Chapter 123: The Warehouse of the Duke's Mansion

  The remaining Qiankun bags still had a lot of things in them, with tens of thousands of Jiqi Dan, hundreds of Ningqi Dan, and some books, letters, deeds, and other items. Ye Chen didn't bother to count them, and simply put all the Qiankun bags away, saying nothing more, before standing up and walking towards the outside of the main hall.

  The oppressive atmosphere finally dissipated, and Liu Zhen fell to the ground, barely opening his eyes to see Ye Chen walking out of the hall with ease. Liu Zhen was puzzled as to why Ye Chen didn't kill him, wondering if it was because he posed no threat to him at all! Liu Zhen's eyes were filled with hatred, vowing that he would avenge today's humiliation and slaughter every single person in the Ye family manor!

  He was thinking, when a strong fire-type mysterious energy came rushing towards him. A fire spirit eagle appeared at the entrance of the hall. In Liu Zhen's terrified eyes, the fire spirit eagle spat out a huge ball of fire. With a loud bang, the fireball engulfed him.

  As he walked out of the hall, Ye Chen let out a mouthful of turbid air. For someone like Liu Zhen, Ye Chen was too lazy to take action himself, lest he dirty his own hands!

  Ye Chen had a feeling that he couldn't quite put into words, and by nature, he was not willing to see too much slaughter. However, sometimes people are forced to do things they don't want to do.

  Squeak squeak, Ah Li waved her little paws and then ran towards the direction of the East Lin Prefecture's Wang Fu.

  Where did Ali want to take herself? Ye Chen followed closely behind Ali, sprinting wildly, and after a while, they arrived in front of a building. The heavy iron gate was locked with a huge lock, and the surrounding guards had all been taken out by Feng Xingbaiyuan.

  Isn't this building the storehouse of the Duke of Donglin's mansion?

  Ye Chen's palm came down, and with a loud crash, the iron gate split into four or five pieces. With just one light palm strike, it was as if he had shattered a withered branch, shattering the five-inch-thick iron gate. This was the mighty power of a tenth-stage strongman!

  In the morning, it was indeed the treasury of the Duke of Donglin's mansion. Inside a region of several dozen meters in diameter were stacked dozens of large chests, at least twenty or thirty. Ye Chen walked in and opened one of the chests, only to see that it was filled with silver bars, and there were also several chests of gold.

  In this world, silver and gold are also circulating currencies. Many transactions between martial arts families often use Qi Gathering Pills, but silver and gold are also useful for them to buy ordinary goods. One Qi Gathering Pill is equivalent to fifty taels of silver, and one tael of gold is equivalent to fifty taels of silver.

  So many boxes, just white silver is as much as tens of millions of taels, and gold is tens of thousands of taels!

  After some thought, if the Ye family had to flee in the future, with these silver and gold, the Ye family's days wouldn't be too miserable. The armguard had enough space inside, so Ye Chen moved all the boxes filled with silver and gold into the armguard space. Next to it, the weapon rack was filled with armor and weapons, at least 500-600 sets, all made of expensive metals like black mystic iron and golden mystic iron, each set worth at least a thousand taels of silver. These things were far inferior to what Ye Chen had obtained in the underground crystal palace, but they were better than nothing. Ye Chen stuffed them all into the armguard space, as well as some ordinary items like night pearls.

  The treasury was emptied directly by Ye Chen, and there were several large warehouses next to the treasury, which stored a lot of rice, cloth and other goods. There were so many things that they were piled up like mountains, and the space in the armory couldn't hold them at all.

  Ye Chen slightly furrowed his brow. How should these things be handled? These grains of rice are enough to make tens of millions of people worry-free about food for a year!

  The so-called "the meat and wine of the Zhu family's gate stinks, while on the road there are frozen bones to die for." Before that, Ye Chen had heard from his clansmen that the people of Donglin Prefecture were living in dire straits. The king of Donglin Prefecture collects a large amount of taxes every year, and anyone who resists will be suppressed. In the slums of the prefecture city alone, dozens of people die of hunger every day, and in years of famine, hundreds of people may die in a single day.

  Like the Ye family, a martial arts household, the lives of the clan members were extremely poor in the past. They had to hunt frequently in the Lianyun Mountains to satisfy their food needs because the grain prices in the county town were high and unaffordable. If they bought large quantities of rice, they would not be able to purchase Gathering Qi Pills for the cultivators in the family. A martial arts household was already struggling like this, let alone ordinary commoner families.

  Watching many ordinary people starve to death without releasing grain, this Duke Liu Xun of Donglin Commandery is truly a man who commits numerous unjust acts!

  Ye Chen thought for a moment, today is just to make a good relationship with the people of Donglin County Castle, anyway, it's all about being generous with others' wealth, these things are all from the Wangfu of Donglin County, if they're scattered, so be it, maybe in a few days Yejia Fortress will start its escape route.

  "Keep an eye on these warehouses, don't let anyone get close!" Ye Chen glanced at the Wind-Running White Ape beside him.

  The White Ape let out a low cry and stood guard in front of several warehouses like a door god.

  "I am Ye Chen, the head of the Ye family in Donglin County. The king of Donglin County, Liu Xun, his father Liu Kan, and his son Liu Zhen, led the Black Armor Guard to attack my Ye family fortress, but they have all been defeated. The royal palace has been taken by me. I hereby declare to the people of Donglin County that from now on, if anyone dares to bully my Ye family again, I will surely punish them!"

  The Xuan Qi of the tenth-level strongman amplified his voice to the extreme, like thunder rumbling, spreading throughout the entire Donglin County City, triggering waves of shock. The hundreds of millions of citizens in Donglin County City, as well as the people from various aristocratic families, all heard Ye Chen's words.

  Was the King of Donglin, Liu Xun, really killed? The crowd initially thought they had misheard, but upon further reflection, this person dared to make such an announcement in the city of Donglin Prefecture, so it shouldn't be false! If the King of Donglin, Liu Xun, was still alive, he would never allow someone to run amok on his own turf.

  The King of Donglin County is dead!

  The vast majority of people cheered and applauded after a moment of stunned silence, erupting into thunderous applause.

  As for the various family branches stationed in the county town's shops, after learning of the news, they all released messenger birds to inform their main households. It is said that Liu Xun's father, Liu Kan, was a Minister of War and a strong mid-10th stage cultivator. Does Yejia Fortress also have a 10th stage strong cultivator? Yejia Fortress once again entered the sights of the various major families in Donglin County. Some families from the thirteen counties of Lingnan also had shops set up within the county town, and they too received the news at the first possible moment.

  "What is Yejia Manor and what kind of family are they?" The people of Donglin County were all very puzzled.

  "Yejia Fortress is one of the eighteen fortresses in Lianyun, we all know Yunjia Fortress, but little is known about Yejia Fortress. I heard that Yejia Fortress produced a genius who just destroyed Yunjia Fortress, and unexpectedly even challenged the East Lin County Wangfu. Now Yejia Fortress is probably already the number one power in East Lin County." Many people thought of those few tenth-tier demon beasts they saw before, could it be that those tenth-tier demon beasts were all raised by Yejia Fortress?

  "Ye Jia Pu actually has such strength, this Dong Lin Prefecture King Liu Xun is also a member of the imperial court and a territorial official! Ye Jia Pu is probably going to be in trouble!"

  All sorts of rumors spread out, and many civilians were overjoyed to tears. In their eyes, Duke Liu Xun of Donglin was absolutely their nightmare.