After the Fierce Tiger Organization's people left, the matter was far from over.
Groups of people came forward one after another. They were all from Black Moon City's various underworld organizations, and they all tried to make a deal with Xia Ping, hoping to spend a fortune buying the King Realm Secret Manual and the Nine-Turn Foundation Pill.
But every one of them made an outrageous offer. Even the highest bid was only five hundred million. Once the price went above that, no one was willing to bid anymore.
Xia Ping wasn't a fool, of course. He would never agree to a deal that was obviously a scam. He rejected them all and told the underworld figures to get lost and stop standing around being a nuisance.
The underworld figures were furious with humiliation. They made threats, boasting that Xia Ping would never leave Black Moon City alive and that the moment he stepped outside Black Moon Tower's territory, he would die in the street.
But they didn't dare make a move inside Black Moon Tower, so they all slunk away.
"You'll die the moment you leave Black Moon Tower's territory? Interesting. I'd like to see how these underworld figures plan to deal with me!" Xia Ping's eyes gleamed as he strode out of Black Moon Tower.
Before long, he reached a broad plaza east of Black Moon Tower. Once he left the plaza, he would be completely outside Black Moon Tower's sphere of influence.
After that, no matter what happened, Black Moon Tower's forces wouldn't intervene.
"Hmm?"
As he reached the edge of the plaza, Xia Ping immediately spotted numerous underworld figures watching him from outside, eyeing him like hungry wolves. It seemed they would attack the moment he took even one step beyond the plaza.
A grim, oppressive