A total of 10 points of Devil Energy were added.
Lin Fan opened the panel to check.
As soon as he thought about it, the panel flashed, and a few big words flashed in front of his eyes:
The system has been optimized and upgraded …
Then.
The panel flashed again, and there was a display:
Vitality: 10000
Technique: Qi Refinement Level 4; Blood Demon Technique (Great Perfection); Zishu Transformation Technique (Great Perfection); Burning Blood Technique (Level 1 Blood Mist) (+)
Martial Technique: Blood Bursting Fist (Great Perfection); Eighteen Blades of Blood (Great Perfection); Cloud Step (+); Blood Shadow Step (Great Perfection); Bull's Strength (Great Perfection); Black Tiger Fist (Great Perfection) (+); Thunderclap Palm (Great Perfection)
Ghost Art: Yin Wind Palm (+); Ghost Shadow Step (+)
Magic: Fire Snake Technique (Great Perfection)
Corpse Energy: 8223 (3 times)
Yin Energy: 890 (5 times); 50 (3 times)
Demon Energy: 255 (3 times)
Devil Energy: 10 (5 times)
…
He saw that the Devil Energy category had been added to the panel.
The 10 points of Devil Energy that he had just obtained were also displayed, and there was a clear indication behind it. 5 times. It obviously represented a 5 times conversion rate.
Moreover, the number of conversion rate was also marked behind the other points. It was clear at a glance. It seemed that the optimization and upgrade of the system was still very beneficial. At least it was convenient for him to use in the future.
In order to verify this fact, Lin Fan simply used 1 point of Devil Energy to convert to vitality, and as a result, he got 5 vitality.
There was no doubt that the conversion rate was 5 times.
Although this time, the Devil Energy points were not much, in the long run, it was a considerable gain.
Now, Lin Fan still had one thing that he did not understand, and that was, was the increase in Devil Energy added because of the system's optimization and upgrade, or because the panel had drawn Devil Energy?
If it was the latter, then why did it not increase when he killed the prostitutes on the pleasure boat?
In order to verify this fact, he immediately went home and went to Xue Jiaying's room. In the candlelight, Xue Jiaying was sleeping soundly.
Lin Fan approached her and pressed his hand on her body. There was no increase in Devil Energy points.
At this time, he vaguely understood something.
According to the report, Han Weiming suddenly went crazy. There were no signs before, which was very different from all the previous victims.
This meant that the amount of Demonic Qi that had invaded Han Weiming's body was much greater than that of the other victims.
For example, Xue Jiaying. Perhaps it was because the amount of Devil Qi in her body was so small that it didn't reach 1 point. That was why it wasn't absorbed by the panel.
The optimization of the system and the addition of demonic energy did not seem to be of much help in solving the case.
The next day, at noon, the news came. Last night, cases similar to Dutou Han Weiming's madness had occurred in all the cities in the country.
In the hundreds of cities across the country, there were close to ten thousand casualties. It could be said to be disastrous.
Moreover, this was clearly a premeditated case, so the imperial court attached great importance to it. Not only did they send out imperial envoys to oversee the case, they also pressured the Jingye Department. Following the principle that only with pressure would there be motivation, they shortened the time needed to solve the case to five days.
The pressure on the Jingye Department's head was as great as a mountain. The head, Ye Tianlang, felt as if he was carrying three mountains on his back.
If this case wasn't solved, his son's future would be ruined. Even his reputation would be in jeopardy.
From then on, he would be labeled as a good-for-nothing and incompetent.
At his position, once he fell, it would be a situation worse than death.
Therefore, at this time, he was so anxious that his insides were burning. He was busy investigating the case, but he was completely blind and could not find any clues.
The Demonic Qi was like an electromagnetic wave in the air, invisible and untouchable. There was no way to find it.
Another three days passed.
There was still no clue at all.
Ye Tianlang was in a terrible fix. He had already sent informants to Qingzhou to secretly investigate Lin Fan's situation. At this time, he still placed his hopes on Lin Fan. He wanted to see whether this Lin Fan was busy solving the case or deliberately slacking off. In the end, the informants returned with news that Lin Fan was busy every day and had not been idle for a moment.
Hearing this news, Ye Tianlang was in despair.
Another day passed. Today was the fourth day.
There was only one day left.
After one more day, if the case could not be solved, he, Ye Tianlang, would be finished.
That night, a person secretly came to find him.
This person was from Prince Kang's Mansion. He had Prince Kang's waist token in his hand and said that he was ordered by Prince Kang to come. He said that there was a major strange case in Prince Kang's Mansion. Princess Kang and a Crown Prince had been possessed and asked Ye Tianlang to help cure it.
Ye Tianlang was busy with the big case in front of him and did not have time to care about the strange case in Prince Kang's Mansion. Moreover, as the King of Fan, Prince Kang's mansion was not in the Capital, so the case was not within the scope of the Jingye Department's head. However, after hearing about the case from that person, Ye Tianlang decided to make a trip to Prince Kang's Mansion.
The next day.
Today was the last day of the imperial court's restriction to solve the case.
For the past few days, there had been cases like Han Weiming's that suddenly went crazy and attacked people in Qingzhou every day.
For these cases, Lin Fan was also exhausted. However, while dealing with these cases, he also obtained a lot of demonic energy. He found that the victims were all powerful martial artists at the internal training level. After killing them, the demonic energy he obtained was also five times the normal conversion rate.
Ten Devil Qi with a five times conversion rate could make a warrior in the Internal Refinement level lose his mind and kill innocent people. If he used a higher quality and a larger amount of Devil Qi, even a strong warrior in the Qi Refining Realm would inevitably be affected. It was scary just thinking about it.
However, there was no case of a Qi Refining Realm cultivator being attacked by Devil Qi.
That night, it was the day of the imperial court's restriction to solve the case.
The case was still unsolved.
At this time, Ye Tianlang should take the blame and resign.
However, Ye Tianlang went missing.
He said that he went out to investigate the case, but he did not return for a day.
There was no news of him at all.
The imperial envoy in charge of supervising the case reported it to the imperial court. When the emperor heard it, he was furious and directly issued an edict to remove Ye Tianlang from his position. Then, he sent someone to replace him as the head of the department to take charge of the case. This person was a Yuan Dan expert named Luo Huai An. He was the emperor's trusted aide and was very powerful. He used to be the head of the Brocade Guards and had a certain level of ability to handle cases. However, he had only handled human cases in the past and had never been in charge of such a strange case.
After three days, Luo Huai An was still unable to solve the case. He did not even have a single clue. He was extremely ashamed and frustrated about this.
The emperor could only summon him back. Then, he directly issued an edict to promote Lin Fan to the head of the Jingye Bureau, giving him full authority to take charge of the case.
Moreover, the emperor, "Huang Ce", personally went to the head of the Jingye Bureau and personally received Lin Fan. After meeting, he encouraged Lin Fan, hoping that he could solve the case as soon as possible and bring peace to the country.
He did not give Lin Fan a time limit to solve the case. He knew in his heart that solving a case could not be rushed.
Not only did it require strong martial strength, but it also required expertise in this area.
Lin Fan timely proposed that if he solved the case, not only would he retain his position as the head of the department, but he also hoped to obtain the authority to allocate and dispatch personnel in the Jingye Bureau.
Huang Ce did not hesitate and readily agreed.