Chapter 55: Chaoyang Town

  Liu Ling City, as the political and economic center of Wushan Province, is undoubtedly much larger than other cities. Heishi City can't be compared with it.

  A massive mansion sits in the center of Liu Ling City, occupying at least a quarter of the city's land area.

  This mansion is the residence of the Shimida family, the true ruler of Ushan Province. On both sides of the mansion stand two majestic stone lions, vividly carved.

  Everyone who sees this magnificent mansion can't help but give a thumbs up in admiration.

  At this time, three men in black hurried to the gate of the mansion, just wanting to enter, but were blocked by two guards: "Sorry, please show your token!"

  "What's with the token? Have your dog eyes gone blind and failed to recognize who I am?" The man in black robes cursed, ignoring the obstruction of the two guards and walking straight in.

  The two brothers behind him also followed in a huff, leaving the two guards at the door staring wide-eyed and somewhat at a loss.

  "What's wrong with them?" asked the guard on the left in a low voice.

  "Only the gods know, but judging from their appearance, it's probably because they failed in their mission." Perhaps recalling the three people's impolite behavior earlier, the guard on the right sneered and smiled, "It seems that this time they will definitely be punished by the master."

  Three men in black entered and immediately went into a dark room.

  In the dark room, a person sat with his back to them. The leader of the seven-star swordsmen and his two brothers exchanged a glance, then quickly knelt down on one knee: "Reporting to sir, our mission has failed."

  "Failed? Did the seal I prepared for you fail?" The big man didn't turn around, but instead chuckled softly, a sound that made the three of them feel a chill run down their spines.

  The man in black in the middle said with a hint of embarrassment, "Something unexpected happened. The seal did successfully restrict Haitian, but who would have thought that Haitian would use his rare flying sword technique? He directly escaped into the air, and his movements were too fast. When we used the capture net to chase after him, who knew it suddenly malfunctioned?"

  "Is Kabu Web also down?" The big man in the seat raised an eyebrow in surprise, seemingly shocked by the black-clad person's response.

  "Yes, we threw it away like that, but the Cabo net seemed to have completely lost its target in mid-air and slowly fell down, which allowed Haitian to get rid of our pursuit." The black-clothed person explained with a bit of helplessness.

  This time, they had three great swordsmen take on a single six-star swordsman, which already made them uncomfortable. They thought it was a sure thing, but who would have thought that the opponent would escape so easily? Now they even have to face punishment.

  The adults on the seats did not speak again, but fell into deep thought.

  The quiet atmosphere frightened the three great swordsmen, who were terrified that the master would severely punish them. One by one, they closed their mouths tightly and prayed silently in their hearts.

  "You three should understand the consequences of failing a mission. Go, each of you will have an arm cut off at the execution ground!" The big shot sitting in the seat spoke with a very relaxed tone, without any change in his expression.

  "Cut off one arm from each of us?" The three men in black cried out in surprise as soon as they heard the punishment.

  "What? Are you going to disobey my orders?" The big man in the seat frowned slightly, his tone clearly showing his dissatisfaction. "Or do you think the punishment is too light?"

  "No, no, we have no opinion!" The three men in black thought of the terror of the big man in front of them, and the little anger left in their hearts completely disappeared. The three of them gritted their teeth, looked at each other, and said: "It's just an arm, I admit it!"

  Having said that, the three of them walked out quickly and closed the door behind them.

  The noisy dark room fell silent again, leaving only the big man still sitting in his seat. With the faint light, it could be seen that the big man slightly narrowed his eyes: "Haitian? What an interesting little guy."

  "Ah-choo!" Hai Tian, who was rushing towards Chaoyang Town, suddenly let out a sneeze. He rubbed his nose, "Strange, who's thinking of me?"

  However, after a moment of contemplation, Haitian raised his head and said, "Forget it, let's not think about it anymore, we should hurry along."

  Chaoyang Town, located in the southwest outskirts of Heishi City, has a permanent population of only one-tenth of Heishi City. However, the floating population of Chaoyang Town is much larger than that of Heishi City.

  On the edge of Chaoyang Town, the Qipin Mountain Range stretches across. Within this range in Chaoyang Town, there are many first and second-grade spiritual beasts as well as a plethora of materials for refining equipment and medicine, directly allowing many sword cultivators to gain wealth from nature.

  More and more swordsmen came to Chaoyang Town, all wanting to make a name for themselves, which made the floating population of Chaoyang Town much larger than that of Heishi City.

  Even though Hai Tian had mentally prepared himself, when he arrived at Chaoyang Town, he was still shocked by the bustling scene before his eyes.

  On the narrow street, both sides were crowded with vendors, each shouting loudly about their goods and boasting that theirs was the best.

  Sometimes they even quarrel over competing for customers.

  "Hey, little brother, one look at you and I can tell you're not from around here. Take a look at my Shadow Mouse Fur, it's the real deal, and the price is super low. I bet you won't find a better deal anywhere else in Chaoyang Town. How about 30 gold coins for it?"

  "Thirty gold coins?" Hai Tian was shocked, although he didn't have much concept of money, he also understood that ten gold coins were enough for an ordinary family of three to live for half a year. These thirty gold coins were almost equivalent to what others would live on for a year and a half.

  "Hey little brother, don't listen to him. The entire Chaoyang Town's Shadow Mouse Skin is most expensive when sold by him, thirty gold coins, and he has the nerve to speak up. Take a look at mine, quality, fur, all are top-notch, only need twenty-nine gold coins." Just as Haitian was surprised, another small vendor also walked up.

  "What's wrong with you? Are you here to steal my business again?" The small vendor who was pulled by Haitian became unhappy, "Your quality and fur are not as good as mine, let alone you're only cheaper than me by one gold coin, what's there to brag about?"

  "Is your Shadow Mouse skin good quality? Don't joke, who doesn't know that your Shadow Mouse skin is the worst?" The vendor who came later shouted back, pulling Hai Tian and pointing at the Shadow Mouse skin in the other vendor's hand, "Little brother, look, this guy's Shadow Mouse skin has many black lines on it, the quality is completely inferior to mine, you'd better buy from me."

  "Fart! It's obviously mine!" Can bear, who can't bear, the first to grab Haotian's small vendor is furious and grabs Haotian's right arm, it seems that if Haotian doesn't buy it, he won't let him go.

  Another hawker also grabbed Haitian's left arm very accurately, showing a dead unwillingness to let go, and shouted: "How? Afraid of you? Your pile is just garbage, completely incomparable to mine!"

  In an instant, the two vendors started arguing, and Hai Tian couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time. He struggled a bit, only to find that the two vendors had already completely sandwiched him in between them.

  Helpless, Hai Tian used the Five Elements Escape Technique and directly disappeared between the two of them, reappearing in a secluded place with a wry smile on his face. "This Chaoyang Town is indeed crazy."

  This was just the first instance for Haitian, afterwards he encountered several more such disputes over customers, and even a few that escalated into full-blown fights, leaving Haitian shaking his head in dismay.

  But what surprised him was that most of the vendors here were also formal swordsmen, with eighty percent of them being at the swordsman level, and occasionally a few master-level experts would pass by, with all the swordsmen looking at them with respectful eyes.

  It seems that Chaoyang Town is indeed a true Swordsman's Town.

  However, Haitian didn't come here to buy things, but to gather information. In his past life, although he only knew about one kind of cultivation, he also knew that the best place to gather information was in a tavern.

  After inquiring about the direction of the tavern on the road, Haitian arrived at the outer circle of the largest tavern in Chaoyang Town.

  Although it is an inn, it is just a few broken houses, and there are no doors or windows around, guests come from all directions, very convenient.

  Before they even entered, they heard the commotion coming from inside the small tavern.

  He slightly furrowed his brow, and Hai Tian walked straight in, finding an empty table to sit down at. At this time, a waiter-like person quickly walked over, astonishing Hai Tian was that this waiter was actually a three-star swordsman.

  "Quick-witted Xiao Er asked: 'Sir, what can I get for you?'"

  "Give me a pot of your most common wine?" To be honest, Haitian is not good at drinking and has no great interest in it, but when in Rome, if he doesn't order a pot of wine, he's likely to become an outcast here.

  "Good fellow, a pot of Jiu Niang! Do you need anything else?" The shopkeeper shouted loudly and then lowered his head to ask again.

  Haitian shook his head: "No need. By the way, aren't you a Three Star Swordsman? Why are you working as a waiter here?"

  "Sir, you're a foreigner, aren't you?" The shopkeeper couldn't help but reveal a hint of bitter smile upon hearing Hai Tian's question.

  The sea and sky were silent, nodding slightly. The second continued: "Sir, you don't know that the competition here is very fierce. Most swordsmen will choose to join the mercenary group here, while a few like me who are idle and don't want to join those forces, but in order to survive, they can only work here to make money."

  "Then won't you go into the Seventh Rank Mountain Range to hunt and kill some First-Rank Spiritual Beasts? With your strength, it's not impossible, right?" Haitian couldn't understand.

  "Is it that easy? The Zhāoyáng town has entered the Seventh Rank Mountain Range, within a radius of ten kilometers, all have been divided up by those mercenary groups. For us wandering swordsmen, even if we enter to hunt first-rank spiritual beasts, we still have to pay high taxes. One trip down, often not only don't earn money, but also have to pay out of pocket. Wanting to find a place without any powerful forces, unless going further in, but that place is already very far from Zhāoyáng town, it's easy to encounter third-rank spiritual beasts, with our strength, it's simply going up to seek death."

  Haitian had never known before that the swordsmen of this land lived such a hard life.

  Just as he was about to ask about his family, a shrill and sharp cry suddenly came over, and many swordsmen in the small wine shop all looked serious, stood up with a "swish" sound, and went out one after another.

  "What's going on?"

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