Chapter 47: The Old Man Riding a Donkey

  Qilian Mountains' lush and dense peaks rise one after another, in the fierce northwest wind, like waves rising on the sea, surging and majestic, magnificent and grand.

  "Hu Zi, based on the map given by Senior Yao, the location of the black market should be on the outskirts of Qilian Mountain, after crossing two mountains, about ten kilometers west. Look at the markings here, at the entrance of the black market, there are two large characters 'Black Market' erected on a giant stone."

  Zhang Yi spread out the map in front of him, studied it for a while, and then pointed at a location on it, saying...

  Tonghu nodded and said: "We've never been to the black market before, so we don't know what's going on inside. It's best for us to lurk around the black market and observe the situation. If someone else enters, we'll follow them in. If not, we'll have to wait."

  Zhang Yi thought for a moment and said: "That's right, we haven't even reached the black market yet, but we've already encountered a master of ancient martial arts who tried to kill us. This shows that things are not peaceful around here, and it's very possible that something unexpected has happened in the black market."

  "Let's go! Get close to the black market first."

  Night falls

  The two of them have traversed mountains and rivers, arriving near the entrance of the black market.

  Hiding in the grass amidst the chaotic forest of rocks, the two quietly gazed at the entrance to the black market, their eyes scanning over the two pitch-black large characters on top of a massive stone over ten meters high, before falling onto the eight burly men clad in black.

  Rumor has it that the black market has a manager, but who is behind the scenes, no one knows. Look at those eight people, they should all be ancient warriors, belonging to the same class as the black market manager. Tóng Hǔ whispered to Zhāng Yì, lowering his voice.

  Zhang Yi said in a low voice: "I remember that Yao Shixiong once said that the black market administrators will not conflict with the ancient martial artists who come here. They only maintain law and order in the black market. As long as they don't fight, they won't interfere with anyone. In other words, it's very safe inside the black market, but outside the black market, there are often cases of murder and robbery."

  Tong Hu said: "For us now, safety comes first."

  "Uh-huh!"

  Quietly waiting, time flies quickly by.

  "Look quickly, someone has come out of the black market. He is dressed exactly like those four ancient martial artists we killed before."

  Tong Hu suddenly touched Zhang Yi's arm and said in a low voice.

  Zhang Yi looked towards the entrance of the black market. Suddenly, he saw more than a dozen middle-aged men emerge from the black market, their footsteps swift and flying, completely ignoring the eight guards at the black market. They quickly left.

  "It seems that the people we killed are not ordinary folks!"

  Zhang Yi said faintly.

  Tong Hu said: "That's right, if they find out it was us who killed them, we'll be in danger. However, the taxi driver has already left and returned to Qilian County, so those people won't be able to investigate us for a while."

  "Let's buy what we need early and leave early."

  Before I knew it, another two hours had passed.

  "Xiao Yi, come and see."

  Just as Zhang Yi was dozing off, Tong Hu called out in a low voice under the faint moonlight.

  Zhang Wei opened his eyes and looked towards the entrance of the black market, and suddenly his mouth twitched a few times, his face becoming even more peculiar.

  Hundreds of meters away from the entrance to the black market, an old man wearing a cyan-colored large cloak, with a small braid, riding on a thin and weak little donkey, shaking his head and humming a tune, with sparks still flashing in the tobacco pipe.

  "Two young friends, if you're not here to rob and kill, then you must be newcomers. Are you interested in going with old man me to the black market to admire foreign girls?"

  A faint and obscure voice lingered around Zhang Yi and Tong Hu's ears.

  "What?"

  Zhang Yi and Tong Hu's bodies stiffened, their eyes revealing an expression of incredulity.

  Been discovered?

  The two of them hid well enough, suppressing all the aura on their bodies, without making even the slightest unusual sound. How did the old man riding the small donkey discover the two of them?

  The two of them exchanged a glance, and Zhang Yi nodded and said: "The other party should be an extremely powerful strongman. Since we've been discovered, let's go in with him. If he wants to harm us, I'm afraid we won't have any chance of escaping."

  "Not bad, the other party should not have malicious intentions, let's go in with him! Maybe we can still get some information about the black market from his mouth." Tong Hu said.

  As the two emerged from the weeds in the Stone Forest, they strode towards the old man with big steps.

  "Junior has met the old man, I am Zhang Yi, he is my brother Tong Hu, we two are new here and not familiar with the black market, so we didn't dare to enter easily."

  Coming to the old man's side, looking at the old man with a pleased expression, Zhang Yi said respectfully.

  Having gone through several fierce battles, he has slowly adapted to his ancient warrior identity, and when speaking, a few hints of the warrior's aura are revealed.

  "The little guy is quite sensible and cautious... In these times, it's better to be more cautious, being cautious can help you live a bit longer. You can call me Old Flower or Little Flower, either way is fine."

  Flower Old Man

  Little flower?

  Zhang Yi and Tong Hu exchanged a glance, and a mouthful of old blood almost spurted out eight zhang away.

  This old guy is really shameless!

  However, Zhang Yi had heard Yao Tianxiao say that some powerful figures in the ancient martial world were very eccentric, they didn't care about trivial matters, and their emotions changed suddenly. If one could understand their personalities and cater to their tempers, they would be very pleased. But if they felt dissatisfied, those with better temper might just roll their eyes and leave, while those with worse temper might beat the other person severely or even kill them on a whim.

  He keenly sensed Tong Hu.[,!] The tiger wanted to speak, Zhang Yi stretched out his hand and grabbed Tong Hu's arm, grinning at the old man: "Since you've said so, we'll humbly obey. Old Hua, are you familiar with the black market? We two are fledgling birds leaving the nest for the first time, wanting to learn from your experience!"

  The old man's eyes lit up, a satisfied look flashed from the bottom of his eyes, and he looked at Zhang Yi with a hearty laugh: "Good, good, I like you, little old man. If it weren't for my preference for women, you would definitely be my concubine."

  Favored Concubine

  Zhang Yi felt a chill in his heart and almost threw up what he had eaten more than an hour ago.

  The old man seemed to have not noticed Zhang Yi's discomfort on his face, and his tone was filled with a hint of melancholy. He turned his head to look at the huge stone at the entrance of the black market, and sighed: "As for this black market, I actually came here before. But that was all more than ten years ago. If it wasn't for hearing from a few kids recently that the black market had imported foreign girls, I wouldn't have come to this damned place."

  A hundred years ago

  Zhang Yi and Tong Hu were both shocked in their hearts.

  A cycle of sixty years is even more thought-provoking!

  The old man who watches flowers looks like he's only in his fifties or sixties. There are hardly any wrinkles on that face left by the years. How old is he now?

  However!

  The phrase "imported foreign girl" from his mouth made the two of them cry and laugh at the same time. At his age, even if it's a seductive female demon, he should be out of energy, right?

  "Hey, hey, you two little rascals! What's with the look? Although I'm a bit older now, I can still hold my own, just like in the old days - one night, eighteen tigresses at my beck and call. It's still doable."

  The old man looked at Zhang Yi and Tong Hu's expression, a look of dissatisfaction appeared on his face, and he shouted loudly.

  Tong Hu smiled and said: "I'm telling you, Old Hua, go ahead and brag! One night with the Tiger Girl when she was eighteen? Can a woman as fierce as a wolf or tiger be handled by your current small frame?"

  The old man glared and looked around, discovering there were no women nearby. Suddenly his face turned red with rage as he shouted: "You stinky little brat, you...you just wait for me, I'll show you what an old man can do!"

  The three of them were already standing in front of those eight robust men while they were talking.

  "Please show your black card proof if it's your first time here. Each person pays one soul stone and receives a black card proof that allows ten entries to the black market."

  A tall man took two steps forward, blocking the path of the three people.

  The old man pulled the reins, stopping the little donkey, and curiously asked: "What's this Black Card thingy? Back then... that old thing was enough to have eight beautiful maidens carry a big sedan chair to invite me over. A Spirit Gathering Stone? This is way too expensive! It's enough for me to indulge in a harem of beauties for several days!"

  "This is the rule!"

  That robustly dressed big man said in a deep voice.

  Zhang Yi and Tong Hu furrowed their brows. At this moment, they finally understood why Hao Chengxiao gave them two Ling Stones when they left Shigabe Town. It turned out that to enter the Black Market, you need to pay an entrance fee!

  Hesitated for a moment, Zhang Yi endured the heartache and physical pain, took out three Aggregation Spirit Stones, handed them to the robustly dressed big man, and said: "Get us three Black Card certificates!"

  The burly man made a gesture and one of the men immediately walked over, handing three metal black cards to the trio. In a deep voice, he said: "This black card still has nine chances to enter, please keep it safe. If you lose it, when you come again next time, you will have to repurchase the black card proof."

  Zhang Wei looked at the black metal card in his hand and found that one of the ten circles on it had already been pierced.

  Thank you!

  Zhang Yi said calmly.

  The old man rolled his eyes and snorted: "Zhang Xiazi, why are you thanking them? This is something we paid for. Come on, come on, help the old man collect the Ling Stone, I won't treat you unfairly, let's go have some fun with foreign girls, ten... no, eight..."

  Zhang Yi helped Old Man Hua collect a Ling Stone, although it pained him to do so, but being able to get closer to this old man with unfathomable cultivation was worth it.

  "Old man, why don't you just keep the foreign chick for yourself? I can't afford to indulge in such luxury."

  He originally wanted to say that although he wasn't a virgin, his descendants couldn't be wasted at will, but the words got stuck in his throat and were swallowed hard. This kind of thing... He was too embarrassed to say it out loud!

  The old man drove the little donkey towards the black market inside the mountain stream, waving his hand and saying: "Nothing, nothing, I have a secret medicine here, even if you're not holding up early, it can make your golden gun stand all night. Grandma's, one Lingling stone... eight imported foreign girls, I want to go find that old thing to reimburse... right, right, right, I seem to have become smarter, in today's society, it seems like the word 'reimbursement' is used..."

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