Li Yao and Li Jialing did not go straight to the Commodity Market.
As a place where Jin Yuyan showed up every two days on average, the security measures were naturally the strictest. It was not strange that 50% of the passersby in the thousand square meters nearby were plainclothes. It would be bad if they barged in recklessly and alerted the enemy.
The two of them went to the ventilation tubes, the sewer entrances, and the public toilets that Li Jialing found just now. They found the blind spots of the surveillance cameras and secretly put down a few Cosmos Rings that could automatically retrieve magical equipment.
Then, they found a few garbage cans and inconspicuous corners and put down a few Cosmos Rings as fast as lightning.
Those Cosmos Rings had been modified by Li Yao, Xiaoming, and Wenwen. Tiny remote chips had been implanted into them. When necessary, Li Yao would be able to eject all the items stored inside with a telepathic thought.
Inside most of the Cosmos Rings that Li Yao stored were non-fatal crystal bombs, including the high-efficiency smoke grenades made of the ink sacs of the Black Glue Fish Dragon, the stun grenades that could cause intense dizziness and temporary blindness, and the shrieking grenades that could release ultrasonic waves to disrupt the nervous system.
Should an accident happen, those items would be the best helpers for them to escape or sneak in.
It took them two hours to find the best place to store the Cosmos Rings near the Commodity Market. After finishing the arrangement, Li Yao finally led Li Jialing to a lackluster, inconspicuous store three blocks away.
Looking at the patterns of muscular men outlined by colorful light strips on the ceiling of the shop, the light strips were flickering and making popping noises, Li Yao knew that he had found the right place.
According to Zuo Tianying, it was the best store of strengthening drugs and high-energy nutrition drugs in the Seven Seas Grand Market and even the entire peripheral worlds of the Imperium.
Of course, such a store was not a retail store but mainly focused on bulk sales on the Spiritual Nexus. They would not even bother to look at the business whose volume was less than a million free coins.
However, when it came to the high-end strengthening drugs and high-energy nutrition drugs, for example, the strengthening drugs for Jin Dan, the experts of the Yuanying, and even the Divinity Transformation Stage, and the high-energy nutrition drugs that could help them break into the highest level, it would be inappropriate to trade such important items through the Spiritual Nexus.
Therefore, the store had established such a physical store, which was sort of a "high-end customer experience center", for the VIPs to check the goods in person and purchase them in large batches when the goods were suitable, making them stable long-term customers.
Li Yao and Li Jialing pushed the door open and walked in. The decoration inside was as shabby as the outside, as if it were a restaurant with little business. An old man with long eyebrows, whose Cultivation could not be seen through, was sitting behind the counter indifferently. Even though two customers had arrived, he was still as casual as before, showing no intention of rising to greet them at all.
Li Yao and Li Jialing naturally did not have the VIP cards of this place, but they had brought a lot of VIP cards that were universal in the universe. Li Yao walked forward and extended his index finger, as if showing off, to play with a glittering Cosmos Ring. Then, he retrieved more than ten translucent, colorful marrow crystals from the Cosmos Ring and placed them on the counter.
Those marrow crystals rolled on the counter and knocked and collided with each other, triggering brilliance that seemed to be concrete. The air seemed to have turned into a colorful ocean, and the shadows of the marrow crystals were condensed into countless raging, glamorous dragons.
The five-colored flood dragons crawled onto the old man's face. Even the experienced and knowledgeable shopkeeper showed a moment of absent-mindedness. Although he quickly restrained his emotions, his slightly trembling eyebrows revealed the shock in his heart.
Li Yao smiled and extended his finger again, retracting the marrow crystals into the Cosmos Ring one after another, except for the last one. He snapped his finger and threw it into the old man's arms.
The old man snatched it subconsciously with greed on his face. Realizing that he had lost his cool, he couldn't help but feel rather regretful. There was no telling whether he was mumbling to himself or showing his friendliness to Li Yao. "What a beautiful 'Nine-Colored Dragon Chasing Crystal'. It's been a long time since I last saw something so pure. What do you want, honorable guests?"
"I'm going to kill someone soon."
Li Yao did not hesitate at all and went straight to the point. "The target is probably in the middle level of the Yuanying Stage and carries two to three ultimate Crystal Suit with him. I'm not going to ask anybody else for help but have to do the job on my own. I'm afraid that I will be heavily wounded during the process. My friend told me that you have all kinds of drugs, so I'm here to take a look. Do you have any drugs that can boost my combat ability for at least six hours after I take them?"
The old man looked at the 'Nine-Colored Dragon Chasing Crystal' for a while before he stored it in his Cosmos Ring. His face brightened up, he nodded and said, "Yes. Recently, we have a new drug named 'Tiger Demon's Bone Explosion Pill'. After taking it, it can increase the explosive force of the experts in the Yuanying Stage by more than 5% for eight to ten hours. There will be some sequelae in the next three days, but there won't be any long-term side effects if it is taken together with our other nurturing drugs."
"Alright."
Li Yao continued, "After I kill the guy, I may be faced with the elites under his command. Perhaps, there are dozens of experts who are above the Yuanying Stage. Of course, I don't have to kill them all, but I have to at least escape from their siege. Therefore, I need a drug that can quickly recover my spiritual energy and physical strength. I've tried all the drugs on the market, and I'm not very satisfied with them. It doesn't matter if the side effects are great, as long as they can help me survive!"
The old man did not even blink. "We do. For the experts in the Nascent Soul Stage, our shop has dozens of instant recovery drugs of different natures for the VIPs to choose from. They are all treasures that you can't find on the market. The recipes and ingredients are all unique in our shop."
Li Yao nodded in satisfaction. "Alright. I'll take those two drugs and your best high-energy nutrition drugs. Is there a place for me to test the drugs?"
"Of course there is. This way, please."
The old man finally grew attentive and led Li Yao and Li Jialing to the back room. Although the door looked unattractive, it was a private area that was luxuriously decorated and elegant. The old man led Li Yao and Li Jialing to a suite that was equipped with training facilities and all kinds of automatic test devices. He then fetched almost twenty strengthening drugs and high-energy nutrition drugs for them to examine, before he finally turned around and left.
Li Yao told Li Jialing that the Seven Seas Grand Market would certainly be on high alert because of the upcoming great war. The hotels near the Commodity Market were particularly heavily guarded. If they intended to book a room as a base, they would probably be discovered.
However, in this place, it was perfectly normal to spend a few days testing the effects of an ultimate strengthening drug. They could stay reasonably without raising any suspicion.
It was needless to say that the owner of the place was qualified to open the best strengthening drug center at the peripheral worlds of the Imperium in the Seven Seas Grand Market. The privacy and safety of the honorable guests would certainly be well-taken care of. Therefore, they could take action without worrying about anything.
While saying that, Li Yao still scanned the entire suite inside and outside with a piece of scanning magical equipment. After confirming that there were no crystal cameras or eavesdropping magical equipment and establishing his own soundproof and alarm system, he was finally reassured. He retrieved guns, sabers, swords, and a special helmet that could amplify brainwaves from his Cosmos Ring. The helmet was exactly a replica of the "super brainwave magnifier" of the Nepenthe believers deep below the ground of the capital. It could expand the range of Li Yao's techniques such as remote manipulation, telepathy, and private telepathy by more than five times.
Of course, Li Yao did not hesitate to swallow almost ten doses of the strengthening drugs that the old man offered. He stimulated his brain cells to the maximum after reading the instructions.
"Brother Yao —"
Li Jialing asked, "Then, what am I going to do?"
"Read the files first. It will be best if you can remember all the assassination cases by heart."
Li Yao tossed a jade chip over. "It's all about the four major assassin organizations at the periphery of the Imperium, especially the leaders of the four organizations, who are known as the 'Four Kings' in the circle of assassins. I hope that you can find out their patterns of action, their styles of assassination, and even … find the four most dangerous bandits around us."
For the selfish Immortal Cultivators who preyed on the weak, their enemies were too many to count, and killing was nothing out of the ordinary. Nobody could avoid occasionally making money as an assassin or hiring an assassin to work for them. It was a very basic and rigid demand.
However, the traditional assassin industry was faced with serious problems of communication, fraud, and trust between the employers and the assassins.
How to find a suitable assassin, how to trust the strength and promises of the assassin, how to ensure that the assassin would not use this matter to blackmail others … There were many problems that were almost impossible to solve, and they became the innate defects that hindered the development of this industry.
A good employer could not find a good assassin, and a good assassin could not find a good employer. Most critically of all, the crystal coins of the Imperium would certainly leave traces behind. The assassins of the Imperium had been deeply troubled by such problems more than a hundred years ago.
The birth and rise of the free coin, which was almost tailor-made for the black domain, stimulated the evolution of the assassins of the Imperium. They got rid of the traditional, inefficient, and outdated mechanisms of middlemen, brokers, and old assassin gangs. All kinds of convenient and clandestine platforms for assassins popped up one after another, such as "Every Day Kill", "Thumb Kill", "Lightning Kill", "Kill Me", and so on.
In the end, "Every Day Kill", which had the support of technology and credibility from the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, stood out and became the largest, most convenient, and most credible platform for assassins in the entire Imperium.
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