CHAPTER 427: CHAPTER 280 ZHANG ZE, ENEMY OF THE WORLD_3

The Sect Leader of the Liuyi Sect looked at the cultivator in front of him, who called himself the security captain, and then glanced down at the two almost identical small cards in his hand, thinking to himself that there didn’t seem to be much difference between them.

"Thank you, my young friend. I will head over there to take a look in a while."

After sending away the group of security guards, the old man’s eldest disciple whispered, "Master, are we still going in? Or maybe we should stay on that mountain over there; it’s quite peaceful."

"We were born to engage with the world, do not be timid, follow me."

Truth be told, the old man was now full of interest in Thousand Mechanism Town.

In any case, situations like this have been occurring several times a day these days, and the residents of Thousand Mechanism Town had long since gotten used to it.

Watching these seclusive old men become shocked out of their minds, and then quickly assimilated, is actually quite an amusing sight. Just a few days ago, an old man came whose name I forget; they say he secluded himself for a thousand years on some mountain, a truly ancient monster.

At first, he was scolding people here for the decline of morals.

Now he’s washing his feet at the Water Exchange Workshop in the west of the town, becoming a part of that moral decline.

But the liveliest place is still the Underground City of the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion.

Lily took only one night to upgrade the Underground City, revamping it entirely to Golden Core difficulty.

The reason for such a swift revamp wasn’t a production surge at the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, but because she switched all the mechanisms from automatic to manual.

The Path of Thousand Mechanisms focuses on human-centered techniques.

She let all the cultivators of the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, who were about to participate in the Qinghe Association, mix in as fake mechanisms and monsters within the Underground City.

On one hand, it served as practice for cultivators to become familiar with the operation of secret weapons, and on the other hand, it was to gather intelligence on these cultivators.

This one wields an iron rod, that one is good at boxing, and so on.

She also got the Demon Race to advertise continuously, luring those young foreigners, unaware of the dangers of Thousand Mechanism Town.

One can only say, the real competition already began offstage.

Compared to Lily’s low-quality conduct, the Demon Race performed admirably this time, adhering strictly to industry norms, rejecting excessively cheap things, and conducting commercial activities under reasonable and legal premises.

All the traders split into two factions, the Zhendong Trading Company faction, and the Qianji Town Commerce Association faction, clashing against one another.

The commercial rivalry went ablaze, warming up for the Qinghe Association.

Although Zhang Ze found this somewhat of an overindulgence, because half of these traders were affiliated with both sides.

They were probably just in it for fun, Zhang Ze thought.

However, it wasn’t just the cheerful Demon Race looking for fun.

Xinhe United Victory was the real joker.

The Spirit Deer Valley had arrived here, made a quick show, and then vanished.

Those unaware of the truth were immensely curious about this suddenly appearing mysterious sect, while the latterly informed members of the Six Sects kept silent, feeling it was embarrassing.

...

Inside the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion.

Zhang Ze, finally emerged from seclusion, poured a cup of tea for Li Yueqi, who sat in front of him.

After a brief chat with Female Hero Li, he finally figured out what Junior Sister had been up to lately.

Regarding this Xinhe United Victory, his only thought was that the next time he plagiarized some simple-minded short stories, he must give the characters and settings new names.

"Chen Qin is with Senior Zhu Luo and others now, right?"

"Yes, we moved Spirit Deer Valley here; it will dock by the riverside soon."

"Why hasn’t Junior Sister come to find me herself?" Zhang Ze asked.

"She’s sulking with Aunt Mo, and she said she won’t appear with you before the Qinghe Association."

Speaking of this, Female Hero Li suddenly sighed, then looked appreciatively at Zhang Ze, "I have a question, but I don’t know if I should ask."

"You can ask."

"How do you typically manage Chen Qin’s endless energy? I remember she wasn’t like this before..."

Lately, Chen Qin seemed to be in a true no-one-care status, her energy was excessively unlimited; it was merely Spirit Deer Valley being sufficiently large, or else it wouldn’t be enough for her to cause trouble.

Li Yueqi had been curious about this matter for days.

Upon hearing this question, Zhang Ze wore a hesitant expression, "This question is kinda private; I can’t go into detail with you."

Li Yueqi took a moment to understand, blushing slightly, and not elegantly showing Zhang Ze the middle finger.

After some useless chatter, Li Yueqi finally got to the main point.

Well, it wasn’t exactly serious business.

"This time, I actually came to deliver Chen Qin’s challenge letter."

"What challenge letter?" Zhang Ze did not comprehend.

Li Yueqi turned her hand, slapping a piece of paper onto the table, then pushed it forward to Zhang Ze.

Zhang Ze picked it up, looking at the names he recognized and didn’t recognize, feeling baffled.

"What does it mean?"

"Your Junior Sister has been boasting about your glorious deeds everywhere in Spirit Deer Valley during this time, talking three times a day, bragging about how mighty you are, never stopping to speak about you."

"So what?"

"So many are unconvinced. This time, those we summoned are all either Young Masters or geniuses from various families, usually none would yield to anyone. Upon hearing about your prowess, they all wish to challenge you." Li Yueqi explained.

"Then why is your name also on it?" Zhang Ze pointed at Li Yueqi’s name on the challenge letter.

Female Hero Li shrugged, "We haven’t fought seriously before, have we? I also want to see your skills and compare your touch with my brother’s."

Zhang Ze, "..."

As Zhang Ze was rendered speechless, suddenly a stone-wrapped piece of paper was thrown in from the window, judging by the golden flash and the saliva on the paper ball, it was obviously Maomao’s doing.

Zhang Ze reluctantly picked up the paper ball, opening it to see Lily’s ugly handwriting.

[Boss, I will definitely win against you this time!]

There was a circle of small characters behind it, likely Fuji’s.

[Me too!]

Zhang Ze suddenly felt a bit worn out, a feeling of global opposition upon emerging from seclusion.

But enemies are just enemies, Zhang Ze flipped over the challenge letter sent by Li Yueqi and penned on it.

[Anyone else? Let’s do this together.]

Lastly, he added a hand-drawn humorous expression.

"Please, Female Hero Li, send it back." Zhang Ze tossed the pen aside and leaned back on the chair, displaying a demeanor of a great expert.

Li Yueqi looked at Zhang Ze, thinking this guy was really asking for a beating.