Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 9 Yuji Clothing Store
Early in the morning, in a medium-sized street market on the border of Qizhou and Yingzhou, a young man walked into a shop carrying two long spears. Above the shop was a slightly old plaque with the words "Yu Ji Clothing Shop" written in large characters.

"Sir, which piece of clothing do you like in our shop?" a well-dressed middle-aged man greeted enthusiastically.

Seeing that Jiang Xuan didn't respond immediately, the middle-aged man continued, "If you don't find the clothes on the shelves to your liking, we can also make custom clothes. Don't underestimate our small shop. I'm not bragging, but within this ten-mile radius, Yuji Clothing Store is well-known to everyone."

Jiang Xuan looked around the clothing store and saw that there were indeed many clothes of new styles in the store, but the most important purpose of his trip was not to buy clothes, but to sell clothes.

Approaching the clothing store counter, Jiang Xuan placed a rag bag on the counter, opened the bag, and took out a plain brocade robe. The left sleeve of the robe was stained with blood. It was the same robe Jiang Xuan had worn when he had fought with the thin man before.

"Sir, what is this?"

"I want to sell clothes. Please give me an estimate of the price." Jiang Xuan finally spoke.

The owner of the clothing store picked up the brocade robe and looked at it carefully. He found that the workmanship of the robe was extremely delicate and the materials were of excellent quality. According to his experience, it should be woven from Yingzhou silk produced in Yingzhou.

"Sir, it's not that our shop doesn't want to buy this kind of brocade robe. It's just that there's such a big cut on the left sleeve of this brocade robe, and there's a lot of blood on it, so it's really hard to sell. If we want to restore it to its original appearance, it will take a lot of time and money, so it's really hard to do business here." The owner of the clothing store looked embarrassed.

The owner didn't refuse, his move clearly intended to lower the price of the brocade robe. Jiang Xuan pretended to be regretful, put the brocade robe back into the rag bag, and said to the owner of the clothing store, "Since business is difficult for you, I won't make it difficult for you."

After saying that, Jiang Xuan put away the rag bag, turned around and was about to walk out of the clothing store.

The shop owner hurried a few steps and tried to stop him with his hand: "Sir, please don't misunderstand me. Business is difficult, not impossible. I just don't know your price..."

"Thirty taels." Jiang Xuan said firmly.

"Thirty taels? Sir, please don't make fun of me. If this robe was newly made, it might be worth thirty taels when the market was good. But this robe is old and still stained, so the price is half of that. I have to add a few taels for the repair work, so it is worth at most ten taels."

"Fifteen taels. The boss still needs to repair it. I will redeem it for twenty taels later."

The shop owner's mouth twitched, and after calming down a little, he said to Jiang Xuan, "So, sir, you want to pawn your clothes. If you want to pawn your clothes, wouldn't it be better to go to a pawnshop?"

Jiang Xuan was about to speak when he was interrupted by a voice from outside the clothing store: "Oh, Lao Yu is open. Since it's open, please hand over the money!" Two burly men walked in from outside the clothing store, each with a knife on his waist.

The shop owner, who had just regained his composure, suddenly looked terrified. He seemed extremely afraid of the two men. He bowed respectfully and said, "Gentlemen, didn't you just pay ten taels of silver a few days ago? Why do you still need to pay more?"

The one standing in front of the two who entered the room spat on the ground and said to the clothing store owner viciously, "Don't be ungrateful. Our mercenary group has put a lot of effort into managing this area. Ten taels of silver is not enough. We have decided that if you want to keep your clothing store open, you must pay at least another fifty taels today."

At this time, the owner of the clothing store was standing there, trembling with fear, and unable to speak for a while.

"You two, if you want to rob us, can you please wait until my boss and I finish our business?" Jiang Xuan said to the two burly men with a calm expression.

After hearing this, the burly man drew his knife and cursed at Jiang Xuan, "Where did you come from, you little brat, to dare to meddle in the affairs of the mercenary group..."

As the burly man spoke, he noticed the two long guns behind Jiang Xuan and immediately became interested. "I've seen people using guns, but I've rarely seen people carrying two guns. I'm giving you a chance. Leave those two guns on your back and get out of here, and I'll spare your life."

Jiang Xuan looked at the burly man, looking uninterested: "My injury hasn't healed yet, I'm not interested in training with you."

The burly man was so angry that he chopped the cabinet next to him into two pieces with a knife.

The clothes in the closet were scattered all over the floor. Seeing this, the burly man looked pleased and pointed the knife at Jiang Xuan again: "Well, have you figured it out now? If you don't do what I said just now, you'll be next."

The owner of the clothing store was heartbroken, but he dared not speak. He stood there bent over with a painful expression. His Adam's apple moved, and he said to the burly man in a trembling voice, "I wish..."

"If you're willing to buy my clothes, I'll help you teach these two scoundrels a lesson," Jiang Xuan interrupted the shop owner. As he spoke, a burly man, knife in hand, rushed towards Jiang Xuan, furious but not slow.

Jiang Xuan kicked his right foot, and the black spear flew out from behind him, blocking the way of the burly man who was swinging his knife.

"clang!"

After the collision of the sword and the spear, Jiang Xuan held the black spear firmly in his hand and looked at the burly man calmly.

At this moment, the burly man's arm holding the knife was numb from the shock. It was obvious that the weight of this black spear was much heavier than he had imagined.

It is not difficult to imagine that this young man's strength is much stronger than imagined, and he felt a little panic in his heart.

But this slight panic was quickly covered up by his rationality: "This boy looks to be only sixteen or seventeen years old at most. How capable can he be at such a young age?"

The burly man was at a disadvantage with just one blow, but he was able to keep his composure because he relied on the mercenary group behind him.

This mercenary group is not very strong. There is only one person in the group who is at the heavenly level, namely the leader of the mercenary group, whose strength has reached the fifth level of the heavenly level.

Most of the other members of the mercenary group are at the Earth level, and a small number are only at the Profound level.

Although there is only one Heavenly Rank warrior in charge, the leader is quite good at winning people's hearts and keeping his subordinates in check.

Because of this, the younger brothers in this mercenary group have strong execution capabilities, and thus have gained a firm foothold here.

"It is indeed the weapon I have my eyes on. It is indeed powerful, but it is a waste in your hands. You might as well hand over the weapon obediently." The burly man became more interested in the black spear in Jiang Xuan's hand.

"No need to waste time talking nonsense. The gun is right here. Come and get it if you have the guts." Jiang Xuan stuck the spear into the ground.

The knife shadow moved, and the burly man's body flashed and went straight to Jiang Xuan.

"It's too slow. I'm afraid he can't even match Xing Yue's opponent." Jiang Xuan said calmly, without letting the butt of his gun leave the ground. With a few calm moves, he blocked every move of the burly man.

"What are you standing there for? Why don't you take action!" The burly man who was fighting shouted at another burly man behind him.

The burly man behind was at a loss as to what to do and stood there in a daze.

The burly man in the fight saw the other man panicking, and he shouted again, "I'm from the mercenary group. If you hurt me, the mercenary group will never let you go!"

Jiang Xuan raised the gun with his right hand and fired a shot.

Seeing this, the burly man held his knife across his body to block.

"clang!"

There was a crisp sound of metal colliding, mixed with a muffled sound, and the black spear swept across and hit the burly man's knife, but the power was not reduced at all. The burly man was knocked back several feet with his knife, and landed on his butt outside the clothing store.

At this time, people had already gathered on the street to watch. Although the burly man was injured, he saw the crowd and knew that he had lost his master. He shouted weakly, "Quick...quickly, go get the captain!"

(End of this chapter)