All kinds of weapons were available, some were exquisite, some of high quality, and there were even those that were broken and worn, giving off a strong sense of age.

If he didn’t know he was in the Changqing Trading Company, Li Hengsheng would have thought he had ended up in a junkyard.

“This section is for paintings.” Min Min was introducing to Li Hengsheng, “The paintings here are quite good, some are even drawn by advanced painters.”

“Are there any by the Painting Sage?” Li Hengsheng asked casually.

“Huh?” Min Min was taken aback, then laughed, “Young Master Li, you really know how to joke. The masterpieces of the Painting Sage are not so common. Even if there are, they are mostly controlled by major sects, rarely falling into the hands of individuals. Besides, almost no one would sell the masterpieces of the Painting Sage, right?”

“Oh, I see.” Li Hengsheng nodded, understanding the logic. Perhaps he had seen some of the Painting Sage’s masterpieces in the Floating Image Pavilion on a regular basis, so he didn’t realize how rare they were.

In fact, some people might practice their whole lives without seeing a single masterpiece of the Painting Sage.

Even among the disciples of Dao Mountain Ancient Land, only the inner disciples had the privilege to see the works of the Painting Sage.

Looking at these paintings, some were crooked and twisted.

They didn’t seem to evoke any feelings in him. Li Hengsheng even wondered if these were painted by his father, Li Changqing.

How ugly they were.

If Li Changqing knew about this, he would probably be fuming. Was this how his son saw his painting skills?

Seven Wolves, you can’t have it.

How about trying the Seven Swords?

“Huh?” At this moment, Li Hengsheng was somewhat surprised as he looked at a painting.

Because only one-third of the painting was revealed, Li Hengsheng saw several thunderbolts in the painting, pouring down with a force of ten thousand pounds.

This scene resonated with Li Hengsheng.

“I want to see this painting.” Li Hengsheng pointed at the painting and said.

Min Min looked at it, then nodded and said, “Song Yu, open this painting for Young Master Li to see.”

The young man in charge of the painting area nodded, then untied the rope on the painting, and the entire painting appeared before Li Hengsheng!

Suddenly, a surge of thunderous power hit him, as vast as a river!

The painting depicted a scene of countless thunderbolts neatly appearing in the sky over a wasteland. Each thunderbolt was like a roaring silver snake, wanting to devour everything in the world.

It was incredibly soul-stirring.

“This painting is called ‘Thousand Feet Thunderbolt’, drawn by an advanced painter.” The young man named Song Yu introduced to Li Hengsheng, “It’s being sold by a private collector.”

“Advanced painter?”

Li Hengsheng stared at the painting. He felt that this painting didn’t look like it was drawn by an advanced painter at all. It could totally rival the masterpieces of the Painting Sage!

Looking at this ‘Thousand Feet Thunderbolt’, Li Hengsheng felt a slight palpitation in his heart.

It seemed like he could sense something from this ‘Thousand Feet Thunderbolt’.

“How much?” Li Hengsheng asked.

“The owner of this painting is asking for one million taels of silver.” Song Yu quickly quoted the price.

A painting by an advanced painter, and of high quality at that, a price of one million taels of silver was indeed not expensive.

But hearing this price, Li Hengsheng’s heart still clenched.

Because all in all, he only had five hundred thousand taels on him, which was the money Li Changqing had sent him before, the money he hadn’t spent.

He originally thought it was a lot, but who would have thought, when he needed to use it, it was still not enough.

But he really wanted this painting.

“Young Master Li, don’t you have enough money?” Seeing that Li Hengsheng didn’t speak for a long time, Min Min asked.

“Yes, I only brought five hundred thousand taels.” Li Hengsheng said somewhat awkwardly. Paintings were really expensive. No wonder his father was always striving to become a Painting Sage.

Just as Min Min was about to speak, a loud voice came from behind Li Hengsheng, “I’ll take this ‘Thousand Feet Thunderbolt’ for one million taels.”

Hearing this, Li Hengsheng turned around and saw that the person who came was a young man, with a follower behind him.

This follower looked very ordinary, just like an ordinary person, but just one glance made Li Hengsheng feel terrified.

A master!

Li Hengsheng immediately judged that this person was at least a master of the Innate Completion stage.

Seeing the newcomer, Xu Kui also moved closer to Li Hengsheng in alert.

“I saw this painting first.” Li Hengsheng also wanted this painting, naturally he wouldn’t easily give it up. If worst comes to worst, he could exchange it for treasures.

Even if he didn’t have enough money, he still had more than a hundred thousand merit points from Tianhai City. If he wanted to exchange them for silver, there would probably be many people scrambling to do so.

“You saw it, but you can’t afford it.” The young man walked up, glanced at Li Hengsheng, and his calm eyes carried a trace of contempt.

It was not intentional contempt, but a sense of superiority that came from being in a high position for a long time. He looked down on everyone else, just like how one would look at ants.

This look instantly reminded Li Hengsheng of someone.

Chu Changkong.

Their looks were quite similar.

Li Hengsheng frowned, “Whether I can afford it or not is not for you to judge, is it?”

“Exactly, whether Young Master Li can afford it or not is not for others to say, right?”Min Min was also indignant for Li Hengsheng at this moment, stepping forward and saying, “This painting was indeed first seen by Young Master Li. Even if it is to be purchased, it should be up to Young Master Li to decide whether to buy it or not. Only if he doesn’t buy it, then this guest will have the opportunity to purchase it. First come, first served, this is the rule of our Changqing Trading Company.”

“You’re talking rules with me?”

Upon hearing this, the young man cast a cold glance at Min Min.

In an instant, the pressure of superiority came crashing down, causing Min Min to involuntarily take two steps back. At this moment, she felt as if she was facing a heaven’s chosen child.

A trace of fear crept into her heart.

Her intuition told her that she couldn’t afford to offend the man before her.

However, even so, Min Min still chose to stand by Li Hengsheng’s side.

The young man had no interest in arguing with a little girl. He glanced at the clothes Li Hengsheng was wearing, his gaze then sharpened, followed by a laugh, “No wonder, I was wondering why this little girl is so protective of you. Turns out you’re a disciple from Dao Mountain Ancient Land.”

“So what?” Li Hengsheng glanced at the young man’s clothes, noticing a strange pattern. He immediately recalled what Yang Tiantian had said yesterday and understood the identity of the person before him.

“Little girl.” The young man looked at Min Min, sneering, “I don’t blame you for being ignorant. You don’t know my identity, so you’re protecting a disciple from Dao Mountain Ancient Land. But Dao Mountain Ancient Land isn’t that impressive. I guess that’s all you’ve seen of the world.”

“How so?”

“So people from the Su Family are superior?” Li Hengsheng calmly retorted.

“Huh?”

The young man was taken aback when Li Hengsheng directly mentioned his identity. Even Chen Wangang, who was standing behind him, furrowed his brows and began to scrutinize Li Hengsheng.

“Heh.” The young man seemed to understand that Li Hengsheng had recognized the emblem on his clothes, then said, “I didn’t expect you to recognize the emblem of my Su Family. It seems that my Su Family is quite famous in your Dao Mountain Ancient Land. Did your master tell you to avoid my Su Family’s disciples when you’re outside, especially me, Su Xianci?”

“I’m sorry, but I’ve never heard of any Su Xianci.” Li Hengsheng laughed, “What I heard in my sect is that two of your Su Family’s elders were killed by Qianxue Sword Sovereign, and your Su Family didn’t even dare to fart in the end!”

“You’re courting death?” Su Xianci’s eyes were already blazing with anger.

“You try it? Touch me, and see if you can leave Minghong Prefecture.” Li Hengsheng was fearless. So what if your Su Family is powerful? This is the territory of Dao Mountain Ancient Land.

Two of your Su Family’s elders have already died at the hands of Qianxue Sword Sovereign, and you, a little brat, dare to act wildly on the territory of Dao Mountain Ancient Land?

“Ninth Young Master.” At this moment, Chen Wangang reached out and patted Su Xianci’s shoulder, shaking his head.

It was indeed not a wise choice to have a conflict with a disciple from Dao Mountain Ancient Land in Path Mark City.

“Shopkeeper Zhao!”

Just then, Su Xianci shouted.

“Master Su, I’m here, I’m here. What can I do for you?” At this moment, a middle-aged man hurried over, a hint of obsequiousness on his face. This Master Su was a big customer.

This man was Zhao Xiu, a member of the Zhao Family. Yan Leisheng was the president, and he was the deputy shopkeeper.

When Su Xianci came before, he ordered a large amount of tea and pre-made dishes, almost a VIP, so Zhao Xiu didn’t dare to neglect Su Xianci’s attitude.

“Shopkeeper Zhao, I want to buy this painting, but this man also wants to buy it. Who do you think it should be sold to?” Su Xianci looked at Zhao Xiu.

“Huh?”

Zhao Xiu looked at Min Min, then at Li Hengsheng, not understanding what was going on.

“Let me explain to Shopkeeper Zhao.” Su Xianci said with a smile, “This friend wants to buy this painting, but he doesn’t have enough money. So, I want to buy this painting now, and I can pay now. Shopkeeper Zhao, I won’t bully you because of my status. You give a fair result, who to sell it to.”

“That goes without saying, of course it’s…” Before Zhao Xiu could finish his sentence, Min Min interrupted him, “Shopkeeper!”

“What’s the matter?” Zhao Xiu looked at Min Min curiously.

“Let me explain to the shopkeeper.” Min Min took a deep breath.

“It’s because this Young Master Li Hengsheng from Dao Mountain Ancient Land wants to buy this painting, but he doesn’t have enough money. Then, this young master from the Su Family also wants to buy this painting, and the young master from the Su Family can pay now. They want to ask the shopkeeper, who to sell it to?”

Min Min finished in one breath.

But after hearing Min Min’s explanation, including Li Hengsheng, everyone looked at Min Min with a strange gaze.

Are you explaining for the sake of explaining?

“What’s the difference between your explanation and mine?” Su Xianci felt baffled.

If this were in the Southern Wilderness, would he need to explain to them?

Once his Su Family’s identity was revealed, who would dare to compete with him for things?

If it weren’t for not wanting to cause trouble, Su Xianci wouldn’t have done so.

No one in the room probably understood the difference in Min Min’s explanation, but one person did.

That was Zhao Xiu.

Zhao Xiu stared wide-eyed at Li Hengsheng.

He is Li Hengsheng?Isn’t that the young master of my Changqing Trading Company?

“Do I even need to say it?” Zhao Xiu hurriedly said, “The item was first spotted by Young Master Li, so it will definitely be sold to Young Master Li.”

“What?”

Su Xianci thought his ears were playing tricks on him!

What nonsense was Zhao Xiu spouting?

“Since Young Master Li was the first to take a liking to it, the item will definitely be sold to him. This is the rule of our Changqing Trading Company. I’m sorry, Young Master Su, why don’t you look at something else? I can give you a discount.” Zhao Xiu said with a grin.

“He doesn’t have the money. He may have taken a liking to it, but he doesn’t have the money to buy it!” Su Xianci wondered if everyone in the Eastern Desolate Land was crazy.

“No money is no problem, he can pay later when he has it.” Zhao Xiu said as if it was the most natural thing in the world, even Min Min couldn’t help but cover her mouth and giggle.

Not just Su Xianci, even Li Hengsheng found this outcome absurd.

“Shopkeeper Zhao, are you messing with me?” Su Xianci was burning with anger. As the son of the Su Family, when had he ever been treated like this?

“Young Master Su, you can’t say that. Our Changqing Trading Company treats everyone ‘equally’, very ‘fairly’.” Zhao Xiu hurriedly said.

“Shopkeeper Zhao, we just placed a large order here, buying fragrant tea. I’m not quite satisfied with your attitude now. I want to cancel the order.” Su Xianci said coldly.

“Oh, okay, I’ll cancel the order for you right away. I’ll also refund the deposit you just paid.” Zhao Xiu nodded and said.

Then Zhao Xiu took out a silver ticket from his pocket and handed it to Su Xianci.

Su Xianci was dumbfounded on the spot.

Why was Zhao Xiu so impervious?

For this Li Hengsheng, he was actually going to offend the Su Family and cancel his order?

Su Xianci wanted to curse, ‘If you’re so biased towards him, why don’t you just let Li Hengsheng be your father?’

Probably Zhao Xiu would be delighted, thinking it was a good deal?

“You all wait for me.”

Su Xianci turned around and left the Changqing Trading Company in a huff.

Chen Wangang also followed.

Even after leaving the main gate of the Changqing Trading Company, Su Xianci still couldn’t accept this outcome. He, the ninth son of the Su Family in the Southern Wilderness, had actually received such treatment!

“Ninth Young Master, don’t be angry.” Chen Wangang didn’t know what to say, he also felt this situation was very strange.

It was simply unreasonable.

“Not angry?” Su Xianci showed a ferocious smile, “Uncle Chen, do you think I won’t be angry?”

Chen Wangang was at a loss for words, he understood very well.

Su Xianci was the ninth son of the Su Family’s patriarch.

And he was also a strong contender for the future patriarch of the Su Family. He was a powerful figure in the Su Family and even in the entire Southern Wilderness. Wasn’t he always the center of attention wherever he went?

Now he had received such treatment in a place like the Eastern Desolate Land, how could he accept it?

“Uncle Chen.” After a while, Su Xianci’s tone calmed down.

“Hmm?” Chen Wangang looked at Su Xianci.

“That Li Hengsheng.” Su Xianci looked back and said, “If he doesn’t die, I won’t be able to let go of my hatred.”

“Ninth Young Master.” Chen Wangang frowned and said, “This is Minghong Prefecture. If we kill a disciple of Dao Mountain Ancient Land here, I’m afraid we won’t be able to leave Minghong Prefecture. Don’t act rashly! After all, the people of Dao Mountain Ancient Land don’t care whether we are from the Su Family or not.”

“But I can’t swallow this anger!” The murderous intent in Su Xianci’s eyes was about to overflow.

At this moment, Li Changqing, who was hiding in the dark, saw everything.

He saw that Su Xianci had murderous intent towards his son, and his eyes also turned cold.

Want to kill his son?

Heh.

Xue Qianbai had killed two elders of the Su Family before. It seemed that he hadn’t killed enough. If he dared to do it, Li Changqing would make this ninth son of the Su Family die in the Eastern Desolate Land.

Su Xianci took a deep breath for a while, seeming to think that what Chen Wangang said made sense. Killing a disciple of Dao Mountain Ancient Land here was undoubtedly declaring war on Dao Mountain Ancient Land.

If it was in the Southern Wilderness, it would be fine, but killing a disciple of Dao Mountain Ancient Land in the Eastern Desolate Land, especially in Minghong Prefecture, was undoubtedly seeking death.

If the Qianxue Sword Sovereign killed him then, his Su Family wouldn’t be able to do anything about it.

“I won’t kill this Li Hengsheng, but I won’t let him have an easy time either.”

Su Xianci said indifferently, “Uncle Chen, go and check for me. Does this Li Hengsheng have any family members? See if he has any brothers, or a father or something. Go and break their legs for me, pick their tendons in their hands and feet! Make them disabled, I want this Li Hengsheng to experience the taste of losing his loved ones!”

“Okay.” After a moment of hesitation, Chen Wangang knew that if he really didn’t do anything, Su Xianci would definitely be frustrated.

It’s not okay to mess with the disciples of Dao Mountain Ancient Land, but it should be okay to mess with his father, right? Dao Mountain Ancient Land wouldn’t care, would they?

And if he did it secretly, who would know who did it?

After the conspiracy was over, the two left the entrance of the Changqing Trading Company.

“They’re really ruthless!” In the inn, Li Changqing heard everything they said, and he couldn’t help but rub his own tendons.

“They actually want to pick my tendons, it’s really scary. Are children these days so wild?”

Li Changqing shook his head helplessly after hearing this.

Then he ignored it and continued to busy himself with his own affairs.

At this time, in Li Changqing’s room, he had prepared a lot of things, all for Yang Tiantian tonight.Moreover, there was a piece of pitch-black wood on the table.

This piece of wood was something that Li Changqing had specifically returned to Changting Town to fetch.

In the Changqing Trading Company, Li Hengsheng looked at the “Thousand Feet Thunderbolt Map” in his hand and still felt the situation was somewhat surreal.

He didn’t even bring enough money, yet he managed to buy this “Thousand Feet Thunderbolt Map”?

Zhao Xiu, with a flattering face, not only packed the map and handed it to him, but also told him that he didn’t need to rush to pay back the five hundred thousand taels of silver. He could pay whenever he had the money, and if he didn’t have it, it was okay not to pay. It could be considered as making a friend.

Li Hengsheng was utterly dumbfounded. How could one do business like this without making a loss?

Even on the way back to his residence in the carriage, Li Hengsheng was still in a state of confusion.

“Uncle Xu,” Li Hengsheng couldn’t help but ask, “Have I been away from the mountain for too long? Do I go out too little?”

“On ordinary days, I hear my fellow disciples talk about the world below the mountain. Why is it different from what I encounter? They all say that this is a world where no one gets up early without profit, but most of the people I meet are very enthusiastic, kind, and friendly. It’s nothing like what my fellow disciples describe as a world full of cunning and deceit.”

Xu Kui, sitting in front driving the carriage, also fell into self-doubt after hearing Li Hengsheng’s words.

What he had seen and heard in the past few days had caused him, an old hand in the world, to experience a collapse of faith.

Has the world changed to this extent?

Has this bloody world become full of love everywhere?

His many years of experience in the world had no use at all.

Things always went beyond his expectations.

The most outrageous thing was that an item worth a million taels of silver was sold for half a million, and the remaining silver could be paid back whenever he wanted.

Xu Kui couldn’t help but recall a time when he was hungry and wanted to eat a bowl of noodles. Because he was short of a single coin, the noodle shop owner pointed at his nose and scolded him as a pauper, telling him to get out of the shop.

“Perhaps, the world has really changed?” Xu Kui sighed lightly. At this moment, he felt old.

At nightfall.

Yang Tiantian quietly came out of her room, then with a leap, she left the courtyard and headed towards the outskirts of the city.

Her mood was somewhat excited.

Tonight, perhaps the matter of her twin soul could be resolved.

Some people die, but they don’t completely die…