The legend begins with becoming a white deer.

Faced with the invisible pressure from the two, Dickin finally dared not delay any longer and quickly stood up from his chair, his face plastered with an extremely obsequious smile.

"Oh dear, my lords, please don't be in such a hurry. It was my oversight. Since you two are so impatient, I'll take you to where the auspicious white deer is hiding."

He had barely finished speaking when, as if suddenly remembering something, he rubbed his hands together, his eyes darting around, and added, "But... according to the rules we agreed on before, shouldn't we settle the bounty first?"

Shangguan Ya glanced at Di Jin, making Di Jin shudder. But the next second, Shangguan Ya said nothing, but took out a silver note from his pocket and casually threw it on the table.

Su Wanniang also put down her teacup, took out a silver note, and gently placed it next to Shangguan Ya's note.

The two silver notes have a blue-black background with gilded printing and intricate and exquisite patterns of myriad elephants and unicorns along the edges.

This is a unique logo belonging to "Wanxiang Money Shop," one of a kind in the world, and no one dares to imitate it.

Vientiane Bank is one of the top financial powers in Luoyang, one of the five great powers, and has established branches in dozens of countries.

In this world with hundreds of countries, the currencies used by each country are diverse, with gold, silver, and copper coins varying in purity and weight, making cross-border transactions extremely inconvenient.

It was the Vientiane Bank that created this unique banknote, which could be exchanged for local currency of equal face value in any country where a branch of the Vientiane Bank was located.

Bilin has only one branch of Wanxiang Money Exchange in China.

Dijin stared greedily at the two silver notes, each worth a thousand taels, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down. He reached out and carefully held the notes in his hand, rubbing them over and over as if they were not paper, but the most precious treasure in the world.

In this world, the average person's annual expenses are only about ten taels.

Two thousand taels!

How long will it take him to earn such a huge sum of money!

"Dickin."

Su Wanniang's cold voice suddenly rang out, interrupting Di Jin's sweet dream.

He looked up and met Su Wan Niang's cold eyes, only to hear her say indifferently, "You can only keep this silver note temporarily. If you don't see the auspicious white deer later, I will personally take your life."

"That's right."

Shangguan Ya coldly echoed, his tone ruthless and undeniable: "If you dare to play any tricks, my Money Gang will show you what it means to wish you were dead."

Dickin's heart skipped a beat. His earlier elation was instantly extinguished, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.

He quickly put away the silver notes and said with a forced smile, "Don't worry, gentlemen. Even if I had the greatest courage in the world, I wouldn't dare to lie to you. My information is absolutely true, without the slightest falsehood. We'll set off now and take you to find the White Deer."

"Not now." Shangguan Ya shook his head.

Dickin was taken aback: "Huh? Why?"

"There are quite a few eyes watching this place."

Shangguan Ya walked to the window, lifted a corner of the curtain, and glanced down.

"Blackrock Town is a hornet's nest right now. Whoever makes the first move will be watched by everyone. So it's best to wait until late at night to take action. I'll send my men to pretend to be us and leave in batches through different doors to shake off all the tails."

Dijin dared not utter a single objection, nodding frantically, "Yes, yes, Chief Shangguan is right, we will follow your arrangements."

... ... ....

As night deepened, the inky sky enveloped the entire Blackstone Town.

The Money Gang acted extremely quickly. Shangguan Ya dispatched more than a hundred gang members, divided into more than a dozen teams. Each team had members dressed in the same coarse cloth shorts as Di Jin, with some ash smeared on their faces, making them look very similar to Di Jin.

At midnight, the front and back doors of the restaurant opened simultaneously.

More than a dozen teams filed out and ran off in different directions.

In every corner of Blackrock Town, those martial arts practitioners who had been staking out the area all day, waiting to scavenger and reap the benefits, were instantly dumbfounded.

"What's going on? Why are there so many Dickinsons?"

"Which one is real? Which one is fake?"

"Oh no, oh no, who am I supposed to side with now?"

"If I had known the Money Gang and the Black Iris Merchant Guild were so cunning, I should have kept a closer eye on them."

Shouts and complaints rose and fell.

The crowd looked at the figures disappearing into different streets and alleys, exchanging bewildered glances, unable to discern which group Di Jin was hiding in. By the time they realized what was happening and hastily chose a few directions to chase after him, he had already vanished without a trace.

Just as everyone's attention was drawn to the stand-ins, a hidden door in the backyard of the restaurant opened silently.

Escorted by elites from the Money Gang and the Black Iris Merchant Guild, Dickin quietly left Blackrock Town like a ghost.

Dijin, who was walking at the front, looked back at the two distinct and menacing groups behind him and sighed inwardly.

"What a pity."

Dijin was originally waiting for the third group of people to come to him so that he could earn another thousand taels of silver. But so far, the third group has not shown up, and he has lost a windfall.

But he didn't dare to delay, after all, he hadn't even had a chance to warm up the two thousand taels of silver notes in his hand yet.

He composed himself, determined the direction, and led the two groups of men toward the rolling mountains outside the town.

"The auspicious white deer is in the deep mountains outside Blackstone Town?" Shangguan Ya's voice came from behind, tinged with scrutiny.

Di Jin nodded quickly: "Replying to Chief Shangguan, it's in the mountains. I only discovered that place by chance a few days ago. It's extremely remote, and nobody usually goes there. The white deer is sleeping in that cave."

Upon hearing this, Su Wanniang's face instantly darkened: "Sleeping? What if it has already awakened and left by the time we get there?"

"No, no, no!"

Dijin quickly waved his hand with an embarrassed smile: "President Su, don't worry. When I found it, it was just sleeping there. No matter how much I called it or threw stones at it, it wouldn't wake up. And... and I was afraid it would run away, so I found some thick hemp rope and tied it up tightly beforehand."

"Enough with the nonsense, hurry up." Shangguan Ya interrupted him impatiently and took the lead in quickening his pace.

The group traveled quickly through the dark mountain forest.

Although it was night, the members of the Money Gang and the Black Iris Merchant Guild were clearly not ordinary people. They walked as if on flat ground, without making the slightest unnecessary sound.

The journey was exceptionally smooth; they encountered neither wild animals nor even a hunter on patrol.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Dickin finally stopped in front of a cave that was completely hidden by dense vines and branches.

His heart was pounding, his palms were sweaty, and he was extremely nervous.

He was terrified that Qi Ji had woken up and run away during the few days he was away, and that the two thousand taels of silver in his hand would truly become a death warrant.

"Don't go, don't go!"

Dickin prayed silently, took a deep breath, and pushed aside the branches blocking the entrance to the cave.

The next second, a soft white light shone from the cave, illuminating his face.

Deep inside the cave, a pure white deer lay quietly, its fur glowing in the darkness like a luminous stone. Its long eyelashes drooped, and its breathing was steady; it was clearly still asleep.

"call--"

Dickin let out a long sigh of relief, almost collapsing to the ground.

"Thank goodness, it's still there! It's really still there! My money and my life are safe!"

Shangguan Ya and Su Wanniang, who were following closely behind, also saw the figure in the cave.

Their pupils contracted, and their faces instantly revealed undisguised surprise and ecstasy.

Its ability to glow even in the dark leaves no doubt that this is the legendary auspicious white deer.

However, this ecstasy lasted only a moment.

The two turned their heads almost simultaneously to look at each other.

The cooperative atmosphere that had been barely maintained vanished instantly, replaced by a thick smell of gunpowder. Both groups instinctively gripped their weapons, their eyes locked in a cold standoff, ready to explode at any moment.

Dickin was overjoyed to see this.

He quietly took a few steps back, and while everyone's attention was focused on the other person, he turned around and tried to slip away.

"Fight! Fight! The fiercer the better! I'm going to take two thousand taels and enjoy a blissful life!" Dijin exclaimed excitedly in his heart.

Just as he was about to disappear completely into the woods—

"call out!"

A sharp whistling sound came from ahead.

A jet-black iron arrow pierced Dickin's neck with perfect accuracy.

"Pfft"

Dickin's smile froze instantly. He touched his neck in disbelief, and blood gushed from between his fingers.

He opened his mouth as if to say something, but only let out a hoarse, leaky sound before collapsing straight to the ground.

This sudden turn of events startled both Shangguan Ya and Su Wanniang's groups, who were about to engage in battle.

Immediately afterwards, they heard a dense sound of footsteps coming from all directions.

The footsteps were heavy and orderly, and the number of people was greater than the combined forces of the two opposing sides...