Chapter 35

25 Potential Points!

Irrepressible joy appeared in Qin Jiang's eyes.

However, he still restrained his excited mood and didn't rush to add points.

There were too many people right now; according to past experience, the improvement of the Iron Arm Fist would inevitably be accompanied by changes in the flesh, and it would be a bit eye-catching here.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered the lantern festival, which seemed to be held in the Stone Lion River basin of the Inner City.

Thinking of the Stone Lion River, he remembered the Golden Scale Fish he had eaten that night.

The delicious taste was secondary; the main thing was that the fish meat seemed to contain a strange power that could increase internal Qi and increase his martial arts experience points.

He remembered that when he ate the Golden Scale Fish last time, all martial arts increased by more than thirty experience points in total, and that was when he hadn't finished eating the whole fish.

Although the effect was worse than the medicinal bath, the medicinal bath could only be performed at most once every half month, even if he had already practiced to the third layer now.

Moreover, since he had already decided to raise the Iron Arm Fist to the Perfection Realm, he wouldn't need the medicinal bath.

Furthermore, if spending some silver could save some Potential Points, it would still be very cost-effective.

Thinking of this, he walked straight toward the location of the Stone Lion River.

Before long, he arrived at a small river; looking at the small river in front of him, it was called a river, but in fact, it was just a larger small stream, and the widest place did not exceed four meters.

This was because when Black Mountain City was built, it was diverted into dozens of tributaries at the entrance of the Stone Lion River in the City West to serve as a drinking water source for the population in the city.

These dozens of tributaries almost spread throughout the entire Black Mountain City, and it was only when they reached the exit of the City East that they gathered again into one place, with a width of more than thirty meters, which was the true Stone Lion River, one of the sources of the Canglang River.

Walking by the river, a fresh grassy smell entered his nose, giving him a feeling of pores expanding.

Looking at the two banks, almost no one was fishing; occasionally, there were a few naughty children catching fish with nets, and the people around the river basically treated it as daily drinking water.

Seeing this, Qin Jiang couldn't help but sigh; the people in the Outer City could hardly get enough to eat, and many of the refugees outside the city starved to death, yet the people in the Inner City were too lazy to even catch the fish right in front of them.

Shaking his head, he continued to walk along the river bank, and before long, he arrived at a small fish market.

"Old man, do you have Golden Scale Fish?" He found an old man and asked.

The old man selling fish raised his head and glanced at him, "Where would this old man have Golden Scale Fish? That's a treasure of the officials, and it's not allowed to be sold on the market. If you really want to eat it, go to the fish market at the West City Gate and take a look."

"Oh, thank you, old man."

After leaving the fish market, he walked straight toward the West City Gate, passing by a relatively wide section of the river on the way, which was the place for the lantern festival on the fifteenth of July every year.

Every year during the lantern festival, a fishing competition is held, and the prize is a Golden Scale Fish King.

Before long, Qin Jiang arrived in front of the West City Gate, looked around, and saw a large-scale fish market; after walking in and turning around for a while, he found the Golden Scale Fish.

"Shopkeeper, how do you sell this Golden Scale Fish?"

He looked at the Golden Scale Fish swimming in the water, like pieces of gold darting around.

"Hand order, no hand order, no sale."

The stall owner of the fish shop was a burly man with a round belly, holding a wide-bladed short knife in his hand, lying on a recliner, and just glanced at Qin Jiang's attire and spoke with disdain.

Qin Jiang was stunned; need a hand order to buy a fish? Thinking about it, he tried to take out the token Xu Yanran gave him.

The fat stall owner sat up after seeing the token, and after seeing the 'Xu' character on the token, he stood up directly.

"So it's what the Xu family wants, why didn't you say so earlier! The normal price is five taels of silver per catty; if the Xu family wants it, it's four taels! How many do you want?" The stall owner's speaking speed became a bit faster.

This is the Xu family! Half the sky of the City West!

"Give me two." Qin Jiang said.

"Got it!"

A moment later, the stall owner tied the fish with a rope and smiled somewhat flatteringly: "A total of four and a half catties, let's call it sixteen taels!"

Qin Jiang took the fish and paid the silver; just as he was about to leave, a flash of golden light suddenly flashed across the corner of his eye.

He looked over and saw that inside the stall, in a position blocked by the stall owner's recliner, there was a water vat, and a huge Golden Scale Fish nearly half a meter long was swimming slowly in the vat. "What is that?"

The stall owner looked over, "Oh, you mean this; this is the prize for this year's fishing lantern festival."

"How much?" Qin Jiang asked.

The stall owner looked embarrassed upon hearing this, "Master, please don't make it difficult for me; this is what the official servants want, so it can't be sold to you."

Qin Jiang nodded slightly, didn't say anything more, and left straight away.

Passing through several wards, he returned to the North Market, walked for a while, and looked down at the Golden Scale Fish in his hand.

These two Golden Scale Fish were even larger than Li Bo's; if there were no accidents, they would be at least one hundred experience points.

Although the cost-effectiveness was a bit low, now was not the time to consider this.

Tightening the fish rope, he quickened his pace, but when he raised his head, he suddenly felt the surroundings become quiet abruptly.

Raising his head, he was stunned on the spot, and a chill rose from his tailbone to the back of his head.

Seeing that the North Market, which was very lively just now, was now empty of people! Not only were the people gone, but even the stalls were gone; the large North Market looked very empty, with only a layer of faint mist lingering.

Huh? Weird? "Guest, buy a sugar figure?"

A sharp voice suddenly rang out behind his ear; his eyes tightened, and he turned around and punched out abruptly.

"Crack~!"

Accompanied by a sound of wood breaking, a wooden pushcart for selling sugar figures, one person long, was smashed by him.

The moment it was smashed, the woman in gray cloth clothes who was originally standing behind the pushcart also disappeared, leaving only rotten wood all over the ground.

"Guest, buy a sugar figure?"

The sharp voice rang out behind his ear again; his pupils shrank, and he turned his head slowly.

Seeing that the pushcart that had just been smashed appeared intact on the side of the road, the woman in gray cloth clothes was wearing a white apron, squinting her eyes, with a gentle smile on the corners of her mouth.

Qin Jiang glanced downward; the rotten wood that had just been smashed had disappeared.

Without hesitation, he walked straight past the pushcart and walked forward quickly.

But only now did he suddenly discover that the North City Gate of the Inner City, which he could see standing at the end of the North Market just now, had now turned into a road that he couldn't see the end of.

Even the houses and buildings on both sides spread out, feeling more illusory the further away they were.

"Guest, buy a sugar figure?"

The familiar voice rang out in front; he looked forward, and the pushcart appeared on the side of the road.

Looking back, the road was empty, and the pushcart that should have been behind him disappeared.

Taking a deep breath, he walked to the pushcart.

Woo! The rapidly swinging arm broke the air and made a wooing sound; Qin Jiang's palm was large, and he grabbed the woman's head and slammed it toward the ground abruptly.

Crack~~!

The woman's body directly smashed the pushcart and was slammed hard onto the ground.

Pfft! After a sound of a balloon leaking, the woman's body shriveled rapidly and then dissipated into a cloud of white mist.

"Guest, buy a sugar figure?"

The sharp voice rang out; Qin Jiang's eyes were cold, and he slowly stood up and walked to the pushcart that had just appeared.

"Give me the cheapest one."

(End of chapter)