"I'm not sure. Master called all the big and small merchants to come to the manor yesterday. I heard them talking before they left, asking for everyone's help to find it. I don't know what it is, for them to use so many connections. "
Little Eight sighed with a smile.
Lu Sheng listened, but did not say anything. His expression was a little gloomy.
He walked in through the main door, asking as he walked.
"Did anything strange happen recently?"
"Eh … Young Master, although Little Eight is well-informed, how can strange things happen every day?" Little Eight shrugged helplessly.
"As for the Goldfish Restaurant that you often go to, I heard that there was a big fire last night and half of the street around it was burnt down. Last night, we could see the fire clearly even though we were so far away. Tsk tsk … "
"Big fire …"
Lu Sheng's heart sank. He had a faint guess.
"Are you talking about the street that usually sells cosmetic powder?"
"Isn't it, it's there!" Little Eight nodded fiercely. "I heard that many people died. Many of them were adults and children, their entire families were gone. How tragic … I don't know which immoral person started the fire! "
Big fire …
Lu Sheng did not say anything else.
He buried this matter deep in his heart, not thinking about it.
The Black Meeting arranged for the night three days later, in a cellar outside the city.
In these three days, Lu Sheng rested and ate as usual. He could clearly feel that his body had become stronger. It seemed that the Black Tiger Saber modified by the Modifier had also improved his physique.
In these three days, he went to the street near the Goldfish Restaurant again. As expected, it was a charred area. Many people were still busy rebuilding houses.
Lu Sheng walked along the road he had walked before, and found that it was exactly the same as the other day.
Even the dead end was exactly the same.
He had a rough idea, but he did not panic.
Since there were water ghosts in this world, there would naturally be other things too.
In these three days, he had originally planned to modify the Broken Jade Force Beginner's Manual.
But when he thought of the Black Meeting, he restrained himself, lest he vomited blood and got seriously injured after modifying his body. If that happened, he would miss the opportunity.
Time passed quickly.
In the blink of an eye, it was the appointed day.
Around seven or eight o 'clock in the evening.
Lu Sheng changed into a set of black clothes and put on a tiger mask. This was a child's mask that he had bought on the street. It was very crude.
The Zheng Family's horse carriage was already parked at the entrance of the Lu Manor.
He hurriedly boarded the carriage and saw Zheng Xiangui sitting in the carriage, holding a braised chicken drumstick with both hands and munching on it.
This fatty was also dressed in black, but whether he was wearing it or not, everyone could tell from his exaggerated physique that this fellow was the host of the Black Meeting, Young Master Fang.
"I'm here, I'm waiting for you. Brother Sheng, get in the car. "
The two of them sat down, and the carriage began to move.
Along the way, Zheng Xiangui kept reminding Lu Sheng what he should do and what he shouldn't do after entering.
There were a lot of messy things to take note of.
Lu Sheng also remembered them one by one.
Soon, they were out of the city. They followed the main road and turned into a small road. After walking for quite a distance along the small road, they reached the outskirts.
After driving for a while in the outskirts, the carriage entered a deserted little village and stopped in front of a stone house in the middle of the village.
"This is it," Zheng Xiangui jumped down from the carriage. The black-robed man guarding the door of the stone house came forward and bowed to him.
"Is everyone here?"
"Yes, they're already displaying the first item for sale."
Zheng Xiangui nodded and hurriedly urged.
"Let's hurry down. It's already begun."
He pulled Lu Sheng into the stone house. In the middle of the stone house, a wooden door was opened. Inside was a staircase that led underground.
Lu Sheng followed Zheng Xiangui and two guards down the stairs. Below them was a relatively large karst cave.
The karst cave was still rather presentable.
There was a large hall in the middle. Surrounding the stone walls were a circle of rooms, which looked like small bags hanging on the wall.
There were some people sitting sparsely in the hall. There were no candles in the surrounding small bags. Clearly, they were not in use.
"This place has quite a grand layout," Lu Sheng sighed.
"Hehe, we discovered this place by accident," Fatty said with a smile. He led Lu Sheng in from the back of the hall and walked towards the first row of seats.
There were only about ten people participating in the entire Black Meeting. All of them were scattered around the seats at the front of the hall.
On the stage stood a tall, skinny man with his face covered. He was loudly introducing the information of the item for sale.
Two dwarves stood beside him. They were both wearing red and green flowery clothes. They were carrying a copper plate with a rusty short sword in their hands.
"An ancient short sword from Ju Rong Nation. It's highly likely to be a sharp blade forged by the ancient Duan Fengzi. There are ancient Ju Rong characters carved on it. Even if it's … Sigh! Customer number four bids a thousand taels! Are there any higher bids? Are there any higher bids?! "
The man on the stage shouted loudly with an extremely passionate look on his face.
Lu Sheng and Zheng Xiangui sat on the seats on the left.
The seats here seemed to be made of white stones. It was cold to sit on them, and there was not much of a human presence.
Fatty, who was sitting right beside him, leaned over and whispered.
"The item you want is the fifth item. It's the second last item."
Lu Sheng nodded and did not say anything.
The short sword on the stage looked like it had just been dug out from the ground. It was probably obtained by grave robbers.
There were still many people bidding. In just a short while, the price of the short sword had risen to one thousand eight hundred taels.
Lu Sheng's heart jumped when he heard that. This was equivalent to nearly double his monthly allowance.
He did not go to the stage to bid again. Instead, he focused his attention on the surrounding guests who were bidding.
Most of the guests at the Black Meeting were armed. There were both long and short weapons.
Most of them were dressed in black. However, there were exceptions.
Among the ten or so guests, there were three who did not bother to disguise themselves.
One was a red-haired burly man with a large sword on his back. He wore yellow leather armor.
The other was a skinny young man with a protruding mouth and monkey cheeks. He was short and skinny. Two black leather pouches were tied around his waist. The pouches were bulging with unknown contents.
The third one was also the most eye-catching one.
Or rather, it was a pair of two people.
There was a man and a woman.
The man seemed to be a guard. He wore a silver robe and had a long sword at his waist. His expression was indifferent. Only when he looked at the woman would his face reveal a hint of gentleness.
The woman wore a black dress. It was different from the long dresses of the ancient women.
The tight dress she wore was similar to the skirts on Earth.
From top to bottom, she only wore a tight dress. The bottom of the dress could barely cover her buttocks.
If she raised her leg slightly, one could clearly see the area between her legs.
The woman was dressed sexily. She had long legs and a thin waist. The pair of white weapons in front of her breasts stretched out her dress. It was as if the clothes in front of her chest would burst at any time.
Lu Sheng could not help but look at the woman's face again.
The bridge of her nose was high. Her eyes were soft and charming. It was as if they were glistening with water. It felt like she was smiling at any time.
Her long hair fell over her shoulders. It was smooth and black, so bright that it faintly reflected the light.
"This is much better than any Photoshop makeup technology."
Lu Sheng praised in his heart.
One look and one could tell that this woman was someone with a background. She was so beautiful, and yet she dared to show her face so casually at a Black Meeting. Only someone who was extremely confident in their own abilities would dare to do so.
"That's Duanmu Wan," seeing that Lu Sheng had noticed the woman, Fatty hurriedly leaned in and introduced her in a low voice.
"But I don't recommend you have any ideas about her. She's very fierce!"
"Fierce? How so? "
Lu Sheng's curiosity was aroused. It wasn't that he had any ulterior motives. It was just that the other party was too conspicuous. That was why he took a few more glances.
Fatty smiled and glanced at the second auction item on the stage.
"Duanmu Wan came to Nine Links City two months ago. I heard that she came with a team from the Chamber of Commerce. Master and servant joined the Chamber of Commerce alone and traveled such a long distance. That's not simple in itself. "
"Indeed," Lu Sheng nodded.
"Moreover, because this woman was born beautiful, she started womanizing the moment she arrived in Nine Links City. Quite a few handsome young masters were seduced by her. Guess what happened in the end?" Fatty shook his head and sighed.
"What happened?"
Lu Sheng's curiosity was piqued as he asked.
"A bunch of young masters, all of them bewitched and disoriented. In the end, they gathered together to duel and brawl. Many of them were seriously injured, and a few even died," Fatty clicked his tongue.
"Even so, the heavily injured and crippled ones still remembered this woman's kindness. But in the blink of an eye, they forgot all about her. "
"…" Lu Sheng narrowed his eyes, a chill running down his spine. He had heard of this before, but he had not expected it to be because of this woman. Those people were crippled and still remembered her. This was no longer something that could be explained by beauty.
In that instant, he labeled this woman called Duanmu Wan as extremely dangerous.
A woman who could fool around with so many people either had extremely high emotional intelligence or had some special tricks up her sleeve. It was best to stay as far away from such a character as possible.
He focused his attention on the auction on the stage.
At this time, it was already the turn of the fourth item.
It was a brass-colored half-body leather armor.
"This leather armor is called the Ice Wolf Armor. It's made from the combined tanning of nineteen white wolves of the White Grass Ice Plains. After the nineteen layers of leather are tanned, it's only as thin as a copper coin. Its resistance to blunt weapons and swords far exceeds that of ordinary leather armor. It's almost equivalent to wearing an extra set of chain mail. "
The man in black loudly introduced the leather armor.
"The starting price is two hundred taels!"
The people below did not move.
The auctioneer did not mind. He began to let a dwarf open the leather armor while he pulled out a short sword and stabbed the edge of the leather armor.
"Thud."
With a muffled sound, the short sword slid away. There was actually only a small scratch on the leather armor.
"Three hundred taels!"
Seeing this, someone immediately called out a bid.
"Four hundred taels!"
"Six hundred taels!"
The bids on the stage were each higher than the last. When Lu Sheng saw this leather armor, he was a little tempted. This kind of leather armor was light and dexterous. It was easier to move around than metal armor and would not affect one's movements. If its defense was really as good as it was introduced, then it was indeed a good item.
He wanted to call out a bid, but seeing that the price was quickly approaching a thousand taels, he could only resist and give up. His true goal was still the secret manual below.
He could not lose the big picture for the small.
The leather armor was finally bought by the red-haired burly man with a blade on his back.
Immediately after, it was the second last item.
An inner force secret manual.
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