As for the canvas bag, Wang Huai’an walked over and briefly examined it. Inside, he found several tens of thousands in cash.
There were also several boxes in the bag, seemingly containing valuable treasures. Wang Huai’an could sense an intense surge of Qi and Blood Power coming from them. Even without opening the boxes, he could feel it clearly.
They most likely belonged to Fu Daqiang as well.
Wang Huai’an motioned for Wang Teng not to report the matter to Public Security just yet. He took out all the boxes. They varied in size, and there were 4 in total.
These items might be stolen goods. If he secretly kept them for himself, it would probably bring him plenty of trouble.
‘If I could dispose of this guy without leaving a trace, no one would ever know that I kept these things for myself. That would be even better.’
However, Wang Huai’an quickly abandoned the thought. He had no experience disposing of bodies, nor did he have any reliable way to do it. It would be foolish to invite a mountain of trouble upon himself over this.
Besides, Wang Teng was currently in his final year of high school. It was better to play it safe.
‘If only I had a storage ring.’
With one of those, he could quietly put the entire body inside and take it away without anyone noticing.
Storage rings did exist in this world, but they were extremely valuable. Even an ordinary one cost more than 10 million. Generally, only experts at the 7th Rank or above, wealthy 6th-Rank Martial Artists, or rich merchants could afford to use them.
The price of a storage ring also varied according to the amount of space inside.
It certainly would have been an excellent tool for disposing of a body. Unfortunately, Wang Huai’an did not have one.
As for the criminal lying before him, there was even less chance that he possessed one. This 4th-Rank Martial Artist was even poorer than Wang Huai’an. How could he possibly afford a storage ring?
These items were stolen goods, but no one had seen them. However, if Wang Huai’an claimed that he had simply defeated the criminal without finding anything else, others might not believe him. That alone could cause unnecessary trouble.
After considering everything, Wang Huai’an decided that the safest choice was to report Fu Daqiang to Public Security and collect the reward of 100 Contribution Points.
That was already enough.
Even so, Wang Huai’an decided to briefly inspect what was inside the boxes.
There were 4 boxes in total. After opening them one by one, he discovered that 2 contained pills meant for 4th-Rank Martial Artists.
Pills intended for 4th-Rank Martial Artists were extremely expensive. There were also quite a lot of them, roughly 20 to 30 pills in total.
At current prices, they could be sold for a considerable sum.
Of the remaining 2 boxes, one contained 8 Demonic Beast Crystals.
Moreover, every single one was a Mid-Rank Demonic Beast Crystal.
Demonic Beast Crystals were energy crystals found within the brains of the countless races of Demonic Beasts living outside the cities.
These crystals were divided into Low-Rank, Mid-Rank, High-Rank, and even Supreme-Grade.
Interestingly, a Demonic Beast did not necessarily possess only 1 crystal. More powerful Demonic Beasts could have many crystals inside their bodies.
In fact, every Mid-Rank Demonic Beast Crystal contained the same amount of Qi and Blood. The only difference was that stronger Demonic Beasts possessed a greater number of Qi and Blood Crystals within their bodies.
For example, a 4th-Rank Demonic Beast might have only 1 or 2 crystals in its brain, while a Late-Stage or Peak 4th-Rank Demonic Beast might possess 7 or 8.
Each Mid-Rank Demonic Beast Crystal could be sold for 100,000, while a Low-Rank Demonic Beast Crystal was worth 1,000.
They could also help Martial Artists improve their cultivation because each crystal contained pure Qi and Blood energy.
These truly were valuable items.
The 8 crystals alone were worth 800,000.
Wang Huai’an suspected that Fu Daqiang had originally possessed far more Demonic Beast Crystals. He had probably absorbed many of them while fleeing, leaving only these behind.
After all, someone constantly on the run needed large quantities of Demonic Beast Crystals to replenish their Qi and Blood.
Finally, Wang Huai’an turned his attention to the last box.
The box was only about the size of his palm, yet the Qi and Blood energy emanating from it was extraordinarily intense. Clearly, this was the most valuable item among everything they had found.
Unable to suppress his curiosity, Wang Huai’an immediately opened it.
Inside lay 3 Spirit Plants that looked extremely valuable at first glance.
Unfortunately, Wang Huai’an did not recognize them.
Wang Teng quickly searched for them on his phone and soon discovered the name of the Spirit Plant.
It was called Jade Marrow Lingzhi, a particularly precious variety among Mid-Rank Spirit Plants. Its primary effect was improving Martial Aptitude.
It could raise any Martial Aptitude below Supreme-Grade by 1 minor grade, although it could not raise High-Grade Martial Aptitude to Supreme-Grade.
Naturally, Martial Aptitude could be improved.
There were pills and Spirit Plants capable of cleansing the body and improving one’s innate foundation. Such things were not particularly rare. They were simply extremely expensive.
Powerful families would generally use such resources to improve the Martial Aptitude of their younger generations. Any Martial Aptitude below High-Grade was relatively easy to improve. After cleansing and refining the body, one’s Martial Aptitude could increase considerably.
However, reaching Supreme-Grade Martial Aptitude was an entirely different matter.
At that level, external resources were generally no longer enough. It depended primarily on one’s natural talent.
Perhaps resources capable of achieving such a transformation did exist, but treasures of that level were far beyond what Wang Huai’an and Wang Teng could currently imagine obtaining.
That was precisely why there were many geniuses in the world, but ordinary people were still far more numerous.
Someone with High-Grade Martial Aptitude who cultivated successfully might, with enough luck, reach the level of a 7th-Rank Grandmaster at best.
For an ordinary person, that was already more than enough.
Improving Martial Aptitude was undoubtedly important.
These 3 Jade Marrow Lingzhi alone were worth around 10 million.
An ordinary Mid-Rank Spirit Plant naturally could not command such an astonishing price. However, Jade Marrow Lingzhi was one of the finest and most valuable treasures among ordinary Mid-Rank Spirit Plants. Read this novel at g.com for the best experience.
No wonder so many people wanted to seize them for themselves.
Fu Daqiang had even been willing to kill others and steal their treasures. It turned out that these Spirit Plants really were worth a fortune!
Moreover, 10 million was merely an estimated value. They might even fetch a higher price if sold under the right circumstances.
Cultivating as a Martial Artist consumed enormous amounts of resources, which meant Martial Artists were perpetually short of money. Naturally, they wanted to earn as much as possible so they could purchase more cultivation resources in the future.
“So Martial Aptitude can actually be improved.”
Wang Huai’an’s eyes lit up as he said, “If you took this Jade Marrow Lingzhi, wouldn’t your Medium-Grade Martial Aptitude rise to High-Grade Martial Aptitude?”
However, these were stolen goods.
Once again, Wang Huai’an found himself facing 2 choices.
The first was the same idea he had considered earlier. Dispose of Fu Daqiang’s body and keep everything for themselves.
The second was to hand everything over and receive only a small portion of the spoils as a reward.
Neither choice was easy.
Naturally, Wang Teng wanted such a valuable treasure to improve his Martial Aptitude.
However, no matter how valuable something was, it still needed to come from a legitimate source.
They could not simply take something that did not rightfully belong to them.
These items were not theirs yet. First, they had to resolve the trouble in front of them.
Wang Teng looked at his father and asked, “Dad, what should we do now?”
Wang Huai’an fell into deep thought.
After considering it carefully, he realized that a single Jade Marrow Lingzhi was worth several million, while all 3 together were worth around 10 million. They were certainly precious, but as a 5th-Rank Martial Artist, it was not as though he could never afford them.
No, that was not quite right.
He could not afford them now, but he would be able to in the future.
There would still be opportunities to improve Wang Teng’s Martial Aptitude later.
The real problem was that he had no reliable way to dispose of Fu Daqiang’s body. Moreover, Public Security was already searching for this 4th-Rank Martial Artist.
No matter how he looked at it, secretly keeping everything would bring endless trouble.
If Wang Huai’an were powerful enough, he would undoubtedly keep all of it for himself.
Unfortunately, he had only just taken his first few steps on the path of martial arts.
Therefore, the safest choice was to give up these treasures.
He would not keep them for himself.