After the Red Spider Giant Ship travelled past, the lake surface gradually calmed down.
The green-shirted old man exhaled a long breath and said, “Since the big shot from the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce came to Earth Fire City, those students from the Martial City Academy should not dare to come to Earth Fire City again.”
“Perhaps!” Zhang Ruochen said.
The might of the Red Spider Giant Ship was indeed astonishing, but it might not scare the trainees of the Martial City Academic Palace, at least Zhang Ruochen did not have the slightest fear in his heart.
Earth Fire City, still had to go.
The green-shirted old man glanced towards Zhang Ruochen with a meaningful smile in his eyes, walked to the position in the centre of the canoe, poured a cup of steaming hot tea and brought it to Zhang Ruochen’s face, smiling: ”The lake water is freezing cold, the cool wind is piercing the bones. Your Excellency drink a cup of hot tea to warm up your body.”
Just now when pouring the tea, the green-shirted old man’s fingers shook slightly, and a grain of white powder fell into the cup from the nail slit.
Zhang Ruochen naturally saw the small movement the green-shirted old man made when he poured the tea just now and laughed, “I’m not thirsty, nor am I cold, it’s better for you to drink it, old sir!”
The expression on the green-shirted old man’s face remained unchanged, still wearing a smile as he said, “In that case, the old man will leave the tea here, and the Prince will drink it later when he is thirsty.”
The green-shirted old man placed the tea cup in front of Zhang Ruochen’s body, turned around, and was about to continue to row the boat.
Zhang Ruochen said, “I said for you to drink it, didn’t the old man hear me clearly?”
The green-shirted old man’s body stopped, a sharp killing intent appeared in his eyes, and he let out a sharp laugh, “Kid, you do have some eyesight, I can’t believe you’ve seen it!”
“Swish!”
The green-shirted old man turned around violently, and with a violent fling of his arm, he struck out thirteen half-foot long golden needles, which flew rapidly towards Zhang Ruochen, emitting thirteen air blasts.
Each golden needle was a first rank True Martial Treasure Weapon, and on the surface of the golden needles, an ice inscription connected the head and tail of the needle. Once catalysed by true qi, the power that erupted was ten times more powerful than ordinary golden needles.
Zhang Ruochen was still sitting at the stern of the ship, not nervous in the slightest, appearing calm and collected.
“Wow.”
When the thirteen golden needles flew to a position one foot in front of Zhang Ruochen’s body, they were blocked by a layer of True Qi Shield and immediately stopped, suspended in mid-air.
“True Qi Body Shield! You’re an Earth Extreme Realm powerhouse?”
The green-shirted old man’s face changed wildly, knowing that he had encountered a character he couldn’t afford to mess with, he immediately leapt up and jumped towards the lake.
“Wow!”
With a wave of Zhang Ruochen’s arm, thirteen golden needles immediately flew out backwards, stabbing at the green-shirted old man.
“Plop!”
The green-shirted old man was pierced through his body by the thirteen golden needles and screamed miserably as he fell into the lake. Soon, the lake was dyed blood red and a corpse, floated up.
Zhang Ruochen sighed softly and stood up, injecting his True Qi into the canoe.
“Swoosh!”
The canoe was like an arrow off the string, rushing out in a hurry, chasing after the Red Spider Giant Ship’s bearing, rushing towards the depths of the Hidden Mist Lake.
About a quarter of an hour later, the mist in the lake faded and the outline of an island appeared before Zhang Ruochen’s eyes.
Earth Fire City was built on the island.
All four sides of the island were steep walls up to a hundred metres high, and there were formations arranged so that ordinary people could not sneak in and out of the Earth Fire City, they could only go through the main gate that had been cut out on the south side of the island.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t take the risk of going straight into Earth Fire City, instead, he drove his canoe and docked at the main gate on the south side of the island, and after giving a sum of silver coins, he was naturally let into Earth Fire City without any problems.
At this moment, that one Red Spider Giant Ship was also docked at the shore, and the martial artists of the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce were escorting a batch of slaves down from the top of the Giant Ship, transporting them to the Earth Fire City.
“Hurry up and go, or I’ll whip you to death.”
A purple-robed martial artist, holding a long whip that flashed with electric light, yelled in a stern voice.
“Splat!”
The whip lashed out, striking a war slave with a mighty body, striking the back of that one war slave to the point that it was drenched in skin and blood.
Hua Qingshan carried his hands behind his back and walked down from the top of the Red Spider Giant Ship, an evil smile on his face as he said, “That one War Slave is a Xuanji Realm Great Circle Cultivation, it’s quite worth it, you need to save your whips, in case it kills you, I’m afraid that if you’re sold, you won’t have enough to pay for it.”
“Subordinate understands.” That one martial artist in purple robes, immediately knelt on the ground, scared and covered in cold sweat.
The one standing in front of him was the young master of the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce, and was even rated as one of the seven great masters of the young generation of the Black Market, and in the 36 counties of the Heavenly Demon Ridge, he was definitely a top tier figure.
A mere captain of the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce’s guards, how would he dare to offend him?
Hua Qingshan looked at that one guard captain’s very fearful appearance, his heart was very satisfied, he smiled and nodded, saying, “Where is that one Smoky Dust County Lord imprisoned, take me to see her.”
That one guard captain said with some difficulty, “The Guild Master has ordered that without his permission, no one can approach the Smoky Dust County Lord.”
“Gah!”
Hua Qingshan’s throat let out a sharp laugh and said, “Not even me?”
That one guard captain clenched his teeth and said, “Young Lord, please don’t make things difficult for us, we are just following orders.”
“Fine! I won’t make things difficult for you!” Hua Qingshan laughed, “Raise your head.”
“Subordinate wouldn’t dare.” That one guard captain still kept his head down.
“I told you to raise your head!” Hua Qingshan’s voice became sharp, giving birth to a coldness.
That one guard captain was very afraid of Hua Qingshan and could only raise his head and look towards him.
An odd smile appeared on Hua Qingshan’s face, and a thread of green appeared in his pupils, eventually turning completely into a bizarre green colour, emitting a demonic light as he said, “Take me to see County Lord Smoke.”
“Yes!”
That one guard captain’s eyes became dull, just like a puppet, as he stood up and marched towards the Earth Fire City.
“An inner palace cadet of the Martial City Academy, the county lord of the Thousand Water County Kingdom, it really makes me look forward to it. Hehehe!” Hua Qingshan’s mouth let out a gloomy sound as he followed.
After Hua Qingshan and that one guard captain left, Zhang Ruochen walked out from inside an alleyway, as if he was talking to himself, “The young generation of the Black Market, there is actually such a strong person, who has actually succeeded in cultivating the Soul Regenerating Eye.”
“Eye of Soul Regeneration” was a very subtle Spirit Grade Upper Grade martial art, extremely difficult to cultivate, bizarre and unpredictable, and very few people were able to cultivate it successfully.
In Zhang Ruochen’s impression, only Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artists could borrow a powerful martial soul to successfully cultivate the “Soul Regaining Eye”.
However, Zhang Ruochen could see that Hua Qingshan’s martial cultivation had not reached the Heavenly Extremity Realm, which showed that his natural talent was definitely quite high. In particular, his spiritual power had definitely reached above the twenty-fifth rank.
Only a strong spiritual power could control the Eye of Soultaking.
In the black market, more than half of the evil people who had successfully cultivated the Eye of Soultaking were infamous flower pickers. Under the power of the Eye of Soul Regeneration, which woman would be able to resist them?
At the same time, they also had to pick and replenish the Yin Qi from the woman’s body to consolidate their own martial souls, so that they wouldn’t be revolted by the Eye of Soul Regeneration.
“It’s just the right time to take this opportunity to find Senior Sister Huang.”
Zhang Ruochen unleashed the power of his spatial realm, distorting space and instantly disappearing as if he was invisible.
With Zhang Ruochen’s current realm, after using the power of spatial distortion, unless he was a strong person of the Heavenly Extremity Realm, no one would be able to identify him.
Although the Poison Spider Young Lord’s cultivation was powerful, Zhang Ruochen had to follow him, who told him that Huang Yichen was now his fiancée?
Even if he had to fight to the death, he had to bring Huang Yichen out.
After hiding his body, Zhang Ruochen quietly followed behind Hua Qingshan and arrived at the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce’s branch in Earth Fire City.
Under the leadership of that one guard captain, Hua Qingshan came to the outside of a courtyard that was decorated with formation inscriptions. Hua Qingshan gently waved his hand, and the guard captain retreated.
The two maids immediately kneeled and saluted Hua Qingshan, “Greetings to Young Lord.”
Hua Qingshan said, “Sooty County Mistress is imprisoned inside?”
“Yes.” The two maids said at the same time.
Hua Qingshan had a smile on his face as he waved his hand and said, “You all stand down, there’s nothing for you here!”
“But Young Lord ……”
The two maids were both martial arts experts with cultivation levels at the Earth Extreme Realm, and were among the first-rate powerhouses in the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce, responsible for guarding the Smokey County Lord.
They were about to say something, but when they saw Hua Qingshan’s eyes, they immediately became dumbfounded and bowed to Hua Qingshan, saying, “As you command.”
Afterwards, the two maids retreated.
Hua Qingshan smiled and shook his head as he walked into that courtyard.
He had just walked into the courtyard, but then stopped and gave a dry laugh, saying, “Still want to hide? Come out!”
Zhang Ruochen, who was standing fifty paces away, was slightly startled and immediately stopped in his tracks, could it be that Hua Qingshan had actually discovered him?
Just as Zhang Ruochen was about to force his way out, two sharp wind-breaking sounds rang out.
“Shoo! Shoo!”
Two silhouettes flew out, as fast as lightning, rushing into the courtyard, one in front of the other, standing in the two directions of Hua Qingshan.
Those two people’s bodies were both wearing the martial robes of the inner court students of the Martial City Academy Palace, their cultivation was not bad, one person was using a battle sword, and the other was using a long spear.
“Haha! It’s a bit interesting that the Inner Palace Cadets of the Martial City School Palace have rushed to Earthfire City so quickly. What are your names?” Hua Qingshan appeared very calm and collected, squinting his eyes and staring at the two Inner Palace Cadets of the Martial City Academy Palace in front of him.
“Zuo Sheng!” The one man holding a long spear stood proudly, his body full of heroic energy, his cultivation had already reached the Earth Extremity Realm Minor Extremity Position.
Hua Qingshan shook his head and said, “I haven’t heard of it, I did hear that there is a person named Zuo Lengxuan in the inner palace of the Martial City Palace, and his martial arts cultivation seems to be quite good.”
“That is my cousin.” Zuo Sheng said.
Hua Qingshan laughed, “So you are also a disciple of the Zuo Family of the Great Qian County Kingdom, your cultivation is much worse than your cousin.”
Another cadet holding a battle sword, short and thin with thick black eyebrows, glared at Zuo Sheng and shouted, “What’s the point of talking so much nonsense with him, can’t we save the people first?”
Hua Qingshan turned his gaze and smiled, “What’s your name again?”
“Kid, listen carefully, grandpa’s name is Chang Qi Qi.”
After that one short and skinny trainee reported his name, he immediately flew up, stepping on his feet three times and swept close to Hua Qingshan. Each of his steps stepped on the void without landing, and with both swords gripped, he slashed down towards Hua Qingshan.
Seemingly short and thin, but the power that Chang Qi Qi erupted was exceptionally amazing. A loud sound of wind and thunder resounded from the battle blades, and four purple thunderbolts amazingly surged out from the blades, and along with the blade Qi, they cleaved towards Hua Qingshan’s head.
