Offline Meetup with Black Market Netpals

The man who was hoisted in the air saw the order-maintenance personnel approaching and instantly stopped worrying, even though he was the one who started it, he hadn't thrown a punch.

The corners of his mouth curled into a meaningful smile. "The order-organizing people are coming soon, I didn't throw a punch. If you really think about it, the punishment will definitely be lighter than yours. If you're willing to give some things, it's not impossible for the two of us to settle it privately."

The man's voice wasn't muffled, and it traveled into the ears of the onlookers. The crowd around who understood the cause and effect began to whisper.

"Although that guy can't get any disciples, there's definitely a problem with him speaking inappropriately on occasions, and he even wants money—he really has no shame."

"Heh, that guy's strength among the martial arts academy masters is probably just the trashiest, otherwise how could he not have a single disciple? Heh, he can only bully people who don't know martial arts.

He loses his head the moment he gets a bit of strength, and now that the order-maintenance staff are coming, I want to see how he cleans up this mess."

"Who learns martial arts if they're a normal person? They're all just the dust of history."

"Then why did you come to watch?"

"..."

Chen Xu wore a expressionless face as his level-six Tiger Might burst forth from his body.

"Ah!" The expression of the lewd-faced man changed drastically, and he let out a miserable shriek. A fishy stench emanated from his lower body, and the surrounding onlookers couldn't help but cover their noses and step back.

Casually tossing the man further away, Chen Xu left the scene leisurely.

"What's going on?" The staff just arrived at the scene, and a foul stench hit them right in the face, causing him to instinctively take two steps back.

The onlookers had long since dispersed. Within a radius of dozens of meters, only one person was sprawled on the ground. People loved gossip, but nobody wanted to generate an appetite right next to a toilet.

"What's wrong with you?" The staff member covered his nose and mouth, suppressing the urge to vomit as he approached the lewd man.

He spoke to the man, but the man's body just kept trembling, as if he were experiencing extreme terror.

No matter how the staff members questioned him, the man gave no response at all. The moment anyone got slightly close, he immediately curled his body up, terrified to the absolute extreme.

Several staff members exchanged glances, falling into deep thought.

They didn't want to find out the cause of the conflict; they were just pondering whether or not they should get their whole bodies covered in shit just for that little bit of salary.

Naturally, Chen Xu was unaware that the staff were caught in a difficult dilemma because of him. He was already sitting in a restaurant waiting for a certain client, and this was the meeting place they had agreed upon.

The item to be traded was none other than the utterly useless Assault Glory in his possession.

Through the predecessor's black market website, Chen Xu had listed it online, refusing cash and specifically demanding Refining Liquid in exchange.

His luck was pretty good; less than two days after listing it, someone privately messaged Chen Xu and arranged to meet today for a detailed discussion.

To prevent his identity from being exposed, Chen Xu had deliberately adjusted his facial shape and height. Although he couldn't achieve massive alterations, minor modifications were still entirely doable.

About five minutes later, a female wearing sunglasses and a face mask walked in. After sweeping her gaze over the meal on Chen Xu's table, she unhurriedly walked over and sat down opposite him.

The two of them were in the furthest corner of the restaurant, and coupled with the noisy environment, as long as they didn't deliberately do anything to attract attention, they were like transparent entities.

The woman tentatively spoke up, "Tiger King?"

The moment Chen Xu heard this form of address, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. Just how much obsession did the predecessor hold toward the Tiger Howl Fist to come up with a name like this?

"It's me. Are you Demon God's Eye?"

Whether it was his imagination or not, Chen Xu felt that the cheeks of the woman opposite him flushed imperceptibly.

Sweeping the woman with his peripheral vision, Chen Xu always felt that she looked somewhat familiar, as if he had seen her recently.

"Lord Tiger King, could you inform me where you obtained that item?" Demon God's Eye extended slender, fair fingers from her long sleeves, removed her face mask, and used her other hand to modestly cover her mouth.

She picked up the watermelon juice on the table, inserted a straw, and began to sip it in small, delicate mouthfuls.

He didn't know whether she possessed supreme skill and immense boldness or was a pure novice, drinking a beverage ordered by a stranger with zero defenses.

"No comment. This does not fall under the category of information within the scope of service." Chen Xu picked up a slice of meat drenched in fresh sauce and popped it into his mouth.

Every single meal here was ridiculously expensive. If he hadn't borrowed a sum of money from Zhicheng Martial Arts Academy, he might genuinely not have been able to afford to eat here.

Speaking of Zhicheng Martial Arts Academy, he wondered how that guy Chang Wei was doing. Today was the martial arts academy grand tournament, so they should be able to meet, and he could borrow some more cash to spend then.

Hearing this, the woman stopped pressing for answers, picked up her chopsticks, and began to compete with Chen Xu for the food.

Anyone unaware would probably assume the two of them were a couple who had come to watch the live combat at the martial arts academy tournament.

Someone still had to roast Chen Xu in their mind: Just how oblivious do you have to be to think of bringing your girlfriend to watch live fighting?

"Burp~" Letting out a hearty burp, Demon God's Eye looked at Chen Xu, who was still wolfing down his food.

"One hundred grams of Refining Liquid, plus a martial arts manual of the graded tier."

Chen Xu raised his head. "A graded martial arts manual? If it's at the [Martial Form] level, I might consider it."

"[Martial Form]?" The woman wore the expression of someone looking at a person who was joking.

"Trying to trick me into thinking I don't know the Federation? In your dreams!

As for that item of yours, the stronger your strength, the lower its utility.

How could something whose upper limit doesn't even reach the [Martial Form] level have the audacity to ask for a [Martial Form] martial art?"

After clearing yet another plate, Chen Xu raised a single finger.

"Just one hundred grams of Refining Liquid?"

"One thousand!"

"Impossible. That D-grade powered armor is definitely not worth that price." Demon God's Eye flatly and decisively refused.

Chen Xu gave her a deep look, then suddenly mouthed two words.

"Lin... Lin... Qi?" Demon God's Eye's voice abruptly halted as an intangible aura erupted, enveloping Chen Xu.

"Are, you, threatening, me?" Pronouncing each word separately, the woman was clearly enraged to the absolute limit.

Compared to his own level-six Tiger Might, the woman's imposing aura was a notch inferior and could not inflict any impact on Chen Xu at all.

Chen Xu hadn't expected that he merely thought the woman looked familiar and made a random guess that would actually hit the mark. After mentally comparing the women around Lin Qi one by one, Chen Xu found that duck-billed-cap-wearing girl tucked away in a corner of his memory—the one who kept her head lowered from start to finish and never uttered a single word.

Her presence had been so negligible that even after her rough disguise, Chen Xu had only felt she looked familiar without managing to recall her.

Seeing her eyebrows twisted into a tight knot, he knew she was desperately searching her memories for Chen Xu's figure.

Yet Chen Xu's current appearance was so changed that even the old academy master back from the dead would find it hard to recognize him, let alone someone who had only met him once by chance.

To be precise, she hadn't even considered Chen Xu in that direction; after all, his facial shape, build, and height had all altered.

Furthermore, she didn't believe that someone with Chen Xu's strength—who couldn't even recruit a single trainee—could also master techniques like bone-shrinking.

She wasn't afraid of the threat from the man before her, but that didn't mean Lin Qi wasn't afraid, nor that his younger sister wasn't afraid. If Lin Qi hadn't accidentally rescued her from unconsciousness that night, she likely would have lost her life long ago.

If her life-saving benefactor got dragged into this kind of matter because of her...

Hmph, it was purely just the relationship of a life-saving benefactor anyway; don't overthink it.

Lifting her gaze once more to look at Chen Xu's unperturbed face, the more she looked, the more she loathed him.

"One thousand is fine, but I can't pull out that much right now; I need some time to prepare.

Also, I'm warning you, after you take the Refining Liquid, you aren't allowed to do anything to Lin Qi's family! Otherwise, I guarantee you'll die a very ugly death!"

"No problem." Chen Xu replied readily.