The man guarding the door raised his arms and said with a slightly sullen expression: "Why don't you let me in?
Just rely on my fist!"
"If it's just your fist, it can't stop me."
"If you don't overestimate your capabilities, then I'll let you try!"
The man roared angrily and rushed towards him to attack him.
The distance between the two was not far, and in an instant his fist was about to hit Lin Xiaodong's face.
He secretly laughed in his heart, as this punch would definitely break the bridge of the opponent's nose.
Unexpectedly, Lin Xiaodong was so short that his fist actually didn't touch anything, but just brushed past the tip of the opponent's nose.
"What?"
Before the man could react, he felt his body being grabbed by a pair of hands, and then he was violently thrown out.
He was hit against a pillar and felt dizzy, with stars appearing in front of his eyes.
"＊!"
He cursed loudly, stood up with all his strength, and then rushed towards Lin Xiaodong unwilling to admit defeat.
The ending this time has not changed. He was thrown out again by Lin Xiaodong. This time, he hit a wall and was injured even more seriously than last time.
"Now, can I go in?"
When the man saw Lin Xiaodong approaching, he thought that the other person wanted to beat him, and his body suddenly became weak.
After hearing Lin Xiaodong's question, he forced himself to stand up.
He spat out a mouthful of blood and replied: "Okay, you can go in..." After all, this was the rule of the black market. Even if he was dissatisfied, he could only let Lin Xiaodong in.
After all, this is a black market, and he is afraid of the consequences of disobeying the rules.
Lin Xiaodong walked into the black market with his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "Wouldn't it be fine if we had done this earlier?"
I saw people coming and going in the black market, and judging from their strength, they must not be ordinary people.
But this place is no different from an ordinary market, except that the things sold are different.
Lin Xiaodong took a brief stroll and found that people here were doing their own business, but as soon as he walked over, those people became quiet and seemed to dislike him.
Several times he tried to stop people to ask, but they were all avoided, and no one seemed to want to pay attention to him.
What's going on?
Lin Xiaodong murmured in his heart, but he suppressed the doubts for the time being and continued walking deeper into the black market.
Finally, he stopped in front of a stall selling monster materials, showing great interest.
The stall owner originally thought that business was coming to his door, and was about to show an enthusiastic expression, but suddenly he froze when he saw Lin Xiaodong's face.
Lin Xiaodong was about to reach out and touch a monster skeleton on the table, but was stopped by the stall owner.
The man slapped his hand and said, "If you don't want to buy it, don't touch it. Go look elsewhere!"
"How do you know I won't buy it?
How can you not do the business that comes to your door?"
Lin Xiaodong felt that some eyes around him were focused on him, so he continued: "I see, you guys in the black market don't really want to do my business?"
The stall owner looked cold: "What, you want to cause trouble?"
"I just want to buy something from you, how can I call it a riot... aren't we all doing business in this black market?"
"I won't do your business."
Hearing this, Lin Xiaodong's hand reached out to the monster skeleton like lightning: "Today's business, whether you do it or not, you have to do it!"
Hearing this, the stall owner panicked and quickly stopped his hand, lowering his voice and saying: "Is it possible that you really want to cause trouble?
No matter how powerful you are, can you still compete with the forces of the black market?"
Lin Xiaodong felt that the other party finally wanted to give in, so he smiled and asked: "Then you must at least tell me why you refuse to do my business, right?"
The stall owner blushed and seemed to be struggling with something. After a long time, he accepted his fate and said: "Okay, I tell you, you must leave my place quickly!"
"OK."
The stall owner took a deep breath and lowered his voice: "There are several major families in Qianshui City, but their power doesn't show much on the surface.
The black market is the center of their power, and even the city lord's palace cannot manage it here.
You just beat Liang Jingyu a few days ago, which is like a slap in the face of the Liang family. Who else dares to do business with you in the black market now?
That’s really a long life!”
After hearing this, Lin Xiaodong understood why he had received such a cold reception as soon as he entered the black market.
After all, the stall owners in the black market are just doing business. How dare they challenge the Liang family's power here?
To deal with these big families is as easy as crushing an ant.
So, Lin Xiaodong said: "Then I won't buy your stuff, as long as you answer me some questions."
The stall owner nodded and reluctantly agreed.
"How much do you know about the parchments?"
"Parchment rolls..." The stall owner thought hard and finally said that he had never heard of it.
Lin Xiaodong had no choice but to take out the parchment roll, show it to the stall owner in a cryptic manner, and said, "Okay, let me ask another question.
I need to look for clues related to this thing, do you have any clues?"
"Hiss, this..." The stall owner stared at the strange hieroglyphics on the parchment and said, "I have never seen this kind of writing, but I know someone who might understand it."
"who?"
"I heard that there is an old man in this black market. He traveled around the world when he was young. He has learned a lot and is very respected.
But when he got old, he became quite depressed for some reason, and lived in seclusion in the black market."
An old man who used to travel around the world when he was young?
If this is the case, then he may really know something about the parchment scrolls.
"Then can you tell me where the old man is now?"
"I'm afraid you have to find it yourself. I just know that this person exists, but I don't know the specific situation."
Lin Xiaodong was a little disappointed, thanked the other party, and left the stall.
The stall owner breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.
What happened next was exactly the same as before. Everyone who saw Lin Xiaodong looked like they had seen the god of plague, fearing that they would be implicated and be punished by the Liang family.
Moreover, there is another reason why they are afraid, which is that Lan Ruo's favor for Lin Xiaodong on the Jiuxiang Painting Boat has also successfully angered many wealthy children from big families.
So this time when he came to the black market, no one dared to pay attention to him.
Lin Xiaodong couldn't find a guide, so he could only walk around by himself while looking for the old man's residence.
Suddenly, he saw several well-dressed rich kids nearby staring at him.
Could it be that someone informed the Liang family of his whereabouts and their people came to find him?
He thought silently, and suddenly saw that those people seemed to have made some decision, and they walked towards him together.