The man called Brother Zhang casually tossed the bloodstained white cloth by his feet. He shook his head, his tone tinged with regret. "He's told us everything. There's probably nothing left. This Yue Shan fellow... his family's assets were thinner than we expected. If he hadn't spent most of his savings asking that Alchemy Master named Jiang to refine an Elixir for him, there might have been more."
"A hundred and forty or fifty thousand taels of silver isn't a small sum."
Bai Qingquan took a deep breath, trying to calm the turmoil within him, but he couldn't completely hide the greed and excitement deep in his eyes.
He then glanced around warily and lowered his voice. "This matter... no one else knows, right?"
'Wiping out a family's assets was a vicious act, and the target had been his own former friend. If word of this got out, his, Bai Qingquan's, reputation in Yunlin Prefecture and even the entire Jianghu would be ruined. He'd have no place left to stand.'
"Don't worry."
