The government was sending out wives, and I ended up with a princess from the previous dynasty!

Seeing that Jia Daoshi was a little angry, Jia Hu knew that he might have said too much, so he didn't dare to dawdle any longer and told the whole story directly.

"Patriarch, during our search of the underground palace in the City of Immortality, we discovered a secret chamber and made some new discoveries there."

"What's the catch?"

Jia Daoshi hadn't expected that Jia Bing could find the secret room, and his curiosity was immediately piqued.

Jia Hu said, "It's a lot of fresh blood that's been refrigerated in silver jars..."

"Blood? Destroy it all along with those corpses! Not a single drop can be left!" Jia Daoshi gave the order before Jia Hu could finish speaking.

"Yes!" Jia Hu nodded quickly.

This blood must be the blood of those victims, the infants!

"Only this?"

"And there's more!" Jia Hu exclaimed hastily, "Besides these silver blood jars, there are also many gold bars and gold ingots."

"A lot? How much?" Jia Daoshi asked casually. He wasn't really interested in gold; he wasn't short of money at all.

"We haven't tallied it up yet, but the boxes filled with gold bars are probably stacked up to the brim..." Jia Hu looked around and then pointed to the main house, saying, "That house is this big!"

"We prepared fifty horse-drawn carriages, and it was only after loading them all that we were done!"

"So much?" Although Jia Daoshi wasn't interested in money, he was still somewhat shocked by the sheer amount of money he had acquired.

He thought that a dozen or twenty boxes of gold would be the most he could get, since Tianhuang Bulao City was just a heretical cult in the Western Regions, unlike Shen Wansan or Hu Xueyan, who were the richest businessmen.

Who would have thought there would be so many boxes? It was truly an unexpected bonus.

"I've made a rough estimate, and it might be around 20,000 taels of gold," Jia Hu said after a moment's thought, giving an astonishing figure.

After all, he's a money-grubber, and his sense for gold is quite keen.

Upon hearing this, Jia Daoshi felt much better.

No one would complain about having too much money, especially when it's genuine 20,000 taels of gold!

This might be the wealth that Wu Qingye secretly accumulated, preparing to build his own army and sweep across the world.

Now it's perfect, he gets all the benefits.

"Good, not bad. Take out two thousand taels of gold and distribute them to the brothers who participated in this operation. Put the rest into the warehouse and let a few reliable brothers guard it."

Jia Daoshi laughed and immediately took action.

In those days, two thousand taels of gold was an astronomical sum, but he was not a stingy person. The brothers who participated in this operation risked their lives to work with him.

"okay!"

This time, Jia Hu was truly fine. After agreeing, he quickly withdrew.

"I never expected to have this unexpected gain."

Jia Daoshi hummed a little tune as he walked back to his room and told Ji Bingyan about it.

Upon hearing this, Ji Bingyan couldn't help but laugh and said, "Twenty thousand taels of gold is indeed a lot, but my lord, you must broaden your horizons and stop being so happy all the time. If we're talking about wealth, the Jiangnan region is the richest. Now that the Fifth Prince has fled back to Jiangnan, he will definitely raise an army to fight against us."

"This is simple." Jia Daoshi laughed and casually put his arm around Ji Bingyan's slender waist. "Once our wife ascends the throne and becomes empress, I will personally lead the army and conquer Jiangnan! That will be helping our new empress unify the country!"

"My lord, you are so good to me!" Ji Bingyan said tenderly. With such a husband by her side, how could she be afraid of not being able to sit on the throne?

"Hmm? What's so good about my lord?" Jia Daoshi pulled Ji Bingyan closer to his chest.

Sensing Jia Daoshi's intentions, a hint of shyness flashed across Ji Bingyan's eyes:

"Can you please stop being so mean!"

"Women don't love men who aren't a little bad!"

"Don't you like my bad side?"

Ji Bingyan nodded shyly: "I like it..."

Although the two were deeply in love, Jia Daoshi still had many important matters to attend to. Moreover, he had spent an unforgettable night in the palace last night. So, while they were having some fun, he still had to get the important things done first.

Ji Bingyan had already placed the snow-white egg on the table.

"My lord, I'm entrusting this egg to you. I really look forward to you hatching a little dragon," Ji Bingyan said with a smile. "Then I won't disturb you any longer. You hatch this egg, and I'll go back and refine the Dragon Scale Jade. Let's do it together!"

Jia Daoshi nodded; he was also looking forward to it.

After Ji Bingyan returned to her room, Jia Daoshi closed the door, sat down at the table, and began to probe the white egg by circulating his internal energy.

However, although his Dragon Elephant True Qi was vast, when he poured it into this dragon egg, he found that it was like a mud ox entering the sea, without making any ripples.

Moreover, the vitality fluctuations inside were exactly the same as before.

"Hmm? True Qi isn't working? Do I really have to use blood to bind it to the eggshell?" Jia Daoshi muttered to himself, withdrew his true Qi, picked up a small knife, cut a gash on his index finger, and dripped blood onto the eggshell!

"Tick tock! Tick tock! Tick tock!"

Jia Daoshi's blood has now turned almost gold, and is extremely concentrated!

After landing on the white eggshell, the blood was quickly absorbed. In the blink of an eye, the blood on the eggshell disappeared without a trace, and the entire eggshell became pure white again!

At the same time, the faint life force inside the egg began to slowly grow stronger!

Moreover, Jia Daoshi could even sense a slight fluctuation of spiritual energy within it.

“There’s hope!”

This discovery instantly excited Jia Daoshi, who then made a cut in his palm with the knife!

"Pfft!"

A large amount of blood immediately fell onto the surface of the white dragon egg!

Zizizi!

Just like before, this large amount of blood disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye!

The spiritual energy inside seemed to have become stronger. Jia Daoshi hurriedly reached out and placed his hand on the eggshell, trying to establish a connection with it using his mind!

However, the spiritual energy inside the egg only flashed for a moment before disappearing!

"Haven't I given enough blood?"

Jia Daoshi hesitated for a moment, then forced out more blood!

This time, however, the creature inside seemed to be asleep, showing no reaction whatsoever!

Seeing that there was no result, Jia Daoshi withdrew his hand. With the blessing of the Dragon Elephant True Qi, the scar on his palm healed quickly.

"Damn it, this guy actually wants to drink my blood!" Jia Daoshi was completely speechless.

After so much blood was released, the aura inside the egg was indeed stronger, but this strength was negligible compared to before.

"It seems that we won't see any results in the short term. I wonder how much blood we'll need to consume."

Jia Daoshi frowned. It wasn't that he was heartbroken about his blood loss, but the uncertainty of the timing left him speechless.

If someone really does stay here like the Great Ancestor Jing, guarding this thing for hundreds of years without making a move, then we're completely stumped!