Chapter 207
Off to the side, Yun Shan hadn’t realised what was happening.
As far as he was concerned, neither milk tea nor dessert was anything important.
At least not compared to a life.
The Hidden Alliance had always had few laws and regulations, and the place was a mixed bag of fish and dragons, calling it chaos.
There are hunters, mercenaries and agents from all over the world, as well as some vicious people.
Generally speaking, the central area is a no-go zone, a rule agreed upon by the members of the Hidden Alliance.
But not all members.
Anyway, as long as there is no bloodshed, the management of the Hidden Alliance will not come down.
And, this is a place where ibi won’t even care.
It is said that a deal was struck between the Hidden Alliance and the ibi.
What this deal was, no one knew except the two parties in power over each other.
Yun Shan saw the girl stop and lowered his voice, “Miss Ying.”
The tall young man with keen senses naturally noticed.
“Hey, you-” he stopped too, the corners of his lips tugged, the smile was cold and tinged with contempt, “What kind of look is that?”
When he stopped like that, a dozen other men followed suit, all turning back.
Yun Shan was alert, and he stepped in front of the girl.
Ying Ziji’s eyes were light: “Make amends.”
What she was referring to, was the spilt milk tea and dessert.
It was as if the youth had heard some kind of funny joke.
He stepped forward and his foot stepped directly on the dessert, grinding it hard a few times.
The pulp in the mango pancake was caked with dirt and the milk tea spilled out completely.
It was completely and utterly ruined.
The youth withdrew his foot and smiled, “Satisfied?”
He raised his hand and pointed at the girl with a cold sarcastic smile, “The central area is inconvenient for hands, if you dared to look at me with those eyes outside, your eyes-”
“Before he could say the words, a hand clasped his shoulder.
It didn’t take much force, just a movement.
“Boom!”
The young man didn’t even have time to react and was directly knocked to the ground.
There was an earth-shattering sound.
All the noises came to a halt in an instant.
“……”
The smiles on the faces of those who were in the youth’s party all faded away bit by bit, their faces sinking down.
It was as if a storm was coming.
Ying Zidian ignored them.
She half squatted down and put a white glove on her right hand so as not to get her hands dirty.
Then she raised her hand, picked up the remaining milk tea on the ground and slowly poured it over the youth’s head.
The others around him were no longer shocked, they were horrified.
There was no one who had come to the Hidden Alliance meeting who would not know about Dark Gold.
Dark Gold, was the name of a mercenary group.
Mercenaries were not considered hunters, they were a team.
And hunters, in general, were scattered, there were no which hunters would gather together.
It was only when taking bounty missions that a few hunters would work together, and when they were done working together, they would disperse again.
The dark gold mercenary squad, not the most powerful mercenary squad, but definitely the most ferocious.
Notoriously notorious.
That’s why the others on the island were generally avoided if they could.
As for the rest, they were too lazy to care about the Dark Gold Mercenaries.
The Dark Gold Mercenaries were also very measured and would not provoke the real bigwigs.
It was always the Dark Gold Mercenaries who bullied others, no one had stepped on their heads yet.
“Newcomers? Just joined the island?” The captain was a foreigner, speaking English, “Don’t know the rules? Want to die?”
He stepped forward, the hideous scar on his neck becoming clearer and clearer.
“Miss Ying.” Yun Shan’s expression also went cold, “You stand back, I’ll do it.”
They had no conflict of interest with the Dark Gold mercenary squad, and hadn’t moved.
It didn’t mean that it was impossible to clean up.
Ying Zidian raised his hand.
It was a gesture signalling him not to move.
But how could Yunshan not move.
He had been ordered to protect Ying Zidian. If anything really happened to him, ten lives would not be enough to pay for it.
However, Yun Shan did not expect that he would not move.
Because it didn’t happen in time.
The girl moved.
She just raised her hands, bent her elbows, bent down and went up her legs.
A particularly simple movement, brutal and direct.
Yet, there was no defence.
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
On the street, only the sound of heavy objects hitting the ground could be heard.
Interspersed with the crunching sound of bones breaking.
It was only three minutes’ time.
Eighteen mercenaries, all of them fell to the ground.
Each one was more miserable than the other, so painful that they couldn’t even make a sound.
And aside, the girl didn’t even mess up her breath for a moment.
Even halfway through, because it was not easy to beat people up, she took out a hair ring and tied a high ponytail.
Ying Ziji threw the gloves into the bin and faintly: “Rubbish.”
“……”
Time seemed to have stood still.
Everyone went a little crazy.
Yun Shan: “???”
He subconsciously took a few steps back, his throat rolling with difficulty.
Rubbed his eyes, then rubbed them again.
Eyes glazed over.
The Dark Gold mercenary squad was made up of mostly foreigners.
They did not know the ancient martial arts of China, but their force value was not low, and they could at least fight on par with ancient martial artists who had been training for fifteen years.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t have that qualification to go to the island.
But that was it, they were cleaned up by Ying Zigui alone.
It didn’t even look like there was any force.
An ancient martial artist!
Yun Shan’s heart flinched.
This young girl, who looked so soft and weak, definitely had a lot of internal energy in her body!
In the ancient martial world, she was definitely a powerful figure.
But at this age, to be able to cultivate internal energy was already outstanding, how could she have such a formidable body?
Yun Shan was an ancient martial artist himself, and he clearly knew how difficult it was to become one.
There were fewer and fewer ancient martial artists, and not just because they had stepped into the twenty-first century, an era of rapid technological development.
There was also a particularly important reason.
The survival of the entire ancient martial arts community was at stake.
That was why the ancient martial artists had withdrawn from the sight of the people and all returned to the ancient martial world.
“Alright, don’t follow me.” After re-buying a dessert, Ying Ziji put his sleeve down, “Go and help him.”
“How can that work?” Yunshan didn’t even think about it, “It’s too messy here, I definitely have to follow you.”
As soon as he said that, he received a look that said, “You’re only adding to the chaos by following me.
Yunshan: “……”
He was a little sad.
Remembering what Fu Yunshen had said earlier, “Her orders are equivalent to my orders”, Yunshan instantly stopped moving.
He could have taken out a Dark Gold mercenary team by himself, but it would never be that easy.
Ying carried the bag and walked away without looking at the expressions of the people around him.
In the Hidden Alliance, it was also most taboo to ask other members for their identities.
Of course, one could just go and find out, as long as one could.
Yun Shan stood in the same place for a while.
After a long time, he took out his mobile phone, which was also an ancient black big brother.
Two seconds later, the call was answered.
Yun Shan looked serious and his tone was particularly sincere: “Young master, I think that I am the one who needs to be protected.”
“……”
**
The other half of the island.
It was a dry cave, facing the sea.
The sunlight was like molten gold flowing over the ground and the sea breeze was gusting.
Fu Yun Shen tapped his fingers on the table a few times, lazily, “Then let the Dark Gold Mercenary Squad disappear completely.”
He hung up the phone, and his peach blossom eyes were a little more hopeless.
The young man standing next to him was called Cloud Mist.
He looked into his eyes for a moment and cautiously said, “Young master, what did he say, second brother?”
Yun Shui, Yun Shan and Yun Wu were three brothers.
Previously Yun Shui had been following Fu Yunshen around, and when he returned a while ago, Yun Shan replaced him.
Although Yunshan and Yunmu didn’t know exactly what had happened, it was clear that it must have been Yunshui who had made the fatal mistake.
“He said-” Fu Yunshen lifted his eyes, “My little friend is really good.”
Yun Shui: “???”
“Young master, that’s him.” There were two other men in the cave, both young, and they came over tying up a middle-aged man, “He put that topographical map in our place, trying to trap us.”
Fu Yunshen slowly raised his eyelashes, “Hmm?”
“I didn’t succeed!” The middle-aged man, who hadn’t panicked much earlier, immediately panicked when he saw the man, “I didn’t do it on purpose either, I just took the mission, I’m not the mastermind!”
Cloud Mist stepped forward and pressed his shoulder, smiling coldly, “Be honest.”
“A cold sweat broke out on the middle-aged man’s forehead as a click sounded.
“I can make a deal with you!” He shouted, “If you let me go, I’ll give you the real topographical map!”
“I can also tell you guys what the other side is up to!”
Hearing these words, Fu Yunshen’s eyes finally fell on the middle-aged man’s body.
At this moment, the dude’s energy on his body was fully restrained.
A powerful aura, like a deep sea, spread out over the sky, leaving people breathless.
He slightly tilted his head sideways.
The light and shadow hid his face, but it was still hard to hide his handsome eyebrows.
In the silence of the cave, a soft laugh fell.
“You think, I am discussing with you?”
Chapter 208
Those peach blossom eyes are amorous and flirtatious, hooked in a smile.
They were like a river of stars, deep and charming.
But the middle-aged man seemed to have seen something terrifying, his legs went weak and he fell to his knees with a thud.
Fu Yunshen slowly stood up and said indifferently, “I won’t bully you, everything will be done according to the rules.”
Yunwu understood: “Yes, young master.”
The middle-aged man was taken down by the two young men, already incontinent, cold sweat soaking through his clothes.
He finally regretted it.
Originally, he had only looked at the high price of the bounty and was moved to put up a topographical map, which was not a difficult task.
But to his surprise, he had only just blended in and hadn’t even taken a few steps before he was spotted and it didn’t work.
So he had forgotten one thing.
This man, he was the most fearsome being of all.
**
Ying left the central area and went to the bounty area.
No different from the online forum, there were also bounty quests to take here.
At the beginning, when there was no internet, this was how hunters received their quests.
Most of the hunters in the bounty area were hunters, but many of them were disguised.
Except for some who weren’t afraid of being identified at all.
Ying slowly walked in and heard the hunters next to him talking.
“This time, the bounty list one still hasn’t changed, the big guys are big guys.”
“How long has it been since you’ve been on the forum? You still don’t know, right? The big brother of people’s list one has appeared in person, you can try if you want to go.”
“I don’t dare, I can only imagine that, not to mention list one, list ten messing with me is just a matter of a finger.”
“I wonder when another big brother will take up the bounty for hunting List 1, make sure to give us a live stream in the forum then!”
At the top of the centre of the bounty area, there was a big screen, comparable to the giant advertising screens in those cosmopolitan cities.
It was absolutely eye-catching.
As soon as people who came in looked up, they could see the first line of the big screen in red letters.
no.1: The Divine Reckoner
Amount of reward: the number is too long and the screen is insufficient to display it.
And below, the bounty amount for no.2 can be up to five billion dollars.
Ying Ziji pressed the brim of his hat with no expression, took out his phone with his right hand and unlocked it with his fingerprint.
She opened the nok forum and logged on.
The number she used was certainly not the divine calculator one, it was a small number she had just opened.
[Pointers]: You have ten seconds to take me off the bounty list.
[10]: !!!
[10]: If I had just started, I wouldn’t have said anything and pulled you off, but not anymore, you know how many people want to mess with you, right? You think you can hold on to the number one spot on the bounty list just because of me?
[10]: The first day I put you up, people started adding to it, your bounty amount shot up so fast I was dumbfounded, so …… you still don’t know what you’ve done before?
[Pointers]: Two hundred years.
The actual fact is that you have a lot of charm and a lot of people who miss you. Just one, a while ago, a family called what I forget, sent a message to the administrator saying they wanted to buy your information at a high price.
The actual fact is that you will be able to get a lot more than just a few of these.
[10]: Of course I didn’t sell it, we have such a good relationship, how could I sell it? You say so, right?
[Pointers]: Say it like, you can find me.
[10]: ……
Don’t say that.
Even though technology is so advanced now, there is still the internet.
The Divine Reckoner doesn’t want to be found, then it still can’t be found.
Ying Ziji pressed her head and closed the chat box.
She moved forward, ready to check out the place where the bounty on herbs was offered.
“Take a look, take a look now, the most accurate fortune teller in Zhou Yi.” Up ahead, someone was yelling, “ladiesandgentlemen, just1000dollars, comeon!”
Ying Zigui inclined her head and looked.
It was a very shabby stall with a chess streamer from an ancient TV series erected next to it.
There was an eight-trigram diagram on it.
Behind the stall squatted two people, both not big, around twenty, which young girl had just yelled.
As soon as she saw that she was a Chinese, the young girl immediately switched back to the Chinese language.
She quickly got up, grabbed an incense bag on the stall and said solicitously, “This young lady, I see that your face is dark, you must have a bloodbath, you just need to buy an incense bag that I will make, and you will be guaranteed to live to be a hundred years old.”
“The price is not high, just 100,000, what do you think?”
Ying Ziji nodded slightly, “Well, a hundred ca*sia seeds, one for one year.”
The young girl’s expression shattered in an instant: “……”
She poked the teenager beside her and lowered her voice: “Crap, brother, I think she’s the godly one, she actually knows what I’ve put on this side.”
The teenager looked up as if he had just reacted, “What?”
Ying Ziji stopped in her tracks and her eyes fell on the two men.
She didn’t see the names of these two people.
Even if they were ancient martial artists, she was able to see the names.
Ying Ziji pushed away the scented bag and nodded, “What are your surnames?”
“I don’t change my name when I walk or sit.” The young girl blinked, “But young lady, you need to know my name, you have to buy it.”
“It’s not expensive, just five hundred, we’re old friends, just use your own coins, if you don’t have cash, here.”
She immediately flipped out a sign with two QR codes on it, “Do you see going WeChat or Alipay?”
“……”
Five seconds later, there was a “ding” and the money was in the account.
“Thanks boss!” The young girl’s eyes lit up and she didn’t hesitate to sell herself, “My name is Fifth Moon, his name is Fifth Wind.”
Ying Ziji’s pupils deepened.
Fifth.
Sure enough.
Imperial Capital, the Fifth Family.
Not as famous as the Nie Family or the Good Mu Family, but definitely not less powerful.
At that time, when Xiu Yu mentioned the matter of the Imperial Capital, she wondered if the godly family that had screwed Xiu Yu was the fifth family.
It seemed to be.
She couldn’t tell their name because they were originally part of the Guaoshu family.
“Miss, do you know how to count too?” Having gotten the money, Fifth Moon was like seeing a family member, “That would be great, brother, don’t you think so?”
Fifth Wind coolly glanced at Fifth Moon, “Yes.”
“Young lady, you’re so good at counting, there’s still money.” Fifth Moon immediately rolled up her bunk, “I’ve decided, I’m going to hang out with you.”
Fifth Wind got up slowly, moving unhurriedly, obviously intending to follow too.
Ying Zigui glanced at it, didn’t say anything, and proceeded to walk forward.
Fifth Moon then grabbed the bunk and walked too.
“If it weren’t for…” Ying Zigey paused, but didn’t say the next words.
Fifth Moon leapt after her: “Miss, what else?”
Ying Zidian turned her head expressionlessly, not really wanting to care.
If it weren’t for the fact that their direct ancestor was her disciple, she would have kicked these two out one by one long ago.
**
Imperial Capital.
Huaxiu headquarters.
It had only been less than five days since that international fashion design competition.
But in such a short period of time, Huaxiu had experienced an unprecedented low.
Even with the support of the Ke family, it was impossible to bring the company back to life.
Ke Huizhu ran around for a long time, but could not find anyone who could help her.
The company’s name is Oriental Wind Design, but now that it has been branded as a plagiarist, it has been put on a pillar of shame and all its partners have withdrawn their orders.
Without the flow of funds, a company would definitely collapse.
“This Zhong Zhiwei!” Ke Huizhu heaved her cup on the table, furious, “She alone has ruined our entire Huaxiu.”
This was something that Madam Mu also felt that she was really sorry for Ke Huizhu.
But she couldn’t think of any solution either.
She had married into the Mu family as a full-time housewife and had no real power.
And it was certainly not possible to rely on the Mu family.
The Mu family was a strict family after the generals and would never allow anything like plagiarism to happen.
For Madam Mu, it was still more important for her to be herself.
“Huizhu, don’t rush yet.” Mrs. Mu faintly, “The Shanghai City side said that they went to apologize to First Light Media.”
“You tell the company to send out a notice saying that they were completely unaware of Zhong Zhiyan’s plagiarism and were also victims, and that they didn’t expect an appointment for a design drawing that would be plagiarized.”
Ke Huizhu was annoyed but had to respond, “That’s the only way to do it.”
“I’ll go back first then.” Madam Mu said, “The Mu family is going to start choosing an heir recently, I have to be on top of it.”
Hearing this, Ke Huizhu’s eyes lit up, “There’s news?”
Don’t look at the fact that the Ke family and the Mu family were considered in-laws, but the Ke family was not qualified to approach the Mu family at all.
If Mu Shenzhou could successfully become the heir of the Mu family, the Ke family would be able to follow suit.
“Not sure yet.” Mrs. Mu stood up, “But Mr. Mu Cheng should be coming to the mansion today, so I’ll go back and see if I can run into him.”
Ke Huizhu said, “Then go back quickly, and if there’s anything I can do to help, just say so.”
Mrs Mu left without nodding or shaking her head.
She went back to the Mu family and went to the place where she used to beg to see Mu Cheng.
Mu Heqing was not to be seen, only Mu Cheng.
Mrs. Mu walked through the back garden and had not yet reached the place where her name was registered when her eyes glanced over and saw a figure walking that way.
Although her back was to her, Madam Mu was able to recognise it.
It was Mu Cheng.
He was holding a phone, not sure who he was talking to, but his manner was respectful.
Knowing that she couldn’t possibly go in now, Madam Mu registered her name and prepared to go and wait outside.
That was until she heard a word.
“Master, Miss Ziggy is not in Shanghai right now, do you think you should ask or?”