I just passed the imperial examination, what the heck is this "Celestial Official System"?

"Dead?"

In the small courtyard.

Chen Gong stared coldly at the man in black before him.

Unexpectedly, the man in black replied in an even colder voice, "Where is he?"

Upon hearing this...

Chen Gong's expression changed immediately.

He strode in through the door.

Shi Ying, who should have been resting in her room, had long since disappeared, and Chen Gong's face turned extremely grim in that instant.

Where are they?

Chen Gong asked the same question.

The man in black re-entered the house: "According to the contract, even if the person isn't here, I will still collect the money."

He then added, "My Blood Shadow Pavilion operates on honest business practices. As long as you can find the right person within a year, I will still make the move."

He wasn't interested in where people were.

The spirit stones Chen Gong gave him weren't enough for him to go find them himself.

Chen Gong's face turned pale, then he tried to appease him.

Blood Shadow Tower is a notorious organization of thieves and cultivators.

They were involved in a scheme where money was used to take lives.

Some court officials were even killed by the Blood Shadow Tower.

Yes.

Chen Gong wanted to kill his cousin, whom he had only met a few times.

How could he be so easily manipulated by a traitorous remnant?

Unable to kill himself or let the authorities do it, he paid for assassins from the Blood Shadow Pavilion to kill him himself.

But to his surprise, Shi Ying disappeared.

"Could it be that she found out beforehand?"

"I hid it very well, it shouldn't be like this."

Chen Gong began to review the events, trying to find Shi Ying's whereabouts.

Everything before him completely disrupted his plans.

If Shi Ying were to discover his plan, his situation would become extremely difficult, whether he told the Rong'an Marquis's family or the government about his act of killing his sister.

Chen Gong turned to look at the man in black beside him and gritted his teeth, saying, "Two years."

The man in black pondered for a moment:

"This is your first order at Blood Shadow Tower. Two years is fine, consider it a new customer discount."

Done.

He turned to leave, adding casually, "By the way, if you want to kill someone again, you can come find me. I'm Yellow Number Eight, I'll give you a 10% discount."

Upon hearing the man in black's words, Chen Gong nearly suffered internal injuries from holding it in.

This man in black is a master at the ninth level of Qi Gathering.

With Manager Zheng absent at night, the man in black was the strongest in the farmhouse. Not to mention, the Blood Shadow Tower's assassins were skilled in assassination. If the price was right, they might be able to slaughter the entire farmhouse without any problem.

of course.

Blood Shadow Tower definitely wouldn't dare take this job.

The man in black is powerful enough, so naturally the price is shockingly high.

Chen Gong was left penniless.

......

......

"Brother Chen, you're in the cafeteria too?"

"What a rare guest!"

A farm official carrying steaming hot buns walked out of the door and saw Chen Gong about to enter.

in his impression.

It seems that a wealthy young master like Chen Gong has never been to the cafeteria.

"Um."

Chen Gong simply grunted in response, then went into the cafeteria, grabbed a few steamed buns and eggs, and left like the wind, the whole process taking no more than ten breaths.

Song Li, a regular at the cafeteria, naturally witnessed this scene.

He probably didn't know.

Because of the appearance of Yunshi, Song Li chose to swallow the events of last night.

Once the imperial court finds out that he is using the transport stones privately.

That's a serious crime.

Shi Ying came from Chen Gong's residence, so he had been monitoring Chen Gong's every move for a long time, and even deliberately appeared in front of Chen Gong.

Chen Gong noticed him, but did not show any unusual behavior.

There are two possibilities.

First, I genuinely had no idea.

Second, Chen Gong is a monster with a mind as deep as the sea.

In either case, Song Li had no intention of continuing to monitor Chen Gong.

Although the Marquis of Rong'an has fallen on hard times, Chen Gong is not one of the three clans, and his paternal lineage will not be purged.

Born into a prominent family.

It's still not something that Song Li, a peasant, can bring down.

......

......

Song Li slept with his sword as a pillow for seven days.

On the morning of the eighth day, I heard some unexpected news.

"You mean, Chen Gong volunteered to go north to join the army."

"Were they taken away by the military this morning?"

This news truly surprised Song Li.

"yes."

Zhou Fu was also surprised when he heard the news. Although Chen Gong was implicated in the Rong Anbo case and could not be promoted, he could still live a comfortable life in Shannan County. But if he went to the northern border, his life and death would be in the hands of fate.

"I didn't realize that this kid surnamed Chen had some backbone."

Zhou Fu said.

Chen Gong was also present when Liu Ding came to cause trouble that day.

As a scion of a prominent family, he had practiced magic before passing the imperial examination, including martial arts techniques.

In terms of strength.

Chen Gong was above Liu Ding.

But Chen Gong simply stayed in the room cultivating, completely ignoring everything else.

Zhou Fu had always looked down on him, but unexpectedly, Chen Gong took the initiative to join the army, disregarding his own life and death, which changed Zhou Fu's opinion of him.

Song Li sighed.

This result was also unexpected.

But Chen Gong leaving Shannan City was a good thing for him, at least he no longer had to worry about being retaliated against every night.

Just as Zhou Fu had thought.

Chen Gong risked his life to make a living in the northern border.

A poor family background is a problem for civil officials, but once you go to the North, only merit matters, and other issues are no longer a problem.

It can be said that joining the army was Chen Gong's only way to succeed.

"He's a werewolf."

......

......

With Chen Gong heading north, Shi Ying's death did not cause any ripples.

They were merely remnants of the Rong'an Marquis's family; the world would only assume they had hidden away in the mountains and completely disappeared.

Song Li's days returned to normal.

And they are wealthy.

in the room.

boom!

With a muffled thud, a spirit stone in front of his knee shattered, and a dense aura of spiritual energy spread out, enveloping Song Li.

Circulate the Changchun Gong.

The spiritual energy was quickly absorbed and transformed into spiritual power.

The spiritual energy within his body also began to shimmer with golden light.

"One spirit stone is worth half a month of arduous cultivation."

Song Li felt the changes within his body.

There's a reason why spirit stones can become a form of hard currency among cultivators.

The results are simple and direct.

"In the cultivation world, there is a saying that wealth, companions, methods, and land are the most important. It is indeed true that wealth is ranked first. As long as you have enough spirit stones, your cultivation level can improve by leaps and bounds."

Song Li had heard of it.

Some wealthy cultivators rise quickly after passing the imperial examinations, not only because they have connections, but also because of the abundant supply of cultivation resources, such as spirit stones, elixirs, and spiritual plants. Their cultivation speed is naturally unmatched by cultivators from humble backgrounds.

The faster one's cultivation level increases, the faster one's promotion will naturally follow.

Only seven days have passed.

He has already used four of the five spirit stones he obtained from Shi Ying.

Originally, I was thinking of improving my strength as soon as possible to deal with Chen Gong's revenge, but now the spirit stones are almost used up and Chen Gong has left.

There was a sense of melancholy.

However, this also allowed Song Li to discover another advantage of the Everlasting Spring Technique: its speed of absorbing spiritual energy far surpasses that of other cultivation methods.

Even if the farm official had so many spirit stones, it would be impossible for him to absorb them all in just seven days.

Song Li felt the surging spiritual energy fluctuations within his body.

His expression changed slightly.

Another breakthrough?