Chapter 52: This bloody profit!

After dealing with Chen Tianfeng, that backstabbing dog, and stripping the Chen family bare in the process, Wang Shan finally had some spare attention to deal with the most tangible spoils of this blood battle—the loot!

Exactly, it's the storage bags of Wan Hong and his four unlucky lackeys! This is the real big haul, hard currency!

In the inner hall, the smells of blood and herbs hadn't fully dissipated, mixed with a heavy stillness after the dust had risen.

Wang Shan sat in the chief seat, his face as white as paper, his arm still in a splint, a dull ache in his chest, each breath tugging at the wound. But he couldn't spare attention for that now.

He had Wang Zheze lay the five storage bags—different in style but clearly not ordinary—on the table before him.

The five bags represented five once-living lives, one of them a master at the peak of the ninth layer of Body Refining.

Now, they all belonged to the Wang family.

Wang Shan extended the finger that could still move, trembling as he picked up the nearest bag, which belonged to the eighth-layer Body Refining Offering.

His spiritual sense probed out slightly, somewhat murky, obviously the original owner's imprint was still resisting stubbornly.

However, with the person dead and the lamp extinguished, this faint residue couldn't withstand Wang Shan's current eighth-layer Body Refining spiritual sense strength.

A soft "pop" sounded, like a bubble bursting. The imprint was erased.

Wang Shan wasn't polite either; he grabbed the bag's mouth and dumped it onto the table!

Clatter—!

A clear, pleasant sound rang out, almost blinding the eyes!

A pile of shiny things rolled out, mainly spirit stones! Lower-grade spirit stones, a heap!

At least three or four hundred!

There were also some healing pills, a few ordinary magic artifacts, and various miscellaneous materials.

Hmm, not bad, fitting the wealth of an eighth-layer Body Refining master.

Wang Shan nodded, then picked up the second, third, fourth… all belonging to those seventh- and eighth-layer Body Refining lackeys.

Clatter… clatter…

Spirit stones on the table grew more and more; the lower-grade stones quickly piled into a small mound, various medicine bottles rolled everywhere, plus a few ordinary-looking manuals and some unnamed ores and hides.

Wang Zheze watched from the side, his breathing growing a little hurried.

He had never seen so many spirit stones piled together in his life! The Wang family used to be dirt poor, having to pinch every lower-grade spirit stone.

After counting the four lackeys' storage bags, just the lower-grade spirit stones alone exceeded roughly fifteen hundred! The middle-grade spirit stones added up to about ten or twenty! Various pills and materials were even more numerous.

"Not bad, not bad." A hint of smile appeared on Wang Shan's face, though it tugged at his wound, making him hiss.

Then his gaze fell on the last storage bag.

Wan Hong's storage bag.

This bag was obviously far more refined than the others, black silk fabric with silver-thread embroidery of some ferocious beast pattern, a faint trace of demonic qi still lingering.

Wang Shan became much more solemn, carefully wiping away the spiritual sense imprint on it.

This time he clearly expended much more effort, for Wan Hong was a peak ninth-layer Body Refining master, his spiritual sense far surpassing those lackeys'.

Finally, the imprint broke open again.

Wang Shan gripped the bag's mouth, his heart also feeling a hint of anticipation. A peak ninth-layer Body Refining master, and the hall master of the Wan Family Branch Hall—his wealth should be substantial, right?

He suddenly tilted it sharply!

Clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter—!!!

This time the sound was louder and denser than any before!

The table was instantly submerged!

Spirit stones! Nothing but spirit stones!

Lower-grade spirit stones gushed out like a flood, instantly piling into an even larger spirit stone hill! The quantity was likely more than the previous four combined!

Wang Zheze's eyes went wide, his mouth hung open, unable to close for a long while.

"Gulp." He swallowed hard.

But what shocked him—or rather Wang Shan—even more was still to come!

In the torrent of lower-grade spirit stones, some stones gleaming with a warmer, purer luster rolled out.

Middle-grade spirit stones!

Not a few! Wang Shan swept them with his spiritual sense, his heart pounding! At least seventy or eighty!

This wasn't over yet!

Among that pile of middle-grade spirit stones lay a fist-sized stone, crystal clear and transparent, emitting a soft glow like moonlight yet containing vast, pure spiritual energy, resting quietly there.

Its light instantly overwhelmed the brilliance of all the surrounding spirit stones!

"This… this is…" Wang Shan's voice trembled, he stared fixedly at the stone, his heart pounding as if it might leap from his throat!

Upper-grade spirit stone!

It was actually an upper-grade spirit stone!

Good heavens! In a poor backwater like Luo Bay County, this thing is practically a legendary item!

Nobody had even heard of it, let alone seen it!

One upper-grade spirit stone holds spiritual energy equivalent to a hundred middle-grade or ten thousand lower-grade stones!

Whether used to break a bottleneck, set up a high-level array, or serve as the core power of a mighty magic artifact, it is priceless!

That old dog Wan Hong actually hid such a treasure!

Wang Shan carefully extended his hand, cradling that upper-grade spirit stone in his palm, feeling the vast, pure spiritual energy undulating within like an ocean, and felt his bodily pains ease somewhat.

Struck rich! This time we really struck rich!

Just counting these spirit stones, the lower-grade ones likely total over three thousand! The middle-grade approach a hundred! Plus one priceless upper-grade spirit stone!

This fortune is enough to let the Wang family be reborn!

"Good fellow…" Wang Zheze muttered, having been stunned by this huge surprise.

Wang Shan forced himself to calm down, carefully put away the Upper Grade Spirit Stone, and then began to examine the other things spilled from the storage bag.

Medicinal pills, dazzling to the eye. Various kinds for healing wounds, restoring Spiritual Power, aiding cultivation—bottles and jars piled high, and their grade is obviously much higher than the pills Wang Shan himself refined, with even several bottles being second-grade medicinal pills, the medicinal fragrance rich.

For the Wang Family, currently filled with wounded members, this is nothing short of sending charcoal in the snow!

Next were cultivation technique jade slips. Wang Shan picked up a few to examine, and indeed, one of the slips contained the complete cultivation method for 【Black Fiend Claw】, from entry to mastery, everything included.

There were also several martial arts from the Wan Family Collateral Branch, their power not too shabby.

What also caught Wang Shan's attention was that in a corner he discovered a damaged animal skin scroll, which recorded a method seemingly related to controlling and merging demon beast power, the script ancient, the aura eerie.

【Ten Thousand Beast Method】?

Wang Shan's heart stirred, recalling that brat Chen Dao; Wan Hong seemed to intend to use him as a vessel for cultivating this evil method.

Although this scroll is incomplete, perhaps some of the Wan Family's secrets can be glimpsed from it.

Then came the Magic Artifact.

Wan Hong's signature claw-suit magic artifact, black qi swarming, lay still on the table. Under the impact of the Righteous Qi Talisman, its surface was covered with fine cracks, its spirituality greatly damaged, and the Demon Qi had mostly dissipated, making it look somewhat listless.

But Wang Shan could feel that the claw-suit's material itself was excellent; if suitable materials and a method for repair could be found, it would definitely be a powerful second-grade magic artifact!

Besides the claw-suit, there were large quantities of refining materials, many of which Wang Shan had only seen in classics as rare goods, plus some unknown beast bones and skins, emitting a powerful aura.

Finally, Wang Shan also found a few encrypted letters and a Black Token engraved with the character 'Wan' in a hidden compartment of Wan Hong's storage bag; these items might involve some internal information of the Wan Family Main House and need to be studied carefully later.

After finishing inventory of the storage bag's contents, Wang Shan turned his gaze toward the outside of the courtyard.

There, a completely black, shuttle-shaped flying vessel resembling a hawk with folded wings hovered silently half a foot above the ground.

Black Feather Boat!

The flying magic artifact Wan Hong rode when he arrived!

After Wan Hong's death, this flying vessel, having lost its master's Spiritual Power support, exhausted its energy and slowly descended from the air, being carefully guarded by the Wang Family's younger generation.

This is truly a flying magic artifact!

Although it looks small, it can hold up to about ten people at once, and the hull's sides seem to have several damages, likely from being caught in the previous battle, but if it can be repaired……

Then the Wang Family would have the capability for rapid maneuver and strategic withdrawal!

Imagine, when we can't win, we just board the flying vessel and flee—who could catch up? Or when we need quick support or a surprise attack, this thing is practically a divine artifact!

Its strategic value is even higher than that Upper Grade Spirit Stone!

"Good! Good! Good!" Wang Shan looked at the wealth piled up like a mountain before him, felt the warmth of the Upper Grade Spirit Stone, thought of the flying vessel that could soar the heavens; despite his steady disposition, he couldn't help but burst into loud laughter, the pain in his chest seeming to lessen.

"Hahaha! Wan Hong, you old dog, and the Wan Family! This great gift you've sent, old man… I cannot refuse it politely!"

This round, a bloody profit!

The Wang Family's foundation, after this battle plus these spoils, has increased more than tenfold! Without exaggeration, the Wang Family has gotten rich overnight! With these resources, the cultivation speed of the clan's younger generation and the recovery speed of the wounded will greatly increase! The clan's overall strength will surely undergo a leap!

However, this great joy did not last long.

Wang Shan's laughter faded, the excitement on his face slowly waned, he became calm again, even with a hint of solemnity.

He looked at the wealth on the table, and also recalled his clansmen fallen in pools of blood, and his own moment of near-death.

These things were obtained by the Wang Family at the cost of nearly twenty lives and countless blood!

More importantly, an innocent man is guilty of carrying a precious jade.

How will the Wan Family Main House think, now that the Wang Family suddenly possesses such immense wealth, and having slain Wan Hong, a Body Refining Ninth Layer Peak cultivator? They will certainly not let it rest; they will only invite even crazier and fiercer retaliation!

This wealth is both hope and a death warrant!

We must hurry! Quickly convert these resources into tangible strength! Enhance ourselves, enhance the strength of the clan's younger generation!

Wang Shan picked up that Upper Grade Spirit Stone, gripping it tightly in his hand; its pure spiritual energy refreshed his spirit.

"Zeze!"

"Here I am!" Wang Zeze responded immediately.

"Distribute these medicinal pills first to the severely wounded clansmen! Spirit stones… besides this Upper Grade and Middle Grade, allocate a thousand Lower Grade Spirit Stones for the clan's daily operations and compensation for the wounded! Copy the cultivation techniques and place them in the Scripture Pavilion! Materials and Magic Artifacts, first seal them in the storehouse!"

"Yes, Father!" Wang Zeze immediately began to work, carefully sorting and storing the various items.