Eternal Life: I Rely on Fortune Points for Improvement-Chapter 66: Upper Third-Grade Martial Artist Records

Chapter 66: Chapter 66: Upper Third-Grade Martial Artist Records

"Giddy-up!"

The man rode a red horse, galloping all the way toward the Imperial City.

He did not stop for a moment.

When he reached the gates of the Imperial City.

He took out a token.

After exchanging glances with a soldier, he was led by two people into a secluded path on foot.

He pushed his body technique to the limit.

Racing swiftly towards a courtyard at the deepest end of the path.

When he arrived at the gate of the courtyard.

The man knelt down to the ground.

Holding the token high above his head.

Inside the courtyard, an old servant, over eighty years old, was trimming the potted plants. He glanced indifferently at the man kneeling at the gate, noticing the blood-stained token in his hand.

Then he silently walked towards the room at the back of the courtyard.

The man continued to kneel, his head touching the ground, not daring to move recklessly.

"Young Master, Ning Hongzhuo is kneeling at the gate of the courtyard."

The old servant said at the door of the room.

Inside the room, a Young Master Jinyi was writing behind a screen. Upon hearing this, as if thinking of something, the last strokes of his writing became erratic. But eventually, he rewrote the same character over the messy ones.

It was the character "信" of "faith."

"Let him in."

The Young Master Jinyi put down his brush and said indifferently.

"Yes!"

The old servant withdrew and called the Manor Master of Tiger Fang Manor, Ning Hongzhuo, in.

"Young Master, I am guilty!"

Ning Hongzhuo dared not enter the room. He knelt at the door, his head hitting the floor heavily.

"Why is it you here instead of Cao Zhengyang?"

The Young Master Jinyi sat behind the screen.

Ning Hongzhuo and Cao Zhengyang were both his trusted aides, but Ning Hongzhuo was responsible for matters outside the city. Without being summoned, he would not enter the city to find him. Now that he came uninvited, the Young Master Jinyi knew that something must have happened.

"Commander Cao is dead. Last night he came outside the city to find me. After I handed the item to him, he was ambushed and shot dead four miles outside my manor!" 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Ning Hongzhuo said with his forehead against the wooden floor.

After speaking, he felt that the breath of the Young Master Jinyi sitting behind the screen became much heavier.

"Where’s the item?"

The Young Master Jinyi asked.

He hoped to hear the answer he wanted. As for Cao Zhengyang’s life and death, he had anticipated it when Ning Hongzhuo came to him.

"It’s lost."

Ning Hongzhuo replied with a stiff face.

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt the screen in the room shake, moving half a meter forward. The Qi blood in the Young Master Jinyi’s body boiled uncontrollably as if ready to crush him with a single palm at any moment.

Ning Hongzhuo knew the Young Master Jinyi held a noble status. Since childhood, he had been guided by Innate Grandmasters and was a martial arts prodigy who had become an Upper Third-Grade Martial Artist at a young age. Which specific grade within the Upper Three Grades, Ning Hongzhuo did not know and dared not investigate.

Feeling the qi blood fluctuation of Young Master Jinyi, he could only press his forehead firmly to the ground, waiting for the storm to come.

"Tell me, how did it get lost?"

However, the qi blood within the Young Master Jinyi gradually calmed down. His tone returned to normal as if nothing had happened.

"Commander Cao was ambushed and killed by an Upper Third-Grade Martial Artist with excellent archery skills. I chased him all the way and saw him climb over the city wall into Dragon Capital. His body technique and archery were no less than mine. Although he was cloaked, I am sure this person is young, no more than thirty-five!"

Ning Hongzhuo said.

"How can you be sure?"

The Young Master Jinyi asked.

"The black tiger I breed has a special bloodline ability and can distinguish human age without error."

Ning Hongzhuo replied.

"I will have someone go to the Ministry of Rites to give you a list of all Upper Third-Grade Martial Artists in Dragon Capital under forty years old. I want you to find him for me within ten days."

The Young Master Jinyi said.

"Yes!"

Ning Hongzhuo dared not defy.

"Destroy all contact evidence, including people."

"Shut down all money houses, transfer all materials, and burn those that cannot be taken."

"Withdraw all your manor’s people."

"All individuals with single-line contact should refrain from acting recently."

The Young Master Jinyi gave four commands.

"Yes!"

Ning Hongzhuo knocked his head and slowly retreated.

He knew doing so would result in great losses, even causing many of Young Master Jinyi’s efforts over the years to go down the drain.

But with the ledger lost.

The matter was significant.

If caught with such evidence, the consequences would be unimaginable.

It was the most rational action to take.

After Ning Hongzhuo left, the old servant, who was trimming flowers at the door, brought in a pot of freshly brewed tea.

"Fourth Uncle, please go to the Ministry of Rites, then personally handle some matters at the Dark Hall."

The Young Master Jinyi smiled at the old servant.

"Sure, but Young Master, please have this pot of tea first. This old servant stayed up all night making it."

The old servant nodded.

Then poured the tea.

Though called tea, it looked more like a thick, dark red medicinal soup.

The Young Master Jinyi nodded.

He drank the entire pot of hot tea in one gulp.

As the tea entered his stomach, the Qi blood within his body seemed to come alive, constantly absorbing power.

After the old servant left.

When he was alone in the courtyard.

"Boom!"

The Young Master Jinyi threw a punch.

It struck the beam, leaving a terrifying fist imprint, the power of the punch piercing through the beam, causing it to explode on the other side.

His face was gloomy, and his eyes fierce, as though anyone who dared to appear before him at this time would be killed with a single palm.

The contents of the ledger were significant. Although they did not directly point to him, if it fell into the hands of others, many of his plans over the years would have to cease immediately. What should be stopped must be stopped, and what should not be stopped must also be stopped.

Those who should be killed must be killed, and those who should not be killed must also be killed.

The loss and potential price to be paid were something only he knew best.

Ning Hongzhuo soon received a detailed record of all Upper Third-Grade Martial Artists under forty years of age within Dragon Capital, along with the files of all recorded Upper Third-Grade Martial Artists, regardless of age.

It was personally delivered to his hands by the old servant.

It had just been transcribed by someone.

Subsequently, some personnel from the Dark Hall were also handed to him.

The ten-day deadline.

Ning Hongzhuo dared not waste a single moment.

He flipped through the roster, recording one by one, and then instructed his men to investigate the whereabouts of these people, especially where they were last night.

"Hu Wenxuan, Young Master of the Demon-Suppressing Martial Arts Hall, thirty-five years old."

"Han Dong, Grand Commander of Zhenbei Prison, thirty-one years old."

"Guan Renzhang, Major General of the City Defense Army, thirty-four years old."

...

Zhenbei Prison, Han Dong returned from outside.

She saw Jiang Feng giving instructions to Chief Wang, Chief Ma, and Chief Feng, nodding slightly, she took the initiative to patrol the prison once before returning to the courtyard.

"Everyone, be on your toes, keep a close eye on your subordinates, and don’t cause trouble."

Jiang Feng ordered Chief Wang and the others to recite the four don’ts.

After confirming there were no mistakes, he headed back to work, making sure disaster wouldn’t fall on him. Only then did he return to his office and review some documents submitted by the squad leaders.