“Let’s each take stock of our spoils. Besides a large bag of stuff, I found 260 taels of silver and over 500 copper coins. What about you?”
Liu Hengchang was the first to share his takeaways.
“I found three horses in the backyard of the village, each worth fifty taels of silver. I also found a total of one hundred and fifty taels of silver on several corpses.”
Lin Xiaofei said with a smile.
He is short of money right now.
Unexpectedly, the 150 taels of silver found on several bandits and a traitor was a large sum of money, plus valuable horses, which was perfect for him.
"Besides looting a large bag of stuff, I also found a martial arts manual, the Black Wind Palm, a common peak-level technique."
I estimate this Black Wind Palm manual is worth at least six hundred taels of silver.
As Qin Hong spoke, he pulled a secret manual from his pocket.
"Black Wind Palm is the signature technique of the Song Family Escort Agency, so it is naturally worth a lot of money. However, we cannot sell this technique. If the Song family finds out that someone is selling their technique, they will easily come knocking on our door, which will only cause trouble for us."
Therefore, we can only make a copy of the Black Wind Palm technique ourselves and learn from its cultivation methods.
As for the manual in Junior Brother Lin's hand, that belongs to Steward Chen. Let's not look at it to avoid causing trouble for ourselves. Is that alright with you?
Liu Hengchang said with a smile.
"Okay!" Qin Hong replied with a smile.
Lin Xiaofei nodded. He also looked at the manual in his hand. It was a knife technique, but he practiced swordsmanship, so he wasn't interested.
However, he was still very interested in that Black Wind Palm manual.
During these years of cultivation, he discovered that after cultivating the Three Body Tempering Techniques to the point of perfect flesh refining, and then cultivating the Crimson Copper Body Technique from the beginner level to the point of perfect flesh refining, his physical strength increased significantly.
In other words, he practiced one more technique than others, so his body improved to a greater extent, and his physical strength and attack speed increased.
When he cultivates martial arts in the spatial bead, he can do so without restraint. His blood circulates at high speed, and he exudes an aura like a small whirlwind. When he unleashes his full power, his palm strike surpasses that of an ordinary peak martial artist.
Currently, he cannot exchange for advanced martial arts techniques from within the sect, since everyone knows that he is still at the mid-stage of an ordinary martial artist and is not suitable for cultivating advanced martial arts techniques.
He has now obtained a basic peak-level martial arts technique from the bandits, and he plans to cultivate it in order to increase his physical strength.
"I calculated that we obtained a total of about 410 taels of silver, plus two large packages, three horses, and several weapons."
We can split the money now.
As for the other items, we can take them back to the gang and process them; we estimate we can get more than 250 taels of silver in return.
Of course, if there's anything you want in these two packages, you can pick it out now, or we can divide it up when we get back. What do you think?
Liu Hengchang rubbed his hands together and said with a smile.
"I think that's a good idea. How about we divide the silver now, and divide the contents of the package when we get back?"
Qin Hong thought for a moment and felt that Liu Hengchang's suggestion was very good, so he quickly smiled and said it.
Lin Xiaofei nodded in agreement. Everyone felt relieved that the money had been divided now. As for the other items, they were a bit scattered and would take too long to divide them now. Besides, it was getting late, and they needed to hurry back. They could sit down and divide the items at their leisure once they got back.
After the three of them discussed it, they each received their share of the silver.
Then, Qin Hong hung the traitor's head on the back of a horse, and then each of them rode a horse at full speed along the path of Shuitong Bay.
An hour or so later, the three of them followed the mountain road until they reached the vicinity of the town's outer gate. They then dismounted and prepared to lead their horses into the city.
"Senior brother, look, those are Lin Xiaofei and his two companions. They're leading their horses, chatting and laughing. It seems like their mission went very smoothly; they don't even look injured at all."
Lin Xiaofei and his two companions dismounted and slowly walked towards the city gate. A young man dressed in the robes of an inner disciple of the Qingfeng Gang said in a low voice.
At the same time, there were two young men beside him, each carrying a large package, walking towards the city gate.
Two of these three young men were disciples of the Left Protector Qian Ming, namely Guo Zishan and Zhu San, and the other was an inner disciple, Zhao Neng.
Guo Zishan had the highest cultivation level, reaching the mid-stage of an ordinary martial artist, while the other two were at the early stage of an ordinary martial artist.
"They actually got three horses. I remember that the gang trades in fifty taels of silver for a horse. That means they can make a total of one hundred and fifty taels of silver just by taking what's in their pack."
It's a pity that such a good thing happened to them; what bad luck!
Guo Zishan said coldly, his face full of disdain, and a hint of resentment flashed in his eyes.
In particular, he was very unhappy with Lin Xiaofei.
Lin Xiaofei was originally a menial disciple, but suddenly became an inner disciple and was taken in as a disciple by the Right Protector Zhou Huanshan, with the same status as him. A poor child from Xiepo Village was actually on the same level as him, which was the first thing that made him unhappy.
Next, Lin Xiaofei's martial arts talent was astonishing, and his cultivation progress was extremely fast, even faster than his own, which was the second thing that bothered him.
Over the course of three years, Lin Xiaofei accepted challenges from many disciples of the same cultivation level within the gang, and he never lost a single one. This was the third point that displeased him.
What made him even more resentful was that, despite his decent cultivation speed and breakthrough to the mid-stage of an ordinary martial artist, he was still overtaken by Lin Xiaofei, which made him even more unhappy.
The other party was like a small burning flame that seemed to quickly grow into a large flame. The speed of growth was too astonishing, and he was even better than him, which made him secretly angry.
Now, within the Qingfeng Gang branch, Lin Xiaofei's martial arts talent is universally recognized as the number one genius, directly replacing the title that originally belonged to him.
Moreover, the other party's martial arts level was the same as his. Originally, he did not think Lin Xiaofei was particularly talented, but the other party's reputation and strength rose again and again within the gang, which made him feel very unbalanced. In particular, the gang members discussed that he was the second most talented person, which made him feel very uncomfortable and even developed hatred towards Lin Xiaofei.
"I heard that Lin Xiaofei has only recently reached the middle stage of ordinary martial artist. Many young inner disciples have challenged him in the training ground, but no one is his match. They all think he has the best martial arts talent and the strongest among the young disciples. Isn't this a slap in your face, senior brother?"
"Those guys clearly know that Senior Brother's martial arts level has been at the mid-stage of ordinary martial artists for over two years, and that you're definitely the strongest. Those inner disciples are truly blind."
As he spoke, Zhu San glanced at Guo Zishan discreetly.
"His talent for martial arts is indeed amazing, but you are right about one thing: I entered the mid-stage of ordinary martial artist more than two years earlier than him, and my strength is much stronger than his."
Guo Zishan spoke coldly, but a fierce glint flashed in his eyes.
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