The Great Qin: Starting with marrying Jingni, I began my quest for immortality.

Occasionally, during the rainy season, the underground currents would flow more water, carrying away the corpses inside the caves. Therefore, in the past, people would occasionally find unidentified skeletons not far from Snowcloth Fortress.

These are actually the remains of these girls.

Although Jiang Chuan learned about Bai Yifei from Madam Mingzhu, and even became Bai Yifei with her help, according to Madam Mingzhu, his disguise as Bai Yifei was more than 90% similar to the real Bai Yifei. Under normal circumstances, others would not be able to tell the difference.

However, just in case, Jiang Chuan did not choose to enter Xueyi Hou through the main gate, but instead stepped into Xueyi Fort through the underground river passage.

All I saw along the way were piles of white bones.

Jiang Chuan couldn't help but think that killing Blood-Clad Marquis was actually a good thing.

He doesn't consider himself a good person.

But the crimes committed by Blood-Clad Marquis Bai Yifei are too numerous to count, and such a person deserves to die.

He walked through the passage and finally arrived at the underground of Snowcoat Castle.

There was a huge space here, filled with ice everywhere, which was like an ice cellar. Inside the ice cellar were many "female corpses"—no, not female corpses, these people were still alive.

Jiang Chuan approached one of the girls and, after sensing her, discovered that she did indeed still have a faint life force.

The reason why the other party was able to retain their life force and survive in this place without eating or drinking was because of the... Gu worms inside their body.

These girls were the seedbeds that Bai Yifei used to cultivate Gu worms.

He placed various special Gu (poisonous insects) inside the bodies of young girls to cultivate them, hoping to raise a Gu mother.

However, cultivating the Gu Mother is not so easy.

In the past, Bai Yifei had only raised one Gu Mother, which he had taken to Madam Mingzhu to heal his wounds and had already been devoured by her.

"Unfortunately, we cannot let you out right now."

Jiang Chuan glanced at the girls who still had a glimmer of life and said something indifferently.

Then, they left the underground space that Bai Yifei used for refining Gu and cultivating, and entered the surface of Snow Robe Fortress.

The secret passage in this space leads to Bai Yifei's room.

The room's overall color scheme is rather dark.

Because of his blood-clotting cultivation technique and the fact that the technique he practiced was cold-based, Bai Yifei didn't like being in the sunlight. The entire room was shrouded in red curtains, making it extremely dark.

There weren't even windows.

On the wall, Jiang Chuan saw two swords.

One red and one white.

These were the two swords that Bai Yifei had inherited from his ancestors.

If he had brought those two swords with him when he fought Bai Yifei in the palace that day, the outcome might have been completely different. After all, for a swordsman, having a suitable weapon greatly affects the strength he can unleash.

Jiang Chuan reached out and drew Bai Yifei's pair of ancestral swords.

With the longsword in hand, Jiang Chuan felt a chilling aura emanating from its red hilt and white blade. Clearly, this was a precious sword forged from cold iron. He wondered how it compared to the Yi Shui Han sword in the original story.

The other sword had a white guard and a red blade. When Jiang Chuan drew this sword, he was immediately struck by the overwhelming stench of blood. He had no idea how many people's blood this sword had consumed.

As Jiang Chuan held the sword, he felt a wisp of power emanating from it.

This is the essence of power within the blood.

This world contains the power of heaven and earth.

The human body is also a microcosm.

Blood, on the other hand, is the essence of this small world, just like the power of heaven and earth in the larger world.

Jiang Chuan sensed it briefly and immediately understood the purpose of the red sword.

"Can one absorb the blood of enemies and store the blood essence within it, and then use this power to heal one's own injuries when necessary?"

"True 290 is a... Demon Sword!"

Jiang Chuan commented on the sword.

Because of the sword's peculiarities, he couldn't help but study it carefully, only to discover that its ability was actually quite useless.

Although it can absorb some blood essence power, it can only store a little bit. At most, consuming this blood essence power can only heal some superficial injuries.

No wonder Bai Yifei's injuries took so long to heal after being wounded by Tianze, and he eventually had to seek out Madam Mingzhu for a cure.

Overall, while these two swords have some unique features, their strength is just average.

Then, Jiang Chuan walked out of Bai Yifei's room.

Snowcloth Fortress is very large, with only a few old servants inside. These servants are extremely senior, having been there since Bai Yifei's mother's time. As for Bai Yifei's personal guards, the three thousand white-armored soldiers? They stay outside Snowcloth Fortress; their military camp is located there, not inside the fortress itself.

Upon seeing Jiang Chuan, an old servant greeted Bai Yifei respectfully, "Lord Marquis!"

Jiang Chuan nodded.

The fact that the other party hadn't noticed anything amiss, even the old servant who had served Snowclothes Castle for many years, meant that his disguise was flawless.

Next, in his capacity as the Blood-Clad Marquis, he toured his territory.

Chapter 136 Congratulations, General

Snowcloth Castle is very large, and its overall environment is rather dark. Apart from Bai Yifei, the master, there are only a few old servants who usually clean the place and take care of Bai Yifei's life.

This is an incredibly incredible thing.

Logically speaking, Bai Yifei, as the commander of 100,000 troops in the Korean army and a marquis of the current dynasty, should be living a life of luxury. Not to mention that he should have many beautiful maids serving him in Xueyi Fort, he should at least have a lot of servants, given how big the castle is.

But the truth is, there were only a few old servants.

Jiang Chuan already knew the specific reason from Madam Mingzhu.

In the past, Bai Yifei's mother was the only female marquis in Korea. It was said that her gaze could dim the starry sky, and countless souls perished under her twin swords. In those days, her beauty attracted countless powerful and wealthy people to bow down to her.

At the height of her power, as the only female marquis in Korea, she held a vast fiefdom, and her Snow Robe Castle was filled with numerous servants, all of whom served her alone.

However, Bai Yifei's mother later died due to an accident.

Her name was also completely erased from the books.

The once magnificent Snowcoat Castle fell into ruin overnight.

After Bai Yifei's mother died, the powerful and wealthy people who had previously pursued her suddenly turned into wolves and demons, devouring all of the Bai family's fiefdoms. At the height of the Bai family's decline, only Snow Robe Fortress remained.

The original numerous servants also swept away the Bai family's property and fled in all directions, leaving only a few loyal servants behind. They carefully raised Bai Yifei from his childhood to adulthood, and these people are now the old servants.

Later, Bai Yifei practiced the martial arts left by his mother and quickly gained considerable strength.

He chose to join the army and later served under General Ji Wuye.

The Battle of Baiyue was the battle that made him famous, and also the battle in which he reclaimed the glory of his family.

After that battle, his white robes were stained red with blood. He was ennobled as a marquis and honored as the Marquis of Blood Robes. He also selected three thousand men from the army to become his personal guards, who were known as the White Armor Army.

However, even his personal guards, the White Armor Army, usually lived in the hill camp next to Snowcloth Fortress and were not entitled to live in Snowcloth Fortress itself.

Because of her mother's experiences, Bai Yifei was cold-hearted by nature.

He was unwilling to keep too many servants in Snowcloth Fortress, because in his view, these people would all be ungrateful, or rather, outsiders could not be relied upon, and only he could rely on himself.

Over the years, apart from Bai Yifei himself, the only people in Snowcloth Fortress who remained were the few old servants who stayed behind. Bai Yifei was only kind to them.

Over the long years, some of the old servants died, and Bai Yifei did not add any more people.

He didn't know if all the old servants would eventually die, but it didn't matter if he was the only one left in Snowclothes Fortress.

Because he had become accustomed to loneliness.

Jiang Chuan, disguised as Bai Yifei, strolled slowly through Snow Robe Castle. It must be said that the fact that the White Armor Army did not live in Snow Robe Castle, but rather outside of it, and that only a few old servants remained inside the castle, was extremely convenient for him.

He originally thought that even if he mastered the art of disguise, it wouldn't be so easy to impersonate Bai Yifei, as it would be easy for those close to him to see through his disguise.

But reality is easier than imagined.

The main reason is that Bai Yifei is aloof and usually appears and disappears mysteriously. Even if he suddenly disappears and reappears, the old servants in the castle will not think there is a problem.

Furthermore, having lived in Snowcloth Fortress for so many years, they understood the Marquis's character even better.

One must not harbor the slightest curiosity in front of the Marquis.

Their way of survival is to see and hear less, and not to seek out any secrets.

As Jiang Chuan walked through the ancient castle, he gained a deeper understanding of Snowcloth Castle.

This castle has existed for who knows how many years. Many parts of it are dilapidated and covered with the marks of time. The only good thing about it is that it is very clean.

The castle has many rooms, but most of them are empty.

However, according to Lady Mingzhu, there is another secret within this castle; there is actually a secret room.

After Bai Yifei's mother died, the servants in the castle betrayed them, and powerful nobles outside plundered the Bai family's fiefdom and wealth. It can be said that the Bai family became penniless overnight.

But Bai Yifei still rose again and restored the glory of the Bai family.

It was because he discovered the martial arts techniques left behind by his mother in a secret room within the castle.

Unfortunately, Madam Mingzhu didn't know the exact location of the secret room; Jiang Chuan would have to find it himself.

Jiang Chuan was extremely interested in things like exploring ancient castles.