Chapter 857: A Trip to the Lawless City (2)
A city is never lacking in underground shili, and the shili they control is even more effective than the government, and even in many ways the government is not as good as the underground shili. When Liu Fan ruled the southern part of the empire, he also exterminated many underground shili in imperial cities, and many underground shili were also co-opted. As a city without laws, the underground shili here is stronger and bigger, especially the mysterious black master also makes Liu Fan full of curiosity.
The black market, the most desirable free market, is where there are no trading rules, where you can get whatever you need, provided you have to pay a sufficient price. Liu Fan didn't expect that the first time he came to the lawless city, he encountered an auction meeting that was rare in a hundred years in the black market, and the purpose of this auction meeting was to raise enough funds to deal with Liu Fan. Liu Fan has been looking for clues in the lawless city for the past two days, and the masters of the Blood Sea Alliance in the lawless city do not plan to attack, and the Shenwu army outside the city is not in a hurry to attack, but is waiting for Liu Fan's orders.
"Who?" Ling Hu Chong snorted and pulled out the sword in his hand and stared at the window of the inn fiercely, Liu Fan also looked at the window vigilantly, this is an illegal city, especially Liu Fan is so deep into the enemy's hinterland, he is even more nervous. The man at the window did not reply, but gently slammed the window three times, making three bangbang sounds, and then Jin Lingwei's unique contact signal came. Ling Hu Chong stood by the window with a swish, quietly opened the window, and Zhang Wuji jumped into the house with a shake.
"Lord, this is what Zhang Ying asked me to hand over to you, and she said that this is what the royal family did back then. Zhang Wuhen's face was a little tired. took out a piece of brocade from his arms and handed it to Liu Fan. Liu Fan took the brocade in Zhang Wuji's hand. A quick glance at the brocade in his hand. This brocade is indeed a secret about the royal family of the previous dynasty, but now this one has little value to Liu Fan now. Liu Fan already knows everything he should know, and this information can only be used as a supplement, and has no practical value.
"Lord, Zhang Ying said that if the lord wants to really understand the lawless city, tomorrow the lawless city will hold a once-in-a-century auction meeting, and the lord had better not miss it. Zhang Wuji said to Liu Fan with a solemn face: "The actual controller of the Illaw City is not the people of the Blood Sea Alliance, but the organizer of this auction conference, Hei Ye. The people of the Blood Sea Alliance are more of a symbolic franchisee. If the lord can make this black master submit, then it will be much easier for us to find the swamp wasteland again. ”
"I'm particularly interested in this black master, but so far we haven't heard any valuable information. Liu Fan touched his chin and said helplessly, this black master is really deep enough, but no matter how much he inquires, he can't find any valuable information. Liu Fan glanced at Zhang Wuji, and suddenly smiled and said to Zhang Wuji: "By the way, Wuji, how is the matter between you and Zhang Ying?"
Zhang Wuji smiled slightly, and said to Liu Fan with a helpless smile on his face: "Lord, my affairs should be natural." But Zhang Ying hopes to meet you. She's outside now, doesn't the lord want to see her? She has a lot of information about this mysterious black master in her hands. ”
When Zhang Ying appeared in front of Liu Fan again. Liu Fan didn't even recognize the commander of the heroic army back then, the handsome woman who was dominant. Zhang Ying only smiled slightly when she saw Liu Fan, so Liu Fan asked Linghu to rush out to guard and motioned for Zhang Ying to sit down. The battle between Liu Fan and Zhang Rang has passed for a long time, and Zhang Rang is just a chess piece, it is impossible to say how much Liu Fan hates Zhang Rang, and the chess piece has no price to hate. The reason why Liu Fan dared to meet Zhang Ying was not afraid that Zhang Ying would betray him, at least Zhang Wuji dared to bring Zhang Ying here, and he was already very sure that Zhang Ying would not betray him.
"Lord Wang, the information I know about this black master is also very limited. The establishment of this lawless city can be said to be an organization of merchant alliances, this merchant alliance is similar to the eight imperial merchants of the empire, they are a commercial group, in order to facilitate the exchange of various goods from here and earn a lot of profits to establish the city. At first, the city was jointly managed by these merchants, and every ten years they would recommend someone to be the lord of the city, but the situation changed in three hundred years, and a group of secret shili who didn't know where they came from replaced these merchants as the new masters of the lawless city, and this black master was one of them. Zhang Ying explained to Liu Fan the history of the lawless city, part of the history Liu Fan knows, and part of the history Liu Fan doesn't know at all, especially this mysterious shili Even Zhang Ying doesn't know anything, and as far as Zhang Ying knows, so far no one knows who this secret shili is.
At the beginning of the establishment of the lawless city, it was just me to facilitate the transaction, and after this mysterious shili achieved the dominance of the lawless city, he unified and integrated the entire Jianghu sect of the entire swamp wasteland at that time, and shared the power with these people, on the surface they controlled the lawless city, and secretly they controlled the lawless city. They bring in all kinds of materials they need from the outside world, and they transfer all kinds of materials from the lawless city to obtain a lot of benefits. However, the most suspicious thing at the moment is that the other three bloodlines of this continent, or the people of the fairy realm have intervened here, but at present, everyone still knows nothing.
"According to what you say, we don't know anything about this black master at the moment, and it seems that our trip to the lawless city is really worth it. Liu Fan smiled helplessly, it seems that this shijie still has a lot of things that he doesn't know. But Liu Fan doesn't care, he already knows that this shijie is not simple, there are many hidden masters and shili, even if he works hard to maintain the existence of this shijie, but not everyone has the same determination as himself.
"Yes, and with a stranger like you going to this auction, if you go too hard, there is no doubt that you will soon be exposed. Zhang Ying said to Liu Fan with a solemn face: "In this swampy wasteland, there is no shili they don't know, and there is no one they can't find. You have been carefully disguised in this way, and you can certainly hide it from everyone. I'm afraid I can't hide it from the eyes and ears of these people. If you want to participate in this auction. The best way to do this is to find a spokesperson. ”
"I guess you didn't come to me just to tell me this, right? I can let you be my spokesperson, we will only watch all the auctions tomorrow, Zhang Wuji will follow you, I will let Zhang Wuji tell you what you need." As for what you need, you can tell me afterwards that if I can do it, I will definitely do it. Liu Fan just thought about it and understood that Zhang Ying was coming to find him. I need to have my own spokesperson in the lawless city, and the most suitable spokesperson for this spokesperson is only Zhang Ying at present.
"The prince is really smart. It also saves me a lot of tongue. Zhang Ying had a smile on her face, and then said: "Lord Wang, in fact, my conditions are very simple, I am raised by Zhang Rang, and now he is also dying, I need the 10,000-year-old Zhu Guo in the hands of the prince to continue his life." But please rest assured, I promise that he will not be against the prince, and I will marry Zhang Wuji, as long as the prince finds him a place where he can live his life under your rule. ”
"Good. I can promise you this. After this campaign is over, I will find a suitable place for him to retire in Qingzhou. Rest assured, he doesn't have the ability to threaten me now, and I won't take it to heart. Liu Fan said with a smile, Zhang Rang is just a chess piece, and when the chess piece loses its use value, there is no threat at all. Besides, Liu Fan now does not say that the south of the empire is like an iron bucket, at least now in the territory south of Sizhou, there is still no one who can rebel, and Zhang Rang has no threat to Liu Fan at all.
Liu Fan and Zhang Ying have already negotiated the conditions, and the auction naturally can't do it themselves, although there are so many sects in this swampy wasteland, many sects are annexed every day, and many sects will be established every day, but there are always some shili you don't know about this shijie who is secretly monitoring all this. Liu Fan is pretending to be just a young master of a small sect, and it is naturally impossible for Liu Fan not to make a move when he sees the treasure tomorrow, but as soon as he makes a move, his identity will be exposed, and Liu Fan does not dare to take this risk. Zhang Ying has been in the swamp wasteland for several years, and in Zhang Ying's own words, she uses the treasure that Zhang Rang has hidden, and in this swamp wasteland, she is also a rich man, and no one knows how much wealth she has. Zhang Ying can be said to be the most suitable person and the only one.
Liu Fan and Ling Hu Chong walked in the lawless city, today is the day of the auction conference, Liu Fan accidentally found that there were many more people on the road, and there were people of all races. Liu Fan even found the immortal realm and the other three bloodlines in it. These people also did not find out Liu Fan's identity, and Liu Fan also separated from Zhang Wuji early and gave Zhang Wuji a large number of top-grade pills. In addition, Liu Fan also asked from the little guy how to get the invitation to the auction conference, etc., and prepared to return to the inn early to wait for the evening auction one day.
When night fell, Liu Fan took Ling Hu Chong to follow the small guy brought from the wine shop to the Baibao Pavilion where the auction was held, and met pedestrians on the way, and the little guy kept explaining to Liu Fan. This auction is a once-in-a-century event, and it is said that there are a lot of treasures in the auction, many of which are treasures from ancient times, and even many of them are things handed down from the divine realm, as for how these things came about, no one can say clearly. The purpose of this auction is also to fight against the Shenwu Army, after all, this place is occupied by the Shenwu Army, and they don't have so much business to do.
Baibao Pavilion, in this dilapidated city, is not very conspicuous, and even if you pass by the door, you will not notice the three words Baibao Pavilion. Liu Fan looked at this Hundred Treasure Pavilion, and it was hard to imagine that this was the place where the auction was to be held. The little guy walked to the door with a trace of embarrassment, he could only order Liu Fan to walk to the door, there was no way to continue to walk inside, after all, there was a lot of fees to pay for entering the door. Liu Fan didn't name him, he gave the little guy a little reward and sent the little guy back, and he paid the entrance fee, and the four fierce guards standing at the door let Liu Fan in.
"I didn't expect that there was still something else in this, I really underestimated the people here. As soon as he walked into the door of the Hundred Treasure Pavilion, Liu Fan's eyes suddenly lit up, and a very scantily clad woman walked over and led Liu Fan inside. Liu Fan looked at the young woman in front of him who was almost wearing a three-point style. He shook his head helplessly. The woman lifted a doorbeam. Liu Fan walked in. Suddenly, my eyes lit up.
The outside is dilapidated and the inside is completely different, the huge auction hall is at least the size of a football field, and the entire auction hall presents a ring, Liu Fan only slightly estimated that it can accommodate at least 20,000 people, and now it is already overcrowded. The lighting system of the huge hall is also very distinctive, and the walls around it are covered with night pearls, and the huge night pearls are at least the size of an adult's fist. Every pearl of the night is priceless, and there are at least 3,000 pearls here. Liu Fan at least found an ordinary seat and sat down. Now there is no need for him to be in the limelight, Liu Fan glanced around, and above the ordinary seats were some private rooms, all for high-level customer service. Zhang Ying's location was very good, Liu Fan happened to be able to see them, and they could also see Liu Fan's every move.
"Brother, too, I tell you, today's trip is definitely worth it, every thing here is priceless, if you can get one or two of them. This generation is worth it. Liu Fan didn't sit down for a long time, and there was also a person dressed as a Jianghu person next to him who whispered to Liu Fan. Liu Fan just smiled lightly, chatted with that person for a few words and then stopped talking, it was obvious that that person's mind was no longer Liu Fan's body chatted with the person next to him, Liu Fan just carefully observed the surroundings.
This auction hall is very large, even if he has long known that the guards here are good, but Liu Fan never expected that there would be more than 2,000 guards in this huge auction hall. And the strength of these guards turned out to be above the Tiangang Realm, such strength was all generals above the brigade commander in the Shenwu Army, but I didn't expect them to be just guards here. Liu Fan now finally has a deep understanding of Hei Ye, fortunately he didn't attack rashly, otherwise the consequences would be really unimaginable.
"Lord, the people here are all masters, and I also feel that there are at least dozens of masters at the peak level of the Holy Emperor Realm sitting here, so it can be said that if you want to take away the treasure from here, you are undoubtedly looking for death. Ling Hu Chong followed Liu Fan's side and whispered, Liu Fan had also cultivated similar martial arts, but it was obviously not as strong as Ling Hu Chong's Star Absorbing Dafa. Ling Hu Chong's strength against the guards of this auction is indeed a bit beyond Ling Hu Chong's imagination.
Liu Fan didn't care about this, he was now immune to all this, and the strength of the Illusory City was beyond Liu Fan's imagination. Liu Fan just sat in his place and quietly waited for the auction to start, while looking at everyone sitting here. It's already overcrowded, and it's so full of people. This auction is rare in a century, so naturally people from all walks of life have sent people to participate. Those who sit on it are the most powerful, the richest men in the lawless city. They are the real customers today, and the purpose of today's auction is to donate all the proceeds to the Blood Sea Alliance against the Shenwu Army.
Liu Fan wanted to know how much financial resources this shili had, Liu Fan sat there and waited quietly, but he was also constantly thinking about attacking Jihua in the lawless city. Now that he has seen the true strength of these people, Liu Fan does not dare to attack carelessly. Anyway, the logistics of the Shenwu Army can still support it for a period of time, plus the logistics materials obtained from some exterminated sects, there is no need to worry about food and grass for at least a month. Only after entering the lawless city did he know the true strength of the lawless city, and now Liu Fan also had to make a new plan.
"If it's you, are you sure that you will be killed from here?" Liu Fan suddenly opened his mouth and asked Ling Hu Chong, who was closing his eyes, was stunned by Liu Fan's question, and immediately shook his head, the guards here are not vegetarians, even if he shoots with all his strength, he is not 100% sure that he will rush out from here. Liu Fan also nodded solemnly, not only are there masters here, but there are also countless lock immortal stones here, suppressing everyone's strength. Now Liu Fan also seems to have some understanding that the black master dares to let out wild words, as long as he is in the Shenwu Army, he will not dare to attack.
"It seems that it is really necessary for me to have a good look at this black master, who is he? How can there be such a powerful Liliang, and he doesn't even take his own Shenwu Army in his eyes at all. Liu Fan said helplessly, if you don't inquire about the background of this black master, there is no doubt that you have encountered a strong opponent again.
"Childe doesn't have to worry, although his strength is very strong, but our strength is not below them, if we really make a move, I'm afraid they may not necessarily be our opponents. Ling Hu Chong seemed to see Liu Fan's worry, and said lightly to Liu Fan, Liu Fan also nodded with a smile, it is really an unknown who will kill the deer. Their strength is very strong, and the Shenwu Army may not be afraid of them, and besides, the things in their hands are far stronger than them. (To be continued......)