Chapter 26: The Strange Broken Bowl, the Disappearing Qi and Blood Pills!

"Ji Zhang has met the Snow Lotus Sect's Holy Envoy? And was taught the next three levels of the Bloodthirsty Divine Technique? He needs to absorb the blood of powerful martial artists?"

Qin Wang narrowed his eyes as he read the sixth piece of intelligence.

Once the news about Ji Zhang absorbing people's blood becomes public, surviving in Yan Yun County will be difficult for him.

He skipped over the seventh and eighth pieces of intelligence.

"Chen Yi, the young master of the Chen family, was taken away by an elder of the Taiyi Sword Sect, and they are celebrating with hundreds of tables of feasts?"

Qin Wang's heart sank as he read the ninth piece of intelligence. The Chen family was leveraging this event to gain influence, which would only make them stronger. His sister being part of the Chen family would not benefit him.

"Hmm?"

"The weakness of the Chen family's Purple Sun Technique? Their power is halved every midnight?"

"Chen Kun, the head of the family, has been practicing the Purple Rose Sword Technique for three months? And his temperament has changed?"

Qin Wang's eyes lit up as he read the tenth piece of intelligence.

This was good news! The exposure of the Chen family's martial arts weakness would definitely be seized upon by the other three major families: the Lin family, the Su family, and the Zhang family.

"Quickly write ten pieces of intelligence about the Chen family's weakness and expose it!"

With this thought, Qin Wang immediately grabbed paper and pen and started writing.

In less than fifteen minutes, he had written ten pieces of intelligence. He packed thirty pieces of intelligence in total, grabbed some glue, and headed out to the streets.

Qin Wang avoided the night watchmen and stayed away from his rental location.

He specifically posted the intelligence on the walls near teahouses and taverns in the east and west parts of the city.

By the time he was done, it was almost the fourth watch.

Street vendors were starting to set up their stalls, and breakfast shops were opening. Qin Wang returned to his rented house, checked that everything was in order, practiced the Lesser Red Sun Technique for a while, and waited until dawn.

He then traced Du Xiang's bloodstains back five or six miles and wiped them clean before grabbing breakfast at a street stall. Only then did he return home.

"Let's sort out my recent gains first!"

Back home, Qin Wang bolted the door, closed the windows, sat cross-legged on the bed, and dumped the contents of his bag. He intended to organize his treasures and count his silver.

"Clatter!"

A pile of items fell onto the bed, mostly silver notes with a few silver ingots.

There were also some travel permits, a broken bowl obtained from a valley in Green Ox Mountain, and three white porcelain bottles containing three Qi and Blood Pills.

On his journey, he had:

Dug up 500 taels from Old Li's house and brought 100 taels.Found over 460 taels at Granny Yan's house.Found 615 taels at Zheng Kecheng's secret house.Found 250 taels from Du Xiang.

After deducting the expenses for Qi and Blood Pills during this period, Qin Wang currently had 1,330 taels of silver. This did not include the 850 taels under Old Li's bed and the 400 taels in the thatched hut with an earthen wall.

"I guess I am a small fortune holder now?"

Qin Wang's eyes sparkled with satisfaction as he looked at his silver.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Qin Wang noticed something strange with the old bowl from Green Ox Mountain and the bottles of Qi and Blood Pills. He rubbed his eyes.

When he dumped the bag, one of the white porcelain bottles fell into the broken bowl. He saw a faint red light flash at the bottle's mouth, as if something had flown out and into the bowl. He picked up the bowl, but it looked the same as before.

"Where are the Qi and Blood Pills? Where did they go?"

Qin Wang looked into the white porcelain bottle and found it empty. Not a single Qi and Blood Pill was inside! Tongrentang (the pharmacy) couldn't have given him an empty bottle. He had checked multiple times when he bought them.