"Damn it, let's divorce!"
Lu Zhenghai stared intently at Jiang Chiyao, seething with rage.
Jiang Chiyao was his wife of one year.
Her features were as beautiful as a painting, her skin porcelain-white, her eyes like autumn waters. She exuded an aloof aura that made people dare not profane her, stunningly beautiful.
Unfortunately, no matter how beautiful she was, he could see but not touch her. It was better to divorce.
"Is it just because I'm unwilling to share a bed with you?" Jiang Chiyao snorted with disgust and disdain.
"What else? I'm a normal man, I have needs!"
"If you have needs, go find other women outside. Do you really think you're worthy of me, Jiang Chiyao?"
Her purity could absolutely not be ruined by a good-for-nothing like Lu Zhenghai.
"Right, right, right, I'm not worthy. You're so noble, why don't you divorce me then!"
Jiang Chiyao said indifferently, "I should be able to fully comprehend the Sword Dao Will within the Lu Family Sword Tomb in three more years. We can divorce then."
"You're so brazen, you can even openly state the reason for your fraudulent marriage, hmph…"
It was just that he couldn't defeat her.
Otherwise, Lu Zhenghai would have loved to beat this conniving woman who tricked him into marriage to death on the spot.
"You and I are both 20 years old this year. I am already at the Seventh Layer Grandmaster Realm, while you are barely at the Acquired Fourth Layer Realm. You wouldn't narcissistically believe that I married you because I fell for you as a person, would you? Even if I tricked you into marriage, it's still your honor!"
In the Great Yu Imperial Dynasty, martial arts flourished, and everyone Cultivated martial arts.
But to reach the Seventh Layer Grandmaster Realm at the age of 20 was extremely rare in the world; the word "Prodigy" could not even describe Jiang Chiyao.
Martial arts Realms from low to high: Acquired, Innate, Grandmaster, Great Grandmaster, Heavenly Human Realm, Human Immortal Realm… The Lu Family's ancestors once had a glorious past, having produced a Female Sword Immortal.
Only by achieving the Human Immortal Realm through the Dao of the sword could one be called a Sword Immortal.
In this current era, it was hard to say if there were any Human Immortal Realm powerhouses left within the Great Yu Imperial Dynasty.
Lu Zhenghai currently served as a Squad Leader in the Embroidered Uniform Guard of the Great Yu Imperial Dynasty.
He obtained this Squad Leader position by selling some of his ancestral Family property for 1,000 taels of silver and buying the official post.
The Lu Family Sword Tomb, mentioned by Jiang Chiyao, was left behind by that astonishingly talented Female Sword Immortal ancestor of the Lu Family.
The Lu Family Sword Tomb belonged to the Lu Family, without a doubt.
However.
Seven hundred years ago, the Lu Family grew increasingly desolate, no longer possessing enough strength to protect the Sword Tomb.
Since they couldn't protect it anyway!
The Lu Family Head at the time was quite clever and decisive, directly offering the Lu Family Sword Tomb to the Great Yu Imperial Family.
The Great Yu Imperial Family was very pleased and bestowed upon that generation's Lu Family Head the title of Rongqing Marquis.
The title was inherited generation by generation, diminishing until it was gone by his grandfather's generation.
However, to display their benevolence, the Great Yu Imperial Family publicly stated: "Although the Lu Family Sword Tomb now belongs to the Imperial Family, two things will never change. First, the Lu Family Sword Tomb will not be renamed. Second, members of the Lu Family will always have the right to enter the Sword Tomb to Cultivate."
After Jiang Chiyao married him, she was recorded in the Lu Family genealogy, making her a bona fide member of the Lu Family, which then qualified her to enter the Lu Family Sword Tomb to Cultivate.
The next moment.
Jiang Chiyao rose and walked out of the main courtyard.
Had she known that Lu Zhenghai's "important matter to discuss" referred to this ridiculous struggle for "divorce," she wouldn't have come.
The two married a year ago, and on their wedding night, they separated at her request.
She lived in Wangshu Pavilion, and he lived in the main courtyard.
Just as she reached the main courtyard entrance, Jiang Chiyao suddenly stopped, turning to look at Lu Zhenghai.
In an instant.
A terrifying martial arts aura pressed down on Lu Zhenghai from across the air.
Jiang Chiyao's expression was arrogant, stunningly beautiful, and cold: "I almost forgot, hmph… just now, who gave you the courage to use foul language in front of me?"
Therefore, she had to teach him a lesson.
"Pfft!"
Immediately, Lu Zhenghai's face turned pale, and blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth.
If he hadn't been holding onto the table, he would probably have been suppressed to the ground, the difference in strength was too vast.
Before Lu Zhenghai could speak, Jiang Chiyao gave a mocking, faint smile: "Useless thing, you even steal glances at my feet when talking to me. Do my feet look good?"
Lu Zhenghai's already pale face instantly turned crimson: "Don't you dare shout at me!!!"
"Later, I will have the Maidservant build a wall to block the passage between Wangshu Pavilion and the main courtyard," Jiang Chiyao left with this statement.
Lu Zhenghai stared at her retreating figure with a chilling gaze, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.
Lu Zhenghai was a person from Earth in his previous life, who died in an elevator accident due to a malfunction.
With good fortune, he caught the Transmigration trend, being born into this high-martial ancient Great Yu Imperial Dynasty in another world. Before today, he had never Awakened his past life memories, making him no different from a native.
Early this morning, he inexplicably Awakened his past life memories, and he immediately sorted through the information of his 20 years of native life.
Then he discovered that he had actually been tricked into marriage, so he called Jiang Chiyao, wanting to negotiate and see if they could divorce.
The result… "Don't you understand the principle of not playing high-stakes if you don't have the strength? Moreover, I didn't even figure out her mysterious background, just because she possessed ceiling-level beauty and temperament, I fell in love at first sight and impulsively married? The me before Awakening my past life memories was truly an idiot."
Regardless, Jiang Chiyao, you wait for my revenge. I am very, very petty.
"System, come out quickly."
As a Transmigrator, a System was standard.
The moment he Awakened his past life memories, the System immediately arrived.
It was time to study the System. Could his strength be rapidly improved? It all depended on whether the System was powerful enough.
"Ding, the intelligence system devoutly serves you."
"Tell me specifically about your functions."
"Ding, as the name suggests, the System can randomly refresh valuable intelligence. Each piece of intelligence is like an Opportunity mission. The host will surely gain greatly by completing these Opportunity missions. Furthermore, for every 10 Opportunity missions completed, the host will also receive a reward granted by the System. (The System is auxiliary and does not have mandatory features.)"
"Is there an attribute panel?"
In an instant, a light screen appeared before his eyes, visible only to him.
"Host: Lu Zhenghai "
"Age: 20"
"Internal Skill: "Sea-Absorbing Qi Swallowing Art" (Yellow-Grade Medium Grade)"
"Martial Skills: "Tiger Form Fist" (Yellow-Grade Low Grade) (Minor Achievement), "Thunderous Saber" (Yellow-Grade Medium Grade) (Minor Achievement), "Cloud Ascending Steps" (Yellow-Grade Medium Grade) (Minor Achievement)"
"Realm: Acquired Fourth Layer"
"Weapon: Human-Grade Medium Grade xiuchun saber"
"Exotic Treasures: None"
So useless!
A great sense of urgency welled up in Lu Zhenghai's heart.
Just then, a Maidservant from the front courtyard hurried over: "Young Master, your colleagues are looking for you."
When his father was still alive, he was called "Master" by the Maidservants and servants of the residence. Lu Zhenghai was naturally the "Young Master".
This address has been used ever since.
As soon as Lu Zhenghai arrived at the front hall, he saw Zhao Black Pillar and Zhou Hu pacing anxiously.
Seeing him, Zhou Hu quickly said:
"Boss, something happened. Gao Shihan, the Vice Minister of War, died violently at his Gao Residence."
"Our superiors have issued an order, demanding that the case be investigated and the murderer apprehended within three days."
"The case has been assigned to Centurion Song. If the mission isn't completed, Centurion Song will be punished."
"Those of us under Centurion Song won't have an easy time either."
…The Vice Minister of War was a fifth-rank official. In the Imperial City, the official position was not too high.
But he was still an official.
The assassination of an official was a very serious incident, and the case would definitely be investigated by the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
The Embroidered Uniform Guard of the Great Yu Imperial Dynasty was quite formidable, reporting directly to the Emperor.
The Embroidered Uniform Guard held powers including, but not limited to, patrolling within the Imperial City, investigating and interrogating criminal cases, raiding and exterminating families, and monitoring officials.
Therefore, the Embroidered Uniform Guard's reputation was not good, inspiring both awe and fear.
Although the Great Yu Imperial Dynasty had flourishing martial arts, it was still ancient times.
High-tech methods such as surveillance and DNA matching were obviously non-existent. The vast majority of Embroidered Uniform Guards preferred to raid and exterminate families or patrol the streets rather than deal with murder cases.
"If it can be cleared up within three days, the reward wouldn't be small, right?" Lu Zhenghai asked curiously.
"Certainly. Anyone who makes a significant contribution will receive thousands of points in rewards, and might even be promoted to a higher official position."
The so-called points were the internal exchange currency of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
Points could be used to exchange for various Cultivation Techniques, Martial Skills, Heaven And Earth Treasure, and other martial Cultivation resources.
"Boss, should we take sick leave and hide, or follow Centurion Song to investigate the case?" Zhou Hu asked cautiously.
Lu Zhenghai did not speak but silently gave an instruction to the System: "Refresh intelligence."
"Ding, Vice Minister of War Gao Shihan was poisoned to death in the Gao Residence study three hours ago. Several days prior, Gao Shihan had hidden 70,000 taels of silver notes and a letter in the bookcase using ingenious and concealed methods."
Indeed.
The first piece of intelligence was indeed related to Gao Shihan's death.
The System is awesome!
Lu Zhenghai narrowed his eyes slightly, greed and desire flickering within them.
Seventy thousand taels of silver!
What kind of concept was that?
This amount was so large that it could buy a four-courtyard mansion in the best location in the Imperial City.
This amount was so large that it could buy an Earth-Grade Medicinal Pill, and an Earth-Grade Medicinal Pill could even make a Xiantian Realm powerhouse rapidly Breakthrough two or three minor Realms.
Moreover, there was that letter, which undoubtedly related to Gao Shihan's cause of death and was an important clue.
This case was simply a ready-made meritorious service, a ready-made huge fortune. I, Lu Zhenghai, am determined to investigate it!
"Let's go, to the Gao Residence now." Lu Zhenghai was impatient.