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

At that moment, Zara's gaze fell on the three people lying on the ground.

Li Kaixin followed his gaze and explained, "Boss Zha, I'm really sorry, I was a little too rough with your underlings just now."

"Little brother?" Zara was taken aback, turned to look at the men she had brought, and asked, "Are these your new recruits?"

The burly men behind them looked at each other and shook their heads.

The young man who had been leading the group on the ground was trembling like a leaf. He had only wanted to intimidate others, but he hadn't expected the real person to actually show up.

Zara immediately understood, and the smile on his face faded: "Brother Zhou, these are all imposters. What do you plan to do with them?"

"Boss Zha, since it's impersonating you, you should deal with it yourself!" Li Kaixin glanced at the trembling young man in charge, speaking casually.

"Alright!" Zara turned to Buhe and ordered, "Buhe, take these three good-for-nothings somewhere else and give them a good welcome."

Buhe responded and led two men forward, dragging the three thugs away like dead dogs.

"Boss, spare me!" The young leader, who could still move, immediately struggled to his feet, desperately explaining, "I... I just admire you so much that I impersonated your henchman, please let me go!"

Zara completely ignored him and waved to Buhe again.

After Bu and the others dragged the three thugs away, Zara finally looked away, a smile returning to her face.

"Brother Zhou, is it settled then? Thirty thousand catties of grain, two mao for coarse grain and five mao for fine grain, to be settled in gold?"

"Yes, that's the price." Li Kaixin nodded slightly. "Then I'll get ready to go. Let's meet at the entrance of the dark market."

With that, he lifted his foot and walked out of the dark market.

Seeing this, Zara quickly called out, "Wait! Brother Zhou. Don't you want the grain on your stall anymore?"

"Here you go!" Li Kai waved without turning around, and his figure quickly disappeared into the night.

Zara stood there, watching the direction he had left, her smile slowly fading.

"Boss, do you really believe him?" one of his men leaned over and asked in a low voice. "Thirty thousand catties of grain, he can just produce it like that? What if he turns out to be a liar?"

"A liar?" Zara scoffed, her tone brimming with confidence. "On my turf, if he dares to lie to me, he'd have a death wish!"

He paused, then continued, "Besides, there are at least several dozen kilograms of grain left on this stall. The fact that he said he didn't want it means he doesn't care about it at all."

Buhe returned with two of his henchmen, glancing around. "Brother Zha, did that Zhou guy leave?"

"They're gone." Zara glanced at him. "Did you handle things?"

"Alright, but that guy surnamed Zhou is a bit skilled, so we'll cripple the remaining limbs of those guys," Bu He replied.

Zara nodded and instructed, "Take the things from the stall and let's go get ready."

"Alright!" Buhe replied, beckoning his two underlings to come forward and tidy up.

Afterwards, the group left the dark market with their belongings.

......

On the other side, after leaving the dark market, Li Kaixin found a place with mountains on both sides and teleported the bags of food out of the secret realm space.

As for these burlap sacks, he had bought them specifically beforehand, and they will come in handy now.

Thirty thousand catties of grain were neatly stacked, and then a cart was taken out from the space, loaded with heavy objects, and rolled back and forth in this area several times, creating the illusion that there were many people and horse-drawn carriages.

By the time I finished all that, more than two hours had passed.

Li Kaixin wiped the sweat from his forehead before turning around and walking back towards the dark market.

At the entrance to the dark market, Zara was already waiting with more than forty brothers and three carriages.

Buhe was getting impatient and couldn't help but sidle up to Zara: "Brother Zara, is that kid not coming? We've been waiting for almost half an hour."

"What's the rush? Thirty thousand catties of grain, it will take time to process." Zara replied unhurriedly.

I waited for almost another fifteen minutes.

Finally, a figure appeared faintly in the distance.

Buhe's eyes lit up, and Zara saw it too. The two of them, along with a group of his underlings, went to greet them.

When they got closer, Zara looked behind Li Kaixin and found it empty.

His expression immediately turned sour: "Brother Zhou, what do you mean by this?"

"Don't get excited, boss."

Li Kaixin calmly replied, "I've stored the grain elsewhere. We're dealing with each other for the first time, so we should be cautious, shouldn't we?"

Upon hearing this, Zara immediately smiled again: "Yes, yes! Brother Zhou is so thoughtful; I was just too impatient."

"It's alright, come with me." Li Kaixin said, then turned and left.

Zara didn't say anything more, but waved his hand behind him, signaling his underlings to follow.

The group walked for about 15 minutes before finally arriving at the place where two sides of the mountain were backed by mountains.

Zara's pupils contracted when he saw the pile of sacks that looked like a small mountain from afar.

He quickly walked forward, patted one of the burlap sacks, and then untied the rope to look inside.

"Brother Zhou, your strength is too great." Zara turned her head and her eyes changed when she looked at Li Kaixin.

Li Kaixin ignored his question and asked directly, "Boss Zha, my goods are here. Where's your money?"

Zara chuckled and winked at Buhe.

Buhe immediately understood, took out a small box from his pocket, and opened it directly.

Suddenly, four large yellow croakers appeared neatly inside.

Li Kaixin glanced at it, nodded slightly, and indicated that they could start weighing and loading the truck.

Zara's men were quick and efficient, and they finished moving everything in half an hour. The weight was just right, exactly 30,000 jin.

Buhe walked over and handed over the box containing gold and five hundred dollars.

Zara, standing to the side, smiled and said, "Brother Zhou, please take a look."

"No need." Li Kaixin stuffed the money and gold into his pocket. "Boss Zha, we'll meet again someday."

After saying that, he whistled at both sides of the mountain and then turned and left.

As Buhe watched his retreating figure, he couldn't help but lean close to Zara's ear and whisper, "Brother Zara, should we...?"

"We can't afford to mess with this guy. If you want to die, go ahead and do it." Zara gave him a cold glance.

He couldn't even imagine how powerful the forces behind the company were that could produce so much grain in such a short time.

And that last whistle—it's likely that there were people lying in ambush on both sides of the hillside with guns pointed at them.

Buhe was glared at, and gave an awkward laugh, not daring to say anything more.