276: Chapter 276 Night Visit to the Princess's Residence

"Puff, puff, puff!"

The young girl's fists rained down on Young Marquis Wei Wuji.

She struck until his cheeks were splattered with blood and gore; in no time, Young Marquis Wei Wuji's head was completely smashed.

With Young Marquis Wei Wuji's death, the girl seemed to lose all her strength.

She slumped directly to the ground.

Seeing this, Chen Hu said to her, "Wait here for a moment; I will return shortly."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Hu vanished from the spot and appeared inside the treasury of the Weiwu Marquis Mansion.

"Collect!"

With a wave of his hand, Chen Hu gathered everything in the treasury into his void ring.

Next, he arrived at a new secret treasury.

This secret treasury had been newly built by Marquis Weiwu.

After his treasury was robbed last time, he had the idea to build a new secret one.

Therefore, the items stored in this secret treasury were even more precious and rare.

But now, they were all Chen Hu's for the taking.

Afterward, Chen Hu paid a visit to the mansion's warehouse.

The warehouse stored grain and ingredients; Chen Hu was equally unceremonious, taking everything away.

Then, he returned to the room where Young Marquis Wei Wuji had died.

He scooped up his corpse and the young girl, then vanished instantly.

Soon, Chen Hu was back in Zhenlong City and arrived at the headquarters of the Brocade Guard.

"Why are you here?"

Luo Ningshuang was busy with official business; upon seeing Chen Hu, she hurriedly stood up and asked.

"A pitiful person."

Chen Hu said, "I leave her to you. Her strength is decent; she can join the Brocade Guard."

Suddenly, Luo Ningshuang noticed the corpse of Young Marquis Wei Wuji floating beside Chen Hu.

"Who is this person?"

Luo Ningshuang couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Young Marquis Wei Wuji!"

Chen Hu said, "Today, Marquis Weiwu came to Zhenlong City to vent his anger for his son, so I killed him. Thinking that one must cut weeds by the roots, I went to the Weiwu Marquis Mansion and happened to see Young Marquis Wei Wuji humiliating this young lady.

I rescued her, and as for Young Marquis Wei Wuji, he was beaten to death by her!"

"My goodness, you actually killed Marquis Weiwu? If word gets out, the entire Great Yong Kingdom will likely be thrown into chaos!" Luo Ningshuang exclaimed. "Should we release this news? It would surely boost your prestige and attract many talents to join you!"

"That is possible!"

Chen Hu thought about it and agreed it made sense.

"Then leave this matter to me. I guarantee your name will spread throughout the entire Great Yong Kingdom!" Luo Ningshuang said confidently.

After chatting for a few more moments, Chen Hu left with the corpse of Young Marquis Wei Wuji.

"Ruyi, go call Miss Dongfang over!"

Ruyi left and, before long, returned with Dongfang Jun.

"Brother Hu, why did you call for me?"

Dongfang Jun bowed slightly and asked.

Chen Hu pointed to the corpse at his feet and said, "This is the corpse of Young Marquis Wei Wuji. I originally intended to bring him back alive for you, but there was a girl at the scene whose entire family had been killed by Young Marquis Wei Wuji."

"It is fine. As long as he is dead, it does not matter who killed him."

Dongfang Jun said calmly, then her gaze fell upon the corpse of Young Marquis Wei Wuji. "Brother Hu, can you leave his corpse to me to handle?"

"Certainly!" Chen Hu nodded.

"Thank you, Brother Hu!"

After thanking Chen Hu, Dongfang Jun left with the corpse of Young Marquis Wei Wuji.

Time passed, and evening arrived.

At dinner time, Dongfang Jun was not seen.

Chen Hu sent someone to invite her, only to be informed that Dongfang Jun had already gone into seclusion.

Upon learning this news, Chen Hu guessed that with Young Marquis Wei Wuji dead, Dongfang Jun had resolved her inner conflict and gained some insight.

After dinner, Chen Hu pulled up the System panel.

He was pleasantly surprised to find that the number of his followers had grown to over 9.6 million.

It had increased by more than 2.5 million.

It seemed the tax rebate measures he implemented in the lower counties had been quite effective.

There were still over 5 hours until dawn; he estimated that by then, the number of his followers should be able to break through 10 million.

In fact, Chen Hu had underestimated the hearts of the people.

When the time reached dawn, the number of followers had surged to 11.05 million.

In just one day, it had increased by nearly 4 million.

His follower points had also increased by 11.05 million, bringing the total to over 13.65 million.

If he only needed to condense a one-turn Golden Core, these follower points would be sufficient.

However, Chen Hu wanted to condense a Nine-Turn Golden Core, and he was still short by more than 80 million follower points.

With a thought, Chen Hu took out the good luck card and silently commanded it to activate.

He obtained 5 times good luck.

After activating all resource cards and item cards, Chen Hu took out the identity card.

He silently commanded it to activate and obtained a rather special identity.

This identity was a Hunyuan Martial Saint.

Chen Hu silently commanded to use it, and the next moment, he transformed into a middle-aged Hunyuan Martial Saint.

He read the memories.

This Hunyuan Martial Saint had quite a lot of memories, as he had lived for over 600 years.

Therefore, it took a full quarter of an hour for him to finish reading the other's memories.

After finishing the memories of this Hunyuan Martial Saint, Chen Hu understood much more about the secrets of this world.

First, this middle-aged Hunyuan Martial Saint was currently located on East Pole Island.

Just as the State Preceptor had said during the day, it was indeed possible to leave this world via East Pole Island.

However, the method of leaving was extremely dangerous.

It required multiple Martial Saints to simultaneously cast the same secret technique to pass through the Void Realm rift and leave.

However, this secret technique consumed one's own essence blood and Lifespan.

If one were lucky, after the void passage opened, the resulting path would be short, and one could reach the other side.

If one were unlucky, the void passage would be long, and one would die directly within the passage before reaching the other side.

Therefore, every hundred years, two Hunyuan Martial Saints would leave East Pole Island to search for newly born Hunyuan Martial Saints.

After finding them, they would forcibly bring them to East Pole Island.

It is worth mentioning that these Hunyuan Martial Saints who left the island possessed special treasures capable of sensing the existence of other Hunyuan Martial Saints.

Therefore, as long as a Hunyuan Martial Saint was born, they generally could not escape the perception of the Hunyuan Martial Saints from East Pole Island.

Some might ask, would those Hunyuan Martial Saints who went to East Pole Island not think about leaving?

The answer is no.

Because East Pole Island was quite special; being close to the Void Realm rift, a certain amount of elemental Origin Qi would leak out from the outside.

Outside of East Pole Island, no matter how a Hunyuan Martial Saint Cultivated, their cultivation level could not improve because the outside world lacked elemental Origin Qi.

If they forced themselves to Cultivate, their cultivation level might even drop.

Therefore, those Hunyuan Martial Saints brought to East Pole Island quickly became determined to stay.

Because staying on East Pole Island, besides being able to improve their cultivation, also offered the opportunity to travel to the outside world.

It is worth mentioning that there was only half a year left until the Hunyuan Martial Saints from East Pole Island would leave the island.

"Half a year should be enough for me to unify the Great Yong Kingdom, right?" Chen Hu thought to himself. This Great Yong Kingdom had at least over a billion people.

If these billion-plus people all became his followers, he could reap over a billion follower points every day.

After switching back to his own identity, Chen Hu activated the connection card.

He obtained a Grade D connection, which he decisively abandoned.

Afterward, the treasure hunting card appeared in his hand.

"Where should I go hunting for treasure this time?" Chen Hu thought to himself.

"To the Royal Capital!"

The next moment, Chen Hu used Near and Far and vanished from the spot.

Soon, he arrived at the Royal Capital.

He activated the treasure hunting card, and a treasure hunting spot appeared in his mind.

Following the route to the treasure hunting spot, Chen Hu quickly found the Treasure Trove.

He discovered that this Treasure Trove was actually left behind by a deceased Prince.

It contained not only gold, silver, and jewelry but also weapons and armor.

Unfortunately, too much time had passed, and these weapons and armor had all decayed and rusted.

Therefore, Chen Hu only took the gold, silver, and jewelry, leaving the decayed weapons and armor in the treasury.

Thinking that he had not seen Princess Anping for a while, Chen Hu decided to sneak into the Princess Mansion tonight.