66: Perfect infiltration

Xu Sanyan

Age — 18 / 315

Realm — Foundation Establishment Stage (Initial Stage)

Cultivation Technique — The Supreme Truth and Serenity Scripture of Eliminating Illusion and Attaining Reality (Middle Stage)

Techniques — Blood Demon Corpse Refining Method (Uninitiated). Life Coffin Technique (Uninitiated)

Skills — Perfect Stance (Perfection). Three Tigers Subduing Dragon Saber (Perfection). Horse Appraisal Technique (Perfection). Excavator Repair and Maintenance (Initial Stage)…

Qi — 4

It really works!

Xu Sanyan remembered that when he previously achieved a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, his “Qi” had reset to zero, but now it was back to four points. This meant that one Spirit Stone roughly increased it by two points.

The effect of Spirit Stones was better than precious medicines, but slightly inferior to Spirit Medicine.

That’s enough!

Spirit Stones should be easier to obtain than Spirit Medicine. As long as he had enough Spirit Stones, his cultivation could advance by leaps and bounds!

Xu Sanyan carefully observed the panel. Since his Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, the biggest change on his panel was the lifespan column, which had increased from over one hundred eighty years to over three hundred years, a full increase of over one hundred years.

He was only eighteen this year, and still had nearly three hundred years to live.

The next step was to learn those two techniques.

He needed to make time to return to Dafeng Town. The Blood Demon Corpse was still buried there. After so long, he wondered if it had rotted away.

And the Life Coffin Technique also required him to prepare Materials in advance.

Xu Sanyan carefully read through the technique booklet in his room, memorizing all the incantations within it, preparing for what was to come.

The sky gradually darkened, and the sound of gongs announcing the curfew came from the distant streets.

Xu Sanyan put away his things and got up to walk towards the Prince's Mansion.

…

A storeroom was built in the Northwest corner of the Prince's Mansion, where a team of about thirty soldiers patrolled and guarded.

Seven or eight hidden sentries were concealed around the inner treasury, watching it from all angles with no blind spots. It could be said that the defenses were extremely strict.

Xu Sanyan took everything in. His figure flickered, appearing behind a hidden sentry. He lightly tapped the soldier's back with his finger, and the soldier immediately lost his breath.

In a short while, all eight hidden sentries were dealt with.

Since its construction, nothing had ever happened to the Prince's Mansion's inner treasury. The guarding soldiers had long lost their vigilance. Xu Sanyan moved like a ghost through the night, dealing with them all before they could even react.

A mere thirty-odd Refining Essence Martial Artists, with the highest being only Inner Qi Realm, were as good as nothing to him.

In the past, with Prince Rui stationed in the Prince's Mansion and cultivators guarding it, no one dared to risk provoking him. But now, Prince Rui was away on campaign, and the cultivators stationed there had also disappeared. This small number of people was not enough to protect the Prince's Mansion completely.

Xu Sanyan stood before the inner treasury's door, looking at the gleaming large lock. With a flick of his sleeve, the iron lock split open, and the heavy door slowly creaked open.

“Whoosh!”

Suddenly, a cold light shot out, heading straight for Xu Sanyan's throat.

Following the cold light, a figure attacked. His grey and white mixed hair fluttered in the wind, and his cloudy eyes appeared exceptionally clear.

Xu Sanyan remained unconcerned. He pinched the sword blade between two fingers, then twisted his wrist, causing the long sword to shatter. He then slapped out, and a violent surge of Qi stirred up dust, rushing towards the old man.

Boom —

The old man's face changed. He dodged at the last possible moment, but the heavy door behind him could not avoid it, and the iron door crashed heavily to the ground.

“A cultivator…”

The old man stood to the side, still shaken, clutching the broken sword in his hand.

“Heh heh, who are you?” Xu Sanyan asked.

He didn't know everyone in the Prince's Mansion, but he had met most of them. This person, however, he had never seen before.

“Your Excellency, with such cultivation, why resort to thievery? If you could serve under the Prince, this old man will inform him. Whether it be gold, silver, jewels, or beautiful concubines, they will be easily obtainable.” The old man, instead, began to recruit Xu Sanyan.

“You don't recognize me?” Xu Sanyan asked, surprised.

The old man paused, then reacted, saying in disbelief, “Could it be… you are the Prince's son-in-law?”

He had heard that the Prince had married his youngest daughter to an exceptionally talented young Martial Artist, but he hadn't expected the talent to be so exceptional that he had actually reached Foundation Establishment?

“Indeed.”

Xu Sanyan nodded faintly, not denying it. Anyway, he didn't plan on letting him live.

“Then why do you want to steal the Prince's treasures?”

The old man was puzzled. Everything in this inner treasury was mundane. With his strength, even if he asked the Prince for it, he wouldn't be refused.

Xu Sanyan shook his head, “What stealing? That sounds so unpleasant. This is robbing.”

The old man was stunned. So self-righteous?

After Xu Sanyan finished speaking, he stopped wasting words with him. He bent his knees slightly, then exerted force, like a meteor in the night. In a flash, he was in front of the old man, placing his palm on the old man's forehead, and suddenly exerted force.

Bang!

The old man fell silent, collapsing as if asleep.

This old man had the strength of an initial stage Heavenly Human Realm, which was not weak, but compared to him, there was still a huge difference.

Heavenly Human Realm and Foundation Establishment Realm seemed to be only one Realm apart, but the gap between them was like a chasm.

Xu Sanyan walked into the inner treasury. Boxes of neatly stacked gold and silver were on one side, countless rare jewels were displayed on the shelves, and on one side, there was a mountain of copper coins.

In the deepest part, there was a pile of wooden boxes. Xu Sanyan raised an eyebrow; he had already smelled the strong aroma of medicinal herbs.

He then opened the wooden boxes one by one, and precious medicines appeared before his eyes. Roughly counting them, there were probably no less than fifty stalks.

Xu Sanyan found a wooden box, emptied the silver inside, and then took out the precious medicines from the wooden boxes, arranging them neatly inside.

Half a box was filled, and Xu Sanyan was satisfied, a total of fifty-one stalks.

Precious medicines were beneficial to Martial Artists, and they were consumables, so even the Prince's Mansion didn't have too many in stock. However, he was content with this many.

It could only be said that this trip was not in vain.

Xu Sanyan picked up the box, and his ears twitched. Shouts came from afar,

“A thief has broken in!”

“Here!”

“Quickly call the city guards! Do not let the thief escape!”

…

Xu Sanyan was not flustered. The commotion he had just caused must have attracted the Prince's Mansion guards. A few mundane Martial Artists were nothing in his eyes, but he also didn't get entangled with them, disappearing into the darkness under the cover of night.

Returning to his room, he swallowed the precious medicines one by one, and the “Qi” on his panel reached fifty-five points.

Xu Sanyan frowned slightly, “Not enough?”

The plus sign behind his Realm had not appeared yet. It seemed that after Foundation Establishment, the “Qi” required for further advancement had increased significantly.

Upon careful consideration, this was only natural. After all, there was a separation between immortals and mortals, and after Foundation Establishment, one could no longer judge based on previous experience.

Just then, the butler Butler Zhao rushed over, knocking on Xu Sanyan's door, “Master, have you gone to bed?”

Xu Sanyan said, “What is it?”

Butler Zhao whispered, “The Prince's Mansion was robbed. I heard the inner treasury was stolen, and dozens of soldiers died. The Princess sent someone to ask you to come and help investigate.”

“Alright.”

Xu Sanyan did not refuse, nor was he worried about them suspecting him.

After all, his infiltration plan was perfect. Everyone who had seen him was dead.