41: Chapter 41 Beast Source Conversion

As time passed minute by minute, the medicinal power in his body slowly depleted, and Nie Ning woke up from his meditation.

Nie Ning immediately began to check his body, and a look of excitement appeared on his face.

"It really is like this!"

Previously, Nie Ning had thought about the process of how exotic beasts become stronger.

According to his understanding of exotic beasts, they almost all rely on devouring flesh and blood to become stronger.

Although there is a certain limit and it is impossible to become stronger without restriction, this proves that exotic beasts can directly convert flesh and blood energy to enhance their bodies.

And after he fused with the crystal core, he obtained exactly this way of becoming stronger!

Through careful observation just now, he discovered that eating can increase the cultivation speed of the Meditation Technique, and then the beast source feeds back energy to enhance physical fitness.

Because the body has a critical value, it is impossible to become a fat man in one go, and at this time, the body's enhancement speed will slowly slow down.

Because he is a knight himself, after the body reaches the critical value, the blood energy in his body will start to convert into battle energy again.

After just practicing for a while, Nie Ning's own strength had already recovered to the apprentice level.

In other words, he only needs to practice the Meditation Technique to quickly recover his knight cultivation!

In this way, perhaps he won't have to worry about the problem of knight cultivation in the future.

"The way exotic beasts become stronger is really violent."

Nie Ning couldn't help but sigh.

It's a pity that this method cannot be copied, otherwise, if he went out to help people with crystal core modifications, he could probably make a fortune.

Since his knight cultivation can be restored to its previous state, Nie Ning simply took out all his secret spirit pills and started practicing.

...

Three weeks later.

Detective Agency.

"Yo, look who's here. I thought you had been kept by some rich woman."

As soon as Nie Ning walked in the door, he heard Borton's sarcastic voice.

It makes sense; after all, the two of them opened the Detective Agency together, but he had disappeared for more than two months. Anyone would probably feel uncomfortable with that.

"I encountered some trouble a while ago and got injured. I've only just gotten a little better recently."

Nie Ning curled his lip, sat down on a chair by himself, and said.

After more than half a month of practice, he has now recovered to the late Elementary Stage, and it won't be long before he can return to the Mid-level.

Hearing this, Borton looked at Nie Ning. Nie Ning's blood energy fluctuation was indeed very unstable, and it looked like it had dropped to the Elementary Stage.

"What's up? Do you need any help?"

He had known Nie Ning for two years, and he thought Nie Ning wouldn't cause trouble.

Now that he had rested for a full two months before coming out, it seems this kid must have done something big this time.

"I'm broke again recently. If you want to help, just send me a few dozen bottles of secret spirit pills."

Nie Ning smiled and said.

And he came here just to make money.

Recovering to the late Elementary Stage in over half a month came at a price; he had now squandered all his secret spirit pills.

He didn't have any money on him to begin with, so he had no choice but to come to the Detective Agency to take clients and earn some money to buy cultivation pills.

Otherwise, at the normal recovery speed, he might not even be able to return to the Mid-level in half a year.

"In your dreams!"

Borton rolled his eyes at Nie Ning: "I don't have money, but I have my life. If you want it, take it."

He only had a few bottles of secret spirit pills himself.

After all, he wasn't a pharmacist, so he could only buy one or two bottles of pills from others, and even then, he had to deal with their attitudes.

"Forget it, it would just take up space if you gave it to me. Keep your old life."

Nie Ning waved his hand, looking disgusted.

He wouldn't even want to use Borton's old life as firewood because it wouldn't produce any oil.

Just then, Quis walked in.

"Hello, Mr. Bronk."

Seemingly having heard the conversation just now, Quis wanted to shake hands with Nie Ning as soon as he entered the door.

Feeling the strength in his hand, Nie Ning smiled contemptuously: "You really don't learn, do you."

You have to know that although his body is weak, it doesn't mean his physical characteristics have disappeared.

As Nie Ning exerted force, Quis's face quickly flushed red. Even using all his might, he couldn't shake Nie Ning in the slightest.

Seeing that it was enough, Nie Ning let go and patted Quis on the shoulder.

"Practice hard, you still have room for improvement."

Quis's face was flushed, but not knowing what to say, he could only lower his head and flee from the office as if escaping.

"Your apprentice is really interesting."

Nie Ning looked at Borton and said with a smile.

"Alright, stop showing off your strength."

Borton glared at Nie Ning angrily.

He had experienced Nie Ning's extraordinary strength when Nie Ning reached the Elementary Stage and came to cause trouble, so he couldn't be bothered to argue with Nie Ning about this.

It's a pity that his apprentice, with such a big build, couldn't even handle an injured Nie Ning. He really needs to practice more!

"Any work recently?"

Nie Ning picked up his teacup, took a sip, and asked.

"There are indeed two cases. One is catching a mistress, and the other is the supernatural death events that have appeared in the city."

As he spoke, Borton took a notebook out of the drawer and handed it to Nie Ning.

Nie Ning glanced at the mistress case and skipped it directly, turning to look at the supernatural death events in the city.

The supernatural death events do not refer to deaths caused by non-humans, but rather incidents of Transcendents committing crimes as inferred by the Guard Hall.

In the last half month alone, seventeen ordinary citizens, one Apprentice Knight, and one Elementary Knight have been murdered.

It is said that someone heard a 'ding ding ding' sound near the victims, and then followed the sound to discover the bodies.

Nie Ning picked up the photos in the notebook to examine them.

The victims' deaths were miserable; their limbs were bent and twisted, their faces were blue, their eyes were wide open, and their abdomens were torn open and hollowed out.

The wounds on their abdomens looked like they were caused by a beast, but the twisted limbs seemed to be man-made.

"Is this a Guard Hall case?"

Nie Ning asked with some surprise.

Only after seeing the end did he discover that this case actually came from the Guard Hall.

As an organization that maintains order in the city, Nie Ning didn't expect them to seek outside help.

"It's normal. The Guard Hall isn't entirely composed of Transcendents, and the nature of this case is very heinous. It can also be considered pooling wisdom; nearby detective agencies have all received the case files."

Borton nodded and explained.

"Which one has a higher reward?"

Upon hearing this, Nie Ning put the notebook on the table and asked casually.

He needs money to restore his strength, and before that, it's best not to touch cases that require strength.

"Don't you want to eliminate harm for the people and become a city hero?"

Borton didn't answer, but instead, with a face full of smiles, started trying to coax Nie Ning.

Unfortunately, Nie Ning didn't buy it at all; he didn't want to end up dead on the street like those people in a few days.

"Then it's this mistress-finding case."

Hearing this, Borton shook his head and didn't say anything more.

In fact, he wanted Nie Ning to take the Guard Hall case because he wanted to improve the reputation of the Detective Agency.

However, this matter is indeed a bit dangerous. Since Nie Ning is unwilling, he might as well act as if they never received this case.