Xi Chen also found 11 silver coins with a money pouch in the man's pocket. Except for the wooden token and the money pouch with the silvers, he did not find anything else to knows the identity of the man.
Now all he got to do is get rid of the evidence that he killed a man. So he drags the body and stuffed it inside the furnace with the blade intake. Then lit up the furnace fireand fanned it to its highest power output. The blade is fine one made most like with tempered iron. But he would still not keep it even it was something made from metal ores tainted with spiritual Qi. After that he put some more fuel inside it and closes the furnace door.
Then Xi Chen leaves his blacksmithing shop through the now broken door. Before leaving he looks at the pieces of door laying on the ground and sighs 'I should fix this before some other real thiefs come again'.
After a bath, Xi Chen lays on the straw bed and think to himself "Maybe that man did not come to kill me. Now that I think about it, his clothes felt wet and s little bit cold. Maybe he was on his way to the Unknown Man's Trade Market he happen to pass by my workshop. So he thought drying himself with fire". Thinking of this possibility, Xi Chen slaps his forehead.
'Whatever it is, I have already eliminated the trouble. Just do not think about it anymore' thinking like this Xi Chen quickly falls asleep as he is tired from all the hunting and fighting and roasting himself.
Early morning the next day, Xi Chen heard a piece news from his neighbor. The neighbor tells him "Man I heard the second in command of the small house of Black Axe gang went missing yesterday." in a hush-hush tone.
Black Axe gang has two separate houses. One called the big house,which is the main house and top power of the gang, and the other called small house. The small house runs the everyday life of the gang, from gambling house to collecting protection fees in the south-east part of the town.
They have 4 small commanders and 3 big commanders over all in the gang.The 4 small commanders belongs to small house and the big commanders to big house.
"How do you know that" Xi Chen ask with a surprise voice.
"My cousin is a supporting chef at the Black Axe gang. And he heard it when delivering the foods to dinning hall of Black Axe gang" he continued, then he added "I also heard they had already started an investigation and will quickly uncovers the reasons behind his disappearance".
After some chit-chats with the neighbor, he went inside house and closes the gate. But as soon as he closed the gate, he was hit with a realization that the man he killed last night might the second in command of the Black Axe gang small house.
But he keep a calm face without any anxiety. Because he knows that even though the Black Axe gang might have already guessed the second commander of small house may be dead. They would not suspect him even for a bit. And even if they search his house or the whole neighborhood, they would not find even a bit of his remains let alone evidence.
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At the Black Axe gang meeting hall. All the higher ups of the gang are present today. But the hall is fill with silence. Nobody dares to speak. They all look at the man sitting at the main seat at the end of the long meeting table. He is the leader of the Black Axe gang, the first in command of the whole gang, Hei Shouren. He is the tyrant ruler of the south-east slums and common people.
The man emits a chilling aura to the surrounding but his gaze never left the empty chair on the side. Finally, he looks away from the empty chair and starts talking "Have you found out the reason yet?".
Nobody replied. After few seconds, the first in command of the small house spoke in a slightly lower voice "We believe he might be dead".
Hei Shouren stays silent for a then "I know that. But I want to know who dare to touch my people, let alone my only blood brother. I want to find, who or whatever, the thing that killed my brother."
"YES" All the remaining leaders of the Black Axe gang answered in an union voice.
"EVEN IF WE TURN THE WHOLE TOWN UPSIDE-DOWN, I WANT THAT THING HE OR SHE TO KNEEL BEFORE ME. I DON'T CARE HOW LONG IT TAKES BUT SHE OR HE MUST BE FINE" a loud voice mixed with anger erupted from Hei Shouren. At the same time, his half-step Acquired Qi Realm aura also erupted.
"Boss!.. you..you are at the half-step Acquired Qi Realm!!!" the second commander ask in a surprise and excited voice.
The leader gives a sumple node to the question.
After the confirmation, the higher ups of the Black Axe gang all shows a excited smile.
The meetings ends after some time. Only the second commander stayed behind with Hei Shouren.
"How is the thing I asked you to do. Is it going good or not?" Leader Hei asks in a calm tone.
The second commander bow, with both his hand making a fist together, a little. Then he answers " I have already located the general area. But to retrieve it, it will takes a little bit more than 2 years".
"I have been waiting for more than 10 years. I do not mind waiting for another two years." Hei Shouren talks slowly as he walks towards outside and gazes at the sky. "You can leave too" he added a little later.
The second commander leaves and Hei Shouren stays just outside the meeting hall looking at the sky thinking to himself.
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Just like that, a month had already passed. Summer season has officially started.
For the passed few days, Xi Chen had been searching half Qi Beasts to train his newly evolve fist art the 'Hundred Fist Arts' since he can not find a partner to practice with openly. He can not let his secrets out until he became strong enough to content against the Black Axe gang. But to do that he needs to be strong as the small martial artist clan in the town.
Today, he decided not to go hunting in the forest. Because he caught 5 big fat rabbits yesterday which will be enough for about 5 or 6 days.
Even though Xi Chen is already a Martial artist at Muscle Tempering Realm, he does not know anything about the martial world. He does not even know the subsequent realms after the first five realms of martial artist. Hell.. he does not know what comes after Muscle Tempering Realm except the last Organ Strengthening Realm.
"It seems like I should try to check out that Unknown Man's Trade Market. Maybe I can get some useful informations related to martial world. I can also try to find a suitable gauntlet since I only knows fist skills." Xi Chen murmurs as he walks out his house after telling his little brothers that he is going for a walk.
The time is already about 8 pm.
After leaving his house, Xi Chen makes his way towards the place following the instructions of the map.
Many twists and turns later, Xi Chen finally arrived at a dark and deserted alley. Just a few meters ahead of him is a very thick wall. On the middle of the wall are many cracks of line. But the lines look like a door.
After hesitating for a while, Xi Chen puts a ghost face mask on his face. The ghost face mask is the same mask of the thief he killed, except he made some changes to make it look different. Then he walks up to the wall and knocks on the wall-door rhythmically. But even after a minute, nothing happened at all. Xi Chen put a self mocking smile on his face thinking 'How can you trust a map easily'. And he tries to turn around to head back home.
Before he could turn around, he hears the sound of the wall-door opening.
Grrrrr.....
Then a masked man walks out from inside the thick wall. He said in a low voice "Fees" with one of his hand extending towards to Xi Chen.
Xi Chen looks qt the man in front of him with a completely bewildered expression because he can feel a dangerous aura from the man. He knows the man can kill him instantly if the man wants to kill.
The man squinted his face through the mask and said again to Xi Chen "Your fees". This time his voice is a bit loud.
This time, the words brought back Xi Chen to reality. He hurriedly took out 1 silver coin and give it to the man.
The man took the money and gestures at Xi Chen to follow him.
When both of them are inside, the wall-door closed behind them automatically.
Then the man leads Xi Chen to an underground room. Then the man leads Xi Chen through a very dim but widely spread tunnel.
When they finally reach the end of the tunnel. Xi Chen sees a dark market with only a dim lantern on each shop or vendor.
Seeing this, Xi Chen thought 'Well this is the literal meaning of Black market. Too black.'
The man had already left when Xi Chen turn around to look.