybe the thief had the keys to all the doors in the logistics department. Otherwise, there would be traces left behind.
He left the logistics department and continued to look for the traces.
Even when the rooster crowed and the sun rose, Lu Yu did not find anything. It was like the logistics department was not broken in by a thief. It looked very normal.
Lu Yu yawned and stretched his body. When he saw the experience points received after completing the patrol mission, his sleepiness seemed to have lessened a lot.
Seeing that Steward Bai and the workers of the logistics department had started to work, Lu Yu walked towards the canteen. He planned to go back and catch some sleep after eating.
On the way, Lu Yu added 200 experience points to his cultivation technique, raising the Fierce Tiger Fist Style to third level.
[ After hard work, the Fierce Tiger Fist Style has broken through to third level, qi-blood + 8 ]
[ New skill learned– Fierce Tiger Fist Style– Fierce Tiger Roar (beginner) ]
[ After hard work, the realm has broken through to the second level of the body refining realm, qi-blood + 3 ]
His qi-blood had reached 38 points. Compared to the first level of the body refining realm, the second level of the body refining realm was much stronger.
Just from the number of qi-blood, it could be seen that the qi-blood of the second level of the body refining realm was almost twice that of the first level of the body refining realm.
Moreover, after the breakthrough in the Fierce Tiger Fist Style, he had learned a new skill. This way, the gap to the next level became even greater.
Lu Yu noticed this and understood that in this game, it was very difficult to challenge those of a higher level.
Next, if he wanted to further improve the Fierce Tiger Fist, he would need as much as 1,000 experience points. There was no hope for him to improve it in the short term.
After his qi-blood reached 30 points, he would need 300 experience points to increase it by one point. It would require 500 experience points to advance from second level of body refining realm to third level of body refining realm.
If he wanted to improve his strength in the short term, he could only practice two newly comprehended skills to increase the level.
Qi-blood were not created out of thin air. When his qi-blood surged, it also consumed a large amount of the nutrients stored in Lu Yu’s body. When he ate breakfast in the morning, Lu Yu ate two roast chickens and eight bowls of porridge before he was full.
When Lu Yu left the canteen, he felt that eating was a burden for the first time.
“If the stronger the one is, the more he eats. Then, aren’t the experts in this world eating all the time?”
Lu Yu felt that there should be other ways to replenish the nutrients consumed during cultivation. One of the ways he knew was to eat medicinal food that could replenish a large amount of qi-blood.
However, Lu Yu did not see any courtyard guards eating medicinal food in the canteen every day. Although those courtyard guards ate a lot of food, they ate much lesser than him.
“There should be other ways to replenish nutrients that I don’t know about.” Lu Yu thought.
After returning to his room, he lay down on the flat hardwood bed and fell asleep. Then, he logged out of the game.
“Phew”
He took off his helmet and let out a deep breath. He got up, opened the curtains, and opened the windows to let in some fresh air. Then, he cleared out the foul air that had accumulated in the room for the entire night.
He brushed his teeth, washed his face, and ate breakfast. Then, he laid back down on the bed and went to sleep.
Before he fell asleep, Lu Yu had a question. He had been lying on the bed and sleeping every day for a week, yet he did not feel any discomfort at all.
Since he couldn’t figure it out, he blamed all these problems on this magical game.
“Maybe it was because I exercised every day in the game, and my brain thought that I exercised every day in real life, so I didn’t feel any discomfort.” After giving himself an excuse, he fell asleep.
…
Two days later, Lu Yu was already used to play the game the night and sleep during the day. His speed of adaptation and the shift of his biological clock surprised him.
After two days of observation, Lu Yu realized that every night at one or two o’clock in the midnight, a person would come to the logistics department. However, he was one step behind the thief the first two times and could not catch the thief on the spot.
This time, Lu Yu hid in a corner facing the front door of the logistics department. All kinds of signs indicated that the thief should have entered through the front door.
In other words, the thief had the key to the front door of the logistics department.
However, Lu Yu also had a question. This thief came every day, and things were lost in the warehouse every day. Why didn’t the person in charge of the logistics department notice the problem?
After a long wait, Lu Yu finally saw the thief’s figure. The thief had his face covered and was dressed in black. Under the darkness of the night, it was not easy to be discovered.
However, every movement of the thief was watched by Lu Yu.
The man in black looked around and realized that the patrolling courtyard guards were not around. He quickly stepped forward and opened the door of the logistics department.
The door was closed, and the thief had already entered the logistics department.
Lu Yu quietly hid himself in the darkness.
After locking the door of the warehouse and looking around, the man in black realized that he did not leave any traces, so he walked to the accounting room and prepared to leave the logistics department.
“Everything went smoothly as usual, I entered and left easily without being noticed by anyone.” the man in black thought.
Just as he was about to lock the door of the accounting room, he suddenly felt that the atmosphere around him was not right. Why did he not hear footsteps?
That was not right! Even in the middle of the night, there would occasionally be the sound of footsteps coming from the patrolling courtyard guards. However, he did not hear any footsteps from the moment he entered and exited the logistic department today. What was going on?
“Catch him. I want to see who the traitor is. How dare he steal from the Han family!”
Wang Qiang’s voice rang out. Numerous courtyard guards rushed out from the surroundings. They were holding torches in their hands, lighting up the night and illuminating the gate of the logistics department.
The man in black froze. The key in his hand fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
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Early the next morning, many people gathered on the martial arts practice field. Even the rookies who were supposed to be practicing their fist techniques at this time stood in a corner and did not speak.
In front of the crowd was Butler Zhang, who was dressed in black. He was middle-aged but had a stronger body than everyone present.
Behind Butler Zhang stood Wang Qiang and Lu Yu. The man in black who was caught last night was tied to a wooden stake in the martial arts practice field.
The black cloth covering his face had been torn off. Surprisingly, the man in black was Steward Bai of the logistics department, whom Lu Yu had met a few times.
When Butler Zhang heard Steward Bai stealing from the logistics department, he was still in disbelief. He thought that it was someone else who was slandering him. However, when he saw Steward Bai was tied to a pillar and dressed in a night suit, he was completely stunned. His heart was filled with pain and anger..