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Lu Chen called Hu Bufan and Li Zhuo over, and they began to loot the corpse.

He did this job very diligently.

Seeing Lu Chen's practiced movements, Hu Bufan and Li Zhuo both fell silent.

How many times have you practiced this so skillfully?

They felt a chill run down their spines.

Lu Chen's first action was to search Bai Sha Hei Po's corpse.

As expected, the harvest was quite good.

"Fifty thousand taels of silver notes, what a windfall!"

He happily stuffed the silver notes into his pocket, but after searching carefully, he found nothing else.

These assassins don't seem to like carrying a lot of stuff.

Lu Chen checked all the other members of the Flying Eagle Caravan one by one, and surprisingly, he found a cultivation manual.

It was that tallest and strongest man, the one wearing an iron suit.

The technique is called "Iron Armor Technique," and it can be practiced up to the Blood Exchange Realm. It is the second relatively complete book that Lu Chen obtained.

As for the others, they received small amounts of silver and silver notes.

After looting the corpse, Lu Chen found the warehouse as if he knew the way well.

He had been here once before.

I didn't expect to come here a second time today.

There's a lot more to it than that.

Many iron ingots.

There were also many weapons, bundled up in boxes, all standard-issue knives and gun barrels.

There were even three or four pieces of armor that weren't complete, but they looked very new and must have been made not long ago!

Hu Bufan's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

His eyes widened as he stared at the armor in the box, utterly incredulous: "This...this...is the Flying Eagle Caravan going to rebel?"

He only thought the Flying Eagle Caravan was arrogant and domineering, but he didn't expect them to dare to secretly forge armor.

This is practically a rebellion!

"No, this is a huge deal, we have to report it!"

He had realized that this was not something a mere county magistrate like himself could handle.

The Flying Eagle Caravan is just a small group of people. Even if he wanted to rebel, he would need an army!

Therefore, there must be other people behind the Flying Eagle Caravan, and a deeper, more hidden force!

Lu Chen didn't care about anything else. He went to the medicinal herbs, looked them over, and found that they were quite valuable, so he bought them all.

On a bookshelf were some booklets. Lu Chen opened them and glanced at them, but they weren't anything important, so he didn't look at them carefully.

"Hey, there are two martial arts manuals here, 'Breaking Formation Spear' and 'Blood Slaughter Blade,' both military manuals... I seem to have heard that the Flying Eagle Caravan used to be from the border army. Could it be that the border army is about to rebel?"

Li Zhuo suddenly said.

Lu Chen and Hu Bufan looked at the two booklets in his hands.

Hu Bufan frowned, while Lu Chen's eyes lit up.

Cultivation techniques are great!

He doesn't think he has too much.

"Take everything you can get your hands on first!"

Lu Chen said, then found a large sack and stuffed all the things he had his eye on into it.

As for the weapons and armor, no one touched them.

This stuff is not easy to get involved with.

Weapons are relatively easy to deal with, but if they get on armor, things can get complicated.

Lu Chen didn't need to bother with this for self-defense.

"What about the other low-level thugs? Should we...?"

Li Zhuo looked at the two of them, placed his hand across his neck, and made a throat-slitting gesture.

Lu Chen looked at him in surprise.

It's as if it's saying, "How could you be so cruel?"

They don't even spare the low-level thugs?

Besides, where are the underlings?

He killed all the people in the entire Green Bamboo Gang's base; the others weren't even there!

Otherwise, you wouldn't need to tell me; we would have started work long ago.

Li Zhuo's lips twitched.

How dare you say that to me?

The way you were before was no different from a god of death. You smashed people's heads and turned them into mincemeat. How could that be any better?

"Alright, those are just small fry. They're not strong enough to cause any trouble. Let's leave them for now; I'll take care of them later. Brother Li, what are your plans for the rest of the time? How about you stay here for a few days?"

Hu Bufan looked at Li Zhuo.

These are friends he invited; they won't stay in Shahu County forever.

"No, I'm leaving tomorrow!"

"Everyone, make a copy of these cultivation manuals. I reckon you don't need the others, so they're all mine!"

Lu Chen said.

"These things were originally yours. We didn't do much this time, so we feel unworthy to accept them!"

Hu Bufan and Li Zhuo said.

"You can copy it yourselves, I'll take the original."

Lu Chen glanced through the several cultivation manuals and then gave them to the two men, instructing them to copy them directly in the main hall. He then sat at the doorway to check their findings.

"The Flying Eagle Caravan had a total of eighteen people this time, plus the two at the entrance, giving me a total of 5475 points of life points. Zhou Chu and Yuan Kui each gave me 5 points of luck points, and Wang Feng gave me 3 points. Not bad!"

His life value reached 9463, while his luck value remained at 55 points.

Besides the 50,000 taels on Bai Sha and Hei Po's bodies, there was also money in the hands of the Flying Eagle Horse Gang, totaling nearly 100,000 taels!

"I reckon a lot of it is ill-gotten gains! They robbed 2000 taels from Qingshan Village alone, and quite a few from other surrounding villages. The county also collected protection money. I estimate it must amount to tens of thousands of taels in total, and now it's all in my hands!"

Lu Chen didn't feel that the money was too hot to handle.

It's not like he snatched it from ordinary people himself.

He had no intention of returning it.

After waiting for a long time, Hu Bufan and Li Zhuo finally finished and gave the original cultivation technique to Lu Chen.

"By the way, did you manage to buy that ginseng you had before? How much did it cost?"

Lu Chen suddenly asked.

"You mean Blood Spirit Ginseng? You can buy it, but it's definitely not available in Shahu County. You'll have to go to Shanyang Prefecture to check! As for the price, it depends on the age. A 20-year-old one will cost at least 20,000 taels of silver, and the older the one, the higher the price. Besides, it's not something you can buy just anywhere."

"Are there any other precious medicines? Are they also available for purchase?"

Lu Chen became somewhat interested in this.

He has so much money in his hands, he needs to spend it.

It won't lay eggs if you leave it.

"Only a portion of these precious medicines are available for sale, but they are usually snapped up as soon as they appear. They are extremely rare on the market, and you need to have a certain status to obtain them."

Hu Bufan replied.

"Does it depend on their status?" Lu Chen frowned.

"If you want to buy it, I can help you, but you'll have to pay for it yourself."

Hu Bufan noticed Lu Chen's confusion and said with a smile.

"Alright, whenever you have time, let's go to Shanyang Prefecture together to buy some precious medicines to try."

After making their agreement, Hu Bufan took Li Zhu away.

He will send people to seal off this place, which belongs to the Green Bamboo Gang.

The most urgent task now is to immediately report the Flying Eagle Caravan's plan to rebel.

Lu Chen watched the two walk away, then quietly returned to his residence with the sack on his back.

This harvest has been very fruitful!

Both the "Breaking Formation Spear Technique" and the "Blood Killing Blade" can be cultivated directly to the peak of the Marrow Cleansing Realm!

Iron Armor Skill is a body-refining technique. Just look at that burly man wearing iron armor; he survived a kick and was still able to move, which clearly shows that this technique played a significant role in his survival.

"Wait, something's wrong! I should have asked them about the Innate Realm! I'm stuck at the Marrow Cleansing Realm and can't break through. I wonder if I'm missing something. I need to ask Hu Bufan, otherwise all the cultivation techniques I have will be useless!"

Lu Chen suddenly slapped his forehead.