Three days passed quietly.

The boring patrols continued in the county government office, and the superiors had increasingly given up hope of finding any traces of the Remnants of the Unborn Church.

Trying to catch the traces of those people without any clues was like searching for a needle in a haystack, with only a slim chance of success.

Chen Yuan spent three days refining the three Tiger Bone Pills, taking one each day. He successfully refined his blood twice, and his strength soared again.

While practicing, Chen Yuan also calculated. He used two Tiger Bone Pills for his first blood refinement, and even though the second blood refinement was not yet fully successful, he estimated that it would take at least two to three more Tiger Bone Pills.

As for the third blood refinement, it would likely require four to five Tiger Bone Pills, or even double that amount, to succeed.

This startled Chen Yuan a bit. If it really increased at this rate, wouldn't he need a hundred Tiger Bone Pills to reach the Blood Refinement Completion stage?

One Tiger Bone Pill cost at least ten taels of silver, and a hundred would be a thousand taels!

This was an astronomical figure for Chen Yuan at his current state, equal to several decades of his salary.

Of course, this was just Chen Yuan's arbitrary speculation. In reality, it might not take that many, otherwise, so many martial artists could not have been born in the world.

Moreover, the cultivation method Chen Yuan practiced was different from ordinary Body Refining Techniques. Although he didn't know how ordinary Body Refining Techniques refined blood, Chen Yuan speculated that it wouldn't be easy.

Otherwise, Peace County wouldn't have so many Blood Refinement constables but only a few Bone Refinement martial artists.

This showed how difficult Bone Refinement was.

However, refining the body with ordinary techniques was definitely much easier.

The sky was drizzling with rain, and the dim night fell.

Chen Yuan, dressed in black, arrived at a large mansion in the south of the city.

This was the Song Mansion, or perhaps it was more appropriate to call it the Tie Mansion, because after several days of careful investigation, Chen Yuan finally understood why Song Laoliu had such a strong motive to kill.

It was entirely because the Song Mansion was basically controlled by Tie Qinghua, and Song Laoliu's power wasn't as great as he imagined. That was why he was thinking of killing Tie Qinghua and seizing the entire business.

The Song Mansion had many guards, including Blood Refinement martial artists, all of whom Tie Qinghua had hired at great expense to keep watch. As for Bone Refinement martial artists, she didn't have the strength to hire them yet.

Who knew if they would turn against her in the end?

Although the Song Mansion had many experts, Chen Yuan wasn't afraid of being discovered because Song Laoliu had already made all the preparations and was just waiting for him to make his move.

Chen Yuan had memorized the entire patrol arrangement of the Song Mansion, and any unavoidable guards would be transferred away by Song Laoliu through other means tonight.

In short, he was opening a back door for Chen Yuan.

A proper back door.

After searching around, Chen Yuan held his breath and cautiously moved in the direction that Song Laoliu had pointed out. During this time, Chen Yuan encountered guards and maids, but he wasn't discovered.

Soon, Chen Yuan passed through several gates and arrived at the small courtyard where Tie Qinghua lived.

Tie Qinghua liked peace and quiet and had long since separated from Song Laoliu. This was also one of the reasons why he dared to hire Chen Yuan to kill Tie Qinghua in the Song Mansion.

Even if Tie Qinghua died, Tie Xuan would hardly suspect him.

To avoid any accidents,

Song Laoliu told Chen Yuan that he would poison Tie Qinghua's food today.

The poison was mild and difficult to detect, and its only purpose was to make her blood flow sluggishly, making it impossible for her to mobilize all of her strength.

This would allow Chen Yuan to kill her with one blow!

To be honest, Chen Yuan couldn't help but admire Song Laoliu's ruthlessness. After so many years as husband and wife, he could still be so cruel.

The room was brightly lit with candles, reflecting a beautiful figure.

Chen Yuan raised his hand and knocked on the window.

"Knock knock..."

Inside the room, Tie Qinghua, dressed in a plain green robe, frowned as she looked at the account books, wondering what she was thinking about. Hearing the knock on the door, she said unhappily:

"What is it?"

"Madam, the master asked me to get something." Chen Yuan said, suppressing his voice.

"What thing?"

Tie Qinghua asked, puzzled, and opened the door.

"Creak!"

The moment the door opened, Tie Qinghua instantly saw Chen Yuan's indifferent eyes, revealed beneath the black scarf. Then, she heard a cold voice:

"To take your life!"

"Swish!"

A flash of white light gleamed from the blade. Chen Yuan instantly used the Drawing Sword Technique!

Tie Qinghua felt a sense of urgency in her heart. Without thinking, she instantly retreated, trying to avoid the blade. She raised her right leg and kicked towards Chen Yuan's chest, but as her blood surged, it suddenly stagnated, making it impossible for her to connect the kick. She could only watch as the light of the blade became brighter in front of her eyes.

"Tear!"

Chen Yuan's blade slashed across Tie Qinghua's chest, but he controlled his strength and only cut her clothes to shreds, revealing the white undergarment beneath.

Then, Chen Yuan struck Tie Qinghua in the chest with his palm, sending her flying back several meters and crashing into a table not far away.

The table shattered. Just as Tie Qinghua was about to get up, the long blade was placed against her neck. Chen Yuan chuckled and looked at Tie Qinghua on the ground, saying:

"How is it?"

Tie Qinghua wasn't ugly; she could be considered average-looking. Perhaps due to years of martial arts practice, her frame was quite large.

This was completely different from the delicate and exquisite woman described in the book. Perhaps this was one of the reasons why Song Laoliu's interest in her had waned. Of course, this was just Chen Yuan's guess.

Feeling the slight chill coming from her neck, Tie Qinghua's heart trembled. She tried to calm herself and said:

"I don't know when Qinghua offended you, that you would sneak into my home to kill me?"

Chen Yuan chuckled and shook his head:

"I already said it before, the master asked me to come and get something, and that something..."

Chen Yuan paused for a moment and continued:

"Is your life!"

Tie Qinghua's eyes constricted, and she said in disbelief:

"Did Song Laoliu hire you to come here?"

"Congratulations, you guessed it."

"Impossible, impossible. How dare the man surnamed Song kill me? Doesn't he know that if I die, my brother will never let him off!"

Tie Qinghua gritted her teeth.

"Of course, he wouldn't dare to kill you openly, so he hired me to do it. The reward is one hundred taels of silver. Does Madam Tie think that price is reasonable?"

Chen Yuan stared at Tie Qinghua.

"Why should I believe what you say?" Tie Qinghua suddenly said.

"The blade is against your neck. Doesn't that make Madam Tie believe Chen's words?"

"This is just your word!"

"Does Madam Tie really think so? The Song Mansion is heavily guarded, with many martial artists stationed there on patrol. Is it just luck that I was able to find Madam's location so easily?"

"I probably don't need to say much about the relationship between you and Song Laoliu. In fact, you already believe that Song Laoliu sent me here."

"But, saying so much is probably just waiting for reinforcements."

"Am I right, Madam Tie?"

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