Chapter 422: You Probably Haven't Tasted This Kind of Pill Before

"The smell of explosives is quite distinctive. I've dealt with the Immortal God Sect before, and they used similar explosives in Water Qilin Cave."

"After Wu Xiaoshuai bought the explosives, some residue remained on him, and it can be detected by smell."

Yang Ling: "He hasn't undergone any training either, so a little bluffing was enough to make him confess."

Everyone wore strange expressions.

The Ironclad Department agents present looked grim, silently memorizing this technique for potential future use.

The Eldest Princess seemed lost in thought: "It appears your sense of smell is remarkably keen.

An Upper Sixth-Rank with Near Perfection Vital Qi, and at such a young age.

You're also so familiar with the Rong tribe, having rooted out quite a few Rong Tribe Spies in such a short time, saving Zhao State from countless losses.

If you hadn't caught Wu Xiaoshuai today, the Four Directions Lodge would have become a laughingstock in two days' time.

Do you know who has been managing the Four Directions Lodge all these years?"

Yang Ling: "This subordinate does not know."

The Eldest Princess smiled: "It is none other than I. I have been helping the Emperor entertain distinguished guests from all over these years. If the Four Directions Lodge had been... blown up this time, where would that leave my dignity?"

Xu Wenjun's expression shifted slightly, and he looked at Yang Ling with a somewhat peculiar gaze.

Yun Buchuan and Zhao Xun exchanged a glance, seemingly reading something into the Eldest Princess's words.

"This kid is incredibly lucky... The Eldest Princess clearly intends to reward him. Probably a few dozen Foundation Consolidation Pills?"

Lu Yunchen secretly envied him.

His own monthly salary was three Foundation Consolidation Pills and ten Spirit Nurturing Pills.

To receive several dozen Foundation Consolidation Pills at once was equivalent to a full year's salary!

"I happen to have obtained a Devour Heaven Great Rejuvenation Pill recently."

The Eldest Princess took out a wooden box from her bosom and handed it to Yang Ling:

"This pill has actually been lost for many years. The Devour Heaven Palace, which could refine it, was also destroyed long ago.

Obtaining one is truly no easy feat, and it greatly benefits one's Internal Technique cultivation.

Though it cannot compare to the Twelve Sacred Martial Medicines, it is still more potent than many rare exotic herbs and flowers of seven or eight hundred years."

Such good fortune? As expected of the Eldest Princess, as expected of a Fourth-Rank Grandmaster!

Without a moment's hesitation, Yang Ling stepped forward and accepted the wooden box with both hands:

"This subordinate thanks the Eldest Princess!"

"Auntie, I can't believe you have something as wonderful as a Devour Heaven Great Rejuvenation Pill..."

The envy in Zhao Yingying's eyes was plain to see.

Xu Wenjun and the others exchanged glances, their expressions tinged with surprise as well.

The Ninth-Rank, Eighth-Rank, and even Seventh-Rank agents present might not know what a Devour Heaven Great Rejuvenation Pill was.

But they were quite familiar with this pill, having acquired quite a few from overseas over the years.

As the Eldest Princess had said, the Devour Heaven Palace had long been wiped out.

The pills obtained now were all ones that had survived to this day due to various reasons before the sect's destruction.

This pill greatly aided Internal Technique cultivation. Even at their Fifth-Rank level, consuming one could save months of arduous training!

One Devour Heaven Great Rejuvenation Pill was comparable to at least twenty Foundation Consolidation Pills, and without the need to spend cultivation time like Foundation Consolidation Pills required.

"You probably haven't tasted this kind of pill before. The effect of a single Devour Heaven Great Rejuvenation Pill is no less than twenty Foundation Consolidation Pills."

The Eldest Princess smiled: "You're about to head to Fire Flood Dragon Island for the Sixth-Rank Top Hundred Battle. I hope this pill will help your cultivation advance and let you kill a few more Rong tribe Sixth-Ranks for Zhao State."

"This subordinate will give it his all!"

Yang Ling clasped his fists.

With this pill, his Vajra Bright King Technique could reach ninety thousand experience points.

He was not far from the hundred thousand experience points needed to break through to Skilled.

"What?! One Devour Heaven Great Rejuvenation Pill is comparable to twenty Foundation Consolidation Pills?"

"What kind of pill is this? Its effects are so terrifying?"

The Ironclad agents below the rank of Director were shocked, their eyes fixed intently on the wooden box in Yang Ling's hands.

"Li Huaiyi, you're from the Valley of the Dead. Do you know about this Devour Heaven Great Rejuvenation Pill?"

Lu Qian asked in a low voice.

Li Huaiyi shook his head with a strange expression:

"I've never heard of this pill..."

Equivalent to twenty Foundation Consolidation Pills?

He wanted to try what this pill tasted like too...

"Li Zhong, I'll be taking these little monkeys away now. Investigate Wu Xiaoshuai's case thoroughly."

The Eldest Princess gave her instructions, then left with Zhao Yingying and the others along with Han Changyuan and the other civil officials.

Once they were gone, the courtyard became even quieter.

Li Zhong swept his gaze over the Directors present and frowned:

"Don't any of you have work to do? Or should you go take a walk through the provincial capitals?"

Seeing this, the Directors present cupped their fists in farewell and quickly left with their subordinates.

In no time at all, aside from Xu Wenjun who hadn't left, all the other Directors who had come to watch the excitement had cleared out completely.

"Why haven't you left?"

Li Zhong glanced at Xu Wenjun.

Xu Wenjun looked somewhat embarrassed and pulled Xu Qingnian forward:

"Lord Li, Qingnian will also be going to Fire Flood Dragon Island this time. This subordinate thought it best to let him get familiar with Chief Constable Yang, just to make their acquaintance.

That way they can look out for each other once they're on the island."

Xu Qingnian remained silent. Even though this Chief Constable Yang might have indirectly saved his life once, the thought that his grandfather had died because of this man's investigation still left a sour feeling in his heart.

"Ji Kongliu and Yang Ling will both be very busy today and tomorrow. These two youngsters will have plenty of time on the ship anyway. Let them get acquainted then."

Li Zhong said calmly.

Seeing this, Xu Wenjun had no choice but to take Xu Qingnian and take his leave.

"Ji Kongliu, take your men and properly interrogate Wu Xiaoshuai and Wu Yanjun."

"If there are any leads or information, take people out immediately and get to work."

"Handle this case personally."

Li Zhong ordered.

Ji Kongliu accepted the order immediately and left with Chief Constable Wei and the others to conduct the interrogation personally.

Once he was gone, only Yang Ling and Li Zhong remained.

Yang Ling was eager to get back and take the Devour Heaven Great Rejuvenation Pill, so he planned to take his leave as well.

"Don't leave just yet."

Li Zhong smiled. "You've dealt with the Immortal God Sect multiple times. I'd like to hear your views on them."

Yang Ling was momentarily startled, then immediately became serious:

"Lord Li, the Immortal God Sect is even more dangerous than the Heavenly Wolf Guard. Our Ironclad Department needs to enforce the law against them specifically, pulling the Immortal God Sect out of Zhao State root and branch!"

Li Zhong seemed thoughtful: "This time, at Xiangfeng Prefectural Capital where Zhao Chonghong is stationed, over a hundred Vagrants were killed by explosives just like the ones earlier, weren't they?"

"They also used Fire Oil in coordination. A portion were killed by the blasts, and the rest were burned to death."

Yang Ling said.

"So if they had coordinated with Fire Oil this time as well, do you think the Four Directions Lodge would still exist?"

"With the power of those explosives just now, not only would the Four Directions Lodge be engulfed in flames."

"The entire street where the Four Directions Lodge is located would turn into a sea of fire."

"At that point, the civilians burned to death would number in the hundreds at least."

Li Zhong's eyes narrowed slightly:

"The Four Directions Lodge isn't far from our Ironclad Department.

This time, the Immortal God Sect is working with the Heavenly Wolf Guard to take revenge on our Ironclad Department."

Yang Ling was startled inwardly. He hadn't thought that deeply about it, having only assumed they were planning to use some underhanded tricks before the Sixth-Rank Top Hundred Battle.

With the power of those explosives, if combined with Fire Oil...

At that moment, Yun Buchuan appeared once again, hurrying over to the two of them:

"Lord Li, we've found that batch of Fire Oil and arrested over a hundred related individuals."

Li Zhong smiled faintly: "I'll interrogate them personally."

As he walked out of the compound with Yun Buchuan, his voice drifted back from a distance:

"Chief Constable Yang, you come along too."

Yang Ling snapped back to his senses, stuffed the Devour Heaven Great Rejuvenation Pill into his mouth, and quickly followed.