Strange Incident

One day later, Bai Ze had already arrived in Blackwater County. The previous events had no impact on it.

However, it had noted down the matter of Chang Wen sending people to ambush it.

After all, Bai Ze was not the type to just take a beating without fighting back.

Moreover, the best opportunity would be the resource competition in half a month. As the second young master of the Chang Family, the other party should also participate, and that would be the perfect chance.

As long as it could win the championship, even if the Chang Family held a grudge, the Li Family would definitely not stand by and do nothing.

As soon as Bai Ze arrived at the Li Family's business, a middle-aged man walked out from inside, followed by seven or eight shop assistants.

With a smile on his face, he said, "Esteemed sir, I am the temporary manager here. This is the ledger."

"All the expenses and income of our Blackwater County business are here. Please examine it."

"Mm."

Hearing this, Bai Ze nodded expressionlessly, but it did not look at the ledger.

Instead, it calmly said, "I will be stationed here for a week. As for future arrangements, the family will notify you again."

"For these few days, everything will proceed as before."

"Arrange a courtyard for me. If there's anything you can't resolve, then notify me."

"Yes, this way, please."

Hearing this, the man in front of him was clearly relieved.

After all, for branch businesses scattered across various counties like this, it was inevitable that the managers would embezzle some money.

However, this had nothing to do with Bai Ze. It didn't want to manage it, nor was it bothered to.

Anyway, when the time came, it would return directly to Pingfeng City. What happened here would not affect it at all.

Upon arriving at the arranged courtyard, Bai Ze waved for the man to leave.

Clearly, this mission was incredibly easy, essentially just a change of scenery for cultivation.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Apart from meals being delivered daily, Bai Ze did not leave the courtyard, spending all its time cultivating.

However, even so, it clearly felt that the speed of its blood changing had slowed down considerably.

Up to this point, it had only increased by five percent.

When Bai Ze once again felt the soreness in its muscles, it had to stop again.

Returning to the room, it applied the Body Recovery Paste while thinking to itself, Is it really only possible to grind progress little by little over time?

At this rate, although I can reach around seventy percent within half a month, increasing the extent of blood changing further will require more time.

By then, it might take several days to increase by even one percent.

Thinking of this, Bai Ze felt a sense of helplessness, but more so, a sense of unwillingness.

However, as things stood, it could only take things one step at a time.

If it really didn't work out, it would have to break through.

And during these few days when Bai Ze was cultivating, a strange incident occurred in Blackwater County, making everyone feel a little on edge.

The next day, The courtyard gate suddenly rang.

Bai Ze stopped cultivating. This was the first time the door had been knocked on outside of meal times.

"Dong."

"Dong."

"Dong."

However, Bai Ze didn't think much of it. Seeing the somewhat urgent knocking, it directly opened the door.

The man outside was the temporary manager of the business. His complexion was noticeably paler than before.

Seeing this, Bai Ze let him in and calmly asked, "What is so urgent?"

"Bad news, sir. Last night, a martial artist in the Blood Changing Realm died in the shop."

"What? Tell me the specifics."

"Yes, yes."

The temporary manager dared not hide anything and directly explained the situation.

It should be known that besides Bai Ze, there were four other martial artists in the Blood Changing Realm at the Blackwater County business.

However, due to their advanced age and exhausted potential, they were assigned to guard here.

But last night, it happened to be the turn of one of the Blood Changing Realm martial artists, named Zhou Si, to be on night duty.

When the next morning came, traces of a struggle were found in the room, and his body was lying in a pool of blood, clearly killed by someone else.

Not only that, but in the past few days, this wasn't the first one in Blackwater County.

Although those forces tried their best to conceal it, they still got the news.

At this moment, as the shopkeeper in front of him spoke, his face showed a look of horror.

He said tremblingly, "Sir, their deaths are very similar. The bodies are somewhat shriveled."

"After inspection, it was found that the martial artists killed seemed to be missing half of their blood, as if it had been forcibly drawn out."

Hearing this, Bai Ze's expression couldn't help but become serious.

After all, this matter was indeed a bit strange. If it was stealing and getting caught, then killing would be enough, but how could the blood disappear?

Most importantly, it wasn't just their business; other forces were in the same situation.

The deceased were all martial artists in the Blood Changing Realm. Was there a special reason?

Seeing Bai Ze fall into thought, the shopkeeper beside him stood by without speaking, but the expression on his face said it all.

At this moment, seeing the other person's nervousness, Bai Ze asked in a deep voice, "How many martial artists in the Blood Changing Realm have died in Blackwater County, and how many are left?"

"Five have died."

Hearing this, the shopkeeper didn't dare to hesitate at all. After thinking for a moment, he quickly said, "You must know that the strongest in Blackwater County are the martial artists in the Blood Changing Realm. They are basically the leaders of various forces."

"Now, besides the county government which has two martial artists in the Blood Changing Realm, there's only our business left."

"And last night, the other party actually killed one silently. Besides you, sir, there are three left."

Hearing this, Bai Ze hadn't expected that the overall strength of Blackwater County was so much stronger than Changqing County.

At least in terms of martial artists in the Blood Changing Realm, there were many more.

But at this moment, Bai Ze clearly had no clues after hearing the other party's words.

However, this matter couldn't be ignored. After all, his purpose here was to ensure the safety of the business.

Precisely because of this, after Bai Ze pondered for a few seconds, he said in a deep voice, "Go and summon the remaining three martial artists in the Blood Changing Realm. I will make arrangements for them."

"As for everyone else, until this matter is resolved, you will all gather in the rooms in the backyard at night."

"I will personally lead them on guard duty to ensure your safety as much as possible."

"Yes, thank you, sir, thank you, sir."

Hearing this, the shopkeeper in front of him thanked him excitedly and quickly went down to notify the others.

Although only martial artists in the Blood Changing Realm had been killed so far, who could guarantee that martial artists of other realms wouldn't be killed?

At this moment, watching the other person's retreating back, Bai Ze gently tapped his fingers on the table, lost in thought.

The other party definitely had a motive for killing, but it didn't seem to be for revenge or robbery at the moment.

After all, the martial artists in the Blood Changing Realm who were killed belonged to different forces, so it was impossible for him to have grudges with all of them.

Even their business suffered the same fate yesterday. The other party only killed people and didn't take anything.

Clearly, Bai Ze couldn't figure it out for the time being. He could only wait for the other party to appear again at night to have a chance to understand the reason.