Tempering breath soil is a very exhausting task, because it requires an enormous amount of Spiritual Power. Xiang Beifei needed to expend most of his Spiritual Power just to make the soil barely grow a bit.
He called this activity: "Soil Straining."
Xiang Beifei tempered the breath soil for an entire day before he could get it to grow to one meter in length.
This was already the limit he could reach with his current cultivation level. To make it grow further would require even more Spiritual Power, a higher realm was needed.
However, after the breath soil grew to the limit of his current realm, he was already very satisfied.
Since breath soil could change shape, he could turn it into a sword, a rope, or even a large hammer.
It could transform into whatever was most handy.
On Sunday noon, when Xiang Beifei was preparing to cook himself a meal, he heard a knock at the door.
Opening the door, he found Lu Zhiwei outside.
"Ha, I'm on holiday now!" Lu Zhiwei snapped her fingers.
"Oh."
Xiang Beifei shrugged his shoulders.
"I thought you would be more enthusiastic!"
Lu Zhiwei pouted her lips.
"Is there something you need?" Xiang Beifei inquired.
"Don't you want to know who Xu Yang is?"
Lu Zhiwei revealed a mysteriously cheeky smile.
When she smiled, a sharp canine tooth showed.
It was quite cute.
"Did you guys find out?" Xiang Beifei inquired.
"Not really, there are over ten thousand people named Xu Yang in the Jiuzhou Alliance. The information you provided was too general; it's simply impossible to check one by one." Lu Zhiwei shook her head.
That was true. Apart from providing a name, Xiang Beifei hadn't given any other details.
Of course, even if he had, it wouldn't have been much use. No one would reveal their own system, and it was unlikely they could be found based on their profile alone.
Most importantly, the person's real name was Xu Yang, but what if the name he was registered under was something else entirely?
"Didn't Uncle Lu bring the strange dog back that day to find someone awakened with a similar 'Tracking System' ability?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"That's the issue here. That guy is very cunning. He knows how to hide his tracks, and we even have a detective with a super sensitive nose who can't do anything about him."
Lu Zhiwei rarely showed such seriousness.
The whole process was done in one fluid motion.
Lu Zhiwei: "..."
Isn't that change of heart a bit too fast?
"Why did you change your mind?"
Lu Zhiwei stared at Xiang Beifei.
"Eliminating violence, promoting justice, is the duty of us as citizens of Jiuzhou," Xiang Beifei said seriously.
"Since when is your sense of justice so strong?"
Lu Zhiwei looked at Xiang Beifei suspiciously.
"My sense of justice has always been strong," Xiang Beifei said.
As long as there was money for his tuition fee, he'd carry justice through to the end!
Even if the reward was a mere five hundred, it was still money to him, and he wasn't picky.
Lu Zhiwei found it strange, but she was quite happy that Xiang Beifei had agreed to help.
The two of them went downstairs together, with Lu Zhiwei even humming a tune, seeming in a good mood.
Halfway there, Xiang Beifei asked, "How much is the reward for the sixty-seventh name on the Liangzhou wanted list?"
"If you provide clues, the reward is between two thousand and five thousand depending on the situation, with assistance in the capture, the reward is twenty thousand. If someone captures them alone, the reward is a hundred and fifty thousand!"
Xiang Beifei's eyes lit up.
"If I help you catch him, can I have half?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"I am a city guardian, catching wanted criminals is part of my duty, the reward amount isn't important. If you really help me catch them, the reward is all yours," Lu Zhiwei said generously.
Decisive.
Xiang Beifei recalled the matter from the day before yesterday when Lu Hong came to see him; Lu Hong was preoccupied with worry, linking Xu Yang and a suspect he was trying to capture, and also equipped him with the Azure Light Armor for protection.
He asked, "Does Uncle Lu think the thief is that Xu Yang who attacked me that day?"
"Yes, my dad has been working tirelessly to catch this thief for the past few days," Lu Zhiwei nodded.
Xiang Beifei had brightened a constellation using the Azure Light Armor from Lu Hong yesterday. If possible, he wanted to help Lu Hong identify the criminal, as a way to repay the favor.
After all, he was capable of seeing other people's systems.
"Tell me the details about the wanted criminal you're trying to catch, so I have an idea of what we're dealing with."
Xiang Beifei said, then added,
"It's better if the information comes from what others have gathered, I don't want any of your own imaginative deductions. Remember! None of your—own—deductions!"