Spitting Silver

"Lock up and suppress these black-clothed individuals, and secure the surroundings!" Yang He issued the command, then took out an arrow token, saying, "It seems we need to summon an Old Guardian to stabilize the situation."

"We need to summon one of the Five Elders?" Ling Yuanbao's expression was slightly surprised. "Is that necessary?"

"Who knows if the culprit who used the Divine Fire just now will return," Yang He shook his head, his expression serious.

Since the Ministry of Justice had taken over, Wen Yifan and Shang Yunhai didn't speak further. Instead, they focused their attention on the surroundings, carefully guarding with their spiritual sense.

Liang Yue was more focused on the corpse, observing it for a long time.

After being burned for just a few breaths of time, the charred bones had turned into a very smooth skeleton, still emitting a faint purple glow.

It looked extremely eerie and terrifying.

Whoosh—

Yang He shot the arrow token into the air. Accompanied by a piercing cry, a very conspicuous red light exploded.

Seeing that Ling Yuanbao seemed a bit surprised, Liang Yue asked curiously, "Who are the Five Elders you mentioned?"

"They are the five Old Guardians who guard the Ministry of Justice. Three of them are at the Grandmaster Realm," Ling Yuanbao explained. "The Ministry of Justice often deals with vicious and desperate criminals. Without Grandmasters to hold the fort, it wouldn't be enough to deter the world. The Five Elders hold a high position in the yamen, not much different from the two Vice Ministers, second only to the Minister. In actual cases, they are rarely needed. I didn't expect Official Yang to be so cautious."

Hearing her words, Yang He turned his head and said, "Each head of the divisions has one of these arrow tokens. If the situation wasn't severe, why would I use it lightly? It's just the cultivation of the person who summoned the Divine Fire..."

"Could it be a Grandmaster Realm?" Ling Yuanbao asked.

"Hard to say," Yang He said in a deep voice, "but it's very possible."

"Ah?" Ling Yuanbao was surprised. "But if there's a Grandmaster Realm expert here, even all of us combined wouldn't be a match. Why would he still hide his identity?"

Liang Yue replied from the side, "Perhaps his goal has been achieved, and he doesn't want to expose his tracks."

He didn't say anything more.

The mysterious person who attacked was clearly a latecomer. When he arrived, the Demon Tamer had already been subdued, and the situation here was already exposed. Besides silencing them, he couldn't do anything else.

The fact that this person arrived so quickly could be because he received a message from the Demon Tamer, or it's very possible... he received information from within the Ministry of Justice yamen.

Such speculation was naturally not suitable to be said in front of the Ministry of Justice personnel.

"That's right," Yang He nodded. "This person's goal is very clear: to kill and silence. If I'm not mistaken, besides this dead person, everyone else here doesn't know the identity of the mastermind behind this. Killing this one person is enough."

Saying this, he looked back at the two from the Evil Extermination Division, "Besides this, there's nothing else that can be done. Even if it's a Grandmaster Realm, do they dare to kill Mystic Sect disciples?"

Ling Yuanbao showed a look of realization.

Liang Yue, on the other hand, gained more insight. It seemed that Miss Wen and their background were more reliable than he had imagined.

Even Grandmaster Realm experts had to consider carefully whether they dared to attack Mystic Sect disciples.

After all, the Mystic Sect had deep foundations. Attacking the young would draw out the old, and attacking the old might draw out immortals.

"Caw—"

Not long after the arrow token was sent out, a sharp bird cry came from mid-air. A large hawk with iron-gray feathers like arrows glided over. It landed and shifted, transforming into an old man wearing a gray short jacket.

The old man's eyebrows and beard were half gray and half white, but his eyes were still frighteningly bright. His body looked thin and shriveled, yet it seemed to contain the power of a volcano.

"Heh heh, I just saw you leave, and then you called me, an old man, here. I thought there was a tough battle to fight," the old man chuckled twice. "What's going on?"

"Elder Eagle," Yang He stepped forward and bowed, then pointed to the skeleton not far away. "Please look. Without a Grandmaster Realm expert present, I wouldn't dare to easily touch anything here."

The old man, called "Elder Eagle," had eyes like lightning. With a slight turn, they immediately locked onto the skeleton, and then he gasped, "Hiss."

After a pause, he said, "Your caution is correct. This is absolutely not ordinary Divine Fire. I saw the Fire Authority Sect's leader make a move back then. Any Divine Fire he unleashed left no survivors upon contact, and the skeletons burned were all like this."

"Sixteen years ago, I was in the army and saw a similar scene, which is why I didn't dare to act rashly," Yang He said.

"What kind of fire is this that you two keep talking about?" Ling Yuanbao was impatient and couldn't stand the suspense, so she asked directly.

Elder Eagle slowly said, "Zhu Rong Fire."

"Immortal Object Ranking, Sixth Place, Zhu Rong Seed."

It can unleash Divine Fire, burning the heavens and destroying the earth, unstoppable, named Zhu Rong Fire.

Hearing Elder Eagle's words, there was an uproar around them. Wen Yifan and Shang Yunhai also gathered closer.

Shang Yunhai asked in surprise, "Is the Fire Authority Sect still in existence?"

"Back then, the Fire Authority Sect was the state religion of the Nanxiang Kingdom. When the Nanxiang Kingdom fell, they were completely wiped out. However, the sect's sacred object, the Zhu Rong Seed, was never found. At that time, the army speculated that there were still remnants of the Fire Authority Sect alive," Elder Eagle explained to everyone. "Looking at the situation today, it's hard to say if there are remnants of the Fire Authority Sect, but the Zhu Rong Seed has definitely reappeared."

Liang Yue didn't know much about the Fire Authority Sect, but he had recently heard that the Enlightenment Tree, ranked second on the Immortal Object Ranking, was scorched by the Zhu Rong Seed's Divine Fire, which caused the tree body to be damaged and the tree soul to disappear.

This showed that although this object was not ranked as high as the Enlightenment Tree, its destructive power was extremely terrifying.

He never expected to witness this object killing people right before his eyes today.

The owner behind this underground bank...

Who exactly is it?

Elder Eagle added, "But there's no need to be overly alarmed. I can confirm that there are no Grandmaster Realm experts around now. You can search this place with confidence."

"Yes!"

With his assurance, Yang He finally dared to lead the brothers from the Ministry of Justice's Blade Lifting Division in a thorough search of the entire cloth shop.

Meanwhile, Elder Eagle glanced at Shang Yunhai and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you're from the Wild Beast Plains, aren't you?"

Shang Yunhai immediately bowed respectfully, "That's right, junior is from the Mystic Sect's Dragon Transformation Branch. My master is Baili Qiongqi."

"Ah, Baili's disciple." Elder Eagle responded with understanding, saying, "I'm from the Flying Eagle Gate in Xi Province. If you trace back two generations, it's also a branch of the Wild Beast Plains. By seniority, you should call me Senior Brother."

Shang Yunhai chuckled twice, looking at the other party's graying beard and hair, but ultimately didn't say the words.

Most cultivators in the world are half from the Mystic Sect.

Most of the Qi Refiner sects on the Nine Provinces land today are branched off from the Mystic Sect Eight Veins. Tracing back, they are all collateral branches of the Mystic Sect.

These people are often the most eager to associate with the Mystic Sect to prove their legitimate lineage.

When these Mystic Sect disciples travel outside, they inevitably encounter such people and have become accustomed to it.

Elder Eagle then pointed at the Silver Guardian Beast over there and said, "Do you have a way to make that thing spit out the silver?"

He was well-informed and naturally recognized the Silver Guardian. "Demon beasts cannot pass through the Dragon Abyss City gate. It's best to retrieve the hidden silver, pack it into boxes, and transport it back to the Ministry of Justice."

"I'll give it a try," Shang Yunhai nodded gently.

Over there, the Silver Guardian Beast was honestly lying in its small building. Even though the surrounding walls were dilapidated and the iron chains were broken, it didn't run away.

Because it had just witnessed the great battle with its own eyes, and its master had suddenly died in front of it, it was now extremely scared.

The creature's massive head was prostrate on the ground, its two thick fleshy paws covering its head. Occasionally, it would peek through the gaps in its fleshy fingers with its round eyes to see what was happening outside.

As soon as it saw someone looking at it, it would immediately lower its head and pretend to be dead.

It only hoped that no one would notice it.

Unfortunately, this was ultimately impossible.

Shang Yunhai walked over, gently placed his hand on its head, and then used his Mystic Sect secret technique to transmit information to it.

The Dragon Transformation Branch of the Mystic Sect cultivates the secret technique of transforming one's body into other things, experiencing all the beasts in the heavens, and thus perceiving the Great Dao. Communicating with demon beasts is one of the secret techniques they cultivate from a young age.

"Woo..."

But as he communicated, the Silver Guardian Beast buried its head even deeper, as if it was very unwilling to accept.

Shang Yunhai turned back and said, "It seems unwilling to spit out the hidden silver."

Eagle Elder frowned, "Its master is dead, and it still won't spit out the money?"

"It cultivates by the wealth energy of the hidden silver. If it spits it out, it might damage its cultivation," Shang Yunhai explained.

Eagle Elder grumbled, "That's really difficult. This thing is very rare now. It would be a shame to kill it just to get the silver. But if it doesn't spit out the silver, we really can't go back and report."

Liang Yue suggested softly, "Brother Shang, this beast seems very timid. You can be a bit fierce and try to scare it."

"Fierce?" Shang Yunhai's brows showed a hint of reluctance, and he also seemed a bit lost.

Seeing that he was clearly a gentle and refined person who had no idea how to be fierce, Liang Yue said again, "Try transforming back into the state you were in during the battle."

"Okay..." Shang Yunhai nodded.

Then he activated his divine ability, and his whole body suddenly shook. In an instant, he transformed into a beast body with a human form, his physique expanding and his fierce aura blazing.

"Roar—" Once he transformed into a beast, his whole person instantly became wild. He fiercely beat his chest with his claws and roared in a low voice, "If you don't spit out all the hidden silver, don't blame me!"

The Silver Guardian Beast was already trembling. Seeing him transform into such a ferocious appearance again, it was immediately scared and stood up on its hind legs, trembling tightly against the wall of the pavilion. Its fleshy paws repeatedly made gestures of begging for mercy.

It looked truly pitiful.

"Aow!" Immediately, Shang Yunhai let out another angry roar.

The Silver Guardian Beast's already small courage was compounded, and it no longer dared to delay. Its belly immediately bulged, and a strange rattling sound came from its throat. Silver ingots surged out like a fountain!

Clatter—

It was as if it was raining silver ingots from the sky, continuously spitting out from the Silver Guardian Beast's mouth to the side. Everyone around was stunned!

Liang Yue had already seen a bit of the world at Zhen Changzhi's house before, having seen that silver wall. But compared to the silver here, that wall was nothing.

This was a mountain of silver!

It wasn't until the small mountain was piled up to be about as high as itself that the Silver Guardian Beast finally stopped.

Its body seemed to have shrunk significantly. It let out two weak whimpers, leaning against the corner of the wall, lying sprawled on its back and gazing up at the sky, as if it had just endured some unbearable torture.

"Whoa." Even Eagle Elder couldn't help but exclaim in surprise at the sight of this silver mountain.

But the more the Silver Guardian Beast sprayed, the stranger his expression became. It wasn't until the small mountain was piled up that he walked forward and picked up a silver ingot to examine.

Immediately, his face turned ashen, looking as if a great disaster was imminent.

Seeing his strange expression, Liang Yue also stole a glance.

The silver ingots here were divided into two parts.

A small portion looked newer, and the characters stamped on the bottom were somewhat varied, such as "Mu Bei," "Great Yin Treasury Silver," "Prosperous Bank," and so on. These were widely circulated silver ingots on the market, and the characters stamped on the bottom had different meanings, but none were particularly special.

The other large portion looked very old, and the characters stamped on the bottom were uniformly the same two.

"Imperial Treasury."

Good morning.