Chapter 1666

The materials placed in front of Old Man Schenker were all items from giant dragons.

There were dragon scales, dragon bones, dragon blood, dragon tendons, and even dragon meat.

They emitted a bright glow and attracted Old Man Schenker like gemstones.

Looking at these materials, the old man clicked his tongue in wonder and kept praising them.

After a long time, he finally stopped looking at them and said, "These things are not bad. What do you want to exchange them for?"

"Materials for refining medicine and weapons made from these things," Zi Chen paused and said, "This is only one aspect. I want to make a long-term deal with you."

"What do you mean?" The old man looked at Zi Chen in surprise and then at Mausoleum.

Zi Chen smiled and said, "You should know what I mean."

The old man did not agree immediately. He was thinking about the price he would have to pay for a long-term deal. After a full 60 minutes, he said, "Alright, but the exchange price will be doubled."

"The quality of our materials is very high. This deal is beneficial to you in the first place. Why should the price be so high?" Zi Chen was a little dissatisfied.

"Because he is an aboriginal and we are invaders. The aboriginals have always been hostile to the invaders. Moreover... I will have to bear a lot of pressure and risk when making a deal with the aboriginals. Double the price is already a favor."

"Alright, deal." Zi Chen nodded. In fact, he had wanted to agree just now.

The old man walked out of the counter and closed the door of the shop. He looked back at the two of them and said, "Follow me."

The old man led the two of them through many turns as if they were walking through a maze. In the end, he brought them into a spacious room deep in the shop. He pointed at the room and said, "The teleportation formation is set up here. Don't worry, it's very safe here."

Mausoleum nodded and then walked forward. He took out some materials from his storage bag and began to carve a permanent teleportation formation.

Old Man Schenker and Zi Chen stepped out and walked side by side.

"Kid, do you know what you're doing?" Old Man Schenker's slightly stern voice rang out.

Zi Chen was a little confused.

"Discovering a new world and not reporting it is a crime." The old man's voice was still stern.

"Crime? Who will judge me?" Zi Chen said disdainfully.

"This matter happened in the Royal Heaven Region. Naturally, the upper echelons of the Royal Heaven Region will be the ones to handle this matter," Old Man Schenker said.

Zi Chen stared at the old man, he didn't mind at all, "Old man, don't lie to me. Maybe there are people from the upper echelons but they can't control me. Tomb Keeper is my friend. Back then, the two of us had an agreement that he and his world couldn't be lost. Don't use the upper echelons to pressure me. I don't owe the Royal Heaven Region anything.

"Colluding with the non-humankind, such a force, don't expect me to be bound by rules."

The old man rolled his eyes and said, "You're still colluding with the natives."

Zi Chen shook his head and said seriously, "That's not the same. I'm friends with Tomb Keeper. If a friend is in trouble, I'll naturally help. As for the so-called higher-ups, don't push me too far. If we really fight to the death, it's not certain who will suffer."

Old Man Schenker said in a deep voice, "Don't underestimate the Battlefield of Despair. The upper echelons here are not to be underestimated."

Zi Chen said confidently, "In front of absolute power, all forces are like clay chickens and pottery dogs. I believe they were very clear about this when Long Fei was still around."

"Comparing yourself to Long Fei, you sure don't hold back," Old Man Schenker sneered.

"This is called self-worth. In fact, I've done it, haven't I? As for whether I have Long Fei's achievements, I believe you should know very well."

The two returned to the counter. Zi Chen took out the rest of the resources he had on him and began to exchange them with Old Man Schenker.

This time, Zi Chen mainly wanted to exchange for some medicinal ingredients. As for medicinal pellets, Zi Chen didn't want any of them. This was because Cauldron Spirit's medicinal refinement techniques were much more profound than those people.

Having existed for countless years, no one was more familiar with the characteristics and relationships between medicinal ingredients than Cauldron Spirit. Furthermore, the Everlasting Dan Cauldron was a treasure for medicinal refinement. It was far from being comparable to ordinary medicinal cauldrons.

After taking away all the ingredients, Old Man Schenker said, "Those ingredients will be gathered by tomorrow afternoon."

It was at this moment that someone knocked on the door.

Under normal circumstances, no one would come to a shop when it was closed.

But at this moment, not only was someone knocking on the door, the knocking was very loud and hurried. Evidently, the person had determined that someone was in the shop.

Old Man Schenker swept a glance at Zi Chen with an odd expression. Then, he walked out of the counter and opened the door of the shop.

"Hey, old man, why are you closing the door in broad daylight?" Two people appeared outside the door. One of them, a man wearing armor, said.

"Meng Qi, why are you here instead of undergoing closed-door training to make a breakthrough to Ninth Heaven?" Old Man Schenker said indifferently.

"Do you think I want to come here? We received a report that you seem to have some kind of connection with the natives," Meng Qi said as he entered the shop.

"Bullshit! Who's the one spouting such nonsense?" Old Man Schenker's face was filled with anger.

"Old man, don't mind me. I'm just here to …"

Meng Qi, who was about to say that he was just looking around, suddenly saw Zi Chen. A cold glint flashed across his eyes. He changed the topic and said, "You're Zi Chen."

"Who are you?"

"I'm Meng Qi from the Royal Sky Alliance," Meng Qi said.

"It seems that the person who made the report was right. The one who has connections with the natives should be you."

"What do you want?" Zi Chen looked at Meng Qi with a touch of coldness in his eyes.

"We're all humans. I don't want to make things difficult for you. Hand over the natives and tell us the exact coordinates of the natives. Then, we'll let this matter go." Meng Qi's expression also became cold.

"Who do you think you are? How dare you talk to me like that?" Zi Chen's eyes flashed with killing intent.

"We're the Royal Sky Alliance, in charge of the three cities of the Royal Sky. I've heard of you and know that you're ranked first on the Soldier Ranking List. But that doesn't mean anything. No matter how talented you are, you can't be a match for an alliance. Tell me the coordinates. Maybe I'll be happy and reward you with something," Meng Qi said proudly.

"Get lost." Zi Chen forcibly suppressed his killing intent.

"What did you say?" Meng Qi glared at him. A powerful aura at the peak of Eighth Heaven surged around him.

Beside him, the other late-stage Eighth Heaven expert was also staring at Zi Chen with hostility.

"I said get lost. Otherwise, die." A materialized killing intent shot out from his eyes and was directed at Meng Xi.

Meng Xi only felt a piercing pain in his eyes. He actually lost his mind in that instant.

He clenched his teeth and allowed the taste of blood to spread in his mouth. He shouted, "Zi Chen, do you know what you're doing?"

"Boom."

Surging energy surged in Schenker's Little Store, causing the entire store to tremble. Two trembling sounds came from the store and two figures flew out.

The two figures who flew out were the two Eighth Heaven experts of the Royal Sky Alliance. Their faces were pale as they coughed out a mouthful of blood.

"Get lost."

At the same time, a loud shout came from the store.

On the street, many cultivators saw this scene and couldn't help but show shock on their faces.

Because the aura surging from the two was extremely terrifying. However, such existences were actually sent flying out. Then, wouldn't the existences in the store be even more terrifying?

"Fine. Zi Chen, you win. But just you wait. This isn't a joke. There will be more people from the Royal Sky Alliance coming."

After leaving behind these vicious words, he left in a sorry state.

In the Royal Sky City of the seventh layer, who didn't know of Zi Chen?

Now that they heard Zi Chen's name, many people were curious. They really wanted to see the face of the number one on the Soldier Ranking.

Looking at Zi Chen who restrained his aura, Schenker said, "Little guy, you're in trouble."

Zi Chen, who was surging with killing intent just a moment ago, smiled gently at the next moment and said, "It's not me. You're the one who's in trouble. Now, if they can't find me, they'll find you."

Schenker shook his head and smiled bitterly. "Seems like my decision was too hasty."

"This is the price you should pay for double the amount of materials."

It could be imagined that the Royal Sky Alliance would definitely make a series of moves. However, all of this had nothing to do with Zi Chen.

It would take a few more days to build the transportation matrix. Zi Chen received all the materials on the afternoon of the second day.

He then placed all the materials into the cauldron according to Cauldron Spirit's instructions and began to refine the elixir.

During this time, the Royal Sky Alliance did not come looking for trouble.

Tomb Keeper was nearing the end of the transportation matrix. Because it was permanent, powerful energy waves were emitted during these few days.

Even some of the Seventh-Layer cultivators in the city could sense the energy waves. To the Soul Eater Clan, the energy waves were even more obvious. It was like a lit lighthouse.

During these few days, there were obviously more people in black robes outside the city. They looked at the huge Royal Sky City, their eyes flashing with greed.

Obviously, they were very sensitive to the energy waves in space and knew what the energy waves in the city represented.

"Little guy, you've brought me a lot of trouble. The Soul Eater Clan is about to surround the city," Schenker said in dissatisfaction.

"Then I'll go solve some problems."

Zi Chen turned and walked out of the city.

Walking out of the city, Zi Chen's body shone with golden light. His battle intent soared.

Outside the city, a few wandering cultivators saw this scene and had a look of surprise on their faces.

They did not understand why this Eighth-Layer cultivator would come out with battle intent. Who was he challenging?

However, because of their cultivation level, they did not dare to go forward and ask. Instead, they stayed far away for fear of getting into trouble.

Some of the Soul Eater Clan members in black robes outside the city knew that the golden figure's battle intent was directed at them. Each of them sneered.

So what if he was merely an Eighth-Layer cultivator?

Humans would never be on the same level as them.

Zi Chen was already a thousand meters away. He was already in the attack zone.

A Seventh-Layer Soul Eater Clan member curled his finger at Zi Chen provocatively.

Zi Chen's body shone with golden light as he sped up.

In an instant, he was in front of the Soul Eater Clan member. His speed was as fast as lightning.

A look of surprise flashed across the Soul Eater Clan member's face. It seemed that this was the first time he had seen a human with such speed.

Swoosh.

A dazzling golden light swept towards the Black-Robed Clan member, reflecting his surprised and disdainful expression.

Human attacks were basically ineffective against him.

But in the next moment, his expression changed drastically. He exclaimed, "Pureblood Curse!"