It’s true what they say: a man can’t get rich without a windfall.

Sure enough, the box contained some good things. First was a Porcelain Bottle labeled "Qi Blood Pill," which made Qin Fang’s eyes light up.

He picked it up, opened the bottle, and poured one out to examine it closely. It was indeed a Qi Blood Pill, and there were probably about ten of them... That was over a hundred taels of silver right there.

Besides that, there were also some Silver Notes stuffed inside, worth around fifty-odd taels.

Next were some gold and loose silver... all in bits and pieces, probably worth another twenty or thirty taels.

Finally, there was a thread-bound book.

Qin Fang curiously picked it up and saw the three words written on it: ’Gale Saber Technique’...

’A Secret Manual for a Saber Technique?’

Qin Fang raised an eyebrow...

He already had a Training Method and a Pile Method. For a Fist Technique, he had the Ox Demon Mountain-Opening Fist, and for ranged attacks, he had his Darts.

What he was really missing was a Cultivation Technique for close-quarters combat with a weapon.

...A Dagger was too close-range, better suited for assassinations. In a head-on fight, it was actually a disadvantage.

This Saber Technique...

’Well, I’ll take it back and give it a try.’

With that thought, he checked again to make sure there was nothing else before closing the box.

But Qin Fang didn’t get up right away. Instead, he started patting down the corpses...

’Can’t forget the good habit of looting bodies.’

He found some miscellaneous items on the man who had been holding the box, but he also found silver... not much, about six or seven taels.

Qin Fang’s eyes brightened. ’That’s right. These men came to Zhao Cheng’s House planning to make a big score and run. They must have brought all their savings with them.’

After confirming there was nothing else of value, he moved to the next body...

He went through the corpses one by one.

He found a lot of miscellaneous items, but almost every one of them had silver. The most was seven or eight taels, the least was three to five.

There were eight bodies in the courtyard in total. Qin Fang looted them all, managing to collect forty to fifty taels of silver.

That was enough for another four or five Qi Blood Pills.

He was delighted.

Just as he finished looting, Monkey rushed out of the ever-growing sea of flames.

"Master Qin."

Qin Fang looked up and saw the happy expression on Monkey’s face. "They missed something, just as I thought! I found a hidden compartment in a room with over a hundred taels in Silver Notes!"

As he spoke, he presented the Silver Notes to Qin Fang with both hands.

Qin Fang raised an eyebrow and took them without ceremony.

He then pulled out a few notes, worth about thirty taels, and handed them to Monkey.

Monkey froze for a moment, then quickly shook his head. "No, no, Master Qin, I..."

"If I’m giving it to you, just take it."

Monkey stood there, stunned, before a look of gratitude filled his eyes. "This... Yes. I am unworthy... Thank you for the reward, Master Qin!"

Even though he had found the hundred-plus taels of silver, Qin Fang had only given him twenty or thirty...

But Monkey knew perfectly well that if it weren’t for Master Qin, he wouldn’t have even made it inside. The Water Dragon Gang members at the gate would have killed him on sight.

’Master Qin is so generous... giving me over thirty taels just like that...’

He sighed in admiration.

Master Qin was ruthless and decisive with his enemies.

But he was undeniably good to his own men!

...Following Master Qin gave him an indescribable sense of security!

Qin Fang looked at the fire, which was burning higher and higher, and frowned. "It looks like we won’t find any healing medicine..."

He thought of Xu Meng’s injuries.

Monkey snapped back to his senses and quickly said, "It’s alright, Master Qin. The boss always keeps some Golden Sore Medicine on hand. I know where it is. I’ll just go grab some from his place."

Only then did Qin Fang nod.

"Alright, let’s go."

"Yes."

The two left. Qin Fang walked directly to the two bodies that had fallen outside the courtyard wall and began looting them.

’Even a fly is still meat...’ Besides, these men were carrying at least a few taels of silver, weren’t they?

A few taels of silver... In this day and age, that could be a common person’s entire yearly income.

How could he let it go to waste?

Seeing this, Monkey quickly looked around, spotted the distant corpse, and ran over to start looting it as well.

Qin Fang got another seven or eight taels of silver from the two bodies, then nodded in satisfaction and started walking back.

Monkey also finished looting and ran over.

"Master Qin, this man had about five taels of silver on him!"

He offered the loose silver with both hands.

This time, Qin Fang did not refuse. He nodded, took it, and tucked it into his robes.

On the way back, the bodies of the men he had killed earlier still lay on the ground.

Qin Fang had been rushing to Zhao Cheng’s House before, so he hadn’t looted them, but he had time now.

When Monkey offered to help, he said directly, "You go get the medicine from Brother Xu’s place first. Don’t delay his treatment. I can handle things here myself."

Monkey came to his senses and said hurriedly, "Ah, right... Alright, Master Qin, I’ll go deliver the medicine to the boss first. I’ll come back to help you in a bit!"

Qin Fang waved his hand, then added a reminder, "Be careful... They might not all be dead. If you run into anyone, don’t force it. Come and get me."

Hearing Qin Fang’s words, Monkey’s face filled with emotion. He said respectfully, "Yes."

After Monkey left, Qin Fang began looting the bodies one by one.

There was truly a wide variety of miscellaneous items: tinderboxes, ear picks, combs, toothpicks, a small abacus, Identity tokens...

A real mess of random things.

Of course, Qin Fang had no use for these things; he was mainly looking for money.

But the bodies outside didn’t have much money on them... They were likely mostly men from the Hometown Association, not as wealthy as the members of the Water Dragon Gang.

The most was one or two taels, and the least was just a few dozen copper plates.

But Qin Fang took it all.

Looting his way along, he soon arrived outside the fish market.

Just as he got there, he saw Monkey, covered in dust, running back again.

"Master Qin."

Qin Fang looked up and raised an eyebrow. "Run into trouble?"

"No, no, I’ve already delivered the medicine to the boss. He’s applied it. I also ran into a few of our brothers who got scattered but are still alive... I told them not to touch the bodies outside your courtyard and came to find you first."

Monkey said hurriedly.

Qin Fang raised an eyebrow, then just nodded without saying much.

"Let’s go."

"Yes!"

Soon, Qin Fang and Monkey returned to the front of the small courtyard.

He immediately saw a group of men standing at the courtyard gate. They held torches, their faces filled with shock as they stared at the corpses on the ground. No one dared to move recklessly.

Qin Fang saw that Xu Meng was among them.

Xu Meng’s face was pale. His shirt was unbuttoned and draped over his back, revealing a muscular torso and a bandaged wound.

He was squatting in a daze in front of a corpse...

It was the body of Zhao Cheng.

The sound of Qin Fang and Monkey’s footsteps startled him. He looked up and let out a long breath. "Brother Qin."

Qin Fang nodded and walked over.

Xu Meng’s words made the remaining few men turn their gazes to Qin Fang, their eyes filled with shock and awe...

...Monkey had just made it clear that all these men were killed by one person he called ’Master Qin’.

Including Zhao Cheng.

They couldn’t help but be utterly shaken.

...There were more than forty bodies here.

Forget forty-odd people... even slaughtering forty pigs wouldn’t be this fast, would it?

But now, the forty-plus bodies were undeniable proof.

They had also carefully examined the men’s wounds... almost every one of them had a large spike in their head.

They had been shot through the head with spikes!

...No matter how ignorant they were, they knew skulls were hard.

It was hard to imagine the kind of strength required to shoot a spike into someone’s forehead out of thin air and kill them.

Master Qin...

They had naturally heard of this Master Qin, and had even seen him before.

But honestly, aside from being a bit taller and more handsome... they hadn’t noticed anything special about him.

They never expected him to be such a ruthless figure...

...A ruthless man, even more ruthless than their boss and Zhao Cheng!

Now, seeing Qin Fang approach, they all subconsciously held their breath, their hearts filled with apprehension...

After all, before this, none of them besides Monkey had ever interacted with this Master Qin.

Upon learning that this Master Qin was such a ruthless figure, they naturally felt a mix of awe and apprehension.