Treasures

Watching the Beast-clothed Tall and Thin Youth leave with his severed arm.

Even after the other party's figure disappeared into the vast night, Wu Yuan remained standing in place, unwavering.

A long time!

A long time!

"He should be far away now." Wu Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, his gaze sweeping over the surrounding ruins, where no sign of the Fierce Tiger Gang members could be seen.

Only corpses littered the ground, along with rubble, collapsed houses, and a few distant fires.

"I never expected a First-class Expert would be so hard to kill," Wu Yuan shook his head slightly.

This was the first First-class Expert he had encountered.

He was much stronger than he had imagined.

Wu Yuan had to admit that he had underestimated the martial arts powerhouses of this world. First-class Experts could skillfully wield double the force, possessing astonishing strength.

In the Martial Dao's Ninth-Rank system of the Central Land World, First-class Experts were merely Third-Rank martial artists.

What about Second-Rank martial artists? First-Rank martial artists?

And the legendary Heavenly Ranking Experts?

Their power was something Wu Yuan couldn't yet fathom.

"Killing ordinary Second-class Experts is not difficult for me."

"But the combat skills of First-class Experts are already incredibly impressive," Wu Yuan lamented. "Even though my combat skills are far superior, it's still difficult for me to kill them."

One force overcomes ten skills.

If the Beast-clothed Tall and Thin Youth could continuously unleash a force of 100,000 jin, he could have crushed Wu Yuan to death.

No matter how high his combat skills, it would be useless.

In reality, it wasn't that Wu Yuan was being pretentious by not pursuing, but rather that he lacked sufficient confidence.

Although the Beast-clothed Tall and Thin Youth was heavily injured, Wu Yuan had also reached his physical limit.

After dozens of consecutive uses of 'Extreme Force Blade,' even though Wu Yuan had touched upon the 'Hard and Soft' realm, and his consumption was relatively smaller, it was still astonishing.

The continuous clashes had also inflicted immense physical impact due to the opponent's terrifying strength, leaving Wu Yuan with numerous hidden injuries.

Wu Yuan's use of Thousand Mountain Blade was his final gamble.

Forcing the opponent to flee for his life, Wu Yuan's stamina and spirit had also reached their limit, his arms aching at this moment.

Pursue?

Once the Beast-clothed Tall and Thin Youth was pushed to a corner and retaliated desperately, the outcome would be uncertain, and Wu Yuan naturally didn't want to take the risk.

"Fighting him to the death was forced," Wu Yuan reflected carefully. "This battle has deeply affected me; a fight for survival is indeed extraordinary."

"However."

"I cannot repeatedly place myself on the brink of death. If I try too many times, even a slight mistake could lead to my actual death," Wu Yuan understood this clearly.

Unless absolutely necessary, continuous progress is sufficient. The more one pursues the extreme, the more likely they are to perish before even reaching it.

For Wu Yuan.

His objectives of scattering the Fierce Tiger Gang and saving the clan leader had been achieved. Why should he risk his life fighting this mysterious First-class Expert?

As for the future?

"If you wish to seek revenge, I hope you can keep up with my progress speed." Wu Yuan believed that the opponent would not be his match in the future.

What he lacked was time for his body to grow.

If their physical conditions were equal, Wu Yuan was confident he could kill the Beast-clothed Tall and Thin Youth within three moves.

"Let's hurry and clean up the battlefield. With such a major incident at the Fierce Tiger Gang, most of their members have fled. I'm afraid someone will arrive soon." Wu Yuan stood in place for a long time, feeling his fatigue had significantly eased.

He wasted no more time.

He began to clean up the battlefield, first picking up the box that had fallen from the Beast-clothed Tall and Thin Youth's soft armor.

He also collected the 'jade bottle' left behind by the Fierce Tiger Gang leader.

As items left by two powerful experts, Wu Yuan naturally attached great importance to them. Without examining them closely, Wu Yuan continued to search.

In less than half an hour.

Wu Yuan had gathered a large stack of silver notes and a pile of miscellaneous items from the corpses scattered across the courtyard.

A rough estimate placed the silver notes at over 30,000 taels!

Most of them were from Stellar Tower, with a small portion from Hengyun Sect.

Of course.

The silver notes carried by the leader Yang Long and a few Proficient Experts alone amounted to nearly 20,000 taels. The contribution from most of the grunts was not significant.

"The Fierce Tiger Gang has been entrenched within Li City for many years, extorting countless resources."

"Even if Yang Long handed over most of his earnings to his sect and the powerful figures behind them, the amount of money they possessed was likely not small."

"The main headquarters should have at least 100,000 silver," Wu Yuan thought to himself.

But he didn't set off to search the various parts of the main camp.

Firstly, although the Fierce Tiger Gang's main camp wasn't too large, how long would it take him to search it alone?

Secondly, the hundreds of scattered gang members had likely already taken most of the money from various places in the gang, so there wouldn't be much left.

"Besides, having enough money is enough," Wu Yuan sighed inwardly. "When I first woke up, I was worried about five hundred taels of silver. Now?"

This battle alone yielded over 30,000 taels of silver.

This was martial power.

Once his strength increased, Wu Yuan believed that if he wanted to, obtaining large sums of money would be effortless.

The harvest this trip was considerable.

"Whoosh~" He waved his hand and put the silver notes into his embrace.

Wu Yuan pondered for a moment, then opened the stopper of the green jade bottle. Immediately, waves of fragrance emanated from the jade bottle, dispelling the smell of blood in the courtyard.

"What's this?" Wu Yuan smelled the scent and felt refreshed. After a moment of stunned silence, he quickly put the stopper back on.

"Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures?" Wu Yuan recalled some records in ancient texts, and the scent emitted by the jade bottle was somewhat similar.

But he wasn't entirely sure.

He had never seen such a treasure before.

The Central Land World was vast and magnificent, with countless treasures. Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were definitely precious, a legend to ordinary people.

How could Yang Long, a Second-class Expert, obtain such a treasure?

There must be a reason.

"Let me see again." Wu Yuan opened the box again. There were no Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures or silver notes inside.

Only a golden token.

"A token?" Wu Yuan was puzzled. He reached out and took it. The token was heavy, but it didn't seem like gold; it was much heavier than gold.

It was also exquisitely made.

"Chu Jiang?"

Wu Yuan looked it over and saw two ancient characters engraved on one side of the token. His pupils contracted slightly. "Could it be...?"

In an instant, Wu Yuan understood.

If his guess was correct, he had probably gotten himself into big trouble this time.

"If the leader of the Fierce Tiger Gang, Yang Long, and that First-class Expert truly belonged to the same sect, and were also involved with the long-gone Chu Jiang Empire, they would undoubtedly be a terrifying force."

"However, Li City is just an insignificant small county. Why would they appear here? What's the reason?" Wu Yuan was puzzled.

But one thing was very clear in Wu Yuan's mind.

"I can't delay, I have to leave quickly!"

Whoosh!

Wu Yuan put the token back into the box, then carefully stored it and the jade bottle into his package, and quickly headed towards the prison courtyard.

... The battle hadn't spread far and didn't last long. The prison courtyard was unaffected, but the guards who were originally responsible for 'watching' had all dispersed.

The people imprisoned in the various rooms of the prison courtyard had already noticed the commotion outside, but none of them dared to act rashly.

The Fierce Tiger Gang was notoriously ruthless!

Suddenly.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" Brilliant sword lights lit up on the door frames, followed by the clanging of chains falling to the ground as the doors were opened.

"The Fierce Tiger Gang has been annihilated. You may each return home." A cold voice came from within the courtyard, startling the more than ten people in each room.

They looked at the figure wearing a bronze mask with disbelief.

The Fierce Tiger Gang annihilated? Was it true or not?

Before the imprisoned people could react much, the figure leaped up and quickly disappeared from their sight.