Li Family Manor Engulfed in Flames, Intel Updated—Seeking Recommendation Votes!

Qin Wang saw that after eating the Treasure Fish, his whole body had grown hot. After performing a round of Ancestor's Long Fist, he felt his strength increase, and was immediately filled with motivation, throwing himself into the practice.

He practiced for more than two full hours, until he was drenched in sweat.

Yet...

He still felt scorching heat throughout his body, his blood and vitality brimming, his spirits soaring.

"Worthy of being a Golden Winged Red Carp!"

"The boost to blood and vitality is immediate!"

Qin Wang continued practicing Ancestor's Long Fist to digest the Treasure Fish's blood and vitality, deeply satisfied.

The intel had indicated that this was not a Brocade Red Carp Treasure Fish, but a Golden Winged Red Carp. It was definitely worth more than two taels of silver!

However...

Qin Wang did not dare eat the remaining half. He covered the half fish and continued practicing Ancestor's Long Fist, waiting for the intel refresh at midnight.

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

Qin Wang was practicing Ancestor's Long Fist when he suddenly heard faint cries from outside. He immediately looked out through the window and saw flames shooting into the sky in the direction of Li Family Manor, lighting up the night!

Wails and cries of alarm shook the heavens.

"Li Laocai's estate really caught fire."

"Retribution!"

Qin Wang muttered as he looked in the direction of Li Family Manor in the distance.

Li Laocai had schemed all his life, seizing what was not his through trickery and force. In the end, even his vast manor had burned down after his death.

Thinking that all of this had been brought about by his own hand, Qin Wang felt immensely gratified.

He had finally avenged himself.

However...

It would only truly be complete once he got his hands on those 850 taels of silver.

As for Li Laocai's fields, there was nothing he could do about those.

According to the intel, Li Laocai's First Madam and eldest son had both burned to death, while his younger son, Li Tianxin, was not his flesh and blood. Under Great Cang's inheritance laws, if a household died out but had an adopted heir, the adopted heir inherited; if there was no adopted heir, then brothers and sisters inherited.

Li Chunli had only one younger sister, Li Chunxia. According to the law, Li Chunxia could inherit part of Li Laocai's fields and property.

Of course, with Zheng Kecheng involved, it was not impossible for her to inherit everything.

"How did such a huge fire suddenly break out?"

"Exactly! Once this fire started, more than half the manor burned down! Master Li only just passed away, and then this happened. This really is..."

"I heard it started in the mourning hall. There were people inside too. Who knows whether they got out?"

"People in the mourning hall? They must have been keeping vigil! The Li family is finished..."

"..."

At this moment.

The area outside Li Family Manor was packed with people, all talking at once. Most of them were openly gloating.

There were also over a hundred Qingniu Town residents carrying buckets of water to fight the fire.

Most of them were Li Laocai's tenant farmers and renters. When their landlord's home caught fire, they had no choice but to go put it out.

Though the landlord might not remember that you had helped fight the fire.

However...

If you did not go, the landlord would certainly remember. If he raised your rent a little the next year, you would be the one in for a miserable loss.

At the eastern end of Qingniu Town.

Inside a thatched hut surrounded by earthen walls.

Qin Wang no longer paid attention to Li Laocai's burning manor and simply continued practicing Ancestor's Long Fist.

Ding!

Daily Intel Has Been Updated!

Today's Intel!

1: Yesterday, you ate half a Golden Winged Red Carp and obtained related intel: your blood and vitality have greatly increased, and your physique has doubled.

2: Yesterday, your blood and vitality surged, and you obtained related intel: diligence can make up for dullness. You will enter the third-rate realm in 70 days.

3: Yesterday, you watched the great fire at Li Family Manor and obtained related intel: more than half of Li Family Manor burned down, the Li family has completely died out, and only their daughter Li Chunxia remains to inherit the fields.

4: Yesterday, you watched the fire at the Li family and obtained related intel: Zheng Kecheng will thoroughly investigate the arsonist, and you will become one of his suspects.

5: Yesterday, you met Li Yunhai and obtained related intel: Li Yunhai received two taels of silver and will take his son to the schoolhouse to learn to read tomorrow.

6: Yesterday, you read the Medical Scripture and obtained related intel: your medical skills will reach the beginner level in 5 days.

7: Yesterday, you ate a Golden Winged Red Carp and obtained related intel: there is a half-jin Golden Winged Red Carp in the reed marshes of a Black River tributary.

8: Yesterday, you met Bai Fenghuan and obtained related intel: Bai Fenghuan dearly wants to eat candied hawthorn skewers and roasted chestnuts.

9: Yesterday, you saw Granny Yan in Qingniu Town and obtained related intel: Granny Yan has hidden 220 taels of loose silver in the wall cabinet of a side room in a separate residence east of the county seat.

10: Yesterday, you paid attention to the fire at Li Family Manor and obtained related intel: six people died at Li Family Manor, Li Laocai included. It will fall completely into ruin and become a haunted place no one dares visit.

"His strength had nearly doubled!!!"

Qin Wang looked at the first piece of intel and nodded to himself.

After eating half a Golden Winged Red Carp and practicing Ancestor's Long Fist for more than two hours to digest the Treasure Fish's energy, he felt his strength had increased enormously. Clenching both hands into fists, he felt power far beyond what he had possessed before.

He was utterly unlike the frail figure who could be blown over by a gust of wind.

"I'll enter the third-rate realm in 70 days?"

"Eating half a fish brought it forward by twenty days?"

Qin Wang remembered that before he ate the Golden Winged Red Carp, the intel had shown it would take three months to enter the third-rate realm. Now it had been brought forward by twenty days. Did that mean that as long as he had enough Treasure Fish, his strength could rise even faster?

"Looks like while learning medicine, I also need to use the intel to make more silver, buy Treasure Fish and precious medicine, and consume them!"

"Only then can I grow stronger faster!"

Qin Wang thought to himself.

If he wanted to become stronger, he had to earn more silver!

His greatest reliance was the Daily Intel Panel!

"The Li family has died out, and Li Laocai's younger sister Li Chunxia will inherit all his fields?"

"I've become one of Zheng Kecheng's suspects for the arson?"

Qin Wang looked at the third and fourth pieces of intel, frowning. How was he supposed to dispel Zheng Kecheng's suspicions?

He would have to think it over carefully.

"My medical skills will reach the beginner level in 5 days?"

Qin Wang looked at the sixth piece of intel, his eyes lighting up. This was good. Once he got started in medicine, it would be enormously useful in the future.

"There's another half-jin Golden Winged Red Carp in the reed marshes of a Black River tributary?"

Seeing the information in the seventh piece of intel, Qin Wang sighed. He could not swim. Even if that Golden Winged Red Carp was in the tributary, he could not catch it. He could only gaze at the fish and sigh.

"Bai Fenghuan wants candied hawthorn skewers and roasted chestnuts?"

"I'll bring her some when I have the time."

Qin Wang's heart stirred as he looked at the eighth piece of intel.

Recently.

Bai Fenghuan had often given him extra food. She truly was a good girl. Getting closer to her would help him build himself up a little stronger.

"Granny Yan has 220 taels of silver in a separate residence in the county seat?"

Qin Wang's eyes lit up as he looked at the ninth piece of intel. This was good. He would see when he had a chance to go to the county seat, get his hands on that silver, and then finish off that old witch!

That old hag had harmed who knew how many people over the years, yet she had saved up so much silver!

She even had a separate residence!

"Six people died at Li Family Manor, and it will become a haunted place. When no one dares go there, it'll be the perfect time for me to retrieve that silver from beneath Li Laocai's bed!"

Qin Wang's eyes lit up as he looked at the tenth piece of intel.

However...

With the Li family burned out and effectively wiped out, Li Chunxia naturally could not continue living at Li Family Manor. Once the manor was empty, plenty of people would surely have their eyes on it, looking to pick over the scraps. He had to act quickly, or it would be a huge loss if someone found those 850 taels of silver before him.

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