Eternal Life: I Can Chapter 34: Dust Settles

Chapter 34: Chapter 34: Dust Settles

"... Cough cough."

Zhang Yao was slightly startled by the sound, awkwardly coughed twice.

He looked at Zhao Donglai outside the funeral hall, who was dumbfounded, and said with an embarrassed smile, "Hall Master Zhao, please forgive . I was overly curious about the Grandmaster’s body, so I inadvertently offended this Wang ancestor..."

Zhao Donglai ca to his senses and said with a peculiar expression, "My dear nephew, your behavior... is indeed not quite right, you need to be more careful."

As he spoke, he quickly walked over, his tone slightly changing, "But the Grandmaster’s body, I am indeed very curious about it, I’ve never seen one before..."

Soon, he also discovered the mystical aspects of the Grandmaster’s corpse, marveling incessantly, touching here and there, and began discussing it with Zhang Yao.

The two chatted for quite a while, and Zhang Yao seed to react, asking, "Hall Master Zhao, weren’t you outside handling matters after the battle?"

Upon hearing the words, Zhao Donglai’s eyes suddenly beca a bit evasive and stamred, "Well, I just suddenly rembered that there might still be remnants of the Wang Family hiding, so I ca in to take a look."

He simply couldn’t say that he was worried Zhang Yao would secretly take all the treasures, right?

Things like cultivation insights could be transcribed and copied, so he wasn’t afraid of Zhang Yao keeping them, as it wasn’t worth falling out over such things.

But the Wang Family is a big and affluent family, perhaps hiding so unique rare treasures, he was afraid Zhang Yao would hit a big jackpot and swallow them secretly.

"Ha..."

Zhang Yao chuckled, guessed his thoughts, but didn’t point them out, and shifted the topic, "Just rightly, I haven’t had ti to search Wang Dezhai’s study and bedroom, these important spots."

"Since Hall Master Zhao is here, why don’t we search together."

"Alright!"

Zhao Donglai was waiting for these words, naturally nodded in agreent promptly.

Soon, the two tead up for a search, but ended up greatly disappointed.

Wang Dezhai’s study and bedroom indeed had quite a few things, but truly valuable items like account books, secret records, martial arts manuals were nowhere to be found.

With Zhao Donglai’s seasoned experience, they even found a few secret rooms, but it was the sa situation inside—empty.

Facts proved—

The Wang family’s higher-ups were cautious. These truly valuable items, including gold, silver, and wealth had been transferred in advance.

They indeed did not wish to abandon Changping City, preferring to use favors to invite experts and lay traps, but also prepared for everything.

"Damn it!"

Zhao Donglai’s expression turned fierce, cursing bluntly, "These bastards of the Wang Family, even dead, aren’t at peace, causing us unnecessary trouble!"

"But don’t worry, they’re not going anywhere!"

He sneered, saying, "Changping County is only so big, they must be hiding sowhere, waiting to et up with Wang Dezhai!"

"Otherwise, carrying so many treasures, wealth, without experts guarding, they’ll be sitting ducks wherever they go!"

"Yeah."

Zhang Yao nodded, saying, "Hall Master Zhao, I have no manpower or influence."

"The task of chasing these treasures and wealth, I’ll leave it to you guys, I won’t be involved."

"Once you retrieve these things, I just want the agreed share."

Hearing his words, Zhao Donglai’s face imdiately showed a smile, saying repeatedly, "Alright, then it’s settled."

......

After the dramatic change that night, Zhang Yao moved out of the Governor’s Mansion, returning to the Golden Furnace Martial Arts Hall.

Zhou An had reached the final stage of his life, his consciousness was a bit unclear, spending his days dozing and dreaming, most of which were about his son he couldn’t let go of.

But despite more than a dozen letters, Zhou Changgui showed no sign of returning, later not even responding to letters.

This made ng Zongwei very angry, and Zhou Hongxiu even cursed, wanting to sever ties with her brother, burning the few items he left behind.

Zhang Yao was helpless about this, he could only stay by Zhou An’s side, accompanying him through his final journey.

Outside the martial arts hall, the chaos only lasted a few days before a new order quickly ford.

The Martial Arts community, Comrce Association, and noble families joined forces to divide everything the Wang family left behind, taking over the entire Changping City.

The Wang family had dominated Changping for decades, often referred to as "half the city