The Spirit Tree Staff Shop opened for business once again. The shop was a lot bigger than before. Although the location wasn't good and the business was still cold, it was still open for business. On the day of the opening, Viper Three didn't come. Although he was a well-known figure in Aurora City, his identity belonged to the dark side. He rarely appeared in bright places.
After the Spirit Tree Staff Shop opened for business, the surrounding people discovered that a new shopkeeper had been hired. The new shopkeeper was a middle-aged man around 40 years old. He wore decent clothes and led four workers to clean up the shop. Although there weren't many customers, the workers still wore neat clothes and stood upright, giving people a very spirited feeling. On the other hand, the original shopkeeper rarely showed himself. Besides going out to eat, most of the time, he would stay in the backyard, making people feel very mysterious.
The Spirit Tree Staff Shop had been open for seven days. In these seven days, they only made five transactions. On average, they didn't even make one transaction per day. However, whether it was the shopkeeper or the workers, they didn't seem to be in a hurry. Even the shopkeeper wasn't in a hurry, this made people feel very surprised.
However, people also slowly noticed that more and more adventurers were coming to the Spirit Tree Staff Shop. Even some family's disciples would come here to buy things, which made people feel somewhat surprised.
Zhao Hai basically didn't care about the shop anymore. He turned a room in the backyard into a warehouse. The warehouse was filled with Magic Staffs and other things, enough for the shop to use for a while. Every day, he would sit in the back of the shop and keep reading, recording things in his golden book.
Now Zhao Hai understood that the people of the Five Spiritual Realms didn't just use magic staffs, they also had other things. For example, talismans, artifacts, and defensive artifacts. Moreover, in addition to magical attacks, they also used artifacts. It can be said that there were a lot of attacking methods in the Five Spiritual Realms.
Zhao Hai even saw some records of artifacts similar to his golden book in a book that Viper Three brought. Although these artifacts seemed to be very advanced, their quantity wasn't small. This made Zhao Hai feel relieved. In the future, when he takes out his golden book, no one would suspect him.
Although the Spirit Tree Staff Shop had been open for seven days, Viper Three still hadn't come. There was also no news about him. This made Zhao Hai feel somewhat strange, he didn't know what Viper Three wanted to do.
On the eighth day of the Spirit Tree Staff Shop's opening, the days were still as boring as before. Zhao Hai was in his room, writing magic spells in his golden book. Suddenly, a knock on the door. Zhao Hai stared. He heard the knock on the door, it wasn't his room, but his courtyard. It must be known that people rarely knocked on his door.
Zhao Hai said, "Come in." Along with his voice, a person pushed open the door and walked in. Upon seeing this person, Zhao Hai's eyes couldn't help but narrow. This was because this person was one of the people who followed Viper Three. Zhao Hai had seen him twice.
The person arrived in front of Zhao Hai's room and then cupped his fist towards Zhao Hai and said, "I've seen Mister Zhao Hai. This is what the Third Master wanted me to give you." Then the person took out a book and handed it over to Zhao Hai.
Zhao Hai took the book and looked at it. The book had a wax seal. If someone looked inside, then the wax seal must be destroyed.
Zhao Hai nodded, then he opened the book and looked at the contents. Then he looked at the person and said, "Alright, you can go back. Tell the Third Master that he doesn't need to worry about anything else, just leave it to me." The person nodded, then he turned around and left.
After the person left, Zhao Hai carefully looked at the contents of the book. Inside the book was information about the higher-ups of the Ice Blade Gang. Not only did it record their magic spells and magic artifacts, it even recorded their living habits. It was very detailed. This information wasn't something that could be collected in a day or two. It seems like Viper Three had been doing this for quite some time.
Zhao Hai carefully looked at the contents of the book. The higher-ups of the Ice Blade Gang, including Viper Three, had a total of 13 people. Among these people, there were three who were the strongest. One was the Gang Leader, while the other was the Vice Gang Leader. The Gang Leader's name was Yin Jingtian, while the two Vice Gang Leaders were his life and death brothers. One was called Su Mingqiu, while the other was called Cha Jiao.
The three of them were all Ice Soul Cultivators. Their main means of attack were all Ice Element Magic Spells. However, the three of them weren't weak. Most importantly, after being Gang Leaders for so many years, they had a lot of good things in their hands. They had all kinds of talismans and magic artifacts. Moreover, the three of them also had spatial equipment. It can be said that the three of them were the most difficult to deal with.
Besides these three, the other ten people weren't weak. Among these ten people, Viper Three's position wasn't the highest. He could only be considered as a mid-level member, around the fifth or sixth position. Naturally, among these people, there were also people who had a good relationship with Viper Three. Naturally, there were also people who didn't get along with Viper Three.
This book recorded the situation of the Ice Blade Gang's upper echelons in great detail. The relationship between them was also recorded in great detail. It could be said that reading this book was equivalent to completely understanding the upper echelons of the Ice Blade Gang.
In addition to these things, the book also recorded two enemy factions of the Ice Blade Gang. One is the Ice Arrow Gang, and the other is the Iceman Gang. These two gangs have enmity with the Ice Blade Gang, but the Ice Arrow Gang is stronger than the Ice Blade Gang, while the Iceman Gang is weaker than the Ice Blade Gang.
After reading everything in the book, Zhao Hai directly destroyed the book. Then he got up and left the room. He strolled around Aurora City, especially around the three gangs. But he only strolled around before he returned to his room and continued to do his own things.
The next day, Zhao Hai left Aurora City and went to Icefield City. Then he went to another big city and stayed there for five days. During these five days, Zhao Hai stayed in the Adventurer's Tavern. He visited all the Adventurer's Taverns in the city. Then he returned to Aurora City. When he left Icefield City, there was a new mission in the city. It was to assassinate the 13 leaders of Aurora City's Ice Blade Gang. The reward for this mission was 100 Bell.
As long as an adventurer saw this mission, they would immediately jump on it. Going to a completely unfamiliar city and assassinating a group of powerful people for 100 Bell was something that no one would do unless they were crazy.
As for how the adventurers knew about the strength of the Ice Blade Gang, it was actually very simple. This was because Zhao Hai told them about the strength of the Ice Blade Gang. Not only did he tell the adventurers about the strength of the Ice Blade Gang, he also wrote it down in detail. Therefore, when Zhao Hai issued this mission, the adventurers looked at Zhao Hai as if he was an idiot.
One must know that when you issue a mission in the adventurers' tavern, you would need to leave your commission behind. In other words, you would need to leave your money with the tavern. Naturally, if the adventurers didn't accept the mission, then the tavern wouldn't give them the commission. However, Zhao Hai's mission was clearly a mission that no one would accept. Yet, he still left 100 Bell behind. In the eyes of the adventurers, Zhao Hai was a madman.
After Zhao Hai returned to Aurora City, he returned to his room and didn't come out. It was as if he didn't care about anything. This made Viper Three, who had been paying attention to Zhao Hai, very anxious. He didn't understand what Zhao Hai was planning and why he didn't do anything.
Time passed day by day. In a blink of an eye, ten days had passed. Viper Three no longer cared about Zhao Hai. He thought that Zhao Hai didn't have any other methods. Therefore, he naturally didn't care about Zhao Hai. Every day, he still did his own things. However, he didn't come to the Spirit Tree Staff Shop anymore.
However, the reason why Viper Three didn't come to the Spirit Tree Staff Shop wasn't because he was dissatisfied with Zhao Hai. Instead, it was because he was busy with something. The monthly meeting of the Ice Blade Gang's upper echelons was about to begin.
The upper echelons of the Ice Blade Gang rarely gathered together. Each of them had their own territory. Although they were under the management of the gang's leader, their authority wasn't small. They could almost make their own decisions regarding the matters of their territory. Viper Three's territory just happened to include the Spirit Tree Staff Shop. Because his position in the Ice Blade Gang wasn't high, his territory was a place that didn't have much profit. There weren't many shops, and even if there were, they were small shops. There wasn't much profit to be made.
It was precisely because of this that Viper Three wanted to cooperate with Zhao Hai. He wanted to make more money and raise more people. For a gang like theirs, the more people you have, the more authority you have in the gang. Because of this, Viper Three wanted to make more money.
The upper echelons of the Ice Blade Gang would gather once a month. However, they didn't have a fixed location. Every time, the location would be different. They were afraid that a rival gang would find out about their meeting location. Although the Ice Blade Gang had their own headquarters, the headquarters was still in the city. Moreover, they couldn't see the light of day. They were afraid that an expert would suddenly run to their headquarters and destroy them. Therefore, every time they had a meeting, they would choose a different location instead of the headquarters.
The time for this month's Ice Blade Gang's upper echelon meeting was approaching. Although Viper Three didn't know where the meeting location was, he still needed to prepare some things. He needed to report the monthly expenses and income of his territory. At the same time, he needed to hand over his monthly allowance to the headquarters. This was the Ice Blade Gang's rule.
As for the matter of the Spirit Tree Staff Shop, Viper Three wasn't prepared to tell the people in the gang. In fact, the other people in the gang were like him. In addition to the protection fees, they also had their own businesses. Viper Three had only invested in the Spirit Tree Staff Shop. No one would use this to talk about anything. Therefore, he only needed to prepare the things that he had to prepare in the past.
After the sky turned dark, Viper Three quietly waited in his hall. Sure enough, before long, an old man arrived in front of him. This old man was dressed in black, but he only had one hand. However, the soul item on his head was very strange. It was a knife. Knife soul items weren't special, but the old man's knife was a kitchen knife. Among the Golden Soul Variants, there were knives, but they were very rare. As for the kitchen knife soul item, it was definitely not a Golden Soul Variant soul item. It could only be regarded as a mixed soul item. Because of this, this old man didn't use magic, he just used a knife. He was very strong when it came to close combat.
When Viper saw the old man, he immediately stood up and saluted the old man, "Uncle Knife." The reason why Viper was so polite to this old man was because this old man was the servant of the Ice Blade Gang's leader. Nobody knew his name, everyone just called him Uncle Knife. He was very loyal to the leader. It was said that he had saved the leader before, so the leader trusted him very much.
The old man nodded, then he said, "Let's go." Then he led Viper outside. Viper didn't say anything, he just picked up a bag and followed the old man outside.
The old man led Viper forward. Before long, they arrived at another hall. Another person came out from the hall. When Viper saw this person, he cupped his fist and said, "Bat, you're still alive."
The man who was called Bat by the viper was a middle-aged man in his thirties. He was dressed in black and had a cloak-like thing on his back. This thing was not just for show, it was also an artifact. It could be used for both offense and defense. It was very powerful, and this was also how Bat got his name.
Bat looked at Viper Three, then he cupped his fist and said, "Viper, you haven't died yet, so how could I be willing to die?" Although the two said this, they still followed behind the old man without missing a step.
The old man led them to another hall. This time, a fat man came out. This fat man wore silk clothes and always had a smile on his face. He looked just like a merchant. When he saw Bat and Viper Trio, he laughed and said, "You two, you're one step ahead of me. Hello, Uncle Dao, I'll have to trouble you."
Uncle Knife nodded and didn't say anything. On the other hand, when Viper Three and Bat saw this fat man, their expressions changed. Then they coldly snorted and didn't say anything. The fat man didn't care, he chuckled and followed behind Uncle Knife. Before long, they arrived at the west side of the city. The west side of the city was a famous slum in Aurora City. It was also the most chaotic place in the city. In fact, a lot of people from gangs like the Aurora Gang came from this place. This was because a lot of people here wanted to join a gang and become famous.
Most of the places in the west side of the city were round igloos. Moreover, one could see that they were built quite a while ago. Many of the igloos even had cracks on them. People wearing tattered leather clothes could be seen everywhere on the streets. These people generally had emaciated faces. There were also some women who wore very revealing clothes standing on the side of the street. These women were the prostitutes of the west side of the city. Nobody cleaned up the garbage on the ground, causing the sewage to overflow and the stench to fill the air. Although the people of the west side of Aurora City wore different clothes, the living conditions of the people here were similar to the poor people of other places. There was nothing different.
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