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Crimson Blaze Quarter was one of the most bustling areas in Crimson Blaze Prefecture.

Countless gods bustled through the district, creating a lively and ceaseless flow of activity.

After purchasing the "Million-Strong Army," Xu Ming bought tens of thousands of divine artifacts within Crimson Blaze Quarter!

Although divine artifact shops sold divine artifacts and puppets, all treasures here lacked artifact spirits!

After all, if Xu Ming sold treasures with artifact spirits to Little Guaji, the universe's operating order would take notice; similarly, if treasures with artifact spirits appeared out of nowhere, the universe's operating order would still take notice!

Therefore, all treasures in the divine artifact shops lacked artifact spirits!

Without an artifact spirit, a divine artifact's power would be greatly reduced; without an artifact spirit, a puppet couldn't possibly possess the battle power of a god!

It was precisely because of this that Xu Ming had to come to a place like Crimson Blaze Quarter to purchase some treasures.

“I've bought everything I need to buy, I should head back now!”

However, just as Xu Ming was about to leave Crimson Blaze Quarter, the surrounding atmosphere suddenly turned somewhat strange.

“Those seeking death have finally come…” Xu Ming couldn't help but shake his head inwardly.

Hundreds of valiant soldiers clad in silver armor flanked Xu Ming from two directions, forming a circle and trapping him in the middle.

Xu Ming stopped walking and glanced around: “Heh! As expected of the Prefecture City's soldiers, even the weakest are Silver Moon level experts!”

In other words, if a city lord like the one from the lower-grade divine city Golden Crow City came to the Prefecture City, they wouldn't even qualify to be a common soldier!

Of course, these hundreds of silver-armored soldiers were nothing more than a rabble in Xu Ming's eyes, easily wiped out with a wave of his hand.

Immediately afterward, the circle formed by the soldiers opened a gap. A burly general and the short, cunning Cao Jiu strolled over unhurriedly.

“General, this is the man!” Cao Jiu pointed at Xu Ming, his eyes gleaming with greed.

“Mm!” The general nodded silently. Then, he walked into the circle and stopped just ten feet away from Xu Ming.

The general's gaze was invasive as he scrutinized Xu Ming, trying to suppress him with his aura.

However, no matter how domineering his gaze was, Xu Ming remained unmoved, his expression unchanged.

This made the general secretly alarmed: “This Silver Moon Rank Four is indeed somewhat extraordinary! I am a King-Sealing Initial Stage existence, yet I can't suppress him with my aura!”

Cao Jiu was also somewhat surprised: “This person doesn't seem as simple as I imagined!”

However, Cao Jiu hesitated only slightly before immediately jumping out and shouting at Xu Ming: “Reporting to the General, this man has been acting suspiciously in Crimson Blaze Quarter; I suspect he has infiltrated Crimson Blaze Quarter with some ulterior motive and must be thoroughly investigated!”

“Mm!” The general harrumphed very sternly.

Then, his gaze shot towards Xu Ming like lightning as he shouted: “I am Hong Xiao, one of the 108 Generals of Crimson Blaze Prefecture! Speak, who are you, daring to act suspiciously and plot evil in my Crimson Blaze Quarter!?”

Acting suspiciously?

Plotting evil?

Xu Ming couldn't help but laugh. How could he not know that this General Hong Xiao was driven by greed, aiming for his bottle of divine marrow!

However, Xu Ming couldn't help but secretly despise him—if you want to rob me, just say so! Why put on such a hypocritical and sanctimonious act?

…

Xu Ming's commotion naturally alarmed many people in Crimson Blaze Quarter.

“What's going on?”

“What happened over there?”

“Look, it's General Hong Xiao!”

“It is said that General Hong Xiao discovered a treacherous villain sneaking into our Crimson Blaze Quarter! He is currently interrogating this villain!”

“Is that so…” Some of the onlookers who didn't know the truth actually believed it, “Thanks to General Hong Xiao's constant clearing of villains, we can maintain the peace of Crimson Blaze Quarter!”

“General Hong Xiao clearing villains? Give me a break!” Some onlookers who knew the inside story were secretly transmitting their voices, “Most of his so-called villains are just pitiful people who accidentally exposed their wealth!”

“Pitiful people? They can only blame themselves for being too stupid!” Someone sneered, “What kind of place is Crimson Blaze Quarter? It's a mixed bag!—Exposing your wealth here is just being foolish!”

Qian Yuan, the shopkeeper of the Puppet Pavilion, had obviously seen this scene; he couldn't help but silently lament for Xu Ming: “A man is innocent, but harboring a treasure is a crime! I knew something like this would happen when he took out a bottle of divine marrow so ostentatiously!”

Faced with this situation, Qian Yuan only dared to watch from afar—he wouldn't dare to spoil General Hong Xiao's good deeds!

…

Seeing that Xu Ming didn't say anything, the short, cunning Cao Jiu immediately roared with borrowed power: “General Hong Xiao is asking you a question! Why don't you confess truthfully!?”

Confess truthfully?

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Xu Ming sneered: “Confess what?”

“You dare to be arrogant!!” Cao Jiu roared, “Hurry up and say, what are you doing sneaking around in Crimson Blaze Quarter!?”

“I'm sneaking around in Crimson Blaze Quarter?” Xu Ming smiled, then flipped his hand and took out a bottle of divine marrow from his world ring, “You're making such a big fuss for this bottle of stuff, right?—If you want it, just say so! What's the point of going through so many roundabout tricks?”

Looking at the divine marrow in Xu Ming's hand, the eyes of Hong Xiao and Cao Jiu couldn't help but burn for a moment. But immediately, they suppressed this heat.

“Bold villain! You dare to quibble when you're about to die!” Cao Jiu roared, “Do you know what you're holding in your hand? It's a bottle of divine marrow! Even a King-Sealing level existence might not have so much divine marrow; and you, a mere Silver Moon Rank Four, where did you get so much divine marrow?—Your divine marrow is of unknown origin, now immediately surrender and follow us back to investigate clearly!!”

Follow you back to investigate clearly?

How could Xu Ming not know that the other party wanted to take him to a deserted place and then directly rob and kill him!

Although Xu Ming didn't take this rabble seriously at all, he was too lazy to go back and play with them.

“I don't want to kill anyone today, you all get out of my way, and I can let it go!” Xu Ming said extremely arrogantly.

Xu Ming really didn't want to kill anyone for the time being!

After all, Xu Ming came to Crimson Blaze Prefecture this time to attend the Crimson Blaze Prefecture Lord's banquet. If he killed the general under the host's command before the banquet even started, it would be a bit embarrassing!—Even if he wanted to kill, he would have to wait until after the banquet, after leaving Crimson Blaze Prefecture, before quietly using the 'Book of Life and Death' to hang him up for slaughter.

However, Xu Ming's words, in the ears of Hong Xiao, Cao Jiu, the numerous silver-armored soldiers, and the onlookers, were extremely arrogant!

“This Silver Moon Rank Four is courting death!” Countless gazes looked at Xu Ming as if looking at a dead man.

Xu Ming turned a blind eye to these gazes, and only sneered as he spat out three words: “Don't provoke me!”

Today's two updates are complete.