Big Boss's Gift

Su Haoming stared wide-eyed at the exquisitely crafted silver pistol in his hand, his mind in complete disarray.

But he was, after all, a transmigrator with a cheat. With the Chat Group as precedent, he quickly accepted reality, and an indescribable surge of ecstasy welled up inside him.

[Lin Yu: @Su Haoming, did you find it?]

[Su Haoming: I found it!]

[Su Haoming: [Excited expression]]

[Su Haoming: Big Boss, you really are... I don't even know what to say!]

[Lin Yu: Don't get excited yet. Check whether the crystal on the grip is glowing.]

Su Haoming froze slightly, then hurriedly lowered his head to inspect the weapon in his hand. Sure enough, he found a dim red crystal embedded in the grip.

[Su Haoming: It's not glowing.]

[Lin Yu: Is that so? What a pity.]

[Lin Yu: That crystal is a Magic Crystal, and it is also this gun's energy source. According to my original design, it would enchant the bullets with fire magic when the trigger was pulled, firing a total of twelve different fire magic templates.]

[Lin Yu: But unfortunately, you probably won't be able to use those functions...]

[Su Haoming: Huh??]

[Lin Yu: According to the Magic Density Flow Theory, without restraint, high-density magic power moves toward areas of lower density. The outward manifestation of this process is naturally blooming magical radiance.]

[Lin Yu: Since the crystal you saw isn't glowing, it means the magic power concentration in your world is simply too low. Before you found it, all its magic power had already drained away at an extremely fast rate.]

[Su Haoming: That can happen too...]

[Yun Ye: Wait, a gun?!!]

[Yun Ye: Brother Lin gave you a gun?!]

[Fan Xian: Same question!]

[Su Haoming: Yeah, it really is a pistol. Judging by its shape, it even seems to be a classic M1911 pistol.]

[Fan Xian & Yun Ye: ...]

[Lin Yu: Don't be surprised. It's just simple Matter Shaping Magic. As long as you know the relevant theory, it isn't hard to make.]

[Lin Yu: @Su Haoming As for you, there's no need to worry too much. I already considered the possibility of magic power loss.]

[Lin Yu: Other than the Magic Crystal used for energy, this gun is no different in structure from an ordinary pistol. Even without magic power, it can still be used normally.]

Seeing this, Su Haoming finally let out a sigh of relief.

[Su Haoming: [Long sigh of relief]]

[Su Haoming: Then I can rest easy!]

[Su Haoming: Big Boss, I'll go find my cousin first. I'll come back and report the situation later!]

In the guest room, Su Haoming pressed the magazine release and looked at the gleaming brass bullets inside, a strange smile appearing on his face.

After transmigrating to this world for twenty years, his cheat had finally begun to show its power!

Chang'an Ghost Market was filled with all sorts of shady characters. It sounded like an urban legend from Great Tang, but in truth, not everyone who came and went there was a vicious criminal. During the day, some legitimate merchants and young dandies from Chang'an County also came here, either for the rare goods unique to the Ghost Market or simply in search of excitement.

Therefore, finding out where the Ghost Market entrance was did not take much effort for Su Haoming.

But entering the Ghost Market alone required a certain amount of courage!

Fortunately, Su Haoming carried a weapon, and his courage had swelled to an unprecedented level.

Even when he encountered many fierce-looking thugs carrying weapons at the entrance to the Ghost Market, he did not reveal the slightest fear.

This contrast with his scholarly appearance left the people of the Ghost Market rather astonished. They all watched him suspiciously, unable to tell what abilities he possessed.

After passing through a winding Secret Tunnel that sloped downward, Su Haoming finally arrived at the real Ghost Market.

It was located underground, where the Heavenly Sun never reached. Even when the blazing sun shone outside, the Ghost Market remained as dark as night.

The vast underground world was shrouded in gloom. Only the lanterns lit at the roadside stalls barely cast a dim yellow light over the bustling long street.

All kinds of strange people in bizarre clothing came and went along the street.

The stalls by the roadside sold not only ordinary goods, but also things that could never possibly appear in the eastern and western markets.

For example, at the little stall to Su Haoming's left, covered in white cloth, there were actually numerous strings of finger-bone beads.

The pale bone bracelets were piled together, faintly giving off a bloody stench that had not been fully cleaned away. Even Su Haoming, who had heard many strange tales, could not help doubting their origins.

"Want to buy one?"

The merchant, his face wrapped in black cloth, stared straight at Su Haoming.

Su Haoming's heart tightened, but he calmly shook his head and walked onward with his hands behind his back.

He had already asked Lin Yu in the group and learned that a White Banner bearing the words "Omnipotent Yin Shirou" stood outside that Yin Shirou's residence.

With such a wild and conspicuous signboard, even if this was his first time in the Ghost Market, he was not afraid of failing to find it—

That was what Su Haoming had thought at first, until he passed through the street by the entrance and found two forks in the road directly ahead.

...Damn it, what should he do now?

Su Haoming looked at the fork before him with a headache.

Just as he hesitated over which way to go, a sudden commotion and uproar erupted from the street on the right.

Without the slightest hesitation, Su Haoming immediately reached into his robes, pulled out his pistol, and warily looked toward the source of the disturbance.

A group of ragged Ghost Market vagrants were shoving through the crowd, crying out in terror:

"A tiger!"

"There's a tiger!"

What?!

The crowd instantly erupted in uproar.

As though answering their cries, a tiger's roar faintly sounded from the street on the right in the next moment.

Hearing that powerful roar, the already panicked crowd became even more tightly packed. Pedestrians turned and fled in terror, crazily surging toward the fork where Su Haoming stood.

Su Haoming was startled and hurriedly dodged to the left, avoiding the onrushing crowd.

...A tiger?

Su Haoming turned to look in the direction of the roar.

He finally understood where Cousin and the others were!

The terrified crowd jostled past him. Su Haoming frowned, took out a silk scarf he had prepared beforehand, covered his mouth with it, and struggled against the flow of people toward the right.

After forcing his way through with great difficulty, the crowd ahead finally began to thin out.

Su Haoming let out a long breath, tightened his grip on the pistol, and ran toward the source of the tiger's roar.

Meanwhile, inside the residence with the White Banner standing at its entrance, the Cousin Su Haoming had been so eager to find and Uncle Qian seemed to have fallen into a trap. They were suspended high in the air, tightly bound in a thick rope net.

Below the net stood four Black-Clad Men holding sabers and an elderly man in a cloak, all watching the gate ahead with uncertain expressions.

Although the four wore Night Clothes and looked highly suspicious, the weapons in their hands were clearly the elite standard-issue Tang sabers carried by the Jinwu Guard.

Without a doubt, these four were Lu Lingfeng and the Jinwu Guard, who had also come to the Ghost Market to investigate the case.

But unlike the Jinwu Guard's usual arrogant bearing, they had long since lost the imposing air they displayed while patrolling the streets. All four stared ahead in disbelief, a trace of terror appearing in their eyes.

Following their gaze, they saw a large cat draped in a variegated brocade robe that had just stepped over the threshold.

Its yellow-and-black stripes, tail as thick as a steel whip, needle-like whiskers, and blood-filled maw large enough to swallow a human head all proclaimed its identity—

It was a massive tiger more than four meters long!

"—It's a tiger!!"

"How can there be a tiger in the Ghost Market?!"

"And such a huge one at that!"

The Jinwu Guard brothers beside him could not help crying out in alarm as they stared at the massive beast baring its fangs.

Even Lu Lingfeng, who had always been proud, could not help feeling fear. For the first time in his life, his right hand holding the Tang saber began to tremble.

"Roar!"

In the next second, the Variegated Giant Tiger that had crossed the threshold let out an angry roar, slammed its four broad paws against the ground, opened its blood-filled maw, and charged at Lu Lingfeng and the others.