Chapter 701: The Moving Yang Gong Treasure House

The fake Xu Ziling’s actions were clearly visible to the three women. Aside from Shi Qingxuan, Shi Feixuan and Wanwan both trembled inwardly, their faces showing a fleeting look of pain.
“Feixuan, Wanwan, you two had better go back. Kou Zhong is Ziling’s brother. Knowing there’s no chance of success, still pressing him about his whereabouts would anger anyone.”
“Since Ziling doesn’t want to talk to Feixuan, please ask the Shi family to bandage his wounds. Feixuan will leave first.”
“Ziling…”
Wanwan refused to give up. Although Xu Ziling’s actions made sense, her doubts from before hadn’t been resolved, so she refused to leave right away. Just as she was about to take action, she noticed Xu Ziling quickly forming a seal with his injured hand and uttering a word:
“Lin!”
The air trembled! A majestic and sacred aura appeared on Xu Ziling’s face, his eyes blazing like fiery suns as he stared at Wanwan, who was about to probe further.
The Immovable Mingwang Seal!
Behind that majestic aura lay a pair of emotionless, icy eyes fixed on Wanwan…
Unable to withstand the impact of the Taoist mantra on her mind, Wanwan saw Xu Ziling’s seal and her doubts finally vanished. A sense of guilt and unease rose in her heart:
“…”
Without saying a word, she cast a resentful glance at Xu Ziling before, like a spirit, swiftly disappearing into the night waters. By then, the moon had hidden behind the clouds.
The boat fell silent once again, leaving only Happy and Shi Qingxuan…
After a while, Shi Qingxuan transmitted a message: “It was close! Luckily, you were clever enough to use those moves to distract them and drive them away. Otherwise, it would have delayed Ziling and Xiao Zhong’s important task.”
“Is everything done now?”
Happy smiled bitterly in secret. Unbeknownst to him, he too had been extremely anxious earlier and had to rely on the Immovable Mingwang Seal to strengthen his will and physique. Unexpectedly, it accidentally drove away the most stubborn Wanwan.
Shi Qingxuan smiled slightly and continued to whisper, “Time-wise, it’s almost done. Even if the demons and Taoists realize you’re fake now, it won’t affect Ziling or Xiao Zhong.” After a pause, she added, “This time, it was thanks to you that the Yang Gong Treasure House could safely fall into Ziling and Xiao Zhong’s hands. Well, I need to go now.” As soon as she finished speaking, a system notification sounded:
“Ding!”
“Completed ‘Xu Ziling’s Request.’ Received 100,000 points of Jianghu chivalry. Relationship with Xu Ziling became close; relationship with Shi Qingxuan became familiar.”

Sure enough! Happy was secretly delighted—no reward at all… This also meant that the task she had been given was indeed a rare noble task, a request between gentlemen. The downside of this task was the lack of any tangible reward, but since it involved mutual trust and sincerity, through this task, Xu Ziling’s relationship with her would become closer, and the gap between them in terms of trust would be minimal. In the future, it would be much easier for her to obtain tasks from Xu Ziling or even get involved in his missions directly. With this thought, Happy stood up. The bright moonlight cast a faint glow from the edges of the clouds, and Shi Qingxuan stood there gracefully, her face covered by a translucent veil, appearing mysterious and cold, like a fairy who had descended to the mortal world: “Brother Ziling asked Happy to take care of the Shi family. Since the person hasn’t arrived yet, Happy can’t leave either.” “Well, since Young Hero Happy insists, Qingxuan will trouble you to escort me for a while.” Shi Qingxuan nodded gently, her soft and pleasant voice making one feel as if all worldly troubles had vanished. No wonder Xu Ziling would abandon a sexy elf from the demonic sect and the relatively rigid and doctrinaire Shi Feixuan to spend his life with Shi Qingxuan—any other man… Ahem, it’s indeed difficult to choose among these three women! Only a reclusive hero as peaceful yet passionate as Xu Ziling could win the favor of three such stunning beauties at the same time. Under the moonlight, the painted boat set sail slowly! Happy and Shi Qingxuan stood on the deck… Dozens of smaller painted boats followed behind in the river… Boom! Roar!!! On the wide official road, a long convoy of armored carriages, escorted by over two hundred regular cavalry, rushed toward the riverbank dock at dawn. There were twenty well-made and sturdy carriages pulled by double-headed horses, each with four huge copper-boxes fixed on it, clearly indicating that the contents inside were very important. The drivers were all elite soldiers in standard armor, equipped with swords, crossbows, and fierce gazes full of murderous intent! As for the cavalry escorting the convoy, they were all heavily armored, holding the reins in one hand and small repeating crossbows in the other, ready to shoot anyone who approached the convoy at any moment. Their intense murderous aura could be felt from afar. The local martial artists, sensing the murderous intent of this group, wisely retreated to safe areas and watched the convoy depart. “What’s going on?” “…Those people just now seem to belong to the Young Marshal’s army.”

“That can’t be right! Aren’t the rumors in the martial world saying that the troops under the Young Marshal have poor equipment? How could there be a proper armored army with such excellent gear?” As he spoke, a burly man rushing from the direction of the convoy shouted loudly, “Did you hear that? Did you hear about that mission?!” With an urgent expression, mixed with endless excitement and surprise, he eagerly spilled out the shocking news in a rapid-fire manner under the puzzled gazes of the crowd by the road: “All that gear is from Lord Yang’s treasure vault!!” “What!” The crowd by the road paled at once. Lord Yang’s treasure vault was the most concerning mission at the moment. A whole night had passed without any news about it, and many thought it might already have been seized by Happy. Who would have thought they’d encounter it here… “You’re not lying to us, right? It’s really treasure from Lord Yang’s vault?!” “Nonsense! Otherwise, there wouldn’t be such a big deal!” The messenger was equally anxious and continued without pause, “You were far away just now. I was close, so I received the system alert. The system says this army is here to escort the first batch of treasures from Lord Yang’s vault to the riverbank dock, from where they’ll be transported out of Yangzhou City by water and handed over to the Young Marshal’s army!” “What’s the detailed mission content?!” “There’s still half an hour left. If we can seize this batch of treasures and deliver them to Li Shimin or the imperial court, each chest can be exchanged for one million taels of silver, along with a low-grade magic weapon!” As soon as he finished speaking, the many martial artists by the road could no longer hold back. Their eyes turned red as they cursed loudly, summoning their mounts and rushing after the Young Marshal’s convoy! “Haha! An opportunity to get rich!” “Don’t run! Include me too!” But they didn’t notice that the messenger, though he had summoned his mount, didn’t set off. Instead, he stood there with a cold smile, watching the hundreds of martial artists charging ahead. Could the Young Marshal’s armored cavalry really be that easy to deal with?!