destiny eternal calamity

Prince's Mansion.

Long Ming felt increasingly frustrated as he thought about Li Wei's spirited appearance during the morning court session.

He had just gone to the Lin residence again, and that old man Lin Yishui actually told him that Lin Peiyao had gone to visit her maternal grandmother in Longnan County and hadn't returned yet.

He's been using this excuse for over half a year.

If he weren't afraid of being impeached for being too outrageous, he would have really wanted to barge into the Lin family's backyard to see if Lin Peiyao was actually home.

"Sun Yi!"

"Your subordinate is here!"

"Have Eleven go to the Jiang family in Longnan County and see if Lin Peiyao is there! If she is, bring her back."

"If she's not there, we'll tie up her grandmother, spread the word, and make her go and get her grandmother."

"Remember, you are members of the Shadow Assassins organization and have nothing to do with the Crown Prince's residence."

"Yes, Your Highness." Sun Yi was actually a little speechless.

What a damn prince, all he thinks about is women.

They secretly set up an underground organization, but didn't operate it properly; their intelligence system was practically nonexistent.

If it weren't for his tireless efforts, this organization would have disintegrated long ago.

"By the way, where's Li Anxing?"

Long Ming had not forgotten this tool he used to deal with Li Wei.

This little minion is no threat to Li Wei, who has sided with the princess, but if used properly, he can still cause trouble for Li Wei.

"...Your Highness, Li Anxing was beaten to death last night because he refused to pay his gambling debts."

"Useless! A bunch of useless trash! Where's Zuo Fenghan?"

"Young Master Zuo says it's impossible, but if Your Highness has other matters to attend to, you can consult him again."

"This prodigy from the Kunlun Sect is quite shrewd in dealing with people. Let him continue to help us collect evidence of the Prime Minister's crimes. As long as we can bring down the Prime Minister, he will naturally get what he wants."

--split line--

When Li Wei heard the news that his third uncle had been beaten to death, he was stunned.

It was one thing for my second uncle to play a prank, but how come my third uncle just kicked the bucket all by himself?

The incident happened last night. On his way back to the inn from the gambling den, Li Anxing was suddenly surrounded by a group of people and beaten to death.

It's impossible to find out who these murderers are; to be precise, it's impossible to find out.

Because their owner is the Royal Casino, literally "Royal".

This property belongs to Prince Linjiang, Longyin's cousin. Who would investigate them for the sake of a mere human life? Not even the Dragon Guards.

"How come I remember that my third uncle didn't have a gambling habit?" Li Wei asked the air in confusion.

Xiao Shuying found it somewhat amusing. This was certainly not a coincidence; it was all being manipulated by the powerful figures in the Princess's residence.

After discovering that Li Wei's third uncle actually dared to hire someone to kill, not only Li Wei, but also Xiao Shuying and Long Bilin were tempted to kill him.

Long Bilin then had someone devise a plan to lure Li Anxing into gambling.

It just so happened that his hired assassins had emptied his pockets, so they took the bait with just a little reward.

Then I was taken to the Royal Casino and lost everything.

With the help of the Princess's residence, he was chosen by the Royal Casino last night as a prime example to make an example of, and his body was taken out by thugs to deter other deadbeats.

But don't tell this brat about such shady things.

"Who cares? Didn't he hire someone to kill you before? Isn't this karma?" Xiao Shuying transmitted her voice.

Li Wei agreed.

He had been planning to find a way to kill this bastard, but before he could even make a move, his third uncle kicked the bucket.

It was both exhilarating and a pity.

Li Wei was too lazy to go this time. At least his second uncle hadn't broken ties with him before, but he didn't even want to see his third uncle's family.

Tell Uncle Xu to take one hundred taels of silver to Li Ye as funeral expenses, and that's it. He'll leave it at that.

Li Ye broke out in a cold sweat at this moment.

Both families came to the eldest uncle's house to fight over the family property, and both ended up losing their families and lives.

If this has nothing to do with Li Wei, he would never believe it, even if you beat him to death.

Moreover, this so-called good-for-nothing is now doing very well, and I heard that he has even gotten involved with Princess Yuzhen.

All I can say is that this guy is too good at hiding his true abilities. Compared to him, my previous forbearance is nothing.

If I continue to stay in the capital, who knows what might happen next.

He immediately disregarded the grudge of the broken arm and, carrying his mother, sister, and father's corpse, slunk away.

If Li Wei knew all this, he would surely sigh that people encounter different things depending on their perspective.

Back when he was a good-for-nothing, everyone wanted to step on him and seize his family fortune.

Now that he is Mingyue Nan, a favorite of the princess's mansion, he doesn't even need to lift a finger; these small fry and crab generals collapse and scatter in all directions.

In the afternoon, the imperial edict of investiture arrived, and the plaque of the Li residence was changed to "Broken Moon Baron's Residence".

Li Wei looked at the thousand taels of gold in front of him and fell into deep thought.

This isn't brass; it's real gold.

Gold doesn't seem that rare in this world, though it's possible that people haven't realized its scarcity yet.

According to the exchange rate in this world, one thousand taels of gold can only be exchanged for ten thousand taels of silver, which is not even enough for him to deduce a single cultivation technique.

It would be better to keep this gold for another purpose.

Gold has excellent ductility and workability, making it perfect for making ornaments.

For example, metallic patterns on high heels and underwear.

Whether you use it yourself or sell it, it will be better than directly exchanging it for silver.

Since the basement was no longer very safe, Li Wei put the gold in a hidden compartment in his bedroom.

He didn't hide it from Xiao Shuying either; Li Wei now trusts her completely.

Aside from the system, he didn't bother to hide anything from Xiao Shuying.

Xiao Shuying noticed this as well, and it was impossible for her not to be moved.

In the evening, Li Wei was practicing his martial arts when Shang Xueyan visited his room and chatted with Xiao Shuying.

She needed to know what was happening in the capital city of Dali recently.

I glanced casually through the open window and saw Li Wei practicing his "Changchun Finger" again.

Hmm? That's not right!

What level of Everlasting Spring Finger is this? It seems to be... perfect?

Shang Xueyan was shocked.

"Young Master Li, is that the Everlasting Finger?" Shang Xueyan couldn't help but ask as she walked out of the room.

"Yes, is there a problem?"

"I've also studied this technique, but I could never master it. Your execution seems even more refined than mine. Have you reached the pinnacle?"

Shang Xueyan carefully considered the wording and asked.

"Yes, it seems that this technique requires a special kind of 'qi' to reach its perfect state."

Li Wei walked up to Shang Xueyan and showed her the Xuan Yin True Qi that was transformed from kidney energy.

Shang Xueyan was dumbfounded. Wasn't he a martial artist who had opened his meridians? How could he have true qi, and it was even Kongsang true qi?

However, given her limited perspective at the Void Realm, she quickly realized that this thing was not true Qi, but merely a mimicry of true Qi by her blood and qi.

This surprised her even more.

It's one thing to imitate, but to make it look exactly like the Kongsang True Qi is another. Is this thing something that can be controlled at will?

"Can you tell me how to imitate true qi? I'll trade you a third-tier internal skill in exchange."

Tier 3 internal skill? This is a pretty good business opportunity.

Li Wei felt that Miss Yan understood him very well, so he told her the secret of the "Yin Transformation Technique".

Shang Xueyan closed her eyes and felt for a while.

Although the divine treasure is dormant, consuming the five grains these past few days has managed to stimulate some of the vital energy, which can be used to verify this secret.

It really resembles the Xuan Yin True Qi of the Kong Sang Sect.

Shang Xueyan looked at Li Wei with a gleam in her eyes and said;

"How did you come up with that? That's so imaginative."

Shang Xueyan didn't know how to describe her feelings.

Li Wei was absolutely a genius, a prodigy.

Maybe he can learn that.

"Um, don't you experience any side effects?" Li Wei asked curiously.

"What side effects?"

"It's that person... who thinks he's the Buddha himself, a saint, without desires or wants."