The sky collapsed, and in the blink of an eye, I found myself transported to Nanluoguxiang.

Li Kaixin slowly took two steps forward.

The two henchmen whose heads were being pointed at saw this and raised their hands, their legs trembling involuntarily.

They never expected that the kid in front of them would fire without hesitation.

"Brother, don't be impulsive, be careful not to accidentally go off the rails." The henchman, who had been so arrogant just moments before, now had a completely different voice.

Li Kaixin kicked the gun that the leader had dropped to his feet, then waved the muzzle at the heads of his two henchmen:

"You two, hand over your weapons."

Another henchman's eyes darted around, forcing out a smile that looked more like a grimace:

"Brother, we only brought a knife. It was all a misunderstanding. Could you please put the gun down?"

Seeing that he was still not behaving himself, Li Kaixin didn't waste any more words and kicked him.

In an instant, the henchman was kicked away and died on the ground before he could even scream.

The remaining henchman was so frightened that he stood frozen in place, too scared to move.

The onlookers were also quite surprised.

Gunshots are common here, you can hear them almost every few days, but I've never seen anyone knock someone unconscious with a kick.

Many people involuntarily shrank back, keeping a safe distance from Li Kaixin.

Li Kaixin was already angry and impatient, and was about to kick the remaining one.

"No, no! Brother!" The younger brother snapped out of his daze and, startled, quickly pulled out his gun from his waistband and threw it on the ground.

"If only we had done this earlier, we would have suffered less." Li Kaixin said, pulling one hand back, flipping it over and taking out a silver needle, which he then inserted directly.

The underling immediately went limp and collapsed to the ground.

Because the silver needles were so thin, no one around could see what was going on and thought Li Kaixin had used some kind of sorcery.

As a result, many stall owners didn't even bother to pack up their goods and had to leave.

Li Kaixin ignored those people; for him, it was better to run away, saving him the energy to guard against them shooting at him.

He put away the two guns at his feet and walked straight to the young man who was leading the group.

The young man clutched his bloodied hand, sweating profusely from the pain.

When he saw Li Kaixin approaching, he shrank back, but still stubbornly insisted, "You...do you know who I work for? If you dare touch me, my older brother will make you pay!"

"Oh, really?" Li Kaixin drawled out, and without any warning, kicked him in the knee.

With a sharp "crack," the young man's knee twisted at an odd angle.

"Ah!" The scream echoed through the dark market. This time he really couldn't take it anymore. He collapsed to the ground, clutching his knee and convulsing.

Li Kaixin squatted down and patted his face: "Keep pretending, keep threatening, why are you lying on the ground?"

The young man was completely overwhelmed and couldn't even utter a beg for mercy.

Seeing that he hadn't moved for a while, Li Kaixin stood up and raised his leg, intending to kick him again.

"No, no! Big brother! I was wrong, please forgive me!" When the young man saw that Li Kaixin was about to kick him again, he didn't care about the pain anymore and quickly hugged his leg.

Seeing the young man's expression, Li Kaixin felt a little better.

She kicked his hand away in disgust and got down to business: "Who's your boss, and what's his power?"

"Yes, yes..." The young man's eyes darted around, but he still revealed the name: "It's Boss Zara. He's in charge of the entire county's black market."

"Zara?" Li Kaixin's heart skipped a beat; this must be his target this time.

Li Kaixin stared at the young man and continued to ask, "Where can we find him?"

"He... he usually hangs out in the black markets in the county, he doesn't care about this place," the young man said cautiously.

Upon hearing this, Li Kaixin frowned. Judging from his guilty expression, he knew that this person was not telling the truth.

Just as I was about to teach him another lesson, a series of clapping sounds rang out from afar.

Immediately afterwards, a middle-aged voice rang out: "Brother, impressive. Can we stop for a moment and talk?"

Li Kaixin was already annoyed when he learned that the person named Zara wouldn't come to a place like this.

Upon hearing this, I thought, "Oh, another pretentious one," and my temper flared up again.

He didn't even turn his head, his tone utterly devoid of politeness: "Speak your mind, or shut up. What are you pretending for?"

"Kid! You..." A burly young man next to the middle-aged man said in an unfriendly tone.

"Buhe!" The middle-aged man raised his hand to stop him, then took two steps forward with a smile on his face: "Brother, don't get so hot-tempered. Let me introduce myself, my name is Zara."

Upon hearing this, Li Kaixin paused, then slowly turned her head.

He was a middle-aged man with a short beard, wearing a Mongolian robe, and was followed by seven or eight burly men.

"You're Zara?" Li Kaixin asked, somewhat surprised.

"Of course it's true! In this area, who doesn't know me, Boss Zara?" The burly young man named Buhe couldn't help but chime in.

"Buhe! Shut up, what are you saying!" Zara snapped, then turned to Li Kaixin, his smile returning: "Brother, it's all just empty fame, not worth mentioning."

Li Kaixin was speechless. Your little brother has already said everything for you, and now you're talking about empty fame. Isn't this just taking off your pants to fart?

However, she still quickly walked a few steps forward to greet him: "Oh, it's Boss Zha! I've heard so much about you!"

"What should I call you, brother?" Zara's smile deepened.

"Zhou Qi is nothing to worry about," Li Kaixin said, clasping his hands in a fist salute. He continued probing, "I wonder what brings Boss Zara here today?"

He was really afraid of encountering an imposter.

"There aren't enough venues in the county town, so I was thinking of expanding in these nearby places." Zara didn't hide anything and immediately asked, "May I ask where you're from, brother, and why you're wearing a mask?"

"I just make my home wherever I go!" Li Kaixin casually made up. "As for wearing a mask, it's because my business is so big that it's inconvenient to show myself to others."

"Really?" Zara smiled. "Then, Brother Zhou, how much grain do you have left from selling earlier? Could you spare some for me?"

"Boss Zha, how many do you want?" Li Kaixin asked.

Buhe, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it any longer and interjected, "Hey Zhou, don't be so arrogant. Can you afford to give us 10,000 catties of grain?"

Zara didn't stop him this time, thinking to herself that the person in front of her was being pretentious.

"Sure! Coarse grains or refined grains, as long as you have the money, we'll deliver today." Li Kaixin's tone was calm, but he was overjoyed inside.

Zara's smile froze slightly before returning to normal. He stared at Li Kaixin for a few moments, seemingly trying to determine the truthfulness of her words.

"Ten thousand catties of grain! That's no small amount."

Zara spoke slowly, "Brother Zhou, are you sure you can produce that?"

"Boss Zha, you're the boss here, are you afraid I'll lie to you? As long as you have money, I can give you 100,000 jin, let alone 10,000 jin," Li Kaixin said.

Zara burst into laughter, clapping his hands: "Excellent! Brother Zhou is quite the character. I need ten thousand catties of refined grain and twenty thousand catties of coarse grain. What's your price?"

"Coarse grains are two cents, fine grains are five cents. If you're trading in gold, I can deduct five hundred dollars from the total price," Li Kaixin blurted out, offering prices even cheaper than when he set up his stall earlier.

"Brother Zhou is a straightforward man!" Zara was clearly satisfied with the price and asked with a smile, "When shall we make the deal?"

"Let's do it today!" Li Kaixin replied. "How about we meet at the entrance of the dark market later?"

Zara paused for a moment, then nodded repeatedly, "No problem, no problem!"

The atmosphere immediately relaxed.