"Young Master, here is the place."

As soon as Shao Cheng arrived in an average residence, just at the bottom of a Mountain, Xiaodan had led him inside a room before his sapphire eyes slightly covered with the black mask on his face swiftly landed upon a disoriented and miserably looking young woman with ragged clothes in her body.

"Are you sure it's her?"

"Yes, Young Master. I had found the main operation base from the clues that Young Master had given me regarding where the Ma Family had secretly built their influence and power. After a thorough investigation after taking over the place, I found out her identity. Please, look at this."

Shao Cheng calmly removed his gaze away from the young woman before taking the book that Xiaodan had respectfully offered.

"I see."

After reading the most important part inside the book, Shao Cheng couldn't help but take a soft breath, because he was a bit surprised at what was written on it.

Especially after learning the identity of the young woman before him and even the short summary of what the Ma Family planned to use her for.

And it was written as:

One of the special tools needed to be trained. One of the many people that will deal with the Shao Family later on.

Main Mission: Kill Shao Yan

Shao Cheng dismissed Xiaodan and when the door had closed, he stared deeply at the young woman that was mumbling some mindless words under her breath.

So… this is the person that thoroughly killed my older brother in the previous life?

The younger sister has completed what the older brother had failed to do, huh.

The Ma family is really cruel and ruthless, and yet, it was this kind of character that caused them to reach the highest rank in the previous life.

Although Shao Yan has managed to survive the ambush in the previous life, crippling him as a result, Shao Cheng only knows in a passing way how his older brother died in the end.

Even if it mentioned that Shao Yan died after being betrayed by his previous subordinate after years of being unable to return to the army, but there is also another news spread that has spread around.

It was said that some people saw a figure of a woman quickly leaving while his older brother was falling down on the ground. Only to figure out that his older brother is already dead when they get a closer look at the entire situation.

Even the enemies had used the entire situation to once again destroy the reputation of the Shao Family when that occurred. Completely spreading the news that his older brother was harassing a woman, and was completely unfortunate enough to have chosen a ruthless martial artist.

And knowing that he was crippled, there is no way for him to fight back or defend himself from the sudden attack that took his life away.

Shao Cheng can only assume that his older brother that usually stays inside their residence was called out by his previous subordinate and the woman has used that chance to thoroughly take his life away.

Or the woman and the subordinate have worked together.

Unfortunately, Shao Cheng doesn't have a piece of clear information about how exactly his older brother died.

"What do I do with you…"

Gao, younger sister...

The person that was supposed to have died in the hands of the Ma Family after being taken hostage in order to make Gao betray Shao Cheng's oldest brother is surprisingly still alive.

"I already fulfilled my promise."

From the look of it, this person had become another danger to his family.

Shao Cheng already saw the evidence of how this person had been thoroughly trained as a great tool for the Ma Family to use in the future, which had truly borne fruit from what happened in the previous life.

Besides, from the look of it, the brainwashing appeared to have been deeply ingrained in the young woman too.

A few months ago, Shao Cheng made use of Gao's guilt and for the betrayal by dying in his older brother's place. He even finished what he promised to the man of avenging his younger sister's death, which they have always thought to have been killed.

So, after a few moments of deep thought, he calmly took a step closer at the young woman that had obviously been put into a tormented situation, before revealing his identity after making sure that no one is around aside from Xiaodan that is guarding the door outside.

"My name is Shao Cheng."

Swish!

"... Ah… I understand…"

Shao Cheng softly whispers while gripping the hand of the young woman that has moved at a great speed, completely intending to kill him by piercing his throat with her hand covered with the internal energy.

"Kill… Kill… I'll kill them…"

"You don't need to forgive me for this."

The small hint of hesitation in Shao Cheng's sapphire eyes completely disappeared from the reaction of the young woman after hearing his name. Instead, the familiar indifferent has swiftly emerged upon his pair of cold sapphire pupils.

"Hey… Your older brother Gao is waiting for you."

When the young woman seemed to tense up, appearing to still retain a tiny bit of consciousness of who she had been, nonetheless, Shao Cheng has swiftly stabbed the sleeping acupoint in the young woman with his deft finger containing internal energy before swiftly killing her.

It was a painless death, that is the least he could do for not saving Gao's younger sister after everything that happened.

Shao Cheng had chosen and allowed the three dangerous key figures in the previous life, Dai, Dalle, and Li Shi live their life, but this time, he has decided to take the young woman's life.

As for the reason why Shao Cheng makes such a choice, he wasn't really quite sure, he just followed what he really wanted, that's all there is to it.

"... Fortunately, my older brother wouldn't know this."

Shao Cheng will carry this weight without hesitation, there is no need to burden his older brother with another guilt to carry on his life. Because, despite being betrayed, his older brother still felt remorse about the death of Gao.

After all, it doesn't change the fact that the two of them had also been good friends for many years.

So, Shao Cheng could never let his older brother know anything about Gao's younger sister.

It's better to be ignorant and oblivious in certain situations when there is no need to know about it.

After putting down the dead young woman on the ground, Shao Cheng has turned around and left the room.

"Eliminate anything about her. Burned her body… and spread her ashes in a good scenery."

I can't leave any evidence of her existence. Gao's younger sister had died at the hands of the people who captured her, which is what his older brother would know all his entire life.

"Yes, Young Master."

When Xiaodan entered the room where the young woman is, Shao Cheng stepped outside the residence with his hands behind his back before raising his head to silently stare at the white cloudy sky.

And after a few moments later, Shao Cheng can only release a soft sigh.

Although he is already numb killing people, where he had gotten used to it like it was already normal, there is still a moment where he wanted to be quiet, and today is one of those moments.

"Young Master, I am done."

Soon, an hour has passed by, and Shao Cheng could be seen sitting in front of a desk inside a simple room of the normal residence that they use to put the young woman in while waiting for him to arrive and make a decision.

"Good job."

"It wasn't much."

Shao Cheng has calmly put down the important report that Xiaodan has left for him to read while taking care of the young woman's dead body.

"When you are done cleaning up everything the Ma Family has left in secret, you can let them find Ma Jia's dead body. No one will be able to easily figure out the medicine I prepared to keep his body in the same state when he died."

Besides, there is no reason for the officials to do a thorough check-up on the dead body of an insignificant person that had gone crazy, massacring the low-rank aristocrat family he belongs to.

Nonetheless, Shao Cheng still did meticulous care about it, since the Royal family behind the Ma Family might end up deciding to check what happened.

One should never lower their guard down just because a situation, object, or person turned out to be an insignificant matter. After all, he had been once an insignificant person without experience and power of his own in the previous life.

And yet, he ended up as the winner, putting Chang Pei on the throne, turning Huang Ya as the Empress. And becoming the Great Advisor that mostly handles the affair of the Empire instead of the Prime Minister that also worked under him.

Never underestimate anyone, since everyone has the potential to become future trouble or disaster. After all, Shao Cheng is the perfect example.

"Young Master, may I ask why you don't want to take over the hidden power that the Ma Family has been growing in secret?"

"I just don't want to take a chance. We aren't quite sure if there aren't any people that had been secretly planted that don't belong to the Ma Family."

Shao Cheng calmly answered Xiaodan's curiosity while destroying all of the papers on the table with his internal energy.

"For a long-lasting power that couldn't be easily destroyed, infiltrated, or swayed by other people, it's better to thoroughly build everything from the scratch."

It's the reason why Shao Cheng wanted to meticulously pick every single person while thoroughly investigating all about them.

After all, they are going to be his future hidden guards, and people that would be spread all over the place in order to gather information, and other important tasks needed to be taken care of.

Especially when it's better for Shao Cheng to use his drugs to thoroughly check or control the people they had chosen instead of trying to see if there is a spy among the slightly trained people they had gotten from the other family power.

Well, I can be a bit paranoid about it too.

And even though Shao Cheng's first priority was to put Ren Yuan on the throne with a better reputation in the previous life as part of the deal but mainly for his personal wish. He also needed an enormous amount of loyal people to completely follow his order because of the other deal he made with the Chang Spirit.

It's better to prepare and plan about it from the start instead of starting to focus on it after putting Ren Yuan on the throne. Because it's honestly difficult and troublesome to do it without having enough preparation and power in his hands.

"Take care of everything before Older Brother time in the Capital is over."

After all, Shao Cheng understands that it's almost time for his older brother to get back in the army where he was designated, especially when there will be a fight for promotion in a few months.

"Yes, Young Master."

Shortly later, Shao Cheng is traveling back to the Capital, skillfully riding a horse, and at the same time, begins to communicate with the Purple Dragon in his mind.

"Is Ren Yuan waiting for me in my courtyard?"

"Ah… Papa Bug… You see… How should I say this…?"

"No need, based on your reaction and words alone, the man has definitely left."

Shao Cheng could only sigh while wondering if he should continue with the plan he already had in mind after assuming that Ren Yuan will refuse to come with him tomorrow to the famous temple.

"Ah, listen to me! Mama Bug couldn't wait for you anymore and had directly gone into a famous Pavilion to have fun. Don't worry though, it wasn't in the red light district, it's the place where all the dignified nobles go to find entertainment!"

"..."

Isn't that a similar place in the red light district but appeared more elegant and dignified where the humble women and men show off their talents while being paid? At the same time, secretly hoping to catch the eyes of some honorable and noble young men or women?

Basically, most of the people working in that sort of place either wanted to have a certain connection to powerful and influential people or just simply wanted to get married in an aristocratic family?

"Hey Papa Bug, let me tell you a secret. Mama bug seemed to have done it on purpose! I heard him mumbling about 'Whitey will definitely appear to take me away from this kind of place!'. So I think Mama Bug just wanted for you to catch him and then punish him back in your courtyard!"

Though there is no need to tell the wicked man that his Mama bug appeared scared to do it in the red light district, so he has chosen a better and dignified place to do it.

"..."

Hmm…. Where did I put the strong rope again? I should haven't tried gently asking that man to come with me. Instead, I should have tied him up from the start. There is no need to be NICE.

"Hm? Papa Bug, somehow, I feel scared by your silence…"

"Hello? Why aren't you answering me???"

"..."

Well Damn, I think I caused trouble to Mama Bug… Nah… Mama bug is already looking for trouble after thinking of such a stupid but also brilliant way to get his Papa Bug's attention.