But on the way from Chang’an to Shu Dao Mountain, just by asking for directions, the Rabbit Heroine encountered several kidnapping attempts—Yan Qing wasn’t fishing; he made the Rabbit Heroine always recite the Seven Steps Buddha’s Chant, and he would warn about trouble beforehand when encountering bad people. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

As a result, among those wanting to kidnap the Rabbit Heroine, quite a few took action because they recognized the preciousness of the Seven Steps Buddha’s Chant.

Initially, this plot of pretending to be weak while secretly being strong was quite interesting, but after a while, Yan Qing grew tired of it, and the bandits wouldn’t just wait for death. Upon realizing the Rabbit Heroine was unexpectedly strong, they would often kneel on the ground, describing their hardships, claiming they had an eighty-year-old mother or an eight-year-old daughter at home, trying to exploit the compassion of the strong to evade disaster.

Some, Yan Qing would let go. He would warn once before attacking, and whether the person retreated due to cowardice or kindness, Yan Qing was willing to give them a chance to mend their ways.

As for those who were given a chance but remained incorrigible, Yan Qing naturally wouldn’t spare them, and he even felt a bit bored simply killing them. With a flash of inspiration, he made the Rabbit Heroine say: "You’re so pitiful, I really want to spare you, but my brother said anyone who doesn’t heed warnings must die, otherwise he will force me to eat bitter melon when I return. I don’t want to eat bitter melon, so you must die."

Nothing could be more demoralizing than dying for such a reason, and almost every bandit who died under such circumstances had an unwilling expression on their face, as if they wished they could eat the bitter melon in place of the Rabbit Heroine.

Thus, Yan Qing opened the door to a new world, because the reason "my brother said so" was completely absurd, yet unexpectedly suited the image of her alter ego, as enemies couldn’t even determine if she was serious or acting, not knowing how to convince her.

After all, wealth and such were more negotiable, but since she didn’t want to eat bitter melon, how else could they compensate?

They could only die in resentment.

Also, the reason was perfect for replies; Yan Qing no longer had to use his brain to weave excuses.

"What’s your brother’s name?"

"Oh, if he brings back delicious food, then I call him brother."

"Why are you called Rabbit Heroine? Shouldn’t he call you sister?"

"Because after reading tales, I really wanted to be a traveling heroine. I once kept a rabbit as a pet, but later it died, so my brother called me Rabbit Heroine." Rabbit Heroine put her hands on her hips: "I don’t want to be his sister, I want to be the Rabbit Heroine!"

Pharmacist’s Wish looked at the little girl feeling somewhat perplexed, thinking that if an adult spoke like this, she would only consider them dim-witted, but the speaker was just a seemingly innocent child, her eyes full of sincerity.

She had to change the topic: "The Hand of Melting Hundred Forms was a token over a hundred years ago from Liang Taizu, using the power of destruction to intimidate the Central Plains, causing all heroes to shudder, but the Hand of Melting Hundred Forms is already damaged. Could it be that the one in your hand is the repaired version?"

Although a Hand of Melting Hundred Forms adapted to a child’s size looked like a toy, upon careful examination, one could still see the inscription of ’Hundred Forms, One Martial,’ coupled with how the little girl easily counterattacked Helan Que earlier, crushing the Rare Scimitar, resembling the descriptions encountered in historical texts Pharmacist’s Wish had read.

But the Hand of Melting Hundred Forms is a Foundation Establishment token, and theoretically, a messenger below the fourth rank shouldn’t be able to use it, right?

Could there be a second or third rank version of the Hand of Melting Hundred Forms?

Pharmacist’s Wish couldn’t foresee that anyone in this world would dare to degrade a fourth-rank Foundation Establishment token to a second rank.

Rather, one might ask, didn’t the Liang Royal Family possess any tools like Refined Gold Furnace Liquid to repair it?

How could that be possible?

Just that the best repair tools they could currently find would at least reduce the token by one rank. Even though it’s still a Legendary Token, the gap between the fourth rank and the third rank is like comparing a computer to an abacus, with the functionality decreased by more than ninety percent.

For Foundation Establishment messengers, tokens below the third rank are no different from toys.

Perhaps some might wonder, even though Foundation Establishment messengers couldn’t use it, the Liang Royal Family has many second and third ranks, obtaining a weakened Hand of Melting Hundred Forms could still significantly enhance their power, which is far better than letting it collect dust in the Secret Vault, right?

In fact, some did request this of Liang Taizu back then, but Liang Taizu temporarily shelved the idea. After Liang Taizu passed away, when someone brought up the matter again, it was suppressed by Layman Yu Li and others, and no one dared to mention it after that.

Ultimately, the country serves the Foundation Establishment messenger, serves the strong, not the other way around.

Why should Foundation Establishment messengers bestow degraded and repaired Hand of Melting Hundred Forms? The entire nation should be striving to restore the Hand of Melting Hundred Forms to its original state.

Yan Qing didn’t expect the Hand of Melting Hundred Forms to be so renowned, being recognized even a hundred years later by the Zhou people.

But considering it closely, in a world that regards tokens as lovers to cherish, a pair of gloves capable of destroying enemy tokens would undoubtedly be remembered as a killer of spouses, certainly keeping the memory alive in the minds of enemy nations’ foes.

"I don’t know, my brother found it."

"Found it?"

"He said he found it; he often picks up many good things from outside."

Since Yan Qing was willing to reveal the Legendary Token, he didn’t fear being discovered.

After all, the Liang Royal Family wouldn’t actively announce the loss of a national treasure, and considering Rabbit Heroine is within the Zhou territory, by the time Liang takes notice and reacts, Rabbit Heroine might already be at second or third rank, and given many covet the Rabbit Heroine for the Legendary Token, it wasn’t just the Liang Royal Family alone.

Of course, if Shang Xinlei hears about the Hand of Melting Hundred Forms, he’ll immediately know Rabbit Heroine and Yan Qing are related.

But Yan Qing doesn’t mind being discovered on his alternate account.

The most important thing is, since Yan Qing repaired the Hand of Melting Hundred Forms, naturally, he must use it; there’s no point in hiding it.

Playing online games demands wearing the coolest gear walking down the street, enjoying the envious, jealous, hateful stares of the crowd, fighting for the top spot if there’s a ranking list, wishing every fart made is announced server-wide, that’s what gaming is about!

Enduring in the Thief’s House is suffering enough on the main account; if the alternate account can’t enjoy freely, wasn’t the endurance in vain?