A man can’t get rich without windfall profits; a horse can’t get fat without eating in the night.
Zhang Yuan, who returned ho carrying a heavy bundle, fully experienced the joy of striking it rich.
In both his past and present lives, he’s actually been a person with principles.
He is also willing to abide by the rules.
Just like when the Martial Power Sect previously charged a fee, Zhang Yuan never thought of using his status as a Protector of the Celestial King Hall to get a free pass.
He didn’t mind spending so silver taels.
However, Zhang Yuan’s code of conduct was seen by others as a sign of weakness to be exploited.
They challenged his bottom line again and again!
Zhang Yuan wouldn’t tolerate it.
In today’s counterattack, he single-handedly turned the Martial Power Sect upside down, not only killing two Tier Four experts but also emptying the lair of their boss.
His mind finally beca clear!
Next, it was naturally ti to settle the MVP rewards for the victor.
Lighting an oil lamp, Zhang Yuan opened the heavy package and began to count tonight’s gains.
First were the dicine box and bottles taken from a hidden compartnt in the wall.
There were as many as thirty-five white jade dicine bottles, each labeled for easy identification.
Qi Nourishing Pill, Nourishing Essence Pill, Bone Healing Pill, Antitoxic Pill...
A total of seven categories.
Although Zhang Yuan was not sure of the specific uses of these elixirs, they couldn’t possibly be ordinary goods since they were carefully placed in a chanism’s hidden compartnt by a Tier Five expert.
He didn’t unstop the bottles but set them aside for later study.
There were also five dicine boxes of the sa white jade material.
Zhang Yuan opened them one by one.
He found that three of the jade boxes contained wild mountain ginseng, all perfectly processed whole with the roots intact.
Two were about two hundred years old, and one was nearly three hundred!
Being a half ginseng gatherer, Zhang Yuan was very aware of the value of these three ginseng roots.
He couldn’t help but slightly curl his lips.
As for the other two boxes, they contained a jade reishi and a section of yellow essence respectively.
After more than a hundred years, a reishi mushroom growing in the mountains has a small chance of undergoing jade transformation by absorbing moonlight.
The jade transformation process of a reishi takes several decades to over a hundred years, during which its size continuously shrinks.
Until it is completely transford into jade.
Such a reishi is called a jade reishi, classified as a truly rare treasure of nature.
This piece of jade reishi is only the size of a baby’s palm, with a lustrous, snow-white texture. Under the light, it exudes a gentle glow and a faint fragrance.
Zhang Yuan took a sniff and imdiately felt his mind clear, with an accelerated restoration of his Qi Blood!
What a treasure!
He hastily closed the lid to prevent the dicinal power from leaking out.
Zhang Yuan estimated that the value of this single jade reishi alone would exceed the total of the three ginseng roots!
And as for the last box containing the yellow essence, it was half a foot long and as thick as three fingers, with a wrinkled and knobby golden surface, emitting a strong dicinal fragrance.
It must also be several hundred years old!
For these ginseng, jade reishi, and yellow essence, Zhang Yuan had no intention of selling them.
He planned to either find soone to refine them into elixirs or consu them directly as cultivation resources!
Then Zhang Yuan picked up a stack of silver notes.
All the silver notes Zhang Yuan had used before were issued by Fuji Money Shop, whose gold and silver notes were accepted nationwide; they could be deposited and exchanged as long as there was a branch.
Extrely convenient.
Including Ruins City, this frontier city not within the borders of Daqian.
Even in Ruins City, there was a branch of Fuji Money Shop!
So it was very normal to find these silver notes in the lair of the Martial Might Sect Leader.
Zhang Yuan counted them, and the total denomination added up to forty-seven thousand taels.
They were also notes from Fuji Money Shop.
The Martial Power Sect was not considered a major force.
Zheng Lianhong, as a Tier Five expert, could barely be regarded as a notable figure in Xia Ruins.
Yet Zhang Yuan was surprised at how wealthy this Sect Leader turned out to be!
Giving him a windfall.
However, out of caution, Zhang Yuan carefully checked and found no hidden marks on these silver notes.
So wealthy families or major forces might mark their stored silver notes, not affecting their normal use, allowing them to trace them if they were stolen in large amounts.
So he had to be cautious.
However, compared to the elixirs, ginseng, and jade reishi, the three thick books intrigued Zhang Yuan more.
Their tiworn appearance and ancient-feeling covers.
In antique terms, they were items unmistakably authentic!
The three ancient books were titled: Great Stone-Throwing Hand, Six Harmonies Qilin Body, and Tiger Seal Book.
Among them, Great Stone-Throwing Hand was a Qi Entry Realm palm technique, and Six Harmonies Qilin Body was a Qi Entry Realm Horizontal Training thod.
Zhang Yuan skimd them and felt that both the Great Stone-Throwing Hand and the Six Harmonies Qilin Body were profound, clearly first-rate cultivation techniques of the Qi Realm tier.
What was even more extraordinary was that, although these two cultivation ancient books couldn’t be originals, their special material and dense annotations qualified them as "rare editions."
Martial Arts Secret Manuals could be classified as originals, rare editions, copies, and inferior editions.
Originals are one in a million, composed by the founders of the cultivation technique, serving as the foundation and strength for any sect or family.
Rare editions are passed down in an orderly manner, known as "true versions," and are also very rare.
Typically, rare editions can be learned directly with low risk of pitfalls.
Copies can be problematic, with errors and omissions common.
Inferior editions are utter nonsense, 100% traps!
Zhang Yuan felt that the value of Great Stone-Throwing Hand and Six Harmonies Qilin Body, even if not exceeding the Primordial Celestial Spirit True thod.
Would certainly not be below the Carefree Travel!
Thanks, Zheng Lianhong!
Zhang Yuan clasped his hands together, expressing his heartfelt gratitude to this Tier Five expert.
He was just lacking Qi Realm martial arts skills and was planning to earn so Daoist rit to exchange for them after the new year.
But now he conveniently acquired them directly!
As for the Tiger Seal Book, it surprisingly turned out to be a military text.
This surprised Zhang Yuan a little.
Because military texts are military secret scriptures, strictly forbidden to circulate among civilians, and not allowed for major sects or noble families to possess.
Once discovered, severe punishnt must be imposed.
Of course, these are the laws of Daqian.
But to say that major sects and noble families do not have military texts would be too naive!
The illegal manufacturing of armor, raising of armored soldiers, and secret training of military formations have never ceased over the centuries.
So it was not strange for Zheng Lianhong, the Martial Might Sect Leader, to possess a military text.
After all, he had thousands of followers under him; studying a military text to enhance his command capability was reasonable.
However, Zhang Yuan wasn’t very interested in the Tiger Seal Book.
He had no plans to join the military, nor did he wish to establish his own force.
So this military secret scripture could at most serve as a "recreational" read.
Finally, Zhang Yuan turned his gaze to the Dark Gold Box.
The box had a simple, ancient design, with its surface engraved with dense runes, exuding a mysterious aura.
It was kept alone in a compartnt, indicating its extraordinary value!
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