Chapter 24

Dasheng Chamber of Commerce, the Limits of Goodwill

next day

The entire Yan'an No. 7 Middle School, and even the entire Bo City, was exceptionally lively.

Whether it was yesterday's Mythical Rift Riot, the appearance of the Thousand-Headed Blood Leech Queen who triggered celestial changes and was like a natural disaster, or the fact that she was killed by the location instructor who came to Bo City to provide guidance.

Or perhaps the Blood God Cult will reappear, along with the mythical, emperor-level creature behind it.

And the search by all the warriors in the city for the escaped Blood Leech, and the offering of a bounty for the Blood God Cult cultists.

All of this filled these young apprentice martial artists with eagerness.

Many people fantasize about how exhilarating it would be to be such a powerful outdoor martial artist, unleashing that strike in front of the entire city's live broadcast.

Many people also discussed the Blood God Cult's bonus issue.

"A Blood God Cult member at the apprentice level costs between 50,000 and 150,000."

"A member of the Blood God Cult at the Transcendent Realm costs between 500,000 and 1.5 million."

"A reward of at least five thousand will be given to anyone who provides useful information, depending on the number and level of the Blood God Cult members."

"If I could get my hands on the iconic Devouring Hand and head of a Blood God Cult member at the Transcendent Realm, wouldn't I be able to drink one bottle of Qi and Blood Potions and throw one away every time? I could hire a private tutor and take meditation classes for the entire senior year of high school."

"You should just wash up and go to sleep; anything can happen in your dreams."

"Even a hastily trained cultist at the Transcendent Realm is not someone a little Karami like us can handle."

"Don't even mention us. Even geniuses with a Qi and Blood level of seven or eight only have a strength of about 800 kilograms. They don't even have the strength to hit someone, let alone take their head."

"Let's not talk about that. By the way, have you guys noticed that the martial arts girl with the dark purple ponytail looks a lot like Su Nianyi, who is the top student in our school? They're like twin sisters."

It was unusual for a martial arts class to have lively chatter while practicing standing meditation.

Only Li Xijun, who could always maintain "concentration", practiced efficiently for a while.

He silently stopped, took out the Qi and Blood Medicine he had bought that morning for 2500 yuan from his pocket, drank it with a heavy heart, and continued his cultivation.

He now hates that damned Blood God Cult to the core.

If it weren't for this cult organization wanting to use someone else to do their dirty work, take advantage of the chaos, and devour the flesh and blood of creatures from the mythical world to cause trouble.

He could have gone home last night, gone to the Great Sheng World to buy some more potent and powerful Qi and Blood Elixir for his cultivation today.

Now it's all over, I can only drink Qi and Blood Medicine that costs 2500 per bottle!

I wonder how many Qi and Blood tonics and medicinal bath packs could be bought with those 2500 coins!

Moreover, he actually had a plan in mind regarding the 200000 yuan that Zhang Haifeng gave him last night.

That means buying a standard electromagnetic pistol!

This new-era weapon can easily penetrate the defenses of old-era armored vehicles and tanks, and compared to old-era firearms, it has the advantages of extremely low firing noise, high concealment, and a faster rate of fire.

For martial artists below the Transcendent Realm, this electromagnetic pistol is still very powerful, basically killing one person with one shot.

Even a martial artist in the Transcendent Realm, if only at the first step of the 'External Body' stage, would be seriously injured by a single shot.

Generally speaking, ordinary people definitely cannot buy it.

However, martial arts students have the potential to be drafted into the battlefield as reserves when necessary, and they also have the possibility of becoming future martial artists.

On the surface, they are qualified to submit applications for review and approval.

However, in most cases, if you don't have any family connections, you probably won't pass the review.

The city is usually so peaceful, what are you trying to do by suddenly getting a gun?

Originally, Li Xijun was considering finding an opportunity to ask Zhang Haifeng for help in purchasing the item, or to go to the black market in the east of the city.

However, this time, the riot of mythical creatures and the incident involving the Blood God Cult members have escalated.

There will definitely be a lot of people applying for the qualification to purchase electromagnetic pistols, and the authorities will inevitably relax the requirements and tacitly approve.

After all, even old-fashioned firearms could accurately lock onto the weapon through rifling and trajectory.

If a modern electromagnetic pistol were used to kill someone in this world's city, the police would probably be able to locate the person and check the surveillance footage in the next second.

Therefore,

Given his status, Li Xijun would most likely succeed if he applied at this time.

However, the price tag of 150000 yuan is really not very attractive.

Li Xijun, feeling like her wallet was crying, once again lamented why there was no "big A" in this world.

He then immediately took advantage of the effects of the qi and blood potion to engage in arduous cultivation.

Even the afternoon martial arts class was put aside for the time being because of the high difficulty of the Hanging Cloud Hand technique, so he continued to focus on practicing the basic cultivation methods.

Your mastery of the Azure Dragon Heaven-Reaching Technique has increased from 64% to 65%.

Your mastery of the Azure Dragon Heaven-Reaching Technique has increased from 65% to 66%.

A whole day passed by in the midst of gradual, incremental progress in practice.

With the vigorous search and control efforts of the police department, the military, and martial artists,

This was the first time Li Xijun had encountered three groups of people patrolling on her way home, but she returned home safely.

However, this time, to be on the safe side, he hid in the bathroom shower room during his journey.

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Dasheng World

Just to be on the safe side, Li Xijun naturally did not stay in the small courtyard arranged by the Killing Martial Arts School.

Before he left, he had a little extra money, so he bought a small villa on the other side of the river, in a place that was clearly a romantic and prosperous area for the wealthy, just one street away from Cunsi Club.

The drone, which was hiding in a nearby tree, was called back and fitted with a nano-protective suit.

Li Xijun didn't rush into action. Instead, he fast-forwarded through the recordings of the Mockingbird drone over the past few days to confirm that there were no abnormalities.

Then it was sent into the sky to circle the area.

The images transmitted from the drone showed no problems, but after looking at them carefully for a while, Li Xijun noticed that there were an unusually large number of ragged vagrants and beggars in Tianjin today.

I don't know if there was a disaster somewhere or what happened.

After watching for a while, I saw scenes of disaster victims who had only existed in my previous life, selling their children and dying like weeds by the roadside.

With mixed feelings, Li Xijun silently turned off the video and turned to walk all the way to the Killing Martial Arts School.

Yu Xiangyang, who is a resident instructor at the martial arts school, gave Li Xijun his usual guidance upon her arrival.

However, he also clearly showed signs of worry at times during the guidance process.

Just as Li Xijun finished his work and was about to ask Yu Xiangyang about purchasing Qi and Blood Elixirs and medicinal baths, his "Tiger Demon Bone Refining Fist" had improved by another 2% today.

This man, who had clearly been holding back for a long time, finally spoke hesitantly and somewhat embarrassedly:

"Junior Brother Li, I see that you have a good physique and the cultivation technique that nourishes your blood and qi is also very powerful."

"Should we buy more qi and blood tonics?"

"You can buy a month's supply together with the herbal bath pack, which is very convenient."

That was exactly what Li Xijun had been thinking.

The sudden incident in Bocheng made him sleep in Zhang Haifeng's private office for a night, and he didn't dare to travel through time at all.

As a result, he spent an extra 5000 yuan on two bottles of Qi and Blood Elixir during his practice the next day.

He did indeed intend to buy a month's worth of supplies in one go this time.

However, Yu Xiangyang's sudden words surprised him, and instead of responding immediately, he asked in return:

"That's true, but I noticed that Senior Brother Yu seemed a bit distracted and worried today. Plus, he asked me to buy a month's supply of Qi and Blood-Nourishing Medicine..."

"Senior Brother Yu, have you encountered some difficulties?"

Li Xijun's gaze was calm, but his mental energy was already highly mobilized, preparing to carefully observe the other party's expression and eyes.

"Alas, to be honest, it was the people near Tianjin who suffered the disaster. But those bastards in the Chamber of Commerce colluded to raise grain prices."

Once the door opened, Yu Xiangyang could no longer hold back and said:

"Our martial arts school wanted to buy some food to distribute as porridge, but the foreigners caused trouble before. My master was already old and frail, and he fought with the people from the God of War Church, which caused him internal injuries. We spent a lot of money on various expensive medicines."

"The martial arts school is really short of money right now. As an inner disciple, I also get a commission when you buy pills and medicinal baths, so I thought I'd let you buy this month's supply in advance."

At this point, he blushed slightly, as if he were doing sales for the first time.

"I'm not really trying to trick you into spending more money, junior brother. Your talent is truly remarkable."

"With one large pill a day and a medicinal bath, and with my guidance, I am confident that the skin and flesh will be fully restored within a month."

"That's right, that's right, I bought the pills in advance."

As he spoke, his neck turned bright red.

That's what they say, but the medicinal bath packs are two ounces each, and the Qi and Blood tonic is ten ounces each.

Even after deducting the amount provided by the martial arts school, buying so many at once is indeed a considerable sum of money.

This made him feel that he had indeed pressured the other party and that he was taking advantage of Li Xijun's money to deliberately promote his business.

With Li Xijun's current mental strength, he can naturally judge whether the other party is acting or not.

Seeing that Yu Xiangyang's words were all genuine, his resentment towards the Chamber of Commerce also seemed real.

He pondered for a moment, then turned and walked towards the room in the small courtyard.

When Yu Xiangyang saw that Li Xijun did not answer but turned and went back into the house, he thought that she did not agree and was a little dejected.

But after returning to his room and looking around to make sure nothing had been changed, he...

Li Xijun then took out some silver bars from his nanosuit, wrapped them in two spare money pouches, and then came out again.

"This small amount is the money I used to buy medicine. This large amount, five hundred taels, is the money I donated to the people for porridge distribution."

"However, I have one request: do not tell anyone that I donated these five hundred taels."

If he were a Martial Saint, he would naturally sweep across the Western Continent, crush the Seven Gods Church, and bring peace to the world.

If he were at the Outer Realm cultivation level, he would also be willing to kill those merchants and bring food from the Federation to aid the disaster victims.

But right now he's just a nobody with a Qi and Blood level of 6.0, and 500 taels is the limit he's willing to reveal.

This was because he was about to buy an electromagnetic pistol.

In addition, the view seen by the drone is only for the sake of peace of mind.

Blood Transformation Martial Saint and Marrow Refining Grandmaster are considered superior beings anywhere.

They won't take action against him just because he revealed a thousand or two taels of silver.

If a dirty martial artist like Xiang Yang, or anyone else, senses something and becomes greedy or malicious, then...

Facing someone equipped with a nano-protective suit and an electromagnetic pistol, that would be a good experience bonus.

This is the limit of Li Xijun's goodwill and fighting power.