Worth Dying For!

Talent!

Chen Luo's spirits were greatly lifted. The moment the Nineteen Young Master's brain was collected, he clearly felt a difference, similar to the feeling he had with the Royal Family Brain before. Perhaps because of its higher completeness, the Nineteen Young Master's brain operated faster than the first Royal Family Brain he had collected. Faintly, he seemed to perceive an energy he had never noticed before.

"Good! It was worth taking such a big risk."

Chen Luo's spirits soared.

After being stuck for so many days, he finally found a breakthrough. As expected, opportunity favors the prepared. This Nineteen Young Master was his chance!

After a simple tidying of the scene, Chen Luo quickly went over and put the Nineteen Young Master's Jade Pendant and his Jade Slip into his怀中. The marks he had left on the Jade Slip had not been erased. From this, it seemed the Nineteen Young Master's talent might not have been as high as he boasted. His talk of 'achieving Dao and becoming an Immortal' in the future was likely just hot air.

However, it was understandable. The Nineteen Young Master had nothing at the moment. To win over that middle-aged Scholar, all he could do was promise a grand future, 'painting a big picture' and such. Chen Luo had seen this tactic many times and naturally didn't take it seriously.

After dealing with the scene, Chen Luo blew out the candle in the room.

He climbed out through the broken window. As he passed by, he also conveniently collected the brain of 'Old Jiang,' who was guarding the Nineteen Young Master.

Anyway, leaving it there would be a waste; it might as well contribute its remaining warmth to him.

With this, Chen Luo had completely turned his situation around.

Besides the Nineteen Young Master, a genius with 'Immortal Cultivation talent,' he also gained the brain of a Grandmaster-level expert. This was his first Grandmaster brain. The Blade-Wielding Strongman and Old Daoist Lichen he met in the valley earlier couldn't be collected for various reasons, but this regret was finally filled.

It wasn't until some time after he left that a commotion finally erupted from the side courtyard.

However, by this time, Chen Luo had already left the County Yamen and returned to his residence.

After General Fan's death, Eunuch Wei's line was also cut, so he returned to Third Uncle's courtyard and tidied it up. The burned parts were also repaired a few days ago by someone he hired. These days, Qingya County was full of people. As long as you were willing to pay, repairing a house was very simple.

After entering the courtyard, Chen Luo didn't rush into the house. Instead, he waited at the entrance for a moment, confirming that no one was following him before closing the door and entering.

Back in his room, he quickly walked to the wardrobe and changed out of his blood-stained night clothes.

"These clothes need to be dealt with."

Chen Luo glanced around the room and found a black brazier.

The last time Eunuch Wei and the others came, Third Uncle used this brazier for cleanup. Unexpectedly, it was time for 'cleanup' again.

He took some charcoal, put it in the brazier, and lit it.

Once the fire started, Chen Luo quickly threw the night clothes, already soaked in medicine, into the brazier.

Black smoke rose.

Soon, the blood-stained night clothes were burned to black ash, and the smoke drifted away, obscured by the night. This small commotion didn't attract any attention in Qingya County, which was just starting to rebuild. After the Calamity of War, many people's houses were destroyed. At this very moment, many people outside were still repairing their houses overnight, making much more noise than Chen Luo.

After burning the clothes, Chen Luo found a bag, put the black ash from the brazier into it, and dragged it to the backyard.

Eunuch Wei and the others rested here.

Chen Luo took a shovel and skillfully dug another pit next to Eunuch Wei's Burial Site.

Only after burying all the ash in the pit did he finally breathe a sigh of relief. In the process, he also processed it with Third Uncle's secret Burial Medicine, ensuring that even if a dog came, it wouldn't smell anything.

"Old Wei, I'm here to fertilize you again..."

It was already half an hour later when everything was dealt with. Chen Luo chatted with Eunuch Wei's ashes for a couple of sentences before turning around and returning to the house.

He closed the door.

Chen Luo took out the two items he had acquired tonight.

Under the oil lamp on the table, he clearly saw the unusual phenomena on the surface of the two items.

The Nineteen Young Master's Jade Pendant and Jade Slip emitted a faint blue light under the firelight. The Jade Slip, which he couldn't activate no matter what he tried before, now 'came alive' under the guidance of the Jade Pendant.

After a while longer, there was finally a commotion outside.

The Heir Apparent's death had truly stirred up a hornet's nest.

Large numbers of soldiers carrying torches searched the city all night, and the sounds of banging on doors and shouting kept coming. Hearing the commotion, Chen Luo quickly blew out the oil lamp and hid the two items close to his body.

For the current Chen Luo, keeping them on his person was the safest.

With his strength, even if something unexpected happened, he could escape immediately.

Soon, the sound of searching reached his door.

"Open the door! Open the door!!"

Bang bang bang!

Urgent knocking kept coming, and the light of the torches shone through the crack in the door into the room.

"Who is it?"

Chen Luo adjusted his state, pretending to have just woken up. Sleepily, he opened the main door.

As soon as he pulled back the bolt, a torch immediately shone in. Large numbers of soldiers surrounded the entrance with their weapons, and some even pushed past Chen Luo and began searching the courtyard.

"Chen Luo? The Undertaker from the county."

A captain even pulled out a rolled-up portrait and looked Chen Luo up and down.

"Yes, yes, that's me, the humble one."

Chen Luo seemed startled as well, looking like he had just woken up. Hearing the question, he immediately nodded in response.

The leading captain watched for a moment, confirming his identity before rolling up the portrait and putting it away.

"Officer, has something happened?"

"Ask less about things you shouldn't."

The leading captain glanced at him, impatiently snapping.

"Let me ask you, did you see anyone suspicious tonight?"

"Suspicious people? No, sir. After I got off work, I've been resting at home. My neighbors can all testify."

Chen Luo looked bewildered.

This was the advantage of being a local. If something happened, the neighbors would help cover for you, turning something into nothing. Outsiders wouldn't get this kind of treatment.

There were even fewer problems with his household registration records.

He was a native of Qingya County with identity records, so he wasn't afraid of this kind of questioning at all. He estimated that the soldiers on the other side had the same thought, which was why their questioning was somewhat perfunctory.

"No one inside, and nothing suspicious."

Soon, the soldiers who had searched inside returned.

"Let's go, next house!"

The soldiers, treating it as routine, immediately withdrew and moved on to the next house, not even bothering to waste another half-sentence on Chen Luo.

In the blink of an eye, the group of soldiers was gone.

The sounds of knocking kept receding into the distance, the routine search by the soldiers had alarmed the entire city.

Tonight was destined to be sleepless.

Chen Luo glanced at the direction they left in, then quietly closed the door.

With the death of an Heir Apparent, this matter was just the beginning.

Chen Luo had anticipated this before killing them. Given a chance to start over, he would still kill those two. Some things were destined to remain hidden; once exposed, it was a matter of life and death. Chen Luo didn't want to die, so he had to let the Heir Apparent of Prince Ning go first in his place.

The commotion continued until dawn.

It was chaotic, with even the sounds of weapons clashing, though he didn't know what the soldiers had found during their search.

But none of this had anything to do with Chen Luo.

Outside was in turmoil, but he in the courtyard was like someone unaffected. In the early morning, he even used the Grandmaster Brain of the Nineteen Young Master to absorb some Morning Sun Qi. His cultivation speed had indeed become much faster. Not only that, the energy that had previously blocked his meridians was slowly loosening, and the blue energy was being digested and absorbed by him.

This scene greatly boosted Chen Luo's spirits, and he instantly felt that the Nineteen Young Master had 'died a more valuable death'!