Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 85 - The Magistrate's Treasure
After placing the order at Danxia Pavilion, Lin Le transformed back into a cat and walked on the street.

The rising smoke from cooking fires and the hurried pedestrians created a peaceful and tranquil scene.

From this perspective, Wei Zhenshan and Xiang Lingchen's plan was good, at least it provided a relatively stable social environment.

But if you ask Lin Le if he regrets it, he doesn't. Why did he have to choose between a stinky pile of shit and a pile of shit that isn't so stinky?

However, to make a third option, one needs the power to break the rules.

Lin Le glanced at the stray cat that was breathing on him.

boom!
With a swipe of its paw, the wildcat's head slammed directly onto the ground, and you could almost see its eyes swirling in circles.

Lin Le gracefully walked over the stray cat and arrived at the county magistrate's office.

The doors and windows were locked, and it was clear that no one was working inside.

That makes sense, since the county magistrate was taken down by the county constable, the forces under the magistrate would inevitably be purged.

'I wonder how Uncle Liu is doing?' Lin Le suddenly had this thought, then shook his head.

Liu Yonghuai was not a pedantic person, and he had worked in the county magistrate's office for a long time, so he was not actually one of Wei Zhenshan's close associates.

Anyone who isn't a fool would choose to surrender.

There shouldn't be any problems.

Lin Le walked into the backyard. According to the secret report, some valuables would be sent to Wei Zhenshan's residence, so there was a high probability that there was a treasure room here.

Lin Le sniffed. Cats' noses are actually quite sensitive, but they're not on the same level as dogs'.

To put it dramatically, a dog is like a kilometer-long measuring tape, while a cat is like a vernier caliper; one is in terms of detection range, and the other is in terms of precision.

The smells of fresh paint, old paint, and paint with a hint of silver... Lin Le patiently distinguished the different smells.

He slowly paced back and forth until he stopped in front of a wall. He transformed back into human form, and Lin Le clenched his fist and punched it.

boom!
Faint golden patterns appeared on the wall, which withstood Lin Le's punch.

Lin Le raised an eyebrow, then unleashed a barrage of lightning-like punches, his fists flying like meteors and thunderbolts. In the blink of an eye, the wall had taken dozens of blows.

With a crash, the stone wall collapsed, revealing a hidden passage.

Lin Le shook his hand and slowly walked down.

On the other hand, Wei Zhenshan was completely unaware of this, since his storage bag had been taken by Xiang Lingchen, and the magical artifact inside responsible for early warning naturally could not contact him.

Halfway there, Lin Le felt a slight sense of unease.

He still threw a punch, but this time it was imbued with immense true energy and attacked the passage wall.

With a whoosh, arrows flew, poisonous mist surged, and the steps suddenly descended.

Lin Le took a deep breath, then blew hard, and a faint phoenix cry could be heard from his chest. The airflow formed a strong wind that dispersed the poisonous fog.

Lin Le stepped over the activated trap and went down, soon arriving at a dark room.

The dark room was adorned with luminous pearls, which made it appear quite bright.

Lin Le first glanced at the shelf next to him. There were five shelves in total: two shelves of pills, one shelf of medicinal herbs, one shelf of spiritual materials, and one shelf of books.

Then Lin Le kicked away the three boxes next to him, arranged in order of size.

The largest box contained rows and rows of gold ingots. Lin Le closed the box, picked it up, and weighed it in his hand. It weighed about a thousand catties and was worth a thousand spirit stones.

Then, when the middle box was opened, it was found to be full of low-grade spirit stones, probably about a thousand.

Lin Le opened the smallest box with anticipation. It also contained spirit stones, but each one was a mid-grade spirit stone, equivalent to one hundred low-grade spirit stones. There were ten such stones in total.

"A three-year term as a prefect yields 100,000 taels of silver; that's truly impressive," Lin Le remarked, looking at the fortune worth over three million taels of silver.

But now they all belong to him.

Lin Le stuffed whatever he could into his storage bag and then flipped through the three remaining books on the shelf.

It was a very thick book. Lin Le glanced at it and saw that it was called the Hundred Spells Record. He opened it and found that it contained more than a hundred spells. Although they were all minor spells, they were very comprehensive.

The remaining two books were about the same thickness. One of them was called "Travels on a Light Boat." Lin Le took a look and found that it was actually Wei Zhenshan's autobiography.

Lin Le looked speechless, but after thinking about it, he decided not to throw it away. After all, Wei Zhenshan was from the prefectural city and his knowledge of the world was definitely broader than his. It wouldn't hurt to take a look.

The other book was an account book, which recorded Wei Zhenshan's income and expenses.

Lin Le carefully kept the book close to his body, after all, it was a list.

However, since both books were related to Wei Zhenshan, Lin Le subconsciously flipped through the Hundred Laws Record again, a difficult expression appearing on his face.

I hadn't noticed it before, but now that I look at it, it turns out that Wei Zhenshan fabricated it himself.

This corrupt official even wants to write a book and make a name for himself, to be remembered for eternity.

After putting his things away, Lin Le returned to his own courtyard.

The pills and medicinal herbs were naturally shared with Qingli, and the spiritual materials were also smelted into the Lu Kong Demon Spear by Qingli.

Lin Le then refined low-grade spirit stones while reading the Hundred Laws Record.

The seventh level of the Lingtai (spirit platform) was taking shape at a speed visible to the naked eye.

On the other side, Xiang Lingchen led Wei Zhenshan out to search the entire city with imperial aura. Wei Zhenshan cooperated well, because judging from Lin Le's arrogant appearance, he was probably on Lin Le's kill list.

Therefore, killing Lin Le was saving himself, and Wei Zhenshan naturally had to cooperate.

The first area they searched was the south of the city.

Lin Le, who was reading a book, suddenly frowned because the feeling of being suppressed by the imperial aura last night had returned to him.

Lin Le transformed back into a cat and immediately felt the oppressive force on his body dissipate.

'Specific search criteria?' Lin Le muttered to himself, then immediately jumped over the wall and left.

Soon after, Xiang Lingchen arrived at the scene because he noticed that a six-story building was missing. The fact that it disappeared immediately upon sensing the suppression indicated that he was guilty!

Therefore, this person must be the same person from last night, or at least they must be connected to them.

However, even though he chased after him immediately, he was still too late; Lin Le had already left.

Xiang Lingchen frowned as he looked at the rocking chair. After his men arrived, he asked, "Who lives here?"

“I remember his name was Lin Chang’an,” Wei Zhenshan said from the side. “He planted medicine for me before, but he was eaten by the fox demon you arranged.”

Wei Zhenshan glanced at Xiang Lingchen, his tone complex, a mixture of schadenfreude and surprise:
"If I remember correctly, Lin Chang'an has a child, who was born in the Year of the Rabbit, which is about the same age as the thug from yesterday."

So it was his family that forced him to create such a monstrous enemy?

Xiang Lingchen remained expressionless. He wasn't stupid; combining Wei Zhenshan's words, how could he not guess that Lin Chang'an's son was the culprit from last night?
There was no remorse in Xiang Lingchen's eyes, only a cold reply: "What's his name? What other relatives does he have?"

Wei Zhenshan looked at the constables; he didn't know much about Lin Chang'an's background.

Xiang Lingchen also looked at the constables.

The constables were startled and immediately clasped their hands in a fist and said, "We'll go investigate right away!"

(End of this chapter)