"Wait... Wait a minute! ”

"Don't let him run, too... Don't hurt him. ”

Pei Yuanqiao lifted the hem of his official uniform and chased a few steps, and hurriedly shouted.

The sergeants surrounding him immediately surrounded Zhang Huaisheng.

"Goodbye, Master Pei." Zhang Huaisheng showed a sneer.

These sergeants are all ordinary people, even if they have practiced martial arts, they can't run much faster under the premise of wearing helmets and armor, and they can't even catch up with the clerks, let alone Zhang Huaisheng in the double path sequence 8.

The two circled around the park and quickly got rid of their pursuers.

He followed behind Zhang Huaisheng and said breathlessly: "That guy is also extraordinary? How did you run so fast! ”

The hunter's speed was not slow, but among the sergeants, there was also a guy with good martial arts, who could walk as fast as he could in heavy armor, and he almost caught up with him.

"I didn't notice the fluctuation of spirituality, it should be a simple martial art."

The clerk asked, "Do you have a grudge against them?" ”

"Isn't that obvious?"

Zhang Huaisheng shrugged: "Donghua is a feudal country, but I am an innovator, so it's no wonder that I have no enmity with them." ”

In fact, if you really want to say how much you hate Pei Yuanqiao, it's not necessarily true.

After all, the memory of the original owner is just a memory, and after he was promoted to "dictatorship", it didn't have much emotional impact on him.

But since he inherited the body of the original owner, he felt that he should also bear this hatred for the original owner.

After all, traitors are often more hateful than enemies.

Although, this should belong to the "unplanned trouble" that Zhang Huaisheng has always resisted.

But Zhang Huaisheng feels that he has been very depressed recently.

I had the idea of making a big move in Boston.

The world itself is already boring enough, if you still have to live cautiously like in your previous life, then you can also improve the sequence of a fart, and be a common person in peace.

"Well, salute my venerable, internationalist comrade who was persecuted by the reactionaries and fled the country."

The clerk smiled and said, "Come with me." ”

Out of prudence, Zhang Huaisheng and he did not exchange names, and they didn't even take code names.

The two turned into a corner, and a tall building appeared in front of them.

There was also a sign saying "Department of Chemical Weapons Research" on it, but it was crowded and it looked like few people came.

"This is it?"

"Yes."

This building has about ten floors, the corridors are deep and cold, and the whole building does not look like there are any people.

"Follow me."

Under the guidance of the clerk, the two climbed the stairs all the way to the top floor.

There is finally a glimmer of light in the corridor here.

The light source comes from the white candles on the iron platform next to the road, which has the feeling of dreaming back to the Middle Ages.

"From the right, the seventh room."

The clerk whispered, "The rally is held every night, according to the custom. But every time you come here, you can only bring one new person at most, and if you come by yourself in the future, you must be careful. ”

Squeak –

Pushing open the hidden door, a tidal smell came to my face.

Inside the room, it was eerie.

Only the candlestick in the center shone slightly.

There is a circle of chairs around the side, arranged in a radial pattern, as if some kind of cult is holding a sacrifice ceremony.

The clerk and Zhang Huaisheng sat down facing the door.

He whispered:

"The one who presides over the assembly is a middle sequence that controls the way, the bad old man has a bad temper, but he has a high level of knowledge, and the level of identification is also good, you have to show respect to him."

Zhang Huaisheng bowed slightly: "I have always respected the old and loved the young. ”

"I just saw you wipe your neck on that old man in Donghua."

Zhang Huaisheng was choked for a moment, and changed his words: "I have always respected transcendents who are higher than me. ”

"Who isn't."

The clerk chuckled.

As he spoke, a few more people entered the door.

Judging by the figure, it should be two men and one woman, wearing masks, hoods, scarves and other things to hide their appearance.

The three of them were probably companions, and after they sat down, they began to talk in a whisper.

It's just that they tried their best to suppress their voices, but Zhang Huaisheng heard it very clearly.

But after listening carefully for a while, I found that they were all inconsequential little things, so I stopped paying attention to them.

Since then, more than a dozen transcendents have come in one after another.

Although there are a lot of them, none of them can give him a sense of danger, and it is estimated that the strongest is Sequence 7.

This is also normal.

The medium sequence is not cabbage, and it is still quite rare.

After these people took their seats, they generally did not say a word, and their eyes occasionally aimed at the position of the door, obviously waiting for the arrival of the presiding officer of the assembly.

The most indispensable thing for the gathering of the transcendent is actually the role of the appraiser, and without a reliable appraiser, the assembly will not be able to start at all.

At this moment, a man wearing a black hood and looking extremely thin appeared at the door.

His exposed eyes were blue, and there was a dead silence in his eyes.

The moment Zhang Huaisheng appeared, he felt a layer of fine cold sweat oozing from his back, and a layer of fine goosebumps quickly floated on his forearm.

The temperature of the whole room has been significantly lowered.

The transcendents subconsciously sensed a sense of danger and reined in their voices.

As he approached, a strong smell of decay swept over his face.

Zhang Huaisheng was too familiar with this breath, and when he contacted the "controller" mentioned by the clerk before, he immediately judged that this person should be the corpse puppet of the appraiser.

"Who is this, it stinks!"

A high-pitched female voice rang out, "Hey, man, did you just roll around the garbage heap and come to the rally?" Can't I wash you up and come back? ”

The man in the black hood slowly turned his head to look at her.

Her dead eyes frightened her.

Her companion grabbed her and whispered, "He's dangerous, don't provoke him!" ”

Zhang Huaisheng was a little puzzled.

This woman is not a transcendent at all, how can she run into the assembly, it is her companion who wants to buy a potion to help her set foot in the transcendent world?

A man in a black hood stands still by the candlestick.

Immediately, some of them raised their heads mechanically and made a hoarse and ugly voice: "This assembly begins now." ”

The door slammed shut.

"Damn!"

Someone was startled by the sudden loud noise.

"This rally, I have something to do to go out temporarily, and my corpse puppet will preside over it, if there is any offense, please..."

The corpse golem's tone was raised: "Get out!" ”

As he spoke, the corpse puppet's blue-black eyes stared at the lady who had just offended him.

Sure enough, the temper is not very good.

Zhang Huaisheng silently calculated that the things to be sold this time were three Sequence 9 Butchers, one Sequence 8 chariot crystal, as well as the bone chopping knife, and the crank Viking battle axe.

Saker was actually a little outdated, but he gave it to Teresa for self-defense.

The characteristics of that weapon are actually quite good, but with the disadvantage of weak lethality, after adding silver bullets, it is still very suitable for dealing with the more common werewolves in the wilderness.

If it's a rifle, it's even better.

The corpse golem lit a few more candles on the menorah.

The candlelight illuminated the large patches of his naked corpse.

He opened his mouth, his thin palm raised, and pointed to the first person on the left: "Starting with you, present the items you want to sell." ”

The man was obviously a veteran, and when he heard this, he didn't hesitate at all, stood up directly, and took out a dried flower that seemed to have been caught in the book cover for several years.

The corpse golem took it, put it to its nose and sniffed.

Nodding his head, he said, "A requiem flower, after grinding and taking it, can greatly reduce the restlessness of the spirit, and it is extremely valuable for people who are on the verge of losing control. ”

"But don't expect to use it when you get promoted to avoid the risk of getting out of control, that will only make your spiritual work poor, which will lead to the failure of the promotion."

"Estimated at $300, whichever is higher."

It turned out to be this pattern...

Zhang Huaisheng was stunned.

Compared to Hamburg's extraordinarily large market, the extraordinarily large circle here is obviously more closed, and the disadvantage is obvious, that is, it takes too long and you may not be able to meet what you want.

The advantage is that you can have an estimate...

But this valuation should also charge a handling fee, but I don't know how much the commission is?

"I'm out of 500!"

The man who was the first to speak, his body was full of chaotic spiritual fluctuations, and he was obviously on the verge of getting out of control.

Such a person is like a ticking time bomb.

I don't know why the rally would allow such people to come in - probably because of the boldness of the artist?

"I'm out of 600!"

Someone immediately raised the price.

Soon, this humble requiem flower was raised to a high price of $1,000.

Due to the large number of wild transcendents, there are many transcendents who have no transcendent common sense, and even everything can only be explored by themselves.

Spiritual rebellion and loss of control have always been a major problem for them.

The popularity of this requiem flower is reasonable.

Eventually, the price was set at a high price of $1,300, which was equivalent to about £250, and at the market price, it was possible to buy a full Sequence 8 potion.

Bidding one after another.

Some people do not have goods in their hands, they are purely buyers, and they are directly byed.

Some people are too sparse with the goods in their hands, and they are directly derogated by the corpse puppet and are tragically auctioned.

The standard of this "appraiser" is indeed very good, but there is also a shortcoming, that is, no one wants to pick up the leaks, and when they encounter good things, they have to buy them more or less at a premium.

This is of course a good thing for Zhang Huaisheng.

He stood up, took out crystals glittering with blood-red spiritual brilliance from the pocket he had taken out from dimensional space in advance, and placed them in the tray in front of the corpse golem.

Subsequently, a bone chopping knife and a crank tomahawk were taken out.

As soon as these two items came out, the entire room was suddenly filled with a faint bloody aura, the kind of violent and crazy aura that belonged to the butcher alone, which made everyone present couldn't help but change their faces.

The corpse puppet looked at Zhang Huaisheng with some surprise.

"You're the organization that slaughtered an entire Butcher Path?"

Zhang Huaisheng nodded politely to him: "These are indeed my trophies, please start appraising." ”

The transcendents present all had expressions of "good fellow, where did such a murderer come from?" on their faces.

The vast majority of people here are Sequence 9, and there are very few Sequence 8.

And the butcher is one of the most capable of fighting among the nine transcendent paths.

The corpse golem cleared his throat and spoke, "First of all, the transcendent crystals precipitated after the death of the butcher of Sequence 9, and the crystals precipitated after the death of a chariot of Sequence 8, can be taken instead of the corresponding level of potions. ”

"The price of the two corresponds to the same as the Butcher Sequence Potion, and the starting price of the Butcher is $500."

"I'm out of 550!"

The price of potions is marketable, so it is relatively stable.

The first crystallization was sold for $650, the second fell slightly to $600, and by the third it was higher again.

Probably trying to pick up the leak, they bumped into each other and fetched a high price of $750.

Get a total of $2,000.

The price of the subsequent vehicle crystallized all the way up, from a starting price of $1,000 to $2,200, more than the first three combined.

I can only sigh that the butcher path is indeed the most comprehensive and popular way, and the purchasing power is really strong.

Subsequently, there is the bone chopping knife.

The corpse golem caressed the blade, allowing it to slit its own fingers, from which dark red tentacles sprouted and burrowed into the wounds of his fingers.

He couldn't help but admire: "It's a good sword, the birth of extraordinary weapons is often full of coincidences, otherwise I really want to see its forging process." ”

"According to my observations, not only is it far sharper than ordinary weapons, but after slashing enemies, it also forms tentacles that absorb the blood and spirit of the enemy, and parasitize on its body."

"This is a good weapon for any Sequence 8 butcher."

"Starting bid, $3,000!"

The faces of the butchers present became a little ugly.

Maybe it's a coincidence, or maybe it's the number of extraordinary people in the butcher's path is the largest, and the number of butchers here tonight is quite a lot.

The price of this weapon must be low.

A battle of dragons and tigers.

Eventually, the price of the bone chopper was sold for a whopping $8,000, and the recipient stroked the transcendent weapon with a smile on his face.

But when he heard the corpse puppet's introduction to the next lot, the smile on his face was immediately replaced by chagrin.

"This weapon, apparently from the Norse tribes in the Middle Ages, is engraved with Runi script, read as Nighogg, which is the black dragon of the world in Norse mythology."

"Of course, it's not that high-end, it has nothing to do with dragons - it contains a Sequence 7 Berserker of the Butcher Path's extraordinary characteristics, which can enable the Butcher Sequence to use the Berserker ability of Sequence 7 in advance."

"In addition, the physical strength and spirituality of the enemies it cuts will be continuously absorbed and fed back to the person who wields this axe."

"The value goes without saying."

"The starting price is $8,000."

The corpse golem slowly spat out a desperate number.

For a long time, no one dared to make a bid.

He looked at Zhang Huaisheng and asked, "Do you choose to be unsold?" I can buy it for $10,000, which is the best lot I've ever taken over this year. ”

Zhang Huaisheng was just about to speak, when he heard someone gritting his teeth and saying, "I'll pay 11,000 dollars!" ”

As he spoke, he also took out a bag: "I don't have enough money on me, this bag of alchemy bombs, please Mr. estimate it for me, I plan to resell it all!" ”

"If that's not enough, all the transcendent items on my body can be auctioned!"

The corners of the corpse golem's mouth curled slightly.

"As you wish."

...

In the end, Zhang Huaisheng received a bag of alchemy bombs that were more than three times more powerful than a grenade, as well as a lucrative bill of nearly $108,000.

The Berserker Axe sold for 13,000 dollars.

Among them, the alchemy bombs were worth 3,000 US dollars, a total of ten, each equivalent to 300 US dollars.

The appraiser's old guy is really dark.

The appraisal fee is 20%!

However, people went out of the venue and gave appraisals, and 20% of them were not wronged.

He had come to the rally to buy a hunter's potion for Killian, but unfortunately he didn't have it tonight.

He planned to bring Kirian again tomorrow.

After saying goodbye to the clerk, it was already evening.

Zhang Huaisheng is back on the corner of New Orleans.

Gas street lamps illuminate passers-by as they return home from work, long whistles sound from time to time, and huge public steam trucks carry guests through the streets and alleys.

Zhang Huaisheng looked around, his eyes wandered along the wall for a long time, but he couldn't find the passage into Iris Street.

"It should be because the map fell on Killian, so Iris Street's ability to make people subconsciously ignore it take effect."

Zhang Huaisheng guessed, and he was determined.

His dictatorial ability allowed him to force his gaze to sweep inch by inch of the wall—and when he caught a glimpse of a depression, he immediately closed his eyes.

Knowing the whole leopard, he made sure he only caught a glimpse of it, and closed his eyes before the properties of Iris Street could take effect.

Follow the route in your memory and walk slowly.

Zhang Huaisheng stroked the depression with his hand, touched it to the left, the touch in his hand was rough, and with a little force, he suddenly felt dust falling—this was the rusty iron gate.

"Sure enough, the eyes can deceive themselves."

"It is also necessary to improve the other four senses."

"It can also be seen from this that although the ability of dictatorship is unpretentious, it is actually quite comprehensive, and it can be regarded as the best among the sequence 8."

He didn't open his eyes again, and after pushing through the iron fence, he groped his way into the alley.

When he opened his eyes again, he had already come to the sign that said "Iris Street" - the characteristics of Iris Street should belong to the category of psychological invisibility.

It is to give people psychological hints, so that people subconsciously ignore them, rather than really not seeing them.

It's not the same thing as the Hunter's optical stealth and his physical stealth.

Returning to Mr. McCarney's residence, Zhang Huaisheng knocked on the door.

Squeak –

The door opened.

He took off his hat and saluted, "Good night, Mr. McCartney, I'm here for my appointment." ”

"It's a coincidence that you're here."

"I'm going to introduce you to the people you met, who just arrived, and speaking of which, you're still of the same race."

Mr. McCarney's tightly covered face, fine lines squeezing out of the corners of his eyes—he must be smiling.

But in Zhang Huaisheng's heart, a trace of foreboding subconsciously emerged.

It can't be that coincidental, right?

Zhang Huaisheng pushed open the door, looked past McCarney, and looked at the old man who was sitting on the sofa, wearing a black suit and full of gorgeous hair, and the expression on his face instantly became cold.

This old man replaced the scarlet official and wore a pair of round-framed gold-rimmed glasses, and if you didn't look closely, you really wouldn't recognize him.

The old man was chatting with Killian in English, and when he saw Zhang Huaisheng coming, the expression on his face suddenly froze.

"Master Pei, it's really a place in life where you don't meet."

Zhang Huaisheng sat down on the sofa opposite very dryly, he raised his chin slightly, and a sneer appeared on his face.

"You know?"

"That's great."

Killian didn't notice the subtle change in the atmosphere at all: "Just now Mr. Pei gave me a Chinese name, called Luo Yong, how do you feel?" ”

Zhang Huaisheng said "heh" and said perfunctorily: "It's pretty good, it's as good as the Germans call Hans." ”

There is a joke that in the trenches of the British in World War I, shouting Hans to the German positions opposite, at least eight of them got up and answered "yes".

McCarney smiled and introduced to Pei Yuanqiao: "Mr. Pei, Mr. Zhang is a person that our Clifford leaders are very optimistic about, and his strength is also very strong, and he will definitely ensure your safety in the United States during this time." ”

Pei Yuanqiao opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say for a while.

Keeping me safe?

I'm afraid this kid doesn't want the old man's life!

Pei Yuanqiao coughed lightly and sighed: "Jinyu, the old man knows that you complain about me, but your father's death is definitely not what the old man wants to see." ”

"The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have all been offended by him, and those pavilion elders have rarely stood together to speak, what can I do?"

"This reform is absolutely radical."

"Ahem—"

As he spoke, he seemed to be choked on saliva, and coughed for a while.

"I Donghua has been the most advanced country in the world for thousands of years, and occasionally backward, which can only show that this steam science of Western Yi is indeed powerful, as long as we learn from the East as the body, and the West as the use. The revival of Donghua is just around the corner. ”

"Why do you have to learn the constitutionalism of the British, as your father did?"

Zhang Huaisheng felt a little ridiculous, and asked rhetorically: "Do you think my father's reform is too radical?" ”

"I think he's obviously too conservative!"

"Innovation is not a dinner party, how can there be a bloodless innovation in the world?"

"Eastern learning as a body? Western learning for use? ”

"You just want to learn how to steal from thieves, and you don't want to be beaten like a thief?"

Zhang Huaisheng stood up openly, pointed at Pei Yuanqiao's nose and scolded: "You old thing is quite beautiful!" If you learn from others to engage in industry, should you really pull out of the mud and let a tenant old farmer operate the equipment? ”

"Then we need to open schools and improve the literacy rate of the people, otherwise where will the skilled workers operate the machinery?"

"But if education is popularized, if steam science is widely spread, why is Confucianism still high? Can those high-ranking scholars be willing? ”

Zhang Huaisheng's tone gradually calmed down, he sat back on the sofa, and said softly: "The industrial revolution is a large-scale innovation, and it has to break many old shackles.

Otherwise, your industry has developed, there is no market, there is no dumping ground.

The common people are poor, and your industrial products are cheap, not only will you not make any profits, but will force the small farmers who are men and women to weave on a large scale - after all, the cloth woven by other people's hands is time-consuming and laborious, how can you compete for industrial products?

When the common people have no money, can they really be honestly driven into the factories to work as sweatworkers, instead of raising their arms and shouting and taking up arms to fight with you black-hearted beasts who are engaged in enclosure sports?

Dashun is now difficult to return, and the improvement of repairing the corners can only give the dynasty another wave of life at most.

Indeed, if you are more radical, the old man of Dashun Chao may be directly drugged to death.

But it is more likely that the phoenix will be reborn from the ashes.

If you are like you, Pei Yuanqiao, thinking about conservative and slow improvement, sooner or later you will have to end up with the fate of being carved up by the great powers.

It is simply impossible to carry out innovation without the consciousness of fighting a few civil wars, the consciousness of millions of people, and the consciousness of a large number of people with vested interests. ”

That's why I said that my father's reform was not too radical, but too conservative. If you Pei Yuanqiao were replaced, the result would only be worse. ”

"You can't save Donghua, and you don't want to save Donghua at all - what you want to save is the Dashun Dynasty, your official hat!"

Zhang Huaisheng said word by word: "So, don't put on a stupid look of worrying about the country and the people for me, you are a clown like Li Hongzhang, there are filial sons and grandsons on Douyin to kneel down for you, what are you here for me?" ”

Pei Yuanqiao didn't know what Li Hongzhang and Douyin were, but his face was blue and purple, and he was obviously angry by Zhang Huaisheng's words.