The First Major Villain Appears

Su Changqing, clad in black as ink, silently gazed at the ruins.

"What a waste of my three hundred taels of silver..." Su Changqing sighed.

His total assets were only thirteen taels.

He had spent two taels at the Youyun Brothel just listening to music, without seeking anything else.

He suddenly remembered something.

He reached out and patted the Iron Claw Flying Eagle's body, finding only three hundred-tael banknotes.

These banknotes were embroidered with gold borders and written in gold ink. Su Changqing felt a slight joy.

He suddenly turned and left, reaching into a pile of deep snow and digging.

Beneath the countless layers of snow lay the Scarlet Blood Scholar.

His body had long since frozen stiff. Tucked inside his red robes were banknotes; there were two hundred-tael notes.

There was also a gold leaf.

A single gold leaf was worth a thousand taels.

A total of twelve hundred taels, nearly four times richer than the Iron Claw Flying Eagle!

The Imperial Guard was never short of money; it was a lucrative post, especially since the Iron Claw Flying Eagle was a Centurion.

Su Changqing's eyes shifted slightly. This Scarlet Blood Scholar was probably not simple.

First, there was the Purple Blood Soft Sword of unknown material, and now these twelve hundred taels of silver. Ordinary wealthy families wouldn't even have this much money.

However, now, it was all his.

Su Changqing's gaze was calm as he turned and left.

The early morning sun, Zhao Yang, cast myriad rays of light, illuminating the snowy landscape.

The young man, dressed in black as ink, wore a gold-embroidered Flying Fish Robe, a peculiar purple blood belt, and carried Frost Snow at his waist.

He moved through the snow without leaving a trace, advancing into the wind and snow, heading straight for Chang'an City.

The Imperial Guard was divided into twelve departments, with the Enforcement Agency overseeing affairs.

Hundreds of Imperial Guards were present. Ye Ronghuo was among them, holding a long saber, his cold eyes fixed on the main hall entrance.

Today was the last day of the four-day mission deadline. If Su Changqing failed to complete the mission, it would be considered a failure.

He could then take on the mission to kill the Scarlet Blood Scholar.

Su Changqing strode forward, his demeanor exceptional, carrying a black package.

"I'm here to turn in the mission."

Su Changqing placed the head on the platform, opened the package, and said calmly.

A head, almost frozen into an ice sculpture, with wide, terrified eyes, stunned all the assembled Imperial Guards.

"Did he really kill the Scarlet Blood Scholar?" someone exclaimed in shock.

"This Scarlet Blood Scholar once killed a Eunuch at the True Qi First Layer. To think he'd end up like this, his head severed."

Ye Ronghuo stood up, looking at Su Changqing, his expression extremely grim.

With 180 merit points acquired, he could be promoted to a true Centurion of the Imperial Guard upon accumulating a thousand points.

"Accept another mission: raid the home of the Minister of Personnel, Chen Yuanfeng."

"Centurion Su is truly a dragon among men!" someone praised with cupped fists.

Not everyone feared Ye Ronghuo; most only feared his younger brother, Ye Tian.

Su Changqing's ability to kill the Scarlet Blood Scholar showed that he had broken through to the True Qi realm, his strength truly extraordinary.

In the distance, a figure arrived, surrounded by dozens of people.

He wore a Spring Embroidered Saber at his waist, his eyes arrogant. He was young, around twenty years old, with a chiseled face, sharp features, and exceptional handsomeness.

Everyone turned to look, their eyes filled with immense shock.

The rumored True Qi Ninth Layer, one of the strongest prodigies of the Enforcement Agency, the astonishingly talented Ye Tian!

This person was Ye Ronghuo's brother.

Su Changqing couldn't help but glance at him a few more times. His vision suddenly focused.

[Name]: Ye Tian
[Realm]: True Qi Ninth Layer
[Destiny]: Seven Orifices Body (Purple)
[Fortunes]: Martial Arts Prodigy (Purple), Eidetic Memory (Green)
[Life Script]: The Villain of "The Strongest Martial Saint"
[Recent Opportunity]: In half a month, he will single-handedly wipe out the bandits on Mount Zhenwu outside Chang'an City, and in a volcanic crater, he will obtain the hidden treasury left behind by the Great Emperor Zhenwu upon his ascension.

Profound Heaven True Qi refines the body, achieving the Black Tortoise Phenomenon. The True Qi is inexhaustible, endless, and its defensive power reaches the peak. From then on, he rampaged through the world, almost killing the destined protagonist Feng Taixu several times.

This person is truly not simple. At only twenty-two years old, he has already reached the True Qi Ninth Layer!

Not the so-called True Qi Seventh Layer!

This Profound Heaven True Qi is a Xiantian variant True Qi that can condense into a phenomenon, completely enveloping oneself.

Xiantian inherently places one in an invincible position, a supreme defensive art.

The True Qi realm is something that cannot be achieved no matter what.

The only True Qi Su Changqing has ever seen that can defend the entire body is the Heavenly Gang Virginity Art of the East Factory's Director Cao.

Heavenly Gang Vitality, like a myriad of rivers returning to the sea, is inexhaustible.

However, that Li Yuanying clearly hadn't mastered it.

Su Changqing's eyes narrowed slightly, and he quickly made a decision.

"Snatch it!"

Ye Ronghuo clearly had no time to manage Su Changqing anymore and approached Ye Tian.

He was clearly the older brother, yet at this moment, he followed Ye Tian like a younger subordinate.

Su Changqing brushed past the crowd.

At present, Ye Tian clearly didn't even glance at Su Changqing.

"That kid just now, did he take the mission you were supposed to complete for Scarlet Blood Scholar?" Ye Tian's eyes narrowed for a moment, and he suddenly looked at Ye Ronghuo and asked.

"Yes, this person is extremely arrogant," Ye Ronghuo was stunned and quickly replied.

"This person is at True Qi Third Layer, and his killing intent is extremely heavy. He must have gone through a life-and-death struggle before. Don't provoke him for now. When the time is right, I'll have someone deal with him."

Ye Tian sat on the chair and said softly.

True Qi Third Layer? Ye Ronghuo stood frozen. He never expected that Su Changqing, a lone general, would even catch Ye Tian's eye.

"He has no subordinates and no manpower. Even if his cultivation is a bit higher, how can he compete with me?" Ye Ronghuo frowned.

"I told you, you don't believe me. Previously, Eunuch Li sent someone to find me. This person killed four people of the same rank with ruthless methods..." Ye Tian whispered into Ye Ronghuo's ear.

Ye Ronghuo was thirty years old, already with a full beard, his temples frosted with white, and he looked a bit travel-worn.

Ye Tian, however, was still in his prime, his face like a jade.

The brothers had been together since childhood.

However, Ye Tian's fortunes were too profound.

When he was a child, he fell into a deep well. The well was dry, and he starved for seven days and seven nights inside. He swallowed nine Seven Orifices Exquisite Snake eggs, which cleansed his marrow and gave him the Seven Orifices Body. At six years old, he received the true teachings of an Imperial Guard Centurion, at eight years old he reached Body Tempering Seventh Layer, and at twelve years old he reached the True Qi realm.

From then on, Ye Ronghuo greatly feared his younger brother.

He didn't know that Ye Tian still regarded him as the brother who hugged and comforted him when he was young, and had never changed.

"You don't need to worry about anything else. I will kill him for you," Ye Tian said calmly.

The next day, on the streets of Chang'an, at the residence of the Minister of Personnel.

The East Factory and the Imperial Guard Enforcement Agency, a total of three hundred and sixty-five people, all stood in this location.

The Imperial Guard's Flying Fish Robes and the red-robed eunuch attire had surrounded the residence of the Minister of Personnel, Chen Yuanfeng, so tightly that not a drop of water could pass through.

Their eyes were cold and murderous, astonishing countless people on the street.

Su Changqing was among them, his gaze calm, looking at the grand plaque of the Chen residence.

Life Script: Five days later, along with the East Factory, raid the residence of the Minister of Personnel, Chen Yuanfeng, and discover the Invincible Brat's Indestructible Vajra Divine Art on the main house's roof beam...

Cultivation techniques and martial arts manuals are divided into three tiers: ordinary, superior, Earth Fiend, Heavenly Gang, and the top-tier true lineage techniques.

The Indestructible Vajra Divine Art is a supreme Body Refinement technique, a true lineage technique of the Daoist school.

It even surpasses the Heaven-tier Overlord Saber.