A Windfall!

Not long after Chen Xia left, four figures soon appeared in the dark alley.

Looking at Yu Banshou lying on the ground, the few of them exchanged baffled glances.

One person bent down to examine Yu Banshou. His brows furrowed as he said, "The pill was taken. His face is slightly caved in—he should have been struck with several punches at the end. But when we were chasing him, there were no wounds on his face."

"Zhao Banshou, you mean... he wasn't beaten to death by our Juyi people?"

One man asked in astonishment.

Zhao Banshou nodded. "Yu Banshou was injured at the time and wouldn't have lived much longer. He must have clashed with someone, but it wasn't one of ours."

"Damn it! We fought with our lives on the line, and a Grade 4 Yuan Bone Pill worth over 600,000 was actually taken by some unknown person. We have to get to the bottom of this and find out who dared to snatch Juyi's things."

Zhao Banshou's expression was rather grim. Based on their intelligence, they had learned that the other party had purchased a pill from a pharmacy, a precious Ancient Pill worth 600,000.

They had spies on Blazing Fire's side. This pill had been prepared by Yu Banshou for his attempt to break through and become a martial warrior, and it could greatly increase his cultivation. When the men below reported the news, Zhao Banshou immediately led people to tail them, eventually surrounding and capturing them.

They had gone through all that trouble chasing and killing, only for someone else to take the pill. The sum was over 600,000, no small amount to them either.

"Yu Banshou is dead, so we can answer to Big Brother. But the things on him are ours. You understand what I mean, right?" Zhao Banshou looked at the people beside him.

"We understand. It's just that the man didn't leave behind any traces. The only thing we can tell is that his fist technique was superb and his strength was great. He was at least at the Ningyuan Eighth Stage. Finding him will be difficult."

"Difficult or not, we have to find him. If we sell that pill, each of us can get more than a hundred thousand. Think of a way to investigate over the next few days. You must find him! We can't let that person profit for nothing!" A strange red glint flashed through Zhao Banshou's eyes as he clenched his fists and spoke coldly.

"Yes!" The few men met Zhao Banshou's gaze and felt a chill in their hearts. They nodded repeatedly, then left the place with dark expressions.

Chen Xia sped all the way home and shut his bedroom door.

His gaze swept over the dark street outside the Second Floor window. After confirming no one had followed him, excitement surged in his heart.

He took a plastic bag from his pocket. Inside were forty thousand, a box of pills, and the Qianyang Pill Chen Xia had bought himself today, stored in a glass box.

Chen Xia might not even save up forty thousand in an entire year. This time, he had truly made a small fortune.

In the past, not to mention that he would have been doomed the moment he encountered Yu Banshou, even if he had gotten the money, the pressure in his heart would have been immense.

Now that his strength had skyrocketed, he needed money to develop. After calmly analyzing the situation while holding this money, he felt he could handle it.

"Yu Banshou wanted to kill me; it wasn't that I wanted to kill him. The Patrol Inspection Office doesn't concern itself with these two groups to begin with. Even if the higher-ups find out I took these things, they won't blame me. This time, I've picked up a bargain."

Chen Xia analyzed the matter carefully. He was about to break through and become a Grade 1 martial warrior. He could still cover for these things. But the most pressing matter was to raise his strength as quickly as possible and obtain the Grade 1 martial warrior title and identity granted by the Federation.

That way, he would have another layer of protection.

One had to know that after advancing to Grade 1 martial warrior, one would be registered with the Martial Warrior Alliance and have one's own name on record. If one committed a crime, aside from an investigation by the Patrol Inspection Office, it would also need to be reviewed by the Martial Warrior Alliance.

It could be said that martial warrior status was a protective barrier. If one was guilty, their martial warrior status would be stripped first; only then would the consequences become much lighter.

Besides, Chen Xia had acted in self-defense.

Furthermore, no one would likely suspect him. He was certain nobody had seen him, and his strength had always been at an average level. Who would think it was him?

Once his strength improved and he became a martial warrior, so what if they found out then?

As he thought, Chen Xia noticed a faint smear of blood on his jacket. It had splattered onto him when Yu Banshou coughed up blood.

Thinking of this, he immediately took off the clothes and washed them clean in the bathroom before returning to his room.

Other than mom working in the supermarket on the first floor, he was the only one on the Second Floor. No one had noticed him.

Recalling his life-and-death struggle with Yu Banshou, he still felt lingering fear.

Huff!

Chen Xia drew in a long breath. After calming down, he placed the forty thousand beneath his blanket. The money had no legitimate source, so Chen Xia could not give it to his family, lest anything unexpected happen.

Afterward, he picked up the pill stored in the wooden box and opened it. Inside lay a crystalline white pill. Chen Xia picked it up and sniffed it; it was extremely fragrant. From its appearance alone, Chen Xia could not tell what grade it was.

But there was an instruction leaflet inside, so Chen Xia opened it and took a look.

"Grade 4 Yuan Bone Pill. Consumption can greatly enhance one's vitality and Primal Qi, temper the body, and is suitable for use when advancing to martial warrior. It has no side effects. Take it orally, circulate your cultivation method, and your strength can be raised. Green God Group invoice, price: 610,000 yuan..."

Seeing the receipt with the amount inside the box, Chen Xia thought he had misread it.

This...

600,000?

A Grade 4 Yuan Bone Pill was worth 600,000?

Chen Xia thought he had misread it. That was equivalent to a fully paid house, and one in a fairly good location at that.

He held the receipt and continued checking, only to find that the amount was not wrong. It truly was a high-priced Grade 4 pill.

Chen Xia's fingers trembled slightly. In all his life, when had he ever seen something so valuable? Was Yu Banshou of Blazing Fire really that wealthy?

No... Thinking it over carefully, Chen Xia felt that under normal circumstances, someone at Yu Banshou's level could not possibly carry such a valuable item around. There had to be a reason.

Either the two groups had been fighting, and he had wanted to protect himself by breaking through to martial warrior, or the pill belonged to someone else.

But Chen Xia guessed that Yu Banshou had intended to use it himself. He had planned to make one desperate attempt at advancing to martial warrior.

From their earlier battle, Chen Xia had concluded that although the other party was injured, he had not yet reached martial warrior level. Using an expensive pill to make a breakthrough at such a time was also possible.

Because breaking through to martial warrior brought a considerable increase in strength and could save one's life.

It was only that at the critical point of breaking through, one needed to find a quiet place. Yu Banshou had been mortally wounded at the time, so using it would have been a waste.

However, that had nothing to do with him. Right now, he was thinking about how to deal with this pill.