118: Chapter 118 An Unexpected Joy

Chen Hu returned once more to the three-courtyard residence where Princess Yang Xianer had been staying.

Although Princess Yang Xianer had fled, her two handmaids had not.

These two handmaids were, at the very least, in the Bone Refining Realm, so Chen Hu did not intend to kill them.

After all, he had a loyalty card and could turn these two into his subordinates.

Unfortunately, he had already used the loyalty card twice today, so he could only enslave one of them.

"Whoosh!"

A ray of light submerged into one of the handmaids. In an instant, her thoughts were twisted, and she became his loyal follower.

Subsequently, he made a move to subdue the other handmaid, had the first handmaid carry her, and along with the other two at the Mid-stage Marrow Refining Realm, they returned home together.

He then called in the two Bone Refining Realm individuals who had been keeping watch outside.

"First, take her into a room and keep her under guard!"

Chen Hu said to the handmaid he had enslaved.

"Yes, Master!"

Subsequently, Chen Hu went through the process with the two Mid-stage Marrow Refining Realm individuals and that handmaid; his subordinates had increased by three.

The number of his subordinates reached 1145.

After settling them all in the front courtyard to rest, Chen Hu came to the study in the middle courtyard.

With a wave of his hand.

The corpse of the Grey-Robed Elder appeared.

Looking at this corpse, Chen Hu felt some regret and pity.

Originally, his plan had been to lure the opponent into the water; after all, hadn't he just obtained a Water Control Divine Ability?

He intended to use the Water Control Divine Ability to trap the opponent and then capture him alive.

In this way, he would be able to copy all the Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills on the opponent.

Unfortunately, the opponent was useless and was actually killed by him with a single Soul Pierce.

"Loot the body first!"

Chen Hu crouched down and rummaged through the Grey-Robed Elder's body.

He found a soft sword that doubled as a belt, as well as a suit of soft armor.

Besides that, he also searched out a bottle of Medicinal Pill, a storage bag, and a book.

The soft sword was a Low Grade Divine Weapon, and the soft armor was a Medium Grade Divine Weapon; one had to say that the former dynasty's imperial family was indeed wealthy.

As for that bottle of Medicinal Pill, only seven remained inside, all of which were Organ Refining Pills.

Organ Refining Pills were pills used by Organ Refining Martial Artists to assist in Cultivation.

They were expensive, with one pill worth at least 5,000 taels, and even then, they were priceless and hard to find.

Therefore, such a bottle of Medicinal Pill was worth at least 35,000 taels of silver.

Immediately, Chen Hu opened the storage bag, which contained several dozen taels of broken silver, 500,000 taels of gold notes, and 1,000,000 taels of silver notes.

"Tsk tsk, as expected of an Organ Refining powerhouse, he's damn wealthy!"

It was equivalent to picking up 6,000,000 taels of silver for free.

Finally, Chen Hu opened the book.

After a quick browse, a look of surprise and joy could not help but appear on his face, because this was a Secret Manual of saber techniques, and in terms of sophistication, it already surpassed the God-Slaying Slash.

It was highly likely to be a Heaven Grade saber Martial Skill.

Originally, he had wanted to copy a Earth-grade saber technique from the Green-Robed Elder, Cultivate it to Perfection, and then fuse it with the God-Slaying Slash, allowing the God-Slaying Slash to reach the realm of a Heaven Grade Martial Skill.

He hadn't expected to obtain a Heaven Grade saber technique directly now.

"Tsk tsk, if I Cultivate this Heaven Grade saber technique to Perfection and then fuse it with the God-Slaying Slash, it is very likely I will obtain a Middle-stage Heaven Grade saber technique!"

By the way, this saber technique Secret Manual was called "Seven Styles of the Divine Blade".

"Heaven-Swallowing Vine!"

The next moment, a dark green ray of light shot out from Chen Hu's chest, landing on the Grey-Robed Elder's corpse and taking root directly.

The opponent's corpse withered at a visible speed.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the Grey-Robed Elder had been sucked dry by the Heaven-Swallowing Vine, leaving not even a scrap behind.

The dark green light returned to Chen Hu's heart once more.

It transmitted a message of dormancy; clearly, the Heaven-Swallowing Vine seemed to have overeaten.

He casually ground the Grey-Robed Elder's robes into dust and threw the powder into the trash can, then began to comprehend the "Seven Styles of the Divine Blade".

Although the "Seven Styles of the Divine Blade" was a Heaven Grade Martial Skill, Chen Hu had already Cultivated a high-level Earth-grade saber technique to Perfection and had even comprehended Second-layer Saber Intent.

Coupled with his talent, which had reached the middle level of Heaven Grade, and his God of War Body, which had reached the Intermediate level.

Therefore, comprehending a lower-level Heaven Grade Cultivation Technique was not difficult.

In less than half an hour, Chen Hu had initially comprehended the "Seven Styles of the Divine Blade" and reached the entry level.

He put away the Cultivation Technique.

Chen Hu still prepared to go to the Fierce Tiger Gang to take a look.

Perhaps Widow Wang and the others were still worrying about him.

Sure enough, after Chen Hu arrived at the General Hall of the Fierce Tiger Gang, he discovered that although it was very late, the Widow Wang sisters, the Qianxue and Qianyu sisters, and the eight new handmaids had not rested.

"Brother Hu!"

"Brother Hu!"

Seeing Chen Hu arrive safe and sound, everyone revealed excited expressions.

"Alright, let's go home!"

Chen Hu waved his hand and led the women away from the General Hall of the Fierce Tiger Gang.

Early the next morning.

Chen Hu woke up on time.

But Widow Wang, after returning last night, had dragged him to practice until they were exhausted, and therefore, she had not yet woken up.

When Chen Hu got dressed and walked out of the room.

Ruyi and Zhizhi, who had already prepared the washing tools, immediately came up to serve him as he washed.

After he finished washing.

Rushuang and Ruxue immediately brought over breakfast.

"Alright, everyone doesn't need to just focus on serving me; go and eat your own breakfast!" Chen Hu waved his hand and said.

"Brother Hu, it won't be too late for us to eat after you finish!"

Rushuang said immediately.

"Be obedient, our home doesn't have so many rules, go quickly!" Chen Hu reached out and patted Rushuang's perky little buttocks as he said this.

Immediately, Rushuang's pretty face turned red, and she ran away with small steps.

Seeing this, Chen Hu laughed and began to enjoy his breakfast.

After the meal, Chen Hu summoned those two Mid-stage Marrow Refining Realm individuals, the two Bone Refining Realm guards, and the Bone Refining Realm handmaid.

"Tell me what your names are and what positions you held under Princess Yang Xianer?"

The two at the Mid-stage Marrow Refining Realm reported first.

These two were named Yang Fu and Yang Pi.

They were both orphans adopted and raised by the Yang family.

Because the two of them had outstanding talent, they were bestowed with the Yang surname and given names.

However, these two people's names were quite interesting; when put together, they meant "Restoration".

"Are there many people like you?" Chen Hu asked.

Yang Fu said: "We both belong to the assassin organization under Princess Yang Xianer; this organization doesn't have many personnel, and there are a total of twelve Marrow Refining Martial Artists!"

"Then, among these twelve in the Marrow Refining Realm, what is your ranking in terms of strength?" Chen Hu asked again.

Yang Fu said: "We are ranked sixth and seventh respectively; the five assassins before us have all reached Late Stage Marrow Refining!"

"Since you are ranked sixth and seventh, why did Princess Yang Xianer bring you to Linjiang Prefecture instead of bringing others?" Chen Hu asked thoughtfully.

It was still Yang Fu who said: "Those five have all gone to execute missions. The money earned by Princess Yang Xianer's assassin organization is almost all handed over to Yang Tian, so assassins like us at the Marrow Refining Realm rarely have free time. This time, Princess Yang Xianer brought us to Linjiang because it just so happened that we had returned from completing an assassination mission."

Chen Hu nodded: "By the way, what is the specific identity of that Grey-Robed Elder called Uncle Fu?"

Yang Fu replied: "Uncle Fu is Princess Yang Xianer's head guard, whose main duty is to protect Princess Yang Xianer."

"Then are there many Organ Refining powerhouses on Princess Yang Xianer's side?" Chen Hu continued to ask.

Yang Fu said: "There are two Organ Refining guards by Yang Tian's side, but we are not clear about their specific cultivation levels. As for whether there are other hidden Organ Refining experts on that side, we don't know. However, I think there should be; after all, we are trying to rebel against the Great Yong Kingdom, and if there weren't a few experts, we would have been wiped out by the imperial court long ago!"

"That makes sense!" Chen Hu nodded.

Subsequently, he learned the names of the other two Bone Refining guards; they did not have the surname Yang, because only by reaching the Marrow Refining Realm were they qualified to have the surname Yang.

The two handmaids were the same.

The two guards were named Zhang He and Sun Guang.

The two handmaids were named Tan Yue and Li Qian respectively.