Chapter 41: Fat Sheep (Please keep reading)

Chapter 41: Fat Sheep (Please keep reading~)

"Nannuan, I'm going out for a bit. I'll probably be back late, so go to sleep first."

Chen Pingan said to Chen Erya as he prepared to head to the black market.

"Brother, are you going out?"

Chen Erya frowned slightly. Calculating the days, it wasn't yet time for Chen Pingan's nightly patrols. If he went out tonight...

"Yeah, going to the black market to handle some business."

Chen Pingan nodded. However, he spoke in a way that naturally wouldn't cause Chen Erya excessive worry.

Chen Pingan walked straight to the kitchen and lifted the water vat with a single hand.

"Brother, this..." The little girl's mouth hung open in shock.

It had only been a few days, yet her brother's strength had increased again.

"Don't worry now, right?"

Chen Pingan said with a smile. He placed the vat back on the ground, the water inside sloshing about.

"Mm, I'm not worried. Brother is amazing." The little girl squinted her eyes happily.

Taking his silver and tucking a wood-chopping knife into his waist, Chen Pingan bid farewell to Chen Erya and left the courtyard.

Now that his blood qi was at the Great Perfection of the second level, his stamina and speed were much faster than before. It didn't take him long to arrive near the black market.

Donning a black hood he had prepared long ago, Chen Pingan walked toward the black market.

The previous black cloth mask clearly wasn't as effective as a hood. A hood was not only more secure but also covered more of his features.

At the entrance of the black market, that same burly man stood there.

"Pay two small coins to enter. Fighting is prohibited inside; otherwise, you bear the consequences yourself!"

After paying the fee, Chen Pingan successfully entered the black market.

There were many people in the black market tonight as well. He scanned the surroundings and walked toward a withered tree not far away.

A person stood beneath the withered tree. This person was tall but not particularly muscular. His face was covered with cloth and a headscarf. Seeing Chen Pingan approach, his eyes lit up.

"You're here!"

"I'm here." Chen Pingan's voice was intentionally raspy as he nodded. "Where's the goods?"

"I brought them." The tall, thin man carefully pulled an object wrapped in black cloth from his bosom. "I'm telling you, this stuff isn't easy to get! Where's your money?"

Chen Pingan flashed the silver he had brought.

As the thin man reached out to grab it, Chen Pingan quickly pulled his hand back.

"I need to inspect the goods first!"

"Fine!" The thin man responded, unfolding the black cloth one by one to reveal a book inside. He picked up the book, and the text upon it was displayed before Chen Pingan's eyes.

*Flying Locust Throwing Method!*

The thin man flipped open the cover, revealing the contents of the first page.

Chen Pingan's gaze focused, and he began to read extremely carefully.

"Next page."

Hearing this, the thin man turned to the second page. Chen Pingan continued reading.

In this manner, Chen Pingan read through to the third page. Just as he wanted to continue, the thin man abruptly snapped the book shut.

"Alright, alright, that's enough. You've seen three pages; you can tell it's the real deal now! Five taels of silver, pay up!"

"I've only seen three pages. Who knows if the rest is just filler or nonsense written haphazardly. If the rest is blank, I'll be at a massive loss," Chen Pingan said, shaking his head.

"What? You want to read the whole thing?" The thin man tucked the book back into his bosom, his eyes gleaming with shrewdness. "That's not how it works anywhere! I brought the item; if you think it's good, pay up quickly!"

"Flip through the remaining pages for me. I want to see if they actually have writing in them!" Chen Pingan knew his initial demand wouldn't be accepted, so he took a step back.

"Fine." The thin man nodded and hurriedly flipped through the book in front of Chen Pingan. Unfortunately, he flipped too fast for Chen Pingan to clearly see the content on each page.

"Fine then." Chen Pingan sighed inwardly, abandoning the idea of getting it for free. He had his Golden Finger panel; as long as he could read it completely, it could be recorded.

If he could do that, he could save the five taels of silver spent on buying techniques.

However, the other party hadn't given him the chance.

"Fine, I'll give you the money and you give me the book, but once the transaction is done, you can't leave. You must wait by my side until I finish reading the contents!" Chen Pingan said.

"Finished reading?" The thin man looked at Chen Pingan in confusion, wondering what he was thinking.

"Yes." Chen Pingan nodded.

"Fine, okay. But let me tell you first, this technique is different from other things. Once the transaction is made, no backing out!" The thin man watched Chen Pingan with a look of vigilance.

"As long as your item is real, there won't be a problem." Chen Pingan nodded.

With that, the two completed the transaction, one handing over money and the other handing over goods.

After receiving the book, Chen Pingan began flipping through it on the spot.

The book wasn't particularly thick. Chen Pingan's reading speed—scanning three lines at a glance—was extremely fast. In less than fifteen minutes, he had finished the entire book.

[Name: Chen Pingan] [Realm: Blood Qi Second Level, Great Perfection] [Martial Arts: Iron Cloth Technique (Great Perfection), Flying Locust Stone (Not yet entered) (0/5)]

"It's real!" Seeing that the Golden Finger panel had successfully recorded the *Flying Locust Throwing Method*, Chen Pingan felt a sense of relief.

Fortunately, the man hadn't cheated him. Otherwise, even if he had discovered it, getting his silver back would have been a hassle involving endless bickering.

"That's enough. You can go." Chen Pingan put the book away and nodded to the thin man.

"Decisive! If you need any more techniques later, come find me!" The thin man called out and quickly departed.

With the transaction complete, Chen Pingan had no intention of staying in the black market. Nannuan was still waiting for him at home.

At the entrance of the black market, the burly man still stood there expressionless.

"Once you leave the black market, safety is not guaranteed. Assume all risks yourself."

As he left the black market, Chen Pingan intentionally walked close to the burly man. Passing by him, he faintly sensed the man's martial realm.

He had likely been immersed in the second level of blood qi for a long time, but had not yet reached Great Perfection.

With a martial expert of the second level guarding here every night, the forces behind this black market certainly had some substance.

Just as Chen Pingan stepped out of the black market, a man wearing a bamboo hat emerged right behind him.

"Martial Arts Entry, First Level Blood Qi!"

Guarding the entrance, the burly man sensed the blood qi aura from the man in the bamboo hat.

Once the man in the bamboo hat left the black market, he headed straight in the direction Chen Pingan had gone.

The burly man watched this unfold without intervening. He had seen such scenes far too many times. In his perception, the man in front was merely an ordinary person; now that he had been targeted by the man in the bamboo hat, his chances of survival were slim.

Once you leave the black market, assume all risks!

He had given the warning! If the person didn't take it seriously and lost their life, there was no one to blame.

What the burly man did not know was that as Chen Pingan walked ahead, his gaze flickered backward, having already detected that someone was tailing him.

"Do you take me for a soft target?"

Chen Pingan sneered inwardly. Perhaps the five taels of silver he had produced to buy the martial art just now made him look like a fat sheep.

But...

In front of him, at the Great Perfection of the second level of blood qi, who exactly was the fat sheep?!

"End this quickly!"

Chen Pingan made his decision.

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