Starting from the Greyhound, seventy-two changes.

Ambitious men in the world, what they want is nothing less than "becoming a marquis or becoming a prime minister."

Isn't the reason why her Guan family has reached its current status because their ancestor followed Emperor Taizu to conquer the world and sold his literary and martial arts to the imperial family in exchange for the title of 'Hanshou County Marquis'?

However, now is not a time of chaos, and there is no such direct way to get promoted and change one's fate, but the civil and military imperial examinations are still important ways for most people to change their destiny and join the top class in the world.

"By the way, there is a piece of gossip about this martial arts world. It is said that..."

The masked man's voice suddenly became serious and he said:
"This time in the martial arts world, there may be a martial arts imprint of the young Champion Marquis. If you can defeat him, you may be interested in the immortal weapon-level 'Mo Dao' of the Champion Marquis enshrined in the Martial Temple, and he may even recognize you as his master."

"The Immortal Sword of the Champion Marquis?" Guan Hongluan suddenly exclaimed: "Is this news true or false?"

"I can't guarantee it. It is said that it came from Youzhou Martial Temple..." said the masked man, "But if it is true, the princess also knows that this should be the biggest opportunity in this Martial Temple, especially for you who is suitable for sword training."

"That being said, but... Champion Marquis."

Guan Hongluan, in her excitement, could not help but close her eyes:

"What kind of person is that? A person who is as fast as a meteor. He debuted at the age of sixteen and reached the seventh level of cultivation. At the age of twenty-three, he had the strength of the thirteenth level. His martial arts imprint is so hard to defeat..."

"No matter what, this is a great opportunity. If possible, Princess, you must try to grasp it."

"I know."

talking.

Guan Hongluan suddenly stood up and said:
"It seems that I can't slack off, especially after you, Master Tang, mentioned the 'Champion Sword'. I will not go out for this month until the martial arts exam. I will concentrate on practicing sword skills at home."

"Ling'er is just right to accompany me, so let's confine her at home."

As he said this, he looked at the five-colored peacock.

Peacock blinked.

"Okay, it's a good opportunity to see how you practice swordplay."

………………

The grass grows and the orioles fly.

The young girl in tight clothes brandished a Green Dragon Crescent Blade, displaying unparalleled power. Every blade shot out like a dragon emerging from water, shooting out for dozens of feet and covering the sky.

There was a five-colored peacock standing beside her and watching her practice martial arts.

…………

Chen Ku secretly communicated with the Five-Colored Peacock and learned that after the Five-Colored Peacock returned to Guan Hongluan, he not only hooked up with a rich woman, but also obtained a lot of information and intelligence that was beyond his level, and was able to observe a peerless sword technique.

He had no intention of taking it back. Anyway, with his current cultivation, it was enough for the incarnation to stay outside for a month. At most, he could take it back once a month...

But in this way, he has several changes, so he has to keep them on his body for a long time and cannot remove them.

"Erlang's path, the five-colored peacock's path, the flower marten's path cannot be dismantled even if they break through, and the red-tailed bee is following Sui You, and it cannot be removed either..."

Chen Ku counted on his fingers in his mind:
"After Flowery Marten breaks through, I will have to bring the Fourth Realm Fire Mouth Pot with me when I go to Fire Mouth Mountain again, and I cannot take it off. All of a sudden, my five transformation diagrams are almost fixed, and I am even forced to take off the Snake Dragon Transformation and the Centipede Transformation."

After his strength continued to improve and the number of useful changes increased, Chen Ku once again felt that the number of changes was not enough.

"The demand is gradually increasing. Five change maps are no longer enough. Even six change maps are not enough. I need seven change maps to support me in meeting all the needs."

Five-colored peacock, viper dragon, flower marten, Erlang, fire-mouthed pot, centipede, red-tailed bee...

These seven changes must all be fixed on the body.

"But I am still short of the conditions to complete the sixth transformation diagram..."

Chen Ku couldn't help but look at the conditions required for the sixth change diagram.

[Conditions for the sixth transformation diagram: 10,000 catties of black gold, 10,000 catties of mercury, 100,000 ounces of gold, third-level jade muscle mastery, 10 fourth-level evil spirits, one fourth-level top-quality transformation]

At present, he can only be considered to have met three conditions: ten thousand catties of black gold, the third level of jade muscle realm, and ten fourth level evil spirits...

"As for mercury, it can be obtained through the channels of Jinshiyuan, but 10,000 kilograms of mercury... although it is a bit difficult, it can be bought with money. After all, the price of mercury is much lower than that of silver."

Chen sighed bitterly. What was truly rare was one hundred thousand taels of gold. One hundred thousand taels of gold, based on the gold-silver price ratio of 1 to 20, would equal two million taels of silver.

He once again began to calculate:
"Then Xie Wenyuan's head is worth 500,000 taels, and Yao Wensu's head is worth 1,000,000 taels, which adds up to only 150 taels. With the money I earned from Nine-Colored Deer before, I can get the money together, but I need to take some risks and go to the Gray Clothes Building to exchange it."

Calculate the time.

It has been quite some time since the deaths of Xie Wenyuan and Yao Wensu.

Chen Ku gritted his teeth and had to take the risk to get it for the sake of more than one million taels of silver.

In a blink of an eye.

After changing his form, he arrived at the Gray Building.

"gentlemen?"

The middle-aged man at the counter of the Gray Clothes Building changed color slightly when he saw Chen Ku and said:

"I didn't expect you to come and hand in the reward so soon. To be honest, Wang Yixian and his gang of detectives from the yamen have been keeping an eye on this place recently, just waiting for you."

Chen Ku was slightly shaken in his heart, but his expression remained unchanged. He said in a deep voice, "There is no other way. We are short of money."

"Okay, now it is almost certain that you were the one who successfully assassinated Xie Wenyuan, and the signatures match. Come over here and we will pay you right away." said the middle-aged man.

"No hurry, take another look at these two things."

As Chen Ku spoke, he took out from the package on his back the head of Yao Wensu, which was preserved with lime and ice, and a relic from the body of Huang Muxia, who he had burned to death not long ago. It was a jade pendant representing Huang Muxia's identity.

"This is..." The middle-aged man immediately looked at the head in front of him, and with a touch of his finger, he knew its identity: "The peaceful demon from the Fourth Realm?"

His expression changed slightly: "Who is this person?"

"Yao Wensu, the incense master of the Sheyu Town branch of Ping An Dao."

Chen Ku said:

"That jade pendant belongs to Huang Muxia. I remember there is a bounty on Huang Muxia here, right?"

"what?"

The middle-aged man was shocked and looked at Erlang in front of him in disbelief.

He originally thought that the other party relied on poisoning Xie Wenyuan, which was at most some hidden means of strength. After all, poisoning did not represent true strength. But the fourth realm incense master of Ping An Dao and the eighth master in the city, Huang Muxia...they were all the strongest among the four realm masters!
"Was Huang Muxia killed by you?" He swallowed.

Huang Muxia disappeared a few days ago. It was said that she was missing, but... she was killed by the person in front of her?

"Let's settle the bill. I'm in a hurry. By the way, I don't want silver notes. I want gold notes." Chen Ku frowned slightly and suddenly smelled the scent of his brother-in-law Li Yuancheng nearby. It seemed that there really was someone from the government here who was keeping an eye on the Gray Building.

The middle-aged man could hear the urgency in Chen Ku's voice.

He didn't say anything more. If before, Chen Ku was valued by him because he was able to handle difficult tasks, now it was entirely because of his strength.

A ghostwriter who can assassinate masters of the four realms at will!
It's hard to say. He may get the heads of Shangguan Yun and Yang Luchan one day. How can we not respect and neglect such terrible strength?

Not long after, the other party came out holding a money box:

"The total is 1.65 million silver notes, we'll take 50,000. Here are the gold notes that were exchanged for 1.6 million silver notes, totaling 80,000 taels of gold notes. You can exchange them at any bank in the Qiulong Bank. Keep them."

Chen Ku put away the gold note and said:
"Thank you, I'll leave first. Bye."

The middle-aged man said, "It would be safer for you to go through the secret door of the Gray Clothes Building."

He was doing this to protect the reputation of their Gray Robe Building. What if Chen Ku walked out of here and was really targeted and caught by the government? Wouldn't that bring discredit to the reputation of their Gray Robe Building?
Chen Ku said, "No need."

We still need to be careful with the Gray Building. After all, this strange organization is in the assassination business and cannot be trusted too much.

The middle-aged man didn't say much when he saw this. Since the other party was confident, then so be it.

Chen Ku left the Gray Building and slipped into an empty alley. He then activated the Five-Colored Peacock's ability to evade underground and returned from the black market area to his own small courtyard.

Soon after Chen Ku left, the officials who were staring at the bounty list in the Gray Building saw that the bounties for 'Xie Wenyuan', 'Huang Muxia' and the incense master of Ping An Dao 'Yao Wensu' were all removed from the list by the Gray Building and a tick was made.

Jiro appears!!

Wang Yixian arrived near the Gray Building as soon as possible.

"Reporting to the chief constable, there was a man in a bamboo hat who went in and out not long after that. The Gray Robe Building put up the bounty on those three... We suspect that he is the Erlang! Even Huang Muxia was killed by this man!"

"Which direction did he go?"

"Over there, the guys have already started checking every household, asking if anyone has seen anyone like this."

But just when Wang Yixian was quickly investigating.

Inside Hongyan Tower.

Di Jianqing and the other two also heard the news. Especially after hearing that a reward had been offered for Yao Wensu's head, the first image that came to their minds was the young man's back.

"It's him! He shows up!"

Simultaneously,

The people Qin Yuxian sent out also got the news and reported it to Qin Yuxian as soon as possible.

Qin Yuxian also came to the place where his uncle Shan Lingguan was as soon as possible.

Inside a kitchen.

After hearing that the boy with three spirit bodies had come out, Shan Lingguan immediately stood up and asked, ignoring the snake soup he was cooking:

"Found him? Where is he? What's his name? What's his identity and origin?"

"At present, we only know that the young man was codenamed 'Erlang' in the Gray Clothes Building. He had successively taken on several missions targeting Ping An Dao. He also poisoned Xie Wenyuan, the old shopkeeper of the Xie family, and killed Huang Muxia of the Liangjiang Guild Hall not long ago. He also hunted the Nine-Colored Deer..."

Qin Yu first said slowly:
"Although the person has not been found yet and the government is still looking for him, at least one thing is certain. This person may be from Baojiao County, or from Yuan Country. Because when he accepted the first mission from the Gray Clothes Building, no one from the Qiulong Mansion had come to Baojiao County yet."

"Baojiao County?"

Shan Lingguan pondered:
"Is there such a person in Baojiao County?"

"Have!"

Qin Yuxian suddenly spoke:
"There is a person who is very suspicious and has clearly shown a 'fire physique' in the past?"

Shan Lingguan shook his head and said, "Are you talking about Fu Huangfei? Not him."

"No, it's not Fu Huangfei."

Hearing Qin Yuxian's words.

Shan Lingguan asked in surprise, "Besides Fu Huangfei, who else has a fire physique?"

"This man is called Chen Ku. I have met him and gave him a golden martial arts token."

Qin Yu first said:
"This information was actually collected by Qin Fang and his team in the past two days. It turns out that before we came to Baojiao County, this Yaowang Hall prodigy named Chen Ku had a Baojiao County 'dock fight' with someone at the Liangjiang Guild Hall. One of the contents of the fight was wearing red-hot iron boots. As a result, this guy wore red-hot iron boots and walked 36 steps in a row on the spot without any damage... At that time, some people suspected that he had some special blood and physique in his body. However, later, with all kinds of prodigies coming to Baojiao County, no one mentioned this matter. It was not until you mentioned that you wanted to take in a disciple not long ago and met a three-spiritual body that Qin Fang and his team found out about this matter."

After all, they are not locals, so if they don't ask and investigate, they won't know about this kind of thing in the first place.

"What? There is such a thing..." Shan Lingguan said softly, "Are you saying that this Chen Ku is Erlang?"

"I had only a little doubt about him originally, because your requirement was a three-spirit body, but he only showed a part of his 'fire constitution', at most the same as Fu Huangfei..."

Qin Yu first said:
"Until he handed over the head of Yao Wensu, he also handed over the heads of Huang Muxia and Xie Wenyuan. New Year greetings can't help but make people think that these two people... have a huge hatred and grudge with Chen Ku, or at least with Yaowang Hall. Especially Huang Muxia, he had conspired with others to plot against him.
Thinking about it again, this boy also has divine power and seems to have strong mental power, which he used to repel Fu Huangfei's pursuit with just one glance."

He couldn't help but think of the day in the backyard of the county government office when Shangguan Yun used his mental power to test Chen Ku.

At that time, he actually suspected whether this person was the disciple and successor that his uncle was looking for?

That's why I am willing to give Chen Ku a breathing method to harmonize the spirit.

Otherwise, although he had the habit of guiding talented people, he would not be so nice to a young man he had never met before when they met for the first time.

"Why didn't you tell me this earlier?" asked Shan Lingguan.

"I'm afraid that my uncle will give me the wrong idea." Qin Yu said first, "So I want to wait until I'm more confident. Even now... I'm not very confident. There's only a 50-50 chance that it could be Chen Ku."

"Isn't 50% confidence enough?"

Shan Lingguan has already walked out the door:
"Don't worry about the remaining 50%. I will try it myself and you will know."

Qin Yu first looked at the old man's impetuous appearance and could not help but remind him: "Uncle Master, be careful, don't scare him away again!"

The old man stiffened slightly, but continued to walk away.

"How come?" (End of this chapter)