Chapter 34

The Taiyin hung high, and Qin Jiang and Liu Yize walked out of the Inner City.

Looking back, the towering city walls cast shadows, appearing solemn and heavy.

Just now, until the end of the banquet, except for Xu Yanran reminding them not to forget the lantern festival on the fifteenth of next month, no one else had come to find him and Liu Yize.

It seems that after 'donating' silver, everyone was somewhat displeased with the two of them.

After seeing Liu Yize off, Qin Jiang returned to Shan Man Lou, ordered a pot of hangover tea, and went straight into his room.

Drinking tea, he silently looked out the window.

At this banquet, he also roughly understood Long Yuesheng's intention, which was to have him join the County Soldiers.

But he actually had no such intention.

There were too many rules for the County Soldiers, and most importantly, after becoming a County Soldier, it would be difficult to have time to learn other martial arts.

He intended to learn more martial arts, even if they weren't True Martial Arts.

Because the Potential Panel could fuse and deduce martial arts.

Taking the essence and discarding the dross, the fused and deduced martial arts would not only be more powerful but also more suitable for himself.

The Red Tiger Gang, can't delay any longer; must join the Red Tiger Gang quickly.

Besides that, must prepare more Potential Points; now is not the time to save Potential Points; he must strive to push the Red Tiger Fist to the Perfection Realm in the shortest possible time.

Taking out a token from his bosom, a 'Xu' character was engraved on it.

The lantern festival is held in the Inner City, and this was given to him by Xu Yanran because she was afraid he wouldn't be able to enter the Inner City at that time.

The Xu family is the largest grain merchant in Black Mountain City, so it's normal to have some privileges.

This way, it would also be convenient for him to properly search and visit the antique shops and pawnshops in the Inner City.

Somewhere outside Black Mountain City.

Dozens of torches illuminated the mountain forest, and a young master in brocade clothes holding a folding fan raised his hand to cover his mouth and nose, looking ahead with gloomy eyes.

After a long time, a man in black covered in filth walked over, knelt on one knee, and held up a token with both hands.

"My Lord, the token has been found!" the man in black said.

The young master with the folding fan took a few steps back, "Can you find the murderer?"

These past few days, although he hadn't received news from those two guys, he hadn't really cared too much.

If it weren't for the news from the main pavilion saying that the token hadn't been injected with Gold Jade Qi for a long time, he really wouldn't have known that those two guys were already dead.

"It's difficult, but it can be determined that the place of death will not exceed a hundred miles. Among the cities within a hundred-mile range, there are only Black Mountain City and Luoshan City," the man in black said.

"Go and check it out," the young master with the folding fan said.

Now that more than half a month has passed, there's no need to be too anxious; even if discovered by others, it's already too late.

"Yes! My Lord!"

Coo, coo, coo~ A sound of flapping wings rang out in the jungle, and a black bird landed on his shoulder like lightning.

He looked at the black bird with some surprise and took off the letter on its feet.

Unfolding the paper, there was only one line of text, 'Liuyun, my child, the secret object has arrived; there will be changes in the Black Mountain City region, return quickly.'

The next morning, Qin Jiang went to the Inner City early in the morning and was let through directly after showing the token.

Entering the North Market again, it was livelier today than yesterday; without staying too long, he went straight to the antique shop he saw yesterday.

Two burly men were guarding the door, and several people were already picking out antiques inside.

After going in for a round, he only gained less than one Potential Point.

Seeing this, he stated his intention directly, "Shopkeeper, besides these on the surface, are there any more?"

The clerk standing behind the counter looked Qin Jiang up and down and didn't care much, "Guest, if you want to go to the inner room, you need to bring at least fifty taels of silver."

Qin Jiang looked at himself following the other party's gaze and immediately understood.

When he went out today, he found the black gold auspicious cloud robe troublesome to wear, so he put on his previous black cloth clothes.

Fumbling in his bosom for a moment, he took out the Xu family token and five ten-tael silver notes.

The clerk didn't react much when he saw the silver notes; after all, it was only fifty taels, and many people in the Inner City could afford it.

However, when he saw that token, he was stunned; Xu family people? As someone in an antique shop, almost everyone he came into contact with every day could be considered rich, and every now and then a high-level figure from the Inner City would come, so naturally, someone had specifically taught him how to identify the big shots in the city.

Although the Xu family's foundation was in the City West, it wasn't that they didn't come to the Inner City.

And this token was the mark that only the high-level members of the Xu family would have.

"So it's a big shot from the Xu family; I was truly blind and didn't recognize you! Please, come inside!"

The clerk walked out from behind the counter quickly and led Qin Jiang toward the inner room. This scene made the others in the antique shop glance sideways.

The Xu family, even to them, was an absolute behemoth.

Walking into the inner room, the specifications were about the same as the outside.

However, Qin Jiang scanned it, and even though he didn't know how to distinguish antiques, he could see that the items here were much more valuable than those outside.

"Master Liu, this is a big shot from the Xu family."

The clerk walked to a middle-aged man dozing in front of the counter and whispered in his ear.

Bang! The middle-aged man called Master Liu raised his head abruptly, and the back of his head hit the clerk's chin directly.

Hiss~ Hiss~ Two sounds of gasping for air made even Qin Jiang feel his teeth ache.

Slap! "You brat! Why are you leaning so close?!"

Master Liu slapped the clerk on the forehead, then looked at Qin Jiang and hurriedly stood up and bowed, "Guest, sorry, let you see a joke."

Qin Jiang waved his hand, "It's okay, then I'll take a look first?"

"Feel free."

Saying that, Master Liu waved his hand at the clerk, "Go, go, go! Don't have a memory! Tomorrow I must have your mother teach you a lesson!"

After the clerk left, Qin Jiang looked at the many antiques in the inner room, touching them from time to time, while Master Liu followed behind, introducing them from time to time.

Before long, a bronze beast-pattern mask attracted Qin Jiang's attention, and his fingertips touched it lightly.

【Potential Point absorbing... 1.1, 1.2, 0.8, 0.6】

【Potential Points: 11.2】

His pupils couldn't help but shrink slightly; this one item alone added nearly five Potential Points! "What is this?" He suppressed his excitement and asked.

Master Liu looked at the mask, "This is a Nightmare Beast pattern bronze mask from the Ancient Yu Kingdom, with a history of at least three thousand years. According to records, this kind of mask could only be worn by the priests of the Ancient Yu Kingdom."

Ancient Yu Kingdom? Qin Jiang frowned slightly; he had never heard of this name.

Seeing Qin Jiang frown, Master Liu explained, "This Ancient Yu Kingdom was a slave dynasty thousands of years ago, where sacrifices were prevalent, and it was famous for human sacrifices and smelting."

"It just seems to have disappeared overnight later, and the related records disappeared with it. The situations we know now are all learned from these unearthed antiques."

"Are there any other antiques from the Ancient Yu Kingdom?" Qin Jiang asked.

Master Liu shook his head, "No more, just this one; if you want it, guest, two hundred taels of silver will do."

Qin Jiang withdrew his hand upon hearing this and unconsciously pinched his index and middle fingers, "I'll take another look."

Master Liu nodded with some disappointment, "Feel free."

A moment later, Qin Jiang had looked at everything, and the total number of Potential Points reached 11.8.

Looking at Master Liu, "Besides these, are there any others?"

Master Liu thought for a moment, "There are a few more, but the boss said they must be kept, so they cannot be sold."

Tap, tap, tap.

The clerk from just now walked in, glanced at Qin Jiang, and walked quickly to Master Liu to take out a note.

Master Liu opened it and looked, then looked at Qin Jiang with some surprise, "This guest, the boss ordered not to do business with the Xu family, and we have no way, so please forgive me."

Qin Jiang looked at the two upon hearing this and nodded slightly.

Master Liu breathed a sigh of relief; what he feared most was that this one would cause trouble, so he raised his hand slightly, "Guest, please."

Qin Jiang walked away, and when he reached the door, he suddenly turned back, "Who is your boss?"

Master Liu was stunned; this one actually didn't know? "The Li family in the City South."

Qin Jiang nodded, "Thank you."

Coming out of the antique shop, he strolled around the South Market again, then went to other wards, and after sweeping through, it was already near noon.

Looking at the panel,

【Current Martial Arts】

Longevity Five Qi Technique (First Layer) (40/250)

Iron Arm Fist (Third Layer) (80/400)

Earth Dragon Body (First Layer) (32/200)

【Potential Points: 25.2】

(End of chapter)