Chapter 526: Forty Thieves

In the Owl Magic Shop.

Ji Xun and the others got several storage rings, which were filled with the goods they needed.

It looks like there are a lot of products to buy, but in fact most of them are classics handed down from the Royal Academy.

The old woman who owned the shop looked like she was losing money on her business. Classic books were the most cost-effective deal for these shops in the black market.

Important classics such as the Fifty-Two Magic Mysteries are copies. If you sell them once, you can still sell them next time.

It's simply a worthless transaction.

As for extraordinary materials, Ji Xun looked at the product catalog and found that there were very few eighth-level materials and none suitable for Qin Rushi.

After all, it is still a black market, and many things that are on the market have flowed into large trading houses like the Rainbow Chamber of Commerce.

There are some ancient relics with good effects in the catalog. I originally planned to buy them for Bonnie and others to update their equipment, but the price was too expensive.

The magic cores in their hands have been almost exhausted, although there is still a lot of valuable war hard currency.

For example, [Fountain of Elements] or something.

But it is not convenient to expose it now. The source is only and it is easy to attract attention.

Ji Xun and the other three didn't linger much longer in this shop.

By the time they came out, it was already two hours later.

The old woman from the owl shop came to the door with a smile on her face.

Anyone who knows the business knows the situation of the Owl Shop. The customers who can be closed for two hours must be high-profile customers.

What's more, the shopkeeper's wife also collected a lot of good things from her colleagues, and even the experts guessed that it was a big deal.

This scene also attracted many malicious looks in the black market.

Normally, after buying something, you should leave quietly.

But Ji Xun and the other three didn't take it seriously at all. They continued to wander around the black market like outsiders who didn't understand the rules at all.

The majesty of the Holy See that has ruled for hundreds of thousands of years is still there, and the things stolen by the Royal Academy will never see the light of day.

Almost all of those treasures end up on the black market.

In particular, books cannot be used as food for ordinary people, so it is less troublesome to sell them for money.

The shops in the black market are almost full of stolen goods.

Ji Xun and the other three walked around from house to house. They had already bought top-level classics like the Fifty-Two Magic Mysteries before, so it was difficult to find new ones. But there are many other classics.

Considering the Royal Academy’s collection of hundreds of millions of books, on a per capita basis, each person in Giant Spirit City can get more than a few hundred books.

And people in the black market can't make many copies even if the printing press is smoking.

And no one can read them one by one and classify them again.

Therefore, the prices are basically divided by grades. There are no copies of classics below the seventh grade. They are all original versions in the library.

Those small stalls are filled with classics and contain many good things.

Like some mysterious magic, secret martial arts, or even magical powers.

As long as you have a good eye, it's easy to pick up big leaks.

Because of the large quantity, the price is extremely cheap!

It’s not an exaggeration to say it’s a bargain.

Ji Xun and the other three are not picky either. As long as they have any classics with the Royal Library's seal, regardless of grade, they will buy them along the way.

There are piles and piles of them to buy, and it’s impossible to finish them all.

These classics are the almost unbroken knowledge of card masters passed down from the Tarun Dynasty, which is the most scarce thing in the Eastern Wasteland at present.

Not only can it be used by oneself, but this extraordinary knowledge is also very scarce in the revolutionary army.

Just like this, "Quinlan" played by Ji Xun took two guests who looked like ladies from a big family to shop together, and soon bought a lot of things.

Although the three of them deliberately acted cautiously, to those old men in the black market, their situation had already been figured out.

Ji Xun estimated that Qin Rushi and Qin Rushi had been labeled by some people on their foreheads: noble, stupid, rich, and not weak.

Just when Ji Xun and the others left the black market.

On the rock wall, several men in black clothes in cloaks watched the boat with the three people leave, with burning greed in their eyes.

"Hey, where did this fat sheep come from, so bold?"

"You dare to come to the black market. It seems you have some strength. I just asked the old witch, and the two people who asked for eighth-level materials are probably seventh-level card masters. Looking at the aura, they may be from the military. I guess they are from the north. The magic cores purchased by some large legions are very new, and only large legions can obtain so many."

"No wonder there are indeed a lot of legion purchases coming to Giant Spirit City recently. It's just a seventh-level person. No matter how powerful it is, there are only two people. Let's do it?"

"Let's find out their origins first. As long as they don't belong to those families, we can take action."

"We are not the only ones who are keeping an eye on those people. I'm afraid that if it's too late, others will get there first. I'm 100% sure that these are outsiders. As long as we do it cleanly, there will definitely be no trouble. What's more, as long as the boss takes action, let alone Seven Even if you come to the eighth level, you have to kneel in front of us."

"Well, I'll notify the boss, and you guys can keep an eye on it."

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After a few brief exchanges, the figures in the darkness dispersed.

But what they didn't know was that when they left, the shadows under their feet did not leave.

Ji Xun and the others did not follow the same path they came on, but "carefully enough" rowed their own boat out of the underground river.

The underground river is narrow and it is easy to detect whether someone is following. This is a well-established safety route in the black market.

Ji Xun was rowing when Peacock suddenly noticed something and warned softly: "We are being watched."

She is an eighth-level Warcraft Lord with a mythical bloodline, and has a very keen sense of malice.

She just felt like she was in the forest and was being watched by a hunter.

"Um."

Ji Xun was not surprised when he heard this, he smiled and said not to worry about it.

Qin Rushi didn't say anything because she guessed what Ji Xun was going to do.

Peacock doesn't have as complex a mind as a human being. She doesn't understand why she doesn't kill the guy with malicious intentions.

Ji Xun looked at Peacock's puzzled expression and thought about it before explaining: "They are a gang, and there are people behind them. We will deal with them when they come together."

The peacock didn't say anything after hearing this.

After all, the humans who followed were easily killable to her, so there was nothing noteworthy about them.

Ji Xun was still paddling leisurely.

Qin Rushi thought of something and asked with great interest: "Where did those people behind you come from?"

Being able to avoid being discovered by conventional means means that the person following him is not weak, at least level six, and there are relics that hide his aura.

This must be a large professional gang.

She was not surprised at all. No fool could survive in the black market. The other party knew what they bought and dared to follow them. Their strength was not ordinary petty theft.

Ji Xun nodded: "Yes. He should be someone from the 'Forty Thieves'."

"Forty Thieves?"

Qin Rushi didn't know much about the situation in the southern continent and asked, "Is it very famous?"

"It's really not small."

Ji Xundao: "This group of thieves robbed caravans and adventurers in the Warcraft Forest near Giant Spirit City. It has been active for decades without being wiped out, and it has some strength. It is said that the leader is a very mysterious necromancer, and no one has ever seen it. I’ve seen it, because everyone I’ve seen is dead. These guys never leave anyone alive during their robberies.”

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Qin Ru also showed a hint of amusement when he heard this.

If you can be a robber, that's all.

But she knew that Ji Xun's character must have been known for a long time, otherwise she wouldn't have been so public about it before.

Sure enough, Ji Xun said something interesting again: "But I suspect that those guys are most likely 'official thieves'."

Qin Ru narrowed his eyes and became very interested: "An official thief?"

Ji Xundao: "Yes. According to the current clues, it seems that they may be robbers secretly raised by the Rainbow Chamber of Commerce alliance. They usually rob goods from rival trading houses and also do some shady assassination transactions. Of course, these The guy was careful enough and didn’t give anyone any clues.”

Ji Xun chose this shop not just because of the complete range of goods here.

The most important thing is because he knows that this shop is involved with the "Forty Thieves".

He has stayed in the Giant Spirit City for more than half a year. What he likes most on weekdays is analyzing various intelligence, deducing cause and effect, and improving his proficiency in "I am the world."

Since he is a robber, he must have a stable channel for selling stolen goods.

The black market is the only option.

Ji Xun originally had no interest in bandits or anything like that, but because he had paid attention to some high-value bounties offered by the Bounty Guild, he had seen many murder-hunting bounties posted by chambers of commerce that had been robbed.

Because this "Forty Thieves" gang has a very strong style of committing crimes and has never been caught.

So I became interested in studying more about why these bandits are so special.

Although those guys were careful enough, with Ji Xun's current deduction ability, any clues had cause and effect.

He traced the source of the robbed goods and then identified the "Owl Magic Shop".

Then, the Rainbow Chamber of Commerce was identified.

Although Ji Xun was not sure before whether the relationship between this shop and the big thief was purely supply and demand, he was now certain that the two were working together.

Those guys who dared to catch up must have obtained accurate information from the old woman.

Ji Xunke never thought that he was a good person.

But if trouble comes to your door, he won't be polite.

"That's it"

Qin Ru was also interested when he heard Ji Xun's words.

She looked at Ji Xun and smiled and said, "So from the beginning, you were going to the Rainbow Chamber of Commerce?"

Ji Xun looked at the darkness of the river and said, "That's right. There is only a small part of the good things coming out of the Royal Academy this time on the black market, and most of them have been taken away by a few big chambers of commerce. And now the three kingdoms are fighting everywhere. , a lot of treasures are piled up in the city warehouse without being transported, and it’s time to contact the Rainbow Chamber of Commerce, the organizer of the ‘Gladiator King Challenge’.”

At first I felt a little distressed that I had spent a huge amount of money on something, but now it seems like I don’t need it anymore.

In the style of the "Forty Thieves", the fat sheep that are targeted will definitely be killed and silenced.

The same goes for Ji Xun's temperament. He will never be soft on his enemies.

Ji Xun and the others left the black market and appeared in the city again.

The surging flow of people completely hid the aura of the person they were following.

But it doesn't matter to the three of them.

Ji Xun is basically certain that the leader of the "Forty Thieves" will not exceed the eighth level, and may have some special methods.

But for them, as long as it's not the ninth level, that's it.

The three of them wandered around the city leisurely.

Peacock has never been to human society. The last time Qin Ru came here, he left in a hurry after one night and did not have time to take a good look around the city.

Ji Xun estimated that the robbers still had to investigate their identities, and they might go there at night.

He became a qualified guide and took them to visit various shops in the city and eat a lot of special delicacies.

It is worth mentioning that Peacock has always been aloof and has no good impression of humans.

But after eating the exquisite pastries in the pastry shop, it was like discovering a new world.

Compared with the eating habits of Warcraft, human food is really delicious.

The aloof Miss Peacock became a foodie, eating all the way.

Walking, we came to a super large cylindrical building complex, thousands of huge Corinthian classical stone columns supported the entire theater.

This is the "Central Arena" of Giant Spirit City.

Dragonborn like to fight, and the arena is a must-have building in almost every city.

At the entrance of the arena, a huge banner has been hung with an advertisement for the "King of Gladiators Challenge".

On the billboard, the portraits of the ten participating gladiators were hung.

Like a wanted poster, it introduces the origins and records of the gladiators.

These ten people are gladiators carefully trained by major chambers of commerce and nobles, as well as invited masters, each of whom is a strong man who has fought hundreds of battles.

There are knight generals, mercenaries, war slaves, professional fighters, and grandmasters of fighting schools.

Ji Xun saw Gong Wu's avatar at a glance.

The following introduction is: founder of the Baquan School, seventh-level Qigong master, proficient in the magic secret technique "gluttony", 93 consecutive wins, 7 draws and one loss.

The introduction is very detailed.

Ji Xun looked at the number "93 wins" and knew that Gong Wu had fought a lot during his time in the Southern Continent.

But why did he draw seven games and lose one?

Among the same level, is there anyone who can beat that old man?

The others are even more impressive. Just looking at the introduction, they are stronger than Gong Wu, all with more than "100+" wins, some draws, and few losses.

If we really talk about fighting skills, I'm afraid there are few who can compare with professional gladiators.

Even Ji Xun looked at the introductions of those people and felt eager to try to participate.

This is a rare experience.

Ji Xun knew Gong Wu's character. Being able to fight against masters was one of his pursuits.

He chose to practice in seclusion in the East Wasteland because he had no opponents.

Ji Xun also planned to save people after this game.

However, after looking at the odds, Ji Xun suddenly realized that there might be something wrong with this fight: "Hehe, the organizer is preparing for an upset."

In a ten-person competition, the odds of the top three popular players are usually between 2-6 times, the odds of the medium-popular players are only 10+, and the weakest may have very attractive odds of dozens of times.

This is the only way to ensure that the bookmaker will not go bankrupt due to skewed betting.

But the fact is that no matter what kind of competition, as long as it involves gambling, there must be shady dealings.

Ji Xun is too familiar with the gambling routine.

Black whistle, black referee, fake match

The smart bookmaker will also arrange the plot at any time according to the betting situation.

There is no Internet in this extraordinary world, and the news is blocked. The Chamber of Commerce relies on those dirty means to make a lot of money.

This "King of Gladiators Challenge" is not a fight to the death, and there are too many links that can be manipulated.

For example, this information is sent by the organizer, and ordinary people can't verify it at all.

Ji Xun looked at several profiles and saw that the odds of the favorites to win the championship were higher than normal, so he knew that there might be an upset.

And Gong Wu is one of the upsets, with a very high odds.

Qin Rushi also looked at the profile of the gladiator, guessed what Ji Xun wanted to do, and asked: "Do you want to bet?"

"Yeah."

Ji Xun smiled and nodded, "Of course I bet on Senior Gong Wu to win."

He finally knew where the "draw and loss" record on the profile came from. It is likely that the organizer made trouble and wrote it casually.

Gong Wu came from the East Wilderness, and no one in the South Continent knew him. This kind of person is also the easiest to tamper with, and no one will doubt anything he writes.

But Ji Xun knew Gong Wu's strength.

No matter what dark horse it is, he believes that Gong Wu can kill it.

Qin Rushi smiled and understood.

The earlier you buy, the more uncertain factors there are, and the higher the odds.

Ji Xun also found it interesting, so he went to the betting window and bought a bunch of lottery tickets. Whenever Gong Wu won, he would pick the ones with the highest odds and bet as much as he could.