At night, the Qi Family estate.
The main gate was tightly locked.
Several oil lamps lit up both the inside and outside of the house, rendering it bright and clear.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed in the inner room, Qi Xiu carefully flipped through the pages of a green-bound book.
The characters in the book were tiny, with hundreds packed onto a single page. A common person, at first glance, would probably feel their eyes sting and their head throb. However, Qi Xiu was engrossed, his gaze constantly moving up and down as he softly murmured the key points to himself.
"Hah, these three thousand taels of silver were truly well spent," Qi Xiu said, closing the book and letting out a long breath.
The book in his hand, 'Shadow Shift', was a new Qinggong technique he had purchased the previous day from the Ghost Market Treasure Ship for three thousand taels of pure silver.
