"An unexpected windfall. Not bad, not bad. Looks like Heaven rewards those who uphold justice in its name."
Li Qingqiu's lips curled into a smile, and his mood lifted.
He didn't move the medicinal herbs. Instead, he turned and went out to finish off everyone in Cui Manor.
Aside from freeing the imprisoned girls, Li Qingqiu had also seen plenty of horrifying scenes. The Cui Family was every bit as evil as the Demonic Sect; they deserved to die.
Li Qingqiu chose to eradicate everyone in Cui Manor, root and branch, so they wouldn't take revenge on the imprisoned girls.
After the time it took an incense stick to burn, Li Qingqiu returned to the courtyard where the herbs were stored. He was carrying some cloth, which he set on the ground before moving the herb crates one by one.
Once he'd finished, he whistled and waited quietly.
A dozen or so breaths later, a gale swept in, and the courtyard darkened. Xiao Ba descended from the sky, its wings covering the entire courtyard.
Li Qingqiu glared at it and told it to wait outside the courtyard. Then he began loading the crates onto its back and tying them down with the cloth. Once he'd made sure nothing would fall, he asked Xiao Ba to deliver the herbs to Qingxiao Sect.
Xiao Ba beat its wings and shot into the clouds. Li Qingqiu watched with his heart in his throat, genuinely afraid it might shake the crates loose.
If they fell and accidentally killed someone, wouldn't that be a terrible sin?
Li Qingqiu's thoughts wandered as he headed for the gates of Cui Manor.
There was bound to be plenty of money left inside, but he couldn't be bothered to take it. He'd leave it for the people of this