Chapter 30 (Part B) – A Robbery On The Way

‘Fufeng Double-edged sword’

Bi Fan put his sword to use.

“Pop……”

For a few seconds, there were unceasing sounds of ripping; the two youngsters in the front were relieved of their clothing, thanks to Bi Fan’s sword play. However, their bodies weren’t scarred or bruised in any manner, as Bi Fan demonstrated his expertise.

They trembled, probably even wet their pants, but didn’t dare to move fearing Bi Fan and his sword.

Jiang Sheng, who was still in the process of coming to the front, after watching this, ceased in his stead.

He found himself drawing a comparison, even if he was capable of beating his two companions; he was still no match for Bi Fan.

His eyes clearly indicated that, he knew he was no match for Bi Fan.

However, Jiang Sheng hadn’t retreated yet; he just seemed to be caught in a state of dilemma.

Jiang Sheng was analyzing Bi Fan’s skill and strength in his mind, step by step, and knew it, right down to his core that he couldn’t beat Bi Fan, no matter how hard he tried.

Jiang Sheng, started becoming a little nervous and started taking a few steps back slowly.

Both his companions started begging for mercy: “Please let us go, spare us……”

“Relieve yourself of all your belongings, spars, Dan pellets, and everything else. If you try to hide any items from me, I will kill you.”

The two youngsters in front of Bi Fan were reluctant to follow his command.

Jian Sheng snapped at that moment: “Boy, you dare to threaten us! Know this; my eldest brother is ranked second in Qianlong list. Fear for our revenge, and let us go, unharmed or there will be consequences.”

“I have never heard of the Qianlong list. And let’s assume that your brother is very strong, but if I kill the three of you here and now, no would ever know that I was behind this.” Bi Fan replied, his voice as cold as ice.

Both of Jiang Sheng’s companions started relieving themselves of their belongings, as soon as the heard the word ‘kill’, fearing for their lives.

Jiang Sheng’s complexion changed to resemble those of his comrades, his legs started trembling, and it looked like he too, would start begging for mercy soon.

“Hand over all your valuable items and I’ll let you leave, or else….hmmmm!” Bi Fan said with a smile.

This time, Jiang didn’t hesitate, and he started putting his valuables on the ground.

Perhaps Jiang Sheng’s brother was a rather strong man, as Jiang Sheng was even carrying a Yin Yang pouch.

Bi Fan quickly gathered all the items that were laid out on the ground, and stepped away from the scene, leaving those three pathetic youngsters behind.

As he was leaving, Bi Fan turned around to take a look at Jiang Sheng, and gazed into his eyes, which were brimming with poisonous sentiments.

“Brother, we need to find out who this guy is. We need to avenge our pride.”

Jiang Sheng’s voice stunk of hate: “Let him enter the devil’s territory. I want him to die in there. Draw a picture of him, and make sure it’s as realistic as possible….”

“A picture? Why, what are you up to?”

“Are you stupid or something, we are obviously going to put a bounty on his head. We will have someone kill him for us!”

“Let’s go, we need to make our way to entry point.” Jiang Sheng said.

Even though Bi Fan hadn’t planned on robbing someone on the way, the yield of this robbery seemed pretty decent.

Out of the three, only Jiang Sheng had good quality items, the other two only had low-grade things. The most precious of all the items he had managed to loot was the Yin Yang pouch.

The Yin Yang pouch even contained some Dan pellets and approximately a thousand spars, making the bounty even sweeter.

Humming a tune, Bi Fan continued on his way, and he didn’t even use the divine essence seals to speed up his travel. He was very relaxed, and wished to enjoy the scenery.

The rest of the journey was uneventful, as Bi Fan got closer to the entrance, the number of people on the path increased.

The devil’s territory wasn’t just an area where martial artists could train, but it also contained several spots where people could excavate ores, and several other precious and rare items.

In addition to this, the venom extracted from those devilish creatures was of an even higher value in some cases.

As a result of this, the area around the entrance to the devil’s territory had taken the shape of a small town, always busy as many martial artists entered and exited the region every day. Majority of the people staying in this town were from the Jiu You city and surrounding regions.

This small town was called Xi Guan (Western pass), and even though it was a very small town, its atmosphere was more like that of a small city.

Xi Guan was enclosed in two meter high walls, standing guard, were capable of withstanding attacks by wild beasts. The city had a total of eight gates in all directions to facilitate easy access to people.

As Bi Fan strode in and around the town, he saw that there were a few vendor stall in here as well, just like Ting Feng valley, but much lesser in number.

All one could see here, was streets lined with stalls, equipped with various kinds on commodities. Every street was unusually busy and noisy.

The town’s trading mainly revolved around venoms, corpses of wild beast, various herbs and Panacea amongst other specialty items found in the devil’s territory. Weapons and Dan pellets were also being traded in large numbers, especially purifiers. However, the same items were being sold here at a much higher price, so much so that the cost of a single Sunset Jade purifier Dan pellet was about two hundred spars.

Bi Fan was regretting that he hadn’t bought extra purifiers; otherwise he could have made a profit by selling them here.

Bi Fan was in no hurry to enter the devil’s territory, so he continued to stroll around the city, trying to find out the value of various items, especially those that were specific to the devil’s territory, as he would factor their worth when accumulating them inside the devil’s territory.

He knew that this trip into the devil’s territory was going to be a rare one, and he couldn’t afford to go back empty handed from it.

Many stores were selling items like horns, skins, meat, Panacea and other herbs, mineral ores, and most of these items were priced very high.

Bi Fan figured that the prices of the items were linked to their purity, which was divided into various levels.

Even low cost items collected from corpses of creatures inside the region could sell for as high as ten thousand spars, so it was no surprise that so many people were willing to risk their lives by venturing into the devil’s territory.

However, only the stronger demon’s remains had much value and the stronger the demon, the higher the bounty.

Also some items were rarer than others, so skill wasn’t the only way to make money here, one would also need luck. Even the speed with which a demon is killed was a factor.

If the demon was killed very slowly, then the quality of the extracts would degrade to a huge extent, reducing its market value.

Bi Fan spent almost half a day wandering around the streets, and even though he was quite tired, he fancied that he could make some money.

On his way back, Bi Fan purchased a few animal extracts and herbs which were particular to the devil’s territory, as he figured that their prices were a lot cheaper here than outside.

Even though Bi Fan knew that these items were available in the outside world, their price here was much cheaper, and anyway, the Tian Yuan ring had a lot of space, so he knew that filling it up wouldn’t be easy.

If it weren’t for the limited amount of spar that Bi Fan had in his possession, he would have made some big purchases.

Bi Fan, since his birth had always had a humble financial condition, he knew the importance of spars and the rarity with which he came across any. If there was a chance to earn some more, Bi Fan would certainly not let to go of it easily.

Due to the limited amount of resources that Bi Fan had, he decided to only buy items that he was sure of being able to sell for a profit once he returned to Ting Feng valley.

Within half a day, Bi Fan had spent almost all his spars buying items he could trade later, and the Tian Yuan ring had a heap of new additions inside it.