Chapter 8: Ancient Martial Arts Family, Opportunity in the Antiques Street!
After the Investigation Bureau people left, Bai Yu looked at the group chat he had joined, with over two hundred people.
They were discussing last night’s car accident.
“This Fishman is hiding in the Qingyun River, I don’t even dare to go near the riverbank anymore.”
“I’m not even daring to go fishing today.”
“Even if you fish, you’ll come up empty. It’s fine.”
“You can try, maybe you’ll even fish out a monster.”
“Trying and you’ll die.”
Seeing the group members chatting, Bai Yu thought: These people in the group are quite carefree~
He decided to wait and see if he could get any useful information from the group.
“For now, I’ll go out and complete my running mission. To exchange for information about the Wordless Heavenly Book!”
Noon.
Inside, the bathroom.
A basin of water was poured out.
“Splash splash~”
“Refreshing!”
The takeout also arrived.
He ordered a grilled fish feast as a reward for his exercise over the past few days.
He looked at the latest intelligence.
【Personal Archives
Registration Time: January 14, 2048
Name: Lei Tao
Family: Lei Family （Ancient Martial Arts Family）
Realm: Fourth Realm – Spirit Sea Realm （Ancient God System Cultivator）
Personal Experience:
In 2037, he accidentally purchased a Wordless Heavenly Book on Yunhu Antique Street in Tianhai City. Lei Tao felt a mysterious connection to the book but did not perceive the power it contained.
Later, he unintentionally used fire to burn it, discovering that the writing disappeared. After completely burning it, he obtained three Golden Pages.
From these, Lei Tao comprehended powerful Ancient God Arts such as “Palm Lightning,” “Heavenly Thunder Summon,” “Five Thunder Art,” and “Thunder Talisman Heavenly Soldiers,” and officially became an Ancient God System cultivator.
Later, after professional inspection, the power of the Wordless Heavenly Book originated from Zhang Jiao, an Ancient God of the Celestial Master Dao.
According to compatibility analysis, although Lei Tao’s Ancient Martial Arts Family possessed Lightning System cultivation methods, his compatibility with Zhang Jiao was only 57%.
Family Incident:
The high-level officials of the Lei Family were controlled by a Blood Demon at a certain period. Further investigation revealed that the research institute under the Lei Family colluded with the Blood Ancestor God, secretly creating forbidden items like flesh-and-blood fusion monsters, in an attempt to gain eternal life from Alien Gods.
After the matter was exposed, the Lei Family engaged in a fierce battle with members of the Investigation Bureau. A large number of family members died, and a few members like Lei Tao escaped Tianhai City.
Key Information: Wordless Heavenly Book.jpg】
Seeing the information about the personal archives, Bai Yu was stunned for a moment, thinking it wasn’t information that could help him become an Extraordinary.
But after reading it.
“Yunhu Antique Street in Tianhai City!”
“As expected! After reading the thesis on Sequence Advancement items, I knew this kind of thing would happen. Spiritual Qi Awakening, antique bargain hunting.”
“Damn it, when I have money, I’ll buy the entire antique street.”
And this intelligence clearly had more than one key point.
There was also the Lei Family, an Ancient Martial Arts Family, and their secret evil experiments, betraying the Human Race!
“Right, and the Fourth Realm – Spirit Sea Realm, that’s also a piece of information.”
“Ancient God Arts, Zhang Jiao, compatibility, etc., can all be considered.”
He quickly grabbed a pen and wrote down this information in his small notebook.
After writing, he felt hungry and wanted to eat grilled fish.
Thinking about the antique market, he couldn’t sit still, so he had to eat faster.
Yunhu was a bit far.
After eating, he took a half-hour bus ride and arrived.
It was built along the lake. Although the sun was shining brightly, the air was not scorching due to the lake’s regulation.
The Tianhai City Meteorological Bureau was built here, which is why the temperature in Tianhai City’s weather forecasts has never exceeded forty degrees!
As Bai Yu got off the bus, he saw many people sitting on wooden benches on the hillside by the roadside, enjoying the cool air.
They were either chatting or sitting quietly, enjoying the breeze and coolness by the lake.
Without delay, he entered the antique street.
There were many formal shops here, and also quite a few street stalls.
The most crucial piece of information Bai Yu obtained was the photo of the Wordless Heavenly Book.
It was a book like the martial arts manuals in movies, with no writing on its cover.
“It’s hard to find.”
“And at this hour, I don’t know if I can find this book.”
He was afraid of coming with high hopes only to return empty-handed.
Thinking of this, Bai Yu walked into the antique street with some trepidation.
Many people were browsing items at the street stalls.
One person picked up a strange iron spoon and asked, “Brother, what’s the story behind this spoon?”
He said very seriously, “This thing has quite a history. Back in the day…”
The stall owner was a middle-aged man with a slightly plump face, resembling a crosstalk performer, his voice having a storytelling quality that made people quite interested.
But the next sentence made Bai Yu unable to hold back his laughter.
“Back in the day, Pan Jinlian used this spoon to feed Wu Dalang.”
“How much?”
“Three thousand.”
“A fair price.”
“Three hundred, not a cent less. Hey, don’t go, we can chat more.”
What followed was an indecent bargaining scene.
Don’t think that the stall owners were just talking nonsense.
Most people, without careful consideration, would think that business couldn’t be done like this.
That would be a big mistake!
A rusty old iron spoon, could it be sold under normal circumstances? They wouldn’t even take it as scrap metal!
But if you imbue this item with a story, it gains value. Even if the story is absurd, customers wouldn’t mind paying an extra five or ten yuan if it’s interesting, and they’d buy it.
They might feel like they got ripped off afterward, but at the moment, they bought it for a laugh.
Bai Yu walked for a long time but couldn’t find any martial arts manuals.
However, when he made eye contact with a stall owner, the owner took out an ancient book and said mysteriously, “Young man, I have a treasure here.”
Bai Yu glanced at the five large characters: Along the River During the Qingming Festival.
He asked somewhat speechlessly, “How much?”
“This is the genuine scroll, only five thousand!”
Bai Yu rolled his eyes, “Am I stupid? And this is a booklet, not a scroll! The genuine scroll is in the museum.”
“You’re the stupid one, how else would they swap it if not made into a booklet? My final offer, three thousand.”
“Heh~ Thirty is acceptable, as a decoration.”
“Deal!”
“…”
After considering, Bai Yu felt that his objective didn’t need to be too strong. Buying a booklet in advance to pretend would be fine.
Thirty yuan wasn’t expensive.
Just as Bai Yu felt he was about to reach the end of the street, at a stall near the lake, he immediately saw a stall with many martial arts manuals and excitedly walked over.
But at this moment, he suddenly saw a group of people.
The leader was Li Yunbin! Beside him were two men and two women, and in the middle was a young man with an unhappy expression.
Having seen the list of the Seventh Group, Bai Yu naturally guessed that these five adults were core members of the Seventh Group.
As for the young man, he didn’t know.
Not being familiar with Li Yunbin, Bai Yu naturally pretended not to see him and looked down at the stall.
On the other side, Li Yunbin, as a Transcendent, had extremely sharp perception and naturally noticed Bai Yu.
His expression was somewhat surprised, and Qin Wanqing beside him asked curiously, “What’s wrong? Is there a situation?”
As they spoke, the group didn’t stop and passed by Bai Yu.
Li Yunbin said, “At a stall just now, I saw the young man who visited us this morning.”
“Hmm?”
The team members listened and looked back in confusion.
Qin Wanqing asked, “Is there a problem with that?”
“According to the information I’ve seen, he shouldn’t have any connection to this area.”
“He’s probably trying to get a bargain, to buy those things.”
Li Yunbin thought for a moment, believing that after Bai Yu joined the group, he might have asked for ways to improve his strength, and a group member mentioned Sequence Advancement items.
However, in reality, such methods, while appearing to be bargain hunting, had an extremely low probability of success.
More importantly, even if they bought a genuine item, they wouldn’t know how to use it.
The power of Ancient Gods is not easily inherited. If one lacks a foundation, power backlash could very likely lead to death.
‘But… he took action immediately after receiving the news. The person is quite ambitious.’
Li Yunbin thought this, and the six of them arrived in front of a shop in the antique street: Red Moon Antique Shop.
The shop looked rather dark and deserted. Their purpose for coming here was, naturally, to visit the old friend mentioned by Deputy Director Yang.
