Chapter Fifty-Three: The Arrival of Nihon

  The sun rises in the east, and the coolness dissipates.

  Xiaoxiang Pavilion, known as "Warm Kiln, Soul-selling Nest", wafts with cooking smoke, thick rice and dishes fragrance drifting with the wind, covering the entire villa.

  In the luxurious chamber, Zhang Yi sat cross-legged in the middle of the bed, surrounded by women with exposed legs and arms. If someone who didn't know the truth were to burst in, they would definitely think that Zhang Yi was incredibly fortunate, and wouldn't imagine that he was sitting there without being tempted, despite his vigorous youth and abundant energy, still enduring the pain of swelling, without doing anything.

  "Humming..."

  A woman's murmurs in her sleep suddenly awakened Zhang Yi, who was meditating with his legs crossed.

  He opened his eyes and looked at the scene beside him, his figure suddenly sprang up, stretched out his hand to grab the black travel bag next to him, and jumped off the bed.

  "I can tolerate it to this extent, and I must say I'm quite impressed with myself."

  With a murmur, Zhang Yi also couldn't be bothered to look for a place to wash up and stepped out of the room with his backpack. Looking at Tong Hu sitting cross-legged in the center of the courtyard, a few smiles appeared on his handsome face.

  "Creak..."

  The door of the house next door was half a beat slower than Zhang Yi opening the door. Old Hua stretched his waist, yawned and stepped out from inside:

  "Hey, I thought you'd sleep till the sun was high in the sky! Didn't expect you to get up so early! By the way, you were pretty useless last night, and it only took that little bit of time."

  Hold your head high and stick out your chest.

  The old man's tone was drawn out, his gaze shifting from Zhang Yi to the jumping Tong Hu, asking with a pleased expression: "That little tiger, did you hear it last night? Did you hear it? Old man me showed off my divine might, and those eighteen imported foreign girls were tossed around like feathers."

  Zhang Yi and Tong Hu exchanged a glance, both of their eyes filled with bitter smiles.

  Tong Hu said: "Old Hua, in this regard I admit defeat."

  Hahaha...

  The old man burst out laughing, apparently very satisfied with Tonghu's answer.

  Zhang Yi said with a clenched fist: "Old Hua, you've already repaid the favor, and I've also enjoyed those imported beauties you mentioned. We still need to go explore the black market and buy some necessities, so I won't accompany you anymore."

  "Go on, go on! Don't forget what Xuan Yuan Lao Gui told you, that Western Wilderness Ancient Domain. You can't get there!"

  Zhang Yi nodded cautiously and said: "I will remember it in my heart and consider it carefully."

  Black market entrance.

  Nihong led three young women and eight men in suits who looked cold-blooded, but they were stopped by the man guarding the gate.

  "To enter the black market, please show your black card proof. If you don't have a black card proof, each person needs to pay one spirit stone to obtain a black card proof that allows entry into the black market ten times." A burly man in black clothes said in a low voice.

  Nianhong's eyebrows slightly furrowed, and she asked in puzzlement: "Ji Ling Shi? What is that?"

  Those guarding the Great Han were face to face, they could feel it. In front of them, apart from this woman, everyone else had a strong cultivation base, and even the aura that was faintly visible on their bodies made them somewhat apprehensive. How could the other side not know about the Gathering Spirit Stone?

  "You really don't know?"

  Nian Hong nodded calmly and said, "I don't know."

  The guardian of the Great Han said in a low voice: "We don't care if you know about the Spirit Gathering Stone or not, but without it, no one is allowed to enter."

  Nianhong's face darkened with anger, and after a moment of silence, she asked, "How can I obtain the Spirit Gathering Stone you mentioned?"

  The guardian of the Great Han said indifferently: "Unless you can buy the Spirit Gathering Stone from other ancient martial artists, otherwise you can only go and rob."

  Nianhong asked in a low voice: "Where can I buy it? How much does each one cost?"

  "There are black markets selling Spirit Stones for 8 million each. If you want to buy, our people can help. But the price of each Spirit Stone will be increased by 2 million." The guard said.

  Nian Hong said faintly: "Give you 200 million, and we will handle the black card certificate for you. You can buy the Ling Stone yourself."

  Those guarding the Great Han looked at each other, and then the leader of the Great Han slowly nodded. The twelve black cards were handed over to Nianhong's hands. They had a POS machine ready here, and the young woman next to Nianhong directly swiped her card to pay.

  In the past, there were many ancient warriors who wanted to enter the black market without having a spirit stone. In the end, they all chose to use money for transactions, so the managers of the black market prepared POS machines.

  "Can we go in now?"

  Niang Niang asked faintly.

  "Please!"

  The Han guard said respectfully.

  Nianhong walked a few steps towards them and suddenly stopped again, opening her mouth to ask: "Can I ask you something?"

  The guard fell silent for a moment, then opened his mouth and said: "Since you gave us so much money, I'll answer one question, but it can't involve the black market's privacy."

  Nianhong nodded and said: "I'd like to ask, have two young people entered the black market in the past two days? One of them is a cripple."

  The guard thought for a moment before speaking, "Actually, there are two young people like that, but the cripple you mentioned is somewhat exaggerated. The other person's left leg is a bit inconvenient, but it can't be called crippled."

  It's them!

  Nianhong felt a surge of excitement in her heart and nodded at the guard before striding inside.

  She soon brought eleven subordinates to the black market and said faintly, "Go and find out for me where I can buy Spirit Gathering Stones. You have two hours, try to get as many as you can."

  "Yes!"

  Two young women and eight men in black suits immediately made a fist and said.

  On the other end of the black market, Zhang Yi and Tong Hu didn't rush to stroll through those shops, but instead came to a secluded corner.

  "Xiao Yi, what did you bring me here for?"

  Tong Hu asked with a face full of curiosity.

  Zhang Yi said in a low voice: "Hu Zi, do you know why we were ambushed by those four middle-aged men on the way to Hei Shi?"

  Tong Hu shook his head and said: "How would I know? No, do you know?"

  Zhang Yi nodded and said, "Last night, I let those eight women call out for themselves, and then sneaked out quietly. Originally, I planned to hide in the neighboring courtyard to clear my mind, but I found two suspicious guys also sneaking into that yard. I overheard their conversation and learned that the four ancient warriors we killed were all from the Yin family. Our previous speculation based on those four tokens was correct. Moreover, it turns out that the people of the Yin family are actually looking for those two guys, and we took the blame for them."

  Tong Hu's eyes bulged round, and a few strands of murderous aura flowed out from his gaze. Gnashing his teeth, he said: "Damn it. Let's go kill them."

  Zhang Yi grabbed Tong Hu's arm and said in a low voice, "What killing? From now on, you can't always be talking about fighting and killing. We can kill people, but the ones we kill are those who want to kill us. Absolutely cannot indiscriminately kill innocent people. Although I'm not happy either, I've already taught them a lesson."

  Tong Hu was taken aback and curiously asked: "How did you scold them?"

  Zhang Wei sneered, "Last night, I snuck here and spent a million to buy two anesthetic pipes. I knocked them out and they stole 100 Ling Stones from the Yin family. There were also two Sheng Rou Dan, but now they're all in my bag!"

  Tong Hu looked at Zhang Yi with a strange expression and muttered: "So, they are just like pouring water into a bamboo basket, all in vain? And the benefits have been gained by us?"

  "That's right."

  A joyful expression floated onto Tóng Hǔ's face. If it weren't for the need to keep a low profile, he really wanted to burst out laughing. Giving Zhāng Yì a thumbs up, he exclaimed: "Awesome, you're truly worthy of being my brother!"

  "That's natural!"

  Zhang Yi smiled triumphantly.

  Tong Hu suddenly sneered and said: "So, yesterday in the room, those eight foreign girls, you didn't touch them? They really called out themselves?"

  Zhang Yi's face froze for a moment before he angrily retorted: "Of course I didn't. I'm a decent person."

  Tonghu burst out laughing and said: "I see you're not a serious person, you're Liu Dage!"

  "Get out!"

  After laughing and chatting for a while, the two of them left this secluded corner and walked towards the black market stalls.

  "Xiao Yi, I found that you don't have any weapons. As ancient warriors, once we encounter a fierce battle, not having a weapon is very disadvantageous. So, I think the most important thing for us now is to go and choose a suitable weapon." Tóng Hǔ said as he looked at Zhāng Yì while passing by a shop entrance.

  Zhang Yi nodded and said: "That's right, the previous few killings. If I had a weapon, I'm afraid it would be even easier to kill the enemy."

  A few minutes later, they arrived at the entrance of a store.

  As they stepped inside, Zhang Yi's gaze swept over the various types of cold weapons hanging on the walls around the shop, and he shouted loudly: "Where is the boss? Why is there no one in the shop?"

  "Here I come!"

  A clever-looking boy came out from inside a small door at the very back.

  "Are you here to buy weapons?"

  Zhang Yi nodded and said: "That's right, buying weapons."

  The boy waved his hand and said with a majestic tone, "Then you can choose at will. All the weapons in this store are forged by me, and they are all divine instruments."

  Old man?

  Wang Ke looked at the boy with a mixture of laughter and tears, saying: "I say little brother, I'm referring to an old man like myself, you're only thirteen or fourteen years old, right? Don't use such words and tone."

  The old man glared and shouted: "I'm eighty-three this year, where am I thirteen or fourteen? If you can't see clearly, don't spout nonsense!"

  Eighty-three?

  Zhang Yi and Tong Hu stared at the boy with their mouths agape, their lips twitching a few times before they finally dropped the subject.

  Arrived at the black market!

  They saw many strange people, so they didn't think it was a big deal.

  Zhang Wei wandered around the store, discovering many cold and intimidating knives, swords, clubs, and staffs. However, he didn't particularly like any of these weapons, and he felt that they were not very convenient to carry.

  "Not satisfied?"

  The boy rolled his eyes and asked with a toothpick in the corner of his mouth.

  Zhang Yi said faintly, "It's not very satisfactory. We live in a society outside, if the weapon is too long, we can't carry it with us normally, if we encounter an enemy, we can't go back to our residence, take out the weapon and fight the enemy again?"

  The boy was stunned, and then he slapped his forehead, regretfully saying: "No wonder... no wonder the weapons I made were very good, but the business in the store was as bad as this. Little guy, you woke me up from my dream!"

  His footsteps wandered in place for two steps, turned his head and glanced at Zhang Yi several times, before finally stopping in front of Zhang Yi, gritting his teeth and saying: "Considering you woke me up, I'll sell you a treasured item. Follow me!"

  ps：

  Outside, the thunder is flashing and the world seems to be doomsday. Early in the morning, I got up with great enthusiasm, ready to write, just wrote a chapter, suddenly there was a power outage, and the shadow was directly stunned.

  A small county at the intersection of four provinces, and the power went out at a critical moment.

  This is the second update, and there are four more to go. Although it's likely that completing the last four updates will exceed 12 o'clock, Shadow will definitely finish them at the fastest speed possible, updating one chapter every hour and a half until the remaining four updates are done.

  To make up for today's mistake, Shadow will be more tomorrow.