Chapter 82: Since you've come, you even brought a gift (Extra update, seeking follow-up reads, very important)

"Crimson Maiden?"

Seeing the face clearly, Li Rui narrowed his eyes slightly.

"In the Qinghe region, the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao is led by the Wan Gui Matriarch, with eight great evil ghosts under her, and three disciples: Headless Slave, Crimson Maiden, and Green Snake Spear."

What kind of disgusting nicknames were these?

"Crimson Maiden was originally beautiful, but later her face was ruined. She is proficient in disguise and has Eighth-Rank strength."

Everything matched the woman before him.

"I heard this woman was injured by Tang Sheng last night; she probably wanted revenge and intended to use disguise techniques to kill and vent her anger at the branch?"

Crimson Maiden had figured out the Zhu family's situation and thought of using his relationship with the Zhu family to deliberately mix into the branch under the identity of Zhu Ling.

A good scheme.

"I heard that a true master of disguise doesn't just need the face to look alike, but must even become that person completely in their soul."

Crimson Maiden had done well.

Unfortunately, she chose the wrong person.

Li Rui unceremoniously touched all the places where Crimson Maiden's spiritual material was flickering.

"Killing is killing, but you even brought all your belongings to kill; how polite."

People from the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao were constantly wanted by the government and drifted around all year; perhaps that was the reason Crimson Maiden carried a full load of treasures.

In the early morning.

He had already sent Wang Zhao to check on the Zhu family.

Zhu Ping was severely injured and unconscious, and several sons and concubines had died tragically.

Zhu Ling was missing.

So when Zhu Ling appeared, he had already been suspicious, and upon seeing the full body of spiritual material, he was even more certain.

He had stayed in the Zhu family for too many years.

Zhu Ling didn't know martial arts at all.

Where would she need so many treasures for protection? And even if the Zhu family were wealthy, it was impossible for them to give these things to a concubine-born daughter.

"Young people are too rash in their actions; full of flaws."

"And now I, this old man, have to deal with it."

Li Rui glanced at the inner courtyard.

The lights in Yang Yong and Wang Zhao's rooms were on, and they hadn't noticed the abnormality here.

The strike just now had been too fast.

So much so that Crimson Maiden hadn't made a sound.

Li Rui dragged Crimson Maiden's corpse under a large willow tree.

He was a martial artist.

With Eighth-Rank strength, digging a hole was naturally very easy.

At most, he didn't want to make too much noise to avoid disturbing Yang Yong and Wang Zhao, so he deliberately made his movements light and slow.

It took only a quarter of an hour.

A deep pit large enough to hold a person was dug.

Li Rui pushed Crimson Maiden's corpse into the pit, covered it with soil again, and sprinkled a layer of old dirt on top.

Until no traces of the soil being disturbed could be seen.

Only then did he clap his hands in satisfaction.

Crimson Maiden was an Eighth-Rank expert; if he killed an Eighth-Rank master, his strength would definitely be exposed, and handing over Crimson Maiden's corpse to the government would also invite more pursuit from Ghost Gui Ming Jiao monsters.

Compared to that little reward, inviting a fatal disaster was clearly not worth it.

No matter how much money there was, one had to be alive to spend it.

After finishing all this, it was already late at night.

Just as Li Rui was about to turn and leave—

Lines of small characters appeared before his eyes.

【Congratulations to the host for completing the achievement: Famous in the Jianghu (Beginner Plot) — Fighting Violence with Violence 2.】

【Walking in the Jianghu, fighting and killing are inevitable; sometimes you need to promote your deeds, and sometimes you must be low-key. The best way to be low-key is to bury the bodies. You are new to the Jianghu, and after only a few times, you have become skilled in the skill of burying bodies; congratulations.】

【Task "Fighting Violence with Violence 2" completed, rewards being calculated】

【Task rating: B.】

【Obtained 40 achievement points!】

【Name: Li Rui】

【Age: 7】

【Talent: Martial Bone, Outstanding Comprehension, Spiritual Eye】

【Cultivation Method: White Ape Cloak Blade】

【Achievement: 50/100】

Burying bodies.

Li Rui was stunned.

Then he realized that he had killed many people, but he had only buried bodies twice.

He quite agreed with the content on the small characters.

Walking in the Jianghu.

If you kill someone and don't know how to bury the body, you killed them for nothing.

It would only bring endless trouble upon yourself.

He withdrew his focus.

Returning to his room, he placed everything he had taken from Crimson Maiden on the table.

Elixirs and spiritual weapons were all there.

It was practically a walking arsenal. "I made a fortune!"

Li Rui's heart pounded; his hard work in the black market for so long couldn't compare to robbing a Crimson Maiden.

It was just that this method couldn't last long.

There was some truth to the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao being defined as an evil sect by the imperial court.

Look at what kind of weapons Crimson Maiden had on her.

Daggers hidden in sleeves, soft swords in pant legs, throwing darts, hidden arrows, heavy crossbows...

Every single one was an insidious thing.

Of course, they all belonged to Li Rui now.

There were seventeen Eighth-Rank elixirs, and even one Seventh-Rank elixir.

"As expected of a disciple under the Wan Gui Matriarch; truly wealthy."

Li Rui's old face smiled until he couldn't close his mouth.

Finally.

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He fixed his gaze on an exquisite small wooden box with a keyhole in the middle.

But no key was found on Crimson Maiden.

After some fumbling.

No other switch to open the small wooden box was found.

"It should be a mechanism box."

Li Rui recalled the "Divine Mechanism and Heavenly Craft" he had read before, which contained records about mechanism boxes.

Unless a specific method was used, it was absolutely impossible to open.

If force were used, the mechanism inside would automatically trigger and destroy the contents.

Mechanism boxes were expensive.

Unless it was an extremely precious item, it wouldn't be worth storing with such an intricate object.

On this point, Li Rui was very certain.

Because from the perspective of the Spiritual Eye, the spiritual material in this wooden box was more than all the other items combined.

"It must be a treasure."

Helpless.

Li Rui had to put the small wooden box away first.

He would wait until he found someone skilled in mechanisms to find a way to open the box.

Looking at the full table of items.

"A beginner's gift package?"

Crimson Maiden's trip not only sent him so many treasures but even added an extra "40" points of achievement.

Too thoughtful.

The next day.

Li Rui had Wang Zhao and Yang Yong go to the Zhu family.

They even brought a spiritual elixir.

Although the Zhu family was wealthy, they couldn't compare to the Heaven and Earth Alliance after all; this spiritual elixir was something he had specifically asked Jiang Cheng to refine, not precious, but it was the right medicine for the illness.

Zhu Ping took the spiritual elixir brought to him and finally woke up.

This could be considered Li Rui's conclusion to all the past events.

Besides that.

Yang Yong also brought back news.

The missing Zhu Ling had been found, dead in the woods outside the city, her death extremely miserable, with her facial skin cut off.

It was only after the coroner in the government office took action that Zhu Ling's identity was confirmed.

Of course, it was all done by Crimson Maiden.

The Ghost Gui Ming Jiao was seeking revenge, not courting death; after the last action, they had also quieted down a bit.

Life returned to normal.

At most, because of the curfew issued by the county government, many veterans of the pleasure quarters could only be lonely and fight with themselves in their rooms.

Li Rui was like a person who had nothing to do.

Practicing martial arts, flipping through books.

With the elixirs sent by Crimson Maiden, it was enough for him to use for a long time.

It wouldn't be long before he could step into the Jade Bone Realm.

Yang Yong and Wang Zhao were still busy in the residence as usual.

On this day.

Yang Yong was holding a broom to clean up the fallen leaves of the willow tree.

He looked up.

"The old tree is sprouting new buds?"

But it was clearly autumn now.

What was this?

An auspicious sign!

In ancient times, the government loved this kind of thing the most; as long as it was packaged properly and reported to the imperial court.

With the Emperor greatly pleased, he could even grant a general amnesty.

However, when Yang Yong told Li Rui about this.

Li Rui just told Yang Yong not to spread the word, saying this was called "not showing off one's fortune."

Yang Yong deeply agreed.

"No wonder they say old people know more; one still needs to learn more!"

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