bestfiction Chapter 429
Chapter 429
Zhong Ming and the vendor both swallowed hard.
These are top-grade spirit stones! They are the most valuable spirit stones among ordinary currencies, and even Golden Core cultivators would have to take notice.
Many people have a thousand military merit points, but who would exchange all that wealth for a single top-grade spirit stone?
He would go out shopping as usual, buying straw sandals and bamboo canes, while carrying a large gold ingot in his pocket.
That's how they always are; their family must be incredibly wealthy.
Zhong Ming silently offered two mid-grade spirit stones and some miscellaneous tea money to the other party.
"I want 'Divine Weapon Master'."
"Alright, you're very generous, sir."
Zhong Ming clutched his chest, unable to bear the word "guest" now, as it filled his mind with nothing but the cacophony of women's voices.
The other party acted quickly, and the item was brought over in just the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
The two men positioned themselves one in front and one behind, forming a pincer movement.
"May I ask which hero you are?"
"Hey, you guys from the Flame Wolf Army over there, what's up, coming to visit?"
“No wonder people from the military are so arrogant.”
"Just do whatever it takes to stay alive, what else can I do? Spend money when you have it, borrow money when you don't. You never know when you might die. Anyway, the creditors better protect me, otherwise they'll be the ones who suffer when I die."
Zhong Ming stood up, took the jade slip, tucked it into his sleeve, and prepared to leave.
"Fellow Daoist, please wait."
"Anything else?"
The man paused, abandoned a certain idea, and said instead, "We live in this teahouse. If you need anything in the future, you can come here to find me. If we become acquainted, I can give you some discounts."
Zhong Ming laughed heartily, waved his hand, and pushed Miss Yao away.
The two people left at the table slowly sipped their tea, exchanged a glance, and the errand boy spoke first: "Shall we follow them and see?"
“Those of us in this line of work should avoid double-crossing.” That’s what he said, but he didn’t slow down at all. “However, gathering intelligence is a matter of course. Let the gangs handle the double-crossing.”
It's not easy to steal back what's been sold, especially things like jade slips. The other party can just rest there for a while, study them for a bit, and the jade slip is gone.
However, a wealthy person who can casually pull out a top-grade spirit stone certainly has more than just these treasures on them.
They followed for a while, and only stopped when they saw that Zhong Mingzhen was heading to the military camp.
That's a tough one, let's retreat.
......
Zhong Ming arrived at the entrance of the military camp, then suddenly turned and headed in the other direction.
He needs to contact Fang Qianqian first, but she probably won't be available for a while. He doesn't know if his sister will be willing to punish him, but he'll definitely be punished with solitary confinement for quite a while.
After circling around in place for a while, even Miss Yao began to suspect that Zhong Ming had lied to her and that he was not actually a soldier of the Flame Wolf Army.
"Wait, wait for Fang Qianqian's message."
"What if we can't wait?" This was the first thing she said after leaving Feiyunfang, which showed just how frustrated she was.
"You sit here and I push you, I'm not in a hurry, why are you?" Zhong Ming yawned, he was getting a little impatient.
"No, I feel terrible right now."
"What's wrong?" Zhong Ming asked anxiously. 'Could it be that you accidentally inhaled some moisture in that brothel?' he thought to himself, and quickly asked, "Inhaled pinkish moisture?"
"No, my chest feels tight, and I'm having some difficulty breathing."
Zhong Ming: ......
Thankfully, the armor you're wearing is mine. If you were wearing Instructor Xueyan's armor, she would probably be furious by now.
"Just bear with it."
Despite saying that, he still pushed her around and led her to find an inn to stay in.
At this moment, the one suffering the most in the camp is not Fang Qianqian, but the camp commander.
"Look at this! You sent my brother to follow that scoundrel, and look what he's become! He's been spending two months in a brothel, and all the little bit of money I've earned has been fed to other prostitutes. Is this what you call a promising young man?"
The battalion commander remained silent, only continuing to consume the pills.
“I’m telling you now, immediately transfer my brother away from that damn guard unit and put him in your guard unit. I won’t allow him to go anywhere else.”
The battalion commander took out a jade bottle from his storage bag. It was dark red all over, and even without the infusion of spiritual power, one could clearly see the rotating restrictions and the glowing spiritual patterns on it.
She swallowed back the harsh words that were on the tip of her tongue, saying, "I'm just thinking about his future."
The battalion commander glanced at her, then took out a green bottle of pills.
"Then strict supervision is necessary to prevent such incidents from happening again."
The battalion commander breathed a sigh of relief when he heard her finally relent and said, "I'll have the engineering team build them new accommodations, keeping them far apart. I'll also issue an order for Fang Qianqian to take on some part-time position, requiring her to report when she goes out and to consult with another department to make the decision. That way, at least we'll have time to react."
"That's good."
......
Ten days later, Zhong Ming and Miss Yao moved into their new base, a standard courtyard house. However, the real important areas were underground, and the upper floors were merely used for disguise, with very few restrictions.
When Zhong Ming arrived, Zhang Youcai had already cleaned all the rooms spotlessly, which made Zhong Ming frown.
“Youcai, I still have to remind you, you don’t need to worry about doing odd jobs. You should focus on cultivating diligently. Once you reach a higher level, everything will come to you.”
"I will obey the captain's orders."
"I'm going into seclusion for a while. You can continue your cultivation on your own."
Zhang Youcai was about to discuss cultivation with Zhong Ming when Zhong Ming's words dampened his enthusiasm. He had already opened his mouth, so he quickly changed the subject, "Captain, are you about to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage?"
"It's still early. I'm going to cultivate a new technique."
Zhong Ming pushed the wheelchair and the motionless gray-white scale armor inside. After taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped, pointed at the scale armor, and said, "I'm going to cultivate a puppet technique. Then this scale armor can fight like a paper clone!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Youcai bowed respectfully and said, "I wish the captain a speedy success."
Zhong Ming nodded in satisfaction and pushed Miss Yao into the underground seclusion room.
Close the door, lock it, apply the restriction, activate the array plate, and then set up another array plate yourself.
He then relaxed and pushed the wheelchair forward.
"Come down, you're safe now."
She slowly stood up and said unhurriedly, "Are you sure you've eliminated everyone's spies?"
Zhong Ming took out the late spring cold weather; today was another day for sharpening the sickle.