C7 The Person Behind Him

The price of the three blades Zhang Ping had just looked at was getting higher and higher.

Among them, the Nine Ring Ghost Axe was priced at 500,000 Pearl Coins!

The Ghost Scythe was priced at 600,000.

The last one, the Cold Mother, was priced at 2,000,000.

The difference between the rich and the poor in Pearl City was extremely huge. Zhang Ping did not know how much the income of the Awakened was.

However, according to his investigations over the past few days, the annual salary of the ordinary peasants in Pearl City was about 3,000 Pearl Coins. In other words, if one wanted to buy the Cold Mother, one would have to eat and drink for more than 66 years.

It was so expensive.

Zhang Ping sighed in his heart. Although he knew that the super equipment would definitely not be cheap, he did not expect it to be so expensive.

"Grandpa, are there any cheaper weapons here?" Zhang Ping turned around and found that the cheapest weapon was worth more than 10,000 Pearl Coins. Thus, he walked in front of the old man and asked softly.

The old man took a puff of smoke. After about a minute and a half, he looked at Zhang Ping and said slowly, "What did you say?"

"Grandpa, I'm asking if there are any cheaper weapons here?" Zhang Ping could only ask again.

The old man looked at Zhang Ping. His reaction was as if he was half a beat slower. After a long while, he replied, "My son is waiting for me to eat."

"…"

Zhang Ping was speechless in his heart.

No wonder the customers in front of him left empty-handed.

At this moment, a middle-aged man hurriedly walked into the shop from outside.

He was around 30 years old. He was wearing a tattered camouflage uniform. He had a triangular body shape, and his arms were thicker than Zhang Ping's thighs. He also carried a rough and dark big sword on his back. One could tell at a glance that he was a veteran adventurer.

"I'm sorry, but this shop is temporarily not selling anything." He placed the weapon on his back in the corner and said to Zhang Ping.

When the old man saw the middle-aged man, he shouted unhappily, "Cocky Qiang, where did you bring Dashan to fool around? Where's Dashan?"

"Uncle Liu, why did you open the shop again? Didn't I tell you to wait at home? I'll find Dashan soon." The man called Cocky Qiang smiled bitterly.

The old man knocked Cocky Qiang's head with the long tobacco pipe and said in dissatisfaction, "You only know how to fool around all day. Hurry up and call Dashan home for dinner."

"Alright, Uncle Liu, I'll call Dashan home for dinner later. Let's close the shop and go upstairs first." Cocky Qiang agreed.

The old man knocked Cocky Qiang on the head again with the long tobacco pipe and said in dissatisfaction, "I'll just stay here. What if there are old customers coming to visit and you can't find me?"

"Alright, alright, we'll just stay here. We won't go anywhere." Cocky Qiang smiled bitterly.

He was an experienced adventurer. He had a four-man team. Over the past ten years, he had saved up quite a bit of money. Even if he didn't go on missions for a few months, it wouldn't affect his livelihood.

However, his teammates were all from the Moonlight Clan. Once they didn't go on missions, they would lose their source of income, and their lives would become a problem.

However, Uncle Liu was his closest relative. The two of them were like father and son!

Ever since his good brother Dashan disappeared, Uncle Liu's spirit was getting worse and worse. He was often in a daze, and he didn't feel at ease leaving Uncle Liu here alone.

At this moment, he noticed that Zhang Ping, who was about to leave, suddenly had a bright idea in his mind.

There was a big difference between a student and a person from the society.

Those who could enter the three major organizations would definitely not come here to buy weapons. Those who decided to become farmers would not come here either. Therefore, this student wanted to become an adventurer.

"Little brother, wait." He thought for a moment and called out to Zhang Ping.

Zhang Ping turned around and saw the Cocky Qiang walking over. He asked, "What is it?"

"Let's talk." Cocky Qiang revealed a fawning smile and said with a smile.

Zhang Ping hesitated for a moment. Seeing that Cocky Qiang did not seem to have any bad intentions, he nodded in agreement.

The two of them walked out of the shop. Cocky Qiang subconsciously took out a cigarette and handed it to Zhang Ping. Zhang Ping waved his hand to indicate that he did not smoke.

"Little brother, you should be graduating soon, right?" Cocky Qiang reacted and hung the cigarette by his ear.

Zhang Ping nodded and said, "Soon."

"I wonder what you think about blacksmiths?" Cocky Qiang asked after some consideration.

Zhang Ping thought of the slightly dumb old man and immediately understood Cocky Qiang's intention. He replied, "Better than being a farmer."

"Right, right, better than being a farmer." Cocky Qiang immediately nodded.

It was not that they looked down on farmers.

It was because the peasants in Pearl City were completely different from the peasants in Zhang Ping's previous life.

Although Zhang Ping and Su Jingyao had talked about farming when they were drunk, in fact, farmers were not just farmers. During the free time, there were still many additional jobs that they had to complete.

For example, Pearl City did not have a sewer, so they did not dare to have a sewer either.

Therefore, the daily excrement, waste, and other things needed to be dealt with by the farmers.

There were also road repairs, repairing the city walls, rearing poultry, and other work that required the help of the Awakened.

In Zhang Ping's opinion, the farmers in Pearl City were more like farmers in real-time strategy games. Other than fighting, they had to do everything.

"Big brother, you mean..." Zhang Ping looked at Iron Soul and then looked at Cocky Qiang with a probing gaze.

Cocky Qiang saw that Zhang Ping had understood his meaning, so he said honestly, "I won't hide it from you either. That is my uncle, an uncle who is even closer to my father than my own father. His son is my brother, Dashan. He went missing a while ago, and Uncle Liu is a bit muddle-headed now. I want to find someone to take care of him and help him look after the shop.

Of course, I will come over when I have time to teach him some blacksmithing. I don't dare to say much about other things, but at least he can be a blacksmith. How about it? Think about it."

"Food and lodging?" Zhang Ping asked as he pondered.

Cocky Qiang replied, "Not only food and lodging, but I also get a salary of 100 yuan every month!"

"I'll think about it again. I'll give you a reply tomorrow. Is that okay?" Zhang Ping was a little tempted, but at the same time, he was also worried.

Did Dashan, who went missing, get eaten by the Sky Fox?

In the school, because Lo Shiyu only ate girls, and the other Sky Fox pretended to be a teacher, the male students were actually safer in the school than outside.

The reason why he was tempted was mainly because of Lo Shiyu's wardrobe check in the morning.

This made him feel very insecure in his dormitory.

"Alright, think about it carefully. By the way, you came to the shop to get something handy, right? Just treat it as making a friend. The atmosphere in the city is a little off lately, so you should pay attention to yourself." Cocky Qiang said as he stuffed a dagger into Zhang Ping's hand. Then, he turned around and left.

After bidding farewell to Cocky Qiang, Zhang Ping left the Iron Soul.

As he walked, he thought about whether or not he should agree. His gaze naturally fell on the dagger.

The blade of the dagger was kept in the sheath of the fish skin knife. He could not help but pull it out. He found that the material of the dagger was actually the same as the Frost Mother's knife. The blade was snow-white and translucent, and it faintly emitted a cold aura.

Goodness.

This was a heavy gift.

Should I...

Although the school was considered safe, it was not easy to say now.

Zhang Ping did not want to entrust his life to the chaotic brain of the wild beast. What if Lo Shiyu's brain was not right and wanted to change her taste?

At this moment, Zhang Ping decided to agree to Cocky Qiang tomorrow.

On the way, Zhang Ping was fond of the dagger. Because the dagger was the same material as the Frost Mother's knife, it looked like a part that was separated from the Frost Mother's knife. Therefore, Zhang Ping simply named the dagger 'Beauty Tear'.

Unfortunately, Pearl Ability Academy did not teach students how to use daggers. The weapon class only taught them swords, bows, and other weapons.

Fortunately, he could use a dagger to use some of the moves of the sword.

As he walked back, he simulated the scene of him fighting with the beauty's tears in his mind. When he walked past a park, he suddenly discovered a Sky Fox cub that was a meter tall sitting on a swing in the park!

Successfully appraised!

Catabolic beast: Sky Fox

Race: Catabolic Fox

Potential: 4 stars

Age: 53

Level: Elementary Catabolic Beast

Level: 3

Talent

Distortion: You have the ability to distort the cognition of the target and can change the target's cognition.

Conception Upheaval: When you do something that goes against common sense, you can overturn the target's common sense and force the target to be unable to detect anything unusual.

This was a relatively weak cub.

Zhang Ping walked forward slowly, feeling a little restless.

Evidence!

This Sky Fox was the best evidence.

If he killed this Sky Fox and sent its corpse to the investigation team, perhaps the situation would change.

The investigation team was different from the patrol party. The patrol party had a total of thirteen squads, but all the captains were directly under the patrolling team's chief captain.

The investigation team was centered around the captain, and there were even many teams that were not in Pearl City all year round. Therefore, there must be some teams that were not infiltrated by the Sky Fox.

Once the investigation team obtained the Sky Fox's corpse, they would definitely immediately reverse the current situation of Pearl City. Perhaps Pearl City would be saved.

"Damn it!"

The more Zhang Ping thought about it, the more tempted he became.

He could not stand the fact that every few days, there would be girls who were killed in the cafeteria, and he could not stand the fact that he could see Sky Fox eating people on the streets.

Especially when he had to pretend that he could not see them.

He turned around and walked back, at the same time, he placed his hand on the handle of the dagger.

Actually, there was another reason why he decided to make a move. It was because he had just obtained Beauty Tear. If he did not have the Beauty Tear in his hand, he might not have the courage to make a move.

This was what it meant to have a sharp weapon and a murderous heart.

However, just as he reached the corner of the park, a hand pressed on his shoulder. Before he could retaliate, the woman's voice sounded in his ear, "Don't move."

He felt a chill on his back.

The icicle!

The other party was an Awakened who was controlled by the ice element.

Zhang Ping's originally restless heart quickly calmed down. Firstly, the other party was not a Sky Fox, and secondly, he did not feel any killing intent. If the other party was the bodyguard of the Sky Fox cub, his current mood was not quite right.

"Don't turn around, don't talk, take it well, and leave this place." The woman said calmly, and at the same time, she stuffed a piece of paper into Zhang Ping's hand.

Suddenly, Zhang Ping felt the chill on his back disappear.

He did not turn around to look, but pretended that he had lost something. After searching for a while, he simply left.

"That woman is probably much higher level than me. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to discover me." He guessed on the way.

It was currently night. With the Night Walker's innate talent and the Assassination Ring's ability, there were definitely not many people who could discover him. That woman was able to accurately lock onto him, so she was definitely much stronger than him.

Of course, it was also possible that the other party had a teammate who had the ability to see through her.

Regardless of the possibility, it was extremely likely that the other party had detected the Sky Fox's infiltration.

"It can't be that she or they are trying to hire a killer to kill the beast, right?"

Zhang Ping muttered in his heart. He was not in a hurry to look at the slip of paper that the other party had left for him. After returning to the dormitory, he simply went to rest.

The next day.

Four o'clock in the morning.

Zhang Ping opened his eyes and got out of bed. He quietly walked into the bathroom and sat on the toilet lid.

He flipped open the slip of paper in his pocket and slowly opened it.

The slip of paper wrote, "23, Martial Training, Southmoon."

Zhang Ping frowned, and after a moment, he had an idea. It was now number 19, and there were still four days until number 23.

In other words, the other party meant that they would meet in a place called Martial Training in five days?

However, there was a problem. What was Martial Training?

Zhang Ping thought hard about it and gradually felt a headache.

He understood that this secret code was probably to prevent the Sky Fox.

If he fell into the hands of the Sky Fox, the information on the slip of paper would not implicate the other party.

If he thought about it from this angle, then Martial Training was definitely a place that the Sky Fox could not understand.

The Sky Fox had intelligence. They knew how to think, and they could even pretend. However, the catabolic beasts were catabolic beasts, so their thinking methods were definitely different.

The problem was that Zhang Ping had actually transmigrated for a long time. Even if he had obtained the original owner's memories, he could not guess what the other party meant by Martial Training and Southmoon.