Go and capture those thirty-six fierce villains.

Walking on a street with few people.

When no one was around, Qin Li suddenly poked half of her cat head out from under her clothes.

Qin Ning instinctively reached for the button, but the little black cat dodged it, its mouth opening and closing softly as it whispered, "Qin Ning, are you a bad person now?"

Qin Ning's hand paused in mid-air, and the pressing motion turned into a gentle stroking.

"Why are you suddenly asking this?"

"Everyone is afraid of you. They are more terrified of you than the cats and dogs on the streets of Anhe are of me."

Qin Ning's lips curled up slightly beneath his bamboo hat: "They're not afraid of me, they're afraid of my identity, and the reputation of the Sichen Guard."

What is reputation?

After asking the question, Qin Li noticed a passerby approaching from not far away and withdrew her head.

When Qin Ning was alone, the cat poked its head out again, its two jewel-like eyes curiously staring at the face with its defined jawline.

"Your reputation is what the world judges you for."

Qin Ning explained softly.

"So, Si Chenwei has done a lot of bad things?"

"Perhaps, it might be because of different perspectives, but their attitude towards life is indeed quite casual."

"And what is your stance?"

"This is a bit complicated to explain. Simply put, when you perceive and deal with something, your approach and perspective may differ depending on your status and position."

Qin Ning turned the corner and, seeing no one nearby, continued to explain softly: "For example, if you are a hungry tiger and you need to catch a deer to fill your stomach, then from your perspective, killing the deer and eating its meat is the right thing to do."

Qin Li blinked: "I understand. If I were a deer, then the idea of ​​a tiger killing me and eating my flesh would seem very evil to me."

"No, what I'm trying to say is that if you're a crazy deer conservationist who slides on a tiger and kills it, then in my hometown you'd face more than ten years in prison and a huge fine. Your actions might seem like a blessing to the deer, but you'd definitely break the law."

Little black cat: "...?"

She had a vague understanding before, but now she was completely bewildered.

After a long silence, Qin Li finally came to her senses and asked the question again.

"Qin Ning, are you a good person?"

"Well, maybe that's how some people see me. But right now, all I want is to live a good life. Being a good person is exhausting, and you might even die a horrible death."

After Qin Ning finished speaking, she suddenly felt a little sad.

His life these past few days may have seemed glamorous, but in reality, he himself couldn't fathom how many turbulent undercurrents were hidden beneath the calm surface.

He was like a carp that had accidentally entered a giant fish tank, cautious at every turn and relying on every available support to barely survive, silently waiting for the opportunity to transform into a dragon, which he didn't even know if it truly existed.

The little black cat raised its paw and placed it on its chest: "I see... Grandpa Dao Master said something similar."

Qin Ning's heart stirred.

"Qin Li, what was your life like in that Taoist temple before?"

"It's boring and tedious. All I do is sleep all day. The food at the Taoist temple isn't good either. The Taoist master only shows up once in a very long time. Even when he does appear, he rarely talks to me. He just sighs and talks to himself."

A look of reminiscence appeared in Qin Li's eyes.

"How long did you live in the Taoist temple?"

"I don't know. As far back as I can remember, I was in a Taoist temple. I waited for a very long time before I finally saw Qin Ning in the courtyard."

"And then you bit off my little finger?"

"I didn't know you were so fragile... The things in the Taoist temple are all hard to chew, I thought you, Qin Ning, were also..."

The little black cat's voice grew softer and softer until finally, it silently tucked its head back into Qin Ning's clothes.

With a shrug and a helpless laugh, Qin Ning gently tapped the other person's head through the fabric.

After walking through several more long streets, he arrived at the sacred site of the Mohist school, in front of the Tiangong Tower.

Logically, he should have asked Feng Hanying for help to collect the materials needed for drawing talismans, as that would have ensured he could buy them at the cheapest price.

You just agreed to exchange the talisman for the hairpin, and now you have to buy the materials needed to draw the talisman.

Isn't this blatantly telling people that you're going to draw it yourself?

So after a little hesitation, Qin Ning decided to go find Bai Gu.

Given the Mohist school's resources, acquiring talismans and cinnabar-like items shouldn't be too difficult.

After speaking to the Mo family disciple on duty, who went to inform him, Qin Ning entered the guest tea room with practiced ease.

......

Bei'an City.

In the north of the city, there was an abandoned house.

The courtyard was dilapidated, with a thick layer of withered yellow leaves piled on the ground, and some chicken bones, sheep bones and other debris scattered on it. The four people sat around an earthen table made of yellow clay, discussing a document placed on the table.

"Have you been deceived? How could that Qin guy only be an eighth-rank physician? He's a seventh-rank acupuncturist, which has already been confirmed within the organization."

The man sitting in the west wore a scholar's cap and looked at the other three with disdain. Despite the chilly late autumn weather, he was still gently waving his folding fan, fanning himself to keep cool.

"Impossible. This information has passed the censorship of [All Things] and is absolutely true. [All Things] would not cooperate with someone to fabricate information for the sake of fifty thousand taels of silver."

The man on the north side spoke up in rebuttal. He was plain-looking and looked like an ordinary farmer.

"【All Things】cannot be faked, but who knows if you guys actually went to the 【All Things】gathering? Anyway, I didn't see with my own eyes how you obtained this information."

He had barely finished speaking.

boom!

A small, white, and tender fist slammed hard onto the earthen table where the four people were sitting.

The already dilapidated earthen table shattered instantly, and the blast wave swept up yellowish dust and fallen leaves in the courtyard, obscuring everyone's view for a moment.

"What's wrong with you, you brat!"

The man wearing a scholar's cap leaped backward, waving his folding fan to sweep up the dust, leaves, and other debris, which he then swept into a corner of the courtyard.

A five-foot-tall child with fair skin was revealed, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"Master Wang, since you don't trust the three of us brothers, then we'll each do our own thing. However, since you just read that intelligence and left behind 25,000 taels, we brothers will pretend we never met you today."

After the child finished speaking, one of the two men behind him drew his heavy sword and took half a step forward; the other silently walked to the courtyard gate, blocking Master Wang's retreat.

"Wen Chi, we are both Golden Eagles of the Hundred Birds. You don't think that adding two small peregrine falcons will be enough to take me down, do you?" Master Wang's eyes revealed a mocking smile.

Judging from his words, it seems that the child among the three is the strongest.

"Seeing is believing, just try it and you'll know."

The child twisted his wrists, causing the sand and gravel beneath his feet to shake and float to his side, converging into numerous sharp blades of earth and stone, pointing at Master Wang.

"Foolish! Although this place is remote, it is still within the city of Beian. Are you afraid that if you make a move now, you won't attract the patrol guards and the Suwei Army?" Master Wang said, and a flash of light appeared on the folding fan in his hand, and a gust of wind was blown out.

At the same time, his body rose with the wind and floated out of the courtyard in an instant.

Seeing this, the two peregrine falcons wanted to give chase.

Wen Chi said in a deep voice, "He's right, let him go for now."

"But brother, he saw our intelligence for no reason..."

"Ha, why do you think I told him that the information was obtained for fifty thousand taels?"