524: Entering the mountains

It was noon.

Wang Chen had a hearty meal at the inn, then leisurely walked towards the entrance of Gods Sigh Mountain.

Ten minutes later, he arrived at the mountain entrance.

Many Gold Diggers were gathered here, each exuding a fierce aura, with even the weakest among them being 5th Rank or higher.

These individuals were either hawking their gains or recruiting members for their teams.

The atmosphere was chaotic, like a bustling market.

Seeing this scene, a trace of nostalgia flashed in Wang Chen's eyes.

This atmosphere reminded him of when he first became a Awakener and went to the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range to level up.

However, he quickly put away the nostalgia.

Back then, he was just a novice who had just embarked on the path of a Awakener, but now he was a 5th Rank Awakener, having earned the title of the world's number one Prodigy, and his Real combat power was not weak even among Seven-Turn.

"Looking at how fierce these guys are, they must have taken many lives."

"They're all smiles now, but once they enter the mountain, they'll probably drop their disguise and turn into vicious hunters."

Wang Chen thought with some amusement as he saw a blood-stained armor being brazenly sold at a stall.

Just then.

"Brother, this magical equipment, crafted with half mithril, has extremely high resistance to various magical elements. It's excellent defensive gear and can greatly increase your safety in Gods Sigh Mountain."

"For only five hundred magic crystals, this equipment can be yours."

The seller of the equipment noticed Wang Chen's gaze and squeezed a smile onto his brawny face as he pitched it.

"Not interested."

Wang Chen shook his head, ignoring the man's sales pitch.

He could tell the armor was only equivalent to Bronze-grade equipment from Blue Star without even needing to use an appraisal skill.

On Blue Star, a brand new one would cost around 400,000 Gold coins, which converts to only four hundred Holy Quartzs, equivalent to eight hundred magic crystals in the Huiguang World.

A used one, daring to ask for five hundred magic crystals.

Whoever bought it was an idiot!

"Pah! Poor guy!"

"No money, but still staring!"

Seeing Wang Chen walk away without looking back, the seller spat and cursed under his breath.

But the next second, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and all the hairs on his body stood on end.

Turning his head cautiously, he saw the black-clad man, whom he had called poor, staring at him with indifferent eyes, as if looking at an ant.

"Sir!"

"Misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!"

The seller felt his Soul was about to be frozen by the coldness in those eyes and quickly stammered an explanation.

"Control your mouth, lest disaster strike from it."

Wang Chen snorted coldly, turned, and continued walking towards the entrance.

After he left, the seller collapsed to the ground, his clothes soaked with cold sweat.

In just a few seconds, he felt as if he had been stared at by the God of Death, which was even more terrifying than being targeted by a monster lord in the past.

"Damn it, when did such a terrifying powerhouse arrive in Black Fire Town?"

Thinking in horror, he didn't bother selling his gains anymore and quickly packed up, running towards the town.

Too terrifying!

He needed to find a place to relax quickly.

...

After the seller left, three figures with powerful auras suddenly appeared in the open space.

Two men and one woman, all with black flame patterns embroidered on their sleeves.

This indicated that they were members of the Black Fire Merchant Guild, one of the three major forces in Black Fire Town.

The woman among the three glanced in the direction Wang Chen had left, her expression somewhat solemn.

"This guy is not weak!"

"Just one look scared Black Jack away, his strength is definitely not as simple as 5th Rank."

"Charlie, Gold, we need to be careful when facing him."

Hearing her words, the two burly men beside her both nodded, and the one with a scar on his face, named Charlie, said:

"Of course!"

"If this kid wasn't strong, Old Six wouldn't have targeted him."

"Old Six said that when he entered the town, Doron, the gatekeeper, just led the way for him and received two magic crystals as a reward."

"Ailiya, you probably don't know, those aren't ordinary magic crystals, but the ones brought by those people from outside. One is equivalent to two of our magic crystals."

Upon hearing this, the woman named Ailiya's expression was somewhat shaken.

"Holy Quartzs from people from outside?"

"This kid isn't from our world?"

She looked at her two companions and said in a lowered voice:

"Are you two crazy?"

"Do you know what kind of power this kid represents?"

"If he dies here and those people from outside come to investigate, destroying Black Fire Town would be easy."

"If you want to die, I'm not joining you."

Saying that, Ailiya turned to leave.

Currently, in the Huiguang World, the forces from outside were the strongest, with powerhouses comparable to Gods overseeing them.

Even the Alliance formed by the remaining nobles and the Orthodox Church after the Hui Guang Empire disintegrated had to be cautious when facing the people from outside.

Robbing their people?

Ailiya didn't want to get involved in this mess.

"Don't worry, don't worry."

However, as soon as she turned around, Charlie grabbed her wrist.

"So what if they're from outside? If he came here alone, no one will investigate if he dies."

"Besides, do you know how much wealth they have?"

Staring intently at Ailiya, Charlie said in a tempting tone:

"Last time, the Night Wolf people killed a guy from the Sakura Country from outside and directly plundered nearly two hundred thousand magic crystals from him, not counting the high-quality magic set that hadn't been sold yet."

"You should know what that means. Two hundred thousand magic crystals, we haven't earned that much in three years here."

"And now, it's right in front of us, practically within reach."

"But..."

Ailiya wavered upon hearing this, her expression becoming conflicted.

She naturally knew that the Night Wolf in town had made a fortune recently and had been very ostentatious in town.

But she hadn't expected that this fortune came from robbing people from outside.

Just then.

Seeing the conflict on Ailiya's face, Gold, who was beside them, struck while the iron was hot, saying:

"After we kill this fat sheep, we'll take this money and leave Black Fire Town. The world is vast, and even if it's exposed, those people from outside won't be able to find our tracks."

"With our strength, if we go to the Alliance, we can at least become nobles and never have to live this kind of life on the edge of a knife again."

"This... alright."

Ailiya was silent for a moment, then gritted her teeth and nodded.

The longing for a stable life dispelled her doubts.

Seeing this, Charlie and Gold both smiled.

Among the three, Ailiya's strength was the lowest, but her importance was greater than theirs, a 6th Rank and a 5th Rank Peak.

As an Intermediate 5th Rank Mage specializing in shadow magic, she was the main damage dealer in the team in an environment like Gods Sigh Mountain.