On the bookshelf in front of him, various books and documents were displayed. With the foundation of the Qian Mansion, many of these books were undoubtedly rare copies.

In addition, there were also some calligraphy, paintings, and antiques placed around the study.

It was imaginable that these items undoubtedly contained a lot of Dao Rhyme.

"Very good!"

Gu Yuan couldn't help rubbing his hands, feeling like a rat falling into a rice jar.

...

[Dao Rhyme Points +23!]

[Dao Rhyme Points +9!]

[Dao Rhyme Points +11!]

[Dao Rhyme Points +68!]

[Dao Rhyme Points +31!]

As his hand skimmed over these books, calligraphy pieces, and antiques, a series of prompts appeared before Gu Yuan's eyes.

The Dao Rhyme Points on his attribute panel visibly increased.

...

"Quick, quick, quick! Go and report to the master immediately! Something big has happened!"

"What happened? Wasn't the fire getting smaller? What happened?"

"The body of the Sixth Young Master was found in the room where the fire broke out! Clearly, a thief broke into the mansion! We must inform the master!"

"What! Sixth Young Master is dead?!"

...

Just as Gu Yuan was letting loose in taking advantage, some hurried footsteps faintly came from outside the door.

Seeing that he had taken almost enough, Gu Yuan stopped, took the sleeve arrow from Qian Cheng's arm, then used blood as ink to leave the words "The murderer is Yan Shisan!"

After doing this, he ordered Ah Wu and Ah Huang to leave quickly, while he himself, holding a large iron box, smashed through a window and climbed over the wall to escape from the Qian Mansion.

...

The next day, when the events at the Qian Mansion spread, the entire Beiliang County was in an uproar!

Beiliang County was located on the edge of Shengyang Prefecture. Although relatively poor, this very fact meant that there were rarely any powerful malicious figures frequenting the area, and it was relatively stable with very few major cases occurring.

However, this time the incident was not small!

Someone broke into the Qian Mansion at night, committing murder and arson!

Qian Yunjie and Qian Fengping were one thing, but to most people, they had never even heard of these two.

The key was that the patriarch of the Qian family, Qian Cheng, was also killed on the spot by the thief, and the words "The murderer is Yan Shisan!" were left at the scene.

This was the most newsworthy part!

People's reactions to the deaths of big figures and small figures are completely different!

The death of a small figure might not attract any attention, not even a second glance, but the death of a big figure could alarm many and have far-reaching consequences!

As the clan leader of the Qian family, Qian Cheng was an undeniably prominent figure in Beiliang County!

On usual days, he associated with the county magistrate, major merchants, and notable landlords and gentry.

As such, this incident was akin to a great stone dropped into the water, splashing a great deal of water and causing huge waves!

At the very least, many keenly noticed that there were more constables patrolling the streets.

Each wore a serious expression, losing the usual slackness.

Some major families reacted vigorously, reasoning that if Yan Shisan could kill Qian Cheng, he could kill them too.

Thus, these people united to petition the county government office, demanding a thorough investigation and severe punishment of the murderer. Privately, they also sent some of their people to search for the killer.

Many murderers and bandits hiding in Beiliang City, who had committed crimes, were either captured or killed!

On the streets, gangs like the Cyan Bamboo Gang, who usually bullied men and women and extorted protection fees, now behaved obsequiously like turtles retreating into their shells.

So as not to be displeased and be used as a sacrificial victim!

For a while, the atmosphere in Beiliang City changed drastically, and the number of people on the streets declined significantly.

At the same time, the name Yan Shisan was remembered by many!

...

In Yunmeng Mountain, Gu Yuan was inventorying his spoils.

The Qian Mansion was indeed a wealthy and powerful family in Beiliang County!

Darn, they were really rich!

The silver notes, combined with those gold, silver, and jewels, totaled over three thousand taels of silver.

With just these, Gu Yuan suspected this might just be Qian Cheng's private stash, his little treasure chest.

Then there were the two sharp weapons, a saber and a sword.

Especially the long sword, with the characters "Qiushui" engraved on the hilt.

Ching—

Drawing the long sword, the blade was clear as water, seemingly formed from a clear spring, the blade thin and sharp, reflecting like a mirror, exuding a bone-chilling aura!

"Good sword!"

Gu Yuan praised.

Just from the appearance, anyone with a bit of knowledge could see that this was a rare divine weapon!

It was much sharper than his original long sword.

Although this Qiushui Sword might not see the light of day, the name "Yan Shisan" was also a name that couldn't see the light.

In the future, when using the identity of "Yan Shisan", it would be just perfect to use this sharp sword.

As for the long saber, its blade was bright, not much inferior. Finding a chance to sell it could also exchange for a considerable amount of silver.

Besides these items, there were also three martial arts manuals, namely:

"Soul-Searching Five Poison Hand", "Big Stone-Throwing Hand", "Yin Wind Saber"!

The three martial arts were all intermediate-level martial arts.

Among them, "Soul-Searching Five Poison Hand" was a Poison Technique, quite difficult to cultivate.

At the start of cultivation, one needed to refine the poisons of five creatures—snakes, scorpions, centipedes, toads, and geckoes—into one's body. The process was dangerous, and it would even cause the palms to fester and blacken.

Only upon reaching great success would they return to normal. Although powerful, it greatly harmed the foundation of one's vitality; thus, this skill was useless to Gu Yuan.

In the future, it could only be sold for some silver.

As for "Big Stone-Throwing Hand", this was clearly the martial art practiced by Qian Fengping.

Once this martial art was deployed, it was invincibly fierce. When practiced to its peak, a pair of bare hands could smash gold and crack iron.

It might be somewhat useful for Gu Yuan. Practicing it in his spare time wouldn't hurt.

"Yin Wind Saber" was similar, although it was a sword skill, some of its exquisite techniques could allow him to apply them to other things.

Lastly, there were the Dao Rhyme Points.

Gu Yuan accumulated a total of 1063 Dao Rhyme Points from these manuals and within the study of the Qian Mansion.

Adding these to the 1250 he originally saved up, it was enough to upgrade both the Iron-toothed Rat and the Big-mouthed Snake as Spirit Pets, with some left over!

"Previously, I got over 500 taels of silver from Iron Tiger, this time I got another 3,700 taels of silver. Such a vast amount of money, I need to spend it…"

Looking at the money in front of him, Gu Yuan silently calculated, realizing he had accumulated over 4,000 taels of silver.

Money is a good thing, but for him, keeping it laying around to collect dust would obviously be a foolish thing to do.

Only by converting it into strength could it be utilized to its fullest and play its maximum role.

For instance, purchasing Spirit Pills…

"Yes, purchasing Spirit Pills in Gu Yuan's name obviously isn't fitting. As for the identity of Yan Shisan, that goes without saying."

After contemplating for a while, Gu Yuan murmured, "Forget it, better change identities again…"

Having made a plan, he stopped thinking further.

He took out the Spirit Medicine Yellow Spirit, sliced off a few pieces, and gave each of the three small ones in front of him a piece.

Crunch, crunch! Crunch, crunch!

As the crisp sound of munching echoed, Ah Huang and Ah Wu munched on the piece of Spirit Medicine enthusiastically, their munching echoing crisply.

As for Big-mouth, although it didn't participate in the Qian Mansion affair last night, Gu Yuan obviously wouldn't treat it badly.

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