Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill

Yangshi Street, Black Water Gang's base.

"What did you say! Wang Xiu was killed by the Imperial Guards for causing trouble on the street?"

"That ungrateful disciple! When could he not cause trouble, he had to choose this critical moment."

"He's ruined the gang's major plans! He deserves to die!"

Peng Chun flew into a rage, smashing the table to pieces with one palm. Fierce True Qi erupted continuously, causing all the disciples around to feel their legs go weak and their throats dry, utterly unable to speak.

At this moment, a middle-aged man in a red, ornate robe walked out from the side of the house. A thin sword with a red hilt was sheathed at his waist. He was the Black Water Gang's Vice Leader, Liu Siyu, and also an elder ambushing outside the secret tunnel.

"Gang Leader, please don't be anxious. First, retract your Spring Hemp True Qi. These disciples can't take much more."

Looking at the disciples slumped all around, Peng Chun snorted coldly.

"A bunch of useless gluttons, can't even last this long!"

However, Peng Chun did retract his True Qi. The disciples then hurried out of the house to greedily gasp for air.

Peng Chun looked at Liu Siyu, his tone full of dissatisfaction.

"I told you long ago, your disciple has too bad a temper. He'd cause trouble sooner or later. You insisted on keeping him."

"See? Trouble has happened! And it's ruined the gang's major plans."

Liu Siyu narrowed his eyes.

"At least we know the whereabouts of the treasure, don't we?"

Peng Chun looked at the sinister smile on Liu Siyu's face.

"What do you mean?"

"Before coming here, I specifically investigated. This Shen Qing from the Western District's Hundred Households Office is just an Acting Centurion recently transferred from a small place."

"If we go to snatch the treasure back, can that Centurion stop us?"

Peng Chun's expression faltered: "You want to force your way into the Hundred Households Office?"

Liu Siyu shook his head: "We'll just snatch the treasure, no one gets hurt."

Peng Chun's heart skipped a beat. If it were the yamen, that would be one thing, but these were the Imperial Guards. Provoking them would truly get you killed.

But gradually, he began to encourage himself.

He's just an Acting Centurion, at most he's just entered the Xiantian Realm. We have two veteran Xiantian Realm experts here. The advantage is ours!

It seemed worth a try.

Most importantly, he knew what that treasure was!

Hundred Households Office.

Shen Qing had already retrieved the golden paper from Wang Xiu's corpse.

He had to admit, Sun Yun really had some skill, managing to hide the golden paper in the lining of Wang Xiu's clothes without anyone noticing.

Using the oil lamp in the room, Shen Qing carefully examined the golden paper. Although small, it was filled with densely packed characters the size of ants. Counting both sides, there were tens of thousands of words.

Shen Qing muttered, why write the characters so small? Didn't have money for paper?

The next moment, two beams of light shot from Shen Qing's eyes.

"This is..."

"Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill?"

Shen Qing's eyes flickered. The Shen family's scripture repository in the Capital City was top-tier, but it didn't include the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill. As far as he knew, the Imperial Palace's scripture repository didn't have it either.

Because this strongest body-refining technique had been lost for a thousand years.

He never expected it to appear in a remote place like Yongning Commandery. However, it was clear that Sun Yun didn't know the value of this cultivation technique.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have sold it for a mere four thousand taels.

But with this turn of events, he had gained an immense advantage.

This cultivation technique wouldn't even qualify for a glance in the Capital City without tens of thousands of taels of gold.

The original version of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill took an extremely long time to cultivate, theoretically requiring a thousand years to reach the thirteenth level.

Later, through innovations and optimizations over the generations, some medicinal formulas were invented that could greatly shorten the cultivation time.

If the copy in his hand was the original version, then it was better not to cultivate it.

If you can't find the book title, you can try searching for the author, maybe the name has changed!

Shen Qing continued to read, and a slow smile spread across his lips. This was because the scripture recorded several densely packed medicinal formulas, indeed an optimized version.

The Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill was the strongest body-refining technique in Great Wu, while the Shen family's domineering series of techniques were the strongest True Qi cultivation techniques in Great Wu.

Although the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill's body refinement couldn't directly increase one's realm, every increase in physical strength would also improve the speed of True Qi cultivation.

Shen Qing could now step on his right foot with his left foot again.

Now, in his left hand, he held the strongest body-refining technique, and in his right, the strongest True Qi cultivation technique.

I don't lack anything!

Shen Qing picked up a brush and wrote down several medicinal ingredients on the paper.

"Scholar, come in for a moment."

"Coming, boss."

Shen Qing handed the paper to the scholar. "Tomorrow, you'll go around Luoshui City and see if you can buy these ingredients."

"Got it." The scholar nimbly took the paper and glanced at it. "Dang Shen, fifty jin..."

The scholar paused and rubbed his eyes.

He read it word by word and finally realized that fifty jin of Dang Shen was considered a small amount; some required hundreds of jin.

Among them were some special rare treasures, one of which, named Mysterious Jade Green Lotus, he had never even heard of.

"Boss, these combined will probably cost around twenty thousand taels of silver, not to mention these rare treasures, which are priceless and impossible to find. We..."

"Don't worry about the money." Shen Qing directly took out twenty thousand-tael silver notes and placed them on the table. "Just go look. The medicinal ingredients in Luoshui City will likely not be enough, so you'll have to search the surrounding areas as well."

The scholar's eyes widened like bells. He couldn't help but wonder suspiciously how much his boss had embezzled. But then he thought again, even if he embezzled everything, it wouldn't reach ten thousand taels.

However, the scholar soon saw a large "Wu" character in the lower left corner of the silver notes. This was the seal of the notes.

This indicated that all these silver notes originated from the Capital City.

The scholar secretly glanced at Shen Qing, who was studying the golden paper with his head down. His heart pounded wildly.

He suddenly realized something: he had never known where his boss came from.

Now, it seemed there was no need to guess. His boss's background was likely terrifyingly powerful, possibly the offspring of some high official.

Thinking this, the scholar couldn't help but smile. He felt as if the small boat he was on was transforming into a colossal vessel, ready to set sail across the vast ocean.

Shen Qing looked up at the ceiling, then at the scholar who was happily grinning. "What? Did you eat bee droppings? You're so happy, get out of here quickly."

"Got it, boss!" The scholar smiled as he walked out of the room and closed the door.

Shen Qing then put away the golden paper, hid it close to his body, and with a flick of his finger, the oil lamp in the room went out. Shen Qing gripped Qing He and vanished into the darkness.

Not long after, two shadowy figures stealthily crept onto the roof.

Liu Siyu whispered, "We didn't find any treasure on Wang Xiu's body. It should have been taken by this Centurion."

"This must be that Centurion's room."

Peng Chun nodded. "Correct. Although I haven't been to the Hundred Households Office in this west part of the city, I have some understanding of its structure. The Hundred Households Offices within Yongning Commandery generally have the same layout. This room is the Centurion's room."

Liu Siyu licked his lips. "Then let's act. The lights are out now, so that Centurion must be resting. Let's finish this quickly."

Peng Chun paused. "What if that Centurion discovered us and deliberately turned off the lights to lure us into a trap?"

Liu Siyu turned back with a sneer. "No, aren't you being a bit too paranoid?"

"You talk about those veteran Centurions in the Pacification Bureau, and I wouldn't dare to offend them. But this mere Acting Centurion, I really don't take him seriously!"

"If you're too scared to go, I'll go alone."

With that, he lightly leaped and tiptoed into the room. Seeing no reaction, Peng Chun also crept in.

Liu Siyu smiled confidently. "See? There's no danger here."

"I'll search this side, and you search that side. If we still haven't found it, it means the treasure is on the Centurion."

"Then there's only one way: take it by force!"

Peng Chun didn't speak, but silently walked to a corner of the room and began to search. The moment he entered the room, he was certain of one thing: the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill must be in this room because he could smell the medicinal powder.

"Where is it? Where is it? I clearly smelled it. It should be right here." Peng Chun muttered as he rummaged through chests and cabinets in the corner.

Suddenly, Peng Chun rubbed his nose, his brow furrowed, and he wondered, "Why can't I find it? Could there be a hidden compartment?"

Saying this, he increased his force, causing the entire cabinet to creak loudly.

Shen Qing patted Peng Chun on the shoulder. "Hey, what are you looking for? Want me to help you look?"

"Be a bit quieter, don't break my cabinet."