28: A secret trade fair, Su Zhan falls into a trap

Qin Chuan never expected to hear such a juicy rumor about himself here!

Also, are these people just full of themselves?!

They have no martial ethics, assassinating Chen Wenyuan, a young man of sixteen or seventeen!

He was so angry his body shivered!

By now, Qin Chuan had finally reacted.

These people were the reactionary organization beneath Great Zhou!

No wonder the Three Laws Tribunal sent troops to suppress them.

After this incident, he dared not miss any more information, but then there was no more valuable news.

Finally, Fénrú the Monk seemed to have nothing more to say and stepped back two paces.

Xuanxu stepped forward at this moment.

“That’s all for now, everyone please be careful. Next, it’s time to exchange what we have—I’ll go first. This is my secret injury ointment. No matter what kind of external injury, as long as it’s not fatal, it can recover within a few days. One tael sells for one gold, and there are only twenty taels.”

“Give me two taels.”

“Give me two taels too.”

“Same for me!”

And so, the hall, which had just been quiet, immediately became as lively as a marketplace.

“Swords and blades cast from cold iron, keep them on you for coolness in winter and summer.”

“Hundred-year-old wild ginseng, in exchange for a set of Innate Secret Techniques.”

“Map of Ningzhou Prefectural Office, high-level thieves are welcome to bid.”

Qin Chuan watched this scene with surprise, but only watched.

—Although he and Su Jun had recently gotten rich through unique money-making tricks, he still couldn't afford most of the items in the venue.

So, it was good enough to just watch the fun.

Compared to these, Qin Chuan was thinking about another question—

Why did this ointment look so familiar?

Wasn't it the same kind Xuanxu gave him last time!

That one packet was about a pound.

In other words... he had, in essence, gotten ten gold for free?

Just as Qin Chuan was calculating how much he had earned, he suddenly felt someone come up beside him.

Turning around, he saw the middle-aged man with the clumsy disguise from earlier.

The middle-aged man looked suspicious,

“You look somewhat familiar, aren't you…”

Before he could finish speaking, the next moment he couldn't utter a single word.

Xuanxu was behind him, holding him by the back of his neck as if pinching a chick.

It was hard to imagine how the five-foot-tall Xuanxu managed to do this.

Although the scene was impactful, the middle-aged man seemed utterly powerless, unable even to struggle.

Xuanxu ‘lifted’ the middle-aged man and said to Qin Chuan, “Come with me.”

Qin Chuan looked at Xuanxu, then at the middle-aged man he was holding, and nodded.

—There were many small secret rooms around the main hall. If people in the hall had items that were inconvenient to display, they would conduct transactions here.

Qin Chuan followed Xuanxu into a secret room.

“Phew.” Xuanxu blew, and the candle in the secret room lit up.

“Smack!” The middle-aged man was thrown directly to the side, and his rough face mask was torn off.

By the candlelight, Qin Chuan felt that this person looked somewhat familiar...

Then he heard Xuanxu’s stern inquiry.

“Name, origin, what is your purpose, why are you following my junior nephew?”

Huh?

Following him?

Qin Chuan immediately realized that he seemed to have seen this person many times in the past few days?

Also, his appearance...

“Misunderstanding! It’s all a misunderstanding. Reverend, I just accidentally stumbled in here. As for following your junior nephew, that’s an even bigger misunderstanding! I’m just worried about my niece being…”

“Niece?!”

Qin Chuan keenly caught the keyword and immediately said.

“You are... Su Jun’s elder?”

The goatee-bearded man gave a bitter smile, cupped his hands to Xuanxu, and then said with a bitter laugh:

“My name is Su Zhan, and I’m Su Jun’s third uncle. All the jade pendants you sold earlier were bought back by me! If that jade pendant could stay away from Jun’er for too long, I would have long since…”

When he said this, he had a feeling of gritting his teeth in hatred.

“Ah, this…” With the victim showing up, even Qin Chuan’s thick skin felt a trace of embarrassment.

Well, it was only a trace.

He earned his money by his own ability, why should he feel guilty!

Thinking this, Qin Chuan became self-righteous again and looked at Xuanxu.

Xuanxu didn't care about misunderstandings.

He sneered, “No matter the reason, you saw what happened just now, didn’t you? Knowing such a big secret, do you still want to live?”

As soon as these words came out, Su Zhan immediately became anxious.

“Reverend, I didn’t hear anything. Even if I did, I swear I won’t say a single word.”

Xuanxu replied blandly, “Oaths are not reliable.”

By now, Su Zhan had figured out that he had fallen into a trap.

He could only say helplessly, “Reverend, you’ve said so much to me, you definitely won’t kill me. Tell me the procedure.”

Seeing Su Zhan being so sensible, Xuanxu didn't waste any more words.

The next moment, he pulled out a bowl of water and a talisman from who knows where.

With a flick of his hand, the talisman spontaneously combusted without fire and was thrown into the bowl of water.

In an instant, the clear water in the bowl turned pitch black like ink.

Qin Chuan saw that it was even bubbling!

No matter how he looked at it, it was not something a normal human would drink.

But Su Zhan had no choice.

With a bitter face, he drank this concoction, which was more terrifying than a deadly poison, and then looked eagerly at Xuanxu.

Xuanxu clapped his hands, and the coldness on his face finally eased slightly.

Finally, he didn't forget to warn, “I know you might still be holding onto hope, but you might as well go back and let your eldest brother try to see if he can undo this command talisman. If he can’t, you will die, you know~”

“I wouldn’t dare, I wouldn’t dare… So Reverend recognizes me. How can Reverend be willing to undo this command talisman?” Su Zhan’s face grew even more bitter.

“It depends on your performance. You don’t need to do anything for me, just follow my junior nephew for now. I promise, within five years at most, I will definitely undo it for you.”

With that, Xuanxu pointed to the door, “You go out and wait first. I still have some things to tell this junior nephew.”

Su Zhan glanced at Qin Chuan and walked out without a word.

In the blink of an eye, only Xuanxu and Qin Chuan were left in the room.

Xuanxu: “Wang Xuan, what do you think I brought you here for?”

Qin Chuan was puzzled and tried, “To dedicate my life to overthrowing the corrupt Great Zhou Dynasty? Senior Uncle, is this related to my background?”

Xuanxu nodded affirmatively: “It is related, and it is not.”

What are you doing here?!

Qin Chuan was already too exhausted to complain, only hoping that this Senior Uncle would stop being a riddle master.

Xuanxu did not disappoint him either.

“The story begins more than twenty years ago. Your mother came as a refugee, and the people who protected her and killed her were very interesting. Oh, by the way, how much do you know about the Taiyuan Wang Clan?”