Chapter XXIV

Li Mourning carried a black backpack and walked along the cement road that had fallen into disrepair.

This black backpack was bought by him on the road, and at the same time, he went to the bank and took out all the money in the bank card that was going to be handed over to Lu Qianqian.

There was 100,000 Asian dollars in that bank card, which was the money that Li Mourning was originally going to give to Lu Qianqian in the name of fundraising.

Now that Lu Qianqian has solved the difficulty, he has changed his mind and kept the money for his own use.

walked inside along the route explained by the other party on the phone before, but after walking for a while, Li Mian had to stop, took out his mobile phone again and called the other party.

There was no way, he followed the route explained by the other party, but he couldn't find the place that the other party said.

After searching twice and not finding it, he didn't bother to waste any more time.

The phone was quickly connected, and after learning that Li Mian couldn't find a place, the other party asked where he was now, and hung up the phone after instructing him not to walk around.

After about five minutes, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old half-year-old boy came running up, holding a popsicle in his hand, looking around and eating the popsicle in his hand.

After looking around, his eyes fell on Li Mian, who was wearing a black backpack.

After carefully looking at Li Mourning's backpack, the child walked over.

"Are you unable to find your way?" He asked Li Mian.

"It's me." Li Mian nodded.

He also noticed the child, and just now he told the other party about his dress characteristics on the phone, so when he saw the child staring at the backpack, he knew that the child was sent by the other party.

"Come with me, someone asked me to take you there."

The child waved at him and turned to walk forward.

Li Mian immediately followed.

He followed the child behind and chatted with the child at random.

After chatting a few words, he knew that this child had nothing to do with the other party, but was sent by a man at the price of a popsicle, and was not their person.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ They came here a week ago, there are seven or eight people, but they don't usually come out much, and they go out to eat alone...... Strangers like you often go to their ......"

The child had another piece of ice cream in his hand, and said as he ate the ice cream deliciously.

Although he is not a local, he has lived here with his parents who have gone out to work since he was a child, and he also goes to school here, and has lived here for several years, so he is more familiar with some situations than the locals, so he knows very well the situation of those who have just come here.

"Do strangers like me often go to their place?" Li Mian knew that those should be people who went to see the "goods" like him.

"Well, but there are several people who come together, and it's the first one like you to come."

The child nodded and said.

Just as Li Mourning was about to ask some more questions, he saw the child stop, pointed to the front and said, "It's here, it's the person in front." ”

At the entrance of an alley ahead, a man sits in an electric car in the shade of a tree and smokes a cigarette.

The man also saw Li Mourning who was brought over by the child, and beckoned to Li Mourning.

Li Mian walked over.

"Just you?" The man looked behind him, saw that no one was following him, looked at him and asked.

"Alone." Li Mian nodded.

After hearing the answer, the man couldn't help but look at Li Mourning a few more times, then glanced at the backpack behind Li Mourning, didn't say anything more, waved his hand, and turned around and walked into the alley.

The alley is very narrow, just over a meter wide, and it is crowded for two people side by side.

Li Mian followed behind, keeping in mind all the routes he had traveled along the way.

There are many alleys like this in this urban village, and they extend in all directions, many of which are connected together, which is simply a labyrinth, and it is easy for unfamiliar people to be dizzy when they walk in.

It is no wonder that these people choose this place as a place to sell their stolen goods, and even if they encounter any unexpected situation, they can use the terrain to quickly retreat.

After turning three corners, the man took Li Meng to a foot massage parlor.

Although it was daytime, the store was also lit up with pink ambiguous lights, and a scantily clad woman was sitting on a chair playing with her mobile phone, when she saw someone come in and looked up.

After seeing that Li Mourning came in with the man, she continued to play with her mobile phone.

The man led Li Mourning through the massage parlor and walked through the back door, behind which was a dim and damp stairway.

Walking up the stairs to the second floor, an anti-theft door at the entrance of the stairs was tightly closed, and the man stepped forward and knocked on the door twice, and soon someone opened it from the inside.

"Come in." The man twisted his head and stood there unmoving.

Li Mian glanced at him, didn't hesitate, and walked directly past him.

The environment inside is similar to the living room of an ordinary house, about sixty or seventy square meters, the space is very spacious, but the decoration is very simple, the wall is scraped white, and the tiles on the ground are slightly stronger than the rough house.

There was a table in the middle, and on the table were some simple dishes packed in disposable lunch boxes, and the plastic bags on the outside were not even thrown away, apparently just bought from outside.

The three men were eating lunch around the table, and when they saw someone coming in, they all looked up.

There was also a person wearing headphones, sitting on the sofa against the wall and playing with his mobile phone, he didn't look up after Li Mian came in, and kept concentrating on playing with his mobile phone.

At the same time, the man who led him over followed him into the house and closed the security door with his hand.

Including the man who came to open the door, there were six people in the room, all in their thirties and forties.

Li Mian's expression was calm, his eyes swept over the people in the house, stopped on the man leading the way, and asked, "Where is the goods?" ”

"Before you look at the goods, open the bag and show it to us."

The man who led the way didn't answer him, but pointed to his backpack and said.

Li Mian frowned and said, "I remember when I called before, you didn't seem to mention this request, right?" ”

"This is a necessary process, even if you go to buy a house, you have to open an asset certificate, right?"

"And we have to prevent you from bringing something you shouldn't be carrying," the man explained. ”

Since the other party said so, Li Mian didn't say anything anymore, directly put down the backpack, completely opened the zipper, and opened the bag in front of the two people.

After looking at the fact that there was nothing in the backpack except for a few piles of banknotes that were randomly placed together, they both nodded.

"Follow me."

It was still the same man, and after saying that, he walked inside.

Li Mian unzipped his backpack and followed him to a door, only to hear a dull sound of blows inside.

"Fifth master, the guest has arrived." The man said, standing outside the door.

"Bring the guests in."

There was an immediate reply inside.

After receiving a reply, the man pushed open the door and walked in, followed by Li Mian.

Behind the door was a small room with two people in the room.

One of them, an elderly man in his fifties, dressed plainly, looked like an old farmer in the field, sitting behind a desk and looking at something seriously.

It seems that it should be the boss of these people, the fifth master.

Li Mian was attracted by another person.

It was a young man no more than thirty years old, shirtless in front of a sandbag in the corner, punching intently, and the dull sound of the blow was the sound of the punching bag.

Each of his punches was powerful and powerful, slamming like a hammer on a sandbag with a dull thud.

However, it was not his punches that caught Lee's attention, but his back.

Four or five hideous and terrifying scars lay on his back like centipedes, and the longest one was nearly thirty centimeters long, which was terrifying!

"You may be seated."

The fifth master, who was sitting behind the table, raised his head, and when he saw that Li Mourning was so young and just a person, he was immediately stunned, and couldn't help but glance at the man who led the way.

Seeing the man nod, a strange color immediately flashed in his eyes.

"Old eight, pour tea for the guests." The fifth master commanded the man who led the way.

He has a thick accent with a distinctly local accent.

"You don't need to serve tea, just look at things." Li Mian's gaze swept behind the fifth master and paused slightly.

Two trolls lay there quietly.

"Okay."

The fifth master nodded, took out a key from under the table and handed it to the eighth child.

The eighth took the key to open the wardrobe against the wall, took out the suitcases one by one, and put them on the table.

A total of three suitcases of different sizes, all of which were locked, and the fifth master took out a key again and opened the five suitcases one by one.

Each suitcase contained three to five items, all protected by a thick layer of bubble wrap, for a total of more than a dozen items.

The smallest is a black bead the size of a fish's eye, and the largest is a porcelain vase more than 50 centimeters high.

"You can touch it with your hands, right?" Li Mian asked.

"Feel free, we're not an antique store here, you can look at it however you want." The fifth master said: "But you have to hold it firm, if you break it, you still have to pay for it." ”

"It's natural."

Li Meng started with the wooden Buddha on the left-hand side, and put it back without looking at it much.

There is no breath of potential.

The second is a beautifully crafted white jade plaque, but it also doesn't feel any potential.

He quickly looked at the next one.

Seeing Li Mourning's way of looking at goods, the fifth master and the eighth couldn't help but look at each other, they have been doing this business for so long, and they have never met anyone who looks at goods like Li Mourning.

I didn't look at any of the items carefully, I just held them in my hand for three or five seconds and put them back, not like picking antiques, but picking fruits at the fruit stall to see which one was big and heavy.

"Friend, we guarantee that every piece here is genuine, you don't need to identify the real and fake, you just need to pick the favorite."

The fifth master couldn't help but say.

These things were just dug up from an ancient tomb in Linjiang Province half a month ago, and the most valuable ones have been collected by old customers at a high price, leaving only some small and fragmented items that have not been sold, so they were brought to Linhai and disposed of at a low price.

So although these things are not very remarkable, they are all real antiques, and even if there are fakes in them, they are fakes from hundreds of years ago, and they are still antiques today.

But what the fifth master didn't know was that what Li Mian wanted was not an antique, but a remnant.

"It's just a matter of personal habit."

As he spoke, Li Mian picked up a black bead and made a slight move.

【Potential Absorption...... 5%…… 10%…… 15%……】

It's a remnant.

"What's the price?" He looked up at the fifth master.

"One hundred thousand." The fifth master smiled and directly quoted a price.

"Ten thousand."

Li Mian didn't understand the price and knew that the other party was opening his mouth in the lion's mouth, and directly killed the price to 10,000.

"Ten thousand? No way. The fifth master waved his hand again and again, "This black jade bead is a good thing in the Moon Dynasty period, and it has been two hundred ......years so far."

However, his tirade had just begun when he was interrupted by Li Mourning.

"I'll only give 10,000." Li Mourning's tone was calm, "If you can, you can make a deal, but if you can't do it, forget it." ”

In just a few seconds of speaking, he had already absorbed 90% of his potential, or he would be able to absorb it all in a few moments.

Anyway, all the potential is in hand, even if he can't buy this black jade bead, he doesn't care.

The fifth master looked at him for a while, and saw that he didn't seem to be cheating, so he nodded and said, "Deal." ”

They are tomb robbers, not to open antique shops, they come to the sea to sell the goods as soon as possible, as long as the price is not ridiculously low, they are willing to sell the goods.

Li Mian put away the black jade beads, opened his backpack, directly took out a wad of banknotes and put them on the table, and continued to look at the remaining items.

The fifth master picked up the pile of banknotes and counted them carefully.

"Anything else?"

Li Mian quickly read them all, and there was some disappointment in his tone.

Except for the black jade bead, there was not a single thing left behind.

"That's all." The fifth master frowned and said, "Among the rest of the things, none of my friends have taken a fancy to them?" ”

Li Mian shook his head.

"Since there's nothing else, forget it." He was ready to get up.

"Brother, don't be in a hurry to leave." The eighth man who was standing behind suddenly pressed on Li Mian's shoulder, "Take a look again, maybe there are still people who like each other?" ”

Li Mian paused, and calmly looked at the fifth master opposite.

"Fifth Master?"

The fifth master frowned and said, "Eighth brother, what are you doing here?" Don't take your hands off yet! ”

The tone was neither light nor heavy, and there was no hint of reprimand, but the eighth still let go of his hand.

Li Mian glanced at the two of them, grabbed his backpack and walked out.

in the room.

"Fifth Master?"

The eighth looked at the fifth master, and his face was a little puzzled.

"That kid just now was calm and didn't talk from the beginning, I guess he had something to rely on to be so fearless."

The fifth master shook his head and said lightly.

"Our goods haven't been cleaned yet, and we'll be here for about two weeks, so there's no need to make trouble right now for that little money."

The eighth nodded and left the room.

When he left the room, he had a different expression on his face.

The fifth master is right, Li Mian has tens of thousands of yuan in cash, and they have to stay here for a while, so there is no need to do it for that little money for the time being.

But the problem is that for his eighth child, it is not a small amount of money.

……

Li Mian walked down the stairs and played with the black jade bead in his hand.

Somehow, over time, the absorption of potential slowed down, and it was not as efficient as when it was first in hand.

The potential in the black jade bead also exceeded his original expectations, and he originally expected to absorb only a little more potential from it.

In fact, the potential has risen from 6% to 183% by now.

Judging by the potential aura inside, the black jade bead only provided about half of the potential.

When you completely absorb the potential inside, you may be able to raise the Eagle Claw Iron Cloth Shirt to the next level.

Li Mian is looking forward to what kind of improvement the eagle claw iron cloth shirt will bring him after reaching the next level of realm.

"Handsome guy, do you want to get a massage?" The scantily clad woman smiled at him and said, "It's very comfortable, only 50." ”

Li Mian had never experienced this kind of battle, and he didn't talk to him, so he sped up and walked out of the massage parlor.

The alley is deep and complex, and it seems a little deserted, and you can hear clear footsteps when you walk in it.

As he walked outside, he took out his phone and looked at it.

This urban village is relatively remote, and it is difficult to call a taxi, so he plans to call an online taxi to pick him up.

When he came to the second corner, Li Mian heard a sound of footsteps in front of him, and when he looked up, he saw a person who had just walked out from behind the corner and was approaching him.

Before he could see the man's face, someone suddenly shouted from behind.

"Brother! Wait a minute. ”

It's the voice of the old eight.

Li Mian subconsciously stopped, turned his head and looked back.

The moment he turned his head, a vicious transformation suddenly occurred!

The man who came out from behind the corner suddenly quickened his pace, and an extra dagger appeared in his hand, and with ruthlessness in his eyes, he stabbed Li Mian in the chest!

But the next moment, the ruthlessness in his eyes turned into astonishment.

Because his dagger was like a stab on a piece of hardwood, it was blocked out, and it didn't stab into it at all.

"He's wearing body armor inside? But it doesn't look like it. ”

Before he had time to think too much, he held the dagger and stabbed it again, this time targeting the kidney in Li Mian's waist.

However, just like just now, it still can't be pierced.

But this time he saw it clearly.

When the dagger pierced the garment, it pierced the outermost layer of epidermis, and then it was blocked by the terrible layer of muscles, and it was not allowed to enter.

Only a small spot of blood remained.

He stared at the blood spot in amazement, and the whole person froze, with a look of shock, disbelief and shock.

"Enough fun?"

At this moment, an indifferent voice sounded in his ears.

His body trembled suddenly, and he slowly raised his head to see Li Mian's calm face.

It was the last picture he saw in this world.

Click!

With a crisp sound of bones shattering, the man was grabbed by Li Mourning's head and twisted it casually, and fell to the ground without saying a word, dying silently.

After the body fell to the ground, blood slowly flowed from its mouth and nose.

Li Mian didn't even glance at the corpse on the ground, turned his head to look behind, and saw Lao Ba looking at this side with a sluggish expression, and his whole body was trembling.

After seeing Li Mianwang coming, he was suddenly excited.

"I don't know him...... It's none of my business......"

Lao Ba said in a trembling voice, and as he spoke, he suddenly turned around and ran back.

Phew!

A sound of breaking the air sounded, and the fleeing old eight screamed miserably, and fell to the ground.

A dagger was stuck in his thigh, and blood continued to flow from the wound.

"I was wrong...... Spare me......"

Looking at Li Mourning who walked slowly, the eighth child was full of fear and fear, and crawled behind with difficulty, tears flowed out.

Li Mian was too lazy to listen to his nonsense, so he stepped on it directly!

Click!

Lao Ba's chest was like being trampled by an elephant, and he sank deeply, and there was no movement in the whole person.

Li Mian glanced in the direction of the massage parlor, turned around and continued to walk outside.

It's not that he is open-minded and doesn't bother with the fifth master behind the eighth master, but that there are at least two trolls in the fifth master's house.

That is, homemade earthen guns.

In that kind of small room, there is no way for a troll to hide, and with his current martial arts, something like a troll must not be able to stop, and it is completely unnecessary to blindly go past and risk himself.

Li Mian quickly left the alley.

It wasn't until half an hour later that a few children came to the place and found two bodies on the ground.