You've already caught the embroidered ball, and you still say it's not my husband?

Next up is the harvest!

Shen Jinglian ordered her men to thoroughly search every corpse and every house... nothing of value could be wasted!

Under their locust-like, sweeping search, they quickly found a secret vault behind the main village wall, filled with all kinds of gold and silver jewelry looted by the Huangfeng Village bandits.

Preliminary estimates suggest that these treasures are worth over five thousand taels of silver!

"Wow, we're rich!"

Shen Jinglian beamed with joy as she looked at the mountain of treasure before her, and the dozens of women soldiers of Bailian Village were also overjoyed.

Their arch-enemy is dead, and this is the biggest haul they've made in years of double-crossing. How could they not be happy?

now.

Lu Xuan was casually flipping through a martial arts manual he had found on Huang Laosan's corpse—the Mountain-Breaking Golden Saber Technique.

The techniques used are usually very precious.

The Broken Mountain Golden Saber Technique is known for its fierce and powerful moves, with wide and sweeping movements and heavy force. It can barely be considered a low-level martial art, and its value is more than five thousand taels of silver!

If this cultivation manual were left out in the open, it could serve as a foundation for establishing a third-rate minor sect!

However, it wouldn't be of much use to Lu Xuan, who possesses the "Saved One" system and has maxed out his sword control skills, and he doesn't plan to spend time cultivating it.

He casually tossed the Broken Mountain Golden Saber Technique into his storage medicine chest, leaving it to gather dust...

"Since there's nothing else to do, let's go down the mountain."

Snapped!

Lu Xuan snapped his fingers, summoning his mount.

Upon hearing Lu Xuan's call, Bao Bulu quickly poked its head out from a hut. "Master, please wait a moment! This little donkey will be right there!"

It quietly put away a small cloth bag containing some copper coins and silver scraps it had scavenged, totaling more than two ounces, enough for it to buy several hundred pounds of carrots and eat for a long time.

Lu Xuan wouldn't mind if it hid some money, but it absolutely couldn't let Lu Qingqing see it, or it would surely be stolen...

Bao Bulu trotted over to Lu Xuan's side, bent down, and said, "Master, please mount the donkey!"

Lu Xuan mounted the donkey.

He was considering whether to say goodbye to Shen Jinglian before leaving when someone called out to him from behind.

"Hey! Wait a minute!"

A figure in white jogged over.

"Why are you leaving so soon? You didn't even tell me you were leaving?"

Lu Xuan: ...

He hasn't had a chance to say it yet, has he?

Shen Jinglian stared at Lu Xuan with some wariness in her eyes, and even grabbed the donkey's tail to prevent Lu Xuan from running away.

Ah!

Bao Bulu immediately yelled, "You woman, speak properly! Why are you pulling my tail? Let go!"

Shen Jinglian tossed out a gleaming silver ingot, which landed with a "thud" on Bao Bulu's forehead.

Bao Bu Lv immediately stopped making a fuss and changed his tune, "Hehe, as long as Your Majesty is happy, you can hold onto this little donkey's tail for as long as you want~"

They've even called him "King Shen," can't they have some self-respect and shame?

Money really can make the devil turn the millstone, and it can also make a donkey change its face!

Lu Xuan coughed lightly, "Miss Shen, if there's nothing else, I'll head down the mountain now."

"No!"

Shen Jinglian pulled even harder on the donkey's tail, while asking Lu Xuan, "Hong'er and the others found a lot of treasure, probably around five thousand taels. How should we distribute such a large sum of money?"

She felt that since Lu Xuan had defeated Huang Laosan and wiped out Huangfeng Village, the treasures obtained should be decided by Lu Xuan (even though Lu Xuan had already obtained the Broken Mountain Golden Saber Technique).

Five thousand taels!

Upon hearing this shocking number, Bao Bu's eyes widened and he couldn't help but swallow hard.

Lu Xuan raised his hand and gave it a big pat on the back. It immediately became obedient, grinning sheepishly and not daring to interrupt.

Lu Xuan thought for a moment, "I think... let's split it 50/50."

"Are you sure?" Shen Jinglian asked in surprise.

The annihilation of Huangfeng Village was almost entirely due to Lu Xuan's efforts. Lu Xuan's formidable strength is undeniable, and she wouldn't object even if Lu Xuan wanted 70% or 80% of the credit.

A 50/50 split is quite generous!

"Hmm." Lu Xuan nodded with a smile. "But I have one more condition."

"What are the conditions?"

Shen Jinglian was puzzled, wondering what Lu Xuan's conditions were for dividing the treasure equally.

Suddenly, the clever girl thought of a possibility!

She hadn't read many books and wasn't highly educated, but she had heard the saying: "A fair maiden is sought after by a gentleman."

Although she could hardly be called a lady, and was more like a little wildcat, she was very beautiful!

If calculated at 100 coins, one's appearance would be worth 90 coins or more, approximately 93 coins...

Lu Xuan and she could be considered kindred spirits, and they were both at the prime of their youth. Could it be that he had also fallen for her?

So the condition is her?

Thump, thump.

The woman in white was breathing rapidly, her heart was pounding, and her pretty cheeks were flushed.

While she was lost in thought, Lu Xuan smiled and said, "Please trouble Miss Shen to return my share of the silver to the people of Huangshi Town. It would be a way of returning the silver to its rightful owner and doing a good deed..."

Lu Xuan wanted to return his share of the silver (two thousand five hundred taels) to the local people; that was his demand (condition)!

Shen Jinglian was dumbfounded!

She never expected that Lu Xuan didn't want money or people, but only wanted to distribute the silver among the people!

emm...

Hate!

Excessive!

"Master, you're so noble!" Bao Bulu also looked heartbroken. "If you don't want the money, you can give it to me! Why do you have to split it? Waaah!"

Lu Xuan smiled.

He is a cultivator with high-class taste!

Gold and silver were like mundane things to him; enough was enough.

He also frequently engaged in double-crossing, and his medicine chest contained nearly a thousand taels of silver. He was not short of money at all, and having too much silver would only take up space in his backpack. There was no need for him to be a meaningless miser.

Consider it an act of kindness to accumulate merit!

After a moment, Shen Jinglian's eyes were still full of surprise. "You really want to divide the silver?"

"Of course," Lu Xuan nodded affirmatively.

"Fine, I promise you!" Shen Jinglian looked at him, then pouted in annoyance, "You're such a pushover!"

Lu Xuan: ...

"Thank you for the compliment. In any case, I'll have to trouble you, Miss Shen."

Lu Xuan clasped his hands in a fist salute, then turned to leave.

"Wait a minute!"

Shen Jinglian quickly grabbed the donkey's tail, not wanting Lu Xuan to leave.

"Miss Shen, what's wrong now?"

Lu Xuan turned his head helplessly and saw the woman in white in front of him take a deep breath, her eyes firm, as if she had made up her mind.

"I... also have a question I'd like to ask you!"

Normally arrogant, her cheeks were slightly flushed at this moment, adding a unique charm to her beautiful face.

"What's the problem?" Lu Xuan had a bad feeling.

The woman blinked at Lu Xuan, her eyelashes fluttering, her eyes sparkling, and asked, "Lu Xuan... do you think I'm pretty?"

really!

Something's not right!

What's the point of asking that?

"Am I pretty?" she asked again, raising her voice.

"Um...beautiful."

Lu Xuan could only give a perfunctory answer.

She looked at Lu Xuan with her beautiful eyes, gently tossing her hair with her delicate hand, "Then...would you like to come back to White Lotus Peak with me?"

???

"From now on, you will be my king, and my husband..."

The woman's cheeks were as red as peach blossoms in March. At this moment, she didn't seem like a wildcat, but more like a gentle little bird.

Yes! She likes Lu Xuan!

It wasn't love at first sight, but I definitely liked him!

I admire Lu Xuan's youthful good looks, his gentle kindness, and his strength and excellence...

She saw a similar figure in Lu Xuan and believed that Lu Xuan was the same kind of person as her!

Shen Jinglian has never been one to hide her feelings; she's always brave enough to say what she likes!

A man as outstanding as Lu Xuan is most suitable to be her husband at White Lotus Village!

Come on, come on!

"..."

Lu Xuan was stunned, his lips twitching violently.

Just two days ago, he caught an embroidered ball and suddenly had a wife. Today, a female bandit wants him to be her husband!

This is terrible!

He even wondered if he was having a lot of romantic encounters lately.