The Strange Broken Bowl, the Vanished Qi and Blood Pill!

"Ji Zhang met the Snow Lotus Emissary of the Snow Lotus Sect? He received the cultivation method for the final three layers of the Bloodthirsty Divine Skill? He needs to drain the blood of warriors with powerful qi and blood?"

Qin Wang narrowed his eyes as he looked at the sixth piece of intelligence.

Once the news of Ji Zhang drinking human blood was exposed, whether he could even survive in Yan Yun County would be a question.

He skipped the seventh and eighth pieces of intelligence.

"Chen Yi, the Chen Family's young master, was taken away by a Taiyi Sword Sect Elder, and the Chen Family laid out hundreds of banquet tables in celebration?"

Qin Wang's heart sank as he read the ninth piece of intelligence. The Chen Family was borrowing influence to bolster itself. It would only grow stronger from here on out. His sister was in the Chen Family, and the Chen Family becoming stronger would do him no good.

"Hm?"

"The weakness of the Chen Family's Purple Sun Cultivation? At midnight every day, its power is cut in half?"

"Chen Kun, the family head, has been cultivating Purple Sunflower Swordplay for three months? His temperament has changed drastically?"

Qin Wang's eyes immediately lit up as he read the tenth piece of intelligence.

This was excellent news!

With the weakness of the Chen Family's cultivation technique exposed, the other three great families—the Lin Family, Su Family, and Zhang Family—would definitely seize this golden opportunity!

"Quickly write ten notices exposing the Chen Family's weaknesses and spread them!"

With that thought, Qin Wang immediately fetched paper and brush and began writing out the intelligence.

In less than half a quarter-hour.

Qin Wang had finished ten sheets. Gathering the thirty intelligence notices together and bringing paste with him, he headed out into the streets.

Qin Wang avoided the night watchmen all the way, keeping far from the place he rented.

He specifically chose the walls beside the entrances of teahouses and taverns in the eastern and western parts of the city to post the intelligence.

By the time he was done, it was already nearly the fourth watch.

Vegetable peddlers carrying loads of produce began passing through the streets one after another, and breakfast stalls were opening for business as well. Qin Wang returned to his rented house, opened the door and entered, checked everything over, and, after confirming that nothing had been overlooked, cultivated the Minor Scarlet Sun Cultivation for a while.

Once the sky had brightened, he traced back along the route from the kitchen for five or six li, wiping away the bloodstains Du Xiang had dripped along the way. Then he ate breakfast at a roadside stall before returning.

"First, I'll sort through what I've gained lately!"

After returning home.

Qin Wang bolted the door, shut the windows, and sat cross-legged on the bed. He poured out everything from his bundle, intending to sort through his treasures and see how much silver he had.

Clatter!

A pile of things covered the bed: a small number of silver ingots, but mostly silver notes.

There was also a Travel Permit, a broken bowl he had obtained from a ravine on Qingniu Mountain, and three white porcelain bottles containing three Qi and Blood Pills.

Along the way.

He had dug up five hundred taels at Li Laocai's home and brought along one hundred taels.

More than four hundred and sixty taels from Granny Yan's home.

Six hundred and fifteen taels from Zheng Kecheng's Hidden Beauty Villa.

Two hundred and fifty taels from Du Xiang.

Excluding the Qi and Blood Pills he had bought for cultivation during this time, Qin Wang still had a total of 1,330 taels of silver on hand. That did not include the 850 taels beneath Li Laocai's bed or the 400 taels under the thatched hut's earthen wall.

"I suppose I count as a small-time wealthy man now?"

Qin Wang's eyes flickered as he looked at his silver, deeply satisfied.

"Hm?"

Suddenly, Qin Wang looked at the old bowl from Qingniu Mountain and the white porcelain bottles holding the Qi and Blood Pills, then rubbed his eyes.

Just now.

When he had overturned the bundle, one of the white porcelain bottles had fallen into the broken old bowl. A faint red flash had flickered at the bottle's mouth, and something seemed to have slipped out, flying into the bowl. Yet when he picked up the bowl, he found it was still the same bowl.

"The Qi and Blood Pill... where did it go?"

Qin Wang looked at the white porcelain bottle, only to find it completely empty. One Qi and Blood Pill had actually vanished!

Tongrentang Pharmacy could not possibly have given him an empty bottle. When he bought it, he had checked it again and again.