Chapter 100.2: Dao Shi’er Reappears in Jianghu; the Saber Slashed and Split in Two! (II)

Before long, Lu Changsheng slipped out of the Four Seas Gang.

Huuuuu…

When he reached the street, a light breeze brushed against him. It was pleasantly cool. However, he could not be certain whether it was merely a misperception, as he could feel many gazes on him. No one could tell how many martial artists lay hidden beneath the cover of Zhanhai City’s nightscape.

All of this for the Alum Core Ore? How lively.

Lu Changsheng felt a chill in his heart. He could even guess that countless experts were hidden along the roads leading to the Shangyuan Daoist Court. Anyone who dared to carry Alum Core Ore and head there would likely be ambushed before they could arrive.

However, Lu Changsheng was disguised as Dao Shi’er. He radiated a cold and sharp aura, warning people to stay away. At a glance, he was not someone to provoke. Naturally, he encountered no trouble as he arrived at the Far Ocean Merchant Association.

The Far Ocean Merchant Association appeared to be under tight security because of the Alum Core Ore. Lu Changsheng directly produced his Esteemed Guest token and was immediately ushered inside.

“Is Lady Sophie still here in the city?” Lu Changsheng asked.

“Lady Sophie is still here. Do you wish to meet her?”

“Yes. Tell her that an old acquaintance, Dao Shi’er, is here.”

Someone from the Far Ocean Merchant Association went to report it. Not long after, Sophie hurried over and arrived before Lu Changsheng.

Sophie looked very excited as she said, “Mr. Dao, it’s really you! I went looking for you some time ago, but unfortunately, I could not find you.”

Lu Changsheng bluntly replied, “Lady Sophie, I wasn’t in Zhanhai City back then, and I just returned. I heard that someone from the Far Ocean Merchant Association brought back Alum Core Ore. What exactly happened? You should know the details quite clearly, right?”

Sophie let out a long sigh and said, “Of course, I know. How could I not? Many people of the Far Ocean Merchant Association have already died because of it. Those martial artists from the the jianghu often come to ask about it.

“If they are even slightly dissatisfied, they kill without hesitation. Our Far Ocean Merchant Association has at most Organ Refinement martial artists and no Divine Strength martial artists to oversee things, making those martial artists feel like they can go wild.”

Sophie recounted the entire sequence of events in detail. It turned out that the foreign merchant carrying Alum Core Ore had indeed arrived in Zhanhai City aboard a ship of the Far Ocean Merchant Association, but the merchant himself remained unaware of the Alum Core Ore’s value.

After it was accidentally discovered, the foreign merchant was killed, and the Alum Core Ore was snatched away. The matter was that simple.

What followed actually had nothing to do with the Far Ocean Merchant Association, as those fighting throughout Zhanhai City were martial artists or members of the forces in the jianghu.

However, martial artists had been visiting the association to either threaten or extort them. In short, they had been stirring up trouble here, which left Sophie exhausted. In fact, the association even suffered quite a few casualties.

Lu Changsheng nodded slightly. It appeared that Sophie didn’t know much about Alum Core Ore itself.

Lu Changsheng asked again. “By the way, Lady Sophie, do you know anything about Immortal Master Shangyuan?”

“Immortal Master Shangyuan? Of course, I know something about him. It is said that his methods are unfathomable. Even Divine Strength martial artists dare not act arrogantly before him. In my homeland, there are people similar to him, but we call them Sacred Ones.

“Every sacred one is an important figure, and their numbers are extremely small. It’s said that becoming such a figure requires a very rare innate talent. That kind of talent appears only once in ten thousand years,” Sophie said with a very serious expression.

“Sacred Ones? A talent that appears once in ten thousand years…”

A sharp glint flashed through Lu Changsheng’s eyes. Regardless of whether they were immortal masters or sacred ones, they seemed to be the same kind of people. Both required innate talent and were extremely rare.

“AHHHHHHH…”

Suddenly, a commotion echoed from outside. Sophie’s expression changed, as she had already guessed what had happened from the noises. “Guards, hurry up and move! More people have arrived here. Wait, they actually killed someone?

“They’re here again. Ughhh… Our Far Ocean Merchant Association has long clarified that the matter concerning the Alum Core Ore has nothing to do with us. Why are they still coming here? They even kill at the slightest provocation. This is truly too much…”

Sophie’s face looked flushed red with anger.

“Let us go out and take a look,” said Lu Changsheng. He had finished asking his questions, so he decided to go out and see for himself. If he could help, he would lend a hand. After all, he had asked Sophie many questions.

“Ah? Thank you, Mr. Dao.”

Sophie understood the implication in his words, and she immediately smiled. With that, the two of them walked out of the room.

Outside the Far Ocean Merchant Association, several black-clad and masked martial artists were surrounded by a group of guards. However, those black-clad martial artists showed not the slightest concern. In stark contrast, the guards looked extremely tense and nervous. Several corpses of the guards were strewn across the ground.

“Hehe, I didn’t expect these foreign merchants to be so weak. They crossed the seas to do business, yet they never thought to hire a few real experts as guards?”

“I heard these foreign merchants were boasting some time ago about someone called Mr. Dao. He’s apparently a Divine Strength martial artist with formidable strength. Where is that Mr. Dao now, though?”

“Dao Shi’er? I’ve heard of him as well. People from the Far Ocean Merchant Association talk about him as if he truly exists. Many martial artists were cautious and dared not cause trouble there, afraid that Dao Shi’er might be real.

“The Far Ocean Merchant Association is being worn down by wave after wave of martial artists, so how come Dao Shi’er is still missing?”

“The Far Ocean Merchant Association must have been putting up a false front. How could someone like Dao Shi’er exist?”

“As for the Alum Core Ore, we never had a chance. Those Divine Strength martial artists will fight over it with everything they have. What chance would we have? Still, this Far Ocean Merchant Association is worth squeezing for a good profit.”

These martial artists weren’t here to inquire about Alum Core Ore at all. They were simply taking advantage of the chaos to extort the Far Ocean Merchant Association.

After all, the association had no powerful martial artists at the moment. Even if there were Organ Refinement martial artists, they weren’t afraid at all. They were all Organ Refinement martial artists as well, and a few of them were even at the peak of the stage.

Just then, Lu Changsheng and Sophie arrived outside the association. When Sophie saw those martial artists, she immediately felt angry and shouted, “The Alum Core Ore is not in our association! We’ve already explained that! Why are you refusing to let this matter rest?”

These martial artists could not be bothered to waste any more words and spoke bluntly.

“Heh, it turns out that a foreign hag is in charge. No wonder the association has fallen to this state. Whether the Alum Core Ore has anything to do with your association is not for you to decide. We will have to investigate it ourselves.”

“Now, are you going to step aside on your own and let us enter the association, or are we going to kill our way in?”

“You all…”

Sophie was so furious that she was trembling like an aspen tree. These people were clearly unreasonable, but she had no means to deal with them other than talking to them reasonably.

“Sophie, doing business in Zhanhai City already means stepping into the jianghu. I told you that last time as well. In the jianghu, one can speak of reason only if one holds a saber in hand,” Lu Changsheng said calmly.

CLANG!

The saber in Lu Changsheng’s hand was unsheathed, and a streak of blood-colored saber light swept across several zhang. There was no flourish in the strike; it was only a plain and direct slash.

However, several Organ Refinement martial artists felt as though they were facing a strong wave. In their vision, it was as if the attack wasn’t just a single arc of saber light, but a surging tidal wave sweeping toward them. To make matters even worse, they all froze in place.

“Aaaah!” several of them roared in alarm, but it was useless.

Splurtttt.

The blood-colored saber light pierced them. From a single slash, it split into several arcs of saber light upon reaching them. The terrifying force cut them cleanly in half, and the attack was done across several zhang of distance. With the help of blood qi, a horrifying strike was made.

Silence!

The surroundings of the Far Ocean Merchant Association fell completely silent!

Lu Changsheng sheathed his saber and looked around. Without question, countless prying eyes had been watching the Far Ocean Merchant Association. At this moment, however, those gazes vanished one after another; none of them dared to stay any longer.

How absurd. Was that an attack that an ordinary martial artist could unleash? That was a Divine Strength martial artist! To kill several Organ Refinement martial artists with a single saber strike from several zhang away was simply unimaginable, unless one were a Divine Strength martial artist.

In truth, even among Divine Strength martial artists, those capable of doing such a thing would be extremely powerful. Why would they dare to continue spying on the association?

Clearly, they no longer had any doubts about the association’s earlier claims. The attacker had to be Dao Shi’er! He had to be the Divine Strength martial artist that the association had publicized.

“Dao Shi’er has reappeared in the jianghu. With one saber, he slew several Organ Refinement martial artists. He is confirmed to be a Divine Strength martial artist, and he must not be provoked.”

“The Far Ocean Merchant Association has Dao Shi’er. Withdraw and do not provoke the association…”

The news of Dao Shi’er’s reappearance in the jianghu spread rapidly throughout the night.

Sophie was thrilled and excited. “Mr. Dao, we truly troubled you again this time…”

“It’s fine. The Far Ocean Merchant Association should not face any major trouble now. Farewell, Lady Sophie,” Lu Changsheng said. He did not linger any longer and swiftly disappeared into the night.

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