From slave trader to the Immortal Lord of Ten Thousand Laws

"Xu Ningyuan."

As Jiang She walked along the road, his mind wandered to the number "25" in the study, and he kept his head down, pondering:

"I only knew that Xu Ningyuan had been practicing martial arts for many years, but I never expected that his strength was stronger than that of all the guards in the Xu family."

"We need to be careful."

After Jiang She finished thinking, he looked up and saw rows of servants' quarters standing not far away.

He then passed through the moon gate and stepped into the courtyard, where he happened to bump into Little Sun and several guards, who rushed out of the gate in a flurry.

Jiang She stopped him and asked:

"Young Master Sun, what's the rush you're in?"

Upon seeing that it was Jiang She, Xiao Sun hesitated for a moment, then said with a bitter face, "Brother Jiang, this is not a good thing."

"Oh?"

Jiang She became interested: "Could you tell me about it?"

Little Sun was also someone who couldn't keep a secret. Seeing that Jiang She had asked, he immediately stepped forward, leaned against his shoulder, and said:

"Brother Jiang, to tell you the truth, a letter just arrived from Protector Li, saying that the Third Madam was murdered last night."

"what?"

Jiang She feigned surprise and hurriedly asked, "How did you get hurt?"

Xiao Sun shook his head.

"I don't know that. I only know that the Third Madam died a tragic death, and Guard Li told us to go and keep watch over her."

"Have you reported it to the authorities?"

"No way, Brother Jiang!"

Xiao Sun frowned. "The master values ​​his reputation. If outsiders find out that the Third Madam died on her bed, and they add fuel to the fire, wouldn't that make the master lose face? Only a small number of people know about this, so Brother Jiang, you mustn't mention it to anyone."

"I know."

Jiang She nodded, looking like he knew what was going on.

After reading it, Xiao Sun didn't say anything more, but led his brothers to rush off to patrol the west wing.

Jiang She, however, continued to stay in his room to recover from his injuries.

With nothing else to do, he decided to sort out the magical techniques he had obtained from the Third Madam.

"Besides the golden light technique used last night, there is another rhetoric technique that can bewitch people with lies. As for the method of cultivation, it is this Taoist book called 'The Qi-Inducing Scripture of Last Month'."

Jiang She looked at the panel, counting the various spells recorded on it. He then glanced at the small characters at the bottom and saw that there were indeed a few more lines, all of which were about the people he had met that day.

"Today you have encountered Xu Rong, a maid of the Xu family. You can spend 10,000 coins to control this slutty hussy."

"Today you have met Xu Ningyuan, the second son of the Xu family. You can spend 10,000 coins to control this seventh-rank martial artist."

"Seventh Rank, First Class".

Jiang She paused for a moment, then said, "Jiang She was only a mid-level martial artist when he was alive. This Xu Ningyuan is quite skilled."

Jiang She glanced at it quickly and continued reading. Today, he had unleashed his divine sense and had seen many servants and attendants along the way, so the number of names on the panel gradually increased.

"You encountered Xu family guard—Little Sun—today, which will cost 10,000 coins..."

"You met Xu family maidservant A Yuan today, which will cost you ten thousand coins..."

"You met someone today..."

Jiang She looked at the lines one by one, then suddenly his eyes widened and he stared at the very bottom line, his pupils dilating to the extreme.

He rubbed his eyes again and saw that the words were shining with golden light.

"Today you have met Xu Qingyue, the young lady of the Xu family. You can spend 10,000 coins to control this immortal root."

"The seeds of immortality!"

Jiang She was taken aback: "I didn't expect it to actually produce gold."

"But the Xu family is just a worldly merchant family. What means do they have to curry favor with the immortal sects and obtain some magical arts for cultivation?"

"This seedling of immortality has grown in the wrong place..."

Jiang She lowered his head, feeling a pang of regret. Just as he was about to pour some tea, he heard a rustling sound outside the window.

"Who?"

"Four pairs".

A strong local accent seeped through the window cracks.

Jiang She pushed open the window and saw a furtive young woman hanging outside the window like a swing, her legs hooked around the eaves.

"Madam Xu?"

Jiang She frowned: "What are you doing?"

"I've come to find you."

"What do you need so-and-so for?"

"The woman hisses."

"I already know."

"oh."

Xu Lian nodded, swaying from side to side, about to retreat along the eaves, when Jiang She interrupted her.

"Madam Xu, why do you smell of blood?"

"Is there?"

Madam Xu clutched her collar and sniffed around: "Oh, I just went to catch some fish."

Jiang She shook his head:

"It doesn't smell like fish; it smells more like human blood."

"Oh dear! Is it clean?" Upon hearing this, Madam Xu anxiously looked at her clothes from head to toe and left to right, saying, "I stabbed Manager Feng four times with a dagger last night, but there was no blood."

"Why does it have a smell?"

"Go wash up again."

"Okay, I'll go wash it again."

Xu Lian came quickly and left quickly.

Jiang She breathed a slight sigh of relief: "Madam Xu is quite easy to fool. With just a little probing, she revealed what I wanted. It seems she was the one who killed the second manager of the Xu family shop. But... why didn't she kill the head manager?"

"The head manager is arguably the most influential person in the entire Xu Family Trading Company besides the head of the family. If he were to die, the Xu Family might not fall on the surface, but behind the scenes... they would be ripped out of a layer of flesh, skin and blood. Now, killing the second manager has served as a wake-up call for the entire Xu Family. The Wangyue Trading Company is not unaware of the relative importance of these gains and losses..."

"But that's none of my business."

Jiang She pondered, a good guess forming in his mind.

He then released his divine sense again, glancing in the direction Xu Lian had left, only to see a number above her head.

— "55~100"!

"hiss..."

Jiang She gasped, pondering to himself, "Xu Ningyuan is only a seventh-rank martial artist with a stat of '25,' while Xu Lian is worth several Xu Ningyuans."

"I'm definitely going to fuck this one!"

Compared to controlling Xu Qingyue, a cultivator with a strong foundation in immortality, Jiang She felt that controlling Xu Lian, a numerical monster, was more worthwhile.

"I've seen with my discerning eye that Xu Lian's destiny is 'Glutton,' but she's not a good-for-nothing. Instead, she's the type to replenish what she eats, growing stronger with each bite. But I only have a tael of silver left, so I need to find an opportunity to sell those few herbs."

"Then, we'll feed Xu Lian until she's full, so she can stay in peak condition!"

Thinking of this, Jiang She was in high spirits and couldn't help but grin and chuckle.

"Knock knock knock!"

Footsteps echoed outside. Jiang She peered out the window and turned his head to look, only to see Xiao Suntou rushing back again.

"Little Sun, what's wrong with you now?"

"Alas, Brother Jiang, you don't understand."

Little Sun sighed, his face filled with sorrow, and said:

"The doorman just sent word that the shop's second manager was murdered last night. The coroner from the yamen has examined him carefully and said that the second manager died of poisoning."

"What?!"

Jiang She looked surprised, his heart filled with horror: "Didn't Xu Lian say that the second manager was stabbed to death by her with a dagger? How come it's now that he died of poisoning? Could she be lying to me...?"

But upon closer reflection, it doesn't seem like it.

"If she wanted to deceive me, why would she risk her life to find me? Just to tell me that the Third Madam is dead? That's probably not the case! Xu Lian is simple-minded and easy to guess. I'm afraid she sees me as an accomplice and has tied me to the same rope as her."

"Let's try her again."

"But what if she's really lying to me..."

"Damn! This is really going to be awesome!"