"Great Zhou Martial Gazette"
"Jade-Faced Flying Dragon reappears; Red-Faced Ghost Zhou Hengshan slain at Rubble Slope!"
"Red-Faced Ghost Zhou Hengshan, a vicious criminal at skin-tempering major achievement, terrorized the borderlands of Baiyun, Qingshi, and Gaolin counties, raiding homes and slaughtering countless people."
"This fiend was ruthless to the core, even murdering his accomplices to keep all the loot for himself."
"Jade-Faced Flying Dragon lay in ambush at Rubble Slope, using himself as bait to lure out the enemy, and killed Red-Faced Ghost with three punches!"
The night flowed like water.
In a small courtyard in Gaolin County.
Jade bottles stood on the stone table, their mouths sealed with red wax, neatly arranged in two rows.
One row held Metal Essence Pills, the other Origin-Restoring Pills.
Looking at these pills, Lu Chen finally felt a little more secure.
He had exchanged the thousand-tael bounty for Red-Faced Ghost Zhou Hengshan, along with the unexpected windfall of several thousand taels from those carts, for Metal Essence Pills and Origin-Restoring Pills.
Now, for at least the next two or three months, he would no longer have to worry about the pills he needed for cultivation.
To Lu Chen, that was more reassuring than holding banknotes worth ten thousand taels.
He took out a Metal Essence Pill.
The pill was the size of his thumb, pale gold all over, with faint, intricate patterns on its surface, like golden threads wound around it.
The moment he held it between his fingertips, a sharp medicinal fragrance pierced his nostrils, like a freshly honed blade, or the cold scent of mountain ore washed by rain.
Without hesitation, Lu Chen tipped his head back and swallowed it.
As soon as the pill reached his stomach, Lu Chen began circulating the Gold-Thread Jade Vestment Technique.
Since reaching the beginner