Zhao Qingtian

Upon entering the quiet room, Chen Changqing sorted through the valuables he had obtained from Wang Yuyao and her brother.

There are a total of thirty-four gold leaves, twenty-three silver leaves, and sixty-nine copper coins.

The cash amount is 34,299 copper coins.

In addition, there were talismans and pills on the two people.

First-grade, beginner-level attack talisman, Fireball Talisman, eighteen in total, each priced at 160 copper coins, for a total of 2880 copper coins.

First-grade, beginner-level defensive talisman, amulet, thirteen in total, each priced at two hundred copper coins, for a total of 2600 copper coins.

First-grade mid-level auxiliary talisman, Wind Chasing Talisman, fourteen in total, each priced at 275 copper coins, for a total of 3850 copper coins.

Eight high-grade attack talismans, Spirit Arrow Talismans, each priced at 2,000 copper coins, for a total of 16000 copper coins.

Eleven top-tier attack talismans, Yin Thunder Talismans, each priced at 6,000 copper coins, for a total of 66000 copper coins.

Top-tier defensive talismans, Divine Shield Talismans, fifteen in total, each priced at seven thousand copper coins, for a total of 105000 copper coins.

First-grade, low-level pill, Qi and Blood Pill, three bottles containing twenty-eight pills, each priced at four hundred copper coins, totaling 11200 copper coins.

The first-grade high-level healing pill, Qingling Healing Pill, comes in two bottles with thirteen pills. Each pill costs 8,800 copper coins, for a total of 114400 copper coins.

All the elixirs and talismans were worth a total of 321930 copper coins.

Adding the cash, the total is 356299 copper coins.

But the most valuable items were the magical sword and armor buried in the back mountain of Sanhe Town.

The sword and armor together are worth over 600,000 copper coins.

In other words, they obtained nearly one million copper coins from these two siblings.

"We're rich!" Chen Changqing's eyes lit up.

He now has a very high income, but he still doesn't have much cash on him.

One million was a huge sum of money for him.

"Once things calm down, I'll replace one of my and Xiao Hei's defensive magical artifacts," Chen Changqing pondered.

Defensive magical artifacts are worn on the body to protect it.

After the blood oath is performed, it can be activated instantly in case of danger, causing a protective light membrane to appear and shield the entire body. This activation time is much faster than that of a talisman, and the safety factor is extremely high.

Recently, people have been going missing frequently in Dayang County, which makes him feel very insecure.

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Wang Yuyao's Courtyard.

Xiao Hua, Wang Yuyao's personal maid, prepared a spirit bird soup for Wang Yuyao and waited for her to return.

But Wang Yuyao did not return home until evening.

Xiao Hua wasn't too worried; Wang Yuyao was probably held up by something.

Moreover, Wang Yuyao's family home is in Dayang County, so she may have gone to her family home.

The next day, Wang Yuyao still did not return home.

Xiao Hua was getting a little anxious and discussed with the other maids, deciding to wait a bit longer.

That night, a torrential downpour began.

On the third day, Wang Yuyao was still nowhere to be seen.

Xiao Hua was anxious, but when Wang Yuyao left, she only told her to stew a pot of spirit bird soup. When she came back in the evening, she didn't know where Wang Yuyao had gone.

Xiao Hua, accompanied by Wang Yuyao's other two maids, went to the homes of several of Wang Yuyao's friends to inquire, but found no news of Wang Yuyao.

Xiao Hua then went to Wang Yuyao's mother's courtyard.

Wang Yuyao's mother told Xiaohua that Wang Yuyao did not come.

Xiaohua remembered that there had been a lot of news about people going missing in Dayang County lately, and she became extremely anxious.

She first told Wang Yuyao's mother that Wang Yuyao had not returned home for three days.

Then he hurriedly returned and told the Jinbao Guard of Dayang County about Wang Yuyao's disappearance.

The Jinbaowei immediately informed Zhao Jingming, the captain of the Jinbaowei brigade, who was investigating the disappearance of people in Dayang County.

Zhao Jingming led the Golden Leopard Guards to begin the investigation.

Zhao Jingming arrived at Wang Yuyao's residence immediately and inquired with the maid in Wang Yuyao's courtyard. He learned that Wang Yuyao's brother, Wang Yuyuan, had been there.

Wang Yuyuan left the courtyard that same day.

The next day, a child gave Wang Yuyao a letter, and Wang Yuyao immediately packed her things and left the courtyard.

Zhao Jingming looked at Xiaohua: "Where's the letter? Give it to me quickly."

Xiao Hua said, "After Madam Xin finished reading it, she folded it up and put it in the inside pocket of her clothes. She must have taken it with her."

That was the letter from her own brother who killed Chen Changqing; how could Wang Yuyao just leave it at home?

Zhao Jingming was furious and summoned the Golden Leopard Guards to investigate.

The results came quickly: the Golden Leopard Guards, who were watching the city gate, had seen Wang Yuyao riding a Crimson Flame Spirit Wolf away from the North Gate three days prior.

Zhao Jingming led his men to inquire along the way.

Some residents of Weizi Town spotted Wang Yuyao riding a Crimson Flame Spirit Wolf on their way to Weizi Town.

However, none of the residents of Weizi Town saw Wang Yuyao arrive in Weizi Town that day.

After inquiring in several surrounding towns, they still couldn't find Wang Yuyao.

This means that Wang Yuyao went missing on her way to Weizi Town.

However, the heavy rain the night before last made it impossible to see the traces left by the Crimson Flame Wolf on the ground.

Zhao Jingming, accompanied by the Golden Leopard Guards, carefully searched the road from Dayang County to Weizi Town.

No findings were made.

Zhao Jingming led the Golden Leopard Guards deep into the mountains to search.

Finally, they found a patch of ground scorched by a fire deep in the mountains.

Those were definitely not marks left by ordinary firewood, but marks left by fire-attribute talismans such as fireball talismans.

It was burned about three days ago.

Zhao Jingming's face was grim. If he wasn't mistaken, his third wife, Wang Yuyao, had already been murdered.

Wang Yuyao and him were essentially married.

He didn't like Wang Yuyao, but she was still the mother of his child.

There is some affection involved.

Zhao Jingming was extremely angry; he was the captain of the Golden Leopard Guard in Dayang County.

To safeguard the safety of the residents of Dayang County.

Not only has such a long time passed, but the reason for the disappearance of the people of Dayang County has not been found.

Even his own wife was lured out of Dayang County and murdered in the deep mountains and forests.

This is a blatant slap in his face.

Most importantly, how to explain this to the Wang family, and how to explain it to Wang Yuyao's father, Wang Yunfeng.

In a fit of extreme anger, Zhao Jingming sought help from Zhao Qingtian, the former head of the Law Enforcement Hall of the Zhao Clan.

He was also one of the two Qi Refining Level 9 experts at Chen Changqing's apprenticeship ceremony, and Zhao Qingyao's own brother, a biological brother from the same mother.

Zhao Qingtian has a contracted spirit beast at the ninth level of the Lesser Demon realm, the Blood-Eyed Demon Sable, which has an exceptionally keen sense of smell.

Even the faintest scent in the air can be detected.

When Zhao Jingming arrived at Zhao Qingtian's residence, he found Zhao Qingtian unusually weak, pale-faced, and listless, as if he were about to die.

Zhao Jingming recalled that a few months ago, Zhao Qingtian was in high spirits at Chen Changqing's apprenticeship ceremony.

Zhao Jingming asked, "Uncle Ba, what's wrong?"

Zhao Qingtian said calmly, "It's nothing serious. He just tried to force his way through to the Foundation Establishment stage. Even if he failed, he can still live for another year."

He does have spiritual roots, but they are only pseudo-spiritual roots, and his talent is too poor.

Thanks to the feedback from the contracted spirit beast, the Blood-Eyed Demon Sable, he was able to raise his cultivation level to the peak of Qi Refining.

I attempted to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage thirty years ago, but failed.

He had saved up his savings for thirty years and bought a Foundation Building Pill, risking everything for that slim chance. The result was obvious: he failed.

It even wounded the soul.

He has at most a year left to live.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Jingming opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

I have another year to live.

That means I'm about to die.

The path to foundation building is truly as difficult as ascending to heaven, and extremely dangerous.