Chapter 112 (1/2)

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Chapter 112 – Darkness

“Should be here… it's bigger than it seems!”

Xue Qilin looked at the building not far away and made an a.s.sertion.

It is a single-story building.

It is made of hardwood, has a heavy texture, and looks very st.u.r.dy. The building is a little taller than the average two-story building; it is 7 to 8 meters tall. The building's surface area isn't small either, and is comparable to a small courtyard house's.

“I guess it should be a warehouse…”

Shui Yun'er nodded in response, and then she fixed her sight on the main entrance of the building.

“There seem to be guards…”

“Well, they're probably both the gatekeepers and the receptionists.”

Two tall and st.u.r.dy men with a blade at the waist stand on either side of the gate and exude a faint aura of true qi.

Dedicated to their work, they are rather vigilant. Even though Xue Qilin and Shui Yun'er are still some distance away from the single-story building, but they are already watching the two people's every move, and their hands are even touching the hilt of their blades.

“Human Realm…”

Xue Qilin stroked her chin and made a judgment on the realm of the two guards.

“What do we do? How do we get in?”

It's not surprising that Shui Yun'er has such a worry.

According to North, this type of black market auction does not welcome strangers. It is only open to invitees. This is naturally an insurance measure to prevent the authorities from infiltrating or people harboring evil designs from disrupting.

“Let's enter openly from the main entrance!”

“Is that okay? We don't have an invitation…”

As mentioned earlier, this auction is not open to the public. If you want to enter, you have to have something akin to an invitation or an entrance ticket.

However, they do not have that sort of thing.

“About the invitation… I have it!”

Xue Qilin turned to Shui Yun'er and shot her a complacent look.

“Hmm? Didn't the a.s.sa.s.sin just say that he didn't get an invitation letter? In this case, Young Teacher, where did you get the invitation letter from?”

Of course you don't understand! Xue Qilin smiled and pointed at herself, silent.

Shui Yun'er blinked her eyes, looking like she doesn't understand the la.s.s's meaning.

“Hey, it's me!”

Shui Yun'er was stunned. A few seconds later, she suddenly clapped her hands.

“Young Teacher, you're so clever.”

She appears to have understood.

“Humph humph, nothing else to talk about!”

With a smile of tacit understanding, the two looked at each other, and then walked towards the single-story building.

… Xue Qilin doesn't need an invitation.

As a Heaven Realm master, she has “privileges” granted by the realm.

No one wants to be enemies with a Heaven Realm master – the organization that controls the black market presumably is no exception. A Heaven Realm master has the ability to destroy them. As such, they aren't foolish enough to antagonize a Heaven Realm martial pract.i.tioner.

In other words, the other party won't shut their door and refuse to see the Heaven Realm master Xue Qilin just because of mere auction eligibility.

“… Wait.”

Xue Qilin and Shui Yun'er were of course stopped. The two men extended a hand at the same time to block the gate.

“This is private property, strangers aren't welcome.”

Standing on the right side of the gate, the younger-looking man sized up the two hiding under their cloaks with a frown and said gravely.

“Really? How do we get in?”

The two men glanced at each other and showed the same surprised expression.

'Hey… it's actually a small girl?'

Xue Qilin seems to hear their inner thoughts.

However, they didn't become complacent.

This time it was with the older one who spoke, saying: “Since you asked this question, it means that you haven't received an invitation. This isn't a place you should come. Hurry up and leave… Or else…”

The two men tightened their hold on the hilt of the blades at the same time to convey a thought. As long as Xue Qilin and Shui Yun'er make any strange movements, they won't hesitate to draw their blades and attack the both of them.

Things in the darkness are chaotic.

Morality and human life are both worthless, all that matters are interest and desire.

Xue Qilin wrinkled her nose, not taking their warning to heart.

“What, want to fight? To tell the truth, I could knock you out with a pinkie.”

With that, the la.s.s put on a disdainful expression of “try me if you don't believe”.

The faces of the two men turned fierce instantly.

No one would be happy to be provoked this way, especially not martial pract.i.tioners.

“I will say it one more time! Leave now.”

The blades are half out.

The exposed blade bodies emit faint, cold light.

These blades can't be regarded as good, but they're more than enough to hack people to death.

“Hey, your blades…”

Xue Qilin revealed an expression of surprise.

The men remained unmoved, but in the next moment…

“What!”

They exclaimed at the same time.

It was just a blink of an eye, yet two blades appeared in Xue Qilin's hands respectively.

“A bit light!”

She muttered while playing with the blades.

The two men realized something at the same time, and looked at the scabbard hanging from their waist, confused.

Nothing, there's nothing.

The blades they were clasping by the hilt disappeared at some point.

Only then did they realize – the blades were taken by the la.s.s in front of them.

Then red light dispelled the dusk a little.

The blade bodies of the two blades suddenly radiated red light like they were thrown into embers.

The light is getting brighter and brighter, to the point that the blade bodies even began to emit smoke.