Chapter 17 (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

After a huge battle, the Han Residence was in a mess. There were bloodstains, corpses, and charred houses everywhere.

Back when the alarm sounded, all the courtyard guards joined in the battle. The servants who were not martial art cultivators also joined in, and no one went to put out the fire.

The fire grew stronger and spread widely. It couldn’t be put out in time, so many houses were burned down.

Even after cleaning, Lu Yu could still smell the faint smell of blood and the burning smell in the air.

Lu Yu went to the logistics department, today was the day of the salary day. Usually, there should be many people lining up to receive their monthly salary.

But now, there were fewer people at the gate of the logistics department than usual, so there was no need to line up at all.

Lu Yu directly walked forward and said that he was here to receive this month’s salary.

Although he had only worked in the Han Residence for a month, as long as he became an official courtyard guard, he would be able to receive this month’s salary. Even Wang Can, who had just become a courtyard guard, could get his salary as well.

“Name?”

“Lu Yu.”

The accountant quickly found Lu Yu’s information, “Lu Yu, outer court guard, body refining realm first level. Monthly salary 30 gold and 20 marching balls.”

After saying that, he took out two bags from the cabinet behind him and placed them in front of Lu Yu.

Lu Yu picked up the small cloth bag and felt that there was a flat object inside. It should be gold coins. The other bag felt like a ball in his hand. It was marching balls.

“Next.” the accountant called out.

Seeing that Lu Yu hadn’t left yet, the accountant said, “Why aren’t you leaving yet? Is there a problem?”

“No, there’s no problem.” Lu Yu quietly put the things into his backpack and continued, “I still have some things I want to collect.”

“Butler Zhang said that I can collect one body tempering pill every day for a month, so I want to collect all of them at once.”

“Wait a minute.” the accountant quickly flipped through the account book and found the record that he was talking about.

“Yes, there is such record, but it says one pill a day. So, I can’t give you all of it at once. It’s against the rules.”

Just as Lu Yu was about to persuade the accountant, Wang Qiang walked out from the courtyard.

Seeing Lu Yu standing at the door, Wang Qiang was pleasantly surprised, “You’re okay? That’s great! I thought something happened to you!”

“What could have happened to me? After blowing the alarm whistle, I hid. I was lucky and didn’t get hurt. But why are you here? Didn’t you already enter the inner court?” Lu Yu asked curiously.

“Sigh, the original accountant was killed. So, the higher-ups asked me to take charge of the logistics department and supervised the new persons. After all, I just entered the inner court and am familiar with the outer court, so they sent me here.” Wang Qiang replied.

“What are you doing in the logistics department?” Wang Qiang asked. When he saw the people lining up behind Lu Yu, he patted his head and suddenly understood.

“So today is the day of receiving the monthly salary. I was so busy that I forgot. You are here to receive the monthly salary, right?” Looking at the accountant, he said, “Bring Lu Yu’s monthly salary.”

The accountant was a little helpless and explained, “I have already given it to him.”

Lu Yu told Wang Qiang his idea of taking all the body tempering pills that Butler Zhang promised him later today.

Wang Qiang waved his hand and said, “No problem. Go and take out the body tempering pills that belong to Lu Yu. If anything happens, I will take responsibility.”

He knew clearly how much Butler Zhang valued Lu Yu. This was just a small matter. Butler Zhang would not blame him.

Anyway, those things were belonged to Lu Yu, and he was just giving them to Lu Yu in advance.

Lu Yu called out to the accountant who was about to take the things and said, “Wait a moment.”

After thinking for a moment, he decided to reveal some of his strength and said, “I’m already close to the third level of the body refining realm, and the effect of the body tempering pills on me become weaker, so I want to exchange the body tempering pills for qi-blood pills of the same value, is that okay?”

Wang Qiang was very surprised when he heard that. He didn’t expect Lu Yu’s strength to increase so quickly. To be able to cultivate to the second level and close to the third level of the body refining realm this quick was quite impressive.

After hesitating for a moment, Wang Qiang said decisively, “Exchange the body tempering pills for qi-blood pills for him. I’ll bear all the consequences.”

He thought it through clearly. The stronger Lu Yu’s talent was, the greater Butler Zhang’s expectations of Lu Yu would be, and the more importance he placed on Lu Yu.

After hearing Wang Qiang’s order, the accountant did not say anything and went into the warehouse to take out the items.

“According to the account book, you still have 16 body tempering pills to collect. One qi-blood pill is equivalent to eight body tempering pills. You’ll get two qi-blood pills.”

The accountant handed the porcelain bottle containing the two qi-blood pills to Lu Yu. Lu Yu opened it and took a look. There were two light red pills inside.

After keeping it, he said to Wang Qiang, “Thank you. If you have any problems in the future, you can ask me for help.”

Lu Yu naturally knew why Wang Qiang took the risk to help him. Their relationship was not very close, so Lu Yu simply made things clear. He owed Wang Qiang a favor.

Wang Qiang also smiled and said, “Okay.”

After getting the qi-blood pills, Lu Yu left the logistics department. If he didn’t leave now, the people in the queue behind him would be angry.