He transformed from a fierce tiger pillar into a martial saint.

After leaving the Tiger Roar Martial Arts School, Chu Yang did not immediately return home, but instead walked on the streets of the outer city.

He planned to look around the courtyards to find a suitable one to settle his mother in.

After searching around, Chu Yang had a few suitable alternative courtyards in mind.

Afterwards, Chu Yang prepared to buy some pork and beef from the meat market to take back home.

"Have you heard? The two leaders of the Flying Eagle Gang are fighting amongst themselves!"

"A hall master surnamed Chen has a deputy hall master named Chen Aman, who has reportedly been missing for several days! Hall Master Chen then suspected a hall master surnamed Wei!"

"It's said that Hall Master Chen and Hall Master Wei had a conflict of interest, and that Deputy Hall Master Chen Aman was originally under Hall Master Wei, but later switched to Hall Master Chen's command!"

"That must be because Hall Master Wei found an opportunity to kill Chen Aman! After all, Chen Aman essentially betrayed Hall Master Wei!"

Next to the pork stall was a tavern, where several patrons were chatting about Chen Aman's situation.

Inside the restaurant, there was a martial arts apprentice named Liu Xinzhi, who had come from the Tiger Roar Martial Arts School and was now working at the Zhenyuan Escort Agency.

Sitting with him were two other colleagues from the Zhenyuan Escort Agency.

They had just finished a transport mission, and the escort agency gave them some extra reward money.

The long-distance escort was arduous, exhausting, and nerve-wracking. Now that they could rest for two or three days, they naturally wanted to relax with some drinks and meat.

One of them whispered, "I heard that the Flying Eagle Gang leader personally intervened to mediate between these two hall masters. They also discovered that Chen Aman had withheld a considerable amount of silver that should have been handed over to the gang—nearly three thousand taels!"

"More than a thousand taels were found in Chen Aman's house. Now, the leader of the Flying Eagle Gang suspects that Chen Aman has absconded with the silver."

Liu Xinzhi couldn't help but ask, "Chen Aman is a deputy hall master, he has no worries about food and drink and plenty of money, why would he do something like this?"

The other person smiled and shook his head: "Heart, human nature is never satisfied! Once you have something, you want more."

"Now, the leader of the Flying Eagle Gang has issued a bounty: anyone who can provide clues about Chen Aman will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver once the information is verified."

Several patrons around the restaurant looked on with envy when they heard about the hundred-tael reward.

Many of them couldn't even earn ten taels of silver a year.

Liu Xin's family was poor. Although he had not yet broken through to the Ming Jin level and was unable to stay at the Tiger Roar Martial Arts School, he still had a foundation in martial arts. He was superior to ordinary people and was able to work at the escort agency. He received a monthly salary of four taels of silver, plus his usual bonuses, which averaged out to five taels of silver per month.

This was an income that Liu Xinzhi could never have imagined before.

He was also very fortunate that he was able to grit his teeth and become an apprentice to learn martial arts, otherwise he might have had to farm for the rest of his life, and farm for others, without having any land of his own.

Even so, it only amounts to sixty taels of silver a year.

The reward for the leader of the Flying Eagle Gang was a staggering one hundred taels of silver.

"If I can provide a clue, I'll get a reward of one hundred taels of silver..."

Liu Xinzhi harbored a hint of longing in his heart.

Similarly, many other drinkers share the same thought.

Chu Yang had already bought the meat from the meat market and was passing by this restaurant.

Chu Yang had overheard their conversation and had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

He never expected that killing Chen Aman would cause some turmoil within the Flying Eagle Gang.

The key point was that Chu Yang felt a pang of heartache when he heard that the Flying Eagle Gang leader had also found a thousand taels of silver in Chen Aman's house.

"Kokoro, are you drinking here?"

Chu Yang greeted him with a smile.

Liu Xinzhi involuntarily stood up and greeted Chu Yang.

"Chu Yang! Would you like to sit down and order some food together?"

Chu Yang said, "I appreciate your kind offer. I have some things to take care of at home, let's do it another day."

In Liu Xinzhi's view, Chu Yang had already become a nominal retainer of the Shen family and had refused the invitation from Zhenyuan Escort Agency.

Since then, Xu Longyuan, the head of the Zhenyuan Escort Agency, has never again asked Liu Xinzhi to invite Chu Yang.

Of course, Liu Xinzhi also basically had no more opportunities to get close to Xu Longyuan.

Originally, Liu Xinzhi hoped that by inviting Chu Yang, he could show more face in front of Xu Longyuan, which would also help him survive in the escort agency.

However, from this perspective, Chu Yang is actually of no help whatsoever.

His invitation to Chu Yang to sit down and have a meal was merely a polite gesture.

Since Chu Yang said he had something to do, he naturally wouldn't try to persuade him to stay any longer.

As Chu Yang was about to leave the outer city.

A figure ran over from a distance.

Chu Yang had amazing eyesight and could naturally tell that it was Chen Qing.

His heart tightened involuntarily.

Has something happened at home again?

Thinking of all this, he quickly met up with Chen Qing.

"Young Master, you have guests visiting. Madam asked me to inform you immediately!"

Chen Qing didn't seem nervous at all when he said these words.

Chu Yang asked, "Do you know who the guest is?"

Chen Qing said, "That man introduced himself as the head of the Lin family in Dongcheng and the head manager of the Amber Trading Company."

Lin Yuanshan? Guo Huaishui?

When I participated in the Ming Jin disciple assessment, these two people tried to recruit me. Lin Yuanshan, the head of the Lin family in Dongcheng, even invited me on the spot, but I said I needed to think about it and then I never heard from them again.

Moreover, they later learned that they were already nominally serving as retainers of the Shen family. What were they planning to do by coming to his home again?

However, the other party was a person of considerable status in Zhouping County, and for him to come to his home to find him was quite a show of respect.

Chu Yang immediately followed Chen Qing back home.

Upon arriving home and entering the main room, one could see the two sitting at a table, with Lin already preparing tea for them.

"Haha, Chu Yang, we've come uninvited; it's rather presumptuous of us!"

"Did it interfere with your cultivation?"

Please forgive me!

Upon seeing Chu Yang arrive, both men stood up and greeted him with smiles.

Whether it was Lin Yuanshan or Guo Huaishui, they were both extraordinary figures in the eyes of the Lin family, people they had never been able to get close to before.

Lin Yuanshan, in particular, was in the grain business and had even visited Chujia Village to inspect the grain purchase and sale. Lin had seen him from afar.

Now, seeing these two important figures stand up to greet Chu Yang upon his return, she felt both shocked and proud.

Chu Yang strode up to them, cupped his hands in a respectful bow, and said, "Patriarch Lin, Manager Guo, you are both too kind. I am sorry that I failed to greet you beforehand, which is a breach of etiquette. I hope you will forgive me."