Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 16 It’s really you
"Sir, please come this way!"

Jiang Xuan was about to leave the private room when he noticed someone waiting respectfully outside. Upon closer inspection, he saw it was the woman in green from the auction.

However, the woman who was not on the stage at this time seemed a bit more experienced.

After passing through a long and narrow corridor, the two entered a grand room. Although it was much smaller than the hall, it was still very spacious.

Walking further in, the woman in green pushed open a door in the room and saw an inner room on each side.

The woman in green pushed open the door to the inner room on the left and said respectfully to Jiang Xuan, "Sir, this is it. Please come in."

Seeing the woman in blue leave, Jiang Xuan walked into the inner room.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw a middle-aged man sitting at a large table, looking down at something. When he saw Jiang Xuan enter, he stood up and bowed to him politely, saying, "Sir, please take a seat."

"Sir, these are the two treasures you bought today, totaling 153,000 taels of silver. How would you like to pay?" The middle-aged man placed a jade bottle and a slightly curled book in front of Jiang Xuan.

Although the values ​​of these two items were very different, what made Jiang Xuan particularly excited was the book on marksmanship with curled corners.

However, Jiang Xuan didn't want to reveal his inclination in front of the middle-aged man, so he opened the small jade bottle and put his nose to the bottle mouth.

A strong smell instantly rushed into Jiang Xuan's nostrils. The smell was not refreshing, but it made people feel refreshed and filled with endless energy.

Jiang Xuan couldn't help but sigh inwardly, this Strengthening Muscle Powder was indeed a treasure that drove countless Heavenly Rank Warriors crazy, just sniffing the scent had such an effect.

Jiang Xuan closed the jade bottle cap without changing his expression and picked up the curled booklet next to it.

When I picked up the booklet, I saw only the words "fallen leaves" written on the cover. Apart from that, there were no other words or patterns.

Moreover, the word "fallen leaves" is written crookedly, and the handwriting is really not beautiful.

After flipping through the booklet casually, Jiang Xuan came to a conclusion in his mind: this book on the Fallen Leaf technique was by no means a false and fraudulent work, but was written by a senior spearman who had a very high understanding of spearmanship!
Jiang Xuan was thinking in his mind, but he didn't show it on his face. He nodded without any expression and handed the jade token to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man took the jade token and handed it back to Jiang Xuan after a moment: "Sir, after deducting 153,000 taels of silver, your jade token still has 4,700 taels of silver. Please keep it."

Jiang Xuan took the jade token, put it in his arms along with the two items he had bought, and stood up to leave.

Although Jiang Xuan said nothing, the middle-aged man was accustomed to this kind of situation. After all, in the auction house, it was almost a consensus among all buyers and sellers not to reveal their identities easily.

What's more, Jiang Xuan can be said to be the biggest buyer and the biggest winner of this auction.

Although no one else was interested in the strange shooting skills, the tendon-strengthening powder was coveted by many people, and there were people who wanted to steal the treasure.

After leaving the huge black building of the auction house, Jiang Xuan finally felt a sense of relief and joy.

Although Yingzhou did not have a large auction house like the Green Lake Auction House, he had heard a lot of rumors about the auction house.

In the auction house, caution is very necessary. Even if Xu An didn't tell him, he was very clear about this.

In order to maintain the reputation of the auction house, the owners of major auction houses often spend a lot of effort to protect the safety of buyers and sellers participating in the auction. Although the scope of this protection is limited, it ensures that those who have intentions towards buyers and sellers often dare not take action near the auction house.

It was for similar reasons, and to avoid revealing his identity, that Jiang Xuan hid his two pistols in a dense forest outside the auction house, lest anyone take a fancy to his spears and have evil intentions. However, there are always two sides to the coin. Jiang Xuan's concealment of his weapons also increased the risk of his journey from the auction house to the gun hideout.

However, the black rhino, which is Jiang Xuan's training spear, is not only extremely sharp, but also because it is made of special black gold, its weight is not comparable to that of ordinary weapons.

In this way, without the black rhino, Jiang Xuan's speed would actually be much faster. This was also the reason why Jiang Xuan dodged Wei Li's fatal sword during the battle with Wei Li.

Thinking in his heart, Jiang Xuan tightened his ink-black cloak and quickened his pace towards the dense forest.

……

As they walked further and further, Jiang Xuan looked at the Green Lake in the distance. The originally wide expanse of green had almost turned into a dark green spot, and the huge black building of the Green Lake Auction House had almost disappeared from Jiang Xuan's sight.

Although Jiang Xuan's perception was not strong, he felt as if a pair of eyes were staring at him since he left the auction house, which made him very uncomfortable.

He suddenly turned around several times to check, but he didn't see anything unusual. He even began to wonder if he was more suspicious because he had obtained the thing he wanted and was worried about losing it?
Before he knew it, Jiang Xuan had reached the edge of the dense forest, only a cup of tea or two away from where the gun was hidden.

Although Jiang Xuan still felt a little awkward, he felt more confident when he thought that he could get back the Wuxi and Yanxing guns immediately, and the awkward feeling was somewhat lessened.

"Sir, please stay." A voice came from behind.

"Sure enough." Jiang Xuan felt relieved, and the awkward feeling disappeared instantly.

Jiang Xuan turned calmly and looked in the direction where the voice came from.

A man stood in the distance, wearing a black mask, looking at Jiang Xuan from a distance.

The mask was exactly the same as the one worn by the man who made the bid in the private room of the auction house. Jiang Xuan searched his memory and determined that this man was the one in the auction house.

"What's the matter, sir?" Jiang Xuan called out to the masked man calmly, but did not mention what happened in the auction house, as if he had never seen the masked man before.

The masked man said amiably, "Sir, don't you remember me?"

Jiang Xuan shook his head, showing a hint of doubt.

Seeing Jiang Xuan shaking his head, the masked man walked towards him with a cheerful face as if he were meeting an old friend: "Sir, you are truly a noble man who forgets things easily."

When he was a few feet in front of Jiang Xuan, the masked man stopped and bowed to Jiang Xuan: "Sir, do you remember now?" Jiang Xuan pretended to look at the masked man for a while and shook his head.

The masked man also smiled and shook his head, saying: "Just now at the auction, I competed with you for the Strengthening Muscle Powder. You see, although I failed to win the Strengthening Muscle Powder, I won another treasure." After saying that, the masked man reached into his arms.

"Whoosh!"

The masked man pulled out a short knife from his pocket and slashed at Jiang Xuan...

Jiang Xuan calmly took a step back, easily dodging the masked man's slash. He then examined the dagger again and said coldly to the masked man, "It's you."

(End of this chapter)