Chapter 2: Jiangzhou Black Market (Part 2)

  The two men left the Double Eagle Boat and strolled around on other boats, buying all the materials listed on their list, before disembarking and returning to Jiangzhou City.

  Having gotten all four treasures, he felt a sense of comfort and satisfaction. Turning back to gaze at the phosphorescent ripples on the river's surface, he sighed emotionally: "The feeling of being rich is really great!"

  Divination child coldly replied: "Isn't the feeling of having no money also pretty good?"

  Xiao Si got a lot of benefits, and he was willing to listen to Lao Mangzi's complaints. He followed him, smiling and chatting as they walked back and forth quickly.

  They walked a little further in, when suddenly Bu Shangzi said in a low voice: "Someone is following us from behind."

  Xiao Si didn't get angry, instead he was delighted and asked: "Is it that idiot from the Zhāo Yī Bang?"

  "Divination Master nodded and said: 'What do you want to do?'"

  "Disciple, this is a desolate mountain wilderness, you understand."

  "Alright, let's just make some profit from them then."

  "Then find a place with good feng shui and set up a formation to play with them!"

  "Don't waste it!"

  Baizuo stopped in his tracks and shouted in a low voice, "Get out!" The sound was carried away by the night wind and echoed through the mountains.

  The echoes had not yet faded when four figures slowly emerged from the darkness. They were Mo Wanyou and others of the Zhaoyi gang.

  At this moment, the Xu Shao master had removed his mask, revealing a pale and sinister long face with a drunken complexion in the night light. He said, "Recognize your superior, hand over the thing obediently!"

  "Very well," said Xu Xudao slowly, "I was going to say the same thing."

  Xu Shaobang was taken aback, seemingly not expecting someone to dare speak to him like that. He laughed in extreme anger and said: "Vice Leader Mo, go get the thing back!"

  Mo Wanjun didn't say a word, pulled out two earth-drilling awls from his waist, and quietly activated the magic work. With a soft "hiss", the double awl emitted a strange halo that enveloped his entire body. Immediately afterwards, the ground beneath his feet flowed like quicksand, sucking his figure in.

  "Earth Escape!" Xiao Si's expression changed suddenly, just as he was about to urge the Qingyun Boots to ride the wind and ascend into the air. Just then, he heard Bu Suanzi's low shout, and saw him raise his hand to cast out a Taoist talisman.

  That talisman ignited in the wind, thousands of green lights like stars fell to the ground. In an instant, the ground was covered with a layer of emerald light, shining like a mirror.

  Xiao Si asked in surprise: "What is this thing?"

  "The shameless symbol." Before the words of Bu Suanzi had fallen, a dull thud came from beneath the ground, and Mo Wanyou's short and small body suddenly burst out like a projectile.

  Xiao Si saw the situation and was overjoyed, without hesitation he pulled out a newly refined Heavenly Thunderbolt Talisman from his sleeve, and with a burst of energy, he crushed the turtle shell. With a crisp "pop" sound, the heavenly turtle shell exploded into powder, and from Xiao Si's fingertips, several strings of blood-red lightning shot out like knife edges, tearing through the sky.

  "Boom, boom, boom!" A deafening explosion shook the air as thunderbolts rolled in one after another, fiercely pounding Mo Wanyong's head.

  Poor Mo Wanjun had just been forced out of the ground by the shameless symbol, still dizzy and disoriented, unsure of what was happening. Suddenly, a bright red light flashed before his eyes, and he let out a loud cry, frantically waving his pickaxe to defend himself.

  "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The blood-red lightning struck the dark cloud that had condensed from the swirling earth, bursting into bloom after bloom of fierce flames.

  A strand of crimson lightning flowed along the drill cone, pouring straight down into Mo Wanxiong's arms. A blood-curdling scream was heard as he fell from mid-air, crashing to the ground and lying there motionless for half a day.

  Two of the soap-clad guards rushed forward to lift up Mo Wanyou, only to see him with smoke billowing from his seven orifices, his entire body charred black as coal by the lightning, his mouth weakly muttering: "You little bastard, I swear... we will not stand together!"

  Xiao Si exclaimed with delight: "If I had known earlier, I would have used the Thunderbolt Seal that I refined later and blown this fool's head off in one move. From now on, I'll refine a few more of them. Whoever dares to oppose me again will be annihilated in an instant."

  He was thinking beautifully, then Xu Shao Bang Zhu suddenly became furious and shouted: "Get up together, don't leave one, cut them all!"

  Two of the Axe Gang's henchmen heard their boss's order and each drew out a hatchet from behind their backs, charging at Bo Er.

  Xu Shaobang's hatred for Xue Xiaosi was deep-seated, and he drew out the green, misty Tianxiang Biro knife, charging forward with a swing of his arm to strike.

  Xiao Si suddenly felt a chill wind hit his face, and his nose caught a faint scent of sweet and strange smell, he cursed secretly: "Turtle grandson, actually poisoned the knife!"

  He hastily held his breath and concentrated on watching the incoming momentum of the Tianxiang Biro sword, but saw a cluster of dark light rushing in like a snow wave, and his heart suddenly felt dizzy, his body involuntarily retreating backwards.

  Little did he know that as soon as his left foot left the ground, a mysterious diagram of the Thirty-six Heavenly Star Formation flashed in his mind. The stars moved and changed, infinite enlightenment surged up to the spiritual platform.

  "It turns out that this Star Array can actually transform into a set of body techniques!" Xiao Si was both shocked and delighted, his spiritual energy arriving at his left foot as he shifted half a step back to avoid the knife's edge, immediately followed by his body flashing as his toes tapped the ground with force, dashing straight forward three zhang to the front-left.

  The spiritual power of Qingyun Boots surged and flowed, his body stuck to the ground and shot out like a startled swan, much faster than before.

  Xu Shaobang's Tianxiang Bi Lang knife chopped through the air, and before he could even change his move, he felt a whistling wind sound, and Xiao Si's figure had inexplicably stuck to his right side, crossing over in a flash.

  His back involuntarily rose with a chill, if not for Xiao Si's real combat experience being slightly lacking, at the moment their bodies crossed, he would have counterattacked and either died or been seriously injured.

  He suddenly understood this point, and he abandoned his intention to take it easy on his opponent. He turned around and shouted loudly, "Hua hua hua!" Three consecutive knives chased after Xiao Si.

  These three knives are called "Three Yang Open Tai", the signature move of his father, Xu Xiaoqian, the leader of the Zhuang Yi Gang, and have beheaded countless people with one blow.

  Who would have thought that Xiao Si's body dodged left three times, right three times, and easily escaped the dense rain-like knife light, without even a single hair being cut off!

  After trying out a few moves, Xīao Sì's heart was at ease, and he exclaimed with joy: "With this set of Thirty-six Heavenly Body Techniques, I'll have even more chances to escape with my life in the future! It's rare for this fool to voluntarily be my free sparring partner, so I mustn't let him down!"

  He made up his mind and stood calmly, with a smile on his face, he raised his thumb at Xu Shaobang, who looked surprised: "You are this——"

  Xu Shaobang was stunned for a moment, and didn't expect Xiao Si to give himself such a good review. He snorted in anger, saying: "You're afraid it's too late now!"

  Who would have thought that Xiaosan's wrist flipped over, and his thumb was already pointing at his crotch, with a sly smile saying: "I'm afraid of you, bird!"

  Xu Shaobang's face suddenly turned purple, and he shouted loudly: "You little brat, I must kill you!" In a fit of rage, he swung his knife and attacked Xiao Si like a stormy wave.

  Xiao Si wanted exactly this effect. He was like a wisp of smoke, drifting and fluttering, then like a thunderbolt, swift and sudden, in the midst of swirling sword lights, he moved with ease, as if the stars were shifting, as if the Dipper was turning, like a goat hanging from a cliff, leaving no trace to be found, yet secretly conforming to the Way of Heaven, imitating nature.

  Xu Shaobang exerted all his strength, but somehow always fell short by a hair's breadth, allowing Xiao Si to escape from under the knife time and again. This was the first time he had encountered an opponent who only dodged and weaved without striking back, leaving him with a belly full of pent-up rage and nowhere to vent it, feeling as if he were entangled in a struggle with a wisp of elusive cloud smoke that darted about unpredictably.

  Suddenly, two muffled sounds came from not far away. Ba Suanzi neatly and efficiently killed the two guardians who were helping Zhuo Yihang. The one standing by with his hands behind his back didn't come to help either.

  Xu Shaobang was shocked to find that in the blink of an eye, among the four people, only he was left fighting alone. His anger suddenly turned into intense fear, and he swiftly retreated, shouting: "You stinky brat, if you have the guts, come and report your name! This young master will not coexist with you!"

  Xiao Si was having a great time, and in his excitement, he shouted: "Old blind man, who allowed your movements to be faster than mine?" With his feet clad in cloud-soaring boots, the true energy inside his body flowed freely as he chased after his opponent, his body as light as a feather floating in mid-air.

  Xu Shaobang hastily turned around and slashed down with his knife, Xue Xiao's figure flashed like lightning and electricity, dodging the Tianxiang Bi Lang knife and flying past, inserting himself behind his opponent, raising his wrist to unleash a Qinglong fist.

  Xu Shaobang's main knife went empty, but before he could turn around, he felt a numbness in his back heart. He had already been sealed by Xiao Si's Qinglong hand, and seven major acupoints were closed. A cold and gloomy current flowed into his meridians, causing his whole body to feel soft and weak, and he fell to the ground.

  Xu Shaobang's face turned pale with fright, and he cried out: "Don't kill me, my father is..."

  "Slap!" Xiang Xiao Si fiercely gave him two slaps in the face, and sneered: "Son, I care who your dad is?!"

  Xu Shaobang's mouth corner cracked and fresh blood flowed out, he wailed in pain: "It's my fault for being blind to your worth, I deserve to die ten thousand times! As long as you're willing to spare me, I'll agree to any condition!"

  Xiao Si didn't expect these young masters to be so incompetent, and he really didn't know how they would control those fierce and ferocious guards in the future. He thought to himself: "I just fell asleep for a moment and someone came to deliver my pillow, if I don't severely punish this kid, it would be too unjust to myself."

  He shook his head and said: "I'm in a terrible mood, I just want to kill someone!"

  "Divination Master smiled to himself and said: 'This young fellow is not very old, but his skills in cheating and deceiving are already well-honed.'"

  Xu Shaobang didn't expect that Xiao Si was going to extort him, his small face turned pale as paper and stuttered: "Don't kill me, I just bought two pieces of amber at the black market, I'll give them all to you!"

  Xiao Si still shook his head and sneered, "Are you stupid or do you think I'm foolish? As soon as I make one cut, everything on your body will belong to me?"

  Xu Shaobang was so scared that he almost wet his pants, and he begged pitifully: "I... I... have a box of Qilin ointment, three bundles of Yinhun grass, and over 3,000 taels of silver on me. I'll give it all to you, brother!"

  He looked at Xiao Si, who shook his head again with a hesitant expression. With a determined look, he gritted his teeth and called out: "Mo Vice Master, lend me the several thousand taels of silver you have on you too! One million taels plus those refining materials should be enough, right?"

  Xiao Si thought for a moment and said: "It's barely possible, but what about that Mo brother? What will he use to redeem his life?"

  Mo Wanhong was much more ruthless than Xu Shaobang, and angrily said: "If you want to kill, then kill; if you want to rob, then rob. In eighteen years, I'll be a good man again!"

  Xiao Si didn't care about what would happen eighteen years later, and after searching Mo Wanyou's body for half a day, he suddenly clapped his hands and laughed: "I've got it! The pair of cones in your hand are quite interesting, why don't you give them to me?"

  Mo Wan's heroic spirit was suddenly defeated and he exclaimed: "You little rabbit, you're even more ruthless than a bandit!"

  Xiao Si smiled and said: "You have a good eye for people, to be honest, even bandits call me 'Master' when they see me!"

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