Chapter Seventy-Five: Bumping into a Porcelain

  Looking at the boy in front of him, who was only seven or eight years old, with a childish face and even a runny nose, there seemed to be a scar on his forehead. Only those bright eyes made Li Chen's expression dazed for a moment, as if he had seen the children of Niu Shu and Liu Yue's family.

  "A great...great hero, just a few coppers will do!"

  In the cold wind, San Gouzi sucked his nose and was seen by Li Chen with a burst of goosebumps in his heart, but he still asked boldly.

  "Take me to the largest trading house in the city!"

  Li Chen hung his head low, hiding the moisture in his eyes, scanning over his bare toes, his thin and tattered clothes couldn't conceal his frail and emaciated young body.

  "Hey, come this way, take a shortcut, just two streets and you'll be there!"

  The three dogs' eyes, which were originally extremely bright, suddenly shone with a burst of light, and they hastily pointed to an alleyway, leading Li Chen inside.

  Wow!

  As Li Chen turned into the alley corner, a large expanse of white ash suddenly appeared in front of him, violently enveloping his face.

  He lowered his head slightly, and the wide hood blocked his eyes.

  Boom!

  A dull thud came, and a thick iron rod was smashed towards the top of his head.

  Li Chen let out a low groan and his body shook several times before he fell to the ground.

  "Ah, didn't you say you wouldn't kill anyone?"

  The three dogs suddenly turned pale and looked at the three people who walked out from around the corner.

  "Scram, don't block Grandpa's way to wealth!"

  A burly man with a thick beard slapped him flying and bent down to search Lichun's body.

  "What about...my younger brother and sister?"

  The three dogs couldn't withstand this slap and immediately spat out blood from the corners of their mouths, but still propped up their painful bodies to ask.

  "Haha, don't worry, we won't die, we're still counting on you guys to lure a few more fools!"

  "Haha!"

  Several people burst into loud laughter and quickly surrounded Li Chen, pulling him up and preparing to search his body.

  Hahaha!

  Several crisp sounds rang out in succession, and the three of them were stunned at the same time, looking incredulously at the curved arm, their mouths open as if to let out a mournful cry.

  But a sudden severe pain in their abdomen made them swallow back the scream that was about to come out of their mouths.

  Boom! Boom! Boom!

  In the quiet dawn, he slapped three palms on the back of the heads of the three people, and slowly turned around with a calm expression.

  "You... you... you're... you're not dead?"

  The three dogs, like ghosts, curled up their thin bodies, their eyes full of terror, suffering from hunger and cold, and having been slapped by the big man, now, after this fright, suddenly fainted with a white-eyed stare.

  "Ah!"

  Li Chen let out a soft sigh as he looked at the four people who had fallen to the ground and were unable to get up.

  These few people's tricks, Li Chen was familiar with them when he was in Luohuang City, plus the initial stage of the second-order martial arts, where could they possibly be able to hurt him, just pretending to follow the trend, wanting to see what kind of situation it is.

  The behavior of those three big men obviously wasn't the first or second time they'd done this, and Li Chen's own strength was confident that it wouldn't be a case of becoming a confused fool, but rather never waking up again, just another unclaimed corpse in the alley.

  As for whether there are still any toddlers at home who need to be fed, or an 80-year-old mother lying in bed, these are not things he can consider.

  After going through so many life-and-death tests, Li Chen has become much more indifferent to many things. If it were in the past, he might have just taught them a lesson and let them go.

  But for this kind of person, it's just a matter of healing wounds and forgetting the pain, and if they're killed, then so be it.

  Bent down and pried open San Gouz's eyelids, reached out to touch his small wrist, and gently pressed a few times on his chest.

  "Uh..."

  Three Dogs woke up with a scrunched face, saw an enlarged ugly face, and was suddenly frightened to shrink into the corner of the wall, "Great hero... no, great lord spare my life, I still have several younger brothers and sisters to take care of..."

  "Go find a place in the countryside to live, this place is not suitable for you!"

  In a big city where dragons and snakes are mixed together, there is no place for these half-grown children to make a living, they can only become tools for some forces to get rich or vent their emotions.

  He pulled out a purse from his bosom and put it in San Gouzi's bosom, then Lei Chen let out a quiet sigh and stood up to leave.

  Staring at his departing back, San Gouzi was in a daze for a long time, until a gust of cold wind blew by, which made him shiver and wake up.

  With great courage, he rummaged through the three men's bodies, laboriously tearing off a garment, wrapping up all the valuable things, and then hastily leaving.

  No one would notice the scene that took place in the quiet alley, and even if they did, no one would care. Such is the way of the world, where things are often cold and indifferent. This was just a small, insignificant episode in the grand tapestry of life.

  "Hey buddy, where is the window for selling treasures?"

  In the city of Songyang, in a large building with a vast courtyard, Li Chen stopped a martial artist dressed as a servant and asked.

  "Look over there, that's where they sell things!"

  The servant, who was under twenty years old, flashed a hint of disdain in his eyes, pointed to the corridor inside with his hand and said, "Go that way," then turned around and left.

  Jubao Pavilion is the largest store in Songyang City, and even the windows are unknown where they are. Obviously, it's a low-ranking martial artist from the countryside.

  No wonder the waiter was indifferent and dismissive, taking one glance at Li Chen's shabby appearance and knowing there was nothing good to be expected, too lazy to lead the way or wait for a tip.

  "Thank you!"

  Li Chen didn't mind at all and walked straight towards that corridor. To him, this kind of look had been seen too many times already.

  Moreover, he had never entered such a large store before and couldn't help but feel dizzy.

  Before long, they arrived at the corridor, and upon looking around, seven or eight plaques were lined up, detailing various categories of precious items that needed to be sold.

  People are walking out of or queuing at the entrance with a sign.

  No matter if it's a low-grade treasure or an ordinary treasure, as long as it's of high quality, the person selling it doesn't want others to know about it. Having these private rooms also serves as a certain level of protection.

  Li Chen took a glance and walked straight to the pavilion selling weapons, standing still and waiting.

  "Hey friend, what are you selling?"

  A young martial artist with a weasel-like head and mouse-like eyes walked up close, looking like an adventurer, peeking around behind him.

  Li Chen's eyebrows slightly furrowed, although he had never been to such a large store before, but he also knew that inquiring about someone else's goods for sale was extremely taboo, so he pretended not to have heard and closed his eyes to wait.

  "I said, there's something good, want it?"

  The young man with mouse eyes didn't get angry, but instead spoke in a mysterious and hushed tone.

  Li Chen still ignored him, waiting for the people in front to finish their business so he could sell his goods.

  The young man was at a loss, and he nodded slightly towards the not-too-distant place. Immediately, several people entered the corridor, also lining up behind Li Chen's team, with only one person in between.

  At the moment, a young man with mouse eyes introduced his treasure to several people, and after discussing it, he took out a fist-sized gold and white object from his pocket and talked about it.

  They were originally talking fine, but perhaps they couldn't agree on the price, and eventually started quarreling. Four or five people pushed and shoved in the corridor, occasionally squeezing towards Lichun.