In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 538 Never to Return

"Don't worry about this."

The eunuch hurriedly said, "For us servants, python blood grass and python bone grass are far less important than gold and silver treasures, so no one will touch the python blood grass and python bone grass in the warehouse."

For martial artists, a little money is far less important than python blood grass and python bone grass, but for the servants and eunuchs in the royal palace, gold and silver treasures are the most important things.

The gold and silver treasures in the Prince's mansion's warehouse were enormous; even if all the servants in the mansion took as much as they wanted, they still couldn't take it all. Naturally, they wouldn't take the python blood grass and python bone grass, which were useless to them.

"Then go in and have a look."

Chen Dao stepped into the warehouse, and the dazzling array of jewels almost blinded him as soon as he entered.

However, even after being looted by the servants of the Prince's mansion, the huge warehouse still contained a great deal of jewelry and gold and silver. Strings of precious jewels were now casually discarded on the ground as if they were worthless stones, and the amount of gold and silver was countless. The sheer quantity of gold and silver made even Chen Dao, with his calm and composed nature, feel his heart skip a beat.

"Damn it, this King Qing is really rich!"

Even Chen Cheng couldn't help but sigh. The gold and silver scattered on the ground were too numerous for him to count, not to mention the large number of square boxes inside the warehouse, which contained an unknown amount of gold and silver.

"King Qing controls the entire Qingzhou, so he is naturally very wealthy."

The eunuch leading the way spoke cautiously, afraid of upsetting the two: "However, now that the Prince of Qing is dead, all this gold and silver belongs to you two."

Upon hearing this, Chen Dao shook his head. These gold and silver were destined not to belong to them, because they could never take them with them.

Don't forget, there are tens of thousands of Qingzhou soldiers outside the city. No matter how powerful Chen Dao is, he can't possibly slip away with mountains of gold and silver treasures right under the noses of tens of thousands of Qingzhou soldiers.

Where are the Python Blood Grass and Python Bone Grass?

Chen Dao struggled to tear his gaze away from the pile of gold and silver jewelry and turned to ask.

"there."

The eunuch pointed to a corner not far away, where there were stacks of jade boxes. "Those jade boxes are filled with python blood grass and python bone grass."

Chen Dao walked to the corner, picked up a jade box, and opened it.

"It really is python blood grass."

The moment the box was opened, a hint of joy appeared in Chen Dao's eyes. Before this, he had learned some information about Python Blood Grass and knew that it looked like a weed but had blood-red leaves. The appearance of the herb in the jade box was exactly the same as what he knew.

Chen Dao then opened several jade boxes, his face beaming with even greater surprise. There were as many as 20 jade boxes piled up in this corner, each containing Python Blood Grass and Python Bone Grass. This meant that... Xiao Yuan, Fei Yu Yi, Fei Yu Er, and Da Huang Er Huang could all complete their advancement.

"Cheng-ge'er, gather all these jade boxes."

"Yes."

After Chen Cheng swiftly collected all the python blood grass and python bone grass, Chen Dao glanced at the gold and silver jewelry in the warehouse one last time, but ultimately chose to give up and left the Qingwang Mansion with Chen Dao.

As for the eunuch who led the way...

Upon seeing that Chen Daozhen was not going to kill him, he was overjoyed and picked up some more gold and silver from the warehouse. Then he ran away as fast as he could and left the Qingwang Mansion.

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Outside the main gate of the Prince Qing's Mansion.

Li Qingsong, Qianli'er, Zhu Tufu, and Jiang Canghai were still staring blankly at Xia Yuanying's headless corpse, seemingly unable to believe that this prince who had ruled Qingzhou for several years had actually died here, and in such a tragic way.

Of course, what shocked them even more was... the child next to Xia Yuanying's body at that moment.

The child was none other than Lü Xiaoyi.

His resentment towards Xia Yuanying was self-evident. At this moment, he held Xue Qi's sword in his hand and was slashing at Xia Yuanying's corpse repeatedly.

"Let you take away my family's grain."

"You dare steal my sister!"

"You've killed my sister."

"..."

As Lü Xiaoyi continued to hack and slash, Xia Yuanying's corpse was quickly disfigured, covered with sword marks.

Fortunately, Lü Xiaoyi wasn't very strong; otherwise, Xia Yuanying's headless corpse would probably have been turned into pieces of flesh long ago.

"Waaaaah, sister."

After chopping for an unknown amount of time, Lü Xiaoyi seemed to be exhausted, and he collapsed to the ground, bursting into tears.

After the hatred has been vented, what is often left in the heart is emptiness.

At this moment, Lü Xiaoyi was in a similar situation. Although Xia Yuanying was dead and Lü Xiaoyu's great revenge had been avenged, his sister Lü Xiaoyu would never come back.

"Ugh."

Xue Qi looked at Lü Xiaoyi, who had collapsed to the ground and was crying, and then glanced at Yu Cui, who was weeping beside Jiang Weiyu. He felt extremely distressed.

In fact, Yu Cui and Lü Xiaoyi were already considered lucky, at least they had someone like Chen Dao who was willing to avenge them, while the vast majority of the people of Kyushu...

Even if their loved ones are killed by corrupt officials or powerful figures, they have nowhere to seek justice. They can only recall their loved ones' faces day and night, tormented by hatred and suffering immense inner turmoil.

"Did our founder foresee something similar before deciding to kill the corrupt official and establish the Sword Sect?"

For some reason, Xue Qi suddenly thought of Zhang Zong, the founder of the Sword Sect.

Strictly speaking, Chen Dao's behavior today is the same as Zhang Zong's behavior 500 years ago.

They all witnessed the oppression and persecution of the common people by the powerful and wealthy, and then drew their swords in anger to speak out for the people and uphold justice for the toiling masses.

The difference is... Zhang Zong only killed a county magistrate, while Chen Dao... killed a prince!

The murder of a prince is an absolutely earth-shattering event. Even the most muddle-headed emperor sitting on the throne would likely investigate the matter thoroughly.

At that time... what Brother Chen will have to face will not be just the Qingwang Mansion, but the entire royal family, and even the entire Xia Kingdom!

"Young Master Chen, you're back?"

But at that moment, Jiang Weiyu's voice rang out.

Xue Qi looked up and saw Chen Dao and Chen Cheng walking out of the Qingwang Mansion side by side. Chen Cheng was carrying a package on his back, which, if nothing unexpected happened, should be the two's spoils from the Qingwang Mansion.

"Ah."

Chen Dao nodded, glancing at Lü Xiaoyi, who was sitting on the ground, looking lost and dejected, and sighed inwardly.

While avenging one's great enemy is certainly satisfying, the loved ones that Lü Xiaoyi lost can never be brought back.

"Xiao Yi."

Chen Dao squatted down, patted Lü Xiaoyi's head, and said, "Come with us, okay?"

Lu Xiaoyi didn't speak, but just nodded blankly.