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Wen Zhong wanted to shout, but when he opened his lips, he found that no sound came out.

What was more, he could not muster even a trace of his inner force, which had reached the pinnacle of the Third-Rate realm!

Then.

He saw an elderly man with a sallow face and a dogskin hat appear atop the wall before leaping down.

The old man held a cold, gleaming dagger, his eyes brimming with killing intent.

"D-Don't kill me."

Wen Zhong's eyes were filled with terror and despair. He screamed wildly inside, yet not a single sound escaped him.

As Li Hongfei's guard, he might have earned quite a bit of silver each month, but when his life was truly in danger, he would be the first to run. Who would gamble their life for that? But now, he had clearly been poisoned and was a lamb awaiting slaughter.

"Li Hongfei's lackey, you've done no shortage of evil. Die!"

Killing intent flashed in Qin Wang's eyes. His dagger sliced across the throats of the two guards. Blood sprayed as terror filled their eyes, then faded away as they died.

If he wanted to obtain the Dragon Blood Pill and Tiger Blood Pill, killing them was the best way to settle everything once and for all. It would be troublesome if anything went wrong.

These two guards.

Following Li Hongfei, they had likely done no shortage of evil.

At the same time.

Two phantom-like figures drifted from their bodies and were taken in by the Soul Gathering Bowl on Qin Wang's person.

Qin Wang walked over to the four large wolfhounds, each as big as a calf, and dispatched them one by one with a slash. He discovered that four even fainter shadows rose from the wolfhounds' bodies and were absorbed by the Soul Gathering Bowl.

After eliminating the two guards and the four wolfhounds, Qin Wang immediately headed for Li Hongfei's pill-refining room.

Li Hongfei truly deserved to be called the owner of a medicine shop.

The villa was enormous.

It contained many lavish rooms. Following the information in his intelligence, Qin Wang went straight to a study at the very back.

The study spanned three zhang in both length and width. Cabinets were built into two walls, filled with books.

An Eight Steeds Painting hung on one wall.

Qin Wang stepped forward and lifted the Eight Steeds Painting, revealing a ring beneath it. He immediately pressed it down.

Creak, creak, creak!

A series of mechanical sounds rang out.

A cabinet along one side of the study shifted backward, and a door appeared in the wall behind it. Beyond the door lay eighteen stone steps leading downward.

Inside the underground chamber.

The design was ingenious. Light somehow shone in from all four corners. At the bottom of the stairs was a long corridor one zhang wide, with a bronze lamp embedded in each wall every zhang or so.

Rooms lined both sides.

"The Dragon Blood Pills are stored in the cabinet of the third pill-refining room in the underground chamber!"

"Push the bronze lamp outside the room on the right upward to open the pill-refining room!"

Following the intelligence, Qin Wang soon arrived outside the third pill-refining room. There was indeed a bronze lamp on the right. Its surface was smooth from frequent rubbing. Qin Wang stepped forward and pushed it upward!

Click!

As Qin Wang pushed the bronze lamp, the door to the third pill-refining room immediately gave a sound. Qin Wang dodged to one side, then reached out and pushed. The door swung open, and light from some unknown source shone within.

The pill-refining room was three zhang wide. A pitch-black pill furnace three chi tall stood on the floor, ashes inside it. A stone table and desk stood to one side, while an inset nanmu cabinet rested against the left wall, with a palm-sized round handle on it.

"The Dragon Blood Pills are inside this cabinet!"

Qin Wang looked at the cabinet, fire burning in his eyes. He stepped forward and followed the intelligence's instructions: press the cabinet handle three times consecutively to open it safely. He pressed it three times in a row.

Click.

After Qin Wang pressed the handle three times, the cabinet door sprang open. He pulled it wide and saw four shelves inside.

On the top shelf sat three palm-sized white porcelain bottles, each labeled with the words "Dragon Blood Pill."

The second shelf also held ten porcelain bottles, labeled "Tiger Blood Pill."

The third shelf held a porcelain jar, its lid labeled "Qi and Blood Pill."

The bottom shelf contained a stack of banknotes, an ancient yellowed book of exceptional quality, and a pile of gold bars stamped on the bottom with the words "Third Year of Emperor Kang" and "Pure Gold."

"Dragon Blood Pills!"

Qin Wang picked up the bottles of Dragon Blood Pills first. Opening them, he found one reddish pill in each bottle. A rich medicinal fragrance spread through the room!

"Damn it, I've struck it rich!"

Qin Wang took out the cloth sack he carried with him and swept the Dragon Blood Pills, Tiger Blood Pills, Qi and Blood Pills, banknotes, ancient book, and gold bars into it.

He looked around the pill-refining room.

The pill furnace was too large to take, so he could only leave it behind.

Qin Wang exited the third pill-refining room and saw that there were many more beside it. He did not continue searching. Now that he had what he came for, leaving came first.

"That old bastard Li Hongfei wanted to turn me into a Medicine Person and present me to Li Tianhe as a virgin boy. This villa is where he refined Medicine People. The best thing would be to burn it down!"

Qin Wang left the underground chamber and entered the courtyard. He dragged the two guards and four wolfhounds into a room, poured oil from the bronze lamps onto the cotton quilts, and set them alight. Then he returned to the courtyard, vaulted over the surrounding wall, and departed at speed.

The flames gradually soared into the sky.

North of the city.

Linjiang Villa, Number 12.

A middle-aged man in green robes with a long saber at his waist quickly opened the door and entered. If Qin Wang had been there, he would certainly have recognized him as Zheng Kecheng, the Chief Constable of the Yan Yun County Arrest Bureau!

At this moment, a man who looked seventy percent similar to Zheng Kecheng and possessed an extraordinary aura sat in the main hall of the villa.

"Big Brother, why didn't you tell me you were coming in advance? We could have prepared food and wine and had a good drink together!"

As soon as Zheng Kecheng entered the villa, he warmly greeted the man. He had just made progress in tracking down the Hundred Knowledge Divine Lord, yet his elder brother, who served under General Li Jingzhong, had sent word by divine hawk that he had arrived at his Linjiang Villa.

"Next time! By the Great General's order, I'm delivering some materials to Liangzhou. I happened to pass through Yan Yun County, so I came to bring you good news!"

Zheng Keshou studied his younger brother Zheng Kecheng. He was clearly in a very good mood.

"What news?"

Zheng Kecheng's eyes lit up at his words. "Could it be that Big Brother has rendered great merit?"

"No. It's my nephew Zheng Lingyun. Because he rendered great merit and has decent martial arts aptitude, the Great General accepted him as his thirteenth adopted son!"

Zheng Keshou said in a deep voice.

"What? Lingyun actually has such great fortune!"

"This is wonderful!"

Zheng Kecheng slapped his thigh, a sharp gleam suddenly bursting from his eyes.

Back then, he had come to Yan Yun County under orders as a hidden operative. To conceal his identity, he married Li Chunxia, but after several years, they had borne no children. Thus, he took another wife in Jin territory and had Zheng Lingyun. At sixteen, his only son Zheng Lingyun had followed Li Jingzhong into battle everywhere under his elder brother's guidance.

Yet he had never expected.

That Zheng Lingyun would gain General Li Jingzhong's favor and be accepted as an adopted son!

One had to know.

General Li Jingzhong possessed unfathomable strength and was one of the Four Guardians of the Heavenly Fortune Alliance—the Azure Dragon Protector!

For his son to become his adopted son, his future would be boundless!

"Yes, our Zheng family has truly had our ancestors burn incense for us!"

Zheng Keshou was also overjoyed. He continued, "Second Brother, You Prefecture will fall before long. Once your mission is complete, hurry back as well. Then, the two of us brothers can follow Prince Jin and make achievements together!"

"Mm. I'll leave after dealing with one little fly."

Zheng Kecheng nodded.

Villa Number 88, west of the city.

One li away.

A luxurious carriage moved slowly forward. Li Hongfei, dressed in a blue robe, sat in the carriage, pondering what to do next.

He had already dealt with all the Medicine People cleanly. No trace could be found.

He was not worried about anything else.

He was only worried about the people from the Divine Constable Bureau.

"Bad news! Master, there's a fire!"

Just then, the guard driving the carriage suddenly cried out in alarm.

"What's so strange about a fire?"

Li Hongfei deeply furrowed his brows. Was there any need to make such a fuss over someone else's house catching fire?

Suddenly, a gust of wind lifted the carriage curtain. He saw his own Villa Number 88 one li away engulfed in towering flames, with many residents carrying wooden buckets to put out the fire.

"What? My villa is on fire?"

Seeing his villa ablaze, Li Hongfei was instantly shocked. His figure flashed, and he immediately unleashed his movement technique, rushing toward his villa.

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