Chapter Sixteen: The People of the Song Family

  "Big brother, can I borrow this book to take a look?" Wang Shi said as he walked up to him.

  The young man was stunned for a moment, then he looked up and saw a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old, with a pair of deep eyes staring at him, his hand involuntarily handed the book over.

  Wang Shi took over the book, and it was indeed very damaged. The cover was wrinkled and some of the words were blurred. The book was originally black with a gold border, but now it had turned yellow.

  "Ta Jin Fu Kui." Wang Shi muttered to himself, carefully flipping through it, fortunately the contents inside were intact.

  "Little brother, this martial manual is even difficult for me to practice, it's too hard." The young man said, thinking that Wang Shi's abilities were shallow.

  Wang Shi only then looked towards the young man, and his strength was actually at the fifth level of the Pioneer Realm! This made him slightly surprised.

  "Why can't I cultivate it?" Wang Shi said.

  Young people are somewhat depressed, saying: "I don't know either. No matter how hard I practice, I just can't get it out. This book clearly states that the spiritual power accumulates to the fifth layer of the opening up boundary, and then you can cultivate it. However, after I worked hard to reach the fifth layer, I ended up with nothing, and even almost got seriously injured. This is the only martial arts manual in my family, and I've tried many times without success. In desperation, I had no choice but to sell it and use the money to buy another martial arts manual."

  "How much money!" Wang Shi suddenly said, he touched the cover of Wu's manual, and couldn't bear to part with it.

  "Ah!" The young man didn't expect the kid to directly name a price, and thought to himself: Is this guy really that naive? I've already tried so hard to persuade him, and he still wants to jump into the fire pit?

  "Little brother, don't regret it, don't waste your money. Did you see that bald guy just now? He can't even practice properly and he's blaming me! Serves him right!" The young man said with a tone of schadenfreude, not caring about the wounds on his own body.

  Wang Shi stared at the young man and said, "I know. Name a price."

  "Alright... since you're so sincere about buying it, I'll sell it to you as a favor. 25,000 gold coins!" The young man looked at Wang Shi's determined expression and thought he had just been quoted an astronomical price.

  Wang Shi frowned and said, "But I don't have that much money?" Twenty-five thousand, Wang Shi couldn't help but feel a little anxious. This guy had just swallowed the four thousand from the bald-headed man earlier, and now he was trying to swindle him again.

  "How much have you got? Name a price!" The young man said with a flourish.

  Wang Shi helplessly said: "I only have seven thousand!"

  "What! Young brother, don't you know that the lowest price on this Freedom Street is also 5,000?! Am I not going to lose money?! This is an ancestral martial art, a high-level martial art!" The young man heard this and immediately stumbled.

  "Little brother, this is a family heirloom. If it weren't for the fact that I need to make a living, I wouldn't sell it. Seven thousand is absolutely not enough!" The young man shook his head vigorously.

  Wang Shi listened for a while and felt somewhat annoyed, then said: "Then what do you think is the lowest price of the genuine book?"

  The young man held up his own puffed-up "pig" face, then put on a painful expression and said: "Let's just say that the big brother who called out earlier, I'll give you 200,000! At least 200,000!"

  "Two hundred thousand?" Wang Shi still said with some bitterness, where was he going to borrow the money from? He didn't have any friends. And it was still short of one hundred and thirty thousand?!

  Just then, when Wang Shi was worried, a mocking laugh sounded

  "If you can't afford it, then let go of the martial arts manual in your hand. Don't use your hands to tarnish the martial arts manual?"

  Wang Shi's face suddenly looked a bit unsightly, and when he turned his head around, he saw a 17 or 18-year-old young master standing in front of him. This person was indeed handsome, but the evil smile on his face made people feel uncomfortable. Surrounding him were a group of teenagers, with the youngest being 13 or 14 years old, and the oldest being the same age as him. The whole group was looking at Wang Shi with disdain.

  "Who are you? What qualifications do you have to say that about me?" Wang Shi said heavily, although he had already guessed the identity of this person.

  At this time, the free street quieted down, and every stall owner looked at the young man with a mixture of fear and hidden anger. Some stall owners near the young man quickly packed up their things, fearing that they would be affected later.

  "Oh no, how did this villain show up? Let's get out of here quickly, we can't mess with him!"

  "This man is called Song Jian. With the identity of the Song family and his own uncommon strength, he has become more and more arrogant on this Free Street for half a year."

  "Don't provoke him, leave this place of trouble quickly!"

  "This young man is doomed!"

  ……………..

  "Haha." The loud laughter covered everyone's murmurs, and the young man sneered: "You actually don't know me? Are you a country bumpkin? You don't even recognize me, Young Master Song Jian?"

  Wang Shi had never seen such an arrogant guy, even Wang Zhong hadn't been. Were all the Song family members this arrogant?

  "What are you?" Wang Shi said heavily.

  At this time, the atmosphere suddenly became chilly. Song Jian said coldly: "What did you say? If you have the guts, say it again."

  "You're nothing!" Wang Shi's eyes turned cold, he had even less of a good impression of the Song family, and even felt an urge to get rid of them once and for all!

  "Alright! You dare to provoke me at such a young age? Don't you think I'm intimidating enough?" Song Jian was filled with rage, his eyes fixed on Wang Shi like an eagle.

  Some stall owners around were stunned by Wang Shi's cold scolding.

  "What's wrong with this kid? Although Song Jian is very arrogant, his strength has already reached the peak of the fifth layer of the Pioneer Realm!"

  "Yes, this kid has no one to rely on, why bother resisting a madman?"

  "This kid is going to be in big trouble!"

  ………

  Obviously, no one looks good on Wang Shi, after all, he is a bit young, giving people a visual representation.

  "Bastard, this kid actually dares to offend our big brother, brothers let's go together!" Song Jian's gang of friends angrily shouted, wanting to rush up and beat Wang Shi.

  However, he was blocked by Song Jian, who said coldly: "Even if I'm no match for him, I can still beat a little kid!"

  "Yes, yes!" A group of young people nodded and bowed.

  …………..

  "This... little brother, you can't mess with this bully, I also can't mess with him. However, since it happened on my turf, I have a responsibility too. Alright, give me the 7,000 gold coins and this martial manual is yours!" The young man said in a very righteous tone, but he seemed to be planning to make a run for it. Before making his escape, however, he clearly didn't want to let go of Wang Shi's 7,000 gold coins.

  Wang Shi was speechless, then gave seven gold coins to the young man, and this book finally belonged to him.

  "Good luck, little brother!" The young man took off with the money and shouted again.

  "Bastard, this book should be sold to me!" Song Jian was somewhat indignant. Before he could react, the young man had already run ten meters away.

  Wang Shi sneered: "Sorry, this book belongs to me now!"

  Song Jian's face turned gloomy, and he said: "Until now, there is nothing I can't get. As long as I beat you up, this book will still be mine, and I won't even have to pay for it! Haha!" Song Jian sneered in the end.

  "If you have the ability, come and grab it!" Wang Shi's spiritual power began to rotate, a chill flashed by.