165: Chapter 165 A Chance Encounter with the Shangguan Sisters

After arriving at the Fierce Tiger Gang.

After Chen Hu finished handling some official business.

He decided to take a trip to the Slum Area.

It had been a while since he last visited, so quite a few new underlings should have respawned.

Just as he expected.

As soon as Chen Hu arrived at the courtyard where those children were housed, he saw quite a few children squatting on both sides of the gate.

With a sweep of his Spiritual Sense, there were exactly 33 of them.

After calling this group of kids into the courtyard and going through the process of having them acknowledge him as their big brother.

Chen Hu's number of underlings increased by 33.

The total number of underlings reached 3720.

He obtained 3 Elementary draws and 1 Intermediate draw.

Adding the 2 remaining Elementary draws from yesterday, there were 5 in total.

"System, use the Intermediate draw!"

"Ding, Intermediate draw initiated!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining an Animal Card. The prize has been stored in the System space; please retrieve it yourself!"

The next moment, a card appeared in Chen Hu's hand.

Corresponding information also surfaced in his mind.

After activating this card, he could draw one type of animal every day, with a quantity between 1 and 1000.

It could be a dog, a cat, or even a pig.

Furthermore, to facilitate storage for the host, this card came with its own space, and any animals drawn could be sent into this space to hibernate.

However, once taken out, they could not be put back.

Since that was the case.

Then he would give it a try!

"Activate!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining 250 pigs, each weighing 300 catties!"

"Transfer all of them into the card space to hibernate!"

Chen Hu ordered.

Then, an icon of a pig and the text X250 appeared on the card.

He put away the card.

Chen Hu called the steward over to ask.

"Have you finished spending the silver?"

The steward quickly said: "Brother Hu, the silver hasn't been spent yet, but I have a suggestion!"

"What suggestion?"

The steward said: "Brother Hu, I've noticed that the price of grain in the market has been rising continuously. I suggest we buy more grain and store it!"

Hearing about the rising grain prices.

Chen Hu couldn't help but ponder: "Could it be that the situation in Feilong Prefecture has affected Linjiang Prefecture?"

"Do you know the reason?"

The steward said: "I've heard rumors that it seems many grain merchants from Feilong Prefecture have arrived and are purchasing grain on a large scale. Besides that, many refugees from Feilong Prefecture have gathered at the South City Gate!"

"Alright then, let's buy more grain and store it!"

Chen Hu took out 500 taels of silver banknotes and handed them to the steward: "By the way, here is a ten-tael reward for you. Old Zhao has also been working hard moving grain, so give him five taels of silver as well. Deduct it directly from these five hundred taels!"

"Thank you, Brother Hu!"

The steward said excitedly.

Chen Hu took Zhao Zilong for a stroll and arrived at the brothel district.

He requested a second-floor private room by the window, where he watched performances while drinking tea and eating snacks.

The tea was brewed by himself.

The water used was Spirit Spring, and the tea leaves were another type of Spirit Tea he had drawn, Heart-Cleansing Tea.

Although this Heart-Cleansing Tea didn't directly help with Cultivate, drinking it could wash away the dust from one's soul.

"Come, General Zhao Zilong, have a taste!"

Chen Hu pushed a cup of the brewed tea to Zhao Zilong.

"Thank you, Brother Hu!"

Zhao Zilong didn't stand on ceremony; he picked up the teacup, took a sip, and after praising it as good tea, he said nothing more.

Through these days of getting along, Chen Hu discovered that Zhao Zilong was a man of few words.

If you didn't initiate conversation with him, he would absolutely not make a sound.

"Knock, knock!"

A knocking sound rang out.

"Go and see!"

Chen Hu said to Zhao Zilong.

Zhao Zilong went to open the door and saw a beautiful young girl standing outside, so he said: "Brother Hu, there is a young girl outside!"

"Let her in!"

"Yes!"

The next moment, a young girl ran into Chen Hu's private room, her gaze locked firmly onto the Heart-Cleansing Tea on the table.

"Young lady, what brings you here?"

Chen Hu asked, while simultaneously activating his Eye of Insight.

Then, this girl's identity and cultivation information appeared in his mind.

This girl's martial arts cultivation was extremely low, only at the Late Skin Refining Stage.

But she possessed another identity: a warlock.

Her Divine Soul had already reached the Late Stage of the Pill Soul realm.

A piece of intelligence previously opened from an intelligence card stated that among the second team sent by Marquis Weiwu, two people were from the State Preceptor.

One of them was very likely the young girl named Shangguan Jingyu before him.

"Big Brother, what kind of tea are you drinking? It smells so good!"

Shangguan Jingyu asked curiously.

"This is something I obtained by chance. Would you like to try a cup?" Chen Hu said with a smile.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony!"

Shangguan Jingyu was indeed not polite; she sat down directly, picked up the teapot, filled an empty cup, and took a delightful sip.

After downing a cup of tea.

She immediately realized that this was Spirit Tea.

Furthermore, as the spiritual power of the Spirit Tea spread, she felt her soul refreshed, with an indescribable sense of lightness.

Thus, she looked at Chen Hu pitifully: "Big Brother, can I have a few more cups?"

"Sure!"

Chen Hu said nonchalantly; he had plenty of this Heart-Cleansing Tea and didn't care about a little bit.

"That's great!"

Shangguan Jingyu said joyfully, and only slowed down after drinking two more cups.

"By the way, Big Brother, my name is Shangguan Jingyu, what should I call you?"

Chen Hu said: "Hello, Miss Shangguan, my name is Chen Hu."

"So you are Chen Hu! I've heard of you, the number one expert in Linjiang Prefecture!" Shangguan Jingyu quickly said.

Chen Hu smiled and didn't take it to heart; he didn't care about such empty fame at all.

"Miss Shangguan doesn't seem to be a local, right?" Chen Hu asked with a smile.

"That's right, I came from the Royal Capital with my Senior Sister to investigate a case!" Shangguan Jingyu said without any guile.

"Is that so? Any progress?" Chen Hu asked again.

"No!" Shangguan Jingyu shook her head.

Suddenly, Chen Hu changed the subject: "Since Miss Shangguan is from the Royal Capital, you must know it quite well. Are there many interesting things over there?"

"Oh!"

Shangguan Jingyu said: "Big Brother Chen, you don't know, although I come from the Royal Capital, I am usually forced by my Revered Master to Cultivate and rarely go out, so I don't know much about things in the Royal Capital."

"I see!" Chen Hu realized: "No wonder Miss Shangguan would come here to listen to music; you must have been stifled!"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Shangguan Jingyu nodded repeatedly.

Next, the two chatted casually, and the atmosphere gradually became more familiar.

Chen Hu used the Eye of Insight to check again and found that Shangguan Jingyu's friendliness toward him had reached 58 points.

From this, he concluded that this girl probably didn't come for him.

It was most likely a coincidence.

Unknowingly, a little less than half an hour passed.

The private room door was suddenly kicked open.

A stunningly beautiful girl with a cold temperament and an icy expression stormed in.

Seeing this girl arrive, Shangguan Jingyu subconsciously shrank her neck: "Senior Sister, why are you here?"

"Shangguan Jingyu, is this how you investigate a case?" Shangguan Lingnan said, exasperated.

Previously on the street, Shangguan Jingyu had suggested splitting up to search for that warlock.

At first, she didn't think there was any problem.

But after a while, she suddenly realized that her Junior Sister most likely wanted to shake her off to go play.

Fortunately, she was cautious and had left a tracking scent on her Junior Sister.

By the time she tracked her to the brothel, she was almost furious.

"Senior Sister, I know I was wrong. Big Brother Chen is still here, so don't be mean to me!" Shangguan Jingyu decisively admitted defeat.