Clearly it was broad daylight, yet the guards and servants beside the Yang family carriage felt as though the whole world had been plunged into darkness. Their hearts trembled, fearful that those few great experts might casually crush them to death.

Finally…

They sensed the disappearance of that terrifying mental power, and only then did they secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

"Can we move?" a guard whispered.

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

"To spare our lives, these four great experts have already shown great benevolence. Don't offend them."

"Obediently endure it! Enduring means survival!"

The guards and servants remained rooted to the spot, not daring to move a single step.

For them, accustomed to licking blood from the edge of a blade, listening obediently and enduring for the time it takes an incense stick to burn almost certainly guaranteed survival.

Disobedience, on the other hand, 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 to scan the area.

They quietly leaped over the courtyard wall and entered. Xu Jingming walked to the house and gently pushed the door. The dusty door creaked open.

"Thump."

Entering the house, Xu Jingming casually tossed Yang Liao aside.

With a thump, Yang Liao landed on the ground. Although his body felt paralyzed, he could still use his hands. He hurriedly supported himself on the ground and leaned against the wall, looking at the four people before him with a servile expression. "Four esteemed experts, I am Yang Liao. My father is Yang Muyang, the head of the Yang family. Whatever you require, just ask. Please don't kill me."

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

"Leader, your luck is truly good," one of the eighth-order experts said with a smile.

"His luck is extraordinary."

"I envy him."

The three eighth-order experts chimed in, one after another.

Xu Jingming looked puzzled. "Good luck?"

"Leader, aren't you after money? This Second Young Master of the Yang family is carrying quite a sum of money with him."

One of the eighth-order experts reached out and tore open Yang Liao's robe, snatching away his gold belt.

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

He could only watch with a heavy heart as the other man took the belt.

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

"Look." The eighth-order expert slightly tugged at the belt, revealing gold bricks inserted inside.

The golden luster was restrained, yet it stirred the heart.

Xu Jingming's eyes lit up. He reached out, took it, and weighed it slightly, confirming the weight. "About fifty *jin* (approximately 50 lbs) , which is a full five thousand gold."

"His luck is too good." Although the three eighth-order experts sighed, they watched the scene with calm hearts. Their income was already extremely high. Without taking any risks, earning several hundred million universe dollars a year was not difficult.

Moreover, there was an employment contract between them. Once they violated the contract and secretly pocketed the gold, they would not only have to hand over all the stolen gold, but also pay a huge amount in compensation. Their reputation with the Myriad Realms Group would also be greatly damaged.

Not to mention several thousand gold, they wouldn't even secretly pocket hundreds of thousands of gold.

Because if they did…

The Myriad Realms Group could sue them! As long as there was money in their personal accounts, it would be deducted until all the 'compensation' was paid off.

Therefore, hiring through the Myriad Realms Group was trustworthy.

Of course, if someone used a huge sum of wealth to tempt a fifth or sixth-order Star Lifeform, they might choose to declare personal bankruptcy on the surface in order to embezzle and transfer the wealth. So, trust also depended on the object.

"Five thousand gold, just like that!" Xu Jingming was also pleasantly surprised.

This was a completely personal gain!

It was the biggest income he had received since entering the virtual world network!

He hadn't expected this income to come so suddenly!

The affairs of the world were like this! Sometimes, one struggled and couldn't get what one wanted. When one didn't dare to hope, a surprise fell from the sky.

"After this matter is over, I also want to stroll around the capital. Maybe I'll pick up a few thousand gold," one of the eighth-order experts said with a sigh.

"In the vast sea of people in the entire capital, how many people carry several thousand gold with them?"

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

"The leader is purely lucky."

The three of them chatted.

They all understood that randomly grabbing a young master from a large family, and having him carry several thousand gold on his person, was purely luck.

It couldn't be replicated.

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

"Reporting to you esteemed experts," Yang Liao said with a smile, "Didn't the empire's Western Region army suffer a defeat? The rebel army might even reach the capital, so I felt that keeping gold and silver in the money house wasn't safe, so I took it out! I didn't dare to put it at home either, fearing that others in the family would take it. That's why I carried it with me when I came out."

Yang Liao himself hadn't expected that he was supposed to leave the capital in a few days. He had rarely come out today to see his beauty, only to be captured, and now his gold was gone too.

"You felt it wasn't safe to keep gold and silver in the money house?" Xu Jingming smiled.

After capturing the chief steward of the Yang residence, Xu Jingming realized that the money house wasn't safe and had taken out his own gold and silver.

However, he didn't carry it with him; he divided it into several portions and hid them.

"Whether you live or die depends on your performance," Xu Jingming said. With the human skin mask on his face, any expression looked ferocious and stiff, making Yang Liao even more frightened.

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

"Here is paper and a pen." Xu Jingming took out a pre-prepared paper and charcoal pencil from his chest. "Draw the entire layout of the Yang residence, and then carefully explain it to me. If there are any errors, you will die."

"Yes."

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

As long as he could survive, there was nothing he couldn't sell.

Having lived in the Yang residence for a long time, Yang Liao was very clear about its layout and quickly drew it clearly.

"It's drawn." Yang Liao said immediately, "Let me explain it to you. This is the main gate. Entering the main gate is a huge front yard. Along the wall of the front yard are hundreds of rooms, which are the residences of the guards…"

Yang Liao explained carefully.

After speaking for a while, he finished the rough explanation.

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

Yang Liao saw that the intelligence map was clearly much more exquisite and had more detailed records of the Yang residence than he had described.

"Esteemed experts know everything?" Yang Liao said with a smile, his heart filled with fear.

Fortunately…

Fortunately, he hadn't dared to lie! If he had lied, he would have died!

"Next question. Similarly, if you lie, you will die." Xu Jingming's voice was cold as he threw another piece of paper on the ground. This piece of paper was densely covered with names.

"Your Yang family is planning to send teams to leave the capital. Tell me, which teams are there in total? Who are the members of each team? And give a brief introduction 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 forgetting, you can use these names to answer me."

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

"Tell me everything you know," Xu Jingming said. "Based on what you tell me, I'll decide whether to kill you or not."

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

Yang Liao said immediately, "First of all, I'm going to lead a team myself. In my team, there are more than thirty Yang family members, mostly from the collateral branches. And more than two hundred guards."

"Who are those thirty-odd Yang family members, and who are those two hundred-odd guards?" Xu Jingming asked coldly.

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

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

"These three teams are what I determined based on my father and third uncle's conversations," Yang Liao said immediately. "I've said everything the Yang family members and guards know."

"Then let me ask you one last question."

Xu Jingming's eyes turned sharp. "Where are all the gold that the Yang family exchanged for hidden?"

Yang Liao was stunned.

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

"I'll tell you," Yang Liao said, his voice trembling. "It's in the inner courtyard of the Yang residence."

As he spoke, Yang Liao pointed to the map he had drawn earlier and began to explain in detail.

"This treasury is hidden behind many mechanisms. I don't know what those mechanisms are. I've only been inside once," Yang Liao said.

"Hmm, you've been quite honest."

Xu Jingming stepped forward.

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

Xu Jingming simply checked him over and took a brocade pouch and the jade pendant he was carrying.

"He's carrying two or three thousand taels of silver on him for pocket money." Xu Jingming checked and praised, "Worthy of being a Yang family son."

Yang Liao shivered.

Xu Jingming picked up the papers 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 supported himself on the ground and slowly wriggled his body, trying to move his spine. After all, he was a flow-level expert. After moving for a while, his spine finally returned to normal.

Yang Liao then scrambled to his feet.

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

"Hahaha…"

Yang Liao was excited, muttering to himself, "The day you fall will be because you're soft-hearted."

Yang Liao immediately sneaked out of the residence and quickly headed towards the Yang residence.

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

"Second Young Master."

"Second Young Master, you're back?" The Yang residence guards immediately greeted him. They had all heard that the Second Young Master Yang had been kidnapped by experts, and they were secretly delighted. "Good riddance. It would be better if he was killed."

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

"Hmph."

Yang Liao was too lazy to pay attention to these guards and went straight into the residence.

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

Yang Muyang was a tycoon-like figure with a rough face and sharp eyes. His own strength had reached the level of a top-tier expert. Under his leadership, the Yang family had grown stronger. Although it couldn't be compared to the ancient families in the capital, it could be considered a member of the second-tier families.

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

"Yes." Yang Liao was still in shock and said immediately, "They captured me but didn't kill me. They must be after our Yang family."

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

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

The more disappointed his father was, the less gold and silver he might receive when he left the capital. Yang Liao still cared about his image in his father's eyes.

"Asking about the Yang residence's layout, all the Yang residence's personnel? The teams leaving the Yang residence? And… the treasury?" Yang Muyang nodded. "These four are probably just the tip of the iceberg of the enemy forces. What they're targeting should be our Yang family's treasury."

"That's what I think too. If they were dealing with any of our teams, the forces they mobilized wouldn't need to be so cautious," Yang Muyang said. "Only targeting the treasury would require them to probe first."

Yang Muyang nodded. "Ever since we took out the gold and put it in the residence, I knew it would attract the envy of some forces, but I didn't expect them to dare to blatantly capture you and interrogate you!"

"But these four are quite soft-hearted. Whether it was my guards or me, they didn't act ruthlessly," Yang Liao said.

"Soft-hearted?"

Yang Muyang shook his head. "Those with mental power reaching that level are never soft-hearted! They just… didn't care about you, or maybe they were deliberately provoking us."

Yang Liao was stunned.

Didn't care?

"Deliberately provoking us?" Yang Liao was puzzled.

"For example, if their rival forces have set their sights on the Yang family's treasury, they're using this to make us increase the security of the treasury, so that their rival forces will 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'll let those who have designs on the Yang family's treasury know that the Yang family is not easy to provoke." Yang Muyang's eyes were cold. "I dared to build a treasury because I believe no one can take it away!"

******

Inside Xu Jingming's secret residence.

"The Yang family's treasury contains hundreds of thousands of gold?" 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 Blood Rain Guard's pursuit, as well as the Demon Lord Ying Wuxie, the Flower Queen Palace's Feng Yuyan, and the Beggar Gang's Heavenly Mystery Elder."

"If I were to rob hundreds of thousands of gold, even if I managed to get it after a lot of hardship, what kind of world would target me?"

Xu Jingming shuddered at the thought.

He estimated that a few old monsters might directly emerge from the capital, slaughter his team, and seize his harvest.

"I'm a player."

"I have to control my ambitions." Xu Jingming understood this point. "This time, I've gathered all the intelligence I needed, and the goal of provoking them has been achieved. Next, I just need to wait for a chance to make a move."

"The gold and silver I've accumulated is getting more and more, and it's not safe to keep it all with me." Xu Jingming looked at the box of gold.

Previously, with nearly three thousand gold in wealth, Xu Jingming had to hide it in separate locations.

Now that he had accumulated over eight thousand gold in wealth, Xu Jingming also felt uneasy hiding it in the residence.

"I should sell it online first."

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

Xu Jingming immediately left the virtual world and began to trade online through the Myriad Realms Group.

Just an hour later.

A guest found Xu Jingming's residence.

"Brother Jing." A kind-looking old man walked 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's ability to earn gold and silver is amazing. It hasn't been long since our last transaction, and you've earned another fortune?" the old man said with a smile.

Xu Jingming's name in the Myriad Realms Group was 'Jing'.

"Luck." Xu Jingming led the two into the house and dragged out a pre-prepared box, which contained gold and silver, worth exactly eight thousand gold when converted.

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

"Exactly one million gold."

The old man skillfully took out a purse from his chest, which contained twenty pieces of gold, totaling two thousand gold. "Mr. Lu, you can begin the sacrifice."

The middle-aged man nodded and began the sacrifice.

Buzz~

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

Whoosh.

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

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

"Your account has received 816 million universe dollars, balance: 908.2 million universe dollars, counterparty account: Myriad Realms Group." Xu Jingming also received a message from the virtual world network.