Inside the abandoned temple, corpses lay sprawled every which way, blood covering the ground.
Chen Ping'an swept his gaze around, then briskly searched the bodies.
Of the group, the guards had nothing particularly valuable on them. Aside from their weapons, they carried only a few scattered bits of silver.
However, every one of those weapons had reached the sharp blade threshold in quality, making them quite valuable.
Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Ping'an used some clothes as a bundle and wrapped up the weapons.
Fang Shicheng had quite a bit of silver on him, but nothing else of value. Oh, right—there was also a sharp-blade-grade dagger.
The truly wealthy one was Fang Rui, the Fang Family Direct Son. More than a thousand taels' worth of silver notes, a Mystic Pattern Jade Pendant worn on his person, a gold-inlaid, jade-studded fan, several other valuable trinkets, and an ornamental sword whose decorative value far outweighed its combat usefulness.
In terms of quality, it counted as a sharp blade!
It was not that Fang Rui could not afford a fine blade. Rather, given his cultivation, there was simply no need for one. A sharp-blade-grade weapon was enough!
Including the sharp blades seized this time, all those items added together were worth more than five thousand taels.
After purchasing the Flying Star Sword Technique and the Great Vajra Palm, Chen Ping'an's purse had bulged once more.
Of course, that was assuming he could sell these items without issue.
With the Fang Family's influence, it was impossible to sell these things in Wei River County City! Later, he could think of a way through other channels.
From what he understood, as the opening of the Dragon Peace Trade Route through the Azure Dragon Mountain Range neared its end, certain merchant associations had already begun attempting