Chapter 266: Opening a Side Account

Chapter 266: Opening a Side Account

Fighting head-on, Zheng Yichen felt there was no advantage. Tsk, after some thought, he directly pulled off his hood, letting Deya get a look. After all, this face of his wasn’t on any wanted list, so he wasn’t worried about exposure. The only trouble was Dan Marina beside him. After he lifted his hood, Deya’s brow furrowed slightly. She took a deep look at Zheng Yichen, said nothing, and quickly moved past them, heading toward the Black Market.

Although the Black Market had some secret routes, there were actually only a few. If she moved fast now, she could still find some targets. As for Zheng Yichen, in her eyes, this guy was just an unlucky fellow Dan Marina had her sights on. Why was she so sure? The moment Dan Marina lifted her cloak, Deya immediately saw it was a disguised face. An Illusion could mislead most people, but it couldn’t mislead her!

And Zheng Yichen’s aura was too weak, not even at the strength of a Ranked Practitioner. With such existence, why would Dan Marina be with him? Clearly, she had some additional plans.

As for stopping them, Deya had thought about it, but there were more important things to do now. Once any conflict arose with Dan Marina, this woman might use some underhanded tricks to interfere with her subsequent actions. She wouldn’t need to interfere directly—just cause those who obtained the Magic Artifacts to suddenly encounter various accidents, making it impossible for Deya to find them. That would be easy enough.

Under such circumstances, she could only feel a slight bit of guilt toward Zheng Yichen in her heart, and she remembered this face. If she ran into him in the future, she would choose to help him then…

Another reason she ignored Dan Marina was that this woman’s direct combat strength wasn’t strong, but her reputation for being troublesome wasn’t just talk. If she really wanted to run, without any extra preparation or restrictions, Deya calculated it would take about three of her to just stop Dan Marina—and that was only stopping her, not capturing her outright!

“Is that woman blind?” After Deya left, Zheng Yichen looked at Dan Marina with an expression as if he had seen a ghost.

“Tsk, is my title as a Witch that simple? She rushed here in such a hurry, surely drawn by that matter. Under such circumstances, do you think she’d be willing to waste more time on me?”

Dan Marina shrugged. “Well, but you have to be careful from now on. She’s already remembered you.”

“Oh crap! This is my real face!!” Zheng Yichen’s expression immediately turned as dark as a pot bottom. Being remembered by someone from the Sanctuary Church, and a rather high-ranking Saintess at that, was a terrible thing.

“Whose fault is it for using this then?” Dan Marina rolled her eyes at Zheng Yichen.

“You’ve never lost your own body, so you haven’t experienced this feeling.” Zheng Yichen sighed, somewhat helplessly. “Don’t say I’ve obtained something others dream of but can’t have. It’s precisely because I got this thing others ‘pursue’ so easily that I have such picky thoughts.”

“Ha, you’re quite open-minded. But it’s not a big problem. As long as we coordinate, that silly woman’s side can be easily handled.” Dan Marina chuckled lightly. “Let’s go. This Black Market will become chaotic soon.”

Because of one action by Dan Marina, chaos would erupt. Zheng Yichen didn’t know what to say anymore. He had adapted to the rules of the Otherworld fairly well. For such a situation, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but he wouldn’t get emotional over it—that was the most unnecessary thing.

In the Black Market, where slight chaos had already begun, a figure like an Elf in the night silently moved across the Black Market’s rooftops. It crouched in an area with a wide view, quietly observing the situation in the Black Market. Golden cat eyes locked onto several figures hurriedly flashing through some dark alleys in the Black Market. “…Dan Marina!”

After a while, this cat left the place it had stayed.

“Hmm?” After cornering a holder of a Magic Artifact in an alley, Deya looked somewhat puzzled toward the tallest building visible in the Black Market. It was empty, but just now she had definitely felt a slight sense of being watched. The person Dan Marina had cornered noticed her moment of distraction and immediately seized the chance to run to the side.

However, before taking even one step, a Light Ribbon as thin as a little finger wrapped around his limbs. Keeping a running posture, he turned into a stone man on the ground. Unable to speak, he could only watch helplessly as Deya took the Magic Artifact he had hidden on him and activated it before his eyes, projecting the map information contained within the Magic Artifact…

“Troublesome…” Deya muttered softly. This holder was one she found randomly. She didn’t believe she had hit the jackpot and encountered a holder of the genuine item. If a randomly found person carried a real Magic Artifact, it meant others might also carry real ones.

But additional confirmation was needed. Finding these holders was a bit troublesome, but finding Oss was easy… The unique Bloodline Power of Demon Sword Cultists, though activated by blood, had been partially studied by a certain agency within the Sanctuary Church that handled dirty work. They had researched some characteristics of this Bloodline Power from Demon Sword Cultists, but due to the lack of a crucial core power, they couldn’t activate it without relying on the Evil God’s Power of the Demon Sword Sect.

Even if they forcibly used methods to make blood burn and release ‘energy,’ the efficiency achieved was less than one-thirtieth of what the Bloodline Power could unleash, and it didn’t have uses like external shaping, release, or bursts. Although research couldn’t enable non-Demon Sword Cultists to use Bloodline Power, some blood characteristics of those who could use it had been researched.

The blood of Demon Sword Cultists had stronger fusion and assimilation properties. Everyone’s blood was different; forcibly integrating another’s blood would cause severe rejection. But the blood of Demon Sword Cultists wasn’t like that—it could more easily integrate into others’ blood, then assimilate and strengthen itself.

So, based on their blood characteristics, the Sanctuary Church had developed some Magic Artifacts specifically to detect Demon Sword Cultists. Deya carried one such Magic Artifact…

Considering her gender, this Magic Artifact was a pendant-like accessory. When using it, she just needed to channel her Mental Energy into it to read the information. As for the detection range, this was a top-quality Magic Artifact, so the range was large. After using it, her brow slightly furrowed—there were over sixty Demon Sword Cultists in this Black Market.

Start from the strongest, she thought, immediately having a target. Oss had always been monitored by the Sanctuary Church, so his growth rate was recorded. His growth was quite fast among many Demon Sword Cultists. Searching from high to low would definitely be much faster than from low to high.

Returning to his residence in Kaja, Zheng Yichen first went to check the room storing Irene’s Avatar. It was a bedroom… This Alchemical Avatar still lay on the bed with closed eyes, showing no movement. Zheng Yichen couldn’t help but feel a headache—this was really… accidentally digging a hole for himself.

He opened the Magic Weapon Summoning Book and browsed the Forum inside. In the evening… probably about ten minutes after dinner time, the Magic Weapon Forum was always very lively, likely because most people were idle and bored during this time. Zheng Yichen was also always active in the Magic Weapon Forum during this period.

Not to find topics, but just to read news. However, now because of the matter related to the Witch’s Arcane Treasure, even though it was late and past the peak time for the Magic Weapon Forum, it still seemed very lively.

“Ah~ so peaceful. How about opening a side account?” Zheng Yichen thought, then lightly drew a line on the page of the Magic Weapon Summoning Book. A new side account was generated? Rules—as the rule-maker, Zheng Yichen expressed he could do whatever he wanted.

–Selling a civilian-grade Magic Cycle, speed outruns wind wolves, can run continuously for a full day on full Mana storage. Interested parties contact me, {image}{image}{image} –Tianwang~

Zheng Yichen secretly observed his post. Posts that gained much attention immediately after being published were usually from those who had built enough reputation in the Forum recently, like the ‘Seven Luminaries Magus,’ a certain Mercenary Corps known for being good at getting into trouble, the daughter of a certain Academy’s dean, etc…

Of course, the most impressive was the Creator of the Magic Weapon Summoning Book!

Ahem, anyway, after Zheng Yichen published this post, it didn’t get much attention at first, even though he left detailed images. After all, how to describe the appearance of this Magic Cycle? Need to? Just reference X-un Motorcycles. More awesome ones? Zheng Yichen had made them!

After developing inferior Enchanted Material, all the leftover scraps from producing Alchemical Puppets were integrated and reused by Zheng Yichen. Those reused scraps now basically filled a ‘garage’ he had reserved.

But what was the point of releasing those now? There was no reason to bring out the best all at once. These could be discussed later. With the core design in his hands, even if he waited ten or eight years to bring them out, he wouldn’t face the embarrassment of being outdated—in this aspect, he himself represented the era.

As for the ID? Zheng Yichen, who was bad at naming, felt this one was quite fitting. Did it matter if he used it? He really didn’t believe that a being from a certain world, even one that developed into many parallel world series movies, would skip coming to find him.

Although it was like a civilian-grade motorcycle from Earth around the 2000s or even earlier, in this world, they still seemed novel and special, with lines and aesthetic appeal. Zheng Yichen released several color styles. The motorcycles with flame decals immediately attracted some attention…