Dao Equaling the Heavens
Chapter 42 - 42 36 Accident

42: Chapter 36 Accident 42: Chapter 36 Accident Gu Wen, carrying nine top-grade Dragon Tiger Pills, vanished into the curtain of rain.

He didn’t leave but instead turned a corner and entered the courtyard where Hu Sanyuan’s thugs congregated, a hall that should have been for receiving guests transformed into a private gambling den.

The thugs gathered gold and silver on the gambling table, their faces flushed red as they bellowed.

To them, the chips on the table might as well have been the peasants groveling at their feet begging for mercy from their usury.

Roars, greed, malice.

Within the veil of rain, the gate to the courtyard closed, a figure in black robes and a bamboo hat leisurely walked up, casually picking up a stick by the entrance.

Since he had killed already, he didn’t mind killing a few more.

To follow his heart, that was just fine.

The ruffians looked at him, perplexed by the arrival of a hooded man, but it did not stop them from showing their ferocity.

Boom!

A bolt of lightning flashed by, and amidst the courtyard, at Gu Wen’s side, there were only corpses.

Some had died before they even began, others as they fled.

Dozens of men proved no match for him alone.

Flesh is frail, and hoodlums lack true courage.

They began to fear after only seven or eight of their own fell.

A few crawled out, but it didn’t matter.

Gu Wen wrapped up all the money with a cloth, slung it over his back, and sauntered out of the mansion.

At the door lay several corpses, while Hee Huan and Hu Sanyuan’s wife were riding a horse.

“You seem in high spirits, Fellow Daoist of the Red Dust, for carrying so much with you for just a few hundred silver taels.

Is it worth it?”

A large bag, at most worth a few hundred taels, stealing money wasn’t worth it.

“If you don’t want it, there are plenty who do.”

Gu Wen stepped out the gate, and at that moment, the downpour ceased, and the moon began to peek through.

With a light step, he entered an alley, grabbed a handful of silver, and scattered it on the ground.

The destitute hiding in the corners rose at the sound of clinking coins.

Countless people crawled out, knelt on the ground to pick up the money, and wept with joy and sorrow.

They then kowtowed towards the retreating figure of Gu Wen, as if a bit of broken silver could lift them from the depths of misery.

Gu Wen knew most of them would still die in the chaos of the world, but they would care about the silver he scattered, if even one-thousandth of them could have a full meal.

The silver I spread is a piece of moonlight, a gift of hope, a medicine of salvation.

Gu Wen threw the last handful of silver and strode away, his hearty laughter echoing behind him.

“Today, this poor Daoist has rid evil from fifty and saved over a thousand.

If there comes a day when I rise above, even if I slay tens of thousands, it will be to save the people and save the world.”

His heart was enlightened, his heart sword trembled, expanding from the size of a finger to that of two fingers.

—————–

The next day, at Hu Mansion.

Over a hundred government officials surrounded the mansion as countless commoners pointed and whispered outside.

One after another, bodies were carried out, causing some among the crowd to cheer.

The excitement of the populace was greater even than the sight of executions at the marketplace, showing how vile Hu Sanyuan and his loan sharking had been.

This is precisely why prominent families usually did not open banks or lend money in their own names, for fear of being the target of a popular uprising one day.

In the southern city, at the District Public Security Office, similar to the capital’s police headquarters, the Director felt his scalp tingle and hurriedly reported the incident.

Knowing this was related to the Ninth Prince, he also sent word to Zhao Feng.

So, early in the morning, just after freshening up, Zhao Feng exploded in anger, roaring, “Who is this madman so bold, daring to commit murder and wipe out a household in Bianjing, the Divine Capital!

And the District Public Security Office, the military patrol (armed police), the watchmen, what are they doing, did they not notice anything at all?”

He couldn’t imagine that more than fifty young men could be killed without a hint of disturbance.

Feng Baoming, the little eunuch who replaced the old eunuch Feng Xiang, bowed his head and answered tremblingly, “Last night, a watchman detected something unusual, so he went to find the nearby District Public Security Office.”

“And the officials deployed didn’t see the murderer?”

“The officials felt danger and turned back to get the military patrol soldiers.”

“Armored soldiers with spears couldn’t kill the murderer?”

“The soldiers were drunk, their armor unstable, so they decided to wait until they sobered up before pursuing.”

“…..”

Zhao Feng went completely silent, then his pallid face gradually turned warm with anger, and his bellows resounded throughout the royal manor as servants and trusted aides all bowed their heads.

The sound reached a small courtyard, where Yu Hua, with her head down reading a book, ignored everything.

Having heard the news, a donkey laughed as it entered the yard, saying, “Bianjing is starting to get lively; I wonder which family’s offspring could be so bold as to begin murdering right under the Lord Emperor’s nose.”

“Just an old man guarding a Pill Furnace,” Yu Hua spoke without lifting her head, “His world is nearly ruined, and the True Monarchs of the sects, not to mention their age, really seem to be muddleheaded.”

The old donkey twitched his mouth.

Ever since that incident, the Heavenly Girl of the Sanqing Taoist Sect had truly become a Heavenly Girl.

They used to address him with great respect, not to mention etiquette, but now, it seemed they wished they could point fingers and curse the old Daoists.

“Hemiplegia might be possible, but extinction is not.

Not within ten years, at least.

And don’t underestimate the Zhao family.

Actually, on the frontier, there’s still a True Monarch in residency, the nation-pillar General Wenren Wu.”

Yu Hua said indifferently, “I could kill him just as easily.”

The old donkey was at a loss for words.

Although it was true that Yu Hua using her immortal powers would damage her foundation, she could indeed kill anyone without it being a close fight.

If Yu Hua really could fully utilize Qingcang Master’s Daoist prowess, even if seven or eight True Monarchs attacked her together, she might still be able to kill all of them before her life span was exhausted.

This was the conclusion drawn by the many True Monarchs of the Sanqing Taoist Sect after confirming the power of Qingcang within Yu Hua.

Of course, their conflicts would not escalate to this level; conversely, the Sanqing Taoist Sect acknowledged Yu Hua’s authority in Daqian and even within the Daoist Sect, second only to the Venerable sect leader.

The little sect founder has truly become a patriarch.

The old donkey sighed; he no longer dared to accept favors from the Zhao family because Yu Hua would truly thrash him.

Zhao Feng no longer dared to guard the door, for Yu Hua could indeed leave him half-paralyzed.

Even the Lord Emperor stopped hinting and inciting Zhao Feng too, because Yu Hua could genuinely flip his pill furnace upside down.

These changes were accepted by all the True Monarchs, except for that young lad from the Zhao family who was still completely bewildered.

Perhaps his understanding was not yet sufficient to grasp how astonishing the dharma form that spanned the heavens and earth that day was — he could not see it.

He merely pinned his hopes on Foundation Establishment and that token of faith.

“Zhao Feng is preparing for Foundation Establishment, and he expects to refine the Jade Pendant within this year.”

“What has that got to do with me?”

“This…

little sect founder, after all, he is your appointed Guardian.”

“He is unworthy.”

Yu Hua’s voice was indifferent, her eyebrows slightly raised as she looked at the old donkey with the air of an ethereal being.

“I am already at the top of the Heavenly List.

My Guardian should be the foremost in the world.

If there is none, then none is needed.

Just let him cling to that Jade Pendant and revel in his self-satisfaction.”

If Gu Wen did not want it, then she had no need to settle for less.

—————–

Gu Residence

Gu Wen woke up feeling refreshed, the best he had slept in five years, as if a long-standing pressure in his chest had been released.

And this was not a one-time outburst.

It would be an ongoing, irreversible major trend.

He counted the spoils from last night: nine top-grade Dragon Tiger Pills, not very useful to him personally but could be traded for twenty-five times their value, worth one Magic Artifact.

With a balance of four thousand five hundred Silver and the nine top-grade Dragon Tiger Pills, he was quite wealthy.

Knock knock knock!

“Mr.

Wen, wake up!”

The room door was suddenly knocked on.

Gu Wen had a good memory and recognized the knock as coming from Feng Baoming, the new little eunuch from the palace.

It is said that the chief eunuch’s surname was Feng, so all eunuchs in Daqian shared that surname.

As expected, upon opening the door, the little eunuch spoke anxiously, “Mr.

Wen, the Ninth Prince summons you.

Please hurry and get ready to follow me to the prince’s residence.”

What was it this time?

Gu Wen was not flustered at all; there were no cameras in ancient times, and he had always been nothing more than a merchant to the public eye.

About two hours later, the carriage stopped outside the prince’s residence.

During this time, Gu Wen saw a familiar face, Hee Huan, dressed dapperly and being tugged at by a young woman on Dragon Bridge Street.

With a little inquiry, he found out the woman was the daughter of the current Minister of War, and then Hee Huan got onto his carriage and went back home.

Gu Wen could only sigh that having good looks was an advantage in itself.

Secondly, Gu Wen saw a monk drinking and dining without paying, on the pretext of not giving money to evil people.

He then got into a fight with the restaurant staff, holding his own against more than a dozen men, causing the local Government Officials to rush over.

Afterward, the Government Officials could not overpower this meat-eating monk.

Gu Wen judged him to be another worldly man, but he did not interfere.

If others do not offend me, I do not offend them.

There were no profits to be gained, so there was no need to trouble himself.

Gu Wen alighted and made his way to the study, where he found Zhao Feng as sickly as the last time they had met.

Upon seeing Gu Wen, Zhao Feng actually stood up and grabbed his hand, saying, “Gu minister, you are the only person I can rely on now.

There is something I need you to do.”

“Please speak, your highness.

Your servant will not hesitate to go through fire and water for you.”

Gu Wen rattled off the formalities without even batting an eyelid.

“In recent days, I ordered some Pills from Qianfeng Tower on Dragon Bridge.

It was originally assigned to Hu Sanyuan.

Unexpectedly, that dog of a servant failed miserably.

He was killed last night, and the Pills were lost.”

Zhao Feng’s brows were furrowed, then his tone shifted,

“Gu minister, I need you to take over this matter, to go to Qianfeng Tower and purchase the Pills.”

Gu Wen blinked.

More benefits falling into his lap?

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