Chapter 8 The Meeting Place (II)

　　"I'm not sure, His Lordship called all the big and small merchant heads of the Chamber of Commerce to come to the mansion yesterday. I heard them chatting on their way out, saying that they wanted everyone to help find it, and I don't know what it is that actually requires such great connections." 　　Xiaohachi smiled and lamented. 　　Lu Sheng listened and didn't say anything, only his face was a bit gloomy. 　　He walked inside along the main gate, and while walking, he asked again. 　　"Has anything strange happened recently?" 　　"Eh ...... Prince, although Xiao Hachi is still well informed, but how can there be foreign events every day?" Xiao Hachi shrugged helplessly. 　　"On the contrary, you often go to the goldfish restaurant, I heard that last night on the fire, to the side of half a street are burned, that fire light, last night the little ones separated so far can see clearly. Tsk ......" 　　"Big fire ......" 　　Lu Sheng's heart sank, vaguely guessed. 　　"You're talking about the street that often sells water powder on weekdays?" 　　"Isn't it, right there!" Xiao Ya nodded fiercely, "I heard that a lot of people died, many people are even adults with children, the whole family is gone. Really miserable ...... also do not know which lack of moral goods set the fire!" 　　The fire ...... 　　Lu Sheng no longer said anything. 　　He pressed this matter deeply in his heart and did not think about him. 　　The time arranged by the black club was three days later at night, in a cellar outside the city. 　　During these three days, Lu Sheng rested and ate normally every day. It was obvious that he felt that his body had strengthened some more, it seemed that the Black Tiger Blade modified by the modifier had even improved his own physique. 　　During the three days, he went to the street near the Goldfish Restaurant again. Sure enough, it was scorched black, and many people were still busy rebuilding their houses. 　　Lu Sheng retraced his steps along the path he had taken and found it to be exactly the same as what he had seen that day. 　　Even the dead end street was exactly the same. 　　He had a number in his mind, but he did not panic. 　　Since there were water ghosts in this world, it was natural that there could be something else as well. 　　During the three days, he had originally planned to revise the book he had bought, the Broken Jade Strength Primer. 　　But when he thought of the Black Council, he pressed on, lest he modify his body and then vomit blood and seriously injure himself. The opportunity would be lost at that time. 　　Time passed quickly. 　　In the blink of an eye, it was the agreed upon day. 　　At about seven or eight o'clock in the evening. 　　Lu Sheng changed into black clothes and put on a tiger mask, which was a child's play mask bought randomly on the street and was very rough. 　　The Zheng family's carriage was already parked at the entrance of the Lu Mansion. 　　He hurriedly got on the carriage and saw Zheng Xiangui sitting in the car, grabbing the chicken leg with both hands and chewing. 　　This fat guy was also dressed in black, only if he wore it or not, others could tell from the exaggerated physique that this guy was the presiding Young Master Fang of the Black Society. 　　"Coming coming, just waiting for you. Brother Sheng hurry up and get on." 　　The two sat down and the carriage slowly moved. 　　Zheng Xiangui gave Lu Sheng instructions along the way, after going in, what to do and how to do it, and what not to do and how to do it. 　　There were a whole bunch of messy precautions. 　　Lu Sheng also memorized them one by one. 　　Soon after leaving the city, turning down the main road into a small road, and from the small road around and around for a short distance, directly to the countryside. 　　After traveling for a short while in the countryside, the carriage entered a deserted small village and stopped in front of a stone house in the center of the village. 　　"This is it." Zheng Xingui jumped out of the car, and the black-clothed man guarding the entrance of the stone house came forward and saluted him. 　　"Are all the people here?" 　　"All complete, already displaying the first item for sale." 　　Zheng Xiangui nodded and hurriedly urged. 　　"Let's hurry down, it's already started." 　　He pulled Lu Sheng into the stone house, on the ground in the center of the stone house, a wooden door was opened, and inwards was a staircase leading to the underground. 　　Lu Sheng followed Zheng Xingui and the two guards down the staircase, and underneath was a cave with a large area. 　　Inside the cave, it was still in decent shape. 　　In the center was a large hall, surrounded by a circle of compartments on the stone wall, like a small bag hanging on the wall. 　　The hall sparsely sits some people, around the small package also no fire candle bright, obviously is not enabled. 　　"This place, the layout is quite big." Lu Sheng sighed. 　　"Hehehe, we also found this place by accident." Fatty laughed, leading Lu Sheng to walk in from the back of the hall and towards the front row of seats. 　　In the entire Black Meeting, there were only about ten people attending, and they were all scattered in the seats at the very front of the hall. 　　On the platform stood a tall, thin man with a masked face, who was loudly presenting information about the items for sale. 　　By his side stood two gnomes, both dressed in red and green flowery clothes, and in their hands they were carrying a copper tray with a rusty short sword inside. 　　"Ancient short sword passed down from the side of Ju Rong country, most likely a sharp blade created by ancient Duan Bong Zi, with ancient Ju Rong country characters engraved on the top, even if it is ...... hey! Guest number four bids one thousand taels! Is there any higher price! Is there a higher price!!!?" 　　The man on the stage shouted loudly with an extremely passionate look. 　　Lu Sheng and Zheng Xingui sat on the left side seats. 　　The seats here were all rows of what looked like white stones beaten together, and it was cold to sit on, not very popular. 　　Fatty sat right next to him and came over and whispered. 　　"The item you want is the fifth, penultimate item." 　　Lu Sheng nodded and didn't say anything. 　　The short sword on the stage looked like it had only been plowed out of the earth not long ago. It was probably from grave robbing. 　　There were still quite a few people bidding below, and in just a short while, the short sword had risen to 1,800 taels. 　　Hearing Lu Sheng's heart jumped, this is already equivalent to nearly twice his monthly pocket money. 　　He didn't bother to watch the bidding on the stage anymore, but focused his attention on the guests around the bidding. 　　Most of the guests at the black meeting carried weapons, short and long ones. 　　And most of them wore black clothes, but there were exceptions. 　　Out of the total of a dozen or so guests, there were three people who just didn't even do anything to conceal themselves. 　　One was a red-haired man carrying a large sword and wearing close-fitting yellow leather armor. 　　The other, a thin young man with a sharp mouth and a very short head, had two black leather pouches tied around his waist, bulging with no idea what they contained. 　　The third, and the one that attracted the most attention. 　　Or rather a pair of two. 　　A man and a woman both. 　　The man seemed to be a guard, with a silver shirt and strong clothes, carrying a long sword on his waist. His face was indifferent, and only when he looked at the woman would a hint of gentleness appear on his face. 　　The woman wore a black dress, different from the usual long dresses of ancient women. 　　She wore a tight skirt, similar to the wrap-around skirts on Earth. 　　On the entire body, from top to bottom, there was only a snug-fitting one-piece dress, and the bottom of the skirt could only barely cover the buttocks. 　　A slightly larger movement to lift the legs would clearly see the area between the legs. 　　This woman was dressed sexily, but also had long legs and a thin waist, and a pair of white genitals in front of her chest held up the skirt to the point where it was crying out for attention. It was as if even the clothes on her chest would burst at any time. 　　Lu Sheng couldn't help but look at the woman's face again. 　　The nose was high, the eyes were soft and charming, as if there was a watery light shining, and there was a feeling of smiling at any time. 　　Long hair was draped over her shoulders, so soft and black that it was vaguely reflective. 　　"This is much stronger than any PS makeup technique." 　　Lu Sheng secretly praised in his heart. 　　This woman knew at a glance that she was a person of origin, so beautiful, and still dared to casually show her face at the Black Meeting, only those who were extremely confident in their own strength would dare to do so. 　　"That one is Duanmu Wan." Seeing Lu Sheng notice the woman, the fat man busily came closer to introduce in a low voice. 　　"But I don't recommend you hit on her, this woman is fierce!" 　　"Fierce? How fierce?" 　　Lu Sheng slightly brought a hint of curiosity. It wasn't that he had a mind, it was just that suddenly the other party was just a little too conspicuous, so he took a few more glances. 　　Fatty smiled and looked at the second auction item that had already started on the stage. 　　"Duanmu Wan came to JiuLian City two months ago, and is said to have followed a Chamber of Commerce team over. A master and servant, joining the Chamber of Commerce alone, traveling such a long distance. It's not simple in itself." 　　"Indeed not simple." Lu Sheng nodded. 　　"Moreover, because this woman was born beautiful, she womanized when she arrived in Jiu Lian City, and quite a few handsome gentlemen were seduced by her, and guess what happened?" Fatty shook his head and sighed. 　　"What happened?" 　　Lu Sheng was also aroused with curiosity at this time and followed to ask. 　　"A group of gentlemen were all mesmerized, and finally got together for a duel and brawl, seriously injuring quite a few people and killing several." Fatty tsked. 　　"Even so, the severely injured and crippled ones still miss this woman's goodness. But people turn their eyes and forget all about others." 　　"...... "Lu Sheng narrowed his eyes, and his heart fluttered. He had also heard about this matter, and he didn't realize that the cause was this woman, and that those people were crippled and still remembered each other, this was no longer something that could be explained by beauty. 　　He immediately labeled this woman called Duanmu Wan as extremely dangerous in his mind. 　　A woman who was able to play so many people around was either extremely high in emotional intelligence or had special means, it was better to try to stay away from such a character as much as possible. 　　He focused his attention on the auction on the stage. 　　At this time, it was already the turn of the fourth auction item. 　　It was a brass-colored bust of leather armor. 　　"This leather armor, named Ice Wolf Armor, is made from the skin of nineteen white wolves from the White Grass Ice Plains, synthesized and tanned, nineteen layers of leather, after tanning, it's only as thin as a copper coin. The degree of resistance to blunt weapons and swords far exceeds that of ordinary leather armor, and is almost equivalent to wearing an extra piece of lock armor on your body." 　　The black-robed man who introduced it loudly introduced this leather armor. 　　"Starting bid, two hundred taels!" 　　The people below didn't move. 　　The presenter was not amused, and began to let a dwarf hold the leather armor and spread it out, pulling out a short sword himself, he made a vicious stab at the edge of the leather armor. 　　Perch. 　　With a muffled sound, the short sword was slid away, and there was actually only a small scratch on the leather armor. 　　"Three hundred taels!" 　　Seeing this, someone immediately opened their mouth to bid. 　　"Four hundred taels!" 　　"Six hundred taels!" 　　The price on the stage was higher than one another, Lu Sheng's heart was also a little moved when he saw this leather armor, this kind of leather armor was lightweight and dexterous, it was easier to move around than the metal armor, and would not interfere with the movements. If the defense was really the same as the introduction, then it was indeed a good thing. 　　He had the intention to bid, but seeing that the price instantly fastened to one thousand taels, he had to hold back and give up, his real purpose, or the secret book below. 　　He couldn't lose a lot for a small amount of money. 　　The leather armor was finally bought by the red-haired man carrying a sword. 　　Immediately after that, there was the penultimate item. 　　The secret book of internal martial arts.