The Imperial Guards, like Yama, slaughtered until the Empress cried out for help.

Yangshi Street, the headquarters of the Blackwater Gang.

"What did you say! Wang Xiu was killed by the Imperial Guards for causing trouble in the street?"

"That traitor! Why did he have to cause trouble at this crucial moment?"

"You've ruined the gang's plans! You deserve to die!"

Peng Chun flew into a rage, smashing the table to pieces with a single palm strike. His fierce true energy erupted continuously, causing all the disciples around him to feel their legs go weak and their throats become dry, leaving them unable to utter a single word.

At this moment, a middle-aged man in a red robe walked out from the side of the house, with a red-handled slender sword at his waist. He was Liu Siyu, the vice leader of the Blackwater Gang, and also an elder who was lying in ambush outside the tunnel.

"Master, don't be in such a hurry. First, rein in your Spring Hemp True Qi. These disciples can't take it anymore."

Looking at the disciples scattered around him, Peng Chun snorted coldly.

"A bunch of good-for-nothings, they couldn't even last this long!"

However, Peng Chun withdrew his true energy, and the disciples hurriedly ran outside to greedily breathe it in.

Peng Chun looked at Liu Siyu, his tone full of dissatisfaction.

"I told you long ago, your disciple has a terrible temper and will cause trouble sooner or later, but you insisted on keeping him."

"Look what happened! You've ruined the gang's plans."

Liu Siyu narrowed his eyes.

"At least we know where the treasure is, don't we?"

Peng Chun glanced at the sinister smile on Liu Siyu's face.

"What do you mean?"

"Before I came here, I made a special inquiry. Shen Qing, the head of the West District Hundred Household Office, is just a probationary Hundred Household who was recently transferred from a small place."

"We're just going to retrieve the treasure. Do you think those centurions can stop us?"

Peng Chun's face froze: "You intend to force your way into the Hundred-Household Office?"

Liu Siyu shook his head: "We'll only take the treasures, we won't hurt anyone."

Peng Chun's heart skipped a beat. You could say the yamen was fine, but this was the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Offending them could really kill you.

But gradually he started to cheer himself up.

He's just a trial centurion, at most he's just entered the Innate Realm, while we have two veteran Innate Realm experts on our side, so the advantage is with us!

It seems worth a try.

Most importantly, he knew what that treasure was!

......

Hundred Household Office.

Shen Qing had already retrieved the page of gold paper from Wang Xiu's corpse.

It must be said that Sun Yun was indeed quite skilled, managing to hide the gold paper in the lining of Wang Xiu's clothes without anyone noticing.

Using the oil lamp in the room, Shen Qing carefully examined the page of gold paper. Although the page was small, it was covered with densely packed characters the size of ants, totaling tens of thousands of characters on both sides.

Shen Qing muttered, "Why write so small? I don't have money to buy paper."

The next moment, Shen Qing's eyes suddenly flashed with two beams of light.

"This is..."

"Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill?"

Shen Qing's eyes flickered. In the capital, the Shen family's library was already top-tier, but it did not contain the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique. As far as he knew, the library in the imperial palace did not contain it either.

This is because the most powerful body-refining technique was lost a thousand years ago.

Unexpectedly, it appeared in this remote and remote Yongning County. However, it is clear that Sun Yun was unaware of the value of this technique.

Otherwise, they would never have sold him for such a low price of four thousand taels.

However, this back and forth actually brought him a huge advantage.

In the capital, without ten thousand taels of gold, one wouldn't even be qualified to glance at this skill.

The most original version of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill takes an extremely long time to cultivate, theoretically requiring a thousand years to reach the thirteenth level.

Through subsequent innovations and optimizations over the centuries, some prescriptions were invented that could greatly shorten cultivation time.

If the version I have is the original one, then I might as well not practice it.

Shen Qing continued reading, a slow smile appearing on his lips, because the cultivation technique contained numerous densely packed medicinal prescriptions, confirming it was indeed an optimized version.

The Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique is the strongest body-refining technique in the Great Wu Dynasty, while the Shen Family's Overbearing Series Techniques are the strongest techniques for cultivating true qi in the Great Wu Dynasty.

Although the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique cannot directly improve one's cultivation level, the speed of cultivating true qi will increase with each increase in physical strength.

Shen Qing can now step on her right foot with her left foot again.

Now, the left hand holds the strongest body-refining technique, and the right hand holds the strongest technique for cultivating true qi.

I have everything I need!

Shen Qing picked up a pen and wrote down several medicinal herbs on the paper.

"Scholar, come in for a moment."

"Here we are, boss."

Shen Qing handed the paper to the scholar: "Take a stroll around Luoshui City tomorrow and see if you can buy these medicinal herbs."

"Alright." The scholar quickly grabbed the paper and glanced at it: "Codonopsis pilosula, fifty catties..."

The scholar paused for a moment, then rubbed his eyes.

He read it word by word and finally discovered that fifty catties of Codonopsis pilosula was considered a small amount; some people could have hundreds of catties.

Among them were some special and rare treasures, one of which was called the Mysterious Jade Green Lotus, which he had never even heard of before.

"Boss, all of these together would probably cost at least 20,000 taels of silver, not to mention these rare treasures, which are priceless and unavailable. We..."

"Don't worry about the money." Shen Qing took out twenty thousand-tael silver notes and placed them on the table. "Just keep looking. I estimate that the medicinal herbs in Luoshui City are definitely not enough. We'll have to look around as well."

The scholar's eyes widened like bells, and he couldn't help but wonder how much his boss had embezzled. But then he thought again, that didn't make sense; if he was going to embezzle, he had to have a place to do so.

Even if all the silver obtained from confiscating property these past few days were embezzled, it wouldn't amount to more than ten thousand taels.

However, the scholar soon noticed a large "武" (Wu) character in the lower left corner of the banknote, which was the prefix of the banknote.

This indicates that these banknotes all originated from the capital.

The scholar secretly glanced at Shen Qing, who was engrossed in studying the gold paper, and his heart pounded wildly.

He suddenly realized something: he had never known where his boss came from.

Now it seems there's no need to guess anymore; our boss's background is probably incredibly powerful, perhaps even the son of some high-ranking official.

The scholar couldn't help but smile as he imagined his small boat transforming into a colossal, awe-inspiring vessel.

We're about to set sail and cross the vast ocean.

Shen Qing looked up at the ceiling, then at the grinning scholar: "What's wrong? Did you eat bee poop? You seem so happy, now get out of here."

"Alright, boss!" The scholar smiled, walked out of the room, and closed the door behind him.

Shen Qing then carefully put away the gold paper and hid it close to his body. With a flick of his finger, the oil lamp in the room went out, and Shen Qing, holding Qinghe, disappeared into the darkness.

Not long after, two dark figures stealthily crept onto the roof.

Liu Siyu said in a low voice, "No treasures were found on Wang Xiu's body, so it must have been taken by this centurion."

"This must be the house of those hundred households."

Peng Chun nodded: "That's right. Although I've never been inside the Hundred Household Office in the west of the city, I do know a bit about its structure. The Hundred Household Offices in Yongning County are basically all the same structure. This room is the room of the Hundred Household Commander."

Liu Siyu licked his lips: "Then let's make our move. The lights are off now, so the centurion must be resting. Let's finish this quickly."

Peng Chun paused for a moment: "Do you think that centurion discovered us and deliberately turned off the lights to lure us into a trap?"

Liu Siyu turned around with a sneer: "No, aren't you being a little too paranoid?"

"I wouldn't dare to mess with those veteran centurions in the Garrison Command, but I don't even consider this mere probationary centurion a threat!"

"If you're too scared to go, I'll go alone."

With that, he tiptoed into the room with a light leap, and Peng Chun, seeing no reaction, also crept in.

Liu Siyu chuckled confidently, "See, there's no danger here."

"I'll search this way, you go search that way. If you still haven't found it, then the treasure is on the centurion."

"Then there's only one way: rob!"

Peng Chun didn't speak, but silently walked to a corner of the room and began to search. As soon as he entered the room, he was certain of one thing: the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique must be in this room, because he could smell the medicinal powder.

"Where is it? Where is it? I can smell it! It's right here." Peng Chun muttered to himself as he rummaged through drawers and cabinets in the corner.

Suddenly, Peng Chun rubbed his nose, frowned slightly, and asked in confusion, "Why can't I find it? Is there a hidden compartment?"

As he spoke, he increased the force, making the entire cabinet rattle loudly.

Shen Qing patted Peng Chun on the shoulder: "Hey, what are you looking for? Want me to help you look for it?"

"Be careful, don't break my cabinet."