61: Chapter 61 Robbery of the Zhang Family Shop

The entrance to the Tianxiong Martial Arts Gym was bustling with people.

Han Ming followed his father into the gym and saw the lobby was packed.

Many were students who hadn't done well in this year's Martial Exam and missed the chance to get into a martial arts university. There were even some young people in their twenties and thirties who had come out of admiration.

When they saw Han Ming walk in, their eyes instantly lit up.

"Han Ming! It's Han Ming!"

"The number one Genius of Jiangbei! The SS-Rank Profound Ice Spirit Body!"

"I heard he's only nineteen, and he's already a 1-Star Martial Master! I'm almost thirty and haven't even achieved a Breakthrough to Martial Master yet!"

The discussions were incessant. Han Ming wore a polite smile on his face, but he was bitter inside.

This turnout was even more exaggerated than during his school competition.

"Classmate Han Ming, I want to become your Disciple!" A female student who had also been at No. 3 High School squeezed in front of Han Ming, puffed out her impressive chest, and said in a coquettish tone.

There was a hint of fanaticism in her eyes, along with the admiration.

She knew that when Han Ming was still at school, he had accepted Li Xuewei from Class 6 as a Disciple. Now, not only had Li Xuewei undergone an Awakening of the Mystic Ice Spirit Body, but she had also been accepted as a Disciple by the Martial Emperor Xue.

She felt she wasn't any worse than Li Xuewei.

"I am not taking on any Disciples. If you want to Cultivate, you can sign up for the gym's courses. My father and my second uncle are both excellent teachers."

Looking at this girl's posture, Han Ming said this while fighting back the urge to vomit.

This Physique was comparable to Zhou Xiaomeng in his class. Although it wasn't quite as exaggerated, with a height of over 1.7 meters, a weight of over two hundred jin, and a face full of freckles, who could handle her putting on such a coquettish expression?

At least Zhou Xiaomeng used to be a great beauty, not much worse than Su Wanning. It was only later, after an Awakening of some kind of Physique, that she turned into a tomboy who stood 1.8 meters tall and weighed over three hundred jin.

Han Ming still remembered that his predecessor had once pursued Zhou Xiaomeng! But after seeing her become like that, he immediately backed down and avoided her whenever he saw her.

However, the Han Ming who had undergone Transmigration knew that this was because Zhou Xiaomeng had undergone an Awakening of the C-Rank Gluttony Physique. She frequently binged on food, but because the Physique Rank was too low, she couldn't digest it, which led to her body mutating.

As long as he could find Spirit Medicine that could raise her talent Rank and improve Zhou Xiaomeng's talent Rank, she would soon return to her original appearance, and her strength would also advance by leaps and bounds.

The reason Han Ming hadn't thought about binding with Zhou Xiaomeng was mainly because there was no way to solve the problem of her talent Rank being too low right now. He didn't want to become a human tank.

Upon hearing this, the freckled girl was a bit disappointed, but she still obediently went to sign up.

With Han Ming as the living signboard, the number of people signing up for the Tianxiong Martial Arts Gym was more than ten times higher than before. Just the tuition fees alone amounted to over ten million.

Han Ming stayed at the gym for the whole morning, dealing with wave after wave of people who came out of admiration. At noon, he used the excuse of needing to Cultivate to leave the gym.

He didn't go home but instead went to a commercial street in the east of the city.

The Zhang Family's businesses were mainly concentrated in the east of the city. Medicinal Pill shops, weapon shops, and Materials shops—there were seven or eight of them, big and small, and every single one was thriving.

Han Ming took a walk around the street and clearly figured out the locations and guard situations of the Zhang Family shops.

"Three Medicinal Pill shops, two weapon shops, and one Materials shop. Each shop has at least one Martial Master guarding it, and the bigger ones even have two." Han Ming calculated in his heart, "With my current strength, sweeping them all out in one night is not a problem."

After figuring out the situation, Han Ming wandered around a bit more without shaking off the few tails behind him, and headed straight back to the Han Family.

Night fell.

Han Ming changed into a black robe, put on a silver mask, completely suppressed his Qi, and left the Han Family without a sound.

With Han Ming's strength and his Perfection-level Profound Rank High Grade movement technique, the people watching outside the Han Family couldn't possibly discover him.

The commercial street in the east of the city was still lively, with pedestrians coming and going, and the shop signs flashing with various colors in the night.

The Zhang Family's Medicinal Pill shop was located in the most prosperous part of the commercial street. It was a three-story building, and the four golden characters "Zhang Family Spirit Pill" on the door were particularly eye-catching under the lights.

Inside the shop, a few clerks were tidying up the counter, preparing to close.

The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man in his forties with the strength of a 5-Star Martial Master. He was sitting behind the counter, clicking away at an abacus, tallying the day's accounts.

"Shopkeeper, today's turnover is 30% higher than yesterday." A clerk leaned over, his face full of smiles.

The shopkeeper nodded, a satisfied smile appearing on his face: "That kid from the Han Family has become famous, which has brought a lot of business to the east of the city. Half of the customers who came today were here because of the Han Family Martial Arts Gym and bought our Medicinal Pills while they were at it."

"Doesn't that mean the Han Family is making a fortune?" The clerk said with some envy.

"Humph, what is the Han Family worth?" The shopkeeper snorted coldly, "A third-rate Family that produced one Genius and now doesn't know who they are. Wait until some time passes, and after Martial Emperor Xue leaves Jiangbei, we'll see how much longer they can jump around."

The clerk nodded hurriedly in agreement, not daring to say anything more.

The shopkeeper clicked the abacus a few more times, stood up, and said: "Alright, clean up and close the doors."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the shop's door was suddenly pushed open.

The shopkeeper looked up and saw a black-robed person walk in. The black robe covered his entire body, and he wore a silver mask on his face, revealing only a pair of cold eyes.

"Customer, we are closed..." The shopkeeper was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly felt a terrifying pressure emanating from the black-robed person, pressing down on him so hard he could barely breathe.

"Who... who are you?"

The black-robed person didn't answer and raised a palm.

"Bang!"

The shopkeeper was sent flying, crashing through the shelves behind him, falling heavily to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and passing out instantly.

The few clerks were so scared that their faces turned pale. They wanted to run away but found that they couldn't even move their legs. That pressure was like a physical object, pinning them firmly in place.

The black-robed person walked behind the counter and swept all the cash and Medicinal Pills from the drawers into his cavern space. Then he turned and went upstairs, looting the inventory on the second and third floors as well.

The whole process took less than three minutes—clean, efficient, and leaving no trace.

The black-robed person walked out of the Medicinal Pill shop and disappeared into the night.

In the east of the city, at the Zhang Family weapon shop.

The same scene was playing out.

The black-robed person pushed the door open and entered. The two Martial Masters guarding the shop didn't even have time to react before they were slapped flying, one per palm. All the weapons and armor in the shop were looted clean.

In the east of the city, at the Zhang Family Materials shop.

A 3-Star Great Martial Master was guarding it; it was the strongest shop the Zhang Family had in the east of the city. The black-robed person exchanged three palms with him, killing him with the third, and then emptied all the exotic beast Materials in the shop.

Overnight, all five of the Zhang Family's shops in the east of the city were looted.

Three Martial Masters were killed, one 3-Star Great Martial Master fell, and the losses exceeded one hundred million.

In the Zhang Family meeting hall.

Zhang Mingshan sat at the head of the table, his face ashen and terrifying. Five loss reports were laid out in front of him, each one shocking.

"Five shops! Overnight!" He slammed his palm on the table, shattering it, "Who exactly is that black-robed person? Why are they specifically targeting my Zhang Family?"

No one could answer.

Grand Elder Zhang Mingyu sat on the left, his face equally gloomy. His fists were clenched so tightly they were clicking, his knuckles white.

"Clan Chief, that black-robed person was able to kill Consultant Liu with one palm. He must be at least a 5-Star Great Martial Master. Unfortunately, the surveillance in the shop couldn't pick up that person's face at all."

The Third Elder, Zhang Mingliang, who was in charge of intelligence, frowned and said with grief and indignation.

"Boom!"

"Bastard, who exactly is deliberately targeting our Zhang Family."

Zhang Mingyu angrily smashed the table in front of him with his palm, his eyes wide open, veins bulging on his forehead, wishing he could find that person in black and tear them into pieces.

This was their biggest loss in decades. Not only were nearly one hundred million in resources and cash stolen, but a Great Martial Master expert had also been sacrificed.

They had to know that their Zhang Family, including consultants, only had eight Great Martial Masters in total. Now that they had lost one, how could they not be heartbroken?

However, the frustrating thing was that they had no idea what the background of that person in black was.

And as for someone who could kill a 3-Star Great Martial Master with one palm, Zhang Mingyu wasn't sure if he would be a match for them either.

"Clan Chief, should we report this to the Supervision Bureau?"

Second Elder Zhang Mingyuan looked at the gloomy-faced Zhang Mingshan and asked tentatively.

The losses this time were truly too great, and he was somewhat unwilling to let it go.

"Report to the Supervision Bureau? Humph, if word gets out, how will our Zhang Family still have the face to survive in Jiangbei?"

Zhang Mingshan glanced at Zhang Mingyuan, snorted coldly, and then looked at Zhang Mingyu and asked: "Is there any movement from Han Ming over at the Han Family?"

"No, Han Ming rarely goes out, and even if he does, it's to places with many people, so our people have had no chance to make a move."

Zhang Mingyu shook his head helplessly.

He had even thought about going directly to their door to wipe out the Han Family, but he knew he couldn't do that unless it was a last resort. Otherwise, if the Han Family were destroyed, their Zhang Family wouldn't survive either.

"Forget it, let's put the matter of Han Ming aside for now. We will personally guard the shops. As long as that thief dares to come again, we will definitely make sure they never return."

Zhang Mingshan clenched his fists tightly, a flash of murderous intent in his eyes.

No one expected that all of this was actually done by Han Ming.