Chapter 24 (1/2)
Hua's residence at Heiyan Valley was situated ten e Despite Fang Xing's young age and the fact he was only at the second tier, it took him around a ing in There were so sun to train, but nobody paid Fang Xing a second glance; he was just a young daotong, after all
Fang Xing casually strolled around the district searching for the number that was on Hua's wooden token and—once he'd located the cottage—he walked up and knocked on the door
A e: ”Who is it?”
”My nae,” Fang Xing replied in a childish voice after clearing his throat
”Message?” The man muttered to himself, put on alert as he opened the door It was a surly-faced man in his thirties with a solid stature in stark contrast to his long and spindly fingers, and his eyes and brows paired up exactly with the man's at the Black Market As he looked at the child in front of hie?”
The child daotong sta He had very narrow eyes…”
As Fang Xing described the ht before, Hua's face darkened even further as he listened on Before the boy had finished, the e by the arm and asked in a cold voice, ”What is that person's na If you dare to miss any details, I'll make sure you pay for it dearly”
Newly scared, the tiny body of the boy shi+vered endlessly, his voice co out s s— some water, and he cae He— he also said that once I send you the 's imitation of a timid boy was to such perfection that even he almost believed his own lies
Or perhaps it was simply another side of him He was still a child himself, after all
After a few rounds of careful questioning paired with Fang Xing's ih He finally believed that this child daotong in front of hier chosen at random
”What was the e he wanted you to tell me?”
”He said… he said he wanted Ore Essence Powder!”
”Ore Essence P—” as soon as he heard hian to curse, ”— where the hell does he want et Ore Essence Powder!”
Suddenly—as though he had just coan to collect his thoughts 'No, he's obviously not talking about the real thing Those powders are used to break through into a higher tier and the sect has tight controls over it It's fortunate that I've seen it before since I work at the Alchemy Mill, but even I've only seen it a couple of times Hmm… how can I make it realistic…'
Despite such thoughts, Hua still didn't want to do such a difficult job Just as he was debating with hiain, ”The shi+xiong also said that… if you didn't decline, I will have to give you this”
”'This'?” Hua asked while the boy pulled out a s with so, his pupils contracted at the sight of the contents: ten bright red Spirit Stones were paired with a single golden leaf
”The shi+xiong said th— that this is just an advance payment Once… once it's all done, there will be… t— twenty h he was doing his best to ree he had been ordered to deliver
Hua could feel his breaths become shorter and more hurried as he stared at the Spirit Stones in front of hi than any words Thirty Stones was a very good deal for him, especially since the bestappear and feel like authentic Ore Essence Poould only cost hile Spirit Stone
”Did he say anything about what he plans to do with the powder?” Hua contehtly in his hand
Fang Xing cautiously shook his head, ”He didn't, but…”
”But what?”
”But he said if If you don't have Ore Essence Powder, he'll tell p— people so”
Immediately, Hua covered his forehead with his other hand in resignation; he knehat theon the h ”I'll take the Stones You go back and tell him to send someone here in seven days to collect the powder”