Towards Eternity
Ch 586's. Search

Next day. During the day in Tiesha City, Weng Lou walks alone among the bustling city streets by passersby as well as those who trade by the side of the road.

The voice of the person who was bargaining could be heard anywhere, making Weng Lou think of White Star City. The small town was not as big and crowded as Tiesha City, but the atmosphere was exactly the same as in his memories.

"Alright, first I have to find a place to sell mineral ingredients. From the information I got, it should be that many shops like that are found in Tiesha City and it is difficult to say which ones have good prices with guaranteed quality. Ah, then I'll browse through every one of the shops in this town, instead of relying on people's talk, better see for myself."

Weng Lou's footsteps led him to a corner of the city, which was at the front gate to the pier. He walked out of the city after exposing his Identity Tablet to the guards, then went to the market on the dock.

Although in Tiesha City there are many people who sell, but in this pier is also not less. The immigrant people used the dock as a place to sell because the area in Tiesha City was already too crowded and crowded. It would be difficult for them to compete with the shopkeepers staying within the city. It is easier to open stalls on a small scale in the dock market.

The buyers can see directly the goods sold by the merchant, and can easily bargain with the buyer. You could say both are beneficial to both sides.

The Lin Family also earned money from taxes placed at the standing market location, making everything a profit. There's just one serious problem. Because this market is not in the city, security is very minimal and often there are crimes such as theft and fighting fellow immigrants.

"Hey young man, what are you looking for?" A merchant sitting in his tent looked at Weng Lou who was looking at the items he had rented in front of the tent.

They were all precious rare metals and were mostly martial weapon manufacturing materials. The merchant also had a muscular stocky body, likely he was a blacksmith.

"I need black metal or something like that, but it seems like you only have it in small quantities," Weng Lou replied as he pointed at some black metal and arranged close together.

The merchant's eyebrows shot up. Black metal is a term for several different types of metals that have a composition and contain dark energy. It is usually made to be a weapon with the curse of evil spirits in it. It's pretty strange to hear a kid like Weng Lou want that kind of metal.

"If you want to make a weapon, the metals there should be more than enough. What do you want to do? Even a cannon should still be made with all the dark metal in it."

Weng Lou quickly shook his head. "No, I need it for additional reinforcing materials at the bottom of the ship. I heard the darkness metal is effective enough to repel some of the sea beasts that live on the surface of the sea."

This time the merchant's facial expression changed listening to Weng Lou's explanation before he finally laughed out loud and became the center of attention of the merchants and people who were walking around.

He rubbed his face then looked at Weng Lou with an interested look. "I don't know who suggested you buy these metals, but it looks like you've been fooled. Dark metal is effective at repelling certain types of sea beasts, but at the same time it also attracts the attention of the sea beasts who live in the dark interior of the ocean."

"They love the darkness, and absorb the dark energy to strengthen themselves. Putting the darkness metal under the ship would only make his ship overturn because it was hit by a sea savage beast like them. I'd rather you use an oceanic savage beast with a power strong enough to escape from an oceanic savage beast with power in the realm of Soul Unification," he explained to Weng Lou.

Weng Lou blinked. This merchant had incredible knowledge and was unthinkable to him. It is appropriate that the average merchant ship uses sea beasts to frighten other sea beasts, not to use metal that contains elements of darkness.

"But the sea beasts won't be able to travel for a whole month, am I right?"Weng Lou asked after thinking for a moment.

The merchant sneered and shook his head at Weng Lou.

"What kind of fool would sail an entire month at sea? At least they had to dock inland once a month or else the beasts and crew would die from exhaustion! If you really want to travel far, just use the big screens, they will be more useful in the vast ocean! There you go, I thought I was talking to a smart kid. Ckck!"

Hearing the merchant's remark, Weng Lou could only smile bitterly. He had not been on a cruise for an entire month either, so he did not know anything. But this merchant in front of him was truly insightful, far more knowledgeable than all the merchants he had visited so far in Tiesha City.

"Hey Uncle, you're like a very experienced sailor, how long have you been sailing the seas?"

"Hm? Me? For about thirty years, I was already a sailor on the free seas when I was only 6 years old. Although not a Martial Practitioner, but I know very well about the ocean. How the weather is, whether it's going to be a storm, strange anomalies that often occur, I know everything. Now go, you're blocking people who want to buy at my place." The merchant swung his hand, driving out Weng Lou like he was a cat.

"Ah, how can you kick your prospective buyers out like this?" weng Lou protested while in a playful tone.

"Buyer what? You just ask without buying anything, you bad boy!"

Weng Lou immediately ran away when the merchant was about to throw himself with a lump of metal. The merchant shook his head in astonishment at Weng Lou who had left, somehow a child like him came to him.

"Yes, when in fact there is no other buyer anyway.but if I don't expel him, other traders will even think I have no work at all." Sighing his breath, the merchant placed the metal back in his hand and sat quietly in his tent.

Meanwhile, Weng Lou who had previously run small, started walking normally after leaving the merchant tent earlier. He began to visit one by one the merchants in the place and inquired about the materials he needed.

It took him three hours just to ask him everything he needed at the pier market and he managed to get a general price range of the materials he needed to strengthen his steamship. Now, he just surveyed the price inside Tiesha City and decided where to go back.

If this item he bought was in small quantities, he might be willing to do troublesome work like this. But having to buy in large quantities, a little difference in price then it will make everything fall apart.

Weng Lou might have a tremendous fortune after obtaining the Ryuan Chizi treasure and also the gifts from the Jade Bamboo Sect and some other groups. But keep in mind, prices in Tiesha City are very much different from prices on Fenshu Island, Huwa Islands, or even Black Sand Island.

If an ordinary meat bakpao on Black Sand Island cost 10 bronze coins, then in Tiesha Town the price could reach 1 silver coin or even more. The value of the currency here was very low, to the point that a dull suit would be valued at a hundred bronze coins.

"Ck! At least I would need a lot of money just to strengthen the bottom of the ship, not to mention the deck, cabin, and also the engine of the ship. Ah, goddamn. I think I should think of a way to make money later. But before that, I have to finish this."

Without any problems occurring, Weng Lou returned to Tiesha City and began to inspect every shop that sold materials. He only needed to check ten stores, before then knowing that indeed the prices in each store in the city varied greatly and he would not be able to decide where to buy if not check everything.

"Haaah.this will be exhausting."

The area of Tiesha City was arguably dozens of times larger than White Star City. Just surrounding the outside of the city alone would already make one feel exhausted, let alone having to travel around all corners of the city.

Regardless of the scorching sun in the sky, Weng Lou walked to one store to another. He did all this to save his money. Making money in a big city like Tiesha City must be quite troublesome, he thought.

***

The Lin Family in Mainland had something in common with the Lin Family in Black Sand Island, they were both families who inherited the Bloodline Strength of a Phoenix's descendants.

The positions of the members of the Lin Family family were set based on the purity of the Phoenix bloodline flowing within their bodies. The purer the bloodline, the higher the rank or position it has.

However, strangely the female of the Lin Family had a Phoenix bloodline that was purer than her average male. In the nuclear family that did have a much purer bloodline than the outer family was also true of this, so the leader of the Lin Family was a female

The fate of the men in the Lin Family was arguably quite miserable as they were the ones who had to do all the family work, whereas the women were prioritized to only purify their Phoenix bloodline as well as increase the level of their practice.

This fate was also experienced by Lin Bei, a young man from the Lin Family who was actually part of an inner family. Just because he was male, he was always ordered to go do the family work he carried, the leader of the Pursuit Force who was the special forces of the Lin Family.

He is currently assigned to Tiesha City to search for the traces of a traitor in their family. According to the information he got, this traitor took away a precious object belonging to their family that had been passed down for generations by their ancestors until now.

There was a possibility that the traitor was about to escape aboard the ship at the docks of Tiesha City, but until now Lin Bei and his all-male group members had found nothing regarding the signs of the traitor.

"It's possible he's managed to escape aboard a ship, Captain. Information about him that we got from our spies, he was in this town four days ago. A lot can happen and four days, it's impossible he'll stay in this town until we come and get him." A man dressed in a dark reddish-colored leather outfit spoke respectfully to the figure of the young man before him.

Lin Bei gritted his teeth. The Elders of his family would definitely scold him for this if indeed the traitor had run away before they could come to this city.

*Shelf!* He kicked hard at the dock barrier made of very hard rock. The barrier was instantly smashed into pieces, and the chunks fell into the sea. The workers who were around immediately shunned them, fearing that those who became the subject of further wrath.

Sighs. Lin Bei stared for a moment at the members of his army who were standing gallantly behind him.

"Let's go back to the city, this mission is no longer part of our duty. I'll tell the Elders' representatives in the city, you rest, I'm in charge" Lin Bei told them all.

Although he was still twenty years old and was the youngest of all the members of the Pursuit Army, Lin Bei was the best leader that the army had ever had. At his very young age, he had the strength to stand firm, and had a high sense of responsibility towards his troops.

This made all of its members like him a lot and respect him more than the Elders in their family.

"Come, let's go! What are you waiting for?! You fucking shit, go find an inn! I'll hang you upside down if we have to sleep at the bar tonight!"

Seeing the members of his army who were like they were about to cry, made Lin Bei become annoyed and he yelled at them all. Finally they left immediately, while Lin Bei was still standing on the edge of the pier staring at the blue sea and the birds were catching fish.

"Haaah, that traitor, he put me in serious trouble" said Lin Bei before entering the city.

An hour later, at the same location on the pier. Lin Bei returned, and with a face that looked flat with no expression.

He took a deep breath, then loudly shouted into the sea. The birds perched on the ship immediately flew in shock, the workers and even the visitors who had just stepped off the ship to jump in shock at his screams.

"YES!!!!! YOU FUCKING FAMILY!!!! DAMNED WOMEN!!!!! WHY AM I THE ONE YOU BLAME???!!!!! WHY?!!! IF YOU GUYS TAKE GOOD CARE OF THE TREASURE, HOW COULD IT POSSIBLY BE STOLEN!!!! !!JANGAAANN!!!! YOU GUYS EVEN GAVE ME PUNISHMENT, WHEN YOU GUYS WERE WRONG, WHAT THE FUCK?! JUST DIE YOU ALL!!!!"

Lin Bei threw away all his pity for about five minutes, until he finally stopped shouting and stared towards the sky. The sky was dark and gray due to the hot volcanic ash from the mountain near the city. Often the mountain erupted on a small scale and spewed volcanic ash as it is today.

After spending another few minutes staring at the sky, Lin Bei once again walked into the city.

But this time he would not return to the place of his troops, but rather go to a place that could be a place where he released his anger to his fullest. He knew what a very suitable place for it.

Battle Arena.