Becoming a Saint From the Iron Armor Skill

Shen Mingyuan obviously knew long ago that the most valuable treasures had already been taken!

Inviting them in now was undoubtedly a way to shut the mouths of the Jiang and Qin Families!

After all, as the representatives of the Jiang and Qin Families, if Jiang Bohai and Qin Qihong entered the Wang Family’s treasury and claimed they took nothing, who would believe them?

"Hmm... this empty box seems to have held precious Celestial Meteorite Iron. It looks like the Wang Clan Members took it with them to the Great Wilderness Mountain Range."

Jiang Bohai opened a redwood box and, with a flick of his sleeve, swept the Meteorite Iron inside into his sleeve pocket.

"The Wang Clan Members must have needed to replenish their Qi Blood Power, so they also took an eight-hundred-year-old Snow Lingzhi." Qin Qihong’s eyes lit up as he tucked a medicinal herb into his robes!

Watching the two of them put on an act and pick up the scraps, Shen Mingyuan revealed a mysterious smile and thought to himself:

’Ah Cheng is really something else, so fast!’

...

When the three men emerged from the Wang Family’s treasury, they were laughing and talking. Each wore a wide cloak, and beneath them, their clothes bulged, stuffed with numerous treasures.

As they walked out of the council hall, they saw Chen Cheng standing alone in the empty courtyard, his head tilted slightly up as he stared blankly at the hazy, moonlit night sky.

At that moment, the sounds of battle, crying, and wailing echoed from every corner of the Wang estate, shaking the heavens.

"Greetings, Lord Chen!"

The three men hurried forward and bowed respectfully.

"There’s no need for formalities." Chen Cheng turned around and said flatly, "The Wang Clan Members have committed heinous crimes and deserve to have their entire clan exterminated. However, I’m not sure what the most appropriate way to deal with the maids and servants is."

Shen Mingyuan didn’t answer, instead looking at Jiang Bohai and Qin Qihong.

For this extermination of the Wang Family, the Shen Family Swordsmen and their subordinate Jianghu Gangs were the main force. They could certainly ensure that all Wang Clan Members and the house servants and Hospital Martial Artists loyal to them were wiped out!

However, it wouldn’t be right to slaughter all the ordinary maids and servants who dared not resist. Truly killing tens of thousands of people in one night would be difficult to explain to their superiors!

But they couldn’t just let these people go either, lest they leave behind future trouble.

Jiang Bohai and Qin Qihong clearly knew that the Wang Family’s doom was inescapable.

With the Wang Family destroyed, their many businesses were now ownerless. The Jiang and Qin families naturally wanted a share of the spoils, and to get benefits, they had to contribute manpower.

"Lord Chen, the maids and servant girls can be sent to the Music Department," Jiang Bohai said with a respectful bow.

Qin Qihong also bowed respectfully and said, "Linji Prefecture has suffered from famine for years. The Finance and Households Department also needs a lot of laborers. The men can all be enslaved as laborers."

"Fine. You two report it to the City Lord’s Mansion and handle it yourselves."

Chen Cheng nodded slightly, then called Shen Mingyuan aside to give him a few instructions. He then leaped onto the high rooftops and headed toward the Shen Family’s encampment.

Running at full speed, he reached the main street outside the Shen Family’s encampment in just the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea.

He was immediately greeted by the sight of his father-in-law, Shen Zhiyuan, guarding the intersection with a team of men.

"Ah Cheng, how did it go?" Shen Zhiyuan came forward and asked with great urgency.

"It went smoothly enough," Chen Cheng nodded and smiled faintly.

"Did you really kill Wang Xuanjiu?" Shen Zhiyuan still found it hard to believe.

"I did," Chen Cheng said seriously.

"Hah!" Shen Zhiyuan exclaimed in amazement, his eyes filled with reverence for his son-in-law!

He also felt a little dazed, as if everything was illusory and unreal, like a dream.

By the time he came to his senses and wanted to ask a few more questions, Chen Cheng was already long gone.

...

"Brother Cheng, are you alright?"

"Junior Brother Chen..."

The ones most nervous about Chen Cheng were, without a doubt, the Chens’ three wives.

In a secluded courtyard of the Shen Family’s main residence, the three ladies surrounded Chen Cheng the moment he stepped through the gate.

"I’m fine. I’m doing great," Chen Cheng said with a carefree smile.

All three women let out a huge sigh of relief.

"I have some business to take care of in my room first. I’ll explain everything to you in a bit."

Without waiting for them to ask, Chen Cheng strode into the main chamber and closed the door.

The three women immediately grew nervous again.

"Brother Cheng isn’t hurt, is he?" A trace of worry once again appeared on Mu Xiaowan’s beautiful face.

Shen Qingyao said with some uncertainty, "I don’t think so. He looked full of life, not like he was injured."

Shen Qingshuang’s expression was grave. "Ghostly Wound and the Wang Family’s Ancestor are both top-tier Perfect Martial Artists of the Organ Refining Realm. For Junior Brother Chen to face them..."

Just then, a dull THUD came from the room, and the ground trembled slightly.

The three women rushed to the door, only to suddenly hear a faintly excited laugh from inside the room.

"Hehe, not bad!"

Suspicion once again filled the three women’s beautiful faces.

...

This was, of course, the sound of Chen Cheng taking off the Black Gold.

His Floating Light and Shadow Armor already weighed a thousand catties, and with over three thousand catties of Black Gold added, his total load was four to five thousand catties—a truly substantial weight.

Even though Chen Cheng’s physique had reached a freakishly powerful level and he could use the Great Power Realm to negate some of the weight, carrying it for a long time was still exhausting!

’So much Black Gold... This is probably comparable to the entire reserves of the Smelting Department. Not bad at all!’

After that silent thought, Chen Cheng sank his Telekinesis into the Sumeru Formation of his ring and took out the treasures one by one.

A huge pile of items instantly appeared on the floor!

’I should have properly cultivated the Concealment Secret Skill!’

Chen Cheng suddenly realized that he had been feeling a lot of regret lately!

If his Cultivation Progress in the Concealment Secret Skill had been sufficient, he could have grabbed far more of the Wang Family’s treasures.

’Oh well, you can’t have your cake and eat it too. Focusing on Cultivation Techniques that enhance my Martial Arts Power is the right path anyway.

A man’s ambition is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant, and his greed insatiable enough to eat the moon. Contentment brings happiness. My haul this time is pretty good!’

Among these treasures, the most valuable were the Source Crystal Jades obtained from Wang Xuanjiu’s secret chamber.

Placing the two Source Crystal Jades in his palm, Chen Cheng could clearly sense the incredibly dense Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi contained within them.

According to legend, only a Spirit Vein where Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi converged could possibly produce Source Crystal Jade after thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

The Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi within a Source Crystal Jade was extremely pure. Whether for comprehending a Realm or for Cultivation after the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm, this pure Primordial Qi could play a huge role.

A Source Crystal Jade of this size contained enough Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to allow a Perfect Martial Artist of the Bone Forging Realm with mediocre Martial Arts Talent to directly break through their Profound Passage, undergo Purifying the Marrow, and advance into the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm.

And even at the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm, Organ Refining Realm, and even the Puncture Realm, Source Crystal Jade was still immensely useful and could greatly accelerate one’s Cultivation Progress.

In addition, many Spiritual Artifacts and Arrays also required Source Crystal Jade.

It was a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object that was simply heaven-defying for Martial Arts Cultivation.

And it was a consumable item!

A Source Crystal Jade slightly larger than a pigeon’s egg was worth at least one million taels of patterned silver.

After all, for someone with insufficient Martial Arts Talent, it would be impossible to advance to the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm even if they spent one million taels of patterned silver!

The Chens’ three wives all had good Martial Arts Talent and wouldn’t need the help of a Source Crystal Jade to advance to the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm.

’Once I advance to the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm, I’ll use these two Source Crystal Jades immediately!

The right path is to increase my own Martial Arts Power as quickly as possible!’

After some thought, Chen Cheng put them into his ring.

He then put away the Medicinal Materials and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects that he could use, but there were still many treasures left.

’The Wangs’ toiled for decades, and in the end, it was all for my benefit!

It seems the fastest way to get rich is to just rob people openly!

Of course, by ’robbing openly,’ I mean robbing justifiably, robbing with righteous conviction. But opportunities like this don’t come by often!

I finally understand why the True Disciples of the Major Sects travel everywhere looking for opportunities!

If you just stay cooped up at home, working in isolation, how could you ever encounter a chance for some justifiable plunder?

Martial Arts Cultivation is all about constantly fighting with others, fighting for opportunities!

In the end, the strong get stronger, and the weak are eliminated sooner or later!

But this kind of behavior requires sufficiently formidable Martial Arts Power. Otherwise, you’re not finding opportunities, you’re just delivering them to others!’

Chen Cheng pulled back his thoughts and immediately opened the door.

The Chens’ three wives entered the room and were completely astonished to see the floor covered in treasures!

Even Shen Qingyao and Shen Qingshuang had been longing for many of these treasures for a long time!

"Junior Brother Chen, where did you get so many..."

Seeing the Star Shining Stone that glittered with starlight, Shen Qingyao couldn’t help but exclaim. But halfway through her words, the quick-handed Chen Cheng clamped a hand over her mouth.

"Senior Sister Qingyao, don’t be so loud!"