Dragon's Soul Chapter 22: Friends and Enemies

"The ruler’s dominion is a rare treasure that allows the user to create a separate space within it. Unlike an interspatial ring it can store living things within it. Of course the size of the space that is inside this treasure is dependent on the user. A master at the headquarters of the Golden Lotus has tested it and was able to create a small room that could fit roughly four people." Chi Zhen said as she helped up a pitch black ring.

"So what if it can only hold about four people. Being able to store away living things makes it a treasure nonetheless." Another man yelled out.

"Fifty thousand!" A fat man yelled out. This made was known as Le Chan who happened to control about fifty percent of Red Mist city's rice trade.

"Deposit this for me."

"Eighty thousand gold coins!!" A person yelled out.

"Why didn't you bring more!" Jin Chang yelled at his guard.

"Fine I bet that fucker doesn't even have close to eighty thousand gold coins and who else has this much money sitting around." Jin Chang said with a hint of laughter in his voice.

Jin Chang stated at Zhang's balcony slack jawed once he heard the amount.

"Eighty thousand gold coins and deed to my summer villa." Jin Cheng yelled out.

"Fuck that my family rules this city what I say goes!" Jin Chang rebuked.

Upon seeing this man Chi Zhen quickly bowed and said "branch manager."

"Fine I accept." Jin Cheng replied

"One hundred sixty thousand and one gold coins." Zhang yelled out with a laugh.

"Going once, going twice, sold!!! To the young master in that booth." Chi Zhen yelled.

"R-right away young master." The guard said. He did not want to be the one that Jin Chang released his anger on so naturally he followed the order without questioning or delay.

Once Zhang received the black ring he stored it into his interspatial ring.

"Alright time to head back." Zhang replied and he proceeded to walk out of the room.

"Hello young master on behalf of our Golden Lotus auction house we would like to thank you for your purchases today."

"I would like you to have this."

"If you take this to any golden lotus they will help you with whatever you need."

Naturally the branch manager seeing how much money Zhang could spend without batting an eye thought that Zhang was part of some powerful clan. So he wished to be on Zhang's good side and possible make some connections.

"You fucker! Get out here now!"

Once the trio walked outside they could see a hundred or so city guards dressed in full suits of red armor in front of the auction house.

"You two come enjoy a fun night with papa and I won't kill your friend." He said licking his lips while pointing at Yuying and Ai.

"Charge!!!" Jin Cheng screamed.

"You two stay here and don't get involved. If anything go back to the hotel and find Jian Wei and have him get help." Zhang said toward Yuying and Ai.

Zhang had not want the girls to intervene because their current opponents were the city guard. And he did not want Jin Chang to have an excuse to in prison the two of them.

Zhang jumped into the air and made the chained dagger appear.  

While grasping the chain Zhang made it retract and pulled himself toward the ground at extreme speeds.

Zhang's knee slammed into the guard’s face sending him crashing into the ground and knocking him unconscious. Once his knee connected with the man's face Zhang did a backflip and propelled himself back into the air.

A unit of city guards were equipped with bows and arrows and began shooting into the air.

Skillfully avoiding the arrows Zhang landed onto the ground and weaved his way between the soldiers.

However, plans are just plans and they failed very often. Just when Zhang was about to reach Jin Cheng a powerful arm pushed its way through the crowd and grabbed onto Zhang's wrist.

"Shit..." Zhang murmured as he tried to work his wrist out of the man's grip but to no avail.

"Halt! Who dares to cause trouble in front of the Golden Lotus!!"

"Hmph are you going to listen to him or me! Kill that bastard!" Jin Cheng screamed.

As soon as his sentence ended hundreds of armored men began marching out from the auction house.

These men are the reason why many people avoided attacking cities with a branch office of the Golden Lotus. These men are called the Golden Core and are elite soldiers that are trained and houses by the auction house.

"Young master we can't offend the Golden Lotus or else the consequences will be disastrous." A guard told Jin Cheng.

"Hmph! retreat back to the barracks!" Jin Cheng yelled mounted a horse and rode away.

"Many thanks senior." Zhang, Yuying and Ai said simultaneously.

“Alright you two time to head back but before that we should go pick up our things we ordered.” Zhang said.

“You’ll see when we get there.” Zhang replied with a playful smile on his face.

“I have to say young master these outfits have to be the made out of the best materials we’ve ever worked with. And when working with them we found out that they are highly resistant to lightning and poison. Also naturally these outfits are very durable and protective and it’s not farfetched to call them armor.” The elderly clothing store owner said to Zhang.

“Th-this is too much. We simply took the materials you gave us and worked with them.” The elderly man said.

It wasn’t that Zhang simply wanted to pay more. Zhang was simply using a few gold coins to set up a good connection with this elderly man. Being the owner of the largest clothing store within a major city meant that he naturally had a lot of connections. And maybe one day this man and his connections may come in handy.

“Of course senior with this we will be leaving now.” Zhang replied as the trio headed for the exit.

Their next stop was the weapons store. Once the trio walked into the entrance of the door they walked directly to the counter.

“Yes of course young master I had placed a rush order for you of course that will cost a bit more but your order is done.” The clerk said with a smile.

Just like the old man at the clothing store the clerk was somewhat speechless at the amount of money Zhang was giving him. However, after some talking he naturally accepted the money.

“Here are the weapons you ordered young master. We had our best smiths work together to make them for you. I hope they are to your liking.” The clerk said as he placed three sets of black scale armor complete with helmets, two daggers attached to chains, and three big shields onto the counter.

Zhang had the small scales of the Lightning Eater be made into scale armor. The many scales were placed overlapping one another making it difficult to penetrate the armor but also allowing for maximum movability when wearing the armor.

The best part about the gloves where the finger tips were sharp pieces of Lightning Eater scale, while the rest of the glove was just like the armor and made of overlapping pieces.

And the hundreds of arrows of course were made of scales also, just the tips of the arrows of course.

“Many thanks mister. We will be leaving now” Zhang replied after placing everything into this interspatial ring.

“Serves him right. His father has been getting on my nerves all these years anyhow. Also don’t worry tomorrow night at noon we will be joining a caravan headed for Aurora City.” Jian Wei said.

“You fool!! Not only did you move the city guard but you also caused trouble at the auction house! Do you know that is the one place we cannot offend in this city? What will we do if they moved the branch office elsewhere! If it was gone that is one deterrent that is helping keep our enemies away gone!!!” Jin Sho who is the father of Jin Chang yelled.

“You can’t deal with a single brat by yourself? And yet you dare to call yourself my son?” Jin Sho yelled.

“Hmph you can’t do anything right; I will tidy up this mess you made personally. Else soon our clan will be more of a laughingstock for the entire city!”

Chapter end