Skip this! Just tell me who to kill!

In a side room of the prefectural commandant's residence.

Qin Muyuan sat in the bathtub, using the hot water to wash away the bloodstains on his body.

[Berserk Sword Technique Level 4 (68%) → Berserk Sword Technique Level 5 (Perfect)]

[Congratulations! Through diligent training, you have mastered the White Berserker Sword Technique to the fifth level of perfection!]

[Five Levels of Berserker Swordplay (Perfect): You have mastered the secrets of the Berserker Swordplay, allowing you to infuse your killing intent and blood energy into your weapon, greatly increasing its sharpness. You also possess the ability to unleash devastating killing intent to intimidate other enemies.]

"Enhancing weapon damage and psychological deterrence capabilities...not bad."

Qin Muyuan nodded slightly.

As the saying goes, a map reveals a world. Back in Qinghua County, he could take down an opponent with a single blow from his pure bone nail.

When encountering enemies wielding swords, the buff given by the little girl Shi Yan allows for direct slashing.

Upon arriving in Red Rock County, the strength of the enemies' swords and blades was clearly a level higher.

Two blows with pure bone nails could only leave dents in their swords, not sever them completely.

Now that he has perfected the Berserker Sword Technique, he can empower his weapon with killing intent and blood energy, thus returning to the level where he could kill both the person and the weapon with a single sword strike.

Also.

Then Qin Muyuan raised his hand and made a gesture, and the force in his body burst out, flying half a zhang in mid-air before quickly dissipating.

"A first-rate martial artist's external power release... is rather weak. No wonder that old man didn't use it in the battle."

Qin Muyuan shook his head.

The ability to project one's power outward is a hallmark of a top-tier martial artist.

He had thought it was very strong, but after using it, he found that the power would quickly diminish after it was released from the body, and it would be completely exhausted in less than half a zhang.

It would be better to not use it at all.

After turning off the control panel and washing away the bloodstains, Qin Muyuan thought:

"Getting stained with blood less than an hour is not a sustainable solution."

Given Qin Muyuan's attack frequency, the bloodstains from the previous kill would be freshly stained with blood again before they were even dry.

If this continues, I'll always feel sticky and uncomfortable. I can't possibly take a shower every hour, can I?

He looked at his in-game store points on his panel, opened the game store panel, and started searching.

He quickly found his goal:

Lyon's Shirt (Ancient Costume Version)

[Quality: White]

[Effect: Provides basic defense, with a particular focus on reducing damage to the back. Also has a cleansing property, preventing bloodstains and dirt from showing when worn.]

"This is exactly the effect I wanted!"

Qin Muyuan was overjoyed and immediately used his mall points to purchase the [Lyon's Shirt (Ancient Costume Version)].

He didn't care much about defense or anything like that.

What he cared about was avoiding the effect of getting blood on his hands.

Wearing this gear, you don't need to go through the hassle of taking a shower to wash off the blood after killing someone.

After taking a bath, Qin Muyuan put on this ancient-style shirt.

Then, he found a bronze mirror in the side room and checked his appearance.

In the bronze mirror, a young man with black hair and black eyes had an indifferent expression. He was dressed in a blue ancient robe and looked quite respectable.

"Great! The character I created looks exactly like me!"

After tidying up, Qin Muyuan walked out of the room.

Outside the room, Wangcai, covered in wolf fur, was so hot that he was lying on the ground with his tongue sticking out.

Just now, it used its wolf claws to fetch water, carried the bucket to the kitchen to boil water, and delivered the boiled water to the side room.

These tasks aren't physically tiring, but doing them with wolf claws is quite torturous.

Especially when adding firewood to start a fire, it even burned the few tufts of hair on its rear end.

"Well done."

Qin Muyuan wanted to rub Wangcai's head, but when he found that its fur was stained with blood, he didn't do it and just offered a word of comfort.

Leading Wangcai away from the county magistrate's mansion, the area outside was still littered with corpses.

Qin Muyuan walked several streets outside the prefectural commandhouse, but the streets were still deserted, and he could not see a single civilian.

"Looks like everyone's escaped, but... that prefect is still alive..."

Within the field of view, the location and distance of the remaining mission objective remained largely unchanged.

This shows that the prefect named Yang Zhaoting, after learning that he had killed Shang Youcai, not only did not flee, but instead sat and waited.

"Are you waiting for me to come over? That's interesting."

Qin Muyuan threw out the Pure Bone Nail, activated the Wind-Stepping Technique, and sped off along the arrow in his field of vision.

……

the other side.

Yang Zhaoting, the prefect of Hongyan County, sat in the courtyard with a calm expression.

He had already heard the news that the Commandant Shang Youcai had been killed by the murderers.

However, he remained unconcerned.

Because it was Shang Youcai who had a grudge against that murderer named Qin Muyuan, not himself. So why would Qin Muyuan come after him?

Even if Yang Zhaoting secretly intended to send someone to kill Qin Muyuan to do Shang Youcai a favor,

But didn't they not send anyone?

How could Qin Muyuan know what he was thinking? After killing Shang Youcai, he came directly to kill him?

Besides, even if Qin Muyuan came knocking on his door, he wouldn't be afraid at all.

Because he was the governor of a prefecture, he had collected a great many treasures.

Whatever Qin Muyuan wants, as long as it's not too outrageous, he can give it to him.

Money makes the world go round, and he refused to believe that Qin Muyuan looked down on treasures and money.

I've said it again and again.

"If Qin Muyuan really comes to my door and dares to break into my courtyard, I can use my methods to take his head and exchange it for a reward from the court."

Yang Zhaoting patted his wife, who was forty years younger than him, and said:

"So, don't worry, everything will be fine."

Upon hearing his words, the young wife felt much more at ease and nestled in Yang Zhaoting's arms.

Yang Zhaoting maintained his calm expression, leisurely sipping the fragrant tea on the table.

"Sir! Something terrible has happened! That thug surnamed Qin is already outside the street!"

Just then, the servants outside shouted in a panic, causing Yang Zhaoting's wrist to tremble involuntarily, spilling the fragrant tea all over his robes.

Upon seeing this, his wife hurriedly began to wipe Yang Zhaoting clean.

Yang Zhaoting's calm expression turned into fear.

"He even came knocking on our door?"

Yang Zhaoting thought with a hint of fear, which then turned into anger:

"Fine! How dare they trespass into my prefectural governor's mansion! I'll make sure they don't leave alive!"

After saying that, Yang Zhaoting stood up and went to a side room made of white iron stone at the deepest part of the courtyard.

He patted the tightly sealed floor of the side room, found a small gap, and then inserted his finger into the gap and lifted it upwards.

The box hidden under the floorboards was suddenly revealed.

There were many items in the box, and Yang Zhaoting took one out from it.

It was an object about the length of a forearm, with a wide tail and a long, narrow head like a bamboo tube.

"Sir, what is this?"

His wife, who was standing beside him, was taken aback. She had never seen such an object before, so she asked him about it.

"nice one."

Yang Zhaoting picked up the object and stuffed it into his robe.

Afterwards, he picked up the box, returned to the courtyard, and made some more arrangements.

"Everything is ready. If Qin Muyuan dares to come, we'll blast him to pieces!"

Yang Zhaoting sneered, waiting for Qin Muyuan to arrive.

A moment later.

"The killer is here—oh no!"

"Run! Run now!"

"Don't block me! If you want to die, go die yourself! Don't block me!"

With a loud bang, the courtyard gate was flung open by a servant, who stumbled in.

"Sir, the intruder has broken in—"

scoff!

The sword flashed, and the servant's voice abruptly stopped.

A figure slowly walked into the courtyard, looked at Yang Zhaoting who had stood up, and said:

"Heh, you're not running away now that you see me? You're pretty brave, aren't you?"