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Before Number Two arrived, Xu Ming continued to wander around the black market, with a little tail following behind him.

“By the way, what’s your name?” Xu Ming suddenly realized that he didn’t know the boy’s name yet.

“Zhang Hao!” The boy tried his best to make his voice strong and forceful.

“Oh, Zhang Hao!” Xu Ming repeated, deepening his memory, “Then you should study hard! Everyone has their own aspirations, and there’s nothing shameful about liking to read!”

“Yes!” The boy Zhang Hao’s eyes lit up. It was the first time he had heard someone give a positive evaluation of reading.

Xu Ming continued to wander around, continuing to select items with dissatisfaction.

“Eh?”

Suddenly, Xu Ming passed by a shop selling the “Four Treasures of the Study”.

“A shop selling the Four Treasures of the Study actually opened in the black market?” Xu Ming was surprised.

“Little brother!” The fat-headed, big-eared boss smiled, “The writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones here are all extraordinary!”

“How are they extraordinary?”

“Let’s take the paper for example—every piece of paper here is a masterpiece handed down from ancient times! It won’t be damaged even after thousands or tens of thousands of years, and it can be used to record important classics, cultivation techniques, secret skills, and so on…”

Xu Ming’s heart suddenly stirred: “Do you have any prettier paper here?”

“Prettier?” The boss was first suspicious, then revealed a knowing smile, “I can tell that little brother is a person with delicate thoughts. Yes, we have all sorts of colors. Take a look and see which one you want!”

The boss produced a large stack of colorful paper.

Xu Ming looked at it. The paper quality was indeed very good and could be preserved for a long time, and the colors were also very vibrant.

“I’ll take it!”

Xu Ming bought the paper and was about to continue browsing when Number Two ran over like a dog: “Brother Ming, Brother Ming! I’m here!”

“So fast?” Xu Ming was a little surprised, “Were you just in Barbaric City?”

“No, I was just playing around in the Outer Sect!” Number Two said repeatedly.

“In the Outer Sect… you ran to the black market so quickly?” Xu Ming was slightly touched. This Number Two was quite dedicated; as soon as he gave the order, he immediately rushed over at full speed.

“Number Two, do you know of any good academies in Barbaric City?” Xu Ming didn’t beat around the bush and asked directly.

“Academies?” Number Two was puzzled, “Not martial academies?”

“Just academies!”

“Academies… I don’t know much about them.” Number Two thought for a while and said, “However, I’ve heard of a few, like Orchid Fragrance Academy,馨冬芳 Academy, and Light and Graceful Academy. They’re all quite famous! Since they have a great reputation, they should be good!”

“Hmm… then please help arrange for this Zhang Hao to go to one of those academies!” Xu Ming said.

“Yes, Brother Ming!”

Watching Number Two lead Zhang Hao away, Xu Ming shook his head and smiled: “Likes to read? I hope he can read something worthwhile!”

However, Xu Ming didn’t understand that in this world, academies aren’t necessarily good just because they have a big name. He also didn’t know if Zhang Hao could read what he wanted to read after entering academies like Orchid Fragrance, 馨东方, and Light and Graceful…

“Let’s go back!”

Now that he had bought the gift he wanted and arranged for Zhang Hao, Xu Ming naturally didn’t need to stay in the black market any longer.

…

Time passed leisurely.

In the blink of an eye, ten days had passed since the end of the Sect Assembly.

However, Xu Ming’s popularity in the Barbaric Sect didn’t decrease but increased. A bunch of infatuated young girls were using various methods to show their presence and seek attention in front of Xu Ming.

The infatuated young girls of the Inner Sect were still alright; at least they knew how to pay attention to their image. The infatuated young girls of the Outer Sect were like tigers and wolves—if they weren’t strong enough, they would have swarmed up and taken turns on Xu Ming first!

“Damn it! This is too crazy!” Xu Ming had just passed by the Ten Thousand Steps Stone Stairway when a bunch of infatuated Outer Sect girls frantically surrounded him; Xu Ming barely managed to escape with a face full of dust, “If my willpower were slightly less firm, I’m afraid I would have really fallen!”

However, Xu Ming wasn’t “that kind of person”.

“Brother Ming, here are another one hundred and eighty-two love letters…” Number Two had become Xu Ming’s external window.

“So many?” Xu Ming was surprised.

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“Uh…” Xu Ming was speechless.

“By the way, Brother Ming!” Number Two added, “There’s also one here from Song Jiahai! Brother Ming, would you like to consider it?”

Xu Ming wordlessly put the one hundred and eighty-two love letters into his interspatial ring, piling them together with the previous love letters in a corner.

“Song Jiahai?” Xu Ming smiled bitterly.

He didn’t know that Song Jiahai was so… that she had actually become one of the infatuated young girls and bluntly wanted to be his concubine!

However, Xu Ming’s heart was now entirely focused on Gu Hanmo, and he was single-minded. How could he pay attention to these infatuated armies?

“There are still twenty-odd days until Hanmo’s coming-of-age ceremony. The gift has already been prepared. What should I do next?” Xu Ming thought for a while, “Mining!”

Xu Ming remembered four words—hard work leads to wealth!

“Moreover, the mystic energy in the depths of the mine is volatile, so it should be relatively quiet!”

What was said was as good as done: “Hehe, the Liang family’s mines, I’m coming again!—Ah, no, why do I keep saying the Liang family’s mines! It’s my mines, I’m coming!”

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Xu Ming secretly flashed a few times and quietly arrived at the entrance of the mine.

The person responsible for guarding the mine was still the old acquaintance Xue Xi.

“Xu… Xu Ming!” Xue Xi’s expression changed, “Why are you here again?”

Now, Xue Xi didn’t dare to be arrogant in front of Xu Ming.

Not to mention that Xu Ming might achieve extraordinary things in the future, even now, Xue Xi knew that Xu Ming could completely defeat him with a single glance. Xue Xi couldn’t afford to provoke or dare to provoke an enemy like Xu Ming.

In fact, Xue Xi was secretly suffering: “Why did I have to offend Xu Ming for no reason… I’m really asking for it!”

Xue Xi was really scared to death now, afraid that he would suffer Xu Ming’s retaliation at any time.

“Hehe!” Xu Ming grinned, “I’m here to do my sect mission!—That, I have to do it; if I don’t complete it, I can’t take on other missions, right?”

At this time, Xue Xi only wanted to slap himself in the face—why did he assign Xu Ming a mining mission… Last time, Xu Ming stayed in the mine for a month and only handed in one mystic stone; however, the depths of the mine were missing a corner for some reason! And now, Xu Ming… is here again!

“It’s okay to go in and do the mission, but—you can’t stay inside for a month like last time without digging out any mystic stones!” Xue Xi said.

He was responsible for guarding the mine. If strange problems continued to occur in the mine, he would also be derelict in his duty.

“Is there such a rule?” Xu Ming smiled disdainfully, “I’m just slow, so what?”

Hehe, here we go again! This time the target is…