I Have A Qi Fortune Altar-Chapter 147 - 140 Opportunity, Phoenix Marrow Qi!
Chapter 147 -140 Opportunity, Phoenix Marrow Qi!
In his mind, the Qi Fortune Altar, filled with blood-red patterns, gently rotated, absorbing the Qi Fortune from Ren Li’s body.
Chen Yuan stood quietly in his original spot, savoring the new opportunity transmitted from the Qi Fortune Altar.
The people around him dared not move rashly, only looking at Chen Yuan with confusion, not understanding why he specifically sought out an ordinary youth. In fact, Chen Yuan was uncertain whether he could obtain this Qi Fortune if someone else killed the person bearing it.
That’s why he took matters into his own hands.
The opportunity relayed in his mind, however, puzzled him somewhat.
“In West Nanling City, Shen Family’s eldest daughter, Shen Yanshu!”
Chen Yuan frowned. This was the first time the Qi Fortune Altar pointed to a person’s name instead of a location—could this Phoenix Marrow Energy really be within Shen Yanshu?
He speculated that perhaps this opportunity truly was different.
He was still unsure what effect this so-called Phoenix Marrow Energy had on him.
He had thought it was some Condensed Evil Land.
Although Chen Yuan had only initially broken through to Qi Absorption, he could start preparing for the next realm, and one of the most important aspects before him was the Condensed Evil Land.
In the Heavenly Patrol Bureau, entering the Condensed Evil Land owned by the court required quite a bit of merit.
He would need to complete seven or eight missions at least to accumulate enough, and even so…
The Evil Qi would be of lower to middling quality.
Chen Yuan did not want to absorb such Evil Qi into his body, to avoid hindering his future cultivation.
Zhang Xuan had mentioned before that the better the quality of condensed Evil Qi, the faster it could be transformed into Gang Qi, and that high-quality Gang Qi greatly enhances combat power.
Zhang Xuan, with the support of his father, condensed the highest grade of Evil Qi, thus allowing him to enter the top hundred of the Hidden Dragon List at the Heavenly Gang Level.
“My lord.”
Yue Shan approached and called out softly.
“Hmm?”
Chen Yuan turned around, and the boy in front of him collapsed to the ground with a bang.
Chen Yuan granted him a swift, peaceful death.
“How should they be dealt with?”
Before Chen Yuan spoke, Yue Shan and the others did not dare to make a move.
If they had any doubts about Chen Yuan’s strength before, now, it was complete reverence, just as it had been when facing Zhang Xuan before.
Because Chen Yuan’s displayed power was indeed too strong.
Against high-level experts of the same tier, his presence was utterly dominating.
He even repelled a high-level expert from Gold Mountain Monastery with a single punch.
Such strength was enough to make them revere him.
“Of course, follow the regulations of the Heavenly Patrol Bureau. Need I say more?” Chen Yuan spoke indifferently.
“Your servant understands.”
“Heh heh…”
Mo Donghe stuffed a clove of garlic into his mouth, his eyes gleaming with sharpness.
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“County Magistrate, my subordinates from the Heavenly Patrol Guard are short-handed. Could the constables from Qinghe County lend a hand?” Chen Yuan turned his gaze toward Wu Sanhu.
The Ren Family’s assets were abundant, requiring not only an audit but also follow-up actions.
“Of course, of course…”
Wu Sanhu nodded repeatedly, not daring to refuse Chen Yuan.
After witnessing Chen Yuan’s strength, Wu Sanhu realized the immense gap between them—Chen Yuan was not to be provoked.
“May I have a word, Inspector Chen?”
Xu Baishong smiled and spoke.
“Hmm…”
Chen Yuan nodded and walked directly into the Ren Family’s main hall, casually taking the seat previously occupied by Ren Changyi, his gaze lingering slightly on Xu Baishong.
Since Xu Baishong had spoken earlier, Chen Yuan felt that he must have had an ulterior motive.
Unsolicited favors are often suspicious, either from scoundrels or thieves.
Smiling, Xu Baishong said:
“Inspector Chen, the Qingmu Sect would like that piece of Geng Metal. Name your price.”
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“I’m not in charge of that item. If Elder Xu is requesting it, I’m afraid you’ll be disappointed, as it is specifically requested by the Green Envoy.”
“Is that so…”
Xu Baishong’s face showed some disappointment before he continued:
“Then… could we perhaps trade for the Meridian Passage Spirit Water in Inspector Chen’s possession? Surely the Green Envoy wouldn’t be interested in that.”
“This item is part of my wager and has nothing to do with the Green Envoy. If Elder Xu is interested, I wonder what price you could offer?” The Meridian Passage Spirit Water indeed had some use for Chen Yuan.
However, it wasn’t as significant as imagined. If Xu Baishong’s terms were good, Chen Yuan wouldn’t mind making a trade.
“This…” Xu Baishong’s gaze flickered, and he whispered:
“How about ten Mystic Spirit Pills?”
Chen Yuan silently glanced at Xu Baishong as if to say, are you joking with me?
While ten Mystic Spirit Pills were not of low value, they still fell short of the worth of the Meridian Passage Spirit Water.
“Plus some silver…” Xu Baishong whispered.
That was all he could offer at the moment, with ten Mystic Spirit Pills being his limit; he didn’t have more to spare.
After a moment of silence, Chen Yuan responded:
“Let’s not discuss this matter for now. I’d like to know what Elder Xu brought to Ren Changyi’s birthday banquet at the Ren Family this time?”
Xu Baishong did not quite understand the implications of Chen Yuan’s words but still truthfully informed:
“It’s a Jianghu-renowned restorative spiritual medicine replicated by my Qingmu Sect, known as Black Jade Ointment.”
“Black Jade Ointment…”
Chen Yuan had heard of Black Jade Discontinuation Ointment before, yet this was the first time he heard of Black Jade Ointment.
“Indeed.”
“Compared to the Black Jade Discontinuation Ointment, how effective is this Black Jade Ointment?”
Xu Baishong touched his nose, slightly embarrassed,
“It possesses about twenty to thirty percent of the medicinal power.”
Chen Yuan nodded. Twenty to thirty percent, which meant at most twenty percent. He could understand what was implied by such a statement.
“How about this, exchange the Black Jade Ointment for Meridian Passage Spirit Water?”
Upon hearing this, Xu Baishong’s eyes lit up,
“Really?”
He had previously bluffed Ren Changyi, trying to exchange Black Jade Ointment for Geng Metal, but after seeing Chen Yuan’s strength and character, he dared not deceive him.
Black Jade Ointment was not yet famous in the Jianghu, and its value was much lower than Meridian Passage Spirit Water.
“Plus ten Mystic Spirit Pills.”
Chen Yuan smiled.
He had run out of Mystic Spirit Pills he had, and now Xu Baishong presented an opportunity, he was certainly not about to let it slip away.
“Lord Chen, this might not be feasible. If it’s just for the Black Jade Ointment, Xu could make the decision, but if you add ten Mystic Spirit Pills…”
Xu Baishong tactfully refused.
“Elder Xu, don’t rush to refuse. In addition to the Meridian Passage Spirit Water, I’ll add five hundred taels of silver,” Chen Yuan said, opening his palm.
“This…”
“If Elder Xu still can’t accept it, then I will have to take the Meridian Passage Spirit Water away.”
“Fine then, as Lord Chen says, yet five hundred taels of silver…” Xu Baishong noted that there was no case for carrying silver on Chen Yuan.
Chen Yuan pointed towards the Ren Family,
“The grand Ren Family, are they missing those five hundred taels of silver?”
Xu Baishong understood that Chen Yuan was proposing to exchange using the Ren Family’s silver.
“Alright, Lord Chen is a highly skilled Martial Artist. I can suffer a loss and consider it as gaining a friend,” Xu Baishong replied with a hearty laugh.
He placed a white porcelain bottle and a small box in front of Chen Yuan.
Chen Yuan simply smiled without saying a word.
Xu Baishong at a loss?
Impossible, his previous negotiation was definitely eyeing the value of Meridian Passage Spirit Water. For someone in urgent need, even a more severe demand wasn’t too much.
Indeed, Chen Yuan had not guessed wrong.
The moment Xu Baishong saw Xuan Nu bring out the Meridian Passage Spirit Water, he was determined to have it. His past cultivation mishaps had damaged some of his meridians, greatly reducing his cultivation speed,
and only the Meridian Passage Spirit Water could repair them, and possibly even strengthen them more.
He had been thinking of personally going to Gold Mountain Monastery, but now that he had encountered it at the Ren Family residence, he naturally couldn’t miss out.
Sparing him the extortion by the monks of the Gold Mountain Monastery.
Having received the Black Jade Ointment and the Mystic Spirit Pills, Chen Yuan then gave the Meridian Passage Spirit Water to Xu Baishong.
The Mystic Spirit Pills were for his own use, while the Black Jade Ointment was exchanged for Zhao Nanshan’s benefit.
He had been of great help, and it was time to repay him.
His character was such: to repay kindness and avenge wrongs.
The only uncertainty was whether the Black Jade Ointment could restore Zhao Nanshan’s meridians. If not, Chen Yuan might just have to wait for a future opportunity to obtain the Black Jade Discontinuation Ointment to assist him.
After obtaining the Meridian Passage Spirit Water, Xu Baishong promptly expressed his wish to take leave.
Accompanied by Chu Yunfeng and others, he quickly departed from the Ren Family residence.
And as for the others, they had already fled earlier.
The events of today were bound to spread quickly throughout Nanling Prefecture.
Standing alone against three, repelling Xuan Nu from the Gold Mountain Monastery, either incident was sufficient to make Chen Yuan famous.
With the aid of the constables from Qinghe County, cleaning up the Ren Family’s place sped up significantly.
In this raid, nearly three thousand taels of silver, along with various other properties, were unearthed from the Ren Family residence—truly a significant haul, albeit liquidating the properties would take some time.
But there were specialists handling this matter too.
During the search, Chen Yuan summoned the Yunjiang Four Ghosts and awarded them four hundred taels of silver as a reward for their actions this time.
As for the other people from the Heavenly Patrol Bureau, their rewards did not fall into this category.
All in all, Chen Yuan had spent nine hundred taels of silver.
“Thank you, sir.”
Zhao Beishan and the others did not decline.
“Besides these matters, I also have another task for you,” said Chen Yuan.
“Command us, sir,” they replied.
“Take these items to Zhao Nanshan at Sanhe Boxing Club in Ping’an County. Whether he will share any opportunities with you depends on your fate,” said Chen Yuan, pointing to a letter and the Black Jade Ointment.
The letter, besides catching up with Zhao Nanshan, informed him of Chen Yuan’s current situation, encouraged him to try the Black Jade Ointment, and to see if he could teach the Qi Absorption Technique to the Yunjiang Four Ghosts.
All of them were Bone Refining Martial Artists, especially Zhao Beishan who had already refined all his bones once, reaching the criteria for a breakthrough in Gang Condensation.
If he could break through, Chen Yuan would have another subordinate at the Qi Absorption Level,
who could greatly assist him.
“We obey,” they responded instantly without hesitating.
Chen Yuan then gave them some additional instructions, as well as a message for Wang Ping: if he was willing, he should no longer be a constable but come to work with Chen Yuan.
Chen Yuan also sent some elixirs for cultivation to Wang Ping with the Yunjiang Four Ghosts.
He had not forgotten his younger brother. Having him around not only meant Chen Yuan had someone he could trust, but it also helped lift his spirits from time to time.
