The fierce wind howled as a gust of rain approached.

Winter is seldom rainy, but come summer, it rains every few days, as if the heavens are making up for the lack of rain in winter.

Xu Guang stood beneath the eaves, watching the rain curtain drip down in strings from the eaves.

The ground was already pitted with small holes from the rain.

Zhu Zhenzhen stood behind him, "That's roughly the situation."

Three days ago, something happened at the Pill Tower, the Elixirs were stolen.

A lot of them, Xu Guang supplied Elixirs to the Pill Tower monthly, a thousand Ninth-Grade Elixirs and five hundred Eighth-Grade Elixirs each month.

All combined, the cost reached as high as thirty thousand taels of silver, and the selling price even higher at two hundred thousand taels of silver.

Nowadays, with the many newcomers, there is no worry about not selling them all.

Most of Xu Guang's silver coins were exchanged for things like Profound Earth by these foreign families and the Iron Armor Sect.

Through research, Xu Guang discovered that the Spirit Charm in this Profound Earth was very minimal, almost negligible compared to the Spirit Crystals, more like a product bred from the vitality and Primordial Qi within an Innate Expert.

As for General Wei, it could now provide a feeling of fullness and success.

So Xu Guang still paid quite a bit of attention to the development of the Pill Tower.

But a few days ago, the Elixirs inexplicably disappeared.

"Do you have any suspects?"

Xu Guang extended a hand, catching the water droplets falling from the eaves, and softly asked.

Zhu Zhenzhen had looked more than once at the bright and alluring woman sitting in the room as she spoke, this woman was truly seductive, the most beautiful woman she had seen in her life.

She knew the woman's identity.

As Zhu Zhenzhen left, Su Yan stretched lazily and softly asked.

"Tie Kuang is busy with the Song Family's matters recently, do you want me to help you?"

Xu Guang shook his head.

Some things only he could handle.

His political wisdom wasn't particularly high, but he could see that this might have been an accident, but it was also a probe initiated against him by various forces.

Or rather, some people were unhappy with the current distribution of interests.

He let the water droplet in his hand fall, making a few small pits explode on the ground.

"I've given you so much, yet you don't know gratitude?"

...

Night fell.

The place where the Pill Tower was located was the most prosperous and stable area in Qingshuo County today.

Xu Guang wasn't someone who monopolized benefits, and the absurd profits from Elixirs didn't allow him to monopolize them; he took a thirty percent share from the Pill Tower's profits each month, and the remaining twenty percent was distributed to the disciples below.

Thirty percent was given to some strong families in the city to establish connections, as both materials procurement and distribution required these people's help with Qingshuo County's population.

The remaining two percent was given to the Song Family of Songjiang Prefecture.

Even so, it was sufficient to make Xu Guang wealthier; he wasn't a greedy person, and besides, silver coins didn't have much role for him, as many things couldn't be bought with silver coins.

He was trying to use money to establish connections to buy the Spiritual Objects needed for Sixth-Grade Cultivation.

At midnight.

The carriage delivering Elixirs slowly drove into the Pill Tower.

A man with a bushy beard yawned and walked out slowly.

"Why so late today?"

The man asked.

"Safer at night."

"Old Zhou, alright, come help me unload the goods."

After the carriage left, the man invited Old Zhou for a drink.

An hour later.

The man took out two keys and opened the warehouse door.

Looking at the Elixirs in the room, a greedy smile appeared on his face.

These were all money.

He couldn't help but take out two from inside, and just as he stepped out, he saw Old Zhou, and more importantly, a few figures standing behind Old Zhou.

...

The next day.

"Send this confession, give a copy to each of those families."

Xu Guang looked at Zhu Zhenzhen and said.

"Aren't you going to take action?"

Xu Guang looked at her in surprise, "If I act, what do I need them for?"

Zhu Zhenzhen remained silent.

"Tell them I want to see Wu Teng and Pan Peak's heads within three days."

As Zhu Zhenzhen was about to leave, she heard Xu Guang's voice again.

"Help me note those who don't act or try to fish in troubled waters."

He might not remember each family that acted, but he would certainly remember each one that didn't.

"Guo Family..."

Xu Guang squinted his eyes; these two insiders were placed in the Pill Tower by the Guo Family's connections.

Whether the Guo Family was involved would depend on how much they contributed this time.

...

Li Family.

"What does Xu Guang mean by this? Asking us to fight to the death with two Seventh-Grade Experts?"

"Dad, you can't do this."

"Integrity is our family creed."

...

Sun Family.

"The profits from the Pill Tower are not easy to take."

"Get the people below moving, and finish Master Xu's task as soon as possible."

"Brother, this..."

"Do as I say."

...

Within just one day, Qingshuo County fell into an eerie atmosphere.

There were fewer pedestrians on the streets, and there was a sense of an impending storm.

Wu Teng and Pan Peak sat in a courtyard, looking at the boxes of Elixirs.

"This Pill Tower is truly wealthy, no wonder it's a business shared by so many families in the city; twice, and it's more than what I got in two years of banditry."

"How about it, Brother Wu, was my idea wrong?"

At that moment.

An alarming sound suddenly erupted outside.

Then fireworks shot into the sky, highly conspicuous even during the day.

"Someone's here!"

"Run quickly!"

Wu Teng and Pan Peak almost instantly made a decision.

The two of them frantically charged outside.

The sound of slaughter erupted in the alley.

"Father!"

The young master of the Sun Family watched as Wu Teng's hand pierced his father's chest, eyes filled with rage!

...

In the shadows at the street corner, a gigantic creature idly wagged its tail, and the nearby wall, after just a few sways, was on the brink of collapse from its unconscious tail movements.

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