Becoming a Saint From the Iron Armor Skill

"Right, right, right. Don’t show your wealth or flaunt your riches. You can’t be ostentatious when you get a treasure."

When Chen Cheng released her hand, Shen Qingyao feigned a look of realization, a cunning smile flashing in her beautiful eyes.

She knew Chen Cheng all too well. Whenever this guy got his hands on something good, he was always in the habit of hiding it away.

Previously, Shen Qingyao hadn’t really approved of this habit, thinking Chen Cheng was a bit petty. Perhaps it was due to his humble origins and lack of worldly experience.

But now, Shen Qingyao suddenly realized that this view of hers seemed to carry an inherent prejudice.

’The prejudice in one’s heart is a great mountain.’ Casting that mountain aside, Shen Qingyao suddenly felt that Chen Cheng’s habit wasn’t so bad after all! It even made her feel pleased and delighted.

"Junior Brother Chen, you killed Wang Xuanjiu and Ghostly Wound?" Shen Qingshuang, on the other hand, stared at Chen Cheng with a fiery gaze.

"Mhm." Chen Cheng nodded slightly, a faint, nonchalant smile on his face.

It was as if killing the Wang Family’s Ancestor, Wang Xuanjiu, and the Black Lotus Sect’s Sect Leader, Ghostly Wound, was as casual as slaughtering chickens and dogs!

A look of utter shock flashed through Shen Qingshuang’s beautiful eyes!

She knew Chen Cheng was strong, but for him to be *this* strong had far surpassed her imagination.

After all, she had personally witnessed how Chen Cheng had grown from a humble Prison Guard to his current level!

Gazing at the refined face before her, Shen Qingshuang suddenly felt a little dazed.

Chen Cheng’s figure was now much taller and more robust than the somewhat lanky youth of yesteryear, but his face hadn’t changed much. He still had the same handsome, boyish appearance.

And he was still as calm and unruffled as when she first met him, with pride carved deep into his very bones.

Learning that Chen Cheng had killed Wang Xuanjiu and Ghostly Wound, Shen Qingyao and Mu Xiaowan were also stunned.

All three women were sharp-witted and quickly guessed the origin of these treasures.

Shen Qingyao closed the door, picked up the fist-sized Star Shining Stone that glittered with starlight, and said joyfully, "Xiaowan, do you know how rare this Star Shining Stone is?"

Mu Xiaowan blinked her lovely eyes, examining the Star Shining Stone, and asked with some curiosity, "Are Star Shining Stones very rare?"

Shen Qingyao nodded gleefully. "Of course they are."

"Like Celestial Meteorite Iron, Star Shining Stones fall from beyond the Nine Heavens."

"Although Celestial Meteorite Iron is also valuable, there’s a lot of it, so it isn’t considered rare. And it can only be used to forge Weapons, so it’s only considered an ordinary Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure."

"But Star Shining Stones are extremely rare. Comparatively, for every ten thousand pieces of Celestial Meteorite Iron that fall from beyond the Nine Heavens, you might not even get one Star Shining Stone."

"The Five Elements Geng Metal aura on it is much richer. Its texture and hardness are both several times stronger than Meteorite Iron."

"Most importantly, it has spent countless ages beyond the Nine Heavens, nourished by the power of the sun, moon, and stars. It contains an extremely dense Sun and Moon Realm aura, making it what one would consider a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object."

"Using a Star Shining Stone to aid in comprehending the Sun and Moon Realm allows you to get twice the results with half the effort. That’s why it’s a treasure coveted by all Martial Artists who cultivate the Sun and Moon Realm."

"I cultivate the Star Moon Realm and am in desperate need of this item as well, but I haven’t been able to find a Star Shining Stone through any of the Shen Family’s channels."

"I can’t believe the Wang Family actually had one!"

Mu Xiaowan clicked her tongue in amazement. "In that case, this Star Shining Stone could probably sell for tens of thousands of taels of patterned silver, couldn’t it?"

Shen Qingyao couldn’t help but laugh. "You’re underestimating it."

"I heard the Ancestor say that back when he was a Steward at the Great Dao Sect, he saw a duck-egg-sized Star Shining Stone sold at a major auction house in the State City. It was bought for one million taels of patterned silver."

"This one in my hand is the size of a fist. The price would at least be double that!"

"Two million taels of patterned silver?" Mu Xiaowan’s jaw dropped in astonishment. "That’s enough silver to cover the food and living expenses for all the people in Linji City for a month!"

Back when Chen Cheng was a Prison Guard, his monthly Salary was only 800 Wen, which was enough to cover food and expenses for both him and Mu Xiaowan for a month!

"More or less." Shen Qingyao wasn’t very familiar with the lives of common folk, so she just nodded and turned to examine the other treasures.

Shen Qingshuang had also recovered from her shock. She picked up a dark, turquoise Jade Stone and said happily:

"This Spiritual Moisture Jade not only contains a Five Elements Gui Water Aura, but also an Earth Moisture aura. It’s even more precious than the Water Element Pearl I obtained before."

"Huh..." Shen Qingyao let out a soft sound of surprise, picking up a light-textured gemstone, and said,

"This Wind Source Stone is also an extremely precious Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object. Xiaowan, you cultivate Phantom Sword Intent. Using this to aid your comprehension will also let you get twice the results with half the effort!"

Seeing the Chens’ three wives continuously sharing their joy over the treasures, Chen Cheng couldn’t help but laugh. He picked up a Thousand-year-old Mountain Ginseng, gnawing on it as he walked toward the bedroom.

’What a long night. I’m truly exhausted. I should get some proper sleep.’

...

「The next day.」

Chen Cheng slept until the sun was high in the sky before getting up.

He had just finished breakfast when Shen Mingyuan rushed over.

Chen Cheng welcomed him into the main hall.

Shen Mingyuan had faint dark circles under his eyes, clearly not having slept all night, but his gaze was quite sharp.

"Ah Cheng, the entire Wang Clan, several thousand people, have all been killed."

"So fast!" Chen Cheng was also taken aback; he had expected it to take two or three days.

Shen Mingyuan said, "The Shen Family only killed the Wang Clan Members in the Inner City. The Wang Clan Members in the Outer City were dealt with by the Jiang Family and the Qin Family working together."

"Furthermore, the Jianghu Gangs under the Wang Family’s control in the Four Outer City Districts have also been completely wiped out by the combined forces of the Jiang Family’s and Qin Family’s Jianghu Gangs."

"Wiped out completely?" This was clearly beyond Chen Cheng’s expectations again.

The Inner City District of Linji City occupied less than a tenth of the entire city, and the Wang Clan Members were almost all concentrated at the Wang Family’s residence.

The Shen Family had plenty of manpower, so they could easily slaughter them all.