Scavenging and Dividing the Spoils

The battle between Xu Qing and the White-haired Zombie was fierce, but it only lasted a few minutes. The strength Xu Qing displayed shocked everyone present.

A White-haired Zombie.

A powerful corpse monster, comparable to a Transforming Force martial artist, had actually been slain by Xu Qing. His sword techniques were superb, piercing the White-haired Zombie's head.

"So strong."

"Senior's sword techniques are truly powerful!"

"Yes! Yes!"

"The White-haired Zombie was actually killed by Senior."

"..."

Everyone marveled.

"Die."

Boom!

The Demon Slayer roared, unleashing a potent martial art. Blood energy seemed to erupt around him as his black iron ruler descended, smashing the White-haired Zombie's head to pieces.

With a 'bang'.

The White-haired Zombie's head exploded like a watermelon.

"Excellent."

"The other White-haired Zombie is dead too."

"..."

The crowd was excited and thrilled.

"Hoo... hoo..."

The Demon Slayer panted heavily, his consumption immense. It was clear that the move he just used was not something he could unleash casually.

In contrast, Xu Qing.

Xu Qing had consecutively used the Thirteen Sword Strikes of Life-Taking. By the ninth strike, he had exerted his full strength, yet his face was not flushed, and he was not panting. His condition was indeed much better than the Demon Slayer's.

The difference between them was already clear.

"Are you alright?"

Xu Qing asked.

"I'm fine."

The Demon Slayer took a deep breath, pulled out a pill from his embrace, and swallowed it. After a while, his complexion improved considerably.

In a blink.

Over ten minutes later.

Xu Qing and the Demon Slayer took action one after another, killing all the remaining Black-haired Zombies, corpse monsters, and Corpse Ghouls. Corpses littered the ground around the Thousand Treasures Pavilion.

However.

Xu Weiran's side also suffered considerable casualties. Two out of five Constable Captains were lost, and twenty-three members of the patrol team died. The casualties were heavy.

Of course.

Their achievements were also remarkable, completely wiping out all the Corpse Ghouls present.

Additionally.

While conversing with the Demon Slayer, Xu Qing learned his full name was Cheng Bingren, and he was a 'Bronze-ranked Demon Slayer' within the Demon Extermination Agency in Qingbei Town.

Furthermore.

Within the Demon Extermination Agency in Qingbei Town.

Demon Slayers were divided into ranks from lowest to highest: Iron-ranked, Bronze-ranked, Silver-ranked, and Gold-ranked. Above Gold-ranked were the Demon Slayer Commander and the Chief Commander.

"The overall strength of the Demon Extermination Agency in Qingbei Town is much greater than the Yamen Agency."

Xu Qing thought to himself. "Constable Captain Xu Weiran's strength is only at the peak of Dark Force. The entire Yamen Agency has only three Chief Constables, and the higher-ranking Commander-in-Chief is likely only at the Transforming Force level."

"Whereas on the Demon Extermination Agency side, even an Iron-ranked Demon Slayer is already at Dark Force, and a Bronze-ranked is at the Transforming Force level. The Silver-ranked and Gold-ranked above them are even more terrifying."

"Not to mention the Commander and Chief Commander."

"Let's go."

After a brief rest.

Cheng Bingren stood up, glanced at everyone, and said, "All the corpse monsters should have been dealt with by us. Everyone, follow me into the Thousand Treasures Pavilion to investigate."

"Yes."

"As you command."

"..."

Excitement showed on everyone's faces.

You should know.

The reason they are fighting so fiercely, even risking their lives against these corpse monsters, is not only because it's an order from the yamen, but more importantly, it's because of this Thousand Treasures Pavilion.

This is one of the Ye Family's main businesses, famous on Hongye Street. Inside the Thousand Treasures Pavilion are many treasures, as well as various riches.

You could say.

As long as they can eliminate these corpse monsters and enter the Thousand Treasures Pavilion, then investigate, and during the investigation, they can even take some of the money directly.

For them.

This is a gold mine.

Soon.

Xu Qing and his group entered the Thousand Treasures Pavilion. It had five floors in total, with each floor selling different items. Xu Qing glanced around, taking in his surroundings.

Under these circumstances.

Naturally, Xu Qing and Cheng Bingren would choose first, followed by Xu Weiran and the others. Only after Xu Weiran and everyone else had finished choosing would it be the turn of the patrol team.

In other words.

Xu Qing and the others would get the best, while the others would get the leftovers.

The first floor.

Xu Qing glanced at it a few times. There was nothing that caught his eye; they were all relatively ordinary items. Xu Qing couldn't possibly take these things with him; it was impractical.

Finally.

Xu Qing and his group did find some banknotes, totaling around three thousand taels. Xu Qing and Cheng Bingren each took one thousand taels, and the rest was distributed among Xu Weiran and the others.

The second floor.

The third floor.

The fourth floor.

Xu Qing and his group continued upwards. The second and third floors also had no good items. Xu Qing only took banknotes, and across the three floors, they collected a total of five thousand eight hundred taels.

It wasn't until the fourth floor.

That Xu Qing saw a set of Golden Silk Soft Armor. It was woven from special 'golden silk' and could be worn close to the body, offering extremely high defense, enough to withstand ordinary weapons.

This was a fine treasure.

Therefore.

Xu Qing unhesitatingly took the Golden Silk Soft Armor.

Because the value of this Golden Silk Soft Armor was extremely high, Xu Qing didn't take another tael of silver on the fourth floor. They didn't reach the fifth floor until later.

The fifth floor.

There were very few items here, and the space was relatively cramped. They discovered only five books, with several incomplete corpses lying on the ground.

In fact.

It wasn't just the fifth floor.

From the first floor to the fifth floor, every level had corpses, all of them incomplete, having been torn apart and devoured by those corpse monsters.

Five books.

Two combat styles and two body refinement methods.

One of them was a tattered book with very messy handwriting. It was impossible to tell what it was; it looked more like random scribbles.

The two combat styles and two body refinement methods were a set.

One combat style was Iron Sand Palm, and its corresponding body refinement method was Iron Cloth Shirt. Iron Sand Palm and Iron Cloth Shirt were a matched set of combat style and body refinement method, which could be cultivated to the Transforming Force level at most.

Such a set of combat style and body refinement method was indeed priceless. If it were auctioned at an auction house, it could fetch at least thirty thousand taels of silver.

The other set consisted of a saber technique, Five Tigers Severing Gate Saber, and a body refinement method, Fierce Tiger Force.

They were also a matched set.

Originally.

Xu Qing and Cheng Bingren could each take a set of combat style and body refinement method, and Xu Weiran and the others would essentially get nothing. However, these two sets of combat style and body refinement method were not of much use to Xu Qing and Cheng Bingren.

Xu Qing didn't need them.

Because he was already a formal disciple of the Azure Hawk Martial Arts School and was highly regarded by Du Cangying, he would naturally have access to greater martial arts in the future.

Besides.

The Omni-Codex was enough to continuously upgrade his martial arts.

Cheng Bingren was already a Transforming Force martial artist. Martial arts that could only be cultivated to the Transforming Force level would be of no use to him. The final outcome would likely be him selling them.

Thus.

Xu Weiran, Zhao Jingyuan, and the others exchanged glances and looked at Xu Qing and Cheng Bingren. They wanted to offer money and join forces to buy one of these sets of combat style and body refinement method.

"How about this."

Xu Qing chuckled, took the book that looked like a scribble, and said, "I'll take this book, and Brother Cheng can take a set of combat and body refinement methods. That leaves one set of combat and body refinement methods."

"You all pay the corresponding money, and after Brother Cheng and I split it, this remaining set of combat and body refinement methods will be yours."

"Thank you, senior."

"Thank you, senior!!!"

"..."

Xu Weiran and the others were incredibly excited.

With this arrangement, Xu Weiran and the others pooled together twenty thousand taels in banknotes. Xu Qing took ten thousand taels, and Cheng Bingren also took ten thousand taels. This concluded the distribution.

"Mm."

Xu Qing nodded calmly.

Finally, Xu Qing and the others continued to search the Thousand Treasures Pavilion. They discovered a hidden door leading to the Thousand Treasures Pavilion's underground secret chamber. After opening the hidden door, they entered the underground secret chamber.

"This..."

"It's a blood pool!"

"!!!"

Inside the secret chamber, Xu Qing and the others saw a massive blood pool and felt a chilling and eerie aura. Their faces involuntarily revealed expressions of shock.

"Demonic blood pool! The Blood Demon Cult!!!"

Cheng Bingren said in a deep voice.

"Blood Demon Cult?"

Xu Qing asked.

"That's right."

Cheng Bingren nodded. "This is a Demonic Cult, and it's a sect that worships an evil god. The evil god they worship is 'Blood Demon'."

RUMBLE!!!

Suddenly, Xu Qing and the others heard distant rumbling and explosions. The commotion was so immense that even the underground secret chamber they were in began to shake violently.

Without hesitation, Xu Qing and the others quickly rushed out of the underground secret chamber. They didn't want to be buried alive underground.

In a blink of an eye, Xu Qing and the others arrived outside the Thousand Treasures Pavilion.

SWISH!

Xu Qing leaped up, landing on the top floor of the Thousand Treasures Pavilion. He looked towards the source of the sound, which was the Ye Family mansion.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!

Xu Qing's pupils contracted slightly. He heard massive explosions, like artillery shells detonating. It was clearly a battle between extremely powerful experts.

"So strong."

Xu Qing's heart sank. "What level of strength is this? Phew... It seems my peak Dark Force is nothing in front of true powerhouses."

"I need to become stronger."

Xu Qing clenched his fist.

It could be said that

Xu Qing's slight complacency completely vanished.

He was not strong enough.

The scene rapidly zoomed in.

Ye Family Mansion.

In the air, There were a total of four figures.

They were the shapely Blood Demon Desire Woman, a burly middle-aged man, and two others with their hands behind their backs – the Chief Commander of the Demon Extermination Agency and the Chief Commander of the Yamen Agency.

It should be known that

The Yamen Agency was divided into Sleeve Yamen Runners, Constable Yamen Runners, Strong Class Yamen Runners, and so on, totaling six classes of yamen runners. The Chief Commander of the Yamen Agency was responsible for managing the entire yamen agency.

"Cough cough..."

The Blood Demon Desire Woman was coughing up blood. The four of them had just engaged in an extremely fierce battle. Facing the two Chief Commanders, the Blood Demon Desire Woman was indeed no match for them.

"Fan Liang."

The Chief Commander of the Yamen Agency looked at the burly middle-aged man with a calm expression and said in a low tone, "As the Constable Captain of the Yamen, you broke the law you were meant to uphold. You colluded with a woman from the Blood Demon Cult and together you plotted this shocking, earth-shattering crime. You truly deserve to die."

"Hahaha..."

The burly middle-aged man's face was also pale, his left arm already severed at the shoulder. "Wei Wohe, stop being so self-righteous. Do you think I don't know? You found out about the Ye Family a month and a half ago, but you didn't move to arrest them then. You were hoping to blow things up a bit more to get greater credit."

"What a pity."

"Today, you will pay the price for your own greed and arrogance!!!"