Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

Chapter 149 Great Harvest

With a single command from the prince of Tianlong County,

the entire Tianlong County instantly went into martial law, the city gates were sealed, prohibiting anyone from entering or exiting.

On the streets, the Tianlong Army was deployed in full force, a total of three thousand men, conducting a thorough manhunt throughout the city.

The soldiers were organized into units of fifty, each team with ten cultivators among them.

They went door to door, holding portraits to investigate.

Once they spotted any trace of Xu Ping’an, they would immediately set off a signal flare to alert everyone.

However, Xu Ping’an seemed as if he had vanished into thin air, for no matter how the cultivator soldiers searched, they found not a single trace of him.

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Meanwhile, as the entire city was searching for Xu Ping’an,

in the backyard of the Tianlong County Prince’s Mansion, a young servant-looking boy was sweeping the courtyard with a broom.

The youth had an ordinary appearance, dark skin, a short stature, and a dull expression on his face, appearing to be a simple and foolish mortal.

However, as soon as the people around him walked away, the youth suddenly straightened up, his eyes turning sharp and piercing.

"To think that I, a Twelfth Rank Immortal Emperor from my previous life, would one day be hunted down," the youth muttered to himself, with a hint of self-mockery.

Indeed, this servant was Xu Ping’an, who had caused a massacre at the Tianlong Trade Association.

It had been one day since he became a city-wide wanted man.

Yesterday, it so happened the Tianlong County Prince’s mansion was recruiting servants, so he transformed into an ordinary youth and sneaked in.

The most dangerous place is sometimes the safest.

Therefore, staying in the City Lord’s Mansion was the best choice for him.

"Cough cough!"

Xu Ping’an coughed twice and popped a Body Protection Pill into his mouth.

Although he had taken a palm strike from the commandery prince Chen Wentian, Xu Ping’an had also been seriously injured.

It must be said that the strength of Fifth Rank is indeed terrifying.

"Chen Wentian’s strength must have reached at least Fifth Rank Sixth Layer Realm, and his power is exceptionally robust," Xu Ping’an muttered to himself.

That palm strike had injured Xu Ping’an’s internal organs and his Mysterious Veins had suffered a great shock as well.

Now, he could probably only exert the combat power of Third Rank Ninth Layer Realm.

With such strength, escaping from Tianlong City was nearly impossible.

So Xu Ping’an chose to hide for a while before finding a way to leave the city later.

"Let’s take a look at what exactly is inside the storage ring of the County Prince’s sister, the president of the Tianlong Trade Association," Xu Ping’an said with a smile.

This battle had brought him quite the haul.

The three Low Grade Spiritual Artifacts of the three elders had all been taken by him.

In addition, the three Intermediate Grade Spirit Swords of the sword array from that old woman, as well as the Intermediate Grade Spirit Sword she wielded at the end, were all pocketed by Xu Ping’an.

Just counting these Spiritual Artifacts alone, they would be worth a great sum of money.

Of course, the most valuable was this storage ring.

The storage ring itself was an extremely rare treasure, equivalent to a Superior Grade Spirit Instrument.

After dripping a drop of blood on the storage ring, the next moment, Xu Ping’an was connected to it.

With a thought, everything inside the storage ring appeared in his mind.

The space within the storage ring wasn’t very large, only about one hundred cubic feet.

As Xu Ping’an had anticipated, this was a High Grade Spiritual Instrument ranked storage ring, and in terms of value, it could be compared to a Superior Grade Spirit Instrument.

Looking at the items inside the storage ring, Xu Ping’an’s eyes suddenly lit up.

"This really is a bountiful harvest; the gains are even greater than I imagined," Xu Ping’an rejoiced inwardly.

The items in the storage ring were divided into five categories.

The first category was Spirit Stones.

Lower Grade Spirit Stones, eighty thousand.

Intermediate Grade Spirit Stones, one thousand.

High Grade Spirit Stones, one hundred.

If all converted into Lower Grade Spirit Stones, that would be one million one hundred and eighty thousand.

One million one hundred and eighty thousand Spirit Stones; this must be the entirety of the Tianlong Trade Association’s wealth.

The second category was Elixirs.

There were virtually no elixirs below the Third Rank.

Third Rank Elixirs, a total of 5000.

Fourth Rank Elixirs, 1000.

One hundred and twenty Fifth Rank elixirs.

Three Sixth Rank elixirs.

Among these elixirs, there were many types, mainly classified into healing injuries, cultivation, and body refinement categories, with a few very rare poison pills.

Just these elixirs alone were more abundant than the resources of Beichen Sword Sect.

Now, Xu Ping’an could completely treat these elixirs as if they were beans.

The third category was books, amounting to over five hundred volumes.

Most of them were cultivation techniques and combat techniques.

This category, Xu Ping’an didn’t really care about.

Besides these, there were some books on secret techniques, talismans, and formations.

These Xu Ping’an was somewhat interested in.

However, what surprised Xu Ping’an the most was that among these books, there were actually the Third Layer and Fourth Layer of the Great Brightness Diamond Decree.

Ever since his body refinement had reached the peak of the Second Layer, it had stagnated.

Now with the Third Layer and Fourth Layer, he could completely continue his practice.

Once he accomplished the Fourth Layer refinement, relying solely on his physical strength, he could wreak havoc below the Seventh Rank.

The fourth category was weapons.

There were twenty Low Grade spirit instruments.

Eight Intermediate Grade spirit instruments.

One High Grade spirit instrument.

The fifth category took Xu Ping’an by surprise, talismans.

Eighty Low Grade talismans.

Thirty Intermediate Grade talismans.

Five High Grade talismans.

One Superior Grade talisman, but it was damaged.

Most of these talismans were of the offensive type, and there were also some defensive ones.

The Low Grade talismans could basically compare to the attack of a Third Rank expert.

Intermediate Grade talismans were comparable to the Fourth Rank.

High Grade talismans were comparable to the Fifth Rank.

Superior Grade talismans were comparable to the Sixth Rank.

Of course, whether they could really harm these experts also depended on how they were used.

Could a child wielding a Superior Grade spiritual instrument really slay a Third Rank expert?

"This time, the gains are truly enormous; it seems this old woman brought all the assets of the Tianlong Trading Company with her," Xu Ping’an murmured in his heart.

With these resources, he could cultivate all the way to the Seventh Rank without any problem.

Moreover, there were still many resources inside the Golden Radiance Ring which he could slowly unlock.

"You’re actually slacking off here, get back to work immediately! Today, the Commandery Prince is entertaining a distinguished guest, ten heads wouldn’t be enough if you screw up," just then, a steward-like elder berated Xu Ping’an.

"Yes, Steward Ma, I’m on it!" Xu Ping’an quickly acknowledged, then started to clean up.

However, he was somewhat astonished in his heart.

Chen Wentian was entertaining a distinguished guest at his mansion?

Chen Wentian was the Commandery Prince of Tianlong County, even if a prince from the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty came, it wouldn’t be enough for him to take such notice.

The person who could make Chen Wentian pay such attention had to be extraordinary.

"I really want to see who this distinguished guest of Chen Wentian could be," Xu Ping’an murmured in his heart.

Once Steward Ma left, Xu Ping’an transformed into a streak of light, darting towards the front hall.

He wanted to see, the distinguished guest who Chen Wentian took so seriously, what kind of person they were.

And at the front hall of Tianlong County, Chen Wentian was entertaining two young-looking men and women.

Both the young man and woman had extraordinary demeanors.

The man was dashing and elegant with an extraordinary air.

Of course, the woman was even more dazzling.

The woman was stunningly beautiful, dressed in a teal long gown, luxuriously adorned, with a jade hairpin in her hair, her aura otherworldly, untainted by dust, as if a heavenly maiden descended to the mortal world.

Yet, her face carried a touch of cold arrogance.

Chen Wentian looked at the woman’s expression and indeed showed respect.

Hidden in a corner, Xu Ping’an needed only one glance to be taken aback.

"A person from the Spirit Realm?"