Hearing Zhang Ruochen’s words, Han Qiu’s heartbeat quickened by a few points, his hands hidden inside his sleeves, his ten fingers had already been tightly pinched together as he said, “It’s just a small problem, as long as we get the Sacred Light Pill, we’ll be cured very soon.”
“A small problem?”
Zhang Ruochen laughed and said, “You opened the Darkness-based Divine Martial Seal, yet you didn’t want people to know about it, so in order to cover it up, you cultivated the Cloud Tower Clan House’s topmost technique, the ‘Supreme Sacred Qiankun Gong’.”
“The ‘Supreme Sacred Qiankun Gong’ belongs to the lower grade of the Ghost Grade, it’s subtle, profound, sacred, and overbearing, and it’s just right for disguising the dark aura in your true qi.”
“However, cultivating the ‘Supreme Sacred Qiankun Gong’ happens to clash with your physique. When your martial arts cultivation is low, you can’t see the impact yet. As your martial dao cultivation gets higher and higher, the clash of the two powers becomes stronger and stronger.”
“By the time you break through to the Heavenly Extremity Realm, the clash of the two forces of different natures will be even more obvious, and at the light end of the scale, it will tear apart all the meridians in your body, and from then on, you’ll become an invalid. The heavier one will explode your body and die.”
“The Sacred Light Pill, indeed, can be used to balance the two distinctly different forces in your body, but it will only last you until the late Heavenly Extremity Realm at most. If you want to reach a higher realm, you will still have to face the threat of death.”
Almost every sentence Zhang Ruochen said hit the nail on the head, seeming to understand her situation even better than she did.
Han Qiu heard it in her ears like a thunderous voice, biting her lips tightly as she said in shock, “How do you know everything?”
“There are also things I don’t know.” Zhang Ruochen said.
Han Qiu was slightly stunned, then, a few smug looks appeared in his eyes as he said, “I thought that you already knew everything and everything, but it turns out that there are also things you don’t know. Tell me, what else don’t you know?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Firstly, Mu Qing is the head of the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce, his martial cultivation has reached the Heavenly Extremity Realm, and his mansion is heavily defended, so how did you know that there is a secret room under the ground?”
“Second, how did you know that Mu Qing has a Holy Light Pill?”
Han Chu said, “Even such a question can be difficult for you, don’t you think it’s ridiculous? In the thirty-six counties of the Heavenly Demon Ridge, apart from the Martial Market Money Bank, it is estimated that the power of our Yuntai Zongfu is considered the most massive, so to place an undercover agent by Mu Qing’s side, wouldn’t it be a simple matter?”
Zhang Ruochen came to a realisation, previously, it was his vision that was too high, only the Martial Market Money Bank, Moon Worshipping Demon Sect, Black Market, and such level of forces could make him feel that they were the top big forces.
However, he had forgotten one thing, in the Heavenly Demon Ridge’s thirty-six counties, the Yunwu Zongfu was the head of the ground, whether it was its power, or its strength, it was not at all inferior to the Martial Market Money Bank, and in some aspects, it was even more powerful than the Martial Market Money Bank.
For example, every generation of county kings in the Yunwu County Kingdom were almost all disciples of the Yuntai Zongfu. In the other county kingdoms of the Nine Counties of Lingxi, it was almost the same situation.
This was the powerful influence of the Yuntai Zongfu!
Zhang Ruochen said, “It seems that the one undercover agent from the Yuntai Sect House has a not-so-low position in the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce, and might even be the closest person to Mu Qing.”
“That can’t be told!”
Han Qiu’s eyes were cold and solemn as he asked somewhat nervously, “You said that even if I take the Holy Light Pill, I can only last until the late stage of the Heavenly Extremity Realm at most. Is this true?”
“There’s no need for me to lie to you, if you don’t believe me, the facts will verify the result.” Zhang Ruochen said indifferently.
“You ……” Han Qiu ground his teeth in anger.
What did it mean that facts would verify the results?
How could it be verified in case she died violently when she broke through the late stage of the Heavenly Extreme Realm?
How could something that concerned her life be so hasty?
Han Chu had been gifted since she was a child and had opened the Darkness divine Martial Seal, so she naturally had extremely high expectations of herself. Her goal was not just as simple as the Heavenly Extremity Realm, she wanted to become a Half Saint or even a Saint.
Zhang Ruochen stopped paying attention to Han Qiu and searched the entire chamber, but he didn’t find the Half-Saint Sacred Intent at all, and his heart went cold.
“Could it be that Mu Qing carried the Half-Saint Sacred Intent on his body and destroyed it when he was on the Red Spider Giant Ship?”
It wasn’t that there wasn’t this possibility, after all, with such a precious treasure as the Half-Saint Intent, it wasn’t surprising that Mu Qing had carried it on his body.
If that was the case, wouldn’t a top-notch treasure be destroyed in one’s own hands?
Zhang Ruochen felt his heart dripping blood, knowing that a Half-Saint could only leave behind one Half-Saint Sacred Intent in his lifetime, which could almost be called a Half-Saint’s legacy.
After destroying one, how could there be such a good chance of getting a second one?
“No, we still need to keep looking.”
Zhang Ruochen quietly released his Spatial Domain and began to probe every corner of the secret room, and on the third time of probing, Zhang Ruochen finally discovered something.
Underneath the stone case, there was actually a faint aura fluctuation.
Since there were aura fluctuations, it had to be odd.
“Wow!”
Zhang Ruochen transported his true qi to his palm and waved his hand, splitting the stone case.
“Haha! Underneath the stone case, there is actually a concealment formation hidden.”
Zhang Ruochen slapped his palm down, and on the ground, a white halo immediately surfaced, trying to resist Zhang Ruochen’s attack.
Turning his palm into a finger, Zhang Ruochen struck out with a finger sword, pointing it on top of that layer of halo, and with a snap, the formation immediately shattered.
Those formation inscriptions immediately transformed into grains of light.
After the concealment formation disappeared, a dark pavilion was revealed.
Zhang Ruochen hurriedly opened the hidden cabinet and found that an account book was placed inside.
Taking out the account book and casually flipping through it, Zhang Ruochen immediately revealed a hint of a smile, ”Actually, even the Four Directions County King is colluding with the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce, it’s really interesting. With this account book, the good days of the Four Directions County Kingdom and the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce are at an end!”
“What are you talking about? The Four Directions County King and the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce are colluding? How is that possible? The Sifang County King is a disciple of our Yuntai Zongfu, and is still my senior uncle in a manner of speaking, so how could he be involved with the forces in the black market?” Han Chu said in a cold voice.
“There’s nothing you can do if you don’t believe me, this is the truth! Your Yuntai Clan House thinks that it has taken control of the Sifang County Kingdom and has hijacked its resources, but you don’t know that the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce has gained even more benefits than you have in the shadows.”
Zhang Ruochen put away that one account book and put it into his spatial ring at the dead centre of Han Chu’s vision.
Inside the dark cabinet, besides that one account book, there was also a three-foot long cylindrical metal box.
Zhang Ruochen opened the metal box, and a scroll was indeed placed inside.
Because Han Chu was present, Zhang Ruochen did not unfold the scroll and suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and immediately put the scroll back into the cylindrical metal box.
When Han Chu saw the painting in the metal box, he was somewhat very surprised in his heart and said, “There really is a painting!”
Knowing that that one painting was hidden so secretly, it was obvious that in Mu Qing’s eyes, the value of that one painting must have far exceeded the Holy Light Pill.
Zhang Ruochen stared at Han Chu and said, “What? Want to snatch it? With your strength, I’m afraid it’s not an easy task to snatch something from my hands.”
“A painting is just a painting, think I’m rare? Unless that’s a Half-Saint Sacred Intent it’s more or less the same……. It can’t really be a Half-Saint Sacred Intent, can it?” Han Chu’s eyes widened and his eyelashes stood up one by one.
“No comment.” Zhang Ruochen said.
“Cut! You think I would believe it? Even our Yuntai Clan House only has one authentic piece of Half-Saint Sacred Intent, how could a mere Mu Qing get a piece of Half-Saint Sacred Intent?”
Han Qiu stared disdainfully at Zhang Ruochen, and after taking the Sacred Light Pill with him, he immediately performed his Body Technique, and with a swish, rushed out of the stone door and left the secret room.
After obtaining the scroll, Zhang Ruochen didn’t stay much longer and also left the underground secret room so as not to be pitied by Han Chu!
After all, he didn’t know Han Chu well at all, plus there was an undercover agent of the Yuntai Zongfu in the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce, who could easily lure the Evil Dao martial practitioners of the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce over to him and besiege him inside the secret room. At that time, if he wanted to leave, a vicious battle would inevitably occur.
It wasn’t until he left Mu Qing’s mansion that Zhang Ruochen let out a slight sigh of relief.
Hua Buwei was looking around for Zhang Ruochen when he suddenly turned around and Zhang Ruochen appeared behind him, scaring him to the point that he shivered and took two violent steps back.
Hua Buwei patted his chest and said, ”Scared me. Sir Chen, where were you going just now? The Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce is filled with organs and formations everywhere, so you mustn’t barge in. Once you break into some forbidden places, it will be quite troublesome.”
Zhang Ruochen laughed, “Has Elder Wei returned yet?”
“Not …… yet,” Hua Buwei said.
Right at this moment, the sound of hurried footsteps came from outside, and Elder Wei walked in quickly with a joyful look on his face as he said from afar, “Duke Chen, I’ve kept you waiting for a long time!”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Any results?”
Elder Wei nodded and said in a low voice, “After that one big shot learnt about this matter, he was very much on top of it and has rushed over to the Black Market. However, because of his special identity, he cannot easily enter the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce, so he has asked you to go to the Vermilion Bird Building to discuss. The carriage has been prepared, so we can go to Vermilion Bird House now.”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and followed Elder Wei, travelling outside the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce.
In fact, after having that one account book, it was no longer important to see or not see the Marquis of Zhen Jun, as the evidence was already in hand anyway.
However, the Marquis of Zhen Jun had colluded with the black market for his own interests, initiating war after war, and I don’t know how many of the Yunwu County Kingdom’s subjects had died in the wars, and I also don’t know how many of the Yunwu County Kingdom’s subjects had been turned into slaves, and had been subjected to inhuman-like treatment.
Since they had already come, how could they not recover some interest?
If he could take this opportunity to kill the Marquis of Zhen Jun, it would naturally be the best.
In the distance, Han Qiu, dressed in a black power suit, stood behind a rockery, seeing the departing Zhang Ruochen, Elder Wei, and Hua Buwei, a hint of a strange colour appeared in her beautiful eyes: ”This person was actually able to receive the reception of Wei Xianjiu, his origins must be extraordinary. I would like to see, what exactly is his purpose in coming to the Black Market?”
Zhang Ruochen was actually able to see through the problems she encountered in her cultivation with a single glance, wouldn’t he be an ordinary person?
Whether it was because of curiosity or because of her own cultivation problems, she had to follow up and figure out this person’s identity.
Han Qiu squeezed the purple and gold box containing the Sacred Light Pill in her bag, her eyes became pensive as she said, ”An expert like him shouldn’t be able to take things at face value. Since he clearly knows my symptoms, perhaps he also knows how to heal me.”
Ink-black true qi surged out from her body, wrapping around her body and turning into a black glow.
“Swish!”
The black glow, split into six streams of air, and flew out.
Han Chu followed suit and disappeared, as if he had turned into air.
