Arc 15From Bone Palace to the Capital

Yang Ling defeated the White Bone Elder, strengthened his abilities, and investigated Kong Xinghu’s murder, uncovering the Wangzhi Medicine Guild’s role in the fire-oil deaths and the Star Gazing Academy Head’s involvement. After the case cost him and Lu Yunchen their posts, Yang Ling prepared to travel to the Capital and entered an exclusive instance.

  • Yang Ling defeated the White Bone Elder, survived his final explosion, and claimed pills and an SS- rating reward before discovering that his daggers had largely survived and improving his cultivation and Object Control.
  • Yang Ling returned to the Blazing Gold Ore mine, refused Li Fengxian’s offer to join the Immortal God Cult, and was ordered to Xiangfeng Prefecture to investigate Kong Xinghu’s murder.
  • Yang Ling joined Xu Wenjun and Lu Yunchen’s investigation, traced fire oil to the Wangzhi Medicine Guild, and exposed Wang Zhi and He Dongqing’s involvement in hiding oil and causing refugee deaths.
  • Yang Ling’s team uncovered seven bodies and He Dongqing’s testimony, leading Wang Zhi to name Luo Kai as the architect of the scheme and Yang Ling to identify the Star Gazing Academy Head as Kong Xinghu’s killer.
  • Xu Wenjun tried to stop the investigation, but Zhao Chonghong sent copies of the testimony to the Capital, where officials commended the case and ordered executions while Yang Ling and Lu Yunchen lost their posts.
  • Yang Ling visited the mine, arranged for Zhou Zheng to stay and help the players, reached level 90, and received two Purple Treasure Chests.
  • Yang Ling refined a Qi and Blood Tai Sui, gained 30 Free Attribute Points from the second chest, and entered the Tun Tian Dao Palace’s exclusive instance.
Chapters 351–375 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 351White Bone Elder

Yang Ling entered the White Bone Dao Palace to claim its secret treasures and faced the White Bone Elder, whose strength forced him to retreat and fight at range. He countered the Elder’s flying sword with flying daggers and began landing Ice Blade strikes, leaving the battle unresolved.

  • The Bone Demon King opened the White Bone Dao Palace and revealed that its Grand Elder guarded three secret treasures, triggering a hidden side quest.
  • Yang Ling left Qin Mo and the others behind and followed the Bone Demon King into the palace, where the White Bone Elder attacked him with a flying sword.
  • Yang Ling saw the White Bone Elder’s formidable attributes and fled the Elder’s attacks while weighing the cost of continually using Treading the Void.
  • The White Bone Elder offered the group a chance to kneel and beg for mercy, but Yang Ling stood his ground and used flying daggers to block the sword.
  • Yang Ling attacked with Ice Blade, freezing the White Bone Elder, who then used his agility to dodge.

Ch. 352Ice Blade Force!

Yang Ling overwhelmed the White Bone Elder with volleys of flying daggers and awakened Ice Blade force, sharply increasing their frost power. Just as Yang Ling prepared to finish the fight, the White Bone Elder stopped the daggers with a Mental Power barrier and challenged him to reveal his next move.

  • Yang Ling attacked the White Bone Elder with rapid volleys of flying daggers, while Lin Caiyi and the others watched the palace hall collapse around them.
  • Yang Ling blanketed the White Bone Elder’s escape routes, landing more daggers and gradually slowing him with frost as his health fell to half.
  • Lin Caiyi and the others celebrated their likely victory, while Yang Ling continued attacking and unexpectedly comprehended Ice Blade force.
  • Yang Ling’s strengthened frost attacks coated the White Bone Elder and the surrounding area in ice, slowing him further.
  • The White Bone Elder stopped dodging and used an invisible Mental Power barrier to freeze Yang Ling’s incoming volley in midair, then pulled the daggers from his body and taunted him.

Ch. 353[White Bone Elder begs you for mercy]

Yang Ling wore down White Bone Elder’s invisible barrier, then defeated him in close combat after his daggers finally broke through. White Bone Elder fell to his knees and begged for mercy, leaving Yang Ling to decide whether to spare him.

  • White Bone Elder stopped Yang Ling’s flying daggers with an invisible barrier and ordered Bone Demon King to attack, but Yang Ling killed Bone Demon King with Ice Blades and leveled up.
  • Yang Ling continued attacking as he deduced that White Bone Elder’s barrier consumed his mental power and steadily weakened.
  • White Bone Elder offered Yang Ling one of three pill rewards, while the others received five Spirit Nurturing Pills; Yang Ling told them not to accept the reward yet.
  • Yang Ling’s dagger finally pierced the barrier, and he charged White Bone Elder with his weapons and martial skills.
  • Yang Ling overwhelmed White Bone Elder with a barrage of attacks until his health ran out, and White Bone Elder begged him to spare his life.

Ch. 354Claiming the hidden rewards

Yang Ling rejected the White Bone Elder’s plea for mercy, survived its devastating self-destruction, and chose qi-and-blood pills from the hidden rewards to speed his breakthrough. The other players also received valuable pills, including a Peiyuan Pill.

  • Yang Ling rejected the White Bone Elder’s plea, triggering its Corpse Explosion Scorching Heaven attack, and fled with Zhang Shendao and the others.
  • Yang Ling survived the blast with half his health remaining and realized how far he was from a grandmaster’s power.
  • Lin Caiyi, Qin Mo, Zhang Shendao, and the others checked Yang Ling for injuries while Jiang Tian'ai secretly touched his hoe to boost her mining progress.
  • Yang Ling chose two bottles of White Bone Qi and Blood Pills, each containing pills that increased qi and blood by 100 points.
  • Zhang Shendao and the other players celebrated after receiving a Peiyuan Pill and ten Spirit Nurturing Pills.

Ch. 355[Quest rating: SS-]

After the group completed the Beginner White Bone Cave instance, Yang Ling received an SS- rating and chose White Bone Essence Pills, while his companions earned F+ ratings and weighed their reward options. After most chose Free Attribute Points on Yang Ling’s advice, he suddenly remembered his throwing knives and rushed back into the cavern.

  • Zhang Shendao and the others celebrated the rewards they had already collected and tried to persuade Yang Ling to keep helping them in future instances.
  • The game awarded Yang Ling an SS- rating, and he chose fifteen White Bone Essence Pills over forty Free Attribute Points.
  • Lin Caiyi and the others received F+ ratings and could choose between Peiyuan Pills, Spirit Nurturing Pills, and Free Attribute Points.
  • Yang Ling explained that Mental Power improved Internal Energy cultivation and martial-skill practice, and recommended Free Attribute Points for long-term gains.
  • Lin Caiyi, Zhang Shendao, and most of the group chose Free Attribute Points, while a few chose Spirit Nurturing Pills.
  • Yang Ling remembered his throwing knives and dashed toward the second cavern.

Ch. 356Divine Ape Visualization, Entering the Hall and Room!

After recovering the surviving Quenching Gold Armor Piercing Flying Daggers from the White Bone Dao Palace’s destruction, Yang Ling discovered the fragments could be sold as valuable hundred refined blazing gold. He then cultivated with White Bone pills, advancing Divine Ape Visualization to Entering the Hall and Room and gaining the Object Control skill.

  • Yang Ling’s companions left him to recover from the apparent loss of his flying daggers, while Qin Mo mistakenly thought he saw Yang Ling crying.
  • Yang Ling recovered just over a thousand intact Quenching Gold Armor Piercing Flying Daggers and gathered the fragments, realizing the hundred refined blazing gold could make up for his losses.
  • Yang Ling tried to enter the White Bone Dao Palace, but a notification said the hidden side quest was complete and an invisible wall blocked him.
  • Yang Ling told his companions he had not cried and urged them to cultivate before swallowing twenty White Bone Qi and Blood Pills, raising his qi and blood to 13,800 points.
  • Yang Ling consumed seventeen White Bone Essence Pills, advancing Divine Ape Visualization to Entering the Hall and Room and gaining 80 mental power and the Object Control skill.

Ch. 357Object Control

Yang Ling tested the range, weight limit, and endurance of his new Object Control skill using flying daggers and other targets. He concluded that the skill worked best on inanimate objects and prepared to test how long he could control a single dagger.

  • Yang Ling found that Object Control reached roughly 280 meters and lifted up to twenty-eight flying daggers, weighing two jin and eight taels in total.
  • Yang Ling tried to lift Lin Caiyi with Object Control, causing her to feel an unexplained pinch and jump up in confusion.
  • Yang Ling examined the Divine Ape Visualization skill and learned that its Supernatural Skill granted 120 Mental Power and included Divine Ape Spirit Body.
  • Yang Ling tested Object Control on his palm and inside his nostril, but found that it could only affect the surface or extend a few centimeters into a narrow space.
  • Yang Ling controlled twenty-eight flying daggers for about half an hour before feeling mentally fatigued, then practiced the Divine Ape Visualization to recover before testing a single dagger.

Ch. 358Getting their story straight

Yang Ling spent the month in the Beginner White Bone Cave Instance refining Peiyuan Pills and improving the Vajra Mingwang Technique while the others cultivated. Before the mission ended, he warned the group that Immortal God Cult followers might be among the players and told them what to say after they returned to the Blazing Gold Ore mine.

  • Yang Ling tested the limits of controlling one flying dagger, took three White Bone Essence Pills, and increased the Heavenly Will True Scripture's experience points to 20,100.
  • Yang Ling found a secluded ledge high above the Stone Cave and spent the month refining nine Peiyuan Pills to raise the Vajra Mingwang Technique's experience points to 25,630.
  • Lin Caiyi, Zhang Shendao, Li Shou, and the others spotted Yang Ling cultivating on the cliff, and he later leaped down safely using his movement techniques.
  • Yang Ling told the group that Immortal God Cult followers might be among the players at the Blazing Gold Ore mine and instructed them to claim they had failed at the first stage of the mission.
  • The group returned to the Blazing Gold Ore mine, where less than a second had passed outside the instance.

Ch. 359Investigate myself?

Yang Ling mined blazing gold while fending off Li Fengxian’s recruitment offer, then learned that Kong Xinghu’s death had cost him control of the mine. Zhao Zheng ordered him to Xiangfeng Prefecture to investigate the murder, leaving Yang Ling tasked with investigating a crime he had committed himself.

  • Yang Ling entered the mine and found blazing gold while players discussed instance rewards and recruitment.
  • Li Fengxian offered Yang Ling a position in the Immortal God Cult and supplies, but Yang Ling refused and challenged him to come watch the Sixth Rank Top Hundred Battle.
  • After several days of mining, Yang Ling reached level 89 and learned from Zhang Wei that the Third and Fourth Princes had arrived with troubling news.
  • Zhao Zheng told Yang Ling that Kong Xinghu had been found dead and that Zhao Chonghong would take charge of the mine.
  • Zhao Zheng ordered Yang Ling to Xiangfeng Prefecture to identify Kong Xinghu’s killer, and Zhao Fu accused Yang Ling of taking blazing gold ore.

Ch. 360This was a privileged brat!?

Yang Ling left the Blazing Gold Ore mine with Zhao Zheng and learned new details about Kong Xinghu’s murder before returning to Xiangfeng Prefecture. There, he met Xu Wenjun, the powerful official assigned to oversee the case, who ignored him and rode into the Iron Clothes Department.

  • Zhao Fu ordered Cao Yunlong to search Yang Ling for stolen blazing gold ore, but the search found nothing.
  • Zhao Zheng told Yang Ling that Kong Xinghu had been found dead beside the Black List criminal Blood-Handed Scholar and that five Divine Soul Great Return Pills and five Great Evolution Blood Qi Pills were missing.
  • Zhao Zheng said the emperor had assigned Xu Wenjun to lead the investigation, then returned to the Capital with Xu Wuji and Zhang Wei while Yang Ling stayed in Xiangfeng Prefecture.
  • Yang Ling privately told Lin Caiyi and the others to remain at the mine, and he planned to investigate Luo Kai while pursuing Kong Xinghu’s case.
  • At the Iron Clothes Department, Yang Ling inspected Xu Wenjun’s formidable abilities, but Xu Wenjun ignored his greeting and rode inside with his subordinates.

Ch. 361Lord Yang, what do you think?

Xu Wenjun took charge of investigating Kong Xinghu’s death and ordered Yang Ling to assist him. After the constables examined Kong Xinghu and the Blood-Handed Scholar, Yang Ling was asked to assess their deaths.

  • Xu Wenjun inspected the Xiangfeng Prefecture constables, then condemned them for failing to find clues about Kong Xinghu’s murder.
  • Xu Wenjun recognized Yang Ling’s reputation as a skilled investigator and ordered him to stay and assist with the case.
  • Xu Wenjun’s subordinates brought in the bodies of Kong Xinghu and the Blood-Handed Scholar for examination.
  • Zhao Qing and Yang Ling noted that the bodies showed no traces of Fire Oil, while Shi Xin suggested Kong Xinghu had been beaten before his body was burned.
  • The Anti-Theft Division First Branch Master proposed that Kong Xinghu had found the Blood-Handed Scholar and been killed by the criminal’s accomplices, and Xu Wenjun asked Yang Ling what he thought.

Ch. 362The task force's deputy leader

Yang Ling examined Kong Xinghu and the Blood-Handed Scholar’s bodies, identified clues pointing to a powerful close-combat expert, and was appointed deputy leader of the task force investigating their deaths. With only one month to solve the case, Lu Yunchen told Yang Ling to form a team and investigate separately.

  • Yang Ling said the killer was at least Middle Fifth Rank, used exceptional kicking techniques, and pierced both victims’ skulls with a finger or similar weapon.
  • Xu Wenjun ordered the Iron Clothes Departments to watch for the stolen Divine Soul Great Return Pills and Great Evolution Blood Qi Pills, warning that the investigators would face dismissal if the case stalled.
  • As Yang Ling tried to leave, Xu Wenjun appointed him deputy leader of the task force and assigned the Xiangfeng Prefecture masters to assist him.
  • Lu Yunchen arrived with constables including Yun Ruo, accepted leadership of the investigation, and agreed that he and Yang Ling would answer to the Capital if they failed.
  • Lu Yunchen gave the task force one month to produce results and told Yang Ling to select people for a team so they could investigate separately.

Ch. 363Crucial Testimony

Yang Ling pursued a possible link between Lord Kong Xinghu’s murder, the burning of displaced people, and the Immortal God Cult, despite the risk of offending Xu Wenjun. Ding Wei’s testimony connected a batch of fire oil to the Wangzhi Medicine Guild, and Yang Ling set out to investigate it.

  • Yang Ling told Yun Ruo, Shi Xin, and Zhao Qing that the murder might be connected to the earlier burning of displaced people and the Immortal God Cult.
  • Zhao Qing admitted that he had authorized the sale of expired fire oil, while Yang Ling suggested the case could implicate the Wangzhi Medicine Guild and Xu Wenjun.
  • Zhao Qing summoned Ding Wei, who confessed that he had sold the fire oil and used the Iron Clothes Department’s Tracking Powder on its barrels.
  • Yun Ruo recorded Ding Wei’s account and had him mark his testimony.
  • Yang Ling took the testimony and said he would visit the Wangzhi Medicine Guild alone, while Zhao Qing watched him with admiration.

Ch. 364Once the arrow is loosed, there is no turning back (ninth update!)

Yang Ling led Zhao Qing and the Iron Clothes Department into the Wangzhi Medicine Guild to investigate a batch of fire oil, despite Hong Ruohai and Wang Xingсу trying to stop them. Yang Ling ordered Wang Xingсу arrested, and Yun Ruo seized him as the Constables prepared to tie him up.

  • Yang Ling, Zhao Qing, Yun Ruo, and their men arrived at the Wangzhi Medicine Guild to trace fire oil linked to the Xiangfeng Prefecture Iron Clothes Department.
  • Hong Ruohai tried to keep them from entering, but Yang Ling insisted they were conducting an investigation and went inside.
  • Zhao Qing ordered Ding Wei and the Constables to use dogs to search the Guild for the fire oil.
  • Wang Xingсу confronted the investigators, berated Zhao Qing, and invoked his uncle-in-law's position in the Command Department.
  • Yang Ling accused Wang Xingсу of being an Immortal God Cult follower and ordered his arrest, and Yun Ruo captured him.

Ch. 365Where is the evidence?

Yang Ling arrested Wang Xingсу at the Wangzhi Medicine Guild and killed one of his men when the group tried to interfere. He then argued before Xu Wenjun that the Guild was connected to the Immortal God Cult and the mass killing of displaced people, but the chapter left the investigation’s evidence under challenge.

  • Wang Xingсу struggled against arrest, and Yang Ling ordered the constables to bind him and gag him.
  • When Wang Xingсу’s associates charged the constables, Yang Ling killed the lead attacker with a single palm strike, and the others surrendered.
  • Xu Wenjun arrived with Hong Ruohai, Wang Zhi, and the middle-aged man accompanying him; Yang Ling’s Insight Technique revealed that Wang Zhi had ordered seven servants silenced and their bodies hidden beneath the Guild’s locust tree.
  • Yang Ling defended the arrest by saying Wang Xingсу had obstructed an investigation into the Immortal God Cult, while Yun Ruo cited the Iron Clothes Department’s rules permitting officers to kill those who threatened them.
  • Xu Wenjun challenged Yang Ling’s decision to combine the Guild investigation with the Immortal God Cult case, and Yang Ling cited Ding Wei’s confession and his sighting of the Blood-Handed Scholar leaving the Guild smelling of fire oil.

Ch. 366Lord Xu, They're Professionals

Yang Ling defied Xu Wenjun’s order to end the investigation and insisted that fire oil was hidden beneath the Wangzhi Medicine Guild’s rear courtyard. After Qin Mo and the other miners dug three zhang down, they uncovered hundreds of barrels, leaving Wang Zhi and his son stunned and facing Zhao Qing’s accusation of rebellion.

  • Xu Wenjun rejected Yang Ling’s request to combine the investigations, ordered him to leave the guild, and dismissed his claim that the Blood-Handed Scholar was involved for lack of evidence.
  • Yang Ling had Yun Ruo record Xu Wenjun’s obstruction and said the report would be submitted to the Department Master and reviewed by His Majesty.
  • Yang Ling cordoned off a patch of the Wangzhi Medicine Guild’s rear courtyard and declared that the fire oil lay beneath it.
  • Qin Mo and the other miners arrived with Crane-Mouth Hoes and dug three zhang into the ground.
  • The excavation exposed rows of at least seven or eight hundred fire-oil barrels, and Zhao Qing asked Wang Zhi whether the guild was stockpiling them to stage a rebellion.

Ch. 367Overpowering others with authority

Yang Ling’s attempt to combine the Wangzhi Medicine Guild investigation with Kong Xinghu’s murder was blocked by Xu Wenjun, who claimed authority over the fire oil case. Zhao Chonghong then arrived with Prefectural Soldiers, invoked the Emperor’s wishes and the Guild’s suspected ties to Rong Tribe spies, and took control of the investigation, leaving Yang Ling and Lu Yunchen to watch over the sealed Guild.

  • Xu Wenjun rejected Yang Ling’s evidence as insufficient to combine the cases and ordered Hong Ruohai to investigate and seal the fire oil.
  • Xu Wenjun ordered Yang Ling and his team to return to the Iron Clothes Department while he took over the Guild investigation.
  • An officer informed Xu Wenjun that Zhao Chonghong had arrived, and Zhao entered with Lu Yunchen and dozens of Prefectural Soldiers who surrounded the Guild.
  • Zhao Chonghong cited the Guild’s suspected links to the Immortal God Cult and Rong Tribe spies, then challenged Xu Wenjun’s involvement because Wang Zhi was his father-in-law.
  • Xu Wenjun yielded control, and Zhao Chonghong sealed the Wangzhi Medicine Guild and assigned Yang Ling and Lu Yunchen to assist him.
  • Zhao Chonghong left Yang Ling with a murderous look, and Yang Ling privately resolved that he would not fear Xu Wenjun in a fight.

Ch. 368The traitor within

Yang Ling exposed He Dongqing as the source of evidence against Wang Zhi and used the Insight Technique to uncover He Dongqing’s own crimes. He Dongqing denied betraying Wang Zhi, while Wang Zhi realized the medicine guild’s position had become hopeless.

  • Zhao Chonghong ordered the fire oil barrels counted and recorded, and Yang Ling had the secret passage and the courtyard at its far end sealed.
  • Officials counted 838 barrels of fire oil, confirmed that Ding Wei’s marked barrels were among them, and stamped matching records.
  • Wang Zhi argued that the Wangzhi Medicine Guild should not be sealed and denied ties to the Rong Tribe, but Yang Ling challenged him over the deaths caused by the fire oil.
  • Yang Ling summoned He Dongqing and said He had told him that Wang Zhi ordered seven servants killed and buried beneath the Great Locust Tree.
  • Yang Ling used the Insight Technique on He Dongqing and discovered that He had arranged the servants’ murders and sent oil to the Refugee Compound, indirectly causing over a hundred refugees’ deaths.
  • He Dongqing denied telling Yang Ling anything, while Wang Zhi silently realized that He Dongqing had betrayed him.

Ch. 369That Was Exactly What He Wanted to Hear

Yang Ling forced He Dongqing to testify after seven bodies were found beneath the Wangzhi Medicine Guild’s locust tree, linking Wang Zhi and the Blood-Handed Scholar to the fire-oil killings. Wang Zhi then claimed Kong Xinghu had ordered the fire oil and the burning of the refugees, prompting Zhao Chonghong to clear the courtyard for a private discussion.

  • Yang Ling had Shi Xin and Yun Ruo locate the guild’s great locust tree, where they uncovered seven bodies.
  • He Dongqing agreed to testify and said the dead servants had helped the Blood-Handed Scholar collect fire oil for Wang Zhi.
  • He Dongqing revealed that Wang Zhi had kept the Blood-Handed Scholar in his service and offered a ledger detailing his orders and the fire oil’s source.
  • Yang Ling accused Wang Zhi of colluding with the Immortal God Cult, but Wang Zhi admitted the Blood-Handed Scholar worked for the guild while denying that he was a spy.
  • Wang Zhi claimed Kong Xinghu had ordered the fire oil deliveries and that Kong’s junior fellow disciple had proposed burning the refugees.
  • Zhao Chonghong ordered the courtyard cleared, leaving only himself, Yang Ling, Lu Yunchen, Yun Ruo, Wang Zhi, his son and grandson, and He Dongqing.

Ch. 370The killer was found

Zhao Chonghong forced Wang Zhi to document his claims about the plot involving Kong Xinghu, refugees, and Luo Kai, despite Wang’s warnings about the Third Prince and the Star Gazing Academy. After Wang signed the record and tried to kill himself, Yang Ling stopped him, and the group concluded that the Star Gazing Academy Head had killed Kong Xinghu.

  • Wang Zhi named Luo Kai as the person who had devised the scheme to force Zhao Chonghong out of Xiangfeng Prefecture, and Yang Ling realized Luo Kai was the Third Prince’s junior fellow disciple.
  • Zhao Chonghong insisted that Wang Zhi sign his statement and said the decision to investigate rested with His Majesty, while Wang urged them to let the case go.
  • Wang Zhi’s son begged him to sign, and Wang Zhi signed the record before biting down on his tongue in an attempt to die.
  • Yang Ling stopped Wang Zhi from killing himself and warned that his death could make the case fall on his family.
  • Zhao Chonghong and Lu Yunchen reasoned that Kong Xinghu’s testimony would be needed to support Wang Zhi’s claims, and Yang Ling declared that the Star Gazing Academy Head had killed Kong Xinghu.

Ch. 371Sir, You've Lost Your Composure

After the Special Case Team sent evidence implicating the Star Gazing Academy Head and the Third Prince to the Capital, Xu Wenjun tore up the remaining files and warned that the civil officials would suppress the case. Yang Ling realized the Civil Official Group might hold power beyond the Zhao Family, while Zhao Chonghong stood by his decision and Xu Wenjun continued to rage.

  • Yang Ling reported that the Special Case Team had linked the Star Gazing Academy Head to Kong Xinghu's murder and asked Xu Wenjun to take Wang Zhi's testimony to the Capital.
  • Xu Wenjun tore up the case files and ordered the investigation team to disband, but Zhao Chonghong revealed that copies of the testimony had already been sent to the Capital.
  • Xu Wenjun warned that the evidence could provoke the civil officials, who might accuse the Iron Clothes Department of fabricating crimes to challenge their power.
  • Xu Wenjun declared that civil officials, not the Zhao Family, ran the realm, prompting Yang Ling to reconsider the Civil Official Group's reach.
  • Zhao Chonghong said he had only done what he should, while Xu Wenjun cursed Yang Ling for eating the Qi and Blood Tai Sui.
  • Yang Ling told Xu Wenjun he had lost his composure and added that the Qi and Blood Tai Sui had tasted delicious.

Ch. 372I earned the greatest credit this time

After the Capital’s investigation orders arrived, Yang Ling, Lu Yunchen, and Xu Wenjun were stripped of their local posts and ordered to report to the Capital. Yang Ling recognized the civil officials’ power and resolved to grow stronger before facing them.

  • Xu Wenjun predicted that the Capital would intervene, while Lu Yunchen warned Yang Ling that resolving the case could cost them their posts.
  • Three days later, Xu Wenjun read the Capital’s commendation and ordered Wang Zhi and the other people involved in the case beheaded for harboring the fugitive Blood-Handed Scholar.
  • The Ministry of Personnel ordered Lu Yunchen and Yang Ling to relinquish their posts and travel to the Capital, and they handed over their Official Seals.
  • Xu Wenjun announced that his merits and past failures had canceled out, so he too had to leave his post and become the Capital’s Anti-Theft Division First Branch Master.
  • Xu Wenjun invited Yang Ling and Lu Yunchen to accompany him to the Capital, and Yang Ling resolved to raise his strength quickly.

Ch. 373Not Enough Had Died

Wang Zhi and He Dongqing were executed, closing Yang Ling’s case in the eyes of the authorities despite his anger that more people had escaped punishment. Yang Ling prepared to travel to the Capital, where Lu Yunchen warned him of danger, and first planned to arrange affairs at the Blazing Gold Ore mine.

  • Zhao Chonghong ordered the execution of Wang Zhi and He Dongqing, while He Dongqing pleaded that he had not betrayed the Wang family.
  • Xu Wenjun praised Yang Ling’s handling of the case and blamed the Wang family’s greed for his own loss of position.
  • Yang Ling said that more people should be punished for burning over a hundred Players, but Lu Yunchen explained that the case was considered closed for now.
  • Lu Yunchen promised to look after Yang Ling in the Capital, and Yun Ruo advised him to keep a low profile there.
  • Yang Ling decided to visit the Blazing Gold Ore mine and make arrangements before traveling to the Capital.

Ch. 374Purple Treasure Chests x2

Yang Ling prepared to leave the Blazing Gold Ore mine for the Capital, made arrangements to protect his people and Zhou Zheng, and continued mining until he reached level 90. After receiving two Purple Treasure Chests, he left the mine and opened the first one.

  • Qian Dalong welcomed Yang Ling and promised to treat Zhou Zheng and his people well while Yang Ling was away.
  • Yang Ling told the players he might not return from the Capital, arranged for Zhou Zheng to stay at the mine, and gave him a fragment of a Quenching Gold Armor Piercing Flying Dagger to sell.
  • Yang Ling mined for several days, kept most of the blazing gold he found, and reached level 90, becoming the first of Divine Domain's fifty million players to do so.
  • Yang Ling received two Purple Treasure Chests and sent Lin Caiyi and the others over a hundred possible blazing gold locations before leaving the mine.
  • After traveling far from the mine, Yang Ling took out the two Purple Treasure Chests and opened the first one.

Ch. 375Purple Big Wheel

Yang Ling refined a Qi and Blood Tai Sui and raised his qi and blood to 16,800, then won 30 Free Attribute Points from the Purple Big Wheel. He prepared to enter the Tun Tian Dao Palace to strengthen himself and trade equipment for pills and herbs.

  • Yang Ling swallowed a Qi and Blood Tai Sui and refined it, raising his qi and blood to 16,800 and estimating his limit at 20,000.
  • Yang Ling opened the second Purple Treasure Chest and found a Purple Big Wheel whose rewards were unrelated to the chest's grade.
  • Yang Ling drew the attributes category and received 30 Free Attribute Points, bringing his total to 53.
  • Yang Ling planned to strengthen himself, trade equipment from the Green Dragon Ring for pills and herbs, and enter the Tun Tian Dao Palace.
  • Yang Ling selected Yes to enter the exclusive instance.
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