Urban Martial Saint

The production of a Famed Instrument has always been extremely low throughout history. Many outstanding Forging Masters might spend their entire lives without ever crafting a Famed Instrument. Therefore, there aren’t many Famed Instruments circulating in Huaxia, and their value is naturally very precious.

The Seven Rudders of the Hong Alliance, a powerful organization that has accumulated strength over hundreds of years, naturally also possesses many Famed Instruments. It can be said that the number of Famed Instruments controlled by the Seven Rudders of the Hong Alliance is absolutely more than any strong Martial Arts Family. After all, for so many years, the Seven Rudders of the Hong Alliance can almost be said to be the most powerful organization in Huaxia, with experts abundant like clouds.

Even so, the Seven Rudders of the Hong Alliance don’t really own many Famed Instruments, only about one hundred. Moreover, these Famed Instruments are mostly kept safe and rarely used. Because of their high value, losing one would be a big loss, so they are generally not taken out.

In modern times, basically no one knows how to forge Famed Instruments. With the prevalence of hot weapons, the forging techniques of cold weapons are gradually being lost. Therefore, if people want to obtain a Famed Instrument, they can only look for ones passed down from ancient times. And the Famed Instruments from ancient times, except for some circulated outside, are mostly still buried underground.

The ancients liked to be buried with treasures, and burial items were usually the best things. The value of a Famed Instrument needs no further explanation; many ancient knights or people from Martial Arts Families were buried with Famed Instruments. So, most Famed Instruments are basically buried underground rather than circulating outside.

The people who can easily dig up these Famed Instruments are naturally those Tomb Robbers. They often search various tombs for robbery, and every year some people experience a stroke of luck and dig up some Famed Instruments, which is another source of Famed Instruments appearing outside.

The South Ridge Sect’s Nine Great Gate Masters themselves come from a lineage of Tomb Raider Captains, wielding significant influence in this field. Coupled with their financial resources, they established such an underground trade market in Bei Wu City, virtually gathering all the grave robbers here for transactions.

As the saying goes, ”those close to the water get the moon first”; with such a market, purchasing Famed Instruments becomes much more convenient. Over the years, they have accumulated more Famed Instruments than even the Seven Rudders of the Hong Alliance, which indeed is unexpected.

However, this works to Ye Qing’s advantage. Ye Qing happens to need Famed Instruments right now, and he’s found such a large batch of them here; it’s simply a godsend.

With such a large batch of Famed Instruments, forget about rescuing people for a second. Even if sold, they could fetch hundreds of billions, which is an astronomical fortune. Ye Qing might not have much concept of money, but such wealth certainly excites his mind.

”Twenty-seven bags, I took a look, there are probably two to three hundred Famed Instruments!” Huangfu Ziyu felt pleased, saying, ”Let’s save the people first, and if we’re lucky, there might be half left. If we take half back, that’s definitely a massive fortune. If we establish a family in the future, all these Famed Instruments will become our family’s treasured heritage, for sure creating a family comparable to the Shen Family!”

Ye Qing smiled and said, ”Let’s save the people first, I don’t want my descendants to live a life of constant fighting in the Jianghu. Once you get involved in Jianghu vendettas, they never end until one is dead.”

Huangfu Ziyu nodded, suddenly noticing the rope beside Ye Qing: ”Huh, they’re pulling the rope?”

Ye Qing glanced at the still-moving rope and couldn’t help but smile, saying, ”Oh dear, I almost forgot Fatty and the others inside. I’ll find a rock, tie the rope to it, and let them climb up themselves.”

Huangfu Ziyu nodded in agreement, saying, ”That’s better, otherwise they might come up and chatter endlessly.”

Just as Ye Qing was about to reach for the rope, a roar suddenly came from inside the cave. Both Ye Qing and Huangfu Ziyu heard it clearly, and they were stunned. Did Handsome Fatty Wang and his crew actually dare to make such noise while stealing in the cave?

”Could something have happened?” Huangfu Ziyu asked softly.

Ye Qing’s expression changed as he listened carefully, and it wasn’t long before he heard shouting and fighting sounds below. Before long, there was a scream, and from the sound alone, one could tell what was happening in the cave.

”Not good, Fatty and the others have been discovered!” Ye Qing frowned; this was the South Ridge Sect’s warehouse, and the people guarding it would definitely know Martial Arts. Handsome Fatty Wang and the others were just Grave Robbers who didn’t know Martial Arts; if caught, there’d be no chance for them to escape.

”What do we do? Do we save them?” Huangfu Ziyu asked.

”You wait here, I’ll go down to save them,” Ye Qing said. ”Fatty isn’t such a bad person, and besides, we can’t risk lives just after taking their things.”

”Okay!” Huangfu Ziyu nodded, gripping the Sun Shooting Bow, saying, ”If anything goes wrong, signal me, and I’ll come down to help you immediately.”

”No worries, I can handle it alone.” Ye Qing grabbed the rope and turned to jump directly into the cave. The rope slid through his hands as he rapidly descended, dropping about twenty or thirty meters before finally landing in a spacious cave.

Several large lamps illuminated the cave, making it as bright as day. So, as soon as Ye Qing landed, he could clearly see the situation inside the cave.

This cave is about the size of three basketball courts, quite a substantial area. Moreover, it’s evident the cave was manually carved out, with smooth walls around that are clearly not naturally formed. It looks like the South Ridge Sect had long since dug this secret warehouse, specifically for storing valuable items.

There are two doors at the edge of the cave leading to different places. However, both doors are tightly closed right now, and there are guards at each entrance, seemingly afraid that someone inside the cave will escape.

In the center of the cave, Handsome Fatty Wang and others are surrounded by a few people, in the midst of a fight. Three people are already down on the ground, judging by their attire, they should be on Handsome Fatty Wang’s side, and they seem to be seriously injured.

”Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!” Handsome Fatty Wang stood among the crowd, brandishing a large knife he found from somewhere, shouting loudly while swinging it around. His stance made it seem like he was ready to risk it all. However, Ye Qing could tell that this fatty was almost out of energy.

”Fatty, didn’t you say there was no guard here? What the hell is going on?” a man shouted angrily while dodging the attacks.

”Damn it, you ask me, who the hell should I ask?” Handsome Fatty Wang said, ”I just estimated there wouldn’t be guards here, who would have thought these bastards would break the rules and actually have people stationed here!”

”Damn your ancestors, you’re estimating on such matters?” another person said, ”Are you trying to get us killed?”

Handsome Fatty Wang immediately spat and said, ”Puh, what kind of bullshit are you spouting? How am I screwing you over? You guys were greedy for money, that’s why you came down. If you weren’t greedy, even if I had pointed a cannon at your heads, you wouldn’t have come down!”

”Shut the hell up, I knew long ago not to trust the words of a fat liar like you. The last time at Wan Yan Manor, you tricked us as well. We only managed to escape by luck that time. Now you’ve tricked us again, you bastard, do you feel bad if you don’t get us killed?”

”Come on, is this my fault?” Handsome Fatty Wang hurriedly said, ”Something went wrong with Bin Zi up there. That bastard, after taking all the stuff, didn’t pull us up. If he had pulled us up in time, these people wouldn’t have been able to stop us!”

”Damn it, what’s that piece of trash Bin Zi thinking? Why is he dragging things out like this?”

”Hey, do you think that kid plans to take it all for himself? Leaving us here and running off with all those valuable items on his own.”

”Damn it, now that you mention it, that could actually be a possibility!”

”Impossible! Bin Zi doesn’t have the guts, even if I gave him two more guts, he wouldn’t do something like this.”

”Bullshit, guts this, guts that, everyone here has robbed tombs, who among us is timid? With that much money on the line, anyone’s courage would grow!”

”That bastard, if he really dared to take it all, I’ll personally deal with him once I’m out!”

Ye Qing hung in mid-air holding onto a rope, listening to the conversations below, secretly laughing to himself. These guys, even at this moment, still have no idea what’s really happening, and continue to blame each other and speculate. Judging by their responses, they probably couldn’t dream that once again, it was Ye Qing who hijacked their goods, playing them in another double-cross!

A man clad in black in the distance seemed a bit impatient, listening to the arguing from this side, and angrily said, ”Did you not eat? Break their arms and legs, bring them to me!”

Those who were originally surrounding Handsome Fatty Wang became more vigorous after hearing this. In no time, one of the men beside Handsome Fatty Wang was knocked down to the ground with a punch. Several people rushed over and commenced a brutal beating, leaving him wailing and screaming in agony.

Seeing this situation, Ye Qing could no longer sit idle. He let go of the rope and jumped directly from over six meters high, landing casually on the ground, without the slightest impact.

With his meridians opened, his inner strength flowed throughout his body, wrapping him in a blanket of energy. Even if Ye Qing jumped from a high place, this energy would protect his body, nullifying the impact shock. Otherwise, from six meters high, his organs would have been shaken.

”Fat Wang, don’t worry, I’m here to help!” Ye Qing shouted loudly.

When Handsome Fatty Wang heard the voice, he had already turned his head to look over. Seeing Ye Qing, his face immediately changed, blurting out, ”Damn it, it’s you again!”