Zhang Ruochen’s finger touched on his storage ring, which flickered with light, and a blood elixir, the size of a clay pellet, appeared in his hand, handing it to Han Xue and asking her to take it.
The blood elixir, which was made from the blood of a savage beast, was condensed and contained very thick heat and aura.
Even if it was just cupped in his hand, he could still feel the heat coming from the Blood Pill.
After Coldsnow took the Blood Pill, it felt like she had swallowed a ball of flame. When it entered her body, the power of the Blood Pill seeped into her blood, like a thread of flame spreading throughout her body, and all the hunger and coldness, completely disappeared.
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “The Blood Dan is a good thing, isn’t it?”
Cold Snow did feel very surprised, so she nodded and said, “Hmm!”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Do you regret using ten blood pills to ask those people to help you bury your mother?”
Han Xue shook her head.
“Very well!”
Patting Han Xue’s head, Zhang Ruochen scooped up her petite body and stopped her in his arms as he stamped his feet on the void and rushed towards the giant red spider ship in the sky.
A few moments later, the two of them had arrived in the Red Spider Giant Ship’s silo.
Under Zhang Ruochen’s control, the Red Spider Giant Ship flew once again, moving away from the Lin’an County City and into the sky above a large, sparsely populated river.
The size of the Red Spider Giant Ship was so huge that even a storage ring couldn’t fit it in, so Zhang Ruochen could only hide the Red Spider Giant Ship at the bottom of a large river and leave a mark before he took Coldsnow and headed to the largest city on the southern border of the Sifang County Kingdom, Boulder City.
The Red Spider Giant Ship’s combat power was extremely strong, enough to crush Heavenly Extreme Realm Martial Myths, so hiding it first might come in handy in the future.
Boulder City was not far away from Lin’an County City, just 500 miles apart, and with Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation, he did not even break out his fastest speed, and it only took him an hour to walk into this large city.
Compared to Lin’an County City, Boulder City looked incomparably lofty, with tall walls and a large population, and even in the middle of winter, one could see many martial artists riding savage beasts walking above the wide streets sprinting to catch up with the road, or aristocrats driving magnificent carriages, with swarms of slaves and guards following behind the carriages.
The gap between the rich and the poor in this world was quite wide, and those who had money could open the Divine Martial Seal, have the resources to reach it, and cultivate the martial way. Those who didn’t have money, even if they had empty talent, they might not be able to get good cultivation, and it was hard to compare with those princes, county lords, and noble children.
Therefore, the rich were getting richer and the poor were getting poorer.
The Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce’s power in the Sifang County Kingdom was indeed quite huge, but on the surface, the Martial Market Money Bank still controlled half of the economy of the Sifang County Kingdom, with money banks, shops, and Martial Market Fighting Stadiums spreading out across every large and small city in the Sifang County Kingdom.
Zhang Ruochen wore a metal mask on his face and a plain white coat as he led Cold Snow and travelled directly towards the Martial Market Money Bank in Boulder City.
The news of Hua Ming Gong and Mu Qing’s deaths in Lin’an County City should soon reach the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce, so Zhang Ruochen naturally had to be careful.
Coming to Boulder City, Zhang Ruochen had something extremely important to do and it was quite dangerous, so he planned to settle Han Xue down first.
The Sifang County State was a medium county state, and its combined national strength was more than ten times that of the Yunwu County State, even if the other eight counties of the Nine Counties of Lingxi were added together, they might not be a match for the Sifang County State.
The strength of a county is firstly shown in the number of strong people.
There were only a dozen or so Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artists in Yunwu County Kingdom in total.
However, according to the statistics of the Martial Market Chambers, the number of Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artists in the Sifang County Kingdom was a total of one hundred and thirty-two. The degree of strength was simply not comparable to that of the inferior counties.
As the number one city on the southern border of Sifang County, Boulder City had a population of up to a million, so naturally, there were many martial arts experts living in Boulder City.
Arriving at the Martial City Money Mansion, Zhang Ruochen took out the token of the Martial City Academy Palace Inner Palace student, and the guards guarding outside the gate immediately knelt and saluted before rushing into the money mansion and going forward to report to the money mansion’s deacon.
The deacon of the Boulder City Martial City Money Bank, an old man of Earth Extremity Realm Great Circle named Zhao Jing, checked Zhang Ruochen’s token once, then immediately invited Zhang Ruochen into one of the money bank’s warm pavilions, ordering the maid to serve the best hot tea.
A trainee of the Martial City Academy Palace, and still an Inner Palace trainee at that, could definitely enjoy special treatment at any branch of the Martial City Money Bank, and could even withdraw a certain amount of coins for expenses.
When Inner Palace trainees went to the restaurants opened by the Martial City Money Bank, they could eat and stay for free; when they purchased cultivation resources at the shops of the Martial City Money Bank, they could enjoy half price; even if they went to the Martial City Fighting Arena to watch the competition, they could directly sit in the VIP seats.
“I used to be an outer palace student of the Martial City Palace of Learning, but unfortunately, my natural talent was too poor to enter the inner palace of learning, and I could only work as a deacon in Boulder City, so I’ve made you laugh, senior brother!” Zhao Jing laughed.
Before the age of thirty, if one was unable to reach the Earth Extreme Realm, one would not be qualified to enter the Inner Palace Academy to cultivate, this was Zhao Jing’s lifelong regret.
Zhao Jing didn’t break through to the early stage of the Earth Extreme Realm until he was thirty-five years old.
Now, he was already eighty years old, and he had only reached the Earth Extreme Realm Grand Circle, with almost no hope of breaking through to the Heavenly Extreme Realm.
Zhang Ruochen laughed, “Senior Brother Zhao, I came to the Martial City Money Bank this time because I have something to ask for.”
A “Senior Brother” and a “Senior Brother” brought the two of them much closer.
Zhao Jing laughed and said, “Why are we so polite when we’re both working for the Martial City Money Bank? If Senior Brother has anything, just tell Senior Brother and he will immediately send someone to take care of it.”
Zhang Ruochen pointed towards Cold Snow and said, “I would like to ask Senior Brother to send someone to escort this little girl to Heavenly Demon Martial City and hand her over to Duanmu Xingling, a trainee of the Inner Palace Academy, and say that this little girl is a disciple of Chen Ruoru’s acceptance, and that I hope that she can help take care of her for a while.”
Zhang Ruochen asked Duanmu Xingling to help take care of Cold Snow instead of handing her over to Huang Yicun after some consideration.
Cold Snow’s parents were both dead, it was the time of her greatest sorrow, and with Duanmu Xingling’s quirky personality, she should be able to make her quickly come out of her sorrow, so as not to leave behind a childhood shadow.
Moreover, Zhang Ruochen was sure that Little Black must be hanging out with Duanmu Starling as well.
Xiao Hei’s origins were mysterious, and not only was it able to set up formations, it was also able to refine pills and weapons. It must be able to discover Coldsnow’s Thousand Bones Physique, and might be able to teach Coldsnow something, and it would be best if it could help Coldsnow lay a foundation.
When Zhao Jing heard the word “Chen Ruo”, he was shaken and stared towards Zhang Ruochen, a little more awe in his eyes, he hurriedly agreed and said, “It’s just a small matter, it just so happens that today I’m going to send a batch of Spirit Crystals to the Heavenly Demon Martial City, so I can bring her there. ”
“Thanks for your help, Senior Brother.” Zhang Ruochen said with a clasped fist.
Martial artists deposited silver coins and spirit crystals in the branches of various Martial City Money Chambers, and when the silver coins and spirit crystals reached a certain amount, the Martial City Money Chambers would dispatch experts to escort the silver coins and spirit crystals to the headquarters of the Heavenly Demon Martial City.
Very often, the Outer Palace Cadets and Inner Palace Cadets of the Martial City Academy Palace would also take on such escort missions, and could receive Merit Values as their reward.
After sending Cold Snow away, Zhang Ruochen gave Zhao Jing a look.
Zhao Jing understood and led Zhang Ruochen inside a secret room, expelling all the guards and servants.
With a solemn expression, Zhao Jing bowed to Zhang Ruochen and said, “Greetings to Lord Chen Ruochen.”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, “Senior Brother Zhao, there’s no need to be so polite.”
Zhao Jing shook his head and laughed bitterly, “I didn’t know about Your Excellency’s identity earlier, and I actually dared to call myself Your Excellency’s senior brother, I am truly ashamed.”
Now, everyone knew that Chen Ruo was the Silver-robed Elder Pavilion Master’s secret disciple, how honourable was his identity, Zhao Jing was just a small deacon, how would he dare offend the Lei Pavilion Master’s secret disciple?
“Senior brother Zhao, after all, you were once a student of the Martial City Academy Palace as well, and are my senior, so you deserve the title of ‘senior brother’.” Zhang Ruochen said.
Seeing how easy-going Zhang Ruochen was, Zhao Jing became a few more points closer in his heart and laughed, “Senior brother is worthy of being the secret disciple of Pavilion Master Lei, I admire you. Senior Brother, this time when you came to Boulder City, you should have something very important, right?”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and asked, “Since Senior Brother is the deacon of Boulder City, he should know the Four Directions County very well, I wonder if he has heard of a person called ‘Marquis of Zhen Jun’?”
“Marquis of Zhen Jun!”
Zhao Jing’s face was startled as he said, “Marquis of Zhen Jun, Huo Yundu, he’s a member of the royal family of the Sifang County Kingdom, the younger brother of the Sifang County King, his martial cultivation has reached the Heavenly Extremity Realm, and he commands a 300,000-strong army on the southern borders, he’s quite a formidable figure. Could it be that Huo Yundu has offended his senior brother? Otherwise, should we report to the Martial Market Money Bank and have the banker send someone to clean up Huo Yundu?”
Chen Ruo was Pavilion Master Lei’s secret disciple, and Huo Yundu’s guts were too big to dare offend him, wasn’t he looking for death?
So what if he was a martial arts myth of the Heavenly Extreme Realm?
If Pavilion Master Lei wanted to kill him, it was just a matter of words.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, ”Not for now, there are some things that I haven’t checked out yet, don’t move Huo Yundu for now, so as not to frighten the snakes. Right! There is one more thing, there should be a black market in Boulder City as well! Where is the location of the black market, I need to make a trip there.”
Zhao Jing advised, “The black market is quite powerful in Boulder City, especially the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce’s power, which has even suppressed the Martial Market Money Bank. The head of the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce in Boulder City, Mu Qing, is even a Heavenly Extremity Realm powerhouse, controlling a Red Spider Giant Ship, and can be called the number one person in the Boulder City black market. Senior Brother, if it’s not necessary, it’s best not to risk travelling to the black market.”
Zhang Ruochen laughed, “If there is no important matter, how would I go to the black market? Senior brother, tell me the location of the black market, I have my own plan.”
Zhao Jing knew that “Chen Ruo” was the secret disciple of Pavilion Master Lei and was powerful, so as long as he didn’t meet Mu Qing, he shouldn’t be in any danger, so he stopped advising him.
Zhao Jing not only told Zhang Ruochen the location of the black market, but also dispatched a martial artist from the Martial Market Money Bank who was lurking in the black market as a guide to take Zhang Ruochen to the black market.
If there was no guide to lead the way, it was a rather dangerous thing for a stranger to enter the black market alone.
