See the Whole Picture and Strike First!

Liang Qu entered the Martial Arts School carrying large and small bags, mostly pastries, which drew sidelong glances from Xiang ChangSong and Hu Qi.

They've only been gone for a little over two hours, and my junior brother is back with gifts? "Senior Brother Hu, Senior Brother Xiang, Senior Brother Lu, and Senior Brother Xu, have they returned yet?"

"Not yet, what's wrong?"

Liang Qu pointed to the Quiet Room next to him. The two senior brothers understood and entered the secret room together. They closed the door and could not hear any sounds from the outside world.

Liang Qu put everything on the table and quickly said, "Someone came to see me just now and brought me some things, but he smelled like Mountain Ghost."

Xiang ChangSong hurriedly asked, "Who is that person?"

"Zheng Xiang, the second steward of the Zhao Residence!"

"The Zhao Residence?"

Hu Qi frowned; he remembered the Zhao Residence.

He can be said to be the biggest businessman in the entire Ping Yang Town. He has shops in Ping Yang Town and Chao River County. He rose to prominence very quickly, seemingly within four or five years.

Master Zhao's third son, Zhao Xueyuan, was learning martial arts at their Martial Arts School. If I remember correctly, Zhao Xueyuan hadn't come for a few days.

"When Zheng Xiang delivered the things, he winked at me, but I don't know what he meant."

Xiang ChangSong's imagination ran wild. "Could it be that the Mountain Ghost was raised by the Zhao Residence, Zheng Xiang secretly discovered it and had a change of heart?"

Hu Qi said, "Look at what he sent. If there was nothing wrong, he wouldn't have come to contact Xiao Jiu for no reason."

The group sat together and quickly began to open the box.

Liang Qu took a box of pastries, slid open the lid, and the papers scattered out.

Xiang and Hu immediately moved closer.

Liang Qu unfolded the papers one by one and discovered that they were all land deeds and shop deeds, quite valuable. A rough estimate put the value at least at a thousand taels of silver! Not only Liang Qu, but his two senior brothers were also shocked.

"Why are they all land deeds?"

"Where would a steward get so many shops?"

"It must be Zhao Hongyuan's idea."

"Quickly check if there are any others."

After searching for a while, the group finally found a piece of paper covered with small writing, which began with seven locations.

Next, Zhao Hongyuan recounted the whole story in his own words, including the envoy's strength and the backup plan he left behind. The three of them were increasingly astonished as they read on.

"Those shop deeds, worth two thousand three hundred taels of silver, are offered as an apology from me. I ask for your understanding, gentlemen. From now on, though the mountains are high and the roads are long, we may meet again someday."

Through the words, Liang Qu could see, in his stunned silence, a plump old man bowing to him with a smile in his eyes, outwardly friendly and prosperous, but inwardly treacherous and cunning. Xiang ChangSong and Hu Qi both fell silent.

I thought there would be a fierce battle at the end, but I suddenly discovered that there was a traitor in the enemy camp who wanted to escape all along. He quickly packed up all the enemy intelligence and sent it over.

After five years of forbearance, he accepted all the resources from the Ghost Mother Sect and did all the work for them.

But after taking all the benefits, they kicked the other party aside and ran away.

They even wanted to take advantage of his misfortune to ruin the Ghost Mother Sect's plans, so that Da Shun wouldn't come looking for trouble.

How much courage does it take to do something like this?

"Was Zhao Hongyuan afraid we would come after him, so he specially sent over so many shops?"

Hu Qi crossed his arms. "Whether we give it to him or not, we won't be able to find him. The fact that we can see this note proves that he left a long time ago."

Xiang ChangSong frowned. "Then what do we do now? We can't trust everything on the paper, it might be a lie, a diversionary tactic."

"Whether they're lying to us or not, we'll know once we go and see for ourselves. The most urgent thing is to find Senior Brother Lu and Senior Brother Xu as soon as possible. If it's true, we should first take out that so-called envoy and his contact. Without the envoy's prompting, the Mountain Ghost won't wake up in a short time. We can then eliminate them one by one."

"Then I'll go find my senior brother now."

Huang Zejun walked into the courtyard and frowned.

He had intended to have dinner before going to do his errands, but after waiting and waiting without anyone calling him, he got up to urge them. When he came out, he found that there were only some old women washing clothes in the courtyard, and no food had been prepared.

Zhao Hongyuan somewhat pushing his luck.

Bringing your wife and kids is one thing, but bringing servants is another. Can't you at least try to keep things quiet? She was quite well-behaved just a couple of days ago.

Huang Zejun rubbed his stomach, feeling empty inside, but he didn't have time to have the servants start a fire and cook.

There was no time to wait for dinner; he had to hurry and use Secret Method to summon the Mountain Ghost for Blood Sacrifice.

Over the years, Chinese medicine practitioners have not stood still. They have already improved the Fetus Pearl Pill to enhance the Blood Qi integration rate and absorption rate.

Nowadays, only five to six hundred strong men are needed to refine a Wolf Smoke Realm Fetus Pearl Pill.

Even the Mountain Ghost cultivated different varieties, which, stimulated by secret techniques, dug out their own embryos and handed them over to the controller, saving them the trouble of having to manually dig them out one by one afterwards.

Around Ping Yang Town, more than 300 Mountain Ghost had been raised. After the largest one was taken down, only more than 200 remained.

A Mountain Ghost can lay five to six eggs, enough to obtain two large Wolf Smoke pills, or a dozen Galloping Horse.

The Young Dragon is a Martial Saint, capable of suppressing an entire nation.

True Image is capable of being a great general, and can guard a prefecture.

Four Gates Martial Master can Imperial Grain.

The Galloping Horse and the Wolf Smoke Martial Master have become an indispensable backbone of the force.

There is a shortage of qualified young teachers, and new talent is urgently needed.

Two Wolf Smoke Fetus Pearl Pill represent two Wolf Smoke Martial Artist. Even if they suffer from mental problems and fall into the Blood Dream Dilemma after consuming them, it will actually make them easier to control.

Absolutely no mistakes are permissible.

Huang Zejun hurriedly walked through the covered corridor, around the screen wall, and pushed open the door.

A terrifying feeling of palpitation suddenly enveloped Huang Zejun's mind and body, and goosebumps instantly rose all over his skin.

Damn! Boom! The red pillar shattered the wooden door and slammed into his chest.

The surging force squeezed Huang Zejun's entire skeleton, producing a heart-palpitating cracking sound.

The front section of the pillar completely collapsed, carrying Huang Zejun as it crashed through the shadow wall and flew into the main house.

The carved wooden door was torn apart like a piece of paper, the huge main beam broke on the spot, the eaves of the entire main house tilted down, and the heavy roof tiles fell down and shattered.

All I could hear were screams of fear.

Lu Gang shattered the threshold and stepped over the billowing dust.

Fine dust drifted behind him, flowing along every curve of his clothes, leaving long ribbons.

At the entrance, the hanging flower gate, having lost its pillars, collapsed with a crash.

Pingyang Wharf.

The water rippled and reflected the starry sky.

A large, unremarkable Black Awning Boat was moored on the shore. A man wearing a straw hat was chewing on some grass and glancing at the moon every now and then. As the moon rose higher in the sky, he became increasingly impatient.

We agreed to leave with Zhao Hongyuan and his group after dark, but they haven't come over yet. What's going on?

In rural areas where population movement is limited, his arrival in such a large Black Awning Boat was already noticeable, and the fact that he had been docked at the shore for so long had drawn considerable attention.

I'll wait another 45 minutes, or I'll stop waiting!

Are you waiting for someone?

"None of your business."

The man in the straw hat thought he was just another troublemaker from the countryside, so he looked up and was about to retort.

A flash of sword light illuminated his suddenly contracted pupils.