Other than the Left Minister’s disciple, who else would have the guts to call the Marquis of Zhenjun by his name?
“I will go and invite Lord Zhen Jun Hou now!”
The white-bearded old man hurriedly saluted Zhang Ruochen, and then, walked out of the elegant pavilion and dispatched one of his inner circle to go and invite the Marquis of Zhen Jun.
Although the identity of that one mysterious teenager had yet to be ascertained, the Left Minister was someone they absolutely could not afford to offend, so even if there was only a one-in-a-million chance, they had to go and invite the Marquis of Zhen Jun immediately.
Even if they took a step back and that mysterious teenager really had problems, the Marquis of Zhen Jun was a Heavenly Extreme Realm martial arts myth, how powerful was he, what kind of big waves could a teenager in his presence make?
Therefore, inviting the Marquis of Zhen Jun here now was definitely the wisest course of action.
While the white-bearded old man sent someone to invite the Marquis of Zhen Jun, Zhang Ruochen whispered in Hua Buwei’s ear, and after hearing this, Hua Buwei’s heart beat wildly as he stared at Zhang Ruochen in shock.
Zhang Ruochen nodded to him and said, “Go!”
Hua Buwei tightened his fists and then, immediately left the Vermilion Bird Building.
When the Marquis of Zhen Jun arrived at the Vermilion Bird Building, Zhang Ruochen intended to make a move immediately to get rid of the Marquis of Zhen Jun as fast as possible, and escape from the black market before the formations in the black market were opened.
If Zhang Ruochen wanted to make a move to kill, he naturally had to let Hua Buwei leave first. Otherwise, when Zhang Ruochen escaped, wouldn’t Hua Buwei have no choice but to die?
Just in case, Zhang Ruochen also gave Hua Buwei an order to use the entire power of the Martial Market Money Bank in the Black Market to destroy the Black Market’s City Protector Formation at all costs.
As long as the City Protector Formation was broken, with Zhang Ruochen’s strength, if he wanted to leave, there was simply no one in the Black Market who could stop him.
Most of all, it was because Zhang Ruochen was not clear about the true strength of the Zhen Jun Hou, he only knew that the Zhen Jun Hou’s martial cultivation was at the early stage of the Heavenly Extremity Realm, but the gap between the early stage of the Heavenly Extremity Realm was also quite large, and no one knew which step the Zhen Jun Hou had reached?
“With my strength, at a distance of within ten feet, a surprise sneak attack would have at least an 80% chance of killing the Zhen Jun Hou with a single strike. If I don’t kill the Zhen Jun Hou with the first move, then I will definitely be caught in a bitter battle, and at that time, when the city guard formation in the black market opens, it will be quite unfavourable for me.”
“An 80% chance of killing a Heavenly Extreme Realm Martial Myth is definitely worth fighting for.”
“If Hua Buwei is able to destroy the city guard formation in the black market, the probability of killing the Marquis of Zhen Jun will be even higher.”
Elder Wei asked with some curiosity, “Elder Liu, what are you asking Hua Buwei to do?”
Zhang Ruochen retrieved his thoughts and smiled, appearing subdued as he said, “To purchase a city, naturally, I need a large amount of silver coins. Do you think I can carry a large amount of silver coins on me? I naturally asked him to go and extract a batch of deposits to come over, don’t worry, Elder Wei, with the financial power of the Left Minister’s House, even if we have to sell ten cities, it would only be a drop in the ocean.”
Elder Wei instinctively felt a hint of something wrong, but didn’t put it on his mind, knowing that this is a black market, and the Marquis of Zhen Jun is a Heavenly Extremity Realm Martial Myth, what could go wrong?
Hua Buwei walked out of the gate, turned around, took a deep look at the Vermilion Bird Building, and exhaled a long breath, ”He is actually really a big shot, I guess the entire black market will be in an uproar later. I’d better hurry up and get to business!”
“Swish!”
A sword roar was heard in Hua Buwei’s ears, and just as he turned around, he felt a piercing chill coming from the side of his neck. A cold jade sword was against his neck.
The chill emanating from the tip of the sword felt like it was capable of freezing the blood in his entire body into solidification.
Han Chu stood opposite of Hua Buwei, cupping the crystal jade sword with one hand, his eyes sharp and cold, “Better not open your mouth and speak, be careful of moving your head, follow me!”
Hua Buwei was shocked by the aura on Han Chu’s body, tensing his body and nodding vigorously.
Han Chu was dressed in a neat green-coloured men’s clothing, her dark hair was fixed with a hair band on top of her head, forming a gongzi bun.
She was already very good-looking, with exquisite and stunning features, red lips and white teeth, and dressed like this, she was simply like a fluttering beautiful boy.
Bringing Hua Buwei to an alleyway not far from the Vermilion Bird House, Han Chu’s arm gently shook, cutting a slit in the skin of Hua Buwei’s neck.
“With a thud, Hua Buwei knelt on the ground, felt around in his arms, and escaped with a large handful of silver coins, handing them to Han Chu and crying, “Master, this is all I have, please let me live!”
Han Chu frowned and stared contemptuously at Hua Buwei, saying, “Who said I want your money? I’m only asking you one question, if you can answer it, I can consider sparing your life. Tell me, that one teenager wearing a metal mask walking with you, what exactly is he?”
“Don’t know.” Hua Buwei said honestly.
He really didn’t know Zhang Ruochen’s real identity, but he knew that Zhang Ruochen should be a big shot from the Martial City Money Bank, but it was absolutely impossible for him to say this.
“Don’t know?”
Han Qiu kicked Hua Buwei to the ground, his jade sword pointed at Hua Buwei’s face, and with a threatening tone, he said, “Believe it or not, I can waste your martial arts cultivation right now?”
“Believe, believe …… I’ll tell you, I’ll tell you ……”
Hua Buwei’s eyes dripped, sat up from the ground and said, “Actually, he is …… the disciple of the left minister of the Thousand Water County Kingdom, named Liu Xin.”
Of course, Hua Buwei knew that this identity was fake, so he said it without hesitation.
“A disciple of the Left Minister? If he is a disciple of the Left Minister, why would he give me a feeling of déjà vu?” Han Chu revealed a sullen expression, somewhat disbelieving Hua Buwei’s words.
Sitting on the ground, Hua Buwei saw that Han Chu was pondering, and immediately seized the opportunity and rolled up from the ground, with a very dexterous figure, and rushed towards the outside of the alley.
He still had to go and arrange for manpower to destroy the black market’s city guard formation, so he simply didn’t have the time to spend here.
Although destroying the black market’s city guard formation was an almost impossible task, he still had to try to do it.
Han Chu snorted coldly, “With this level of cultivation, you want to escape in front of me? Set it for me!”
“Wow.”
Han Chu’s arm stretched out, a palm struck out through the air, a piece of dark true qi surged out, wrapping up Hua Buwei who had already fled ten metres away.
It was as if Hua Buwei had been plunged into an icy quagmire, his speed getting slower and slower, preferably unable to move at all. He stared at Han Chu in shock, saying in his heart, had he encountered a martial arts myth?
“Darkness Chaos God!”
Han Chu walked to Hua Buwei’s face, his eyes staring into Hua Buwei’s eyes as he executed a martial art that could interfere with a martial artist’s sanity.
This kind of martial skill, which was very bizarre, could only be successfully cultivated by a martial artist who had opened the Darkness Divine Martial Seal.
“From now on, I’ll ask a question and you answer.” Han Chu said.
A strand of black true qi, entered Hua Buwei’s brow, gradually, Hua Buwei’s eyes became confused and dull, as if he was a puppet, he nodded.
Han Chu said, “Who exactly is that one teenager wearing a metal mask?”
“I don’t know.” Hua Buwei shook his head.
Han Chu’s pair of eyebrows were tightly furrowed together, feeling a bit disappointed, and continued to ask, “Through what method did you know him?”
Hua Buwei said, “Deacon Zhao of the Martial City Money Bank, asked me to bring him to the black market, saying that he was a valued guest.”
“Wushu City Money Bank!”
Han Chu’s eyes lit up, revealing a hint of joy, finally asking for some useful clues, and in his heart, he said, “No wonder it gives me a familiar feeling, it seems like he’s most likely one of the talented Inner Palace trainees from the Martial Market Money Bank.”
Han Chu continued to stare at Hua Buwei and asked, “Why did you leave Vermilion Bird House and where are you going?”
“Duke Chen wants to kill the Marquis of Zhen Jun, and asked me to arrange for the entire forces of the Martial Market Money Bank in the black market to destroy the black market’s city guard formation at all costs.” Hua Buwei said.
“He actually wants to kill the Marquis of Zhen Jun in the black market, what a big nerve!” Han Chu gave a cold smile, and suddenly, his face turned serious.
Since he was an Inner Palace trainee of the Martial Market Chambers, why did he want to kill the Marquis of Zhen Jun?
Han Chu thought of that one mysterious teenager who had obtained a ledger in the underground chamber and had said something to her at that time. He actually claimed that Sifang County and the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce colluded.
Han Chu originally didn’t believe it, but when she learnt that the mysterious teenager was going to kill the Marquis of Zhen Jun in the black market, her heart was suspicious for some reason.
Could it be that Sifang County really colluded with the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce?
Han Chu asked, “Why did Marquis Zhen Jun come to the black market?”
Hua Buwei said, “The Marquis of Zhenjun put up a city for sale in the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce, and since Duke Chen wanted to investigate the evidence of his collusion with the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce, he pretended to be a disciple of the Left Minister and was going to buy that city, and in the process, lure the Marquis of Zhenjun out of the city.”
Han Qiu was a little lost in thought and stopped performing the “Darkness Disorderly God” martial arts technique, squeezing the fingers of his hands tightly as his eyes became incomparably cold: “Damn it! The Marquis of Zhen Jun actually dared to collude with the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce, and even dared to put the city up for sale, how dare you.”
All along, the Four Directions County State had been a force under the jurisdiction of the Yuntai Zongfu, under the control of the Yuntai Zongfu.
Now, the Four Direction County Kingdom actually concealed from the Yuntai Zongfu and secretly cooperated with the forces in the black market, in case the Martial Market Money Bank found out the evidence and reported it to the Eastern Region Sacred King’s Mansion.
Would the Eastern Region Sacred King’s Mansion think that it was the Yuntai Sect Mansion that was cooperating with the black market dealings?
This matter was not trivial, and that one mysterious teenager had already found out the evidence and was only waiting to send the account book back to Sky Demon Martial City.
What should be done now to remedy the situation?
Han Qiu had two paths he could take: the first one was to join forces with the Marquis of Zhen Jun, kill that one mysterious teenager, retrieve the account book, and suppress this matter before reporting it to the higher-ups of the Yuntai Zongfu and letting them deal with it.
Secondly, help that one mysterious teenager and get rid of the Zhen Jun Hou, then, together with him, go to the Heavenly Demon Martial City and explain the matter clearly to the senior management of the Martial Market Money Bank, that it was only the Four Direction County Kingdom that colluded with the Poisonous Spider Chamber of Commerce, and that it had no relationship with the Cloud Platform Sect Mansion.
If they chose the first path, then even if the Yuntai Sect Mansion hadn’t originally co-operated with the Black Market, they would have to continue to co-operate with the Black Market, and would only be going further and further into the hole.
Moreover, it was in the black market now, if she joined forces with the Marquis of Zhen Jun to kill Zhang Ruochen, the Marquis of Zhen Jun and those experts in the black market might also finish her off in order to silence them.
After continuous thinking and weighing the pros and cons, Han Qiu finally chose the second path and decided to help Zhang Ruochen and kill the Marquis of Zhen Jun.
“First, destroy the Black Market’s city guard formation!” Han Chu’s heart made up its mind.
Hua Buwei had already come to his senses, staring at Han Chu with wide, shocked eyes, stuttering a little, “What did you …… you …… me …… I just said?”
“Didn’t say anything!”
Han Chu’s eyes narrowed, revealing a charming smile as he walked out of the alley without looking back, travelling in the direction of the black market’s formation tower.
