Thirty Like a Wolf, Forty Like a Tiger

Translator: CinderTL

Suddenly, a figure stumbled into the street. Yang Qiyuan's heart trembled, and tears welled up in her eyes as she rushed forward, calling out, "Husband!"

Xu Sanyan leaned against the wall, pretending to be severely injured, and with a smile, he pulled Yang Qiyuan into his arms, comforting her softly, "I... I'm fine."

As he spoke, blood trickled from the corner of his mouth again.

Yang Qiyan, panicked, fumbled to take out a handkerchief to wipe it away, "Let's go home, let's go home."

With that, the two leaned on each other and walked home.

Seeing Xu Sanyan return, the soldiers also bid their farewells and returned to the prince's mansion.

Xu Sanyan lay on the bed, and Yang Qiyuan tightly held his hand, her face full of worry, "Husband, how are you? I'll go find a doctor for you."

Xu Sanyan shook his head, "It's no use, a mundane doctor can't cure my injuries."

"Then what can we do?" Yang Qiyuan asked anxiously.

Xu Sanyan closed his eyes with a sigh and said no more.

Yang Qiyuan seemed to understand something; the spirit herbs her father treasured could surely cure her husband's injuries.

She knew her husband kept silent to avoid troubling her, but she couldn't just watch her husband die.

Yang Qiyuan gritted her teeth and finally made up her mind, "Husband, I have a way to get my father's spirit herbs for you."

Xu Sanyan gently shook his head, "No need, I might not die."

As he spoke, he coughed lightly, and blood splattered from his mouth.

Seeing this, Yang Qiyuan became even more anxious, no longer caring about her father, and quickly said, "Husband, actually, the treasures my father has are not stored in the royal treasury. I know where they are. Hold on, I'll take you there."

Xu Sanyan's heart stirred; the old man was indeed cunning, hiding treasures separately. He sat up, his face serious, "Absolutely not, if I die, it's just me, but if the prince finds out, he will surely punish you."

"I don't want you to die!"

Yang Qiyuan's voice was choked with tears, "For my husband, I am willing to be punished."

With that, she forcefully pulled Xu Sanyan outside.

The two quietly arrived at the backyard of the prince's mansion. Xu Sanyan's expression turned serious, and he stopped in his tracks. Yang Qiyuan turned her head and whispered, "Husband, why aren't we moving?"

Xu Sanyan said, "There are cultivators stationed in the prince's mansion, their senses are sharp. I can avoid them, but if I bring you along..."

Before Xu Sanyan could finish, Yang Qiyuan already understood what he meant, so she whispered in his ear, "In the study of the prince's mansion's backyard, there is a bookshelf. Under the bookshelf, there is a vase. Move the vase, pry open the bricks below, and the mechanism is there."

Xu Sanyan couldn't help but be curious, "Madam, how do you know this?"

Logically, something hidden so secretly wouldn't be easily told to others, and Yang Qiyuan wasn't favored by Prince Rui, so how did she find out?

Yang Qiyuan lowered her eyes, "The bird told me..."

"Huh?"

Xu Sanyan's eyes were filled with confusion, thinking he had misheard.

"Ah, these unimportant matters can be discussed later, you go quickly and come back soon." Yang Qiyuan urged.

Xu Sanyan nodded, his mind still lingering on that sentence, "The bird told her?"

Was this "bird" the bird he understood?

How could a bird talk?

Xu Sanyan couldn't figure it out, so he could only climb over the wall first and quickly head towards the study.

He had been to the prince's mansion several times and was very familiar with it, knowing where the study was.

With his strength, as long as he concealed his aura and didn't deliberately reveal any flaws, even a Foundation Establishment expert would find it hard to detect him.

Xu Sanyan's figure flashed, hiding behind a corridor pillar, waiting for the patrolling soldiers to pass before continuing forward.

Passing by the princess's room, Xu Sanyan stopped to listen, and muffled moans came from inside.

Xu Sanyan narrowed his eyes; there was only the princess in the room, and what she was doing was self-evident.

As the saying goes, a woman at thirty is like a wolf, at forty like a tiger, and at fifty can suck the earth while sitting. Xu Sanyan understood this.

Today he had important matters to attend to, so he wouldn't help, otherwise, he would have to fulfill his filial duty.

The study was not far away. He gently pushed open the wooden door, turned around to close it, and the room was sparsely furnished with a table, a chair, a bookshelf, and some calligraphy and paintings as decorations.

Xu Sanyan followed the instructions, picked up the vase, and indeed found a mechanism under the floor tiles.

As he turned his wrist, the bookshelf slowly parted from the middle, revealing a downward passage.

Xu Sanyan's heart was filled with joy, and he quickly stepped into it.

The secret room was pitch black, but at his level, he could see in the dark, so it didn't affect him.

The secret room was about three or four steps wide, with a shelf on the side filled with various books and seven or eight jade boxes.

Xu Sanyan suppressed his excitement and checked them one by one. Most of them were mundane martial arts and cultivation methods, although mundane, they were all treasures, far superior to the Three Tigers Subduing Dragon Saber he practiced.

After roughly flipping through the books, Xu Sanyan didn't see any mystical arts related to cultivation. It seemed that the real treasures were still carried by Prince Rui.

Then he opened a jade box, and a golden flower lay quietly inside, it was a spirit herb!

The spirit herb was full of color and looked extraordinary.

"Hehe... Prince Rui, Prince Rui, no matter how much you guard against it, you still couldn't guard against your own daughter."

Xu Sanyan chuckled lightly, grabbed the golden flower, and stuffed it into his mouth. Instantly, a warm current surged through his body, making him feel unbearably hot, as if he was in a furnace.

After a while, the heat gradually subsided. Xu Sanyan's mind moved, and a panel appeared in his eyes.

The "Vitality" column had increased from twenty-nine to thirty-three, an increase of four points.

Xu Sanyan frowned slightly, not very satisfied, only four points?

Then he opened the next jade box, inside was a wooden vine, which he swallowed in large mouthfuls, and the "Vitality" became thirty-eight, this time an increase of five points.

He seemed to understand that spirit herbs and precious medicines were different. Precious medicines increased by a fixed point each because they only contained that much spiritual energy, while spirit herbs varied in the amount of spiritual power they contained, so the increase was also different.

After figuring this out, Xu Sanyan no longer cared and swallowed all the spirit herbs, and the "Vitality" smoothly increased to fifty-seven points, and the plus sign behind the realm also appeared.

This proved that he could break through to the peak stage of the Celestial Being Realm!

He wasn't interested in those cultivation methods, so he didn't touch them, but there were many pieces of paper placed beside them, and he casually pulled one out to look at.

"On the eighth day of the sixth month, Consort Huan and Yang Xinyi secretly met at the Xiangshan Pavilion and returned late at night."

Xu Sanyan grinned, this Consort Huan... seems to be the mother of the fifth son?

The eldest son and the mother of the fifth son secretly met?

Interesting, interesting.

"On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, Yang Qizhu tried to bribe General Duan Yuxiu, but failed."

Xu Sanyan thought for a moment, this Duan Yuxiu was a Celestial Realm Warrior under Prince Rui, currently leading troops outside.

"On the nineteenth day of the seventh month, Yang Xinli practiced the 'Heart Devouring Yin Art' and successfully broke through to the peak stage of the Inner Qi Realm, but concealed it and did not report it."

Xu Sanyan raised an eyebrow, he didn't expect the fourth son to have such high talent, he was only eighteen or nineteen years old, right?

Yang Xinli was the one who went to recruit him in Wanglong County on behalf of the third son, still young, with good talent, probably not inferior to Ma Tianqing.

And... he also practiced the 'Heart Devouring Yin Art'.

Xu Sanyan felt that this cultivation method might still have secrets.

"On the twenty-seventh day of the seventh month, Yang Xinyou secretly sent someone back to Xiang City to discuss with Yang Xinyi in the mansion, the specific content of the conversation is unknown."

Xu Sanyan's eyes moved slightly, the eldest son and the third son conspiring?

And Prince Rui knew about it...

Xu Sanyan silently laughed, things seemed to be getting more and more interesting.

(End of the Chapter)

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