Chapter 198 Golden Treasures

It was broad daylight, but the guards and servants beside the Yang family's carriage felt that the entire world was dark, their hearts trembling, fearing that those few experts might casually crush them to death.

Finally…

They felt that terrifying mental power disappear, and they secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Can we move?" a guard whispered.

"Who knows if anyone is secretly watching? If you dare to move, they'll kill us."

"Being spared is already benevolent of these four experts. Don't provoke them."

"Just obediently endure it, enduring means survival!"

These guards and servants stayed in place, not daring to move an inch.

For them, who were used to licking blood off knives, listening and enduring for the time it takes to burn an incense stick almost certainly meant survival.

Disobedience could mean death.

What choice was there? It was obvious.

Xu Jingming and the other three, carrying Yang Liao, easily found an abandoned residence using their mental power.

They quietly jumped over the courtyard wall and entered the yard. Xu Jingming walked to the house and gently pushed the door, which was covered in dust, open.

"Bang."

Entering the house, Xu Jingming casually tossed him.

Bang, Yang Liao fell to the ground. Although his body was as if paralyzed, his hands still had strength. He quickly propped himself up and leaned against the wall, looking at the four people in front of him with a flattering expression: "Four experts, I am Yang Liao, my father is the Yang family head, Yang Muyang. Whatever requests you have, just ask. Please don't kill me."

Yang Liao knew very well when to be submissive and soft.

"Boss, your luck is really good," an eighth-order expert said with a smile.

"Not just good luck."

"I'm even envious."

The three eighth-order experts spoke one after another.

Xu Jingming listened, a look of confusion on his face: "Good luck?"

"Boss, aren't you after money? This Yang family's second young master is carrying quite a bit of it."

An eighth-order expert reached out and tore open Yang Liao's robe, stripping off his gold belt.

Yang Liao watched this scene with extreme heartache. This was almost all his savings. He wanted to stop them, but didn't dare to move.

He just watched with heartache as the other party took away the belt.

"This is?" Xu Jingming looked at the cloth belt.

"Look." The eighth-order expert slightly tugged at the belt and revealed the gold bars inserted inside.

The golden color was restrained, yet it moved people's hearts.

Xu Jingming's eyes lit up. He reached out to take it and weighed it slightly, confirming the weight: "About fifty *jin* (25 kg), which is a full five thousand *jin* (currency unit)."

"This luck is too good." Although the three eighth-order experts were sighing, they looked at the scene with a calm heart. Their income was already extremely high. Without taking any risks, earning several hundred million universe coins a year was not difficult.

In addition, there was an employment contract between the two parties. Once the contract was violated, not only would the swallowed gold have to be handed over, but huge compensation would also have to be paid. And their reputation in the Cosmos Corporation would also be greatly discounted.

Not to mention a few thousand *jin*, even hundreds of thousands of *jin* in front of them, they would not embezzle it.

Because embezzlement…

The Cosmos Corporation could sue them! As long as there was money in their personal accounts, it would be deducted! Until all the 'compensation' was paid.

Therefore, being hired through the Cosmos Corporation was trustworthy.

Of course, if a huge amount of wealth was used to tempt a fifth- or sixth-order cosmic lifeform, the other party might choose to… declare personal bankruptcy on the surface, and also embezzle and transfer the wealth. So, trust also depended on the object.

"Five thousand *jin*, just like that!" Xu Jingming also felt pleasantly surprised.

This was a harvest that completely belonged to him!

It was the largest income he had received since he came into contact with the virtual world network!

He didn't expect this income to come so suddenly!

The things in this world are like this! Sometimes, you pursue it bitterly and can't get it, but you don't dare to hope for it, and then a surprise falls from the sky.

"After this is over, I'm going to take a good stroll around the imperial capital, maybe I'll pick up a few thousand *jin*," one of the eighth-order experts said with emotion.

"In the vast sea of people in the entire imperial capital, how many people carry thousands of *jin* with them?"

"Releasing mental power will cause fear in people, so you can't just release it casually."

"The boss is just purely lucky."

The three of them chatted.

They all understood that randomly grabbing a member of a large family, and the other party just happened to be carrying a few thousand *jin*, was pure luck.

It couldn't be replicated.

"Why do you carry so much gold and silver?" Xu Jingming looked at Yang Liao and asked.

"Reporting to all experts." Yang Liao said with a smile, "Didn't the empire's Western Region army suffer a defeat? The rebel army may come to the imperial capital at any time, so I thought it wasn't safe to put gold and silver in the money house, so I took it out! I didn't dare to put it at home either, fearing that others in the family would take it away, so I brought it with me when I came out."

Yang Liao himself didn't expect that he would be leaving the imperial capital in a few days. Today he went out for his beauty, but he was caught, and the gold was gone.

"You think it's not safe to put gold and silver in the money house?" Xu Jingming laughed.

After capturing the head steward of the Yang mansion earlier, Xu Jingming realized that the money house was not safe, so he took out the gold and silver he had stored there.

But he didn't carry it with him. He divided it into several parts and hid it.

"Whether or not we kill you depends on your performance," Xu Jingming said. Wearing a human skin mask, his expression looked ferocious and stiff, making Yang Liao even more frightened.

"My performance will definitely be good," Yang Liao immediately said.

"Here are paper and pen." Xu Jingming took out the paper and a charcoal pencil he had prepared in advance, "Draw the layout of the Yang mansion in detail, and then carefully explain it to me. If there are any mistakes, you will die."

"Yes."

Yang Liao immediately took the charcoal pencil and began to draw.

As long as he could save his life, there was nothing he couldn't sell.

Having lived in the Yang mansion for a long time, Yang Liao was very clear about the layout of his home and quickly drew it clearly.

"It's done." Yang Liao immediately said, "I'll explain it carefully. This is the main gate. Entering through the main gate is a huge front yard.

There are hundreds of houses against the wall in the front yard, all residences of the guards…"

Yang Liao explained carefully.

After a while, he roughly finished explaining.

Xu Jingming took out a folded intelligence map from his arms and compared it: "Well, you're quite obedient, you didn't lie." As he spoke, he threw the intelligence map on the ground.

Yang Liao took a look, and the intelligence map was obviously much more exquisite, and the record of the Yang mansion was even more detailed than his introduction.

"The experts already know?" Yang Liao smiled, his heart filled with fear.

Fortunately…

Fortunately, he didn't dare to lie! If he had lied, he would have died!

"Next question, the same, as long as you lie, you will die." Wearing a human skin mask, Xu Jingming's voice was cold, and he threw another piece of paper on the ground. This paper was densely filled with names.

"Your Yang family, you're planning to send teams to leave the imperial capital. Tell me, how many teams are there in total? Who are in each team? You must also briefly introduce the information of these people." Xu Jingming pointed to the paper on the ground, "This records the names of many internal members of the Yang family, to prevent you from not remembering, you can use these names to answer me."

Yang Liao's face turned pale, and he said: "I only know a part! I'm not sure how many Yang family members are leaving the imperial capital this time."

"Tell me everything you know," Xu Jingming said, "Based on what you explain, I will decide whether to kill you."

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you."

Yang Liao immediately said: "First of all, I have to lead a team myself. In my team, there are more than thirty Yang family members, mostly from the side branches. There are also more than two hundred guards."

"Who are the thirty Yang family members, and who are the more than two hundred guards?" Xu Jingming asked coldly.

Yang Liao was interrogated for half an hour, his head was dizzy, and he said everything he knew.

"You only know three teams." Xu Jingming shook his head.

"These three teams are based on what my father and third uncle said when they were chatting," Yang Liao immediately said, "I have said everything I know about the Yang family members and guards."

"Then let me ask you one last question."

Xu Jingming's eyes turned cold, "Where are those gold that the Yang family exchanged for?"

Yang Liao was stunned.

"This is the last question. If you answer well, you will live. If you don't answer well… you know the result." Xu Jingming looked at him.

"I'll tell you," Yang Liao's voice trembled, "It's in the inner courtyard of the Yang mansion."

As he spoke, Yang Liao pointed to the map he had drawn earlier and began to narrate carefully.

"This vault has hidden traps, I don't know what those traps are. I've only been inside once,"

Yang Liao said.

"Well, you're quite honest."

Xu Jingming stepped forward.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me." Yang Liao was terrified.

Xu Jingming briefly checked his body and took down a brocade pouch and the jade pendant he carried with him.

"There are two or three thousand taels of silver in his pocket money." Xu Jingming checked and praised, "As expected of the Yang family's young master."

Yang Liao shivered.

Xu Jingming picked up the paper on the ground and turned to leave with the three eighth-order experts.

Yang Liao leaned against the wall and waited blankly for a while before confirming that the four terrifying experts had really left.

"They didn't kill me? I survived?" Yang Liao was extremely excited at this moment. He propped himself up with his hands and slowly wriggled his body, barely moving his spine. After all, he was a third-rate expert. After moving for a while, his spine finally returned to normal.

Yang Liao then struggled to get up.

"These four people are really soft-hearted." Yang Liao was both surprised and happy, "Not only did they not kill me, but they didn't completely cripple me."

"Hahaha…"

Yang Liao was excited, and secretly said, "You will suffer one day because you are soft-hearted."

Yang Liao immediately slipped out of the residence and quickly rushed to the Yang mansion.

The moment Yang Liao stepped into the threshold of the Yang mansion's main gate, he felt completely safe.

"Second Young Master."

"Second Young Master, you're back?" The Yang mansion's guards immediately greeted him. They had all heard that Yang Er Gongzi (Second Young Master) had been kidnapped by an expert. They were secretly happy: "It's good to be caught, it's better to kill him."

Who knew that in the blink of an eye, Yang Liao would escape back alone.

"Hmph."

Yang Liao didn't bother to pay attention to these guards and went straight into the mansion.

"Liao'er." Soon, Yang Liao saw his father, Yang Muyang.

Yang Muyang was a heroic figure with a rough face and sharp eyes. His own strength had reached the realm of an exceptional master. Under his leadership, the Yang family had become increasingly strong. Although they could not compare with those ancient families in the imperial capital, they could be regarded as a member of the second-class families.

"You were kidnapped by four experts?" Yang Muyang asked.

"Yes." Yang Liao was still in shock, and immediately said, "They caught me but didn't kill me. It should be for our Yang mansion."

"Tell me everything you experienced in detail," Yang Muyang said calmly.

Yang Liao then told everything, of course… he didn't mention the matter of his 'five thousand *jin*'! He didn't want to lose face in front of his father.

The more disappointed his father was, the less gold and silver he would get when he left the imperial capital. Yang Liao still cared about his image in his father's heart.

"Asking about the layout of the Yang mansion, all the personnel of the Yang mansion? The teams that the Yang mansion sent out? And… the vault?" Yang Muyang nodded, "These four people should only be the tip of the iceberg of the enemy's forces. What they are targeting should be our Yang family's vault."

"I think so too. If they were dealing with any of the teams we sent out, the teams they mobilized would not need to be so cautious." Yang Muyang said, "Only when targeting the vault would they need to probe the details first."

Yang Muyang nodded: "Ever since I took out the gold and put it in the mansion, I guessed that it would attract the covetous eyes of some forces, but I didn't expect that they would dare to blatantly catch you and interrogate you!"

"But these four people are quite soft-hearted. Whether it's my guards or me, they didn't make a ruthless move,"

Yang Liao said.

"Soft-hearted?"

Yang Muyang shook his head: "Those whose mental power has reached that kind of realm are not soft-hearted! They just… didn't care about you, and may even be deliberately stirring up trouble."

Yang Liao was stunned.

Didn't care about them?

"Deliberately stirring up trouble?" Yang Liao was puzzled.

"For example, their hostile forces are eyeing the Yang family's vault. They used this to make us increase our vigilance over the vault, so that the hostile forces would suffer even more." Yang Muyang said indifferently, "Of course, this is just my guess. These people may have other purposes."

"But no matter what, I will let those who are eyeing the Yang family's vault know that the Yang family is not easy to provoke." Yang Muyang's eyes were cold, "I dare to build a vault, so I believe that no one can take it away!"

******

Inside a secret residence of Xu Jingming.

"The Yang family's vault, it hides hundreds of thousands of *jin*?" Xu Jingming returned to his residence, changed his clothes, and shook his head, "The previous harvest was a little too big, and it attracted the pursuit of the Blood Rain Guards, attracted the Demon Lord Ying Wuxie, Phoenix Jade Smoke of the Flower Kui Palace, and the Beggar Clan's Heavenly Mystery Elder."

"If I go to rob hundreds of thousands of *jin*, even if I really get it after going through hardships, what kind of world will target me?"

Xu Jingming trembled just thinking about it.

It was estimated that a few old monsters might emerge directly from the imperial capital, slaughter his team, and take away his harvest.

"I am a player."

"I have to control my ambition." Xu Jingming understood this, "This time, all the information that should be collected has been collected, and the goal of stirring up trouble has also been achieved. Next, I just need to wait for the opportunity to act."

"I have accumulated more and more gold and silver, and it is not safe to keep it by my side all the time." Xu Jingming looked at the box of gold.

Before, with nearly three thousand *jin* of wealth, Xu Jingming had to hide it separately.

Now, with a total of more than eight thousand *jin* of wealth, Xu Jingming also felt uneasy hiding in a folk house.

"It's better to sell it online first."

"It's just a little intermediary fee! At least it can ensure the safety of the property." Xu Jingming didn't dare to deposit it in a money house now. With the current situation in the imperial capital, a money house might go bankrupt one day.

Xu Jingming immediately left the virtual world and began online trading through the Cosmos Corporation.

Just one hour later.

A guest touched the residence where Xu Jingming was located.

"Brother Jing." A kind old man came over with a middle-aged man, "I'm here again."

"Please come in." Xu Jingming let the two in and closed the door.

"Brother Jing is amazing at making gold and silver. It hasn't been long since the last transaction, and you've earned another sum?" The old man said with a smile.

Xu Jingming's name in the Cosmos Corporation was the word 'Jing'.

"Luck." Xu Jingming led the two into the house and dragged out the box that had been prepared in advance. It contained gold and silver, which amounted to exactly eight thousand *jin*.

This was almost all of Xu Jingming's accumulation in the Blood Rain World. He only had a few hundred taels of silver and a jade pendant from Yang Liao left in his hand.

"Exactly ten thousand *jin*."

The old man skillfully took out a money bag from his arms. There were twenty pieces of gold in the money bag, a total of two thousand *jin*, "Mr. Lu, you can sacrifice it."

The middle-aged man nodded and began to sacrifice.

Buzz~

A light enveloped the middle-aged man and the gold and silver in the box.

Hua.

The middle-aged man and the gold and silver disappeared out of thin air, leaving only the empty box.

"Transaction successful." The old man said with a smile, "Brother Jing, please take care of my business more in the future."

"Your account has received 816 million universe coins, balance: 908.2 million universe coins, counterparty account: Cosmos Corporation." Xu Jingming also received a message from the virtual world network.