Sales Channels

After Du Cangying finished speaking about the rewards, the many disciples of the Azure Hawk Martial Arts School finally quieted down. Xu Qing was silent for a moment; facing the Yamen's arrangements, even the three major martial arts schools outside the city could only comply.

Next.

The task assignments began.

Xu Qing became a small captain of the outer city patrol team, receiving a token from Du Cangying. The token was engraved with the character 'Thirteen'.

Clearly.

Xu Qing was the captain of Outer City Patrol Team Thirteen.

Also.

Patrol Team Thirteen belonged to the 'Type A Outer City Patrol Brigade' led by Senior Disciple Brother Huo Yi. Huo Yi was the 'Captain of the Type A Outer City Patrol Brigade'.

"Xu Qing."

Huo Yi found Xu Qing.

"Senior Disciple Brother."

Xu Qing bowed.

"Mm."

Huo Yi nodded. "Within your patrol team, you are the captain, and there are two vice-captains. They are Liu Xiao, the leader of the Red Snake Gang, and Su Changhe, a grand escort of the Tiger Head Escort Agency."

"The three of you get to know each other well. Starting today, you three will be handling matters together. I hope you can cooperate effectively."

"Greetings, Brother Xu."

"Brother Xu."

Liu Xiao and Su Changhe walked over, smiling, and cupped their fists in greeting to Xu Qing. Liu Xiao was a thin middle-aged man with narrow eyelids, while Su Changhe was a burly man who looked quite heroic.

"Brother Liu, Brother Su."

Xu Qing glanced at them, a smile appearing on his face, and cupped his fists in greeting to Liu Xiao and Su Changhe. "I'll be counting on your guidance from now on."

Firstly.

To ensure that the disaster victims and refugees outside the city did not riot, the Yamen dispatched constables. In addition, the Azure Hawk Martial Arts School, Crushing Stone Martial Arts School, and Crimson Eagle Martial Arts School formed patrol brigades under the Yamen's command.

There were a total of nine patrol brigades, named 'Type A, Type B, Type C, Type D, Type E, Type F, Type G, Type H, Type I'. Each patrol team consisted of one hundred to two hundred people.

Each martial arts school could form three patrol brigades.

Among them.

The Azure Hawk Martial Arts School's three patrol brigades were: Type A Outer City Patrol Brigade, Type C Outer City Patrol Brigade, and Type G Outer City Patrol Brigade.

The total number of personnel was five hundred and eighty.

The Thirteen Patrol Team led by Xu Qing belonged to the Type A Outer City Patrol Brigade. Including Xu Qing, Liu Xiao, and Su Changhe, the patrol team had a total of fifteen members.

The members of the patrol teams were mostly martial arts school disciples, gang members, and so on.

It was quite a mixed bag.

This, in turn.

Made it difficult to lead the team.

Time flew by.

Night fell.

Xu Qing had no time to practice martial arts the entire day because he had to properly assign tasks to each patrol team. There were many things to attend to, and he even met the County Magistrate of Qingbei Town in the afternoon.

That was a truly important figure.

Swish! Swish! Swish!!!

Sword light flickered.

During the day, Xu Qing had spent some silver to buy three ordinary Iron Swords. They were not expensive, but they still cost Xu Qing thirty taels of silver.

[Experience +1]

[Experience +1]

Xu Qing swung his sword. With each swing, the ordinary Iron Sword in his hand gained one experience point.

Before long.

All three of Xu Qing's Iron Swords were upgraded.

[Iron Sword LV3: 0/40 (……)]

Three Iron Swords, all upgraded to LV3. At LV3, an Iron Sword is already a sharp blade forged from fine iron. At market price, each one can fetch around three hundred taels of silver.

This means.

A tenfold increase.

Without realizing it.

It was already late at night.

Xu Qing put on the evil ghost mask. After more than half a year, the mysterious sword master 'Lü Dongbin' reappeared. He headed to the Black Market for the third time.

The scene shifted.

Black Market.

Xu Qing had arrived. The Black Market that greeted him was still very lively, with many people setting up stalls selling various Spirit Foods, medicinal herbs, Secret Medicines, weapons, and so on.

This time.

Xu Qing went to a weapon shop in the Black Market.

"Boss."

Xu Qing walked in, looking around. He saw various weapons displayed in the shop: sabers, swords, staffs, spears... Sabers and swords were the most common.

"Customer, what do you need?"

The owner of this weapon shop was a smiling middle-aged man. He was also very fat, with a large belly, and his small, mung bean-like eyes were slightly narrowed.

"Do you buy 'Iron Swords'?"

Xu Qing asked.

"Yes."

The owner of this weapon shop was slightly taken aback. He saw the black package on Xu Qing's back and nodded. "May I have a look, honored customer?"

"Sure."

Xu Qing nodded. He took out the three Iron Swords and handed them to the weapon shop owner.

The weapon shop owner examined them for a moment, then put down the Iron Swords. His smile remained unchanged. "The weapons are decent, just a bit few in quantity. If you're selling them, I can give you a thousand taels."

"Deal."

Xu Qing nodded and agreed.

Soon.

The transaction was completed by both parties.

"Honored customer."

However.

The weapon shop owner called out to Xu Qing. "Your weapons should be more than just these three, right? I just looked, and let me be direct, these three Iron Swords should all be from the same blacksmith, and they were forged not long ago, with no signs of use."

"How about it?"

"Honored customer, have you considered forming a long-term partnership with me?"

"How do you want to cooperate?"

Xu Qing asked.

"It's very simple."

The weapon shop owner said calmly, "From now on, you'll sell all the weapons you forge to me, and I can offer you a satisfactory price."

"However much you have, I'll buy it all."

"Alright."

Xu Qing pondered for a moment.

"Great!"

The weapon shop owner was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. "I didn't expect you to be so straightforward. Don't worry, I definitely won't let you lose out on the price!"

"Allow me to introduce myself formally."

"I am 'Guo Qianming'."

"Mm."

Xu Qing nodded. "Lü Dongbin."

"Huh?"

Guo Qianming was taken aback, his expression somewhat surprised. He sized up Xu Qing, his tone filled with astonishment. "You are actually 'Lü Dongbin'?"

"That mysterious sword master!!!"

"Indeed."

Xu Qing nodded.

With this, Xu Qing's first objective in the Black Market was achieved: he found a stable sales channel. From now on, he only needed to sell a few upgraded Iron Swords daily to earn enough money to cover his expenses and practice martial arts.

His second objective.

Xu Qing returned to the Black Tiger Spirit Food Shop and met the owner, Black Tiger. Xu Qing didn't have much silver. Although he had just earned a thousand taels, he only had a little over ten thousand taels in total.

Therefore.

Xu Qing only bought ten thousand taels worth of Black Mountain Tiger Meat this time.

"Please come again, customer."

Black Tiger said.

Xu Qing didn't reply.

This time.

No more Black Market hunters dared to attack Xu Qing. Because of the previous two encounters, the Black Market hunters knew how terrifyingly powerful Xu Qing was.

These hunters were only after wealth; they didn't want to die.

Xu Qing left the Black Market and returned to his courtyard. He took off the evil ghost mask, revealing his original appearance, and put the mask aside.

Firstly.

Xu Qing had originally thought that after Eight Extremities Fist was upgraded to LV11 and reached the Pill Force realm, his LV10 Iron Sword and LV10 evil ghost mask could continue to be upgraded.

However.

The information from the Omni-Codex still informed Xu Qing that with his current cultivation, he still couldn't control the upgraded LV11 Iron Sword and evil ghost mask.

So.

Xu Qing had to give up.

"Previously, because I was only at the Transforming Force level, one jin of Black Mountain Tiger Meat a day was enough to sustain my daily consumption and practice,"

Xu Qing said. "But as my cultivation broke through to Pill Force, one jin of Black Mountain Tiger Meat a day is no longer sufficient. I need to consume three jin of Black Mountain Tiger Meat daily to maintain my daily consumption and practice."

"The Black Mountain Tiger Meat bought with ten thousand taels of silver won't last long either."

The night passed without incident.

The next day.

Morning.

Xu Qing arrived at the Azure Hawk Martial Arts School and then left Qingbei Town, heading outside the city. The cold wind howled, and heavy snow fell. As far as the eye could see, the land outside the city was covered in white snow, a thick layer blanketing everything.

Not far away.

Xu Qing looked up and saw a large number of emaciated, sallow-faced refugees and disaster victims gathered outside the city. Many of them had even set up tents outside the city.

Clearly.

These disaster victims and refugees were not going to leave.

Faced with so many refugees and disaster victims, the County Magistrate of Qingbei Town was also at a loss. They couldn't be driven away, but they couldn't let so many refugees and disaster victims enter the city either.

If they were allowed into the city, who knew what kind of trouble would arise.

Moreover.

If this gate were opened.

Disaster victims and refugees from other counties would all flock here.

By then.

Qingbei Town would be in big trouble.

Next.

The task for Xu Qing and the others was simple: they had to patrol the areas where these disaster victims and refugees gathered outside the city for twenty-four hours non-stop.

At the same time.

They also needed to protect the 'porridge stalls' set up by the three great families and the Yamen, and maintain order to prevent the disaster victims and refugees from looting, which could cause unrest.

Of course.

Xu Qing and the others would be working in shifts.

The first day.

Xu Qing happened to be on the first shift of the patrol team, and it was also the time when the 'porridge stalls' set up by the three great families and the Yamen were preparing to distribute porridge.

Therefore.

Xu Qing and the others needed to maintain order.

Not only that.

The porridge stall that Xu Qing's Thirteenth Patrol Squad was assigned to protect was the one set up by the Jiang Family, one of the three great families in Qingbei Town.

Speaking of which.

The 'porridge stall' set up by the Jiang Family was the oldest and had been operating for the longest time. It originally started because the eldest daughter of the Jiang Family, Jiang Feiying, was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see beggars go hungry, so she began distributing porridge.

Moreover.

This porridge distribution had been going on for a full half year without interruption.

Half a year had passed.

Originally, this porridge stall was just a small, temporary setup. Now, it had transformed into a proper, sizable establishment.

It looked like a small roadside inn.

"Don't push, don't push! Everyone will get some, everyone will get some."

"Everyone line up obediently."

"..."

The members of the Patrol Team shouted loudly.

Everything was orderly.

"Hmm?"

However.

Xu Qing frowned. This was because he possessed the evil ghost mask, and within it resided a true evil spirit. Thus, he noticed that some of the refugees and disaster victims subtly carried wisps of yin qi.

Clearly.

Something was going on.

"Never mind, it has nothing to do with me."

Xu Qing pondered for a moment, but he had no intention of meddling. Instead, he pretended to know nothing and to have discovered nothing.