Du Yehou, the butcher’s son, was plump and sturdy since childhood due to the abundance of fat and meat. He often chased after seven or eight children his age, earning the title of “Little Tyrant of Du Family Town.” Consequently, he was often subjected to violent beatings by Old Du every few days, which only made him tougher.

His name was obtained by Old Du with two whole jin of offal, traded to an old monk.

The Zhuang Kingdom held the Daoist sect as the state religion, so the Buddhist sect naturally did not fare well. The old monk guarded the only dilapidated temple within a hundred li, sometimes hungry, sometimes full. When he saw the pig offal, his eyes lit up as if a cat had seen a fish, resembling a Buddha’s manifestation.

Du Yehou stubbornly clung to the two jin of offal at the time, unwilling to let go. He was also greedy for it. Although he was the son of a butcher and had no shortage of meat, those scraps were simply not enough to satisfy him.

He cried and shouted, saying he didn’t want a grand name, he only wanted to eat pig offal. He would be happy being called Pillar, or even Pig Offal.

Old Du felt he was losing face and gave him a sound thrashing. Even when Old Du was exhausted, Little Du was still holding onto the two jin of offal.

The old monk immediately suggested sharing it, offering to split it fifty-fifty. He also declared that this boy had a strong and untamed personality, so Yehou (Wild Tiger) was a fitting name.

Du Yehou had a proper name, but he still didn’t do anything productive. Ever since he met the old monk, he followed him everywhere. The old monk had all sorts of services, fortune-telling, praying for rain, exorcising demons, all kinds of swindling and deception. But Du Yehou only learned how to drink from him.

Old Du was worried that his son might accidentally become a monk, so he would often take his butcher knife to the dilapidated temple to check on him. Fortunately, not long after, the old monk left. He left silently, without even saying goodbye.

Later, this dilapidated temple was demolished and replaced with an Earth God temple.

Not long after that, something happened to Old Du.

It started with a very small matter. A constable in the town felt that the meat he bought was not the correct weight and scolded Old Du for cheating him. Normally, compensating with two taels of meat would have resolved the issue, but Old Du was also stubborn. He picked up his butcher knife and slammed it into the chopping board, declaring that anyone could weigh it anywhere, but there was no way he was going to be taken advantage of.

The constable, unable to save face, impulsively stabbed him with a knife, killing him on the spot.

Madam Du ran to the yamen to file a lawsuit. The case was simple, with both witnesses and evidence, but the constable’s brother-in-law was none other than the magistrate in the small Du Family Town yamen.

With a slight twist, the case became one of the butcher Old Du wielding a knife to commit violence, and the constable reluctantly retaliating, accidentally killing him. The magistrate was merely fined half a year’s salary.

Poor Old Du had slaughtered pigs his whole life, but where would he get the courage to kill a person? Madam Du couldn’t swallow her anger and died by crashing into the yamen gates.

That day, Du Yehou had led a group of children to catch fish in the river of the neighboring town. When he returned home, his family was gone.

So he picked up Old Du’s butcher knife and, in broad daylight, charged into the yamen, and in front of everyone, he hacked the constable and his brother-in-law to death in the hall.

He was only thirteen years old that year.

This case later alarmed the City Lord’s mansion. After investigating, the old City Lord pardoned Du Yehou and even exceptionally recruited him into the Daoist Academy.

This is Du Yehou’s story. He had been stubborn since he was a child. Once he made a decision, no one could change it. It couldn’t be helped, his father and mother were just as stubborn.

…

“The cultivation technique… should have already been given to you?” Jiang Wang thought for a moment and asked.

Du Yehou pulled a small booklet from his chest and casually threw it on the table in front of Jiang Wang. “Here, a White Tiger Body Refining Art, it’s still a fragment. They say it’s the common version used in the military.”

This kind of cultivation technique could not be spread around, of course, but Du Yehou absolutely did not believe that Jiang Wang would harm him.

Jiang Wang picked up this military cultivation technique, flipped through it casually, and without saying much, got up and said, “I have something to go out and do, wait for me here for a while.”

Leaving Zhao Rucheng to chat with Du Yehou, Jiang Wang got up and went out, randomly found an empty room, went inside and locked the door. Then he activated the Void Key and entered the Taixu Illusory Realm.

He summoned the Performing Dao Platform, placed this incomplete scripture on it and began to deduce it. The merits on the sundial constantly decreased, until it stopped at 190.

The deduction of this cultivation technique cost a full 3400 points of merit, almost twice that of the Purple Qi East Coming Sword Technique! It had also reached the current limit of the Performing Dao Platform.

Of course, this was also because, although this cultivation technique was a fragment, it was still a military cultivation method, a true transcendent cultivation technique, with a much better foundation than the Purple Qi East Coming Sword Technique, and naturally a higher upper limit.

After the deduction was completed, Jiang Wang took the new cultivation technique and looked at it, discovering that it not only completed the incomplete White Tiger Body Refining Art, but also expanded and evolved it. It was now divided into Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise sections, and finally the four spirits combined into one, with power that was incomparable to before.

Jiang Wang withdrew from the Taixu Illusory Realm, picked up the cultivation technique and left. As soon as he opened the door, he saw a charming woman in a red dress standing at the door. Her eyebrows were like ink, her eyes were filled with autumn waves, and even a fleeting glance from her conveyed endless charm.

Her eyes were full of affection, her red lips slightly parted, as if she wanted to say something.

“Excuse me,” Jiang Wang said as he walked past her.

It wasn’t that Jiang Wang was truly so oblivious to romance, but he had just come out of the Taixu Illusory Realm and had a feeling of being almost exposed, so he couldn’t appreciate even the most beautiful woman.

Drinking alcohol really interferes with things, Jiang Wang warned himself secretly. He had actually entered the Taixu Illusory Realm directly in a place like the Three Points Fragrance House, a place filled with all sorts of people; he was completely getting carried away.

Jiang Wang hurriedly returned to Zhao Rucheng’s private room, waited quietly for a while, and after confirming that no one was following him, he breathed a sigh of relief and returned to his seat.

He returned the White Tiger Body Refining Art to Du Yehou. The newly deduced Four Spirits Body Refining Art only existed in the Taixu Illusory Realm and needed to be copied separately.

“When are you leaving?” Jiang Wang asked.

“Tomorrow morning,” Du Yehou said.

“Tomorrow we’ll see you off…”

“Knock, knock, knock~” A knock on the door rang at an inopportune time.

“Come in,” Zhao Rucheng said casually.

The one who came in was the madam of the Three Points Fragrance House, a woman with thick makeup and an alluring appearance.

“Oh my~ Our Young Master Zhao is getting more and more handsome,” the woman teased, reaching out as if to touch Zhao Rucheng’s face, appearing very familiar.

Zhao Rucheng stepped back, deliberately glancing at the exposed, snowy skin on her chest. “Don’t get too close, I get chest-sick.”

The madam gave a coquettish laugh. “How annoying~ You didn’t have this illness before~”

“Before, your Three Points Fragrance House wasn’t so stuck-up either!”

The madam frowned. “Could it be that our shop has not served you well? Did those cheap maids just now neglect our honored guests?”

Zhao Rucheng watched her with great interest. “What do you say? I spent so much silver today, and you’re not willing to let Miaoyu come out to see me? The Three Points Fragrance House is famous throughout the world, does it only have these kinds of methods for hanging on to customers?”

The Three Points Fragrance House was a truly world-famous pleasure establishment, with branches in various countries. The proprietress was rarely seen, but her beauty was known in the ears of heroes all over the world, hailed as the most beautiful woman in the world.

Any man who had seen her would willingly become a subject under her skirt. Among them were many powerful generals, noble aristocrats, and even, according to legends, the ruler of a country and the leader of a sect, who were all infatuated with her.

The foundation of the Three Points Fragrance House was undoubtedly terrifying. This small branch in Maple Forest City, although there were no strong experts guarding it, was still the most stylish pleasure venue in the city simply because of the name of the Three Points Fragrance House.

It was because of the background of the Three Points Fragrance House that the madam had such confidence. But also because of this background, she absolutely did not dare to damage the reputation of the Three Points Fragrance House. Therefore, her face instantly turned unpleasant.

“Could it be…” At this time, a soft and sweet voice continued the conversation. A woman in a large red dress walked in gracefully. Red was a difficult color to wear well, easily becoming gaudy. But it suited her perfectly, or rather, she herself was the best interpretation of the word “gaudy,” impossible to be concealed.

She entered the room, sweeping her autumn eyes around the people in the room, and finally landed on Zhao Rucheng with a shy smile. “Could it be that it’s not that Mama is stopping me from seeing you, but that I don’t want to see you?”

She was naturally Miaoyu.