Start your cultivation journey by allocating points to your Destiny.

Chapter 92 Treasure (Fourth update, please subscribe)

Besides the assassins, there were also some people in the Black Kill Pavilion who were responsible for daily paperwork, but they had already fled far away.

Lu Chen didn't care, and instead turned around and went to the place where the Black Kill Pavilion kept its intelligence.

Because these people will eventually come back; they can run away, but they can't hide.

The Black Killing Pavilion would definitely not allow anyone to act recklessly in their headquarters, and would definitely call for reinforcements.

Lu Chen searched carefully and found a house where intelligence was stored.

This place is like a library, quite spacious, with four rows of shelves in total, divided into three counties and one prefecture: Shahu County, Yuncheng County, and Tianmu County, as well as Shanyang Prefecture City. The divisions are very clear, and each row is further categorized for easy searching.

"Qingzhu—Qingmiao Hall—has been found!"

Lu Chen held a thin booklet in his hand and quickly flipped through it.

"So Qingzhu's real name is Qingnu? He's a eunuch? No wonder he's so effeminate, with a pale face and no beard! He calls himself 'slave' in front of his master, but calls himself Qingzhu in front of his subordinates like Wang Xiong? Tsk tsk!"

Lu Chen shook his head and looked more closely.

His most recent message was from today.

"Someone saw him leave the city alone; judging by the direction, he seems to be heading towards Tianmu County or Shahu County?"

Lu Chen frowned.

Why would he go to the county alone at such a critical moment?

"No, children! I rescued all the children from Qingmiao Hall. Without the materials, they can't refine elixirs, which is why Master Qing has to personally go to the county to bring back another batch!"

A surge of anger welled up inside him, and he looked down again.

"Yang Ce, the second young master of the Yang family in the capital, father of Yang Xuan."

Yang Ce, the second young master of the Yang family in the capital, has reached the Lesser Completion stage of the Innate Realm and is skilled in the martial art "Wind and Willow Sword Technique".

His father was Marquis Yang Xuan of Zhenbei, a martial saint.

My elder sister, Yang Qing, is a Noble Consort.

My elder brother, Yang Hong, has reached the Yuan Realm cultivation level and is already holding a position in the military.

"So that young master's name is Yang Ce."

Lu Chen looked at his father's information.

The words "Martial Saint" are a bit jarring.

"Damn it, what's there to be afraid of? His father isn't going to come all the way to Shanyang Prefecture to mess with me, is he?"

Lu Chen quickly read through the information, put it back exactly as it was, and then went to the shelf in Shahu County.

The information regarding the destruction of the Black Kill Pavilion and the Black Stick Gang in Shahu County is quite simple, containing only a few ambiguous pieces of information, such as the suspects being skilled in concealed weapons and the suspects being related to the Flying Eagle Horse Gang.

They couldn't find his head.

There was even less intelligence about Yuncheng County.

Seeing this, he felt much more at ease.

There is no risk of exposure to the virus.

"Given the power structure of Shanyang Prefecture, if Yang Ce hasn't left, where could he possibly be hiding?"

Lu Chen quickly found the relevant information.

The city of Shanyang had civil officials such as the prefect, assistant prefect, and vice prefect, as well as a special military force called the city guard, which was led by Li Liang.

Prefect Fang Jian, with his cultivation at the entry level of the Yuan Realm, should not be from Yang Ce's faction; he belongs to the group of Prime Minister Sima Yu.

Tongzhi Wenqin, with the cultivation of the Innate Perfection, was the one who protected Yang Ce when he was captured by Li Liang. Yang Ce might be hiding with Wenqin right now.

Prefect Cui Min, with the cultivation of the Great Perfection of the Innate Realm, is at odds with Wen Qin, but has a good relationship with Li Liang. As a member of the Cui family of Shanyang Prefecture, he should not be on Yang Ce's side.

Li Liang, with the cultivation of the Great Perfection of the Innate Realm, was the one who captured Yang Ce and the others, so they are most likely not part of the same group.

Besides the officials, there were three powerful families: the Li family, the Cui family, and the Wang family.

The remaining smaller forces, the strongest of whom were only at the Lesser Completion of the Innate Realm, were not worth mentioning.

"Currently, among the most powerful cultivators in Shanyang Prefecture, besides the assassins from the Black Kill Pavilion, only Fang Jian and Wen Qin are likely to take in Yang Ce. Alternatively, Yang Ce might have been too scared to continue and left Shanyang Prefecture on the spot. As for the several powerful families with close ties to the capital, they might also be harboring Yang Ce."

After pondering for a moment and reviewing the information he needed, Lu Chen raised his hand and tossed out a few pebbles.

"Boom boom boom!"

When a pebble hits the bookshelf, it creates a huge impact, scattering shattered pebbles in all directions and smashing various booklets and books to pieces.

The entire intelligence room was in complete disarray, making it impossible to discern which documents he had actually reviewed.

Don't rush to burn it. If it starts burning now, it will easily attract the attention of the government.

"Elder Ning from Shahu County said that the Black Killing Pavilion comes to Shanyang Prefecture to teach their techniques. Let's go find their training points and see if we can find anything good."

The Transmission Hall of the Black Kill Pavilion.

It's called a palace, but it's actually just a large courtyard with a building next to it.

There was a row of bookshelves in the room, and on the bookshelves were several martial arts manuals!

Lu Chen searched and found that there were no breathing techniques, only ordinary cultivation methods, which were not very useful to him in his current state.

However, he accepted it nonetheless.

After all, there are eight cultivation techniques here, all of which can be cultivated to the peak of the Marrow Cleansing Realm in one go, making them quite complete.

When you have free time, you can look at it and gain insights into martial arts techniques, learn about other techniques, and improve your combat experience.

"These people are moving too slowly. We've given them so much time, and not a single one has returned? Could they have all run away?"

Lu Chen left the Transmission Hall carrying a sack, looking at the quiet Black Kill Pavilion's encampment with some surprise.

Actually, his arrival was quite coincidental and lucky.

Black Kill Pavilion is an assassin organization. Its assassins are always on the move and don't stay in their base for long periods of time doing nothing.

The strongest member of the Black Killing Pavilion is a silver-ranked one-star assassin with the cultivation level of the Yuan Realm. He recently left Shanyang Prefecture to kill people and is not here.

When Lu Chen arrived, there were only five or six assassins left at the Black Kill Pavilion's base; the others had all gone out on missions.

As for the staff, their cultivation levels were relatively low, and they had long since disappeared.

"Never mind, let's go find where they keep their money; we're running out!"

Lu Chen was originally not interested in money, thinking that enough was enough.

But after visiting Huichuntang, he realized he was nothing but a poor wretch, stingy when it came to buying precious medicines.

Still not enough money!

After walking around for a while, Lu Chen finally found a dark room.

When I opened it, I was almost blinded by the light.

The place was piled high with gold and silver, stacks of small and large yellow croakers, and some precious medicines that he had seen at Huichuntang before.

"Holy crap, we've struck gold!"

Lu Chen's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, looking like he'd never seen anything like it before.

The impact was too strong.

"I'm so poor! I used to think that having 500,000 yuan made me rich, and I'd never have to worry about food or drink for the rest of my life. I never imagined I'd just be a nouveau riche from the countryside!"

He swallowed hard, his heart pounding.

"It's a pity I have a spatial ring; I could have stored all of these things away."

Lu Chen quickly stuffed all the precious medicines into his sack, and then stuffed all the silver notes into it as well.

The silver notes totaled 60 taels, a thick stack.

In the end, only the heavier gold and silver remained.

"There are 28 chests in total, 8 chests of gold and 20 chests of silver."

Lu Chen counted the items and picked up a box of gold.

"It's about a thousand catties per box. With this gold, there are 8 taels, which can be exchanged for 80 taels of silver."

The boxes for storing silver were slightly larger, but each box still held about a thousand catties of silver, so 20 boxes would contain 20 taels.

"That's 1.6 million taels already?"

Lu Chen chuckled.

"Mine, all of it is mine!"