Chapter 9: Expensive Armament

  Inside the entrance of the Dorun Corporation, a man was leaning against his chin with his hand and yawning, his eyes almost unable to open.

  Recently, there have been fewer people promoted to Baron in the city of Dao Lun. For nearly half a month now, there haven't been any new members joining the organization, and Luo Yong Xian is getting quite bored.

  "Lao Luo, hasn't anyone come to join the company today?" A man with a head full of red straight hair burst in, banging on the table and shouting loudly.

  "There's no news, Chen Xifeng. You've asked me so many times these past few days, I'm getting annoyed just listening to you." Luo Yong said impatiently.

  Chen Xifeng said with a bitter face: "I have no other choice, do I? The day after tomorrow is the coming-of-age ceremony of Baron Kael's beloved daughter, Miss Shafi. At her birthday last year, Baron Kael already announced that this year at Miss Shafi's coming-of-age ceremony, he will hold a baron-level martial arts tournament. The team that wins first place in the tournament will receive his personal transmission of five baron-level martial techniques and one baron-level longevity technique."

  "But for some reason, Earl Dolren has decreed that this tournament must be participated in teams of five. We had already gathered the five members, but then Baron Dorton unexpectedly died on the sudden appearance of an undead altar. Now there's only a day or two left before Miss Shafi's coming-of-age ceremony, and all the other barons have already formed their own teams. I can only try my luck here."

  "Excuse me, is this the entrance of the Thieves' Guild?" Just as Chen Xifeng was grumbling to himself, a young man with a clear face walked in.

  "Are you here to join our company?" Before Luo Yong could respond, Chen Xifeng eagerly ran over.

  "Yes." Bai Cangdong looked at Chen Xifeng with some vigilance.

  "So you're the Baron?" Chen Xifeng hastily asked.

  "Yes."

  "Isn't this nonsense? Would a baron come to join the company?" Luo Yongzheng couldn't bear it anymore, pulled Chen Xifeng aside and said to Bai Cangdong: "Show your seal, report your title."

  The hierarchy of light is a place where titles are recognized but people are not. Titles represent everything, so Luo Yong only asked about Bai Cangdong's title and did not ask about anything else.

  "Baron Fist!" Bai Cangdong revealed the baronial mark on his forehead while announcing his title.

  Luo Yong looked at the martial arts ranking list, found the name of Fist Baron on it, nodded and said: "The information is correct, being able to rank within one hundred million is not bad either. Fill out this form and you will be a member of our Knife and Blade Society. The society has special rooms for members, if you like, you can live in the society. Of course, you can also live at your own home."

  After Bai Cangdong filled out the form, Luo Yong gave him a badge representing a member of Dalun Society: "Don't lose it, this is your identity certificate in Dalun Society, and you will need to use it in many places inside Dalun Society."

  The badge in Bai Cang's palm was made of an unknown metal, and the shield-shaped badge had a pattern of a knife and a sword crossing each other.

  "I want to learn martial arts, but I don't know what to do?" asked Bai Cangdong, putting away his badge.

  "Most of the martial skills require contribution points to exchange, completing the tasks arranged by the organization can get a certain amount of contribution points. There is also a part of the martial skills that members can directly purchase with life points, and the baron-level martial skills, each one requires more than a year's worth of life points." Luo Yong explained patiently.

  "Thank you." Bai Cangdong didn't have much contribution value, and the remaining life points he had weren't many either. It was impossible for him to spend over a year's worth of life points in exchange for a martial skill.

  "Wait a minute, friend." Seeing Bai Cangdong about to leave, Chen Xifeng seized the opportunity and immediately walked over.

  "What's wrong?" Bai Cangdong frowned and asked.

  "Brother, have you heard about the martial arts tournament? I'm inviting you to join our team as the captain, let's participate in the tournament together."

  "What's the Martial Arts Assembly?" Bai Cangdong was slightly taken aback.

  "Really? You didn't know? Alright, I'll tell you." Chen Xifeng told him about the martial arts competition that Duke Kairon was going to hold.

  "Thank you for the invitation, I'm really sorry, but I don't plan to participate in the martial arts tournament for now." Bai Cangdong thought: "Even if I participated, I wouldn't join a team like yours that randomly recruits people, it's impossible to win anyway."

  It's as if Chen Xifeng saw through Bai Cangdong's thoughts, saying: "Friend, you must have heard of the Knife and Shield Baron who died on the Undying Altar? He was one of our original team members. It was because of his accidental death that we had to find new team members again. Now, most of the other barons already have their own teams, so it's impossible for us to find anyone else. And you, if you want to participate in the Martial Arts Tournament, aside from us, it would be very difficult for you to find another team."

  "What Chen Xifeng said is right, if you really want to participate in the martial arts conference, it's really hard to find another team, their team is also a good choice." Luo Yong said on the side.

  "Yes, join us. Although I don't dare say that our team will definitely come in first, but entering the top ten is absolutely no problem." Chen Xifeng extended the invitation once again.

  Bai Cang Dong did not directly refuse this time, participating in the martial arts conference would bring him all benefits and no harm. He could see the martial skills of other barons, temper himself, and if he won a prize, he would even get to learn from Lord Knife's personal instruction on both martial skills and longevity techniques - it was an opportunity that seemed too good to pass up.

  "Alright, I agree to join your team."

  "That's great, now come with me. We're all living together now, and we can study our combinations and tactics together." Chen Xifeng hastily pulled Bai Cangdong towards the Koro Society.

  "I still have some things to attend to. You tell me where you're staying and I'll come find you first thing tomorrow morning." said Bai Cangdong, stopping in his tracks.

  "Alright then, you tell me where you live and I'll come pick you up early tomorrow morning," Chen Xifeng said with some urgency.

  Bai Cang had no choice but to tell Chen Xifeng his own residence.

  When leaving, Chen Xifeng repeatedly instructed Bai Cangdong to pack up all his things tonight and he would come to pick him up early tomorrow.

  Bai Cangdong left and didn't go back home, he directly walked onto the main street, found a store that sold weapons and went in.

  The Ling Luo sword definitely cannot be used within the Knife Ridge City, it is the matching sword of the Knife Ridge Earl's treasured daughter, with what he did to Li Xiang Fei, if the Knife Ridge Earl knew about it, he would definitely cut him into a thousand pieces, so the Ling Luo sword absolutely cannot appear in front of people.

  As for the pure white two-handed greatsword, he is now a baron, just like Marlon Baron in the past. Even if others find out that the pure white two-handed greatsword originally belonged to Marlon Baron, they can't do anything about it, and from now on, it's considered legitimate to use it openly.

  However, the great sword is not a knife after all, and it also conflicts with the characteristics of the painful knife method, nor is it suitable for prolonged battles. Therefore, Bai Cangdong still plans to buy a real knife, and the rank is not a problem, he just needs a knife that can be used in front of people with the painful knife method.

  This store, named "Knight", is not very large and has a somewhat antique knight-style decoration. Inside, there are many artificial knight shields, armor and spears used as decorations. These are just ordinary items and not real weapons, serving no practical purpose other than decoration.

  Bai Cang walked into the store and was slightly surprised to see the owner.

  She was a woman, or rather, a mature woman. In the world of Guangya Wujie, humans stopped changing physically after they turned twenty, so it was impossible to tell a woman's age from her appearance. However, this woman exuded an aura of maturity.

  A black lace court dress, through the carved hollow flower pattern, the snow-white delicate skin inside is faintly visible, and even the lower body is wearing black silk stockings. In fact, there are not many places on her body, but she has a kind of impulse that makes men unable to bear their beastly nature, wanting to pounce on her and press her to the ground, tearing her clothes fiercely.

  "What a stunning figure, this is a calamity-level woman." The imperial dress was actually very loose and it's generally hard to see a woman's true figure, but under the cover of such clothes, Bai Cangdong could still see the woman's concave and convex beautiful curves at a glance, not just the chest and waist curves deliberately highlighted by the imperial dress.

  Actually up until now, Bai Cangdong still hasn't seen the woman's appearance, her face was covered by a hat and hanging black veil.

  "Would you like to buy something?" The woman's voice was not sweet, nor could it be said to have a husky or magnetic quality, but when heard by the ear, it made one's heart itch, wanting to grasp but unable to grasp.

  "I want to buy a knife." Bai Cangdong was a normal man, although the woman's body emitted a strong temptation, but before seeing a woman's true appearance, a man's normal reaction would still be somewhat reserved. So Bai Cangdong did not have too much interest in the woman.

  "Ordinary armament or baron-class armament?" The woman asked again.

  "What is the price of ordinary equipment? And what is the price of Baron-level equipment?" Bai Cangdong asked back.

  "Ordinary armed knives, with a lifespan of one thousand to ten thousand degrees. Baron-class armed knives, with a lifespan of one year to ten years." The woman replied succinctly, her business manner quite practiced.

  Bai Cang had known that armed equipment was expensive for a long time and had mentally prepared himself, but he was still shocked by the price of the Baron-level armed equipment.

  It's no wonder that when he was in the Undead Altar, he killed so many mutated Splitting Ghosts with Baron-level combat power, but didn't get a single Splitting Axe. In the end, it was only the Splitting Ghost who came out with a Splitting Axe, which shows how rare and scarce such equipment is.

  "If that skull-splitting axe hadn't been swallowed by the sword scabbard, I wonder how many life units it could sell for!" Bai Cangdong was so angry he couldn't wait to dismantle the sword scabbard into eight pieces and dig out the axe to sell.