The streets were full of people and it was very lively.
with the merchants wearing colorful cloth entertain customers, inviting them to their shop. Chen Ming, along with the now very beautiful Xiao Wen, walked close to each other through many shops with smiles on their faces.
Chen Ming while walking around with interest like a child encountered something new. He found many interesting things. If he could bring these items back to his world. He was sure that he could earn a lot of money by selling them.
They walked around until Chen Ming noticed that Xiao Wen looked at something.
Chen Ming saw what it was and only smiled and said.
“Hey Wen Jiajia, what do you think of this piece of jade? is it pretty.”
*Jiajia = Older Sister
Chen Ming picked up a piece of jade before asking Xiao Wen. Xiao Wen only shook her head and smiled at Chen Ming.
“Young Master, I have to apologize. Xiao Wen had no knowledge of jade. therefore unable to give advice.”
Chen Ming smiled back. He had seen her looking at this piece of jade for a long time, and as he picked up this piece of jade, He saw Xiao Wen's eyes never looking away from it. He thought that she would like it. Young women have always been interested in jewelry. and although she had no knowledge of jade, of course he had the way to verify it.
Seven Moon Jade Pendant(Earth Profound Stage)
Properties: Resist strong yin energy. Strengthen female martial practitioners. Makes them cultivate faster.
Chen Ming wanted to buy this jade for Xiao Wen as a gift.
“How much is this?”
The merchant selling this jade was not a normal merchant. He wasn't wearing fancy clothes, but was wearing tattered clothes. He was selling this jade in the middle of the market with a single piece of cloth spread on the ground. He looked hesitant to part with this jade. He probably needed the money for some reason.
"Young Master this jade is the last piece of my inheritance that I have left. I don't want money. But I want to trade it for Snow Ginseng.”
The people who were walking around heard that the poor merchant wanted Snow Ginseng as a payment. They all looked at him as if he had gone insane.
“Snow Ginseng is not something that money can buy. It was an important ingredient for refining an Earth Profound level pill. Hmph, did you really think this worthless jade is worth that much! Whoever pays for it is a fool.”
“Shameless, It is not even worth ten years old ginseng, let alone snow ginseng.”
The people started to go into insulting mode. They're just too much. It wasn’t even their business. What the heck was the insult for. Chen Ming didn't understand.
“Social bullying, no matter the world, is still the same.”
Chen Ming sighed. He didn’t have Snow Ginseng. He wanted to give this piece of jade to Xiao Wen to thank her for taking care of him. Chen Ming thought for a moment before asking.
“Merchant, I don't have Snow Ginseng. and I thought that there might not be any people around here who have it as well. Or if they had, they wouldn't exchange it for this piece of jade. Merchant, I would like to ask some questions. Will it be alright?”
The poor merchant listened and thought the same thing as Chen Ming. He looked at Chen Ming and thought he was a good person. Maybe he could help him.
“It’s alright Young Master, please ask.”
Chen Ming nodded before asking.
“Merchant, why do you want Snow Ginseng?”
The merchant's expression after hearing the question darkened and filled with despair before speaking.
“Young Master, the reason why I want Snow Ginseng is to bring it to heal my daughter. She was the last treasure I had in this world. If she leaves, I have nothing left. Young Master, please help me.”
Chen Ming when heard that he felt sad for some reason.
He was usually someone who was sympathetic. It made him want to help people if he can. He might not be able to help everyone. But whoever he could help, he wanted to help. Chen Ming believed in the law of karma. Doing good things and good things will happen to you.
“Merchant, if I can help your daughter. Will the merchant give this jade to me?”
The poor merchant, hearing that, his dark eyes brightened.
“Of course, let alone jade. I am ready to give my life to you.”
Chen Ming smiled before nodding his head.
“Merchant, please take me to your daughter.”
The merchant nodded before hurriedly getting up. He bowed to Chen Ming. before leading him in one direction within Duan Yang City.
The place he was leading Chen Ming and Xiao Wen into was a less developed area within the city. There were no beautiful houses here. But it's just a wooden shed built from rough wood put together, it can only be used to protect from rain and sun. It wouldn't be able to help with the cold that much.
Chen Ming looked around. This was like a poor slum. Chen Ming walked in, it looked dirty and poor, but he didn't care. and followed the merchant without hesitation. As a result, he gained even more respect from Xiao Wen.
“Young Master, please come this way. This is my little home with my little daughter. It might be a disgrace that I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Zhong Yang. As for my little daughter, her name is Diao Lin.”
Chen Ming smiled before speaking.
"It's alright, don't worry. My name is Chen Ming. As for this beautiful young lady, her name was Xiao Wen. My older sister."
Chen Ming introduced himself. Xiao Wen looked at Chen Ming with wide eyes. The girl's face was slightly red because Chen Ming had introduced her as a beautiful young lady. and also it felt good that he called her a sister instead of servant.
“Chen Ming…? AH!!! It's you! the heir of the Chen Clan who rules over the city, Young Master Chen, I don't know it’s you, please forgive my stupidity!”
Zhong Yang knelt down and apologized to Chen Ming. Chen Ming furrowed his brows together before stopping Zhong Yang before it was too much.
“Stop it Mr.Zhong Yang, I told you not to worry. I'm not an evil person, I might have a bad reputation. But I never hurt anyone for no reason.”
Zhong Yang, hearing that, was embarrassed. He was afraid of Chen Ming.
He just heard rumors and never saw them with his own eyes.
“Well leave the matter aside, your daughter's situation is more important. Please take me to meet your daughter."
“Please, young master.”
Zhong Yang led Chen Ming into his shed. Inside the shed was a young girl lying in a dirty blanket. Chen Ming looked at her face. This girl had a cute face. But her lovely face was now very pale.
Chen Ming immediately checked her status.
Sun Lin
Level 87
Stage Qi Gathering Stage(Middle)
Health 20/1740
Energy 870/870
Status Poisoned(Dragon Tongue)
‘She doesn't have the surname Diao or Zhong, but Sun?’
Chen Ming's brows furrowed together. He wanted to ask Zhong Yang about this as to why he had lied to him, but when he thought about it, he probably had a reason. And asking about it might turn out to be a big deal. Chen Ming examined Zhong Yang's name and found that his family name was the normal Zhong family. Plus, his profound level was just an ordinary person.
“Really weird.”
And while Chen Ming was hesitating, he received a message.
Mission help Sun Lin
Duration 5 hours
Reward: A Scroll for Concocting a Qi Foundation Stage Level Pill.
Chen Ming hesitated a little. But the hesitation disappeared after seeing the mission. “The system wants me to help Sun Lin…” Chen Ming understood one thing after coming to this world. The system always helped him to get stronger no matter what. Chen Ming looked at the worried Zhong Yang. He seemed to be hiding something. Chen Ming took a deep breath. before asking Zhong Yang with seriousness. “Merchant Zhong, this girl is not your daughter right?” Zhong Yang heard that, he trembled and looked at Chen Ming in fear. He was afraid that Chen Ming would do something when he found out the truth. Zhong Yang hurriedly lowered his head and immediately apologized to Chen Ming. He could not afford to offend him now. or the matter would become worse. “Young Master Chen, I was wrong, I deserved to die, but please, young miss didn't do anything wrong. Please help her.” “Young Miss?” Chen Ming began to feel that the girl must have some background for him to refer to her as Young Miss. “Yo
Sun Lin(???) Level 87 Health 1740/1740 Energy 870/870 Status Healthy Chen Ming examined Sun Lin. He pretended to check her pulse. But he actually checked her status. He, after seeing the poison status had disappeared, let out a smile. Mission Completed Receive 1 Qi Foundation Level Pill Concocting Scroll. Chen Ming, after checking Sun Lin's status, turned to Zhong Yang before speaking. “The poison has been completely expelled. Soon the young miss would wake up and regain her consciousness.” Zhong Yang was glad to hear that. He was relieved and grateful to Chen Ming. “Thank you young master for your kindness. If not for Young Master, I don’t know what will happen to young miss…” Chen Ming shook his head before speaking. “I only did what I was supposed to do. I did it for the things that I needed. Hopefully Merchant Zhong will still remember the agreement between us.” Merchant Zhong heard that and smiled before hurriedly taking out the jade and respectfully giving it to Che
“You all!! How dare you insult the young master. My adorable Didi You will live no longer!” Chen Ming, who was looking at the situation, heard what Xiao Wen had said and was very surprised and moved. She released a huge amount of killing intent along with the pressure of her profound energy. The Qi Gathering Stage was not a joke. This was the first time Chen Ming witnessed a real super human power in this world. And on top of that, Xiao Wen had a profound strength at the Middle level and was about to break through to an Advanced one. With such power, it was able to easily suppress the Qi Foundation Stage to the point that they started to fall on their knees without much difficulty. Zhang Sanfeng was able to sense a high level of profound energy. The expression filled with pride gradually disappeared. He looked at Xiao Wen with eyes filled with fear. He knew he was fuked up now. ‘Why would there be a Qi Gathering Stage practitioner here!? I didn’t agree to this!’ Zhang Sanfeng fu
“How is that possible? It couldn’t be possible!!” Zhang Sanfeng now looked at Chen Ming as if he was a demon. He didn't expect Chen Ming to be this strong. He used just one palm to kill his subordinates as easily as breathing. “If this continues. We all will die. Retreat!, Retreat!” Zhang Sanfeng retreated as soon as he saw that Chen Ming alone had defeated more than ten of them. Not including Xiao Wen. At this moment, there were only less than twenty of them left. If more were to die it will affect the group in the long run. “Hmm, that bastard dared to deceive us that it is an easy job with a thousand gold taels, haha. How foolish I am.” Zhang Sanfeng clenched his teeth until blood fell down from the corner of his mouth. Zhang Sanfeng's subordinates, hearing that they had to withdraw their forces, immediately followed the command. They didn’t want to be here any further. They knew that if they continued to fight, they had all been killed. Chen Ming saw that the enemies had
Zhang Sanfeng at this moment spit out blood, his injury was very severe. Although he still had a tenth of his life force, He couldn’t fight the same way as when his health was full. His health was also steadily decreasing at a rapid rate. With every second his life force declined, the dantian and the qi path way inside his body were heavily damaged. He could only use three-tenths of his profound energy. and when he had it full. It was still not enough, There’s no need to mention about his profound energy now. “What technique is that!? It damages my dantian and qi path way I can feel my cultivation base dropping.” Zhang Sanfeng could feel his fear of death. Chen Ming at this moment seemed to have a shadow of death appearing around him. Zhang Sanfeng knew that Chen Ming would definitely kill him. Unknowingly, Chen Ming had created a killing intent for himself but he already had it so the system had to create the alternative. Already learned [killing intent] Upgrade [killing i
Chen Ming, after dealing with Zhang Sanfeng, immediately went back to the Chen family home. He now had a normal expression. But Xiao Wen could feel that he was thinking about something really important. She didn't know what he was actually thinking right now. But she didn't want to leave him alone. “Young Master, are you really okay?” Xiao Wen then told Chen Ming that she would stay with him even when Chen Ming slept but he refused. “Wen Jiajia, this doesn't seem very appropriate. I'm afraid there will be some strange rumor that will hurt your reputation. I might still feel unwell. but it wasn't that bad okay.” Chen Ming smiled at Xiao Wen. He's fine. Even though the feeling when he killed the enemy won’t disappear. He thought it wasn't much. He can control it right now. “Understood, Ming Didi. If you say so, Jiajia would like to report the matter to the foster mother first.” Chen Ming nodded. Xiao Wen looked at Chen Ming with concern. Before giving up and going to Zhang Lin'
“Ah… it feels good.”Chen Ming slowly stood up from his meditation posture. He now emitted an intense aura. Behind him was a formidable dragon shadow. Chen Ming was now refraining from practicing other martial arts. and focusing on the Dragon Breathing Technique instead. Who would have thought that practicing would make the mind so calm?The killing intent that had stained him vanished like a cloud that had vanished into the sunlight.Chen Ming, after seriously cultivating this technique, he felt that the Yang energy in his body became more intense and pure. His profound energy was stronger, making him train faster. Moreover, Chen Ming had already reached the Qi Gathering Stage!“The power o
The sky was bright and cloudless. The sun's light shone all around. Several carriages moved along the road. people talk to each other Now, within everyone's minds, whether single or multiple, they are thinking about the important things they want to get back from the auction.The auction was held in the Wang Clan. They are responsible for overseeing and managing all auctions. The Wang Clan was a famous merchant Clan, but did not have a military force like the Chen Clan.But even if they do not have a military force like the Chen Clan nobody could look down on them. Because they had the money and resources they could hire a bodyguard. such as this auction The Wang Clan had recruited three Qi gathering stage practitioners.Whoever wants to do something bad in this auction. The