Secret Manuals in Hand

"Well, just yesterday, the heads of the aristocratic houses were mocking me. They even wanted to hold a meeting and kill me together."

"At the time, they thought their bones were hard!"

"But after I beat two heads of aristocratic houses to death, their bones softened!"

"Look, they're scrambling to help me complete my task."

"Promote the Empire's new laws."

"Tell me, didn't I succeed?"

Library Pavilion:

Chu Qing looked at the old man before him with great interest.

He had come to claim the reward for his assessment task.

The old teacher wore a complicated expression. "You killed three heads of aristocratic houses, and one Liu family old monster."

Chu Qing shook his head. "No, I only killed two!"

The old teacher said seriously, "Three!"

"One Head of the Liu Family, one...!"

Chu Qing waved a hand. "Teacher, I have no interest in knowing the names of dead people."

"I don't care whether I killed two or three."

"Right now, I only want the secret manuals!"

"Everyone on every street throughout the provincial capital knows the new laws."

"So, my assessment task is complete!"

"The secret manuals—it's time to give them to me!"

The old teacher let out a breath of foul air.

Very soon:

A group of servants and maids came over, each carrying a wax-sealed box.

Several hundred boxes stood piled densely together, stacked high.

"Do you want me to have someone take them back for you?"

Chu Qing shook his head. "No need. I'll read them here."

The old teacher looked at the hundreds of boxes and shook his head. "No!"

Chu Qing asked in puzzlement, "Why?"

The old teacher said strangely, "These several hundred secret manuals are all top-tier."

"Every one of them is obscure and difficult to understand."

"Even skimming through one would take