Guang Liang is dead, died hastily, died tragically, died.... silently as well.

At least, apart from Chen Yuan saying a few words to this old acquaintance, the rest of the Heavenly Patrol Envoys didn't pay him any attention.

A blade slashed across his entire body, flesh and blood separated, his True Pill shattered, and he fell into the pool of blood with unwilling eyes, his death announcing that there were no more monks left in the Bright Temple.

Chen Yuan didn't have anything to lament over. He didn't even glance at the monk Guang Liang who lay on the ground, directly stepping over him, as if he had just stepped over a step.

Guang Liang.... perhaps before he went to the Capital, Chen Yuan regarded him as a great enemy, after all, at that time he was still relatively weak and thought of the Dan Realm Master as incredible.

But now....

Chen Yuan has experienced many life and death calamities, even killed a True Monarch under his blade, and shattered the Dharma Body of a Six Realms Barbarian God, naturally altering his mindset.

Although, that wasn't killed by his own strength.

In his current view, a True Master at the Primordial Spirit Refining God Level is quite good, but no longer considered strong, only those at the Yang God True Monarch level can be regarded as strong.

Only Immortals are at the pinnacle.

This is not reaching for the moon, nor is he arrogant, it's just because he has strength in his hands now, even without the means of Moluo, below True Monarch, few can rival him.

Step by step, he crossed the temple grounds of the Bright Temple, where his eyes met only the Heavenly Patrol Guards looting the temple's treasures.

Destroying a family and exterminating a house is not done in vain.

The Primordial Crystal Vein had just begun excavation, and he urgently needed a batch of resources to support the expansion of the Tangshan Prefecture's Iron Cavalry, which served as his future foundation.

In front of the Great Hall, Chen Yuan looked up, his gaze calm as he stepped inside, where incense was still burning and smoke lingered.

A Buddha several feet high was covered all over with golden paint, eyes half-opened, seemingly overlooking the human world, locking gaze with Chen Yuan as he raised his head.

Dead object.

The Buddha is strong, surely at the Six Realms level of an immortal or Buddha, but here it's merely a statue, lacking such power and oppression, even the confrontation with Chen Yuan felt no pressure, only a thought of standing on equal footing arose in his heart.

There's naturally no need to contend with a dead sculpture, Chen Yuan walked to the front where Miao Jue hadn't yet put away the futon, and sat cross-legged, his gaze calm as water.

Outside, the calls were incessant, many of which were joyful sounds, as if they had found some good things.

Chen Yuan listened quietly like this, seemingly out of place with this world.

He had an understanding in his heart, perhaps this was melancholy.

Easily resolving a force once regarded as a great enemy, yet he felt no joy, as if, this was how it should be.

As time ticked away, the noise outside lessened considerably, and the sky began to darken, Lu Renyi bowed and entered the Great Hall, glanced at the indifferent Buddha statue, and cupped his hands:

"Sir, we've just about finished tallying, the remaining items cannot be accurately valued yet."

"Continue."

Chen Yuan uttered two words.

"Inside the Bright Temple, currently there's one thousand five hundred seventy-two Primordial Crystals, three hundred twenty-one Spiritual Medicine plants, Spiritual Objects....."

Lu Renyi reported all the tallied figures, the number of Primordial Crystals was still few, with Bright Temple being in Qingzhou for over two hundred years, all levels of resources were quite abundant.

There was a specific Spiritual Medicine Garden for cultivating Spiritual Medicine.

Combined with the controlled cultivation resources, the estimated total value was around eight thousand Primordial Crystals, a significant harvest, but unfortunately, Chen Yuan couldn't keep it all.

"Issue the pensions and rewards to the Patrol Guards below, the rest will first be sent to the Tangshan Prefecture Heavenly Patrol Bureau, I still have a use for them." After a moment of silence, Chen Yuan spoke.

Lu Renyi was taken aback for a moment, cautiously asked:

"What about the court?"

According to the rules, when the Heavenly Patrol Bureau confiscates and exterminates, half of the acquisitions must be submitted, with severe penalties for embezzlement.

"I'll report to the court, don't worry about it."

He was now a high-ranking member of the Heavenly Patrol Bureau, a Heavenly Divine Envoy, so withholding resources for a year was expected, after all, he had decided to flip the table, there was no need to send resources to the court again.

It's likely that the headquarters won't specifically come to inquire.

"Yes, officer's orders!"

With Chen Yuan speaking, Lu Renyi naturally dared not have any issues.

"Continue handling the aftermath, I have other matters, so I won't stay." Chen Yuan looked up at Lu Renyi, predicting that Shangguan Tiehong would likely return to Shuzhou City the next day.

He had more important things to attend to, naturally wouldn't delay his time here overseeing.

"Sir, feel free to attend to your affairs, I will handle everything here."

Lu Renyi quickly assured.

"Mm, thanks for the trouble."

Chen Yuan gave a faint smile.

"Serving you is my honor, I dare not speak of hardship." Lu Renyi put on a fawning smile.

"Lu, Golden Envoy."

"At your service."

"You have a bright future."

"Thank you for your praise, sir."

"In the future... would you be willing to follow me?" Chen Yuan squinted, throwing out an olive branch.

Lu Renyi held his breath, understanding the deeper meaning of Chen Yuan's words, wanting him to switch allegiance from Wu Tianxi's faction to Chen Yuan's side.

This was a major taboo in officialdom.

He just wanted to politely refuse Chen Yuan's invitation, but for some reason, the words wouldn't come out, thinking of Chen Yuan's legendary status and the terrifying strength he'd seen before.

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