Chapter 276: Enmity with Duobao Pavilion
Zhou Chen quickly stepped forward and caught the Yin-Yang Mirror. He held it in his hand and took a look. A crack appeared on it. Zhou Chen frowned and then put it into his storage ring.

Then he ignored everyone and chased in the direction where the evil spirit had escaped. At this time, the evil spirit had already escaped to five hundred meters away. Zhou Chen was very fast, and he could easily catch up with him even without using the power of space.

In just one minute, they had chased out of the city. At this time, Zhou Chen stood in the void and looked at the evil spirit in front of him.

The surrounding space has been blocked by Zhou Chen, and the evil spirit cannot escape at all. It looks at Zhou Chen in front of it with horror and says angrily, "If you kill me today, my Holy Soul Palace will never let you go."

"Hmph, Holy Soul Palace? It's not like I haven't killed before. Come on if you've got the guts." After saying that, he activated his magical power, and a thunder ball directly hit the evil spirit, which dissipated on the spot.

On the second day, Zhou Chen had a brief conversation with Qinglong and the others before setting off back to Wu'an County. They originally wanted to keep Zhou Chen for a few more days, but Zhou Chen did not agree.

On the way back, Zhou Chen did not use space teleportation. He walked on the void and headed towards Wu'an County. On the second day, Zhou Chen arrived at the junction of Qinghe Region and Wu'an County.

There is a small city here, which does not belong to Qinghe District, nor is it under the jurisdiction of Wu'an County. It is a no-man's land. Zhou Chen stood at the city gate and took a look, then walked directly into the city. Before entering, the guard collected an entrance fee of one or two taels of silver as expected.

Looking at the officers and soldiers with ferocious faces, Zhou Chen didn't say much, paid the silver and walked in. The officers and soldiers here were not under the jurisdiction of the Great Xia court, but belonged to a powerful force in the city.

The reason why he came here was very simple. Because the Yin-Yang Mirror was broken by his own move, Zhou Chen asked Zhen Nantian and learned the method to repair the Yin-Yang Mirror.

The material needed to repair the Yin-Yang Mirror, the black crystal, was not available in Wu'an County or Qinghe Region. However, this small town had the black crystal he needed, so Zhou Chen came here.

This place is a no-man's land. Ordinary people will never come here. The lowest among the people here is a ninth-rank warrior. Ordinary people simply cannot survive here.

After walking around here for a few times, I found that the most sold items were weapons and armor, but there were very few things that ordinary people needed.

After inquiring, Zhou Chen finally arrived at his destination, "Duobao Pavilion".

After entering, someone came up to greet him immediately. Zhou Chen took a look and found that this guy actually had the strength of the sixth rank.

After telling the purpose of his visit, the guy smiled and said, "What a coincidence, the black crystals have been sold out, and the next batch of black crystals will not arrive until three days later."

Knowing that it was not that simple, Zhou Chen directly put down a silver note of one thousand taels, reserved a batch of black crystals, and then turned and left.

Black crystal is a special material. Most magical instruments need this black crystal to repair when they are damaged, so it is normal that it is in great demand.

Zhou Chen didn't walk around for long. He found an inn near Duobao Pavilion and stayed there.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye. Zhou Chen came to Duobao Pavilion again early in the morning. It was the same waiter from last time. When he saw Zhou Chen coming, he immediately smiled and said, "Master, you are here."

Zhou Chen nodded and said, "Well, has the stuff arrived?"
The guy said with a grim look on his face "I'm really sorry, but the batch of black crystals has already arrived."

"But what?"
Zhou Chen knew that this was an accident. Once this voice was heard, it meant that they wanted to raise the price or they would raise the price.

Zhou Chen didn't want to waste any more time talking to him. "Stop talking nonsense. As long as the product is good, the price is not a problem."

"No, you misunderstood. I don't want to raise the price. What I mean is that the Xuan Crystal has already been bought by someone."

Hearing this, Zhou Chen's eyes turned cold and said, "What did you say? If I remember correctly, when I made the reservation three days ago, you didn't say that someone had already made a reservation in advance. How come there is no reservation now?"
As he spoke, a murderous aura emanated from his body, indicating that he was very unhappy at the moment, and he would not give up if he could not be given a reasonable explanation. Noticing the situation on the two sides, an old man smiled and walked over to them, "Little brother, don't be angry, you can tell me if you have anything."

Turning around, I found that the old man was an early fourth-grade warrior. As he spoke, he also burst out with a weak aura. Although it was weak, this aura was the aura of a fourth-grade warrior.

There was a smile on his face, but he was telling him in this way not to make trouble here, otherwise he would be asked to leave in a disorderly manner.

"What do you do?" Zhou Chen asked directly without any hesitation.

The old man waved his hand gently, and the waiter bowed and left. The old man smiled and said, "My name is Hu Bin, and I'm the manager here."

"Since you are the manager, please explain to me why your Duobao Pavilion sold the black crystals I reserved to someone else?"
Hu Bin smiled and said calmly, "Objectively, you have misunderstood. Naturally, someone else had already made a reservation, so the item was sold."

At this time, a group of people were standing outside the door. They were all warriors with hearing far superior to that of ordinary people, and they could hear the conversation between the two clearly.

"Huh, this kid doesn't want to live anymore? He actually dares to talk to Mr. Hu like this."

"That's right. It's obvious that this kid is from another place. He dares to cause trouble here. I'm afraid it's impossible for him to leave alive."

The two people in the room also heard the discussions outside, and Hu Bin looked at Zhou Chen with a smile on his face.

"That's being unreasonable. When I made the reservation, the guy in your store clearly told me that I could get the item in three days. I also asked specifically and found out that no one had made a reservation in advance."

Hu Bin was not at all panicked after hearing this, and said with a smile, "There are some things that an ordinary servant like me doesn't know. That batch of goods had indeed been reserved a long time ago."

Looking at Hu Bin in front of him, Zhou Chen knew that he was determined to play rogue, "In that case, how about I order the next batch of black crystals."

After hearing Zhou Chen's words, Hu Bin knew that he was giving in, and said with a smile, "Okay, but the next batch of black crystals will not be available until a month later."

Zhou Chen took a deep breath and said, "Since I don't want this thing anymore, please return the deposit to me."

"Impossible. My Duobao Pavilion doesn't have the rule of refunding deposits. You can either wait for a month or if you are really in a hurry, there is no other way."

At this moment, Zhou Chen's heart was filled with murderous intent, "Are you trying to bully our customers by taking advantage of your size?"
"Sir, you have misunderstood. I am just following the rules."

At this moment, the classmate outside also said, "Yes, this is the rule of Duobao Pavilion. There is actually no rule for refunding the deposit. Sir, I think you should not make things difficult for Mr. Hu."

Finally, Zhou Chen shook his head and left Duobao Pavilion directly. Before leaving, Zhou Chen asked, "I wonder who bought this batch of black crystals?"
Hu Bin smiled and said, "City Lord, if you have the ability, go and ask for it." Then Hu Bin ignored Zhou Chen and turned back to the inner hall.

After he came out, the people at the door consciously made way for him. Zhou Chen didn't care even though he heard people pointing and talking around him.

Looking at Zhou Chen leaving, the waiter murmured softly, "Hmph, a foreigner dares to act wildly here, without even checking whose store this is."

That night Zhou Chen returned to Duobao Pavilion again. At that time, several waiters were sleeping on the floor in the hall of Duobao Pavilion. It was not that Duobao Pavilion had no dormitories, but they were needed to watch over the goods inside.

(End of this chapter)