Chapter 40 - Bureau of Investigation

The white-haired middle-aged man was still observing Leyvi's group.

"That girl...what a talented and lucky girl. The Heavenly Fragrant Harmony Body! She comprehended the concept of fire and obtained a living special fire!" He continued and praised Anda.

Suddenly, he saw a more unbelievable thing.

"What the fuck! How did a demonic beast have a Unique Heavenly Body?" He almost forgot to fly and fell from what he was witnessing. Only humankind should be able to possess a Unique Heavenly Body, but he actually saw a demonic bison possessing one.

He cultivated a mystic ocular secret technique so he could appraise things better than most cultivators.

"Hohohoho! What an interesting bunch!" He didn't expect such peculiar cultivators to come from his region this time. 

"Maybe I can finally retire like that old lady Wanhua soon. Her disciple already replaced her position. I don't have any disciple, but I can pass it to them when they grow strong enough. I've been bored for long enough protecting this continent for so long. I want to travel the world next! Hohohoho!" The middle-aged man talked and laughed loudly but nobody could hear him.

He came here to investigate the death of a city lord under his jurisdiction, but he discovered something more interesting. He didn't care anymore about the city lord who died because of his own actions. He also heard what happened to the city lord from Anda and knew she was not lying. He would appoint a new city lord to Bara City later.

"I'll go back and celebrate with a bottle of Everlasting Wine, Hohohoho!" The middle-aged white-haired man instantly disappeared from his position.

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"What's wrong Leyvi?" Anda asked when she saw Leyvi looking up for a while. She also looked up but didn't see anything.

"Nothing I guess. I thought I sensed something but nothing was there." Leyvi explained.

"You are probably still not fully recovered. Put your head on my lap again," Anda gently guided Leyvi's head onto her lap again. She then released a relaxing scent so that Leyvi could relax.

"So, are you not going to name your special fire?" Leyvi suddenly remembered and asked.

"Do I have to give it a name?" Anda felt it was not necessary.

"Of course you have to give it a name! Didn't you say that this spirit fire had evolved and gained sentience? You should give it a name since it's a living being now." Leyvi advised.

"But I don't like this fire, it almost killed you." Anda still holds resentment toward the special fire.

The special fire inside Anda cried. Master, I was wrong. I didn't mean to do that.

"Anda, it didn't mean to cause that situation, aren't we both fine now? Don't blame it anymore. Now, give it a name." Leyvi coaxed. Girl, you better stop getting mad at the special fire anymore or I'll spank your butt. We need it for our bright future. Leyvi secretly thought.

"Fine. We'll call it Dumbfire." Anda intentionally gave it a bad name.

The special fire inside Anda cried harder. Please don't call me Dumbfire, master.

Leyvi rolled his eyes. This girl was still holding a grudge. 

"No, no...Let me name it. We call it Little Fiery okay?" Leyvi suggested. Without thinking much, he just picked the Fiery from his martial skill and put Little in front of it.

Anda immediately nodded. Since her husband picked the name for it, she doesn't raise any objection.

The special fire inside Anda stopped crying as it liked the name. Little Fiery suddenly felt like it had chosen the wrong master. Mr. Husband seemed like a better choice.

After taking a detour around the city, they finally reached the opposite gate in the morning. A cultivator city had a huge area, so going around it would take some time. Mr. Bison returned to the spirit beast bag as they reached the gate.

Leyvi paid 10 low-grade spirit stones to the gatekeeper and entered the city with Anda again. They had been away for about 3 weeks and he was wondering what the rest of them were doing right now, especially Lilian. He felt that this introverted girl might not come out of the hotel room at all. 

Leyvi initially expected that the quest searching for special fire would take much longer. He planned to cultivate there for a least a month while looking for special fire. However, they somehow got involved in a problematic mess relating to the city lord and had to spend half of the time there running away and hiding. Stripey also didn't get the chance to show off his abilities much due to this.

Leyvi and Anda visited the Treasure Pavilion first to sell demonic beast carcasses they obtained during the trip to the Bara Volcano. They went straight to Layla's counter for her appraisal service. Layla was happy to see Leyvi and Anda again as she chatted with them while appraising.

Layla noticed that Anda had advanced to the middle stage of the Foundation Building realm so she congratulated her. Layla knew that Anda was way younger than her but she reached the middle stage before her which meant that she was a genius. It was hard to find a genius that was very easy to get along with. 

In the end, Leyvi managed to get another thousand low-grade spirit stones from their trip this time. 

"Lady Layla, may we meet again." Leyvi gentlemanly said goodbye to Layla as they finished their transaction.

As they were about to leave the Treasure Pavilion, a voice could be heard throughout the entire city.

"As the envoy of the Southern Region's Cloud Continent Protector, I would like to announce that the City Lord Magna died in an incident last night near the Bara Volcano. From our investigation, it was found that City Lord Magna was responsible for many deaths of people who wanted to go to the Bara Volcano as he was the mastermind behind the Masked Bandit." The envoy paused.

The announcement at first made people mourn that their city lord died but when the latter part was said, it immediately sparked a lot of outrage among the people. In the past 10 years, many people have been killed when they went to Bara Volcano, and all this time they thought that it was caused by a new gang of bandits that suddenly emerged.

These bandits were wearing the same mask and were only killing people who went to the Bara Volcano. Due to this, fewer and fewer people dared to go there.

The residents of Bara City were outraged that the city lord who was supposed to help them turned out to be the villain. No wonder the Masked Bandit could continue their wicked activity near the city for as long as they did.

"All the people related to former City Lord Magna have been arrested and will be investigated by the South Region Bureau of Investigation as it turned out that the former City Lord Magna has falsified a lot of records to cover up his misconducts. All of his assets and money have been confiscated and shall be used to compensate the relatives of the victims." He continued.

"As an apology to the residents of Bara City, all residents would only have to pay half of their tax for the next 10 years. The residents also won't have to worry about the Masked Bandits anymore because they have been eradicated. Lastly, a new city lord shall be appointed soon. That is all." The envoy finished his announcement.

As soon as the envoy finished his speech, the city was filled with the voices of celebrations. They only needed to pay half their taxes for the next 10 years and they could safely make money at the Bara Volcano again. There is no way anyone would dare to be a bandit near the city shortly after this.

Leyvi and Anda looked at each other speechlessly. They didn't expect it to be something like this. They almost become the last victims of the former city lord. Even without them in the picture, the former city lord would still die anyway because of Little Fiery, so they didn't dare to claim credit for any of this. They might have killed a few of the Masked Bandits, but they would still be killed after this even without them.

While Leyvi and Anda were still processing the information, a woman in a uniform suddenly approached them.

"Mr. Leyvi of the Mountain Dew Sect?" She asked.

Leyvi was stunned. How did anyone here know that he was from the Mountain Dew Sect? He never told anyone. He quickly scanned the woman who approached him and saw it was a short-haired blonde woman wearing a fitting black and brown uniform.

On her chest, an embroidered symbol can be seen clearly. Leyvi instantly realized that this woman was from the South Region Bureau of Investigation. However, what did someone from this organization need from him?

"Yes, I am Leyvi of the Mountain Dew Sect. How can I help this lady?" Leyvi immediately entered his gentlemanly mode and answered her question with a smile.