Chapter 96

Chapter 95: Xuan Yu Dan! Face Altering Technique!

Tongzhi; Xiaoming was robbed by Ding Hao twice in one day, and his anger soared to the heavens.

As the chief manager of the Tang family's business, he was above ten thousand people, a position of great honor. Today, he was actually forced to such an extent by a mere innate-level expert, which was too much of an insult! It almost made him die of anger.

"Quickly! Go find Ling Yunxiao and ask him how he manages Wuzhou! Allowing his disciples to openly rob people! Is Wuzhou still a city under the imperial rule? Is there still law and order?"

The Tang family's employees found the city lord's residence, but the response was simple: "The city lord is in seclusion. You should report the case to the city defense camp."

Although the commander and deputy commander of the city defense camp received them warmly, they could only promise to do their best to investigate the "brazen" robber!

It was too outrageous to openly rob people in Wuzhou City, truly a sign of a deranged mind!

Of course, Tang Fei and others clearly stated that there was no need for an investigation. This case was obviously done by Ding Hao! Only Ding Hao had the blessing of the fairy and the protection of the heavens. The city defense camp should immediately arrest Ding Hao and bring him to justice!

However, the commander of the city defense camp firmly rejected such a request.

"Manager Tang, we are deeply shocked by your encounter! We will do our best to apprehend the culprit, but we are powerless to meet your demands! There are too many cultivation techniques in this world. We cannot conclude that the culprit is our Wuzhou genius Ding Hao just because he has a spiritual energy shield! Moreover, all eighty members of the Wuzhou Iron Hoof Cavalry can testify that Ding Hao was with them, chatting and drinking tea, and would not have gone to rob you!"

When Tang Fei heard this, he knew it was over. They would never find the culprit.

Ding Hao was a genius of Wuzhou and someone Ling Yunxiao valued. The entire Wuzhou was helping Ding Hao. Tang Fei and his companions finally understood why Ding Hao dared to rob them in broad daylight—it was because he clearly saw this!

After they finished reporting the case, the city defense commander said, "Don't leave in a hurry. There is one more thing. A merchant in our city had a spirit martial great saber fall into his house, causing significant damage, including some antiques used by famous immortals. They hope you will compensate them for the damage. Here is the list..."

Reporting the case was useless, and now they had to pay a large sum for repairs. Tang Fei was almost in tears; he had never seen such bullying!

After paying the compensation, the Tang family had to hide in their main office. Tang Fei even feared that Ding Hao might one day break into the main office alone at night.

Of course, Ding Hao wasn't that perverse. After robbing Tang Fei's spirit treasure pouch, he went home.

In a quiet room, he opened the spirit treasure pouch. Two small, flat boxes were inside, each containing two hundred spirit stones. These gems, formed by the evolution of heaven and earth, shimmered with dazzling light.

"Manager Tang, you are too polite..." Ding Hao finally smiled.

Continuing to open the spirit treasure pouch, he found a first-grade immortal sword inscribed with the words "Ascend to Heaven." Clearly, Tang Fei had once studied at the Nine Provinces Academy, and the Ascend to Heaven Sword was the standard weapon of the academy.

It was evident that Tang Fei was quite poor. Even as the manager of the Tang family's business, he still used the weapon issued by the Nine Provinces Academy.

Ding Hao checked further and found that Tang Fei didn't have much money. Instead, there were two protective jade pendants that could be worn on the chest, capable of blocking mundane attacks and low-level spiritual attacks.

"Good stuff." Ding Hao was pleased. This item had saved Tang Fei's life; otherwise, a single punch would have shattered his qi sea.

"This guy is afraid of death." Ding Hao coldly snorted, taking out a jade pendant necklace and hanging it around his neck.

Continuing to search, he found a book. It was a defensive cultivation technique, but being a wood-type cultivator suppressed by fire, Ding Hao couldn't and didn't want to cultivate it.

He set it aside and finally found something that interested him.

"Xuan Yu Dan! Face Altering Technique!" Ding Hao finally understood why Tang Fei had prepared several defensive jade pendants.

Tang Fei was a lecher, often altering his appearance to go out and seduce women, forcing them to take Xuan Yu Dan and indulge in debauchery with him. For those who resisted, he wouldn't harm them but would use the defensive jade pendants to overpower them and pin them down...

"Such a beast, he deserves to die."

Ding Hao cursed, but the face-altering technique was useful to him. Although he had a false face, many people already knew that Secret Cloud Jing was him. With the face-altering technique, he could change his appearance at will.

There was nothing else of interest, except for a small white waist tag that caught his attention. The tag had the words "warehouse" on it, indicating it was for entering a Tang family warehouse.

Believing the tag would be replaced after it was stolen, Ding Hao set it aside.

At that moment, someone knocked on the door, "Young Master Ding Hao, are you there?"

Ding Hao put away the items and walked out of the quiet room, finding that it was Commander Xu Yuanjun.

Xu Yuanjun said as soon as he entered, "Let's talk inside."

Once inside, he immediately smiled, "Impressive! Young Master Ding, you did a great job, very satisfying!"

Tang Kongming had severely injured Ling Yunxiao, almost killing him. The eighty members of the Iron Hoof Cavalry had all seen it, so they felt very satisfied when they heard about it.

Xu Yuanjun continued, "Young Master Ding, don't worry. The city lord will definitely suppress this matter! And we will prove that you were with us. I've already told everyone, and even if we are questioned in the Tang Emperor's hall, we won't change our story."

The eighty members of the Iron Hoof Cavalry were very loyal, and Ding Hao smiled, "Commander Xu, you and your men have always taken care of me. I have no way to repay you, but today I made a small fortune, and I want to share it with everyone."

Ding Hao took out a small sandalwood box.

Xu Yuanjun asked curiously, "What is this?"

Ding Hao smiled and pushed it toward him.

Xu Yuanjun opened the box, and his eyes almost went blind from the light. He exclaimed, "A box of spirit stones! Heaven! So many spirit stones!"

"One hundred." Ding Hao, who had easily obtained the money and was generous, smiled, "Each of the eighty brothers of the Iron Hoof Cavalry gets one, and the other twenty, you can decide how to distribute them to the city defense camp. Although the city lord won't investigate this matter, the city defense camp will still face a lot of pressure. I, Ding Hao, will never let others take the blame for my gain!"

Xu Yuanjun didn't refuse but gave him a thumbs up, "Genius Ding, you are a man of your word! You know how to treat people! The brothers will follow you from now on!"

Ding Hao didn't actually want these people to follow him; they couldn't help much. However, Ding Hao was like that. Although he sometimes acted without principles and did bad things without hesitation, he was never stingy with those who had helped him.

As he put it: "To be a man, you must repay your enemies and your benefactors. To not repay your enemies is to be a coward, and to not repay your benefactors is to be a scoundrel."

Soon, Xu Yuanjun took the spirit stones back. He was a straightforward person and wouldn't withhold anything, distributing the spirit stones to everyone.

Although the eighty members of the Iron Hoof Cavalry had a good income in the city lord's residence, a spirit stone was still a significant wealth to them. Everyone felt they had made a small fortune!

Holding the spirit stones, they all looked pleased, secretly thinking that Ding Hao was a good guy!

After doing this, Ding Hao went out again.

He believed that after this incident, the Tang family wouldn't let it go and that even greater storms were coming!

Behind the Tang family's business, there was the Six Happiness Inn.

A young man with a long face walked into the inn and said, "Waiter, give me a good room."

This young man was Ding Hao after using the face-altering technique. The technique was not complicated, the principle being to use spiritual energy to alter the facial features.

Ding Hao knew the Tang family wouldn't let it go, so he decided to stay near them and monitor the chief manager of the Tang family for a long time!

In the good room of the Six Happiness Inn, a young man sat cross-legged, holding a spirit body treasure lotus. Next to him was a jade pendant, which he would check to see what Tang Kongming was doing during his breaks.

He didn't expect to see Tang Kongming, the old man, pressing a young girl from the business onto a bed...

"Old beast, you will die sooner or later!" Ding Hao cursed and continued to cultivate.

At the same time, in the native city, the Shang family's business.

A young woman in a red qipao-like tight dress ran out of the back courtyard of the business, passed through the hall with divine essence fruits, and hurriedly went to the second-floor spirit rice counter.

At the counter, Manager Shang Pei was busy, with several young men buying spirit rice.

The time for the Nine Provinces Examination was approaching, and many young people were preparing for it. The Shang family's business was thriving, and the spirit rice counter was also very busy.

The young woman waved to Shang Pei, who arranged his work and came out to ask, "Miss Shang Yun, what is it?"

This young woman was the granddaughter of the Great Elder, Shang Yun. She asked in a low voice, "Manager Shang Pei, I'm asking you again, do you recognize the black-clothed man who sold us the eye-washing spirit liquid and spirit water powder?"

Shang Pei smiled bitterly, "Miss Shang Yun, I really don't recognize him. How could I dare to lie about such a matter?"

Shang Yun nodded, "The chief manager wants to see you."

Shang Pei was puzzled but, seeing Shang Yun's serious expression, asked on the way, "What is it?"

Shang Yun said, "You'll know when you see the chief manager. Just tell the truth. Honestly, when I found out who the black-clothed man was, I couldn't believe it!"

Shang Pei still didn't know who the black-clothed man was and could only follow Shang Yun to the chief manager's office. Seeing the black-haired, black-bearded chief manager, Shang Pei quickly bowed, "Greetings, Uncle Jiushu."

The chief manager's face was cold, and he slammed the table, "Shang Pei, you scoundrel! You clearly recognize the black-clothed man, why didn't you tell the truth?"

Shang Pei was so scared that he fell to his knees, "Uncle Jiushu, I really don't recognize him!"

The chief manager roared, "Ding Hao from Wuzhou, do you dare to say you don't recognize him! Huh?"