The 18th year of the Da Yong reign: The beginning of the story involves rescuing revolutionaries.

The reward kept increasing during this escort mission, which allowed Wang Zhi to finally obtain some good items.

The Hell Sealing Blade Technique, a family secret of the Marquis of Wuyi, is a gold-quality martial art in the game! There are blue and purple quality skills in between.

Even if he stayed in the outer gate of the Great Luo Sect for his entire life, he would never learn martial arts at this level.

Moreover, those people wouldn't dare to actually kill Wang Lingguan; if they wanted to, they would have done so long ago.

They only dared to use methods like framing and falsely accusing kidnappers and bandits to make Wang Lingguan wander outside for a period of time.

It seems that this period is the time for the Marquis of Wuyi's mansion to discuss the successor, because the Duke has gone to war and his fate on the battlefield is uncertain.

Upon further reflection, they might even hope that the war at the front would become intense and that Marquis Wuyi would actually die in battle. This way, they could force him to establish an heir, and with Marquis Wuyi unable to return and his eldest daughter missing, the matter would be settled.

Whether the legitimate daughter lives or dies, or whether she comes back or not, it doesn't matter anymore.

Who knows, they might even be causing trouble for Marquis Wuyi in the battles at the front.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Even though in the original story, Marquis Wu Yi, Wang Donglai, won a victory and returned in triumph, and the eldest daughter, Wang Lingguan, also returned.

It's no wonder that a dynasty that was declining and beset by internal and external troubles, with the sons of those noble lords still scheming for power and profit, eventually collapsed.

Wang Zhi shook his head, a sigh escaping his lips.

Wang Lingguan's voice interrupted his thoughts: "You didn't just leave me at the dock and run away after you got to Zhaoyang, did you?"

"I never said I was going to run away." Wang Zhi chuckled and ruffled Wang Lingguan's hair. Just as the latter smiled, he suddenly added, "Of course, I know to run if I really can't win."

Wang Lingguan's small mouth immediately pursed, making Wang Zhi burst into laughter.

The two sat cross-legged in the cargo hold and waited quietly for the cargo ship to dock.

Wang Zhi, with his eyes closed, was actually examining the four white-quality items he had just acquired.

Azure Wave Skill: A white-quality skill. Practicing this skill allows one to better adapt to water conditions and focuses on water combat.

The cultivation technique he practiced with that bald hawk was useless. Wang Zhi crushed it and turned it into experience points, which he added to the Golden Essence Technique, opening another meridian.

The Sky-Piercing Axe Technique: The ultimate skill of the leader of the Eighteen Fortresses, a white-quality martial art, consisting of five moves, characterized by its powerful and unrestrained movements.

This martial art is indeed unique, especially the last move, which caused Wang Zhi to suffer a minor, negligible injury.

But that's all. He currently knows fist techniques, knife techniques, and has lightning-fast running speed. He doesn't like using this broken axe, and it's a lousy martial art. So he immediately crushed it and added it to his Golden Essence Skill.

Muscle Texture Pill: One white-quality item. It is a pill that the leader of the Eighteen Villages takes regularly. It can increase muscle and fat and has a slight effect on strengthening internal energy.

Ah, this… Wang Zhi stared at the item for a moment, no wonder the fathead fish was as fat as a mountain of flesh, it turned out that it had been consuming this stuff for a long time, and this was obviously something that the big boss had already consumed, all of which had been exposed.

He didn't search the body when he beheaded it because it was completely unnecessary. The fathead fish was wearing a short shirt, his chest was exposed, and everything on his body was clearly visible.

He began to understand the meaning of the message that popped up after each kill: "Character biography search in progress, dropped items generated." The martial arts techniques were things from the dead person's memories, and the Skin Texture Pill was something they had taken before; both could potentially generate items.

He didn't need to gain muscle or fat. He even suspected that the muscle-building and fat-gaining effects were a side effect of the pills' ability to strengthen internal energy. He thought that if he took too much, he would end up like a fathead fish, which was unnecessary.

He crushed it with one hand and added it to the Golden Essence Technique.

The last one was revealed after the strategist died.

A secret letter: Hu Baizhe, the strategist of the Eighteen Docks bandits, secretly confiscated a letter that was related to the Western You Kingdom, without the knowledge of the chief.

Oh? This is interesting. Among the Western countries, Xiyou is one of the more powerful ones. Wang Zhi did not choose to crush it, but instead, with a thought, chose to start reading.

The yellowed letter slowly unfolded in Wang Zhi's mind, and the first thing Wang Zhi saw was the signature—Pastor Ingis.

This indicates that he is a missionary from the Western Kingdom, and most likely from the Tian Shu sect, where a priest is a higher-ranking position than a regular member.

Currently, there are quite a few missionaries from Western countries entering the land of China. Ostensibly, they are here to spread their faith, but secretly they are to investigate the strength of the Dayong warriors and the untapped magic crystal resources beneath the land of China.

After carefully examining the document, Wang Zhi fell into deep thought.

This letter was written by a pastor named Ingis to a mysterious person in the provincial capital. There was no salutation, and he didn't know who it was.

The aim was to cooperate with the provincial government to open up trade routes, which would not only be mutually beneficial, but would also provide the person with high-quality Western weapons; however, some special goods needed to be transported.

As for what this special cargo was, it wasn't said. Only a small sample was attached to the letter. Unfortunately, even this letter, which is of unknown age, was leaked, but the sample was not. It is likely that it has long been lost.

However, Wang Zhi had a vague suspicion in his heart.

Overall, the results are good. Currently, the experience points for the Golden Essence Technique are 48/100, and 48 meridians have been opened.

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A wailing siren sounded outside the warehouse.

We've arrived at Zhaoyang City Wharf.

Wang Zhi led Wang Lingguan outside the granary, where they saw a magnificent city lying beneath the blue sky.

Besides their cargo ship, there were several other large cargo and passenger ships around them, as well as porters, laborers, and students in school uniforms with the latest hairstyles, all walking down the gangway to the dock.

The leader handed the fathead fish's head to Wang Zhi, which was in a box and didn't look too conspicuous.

"Thank you, sir. I will report the matter on the ship to the head of my Southwest United Chamber of Commerce. From now on, if you ever encounter any problems or need money, feel free to come to my Southwest United Chamber of Commerce and try to find me, Qian Shun," said Chief Qian.

As a leader, he naturally didn't have that much power, but he knew what a strong person at the Commoner Realm was to the Chamber of Commerce. In case the other party was desperate in the future, it would be a way to recruit a strong person for the Chamber of Commerce.

In this chaotic world, only the strong, foreign guns, and firearms are the true principles.

"No problem, no problem." Wang Zhi replied with a smile, holding the fathead fish's head in one hand and Wang Lingguan's wrist in the other, and squeezed down the gangway.

At the dock, Zhang Dafa bid farewell to Wang Zhi: "Brother, I'm going to the Shen family. Goodbye."

"Alright, I'll say it again: if you feel that the Shen family has no future, you can go to Qingfeng Restaurant in Liuzhou County to find me and tell the manager your name."

"Thanks for the compliment, brother. I'll remember your roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) for the rest of my life." With that, Zhang Dafa grinned carefree, turned around, and disappeared into the crowd, vanishing in the blink of an eye.

Wang Zhi took a deep breath of Zhaoyang air, his eyes scanning the shadowy corner not far away with piercing gaze. After a while, he followed the flow of people out.

A row of rickshaw pullers were already waiting.

"Sir, where are you going? I know Zhaoyang very well. I'm strong and can pull the cart steadily." A driver with a yellowed towel draped over his shoulder spoke to Wang Zhi.