86: Black market stall owner transactions

In the dark night:

"Brother, do you really have grain?"

"Yes!"

"Not lying to me?"

"In my life, I never lie!"

"Do you believe it?"

"Oh... I'll believe it this once!"

Less than an hour later:

Chu Qing led Stall Owner Number 69 to the Yang family's Fortified Manor, where corpses lay everywhere.

Stall Owner Number 69 shivered and whispered, "Brother, I don't have any Secret medicine on me, so if you kill me, you won't get any benefit!"

Chu Qing asked in surprise, "Why would I kill you?"

No. 69 rolled his eyes.

Nima!

If you didn't want to kill me, why bring me to this abandoned Fortified Manor?

Look, there are bodies everywhere.

Who knows how many people you've slaughtered.

No. 69's mind raced, and he quietly clutched a dagger.

He was ready for a fight to the death.

However:

He found that Chu Qing didn't make a move, but instead led him to a dark warehouse:

"Here, it's mostly grain."

"Go in and carry it out."

The warehouse door was pitch black, scorched by smoke and fire.

Click!

Chu Qing twisted off the padlock.

The two went inside, where there were jars upon jars of grain.

Looking around, there was no end in sight.

Gulp!

No. 69 swallowed, utterly bewildered.

"You... this..."

Chu Qing smiled and said, "Just tell me if there's grain here or not?"

"Yes!"

No. 69 swallowed.

If he could get all this grain... he would definitely have made a great contribution when he returned.

"I'll take it all!"

"Name your price!"

Chu Qing was silent for a moment before saying, "First, give me the Iron Cloth Secret medicine, then we can discuss the rest."

"Alright!"

"Please wait, I'll be right back!"

No. 69 gave Chu Qing a deep look, then left.

Chu Qing found a corner and Cultivated the Toad Skill while waiting for the transaction.

Half an hour... an hour... dawn broke.

He frowned.

No. 69, did he give up on the deal?

What a pity... for the Iron Cloth Secret medicine.

Chu Qing was quite disappointed and prepared to leave.

Then:

The sound of carriages came from outside.

Chu Qing climbed higher and saw No. 69, a Masked Man, leading a group of burly men, driving many ox carts and horse carts over.

At this moment... Chu Qing smiled.

But... why was the convoy moving slower and slower?

Chu Qing was suspicious.

At this time:

Stall Owner Number 69 wanted to cry.

Because:

It was daylight, and he could finally see clearly:

The place where he was supposed to transport grain was a very familiar Fortified Manor.

Moreover:

He even knew the former Wubao Lord.

"The Yang family's Fortified Manor... it was fine a few days ago, how could it suddenly be annihilated?"

"Who is the murderer?"

"The one I traded with?"

"Or... some Big Shot who passed by here?"

The rotting corpses everywhere and the burn marks made No. 69 nervous.

After they arrived in front of the granary, Chu Qing said, "You all go in and move it."

"Give me the Secret medicine!"

No. 69 handed Chu Qing the Secret medicine box and said, "Um... friend, this Yang family's Fortified Manor..."

Chu Qing inspected the Secret medicine and said, "It's already been wiped out, not a single living soul."

"Just load up as much as you want!"

"No one will care!"

No. 69... At this moment:

Chu Qing also found that the Secret medicine was fine.

He said, satisfied, "You stand here and don't move, I'll be right back."

A minute later:

Chu Qing came to an abandoned stone house:

He swallowed the Secret medicine.

The attribute panel flickered:

[Cultivation Technique Iron Cloth Perfection — Daily thousand refinements, swallowing Secret medicine, five thousand days to break the limit.]

[Promotion Conditions — 1: One hundred portions of Secret medicine, 2: Ten bright pearls]

Iron Cloth had reached Perfection.

However, the promotion conditions were even more extreme.

"A common Cultivation Technique actually requires ten bright pearls?"

"The potential of this Iron Cloth seems to be very great!"

If it were before, he would definitely not promote it further.

But, now, he didn't lack bright pearls.

A minute later:

He found Stall Owner Number 69 again and said, "Give me another hundred portions of Iron Cloth Secret medicine!"

In fact, he could use general Secret medicine to enhance Iron Cloth.

But general Secret medicine was, after all, more precious.

He was reluctant to waste it.

That's why he wanted to see if he could find Iron Cloth Secret medicine.

Fortunately, he found it.

Stall Owner Number 69 stared at him, filled with a thousand questions.

But, in the end, he just nodded vigorously and said:

"Brother, don't worry, when I came this time, I brought over five hundred portions of Iron Cloth Secret medicine."

"If you want it, I'll give it all to you."

Chu Qing shook his head: "I only need a hundred portions!"

A minute later:

The transaction was completed.

Chu Qing found a corner, swallowed the Secret medicine, and ate the bright pearls.

The next second:

The profession panel flickered again:

[Limit Iron Cloth — 1: One hundred and eight major Tendons 2: Improve Tendon quality.]

[Promotion Conditions — Cannot be further promoted]

The next second, Chu Qing felt the major Tendons in his body squirming wildly.

At the same time:

His skin was taut.

The squirming major Tendons formed patterns of weeping ghosts and a ghost back on his chest and back.

In the midst of it all, he had a feeling:

The limit-breaking Iron Cloth not only doubled his defense but also caused subtle changes in his Flesh, and even his Five Viscera and Six Bowels.

Even his entire Skin and Hair seemed to have been refined.

Especially the Skin and Hair, which had even more peculiar changes.

It was even more obvious than what the Secret Toad Skill brought.

"Could it be that all body-refining Cultivation Techniques have profound mysteries?"

Unfortunately, his major Tendons were almost fully trained.

He also didn't want to expend energy on Cultivating other body-refining Cultivation Techniques.

"I'll study it slowly later."

Now:

Iron Cloth had broken its limit.

Swallowing bright pearls could also Cultivate Iron Cloth Golden Tendons.

At that time, Iron Cloth with one hundred and eight Golden Tendons would be equivalent to Iron Cloth with over eight hundred Iron Tendons.

The power of that would probably be boundless.

Chu Qing was excited.

He couldn't wait to immediately find Shi Fu to dig out the specially made bright pearls, swallow them in one gulp, and frantically improve himself.

Over an hour later:

No. 69's subordinates had filled all the carts and horses.

"Friend, the remaining grain..."

Chu Qing thought for a moment and said, "I still need it!"

"I can't give it to you all!"

No. 69 was disappointed.

However, Chu Qing's heart stirred and he said:

"If... you can get me some quarrying tools and transport them to Shiji Mountain, I can still trade grain with you!"

No. 69's eyes widened, and he said excitedly, "Really?"

Chu Qing nodded.

"How many sets of tools do you need?"

Quarrying tools weren't valuable.

But even if it could be exchanged for one cart of grain, that would still be a contribution!

Chu Qing thought for a moment and said, "Let's start with a hundred thousand sets!"

No. 69... Chu Qing... A few minutes later:

When No. 69 confirmed three times that Chu Qing wanted a hundred thousand sets of quarrying tools, he knew that Chu Qing was not simple.

A hundred thousand quarrying tools meant he had at least over a hundred thousand people under him.

So many people quarrying?

He didn't believe it.

But... he didn't want to, and didn't dare to ask further.

He patted his chest and guaranteed that he could get the tools.

"It's just... I'm afraid there isn't enough grain here!"

Chu Qing waved his hand and said:

"In such a large Fortified Manor, besides grain, there's also gold and silver!"

"I heard that some people dig cellars and cast silver into silver spheres weighing thousands, even tens of thousands of jin, and hide them in the cellars."

"Have your men search for them, dig them out, and buy tools!"

"If it's really not enough, the next time I destroy a Fortified Manor, I'll notify you in advance to move things!"

No. 69... fell silent.

At this moment, he was even more certain that the Masked Man in front of him was the murderer who annihilated the Yang family's Fortified Manor.

Moreover, he was a ruthless person who regarded human lives as grass and had a heart of iron!

"What a ruthless person!"

"Daring to annihilate the Yang family's Fortified Manor, he's probably going to suffer retaliation from other Fortified Manors!"

"When did such a brutal Big Shot come to Shiji County?"