Skip this! Just tell me who to kill!

In the Fire Cloud Mountains, one Fire Cloud Flower after another resembles clouds on the horizon illuminated by the afterglow of the setting sun, blooming with a crimson radiance.

Two figures crossed the Fire Cloud Mountains and arrived at the territory of Red Rock County. These two were Qin Muyuan, who had just killed through the cavalry of the Small Mountain Kingdom, and Xiao Chang, who had just cheered for Qin Muyuan's cavalry kill.

Upon entering Hongyan County, Xiao Chang found a tavern on the official road operated by the Xiao family and instructed them to quickly inform the Xiao family members.

Seeing that Xiao Chang had an extraordinary air about him and that Qin Muyuan was covered in blood, and knowing that the young master of the Xiao family had indeed disappeared not long ago, the waiter at the tavern immediately informed the tavern owner.

The tavern owner, a member of a collateral branch of the Xiao family, hurriedly rushed out from the backyard of the tavern. Upon seeing Xiao Chang, he immediately recognized him as the only son of the Xiao family.

"Brother Xiao Chang! Are you...are you alright?!"

Xiao Chang also recognized his cousin from a collateral branch of the Xiao family. They embraced and wept, and Xiao Chang recounted his tragic story of being ambushed by a tiger demon and captured alive by the Xiaoshan Kingdom, then imprisoned in jail...

Qin Muyuan listened to a few sentences while bouncing around, but finding them uninteresting, he stopped paying attention and instead opened the game panel.

[Mission Completed: Escort Xiao Chang back to the Xiao family territory]

[Rewards: Experience +200, Shop Points +1500, Fire Cloud Kingdom Regional Reputation +50, Colorless Killing Intent Perception *1]

[Level: 2→3]

With 200 experience points gained, Qin Muyuan felt his physical strength increase once again. In addition, the boost from the [I Love Killing] talent also increased to 300%.

He also acquired a new colorless martial art: the ability to sense killing intent.

The effect of the killing intent sensing is very simple: within a certain range around him, as long as someone has killing intent towards Qin Muyuan, a bright red mark will appear above their head, and Qin Muyuan will be able to detect it quickly.

The higher the level, the greater the range of perception.

"good."

Qin Muyuan was quite satisfied. With the ability to sense killing intent, he could now know who wanted to kill him, and then kill all those who wanted to kill him.

After Xiao Chang finished complaining, his cousin led Xiao Chang and Qin Muyuan to the Xiao residence.

Along the way, this elder brother of the Xiao family was quite curious about Qin Muyuan. He heard from Xiao Chang's description that it was Qin Muyuan who broke through the defenses of Blackwater County and escorted Xiao Chang back to Fire Cloud Kingdom.

However, Qin Muyuan was not interested in this member of the Xiao family—he was not interested in NPCs who did not have an exclamation mark above their heads and could not provide quests.

Upon arriving at the Xiao residence, the Xiao family members, having received the news, were already waiting in front of the residence.

"Ah Chang!"

Upon seeing Xiao Chang, a beautiful woman, supported by her maid, quickly stepped forward, her eyes brimming with tears.

"You've lost so much weight... You must have suffered a lot on this journey, right? I told you before, things aren't like before, it's chaotic outside, don't go traveling, but you wouldn't listen..."

Behind the beautiful woman, a middle-aged man with a scholarly air also greeted her with concern.

After exchanging greetings, the middle-aged man finally noticed Qin Muyuan behind him.

The middle-aged man stepped forward quickly and bowed solemnly to Qin Muyuan:

"Many thanks to the righteous man for rescuing my rebellious son from the Blackwater Prison. Xiao Feng is deeply grateful!"

Qin Muyuan glanced at Xiao Feng and said:

"If we're not really friends, all you do is say thank you without giving anything in return?"

Xiao Chang was momentarily stunned by Qin Muyuan's words "not buddies" and the rest of Qin Muyuan's statement.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chang quickly turned to his father, Xiao Feng, and explained, "Father, Brother Qin is just like that, please don't mind him..."

"Hahaha! How could I mind!" Xiao Feng interrupted Xiao Chang's explanation with a loud laugh, simultaneously gesturing towards the interior of the mansion:

"Young Master Qin is straightforward and frank, a truly genuine person! Please come into my residence to rest for a while. I will have a gift prepared to express my sincere gratitude!"

Seeing this, Qin Muyuan walked straight into the mansion, completely ignoring the strange looks from the others.

As he followed the servants into the mansion, he looked left and right, searching through a small courtyard to see if he could find any treasures.

Unfortunately, the game seems to be designed quite realistically in this respect, without any unexpected treasure chests hidden in a corner of the courtyard.

Or perhaps you could design a hidden door somewhere, then inside that door you could design a jumping puzzle, and finally place a martial arts manual or some kind of precious sword behind the jumping puzzle.

The servant leading the way was incredibly embarrassed when he saw Qin Muyuan's strange behavior of jumping around. He wanted to remind him, but he didn't dare to offend the savior of the young master of the Xiao family.

Fortunately, Qin Muyuan quickly lost interest after failing to find the treasure chest and stopped wandering around. Instead, he followed the servant directly to a beautiful courtyard in the Xiao residence.

The servant finally breathed a sigh of relief after leading Qin Muyuan to the courtyard.

Once he led Qin Muyuan to the courtyard, he considered his task complete. If Qin Muyuan caused any trouble, it would be none of his concern.

The servant bowed deeply and quickly withdrew.

"Young Master Qin, please rest here for a while. I will have someone serve you tea."

"Go ahead, go ahead," Qin Muyuan waved his hand, not really caring.

Soon, tea was served, and at the same time, Xiao Chang and his father Xiao Feng arrived in the courtyard with gifts of thanks.

"Brother Qin, this is five hundred taels of silver, this is the land deed for a courtyard in Qinghua County, Hongyan Prefecture, and this is a sword manual treasured by our Xiao family..."

Xiao Chang handed the gift to Qin Muyuan, expressing his sincere gratitude.

Qin Muyuan didn't stand on ceremony at all and walked straight past.

He couldn't figure out how much purchasing power five hundred taels of silver represented in the game, but he did quite like the land deed.

In this way, I can essentially have my own base here.

Yes, it should be the player's homestead given after completing the game's tutorial missions. Later on, players should be able to add furniture to this homestead, just like the homestead gameplay in other games.

Furthermore, Qin Muyuan took the sword manual, glanced at it briefly, and with the bonus of the [Master of Essence] talent, the contents of the sword manual were quickly entered into the game panel.

【Colorless Thunder Strike Sword Technique Level 1 (0%): Circulate the body's energy, gather it at the sword's edge, and unleash a strike like a thunderbolt, with astonishing power】

Seeing Qin Muyuan accept the gift, both Xiao Chang and Xiao Feng showed a hint of joy on their faces, as long as he was willing to accept the gift.

If they don't accept this gift of gratitude, once the news gets out, who knows what the other powerful families in the Fire Cloud Kingdom will say about the Xiao family behind their backs.

I'm afraid that the Xiao family doesn't even know the proper etiquette for treating guests and repaying kindness.

"Do you have swords?" Qin Muyuan asked after turning off the control panel.

Upon hearing this, both Xiao Chang and Xiao Feng were taken aback.

They only prepared the sword manual as a token of their gratitude, without preparing a precious sword, precisely because they had heard that Qin Muyuan was a disciple of a major sect, and assumed that his sect must have already bestowed upon him a sword.

Even the two of them were unsure whether Qin Muyuan would even be interested in the sword manual hidden in the Xiao family's possession.

After all, in the eyes of ordinary disciples of major sects, such a family-inherited sword manual might not be worth their attention.

But right now it seems... Qin Muyuan doesn't even have a sword of his own?

Xiao Feng quickly came to his senses. He slapped his forehead, feigning regret: "I prepared a precious sword, but I was in such a hurry that I completely forgot! Brother Qin, please wait a moment, I'll have a servant go to the armory to fetch it..."

However, before he could finish speaking, Qin Muyuan, who was too lazy to wait, had already spent his in-game store points to buy a "sword" from the game store. The sword had a cold gleam on its blade, was wider at the bottom and narrower at the top, and was triangular in shape.