Chapter 19 Li Niang

Following the route provided by the deceitful map, turning left and right.

Gu Ye eventually arrived at the target card shop—Lady Li's Cottage. In this underground black market, the buildings were mostly the same, all pitch black, though the shop door was open.

Walking down the stairs, a piece of lively music drifted over. The inside didn't look like a card shop; it looked more like a bar.

The entire space only had a few men in front of the bar, surrounding a female bartender. This female bartender was clearly the proprietress whom everyone on the deceitful map praised.

The proprietress wore a red qipao that outlined her alluring curves, with the skirt slit up to her thighs, paired with black silk stockings and black high heels! Yeah, she had that vibe down perfectly!

As she moved, the black silk on her legs shimmered in and out of view, captivating the soul. She was constantly radiating her own charm.

Gu Ye felt his mind almost being drawn in and quickly averted his gaze, steadying his pounding heart. He wasn't here to look at a beautiful woman.

Gu Ye casually found a table and sat down, inadvertently noticing a QR code for ordering on the table.

Seeing that there were no waiters for a long while and the proprietress was still being pestered by others, he had no choice but to order a drink.

After waiting for a while, a pair of slender, black-silk-clad legs flashed across his field of vision.

Gu Ye turned his head, and a stunningly beautiful face appeared in his field of vision.

"Guest, your drink."

Lady Li smiled, set down the drink in her hand, and asked gently, "Do you need any other services?"

Gu Ye picked up the drink and took a sip, shivering all over. It was too cold!!

"Yes, I heard you buy card-making materials here, but it doesn't look like it!" Gu Ye looked around and said somewhat uncertainly.

Upon hearing this, Lady Li was stunned for a moment, then her eyes filled with excitement: "Guest, come with me; I do indeed buy card-making materials." Lady Li led him upstairs. Gu Ye followed behind her, watching her sway with every step, feeling like a nosebleed was coming on again, and quickly recited the Heart Clearing Mantra.

The men downstairs saw Lady Li taking a man upstairs, and the flames of jealousy were almost enough to burn down the entire building.

"Sigh! If only I had some card-making materials to sell, even if it were white-quality, I could go upstairs and share a room with Lady Li."

"A man and a woman alone, dry wood and a raging fire..."

The others looked at him with disdain.

The two went upstairs to a private room, and Lady Li asked, "Tea or wine?"

"Tea, please."

After pouring the tea, Lady Li sat opposite him and, without any delay, asked directly, "What quality of card-making materials?"

"Blue."

Upon learning the quality, Lady Li couldn't help but cough, then asked in surprise, "Really?"

Gu Ye didn't talk nonsense and directly took out the card and placed it on the table. He wasn't afraid of Lady Li snatching it and generously pushed it in front of her.

Seeing his actions, Lady Li smiled, picked up the card on the table, and examined it carefully.

"It's been a long time since I've seen blue card creation material."

She observed it for a long time, then calmly put down the card and gave a teasing, charming smile: "What's your name, little brother?"

"Li Feiyu."

"Is it convenient to tell me the source of the card-making materials?"

"It is not."

Gu Ye blocked whatever she wanted to say next with one sentence. A trace of annoyance flashed in Lady Li's eyes as she explained, "In the black market, in our line of work, we can accept card-making materials of any origin. It's just that if it's card-making materials from some big shot, it's hard for us to handle, so..."

Lady Li hesitated, but Gu Ye knew what she meant: "The origin, rest assured, the goods are legitimate."

Hearing this, Lady Li felt relieved and offered a price, which was lower than Yang Fu's. Gu Ye thought this was normal; the black market was a place for fencing stolen goods anyway, so he sold his other card-making materials to her as well.

After the shock of the blue card creation material, Lady Li appeared much calmer when receiving these white and green card-making materials.

After receiving the money, Gu Ye didn't want to stay in the black market too long and prepared to leave.

Lady Li got up to see him downstairs, but the few people on the first floor were already gone.

Arriving outside the shop, Lady Li enthusiastically hoped he would come again next time.

Only after walking far away did Gu Ye let out a sigh of relief. He had been keeping his mental state highly focused to resist the charm that Lady Li was constantly radiating.

It's normal for a person to have a moment of charm, but if someone can continuously radiate charm that attracts humans, then something is completely abnormal.

Gu Ye had felt something was wrong when he went upstairs. Throughout his entire interaction with Lady Li, he had been using spiritual energy to stimulate his brain to prevent himself from becoming addicted.

Suddenly, Gu Ye frowned. He had walked quite a distance, but two people had been following him ever since he left Lady Li's Cottage.

Gu Ye turned into an alley, and the two behind him followed. Walking deep into the alley, he stopped, tilted his head, and looked at the two behind him to see what was going on.

The two were confused by his actions. Why didn't he keep walking? They had already planned how to resolve the fight and retreat quickly.

Seeing Gu Ye not moving, the two looked up ahead and realized there was no road ahead.

Seeing this situation, even if Gu Ye didn't understand, he knew that those who came were not well-intentioned!

"Gentlemen, what can I do for you?"

The two looked at each other, scanned the surroundings, and seeing no one, one of them shouted, "Nail, do it."

The two didn't waste any more words and attacked directly.

"Gale Wolf."

"Blazing Palm."

The moment the Gale Wolf appeared, it immediately launched an attack on Gu Ye, and the other person also attacked at the same time.

A mocking smile curled on Gu Ye's lips. He raised one hand and said calmly, "Suppress!"

A tall figure suddenly appeared in front of the wolf and the man. The moment he stepped forward, he punched the Gale Wolf's waist. To kill a wolf, you hit the waist; for a creature like a wolf, the waist is the most vulnerable place.

With a crack, the Gale Wolf's spine broke, and it immediately lay on the ground. The other person's attack didn't stop; he wanted to attack Gu Ye directly, but Zhang Fei's trait, Generals Heart, took effect.

Zhang Fei quickly caught up to him and grabbed his neck from behind. He watched helplessly as the palm that was about to touch Gu Ye gradually moved away.

Zhang Fei didn't use much strength and easily lifted him into the air.

Gu Ye gave a disdainful smile. Looking at their coordination, it was clearly not their first time committing murder and robbery, so his killing intent flared up: "General Yide, kill them both."

Seeing the situation was lost, the standing man knelt down quickly, wanting to beg for mercy, but how could Zhang Fei give them that chance? Both of their mouths were covered by a large hand at the same time.

Zhang Fei applied a little force, and with a crack, the light faded from their pupils, and their bodies went limp.

Gu Ye took out a pair of gloves, put them on, stepped forward, and searched the two corpses.

As the saying goes, killing without looting the corpse is like wearing a condom while acting like a hooligan.

After some searching, Gu Ye only found five cards. He looked closely.

"Pfft~" He looked at the two corpses in front of him with disdain: "You're so poor yet you learn to rob people? Bring more money next time you come to rob people in your next life."

Then Zhang Fei used his weapon to create flames, burning the corpses into ashes. He blew a breath, scattering all the ashes. After Gu Ye left, it was as if no one had ever been in this alley, except for a faint smell of burning in the air.

A moment later, Gu Ye walked out of the cottage, looking at the silent night sky outside. In a world without a sun, the climate was significantly colder. He shook his head slightly and muttered: "It seems the 25,000 Federation dollars were wasted. My personality is still too cautious."

Transmigrators of the same age are either going around acting cool and slapping faces, having harems, or becoming gods and ancestors, while he is still standing like a lackey. Gu Ye expressed his genuine envy.