"Brother Zhang... is that all?"

Yao Yue, who was standing to the side, was completely dumbfounded. When she spoke softly, her tone was still somewhat incredulous.

Zhang Huai gently wiped his cheek. He had been extremely careful not to let the blood splatter on him, but there were still a few scarlet bloodstains on the hem of his clothes and his cheek.

He turned to look at Yaoyue and said calmly, "Otherwise, how else could I kill her?"

Lu Wushuang immediately skipped over, wrapped her arms around Zhang Huai's arm, and looked up at him with her big, bright eyes, her voice full of admiration: "Brother, good brother, how are you so amazing? Can you teach me?"

Zhang Huai was a little uncomfortable with her sudden clinginess and mushyness.

"Let go first."

"No, I'll let go if you promise to teach me."

Lu Wushuang's voice was soft and sweet, pitiful, a far cry from her usual shrewish demeanor.

"It's not that I don't want to teach you, it's just that this skill is something that ordinary people simply can't learn."

Zhang Huai reluctantly began to explain.

He didn't lie to her. This incomparably powerful physical body and martial arts technique were not something ordinary people could cultivate. As for the Nine Yin Manual, he had only spent a few days with Lu Wushuang and needed to observe and investigate her further before deciding whether to teach it to her.

"Hmph, I think you just don't want to teach me." Lu Wushuang pouted, turned around, crossed her arms, and stubbornly ignored Zhang Huai. "If you don't teach me, I won't talk to you anymore."

But Zhang Huai, who was standing to the side, had already led Yao Yue and walked straight into the depths of the Prince's Mansion.

"Sister Yaoyue, you've been here before. Show me how to thoroughly search this place."

"Yes, yes, Brother Zhang." Yaoyue quickly responded and followed.

At this moment, Lu Wushuang was still standing in the blood-stained courtyard, pouting and waiting for Zhang Huai to come and coax her.

But after waiting for a long time, there was no movement around her. She hurriedly turned her head and saw only corpses lying on the ground behind her. There was no sign of Zhang Huai and Yao Yue.

"Where are you? Wait for me!"

Lu Wushuang felt a surge of anxiety and quickly strode after the two who had left. Her almond-shaped eyes widened in anger as she hurried to catch up with the two walking side by side.

"Zhang Huai, you didn't even wait for me!"

Lu Wushuang grabbed Zhang Huai's arm, her grip tightening. "I'm still angry over there, and you just left me there all alone. That's too much!"

Zhang Huailian didn't even glance at her, and said in a flat tone, "Didn't you tell me to ignore you?"

"Oh dear, how could you say that?" Lu Wushuang stamped her feet anxiously, her little face puffed up. "That was just something said in anger! Who would take a girl's angry words seriously? Besides, danger could appear out of nowhere in this palace. My injuries haven't healed yet. What will I do without your protection?"

Yao Yue covered her mouth and chuckled softly, gently smoothing things over, "Sister Wushuang, Brother Zhang just wanted to quickly loot the Prince's mansion's wealth; he didn't intentionally delay you."

"Look how considerate she is," Zhang Huai said to Lu Wushuang, pointing at Yaoyue.

Seeing that Zhang Huai was unmoved by her words, Lu Wushuang simply stopped sulking and whining, and snorted, "Hmph, I can't be bothered with you."

Just as Lu Wushuang was about to go wander around on her own, Zhang Huai suddenly spoke up and warned her, "Don't be silly. Although I've killed everyone in this palace, there might still be some traps and mechanisms hidden inside. If you accidentally run into one and get hurt, don't blame me."

Upon hearing Zhang Huai's words, Lu Wushuang immediately withdrew her foot, which had just stepped out, and scurried over to his side, grinning as she said, "Hehe, Brother Zhang, I'd better stay with you guys. You have to protect me."

"Mm," Zhang Huai replied softly.

As soon as she finished speaking, Yaoyue pointed to a vermilion gate beside her and said, "Brother Zhang, this is the treasure vault of the Prince's mansion. When I came here to scout the place before, I saw many servants carrying all kinds of gold and silver jewelry inside."

Zhang Huai's eyes lit up. He raised his hand and pushed open the heavy wooden door. A faint sandalwood scent mixed with the glittering jewels wafted out.

The pavilion was filled with rosewood shelves, piled high with gold, jade, pearls, and numerous swords and scimitars inlaid with gemstones, their surfaces gleaming with a cold light—a dazzling array of treasures.

Moreover, Zhang Huai only glanced at them casually and spotted several exquisitely bound, rare martial arts manuals.

Looking at the room full of treasures, Lu Wushuang instantly forgot her anger. Her eyes widened, and she exclaimed in surprise as she rushed over, curiously examining everything in the room.

For her, nothing was more attractive than a room full of golden treasures.

"Wow, so many treasures! Brother Zhang, can we take all of these?"

"Of course." Zhang Huai casually picked up a martial arts manual with the title "Stone-Splitting Fist" on the cover, flipped through a couple of pages, and tossed it aside. It was all rudimentary external techniques, no longer worthy of his attention. "Put away all the valuables, keep only the best martial arts manuals, and ignore the rest."

Although Yaoyue grew up in the world of prostitution, she was taught from a young age to be polite and never lose her dignity under any circumstances.

She obediently walked to a corner and opened an inconspicuous wooden box.

The box was overflowing with glittering gold ingots. She couldn't help but excitedly turn to Zhang Huai: "Brother Zhang, this is all gold, at least a thousand taels!"

Even the usually composed Yaoyue couldn't help but gasp in surprise at the sight.

Zhang Huai strode over, picked up a heavy gold ingot, and felt a sense of security in his hand from its cool, hard texture.

"We'll take some of this money for ourselves, and distribute the rest to the people in the city later."

With Zhang Huai's current level of understanding, money is nothing more than an external thing; as long as he wants it, wealth will automatically come to him at any time.

Yao Yue nodded quickly, agreeing with Zhang Huai's words. She secretly admired him, thinking to herself: "As expected of Brother Zhang, he remains unmoved in the face of so much money."

She couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Back then, she was often embarrassed and troubled by a few dozen taels of silver, but now she was able to follow Zhang Huai and distribute thousands of taels of gold to the people. All of this was because of the man in front of her.

Even if what the other party did was just a casual act, his simple act changed the life of a weak woman.

Although Lu Wushuang had a comfortable childhood, she had never seen so much money.

Hearing Zhang Huai say that he wanted to distribute the money to the people, she felt a little reluctant, but she also understood that she couldn't possibly use all the gold and silver, and besides, the people in the city were suffering terribly. The appearance of this silver could save countless lives.

Before long, most of the valuable items in the treasure pavilion had been searched and found.

Zhang Huai found several large cloth bags and stuffed all his treasures and silver into them. He carried over a hundred pounds of gold on his back, but he didn't feel it at all.

Even Lu Wushuang carried dozens of kilograms of gold with her. Although it was a bit heavy, the thought of the gold in her arms immediately made her steps much lighter.

Yao Yue, the most delicate of the three, also carefully took quite a lot.

"Let's go, let's see other places."

Zhang Huai took the lead and stepped out of the treasure pavilion, with Lu Wushuang and Yaoyue quickly following closely behind.

The three walked through the winding corridor, where carved beams and painted rafters were adorned with gilded dragon and phoenix patterns. The once solemn and bustling palace was now only filled with the sound of their footsteps echoing softly in the empty courtyard.

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