Su Haoming’s eyes widened, staring blankly at the exquisitely designed silver pistol in his hand.
But he was, after all, a Transmigrator possessing a Golden Finger, and with the Chat Group setting a high bar, he quickly accepted Reality, a surge of indescribable ecstasy welling up in his heart.
【Lin Yu: @Su Haoming, did you find it? 】
【Su Haoming: I found it! 】
【Su Haoming: 『Excited expression』】
【Su Haoming: Big Shot, you truly are... I don't even know what to say! 】
【Lin Yu: Don't get too excited yet, check if the crystal on the grip is glowing. 】
Su Haoming was slightly startled and quickly looked down at the firearm in his hand, indeed finding a dim red crystal on the grip.
【Su Haoming: It’s not glowing. 】
【Lin Yu: Is that so? What a pity. 】
【Lin Yu: That crystal is a Mana Crystal, and it's also the Energy Source for this gun. According to my original design, it should enchant the Bullet with Magic upon pulling the trigger, firing a total of twelve different templates of fire Magic. 】
【Lin Yu: But unfortunately, you probably won't be able to use those functions... 】
【Su Haoming: Huh?? 】
【Lin Yu: According to the theory of Magic Power density flow, in the absence of restraint, High Density Magic Power will move toward lower density. The external manifestation of this process is the self-illuminating glow of Magic Power. 】
【Lin Yu: The fact that the crystal you see isn't glowing means the Magic concentration in your world is too low; the Magic Power must have dissipated at an extremely fast rate before you found it. 】
【Su Haoming: There’s such a thing... 】
【Yun Ye: Wait, a gun?!! 】
【Yun Ye: Brother Lin gave you a gun?! 】
【Fan Xian: Asking the same thing! 】
【Su Haoming: Yes, it is indeed a Pistol, and judging by the style, it looks like a classic M1911 】
【Fan Xian & Yun Ye: ... 】
【Lin Yu: Don't be surprised, it's just simple Material Shaping Magic; once you know the relevant theory, it's not hard to create. 】
【Lin Yu: @Su Haoming, you don't need to worry too much either, I have already accounted for the Magic Power dissipation issue. 】
【Lin Yu: Aside from the Mana Crystal used for power supply, the structure of this gun is no different from a normal Pistol, so it can still be used normally even without Magic Power. 】
Hearing these words, Su Haoming finally breathed a sigh of relief.
【Su Haoming: 『Sigh of relief』】
【Su Haoming: Then I'm relieved! 】
【Su Haoming: Big Shot, I'll go find my Cousin first, and report back later! 】
In the Guest Room, Su Haoming pressed the Magazine release button, gazing at the golden Bullets in the Magazine, a smile that was hard to describe appearing on his face.
Having Transmigrated to this world for twenty years, his Golden Finger had finally begun to show its power!
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Although the Chang'an Ghost Market was filled with all sorts of strange and evil beings, sounding like an urban legend version of the Tang Dynasty, in reality, it wasn't just vicious villains who frequented it. During the day, some legitimate merchants and Young Masters from Chang'an County would visit, either for the unique rare goods the Ghost Market offered or simply to seek excitement.
Therefore, finding the entrance to the Ghost Market was not difficult for Su Haoming.
But entering the Ghost Market alone would require a certain amount of courage!
Fortunately, Su Haoming carried a sharp Weapon, and his courage had swelled to an unprecedented level.
Even when encountering many villains holding Weapons, who looked fierce and menacing at the Ghost Market entrance, he did not show the slightest sign of fear.
This contrast, which didn't match his image as a Scholar, greatly surprised the people of the Ghost Market, who looked at him suspiciously, unsure of what abilities he possessed.
Passing through a winding, downward Hidden Passage, Su Haoming finally arrived at the true Ghost Market.
Located underground, it was perpetually dark. Even if the outside world was bathed in bright sunlight, the Ghost Market remained as dim as night.
The vast and spacious underground world was shrouded in darkness, with only the lanterns lit by the various stalls along the streets barely illuminating this bustling Long Street with a dim, yellowish light.
Along the Long Street, various Monsters in strange attire came and went.
What was sold on the roadside included not only normal commodities but also items that absolutely could not appear in the East or West Markets.
Take, for instance, the small stall covered with a white cloth to Su Haoming's left, which displayed a large quantity of finger bone bead strings.
The stark white bone strings piled together faintly emitted a residual smell of blood that hadn't been properly cleaned, making even Su Haoming, who had heard many strange tales, doubt the origin of these items.
"Want to buy some?"
The merchant, whose face was wrapped in black cloth, stared intently at Su Haoming.
Su Haoming's heart tightened, but he calmly shook his head on the surface and walked forward with his hands behind his back.
He had already asked Lin Yu in the Group and knew that in front of Yin Shilang's residence, there stood a White Banner proclaiming 'Omnipotent Yin Shilang'.
With such an arrogant and conspicuous sign, even though it was his first time in the Ghost Market, he wasn't afraid of not finding it—
That's what Su Haoming initially thought, until he passed through the entrance Long Street and was confronted by two forks in the road.
... Damn, what should I do now?
Su Haoming looked at the fork in the road ahead with a headache.
Just as he was hesitating about which way to go, a sudden commotion and disturbance erupted from the street on the right.
Without any hesitation, Su Haoming immediately reached into his robe, pulled out his Pistol, and vigilantly looked toward the source of the disturbance.
He saw a group of ragged Ghost Market vagrants shoving each other in the crowd, shouting in terror:
"Tiger!"
"There's a Tiger!"
What?!
The crowd immediately erupted in an uproar.
Perhaps to echo the shouts of these people, the next moment, a faint Tiger roar could be heard coming from the right-hand street.
Hearing this powerful roar, the already panicked crowd became even more congested, and pedestrians turned to flee in terror, surging wildly toward the fork where Su Haoming stood.
Su Haoming was startled and quickly dodged to the left, avoiding the surging crowd.
... A Tiger?
Su Haoming turned his head to look in the direction the Tiger roar came from.
He finally understood where his Cousin and the others were!
The terrified crowd pushed past him. Su Haoming frowned, pulled out a silk scarf he had prepared earlier, covered his mouth, and struggled to move against the flow of people toward the right.
After a difficult passage, the crowd in front of him finally thinned out.
Su Haoming let out a long breath, gripped the gun in his hand, and rushed toward the direction of the Tiger roar.
Meanwhile, inside the Residence marked by the White Banner at the entrance, his Cousin and Uncle Qian, whom Su Haoming had been thinking about, seemed to have fallen into a trap, currently suspended tightly in the air by thick rope nets.
Beneath the rope nets, four Men in Black holding blades and an old man cloaked in a Cloak stood there, looking at the front gate with surprise and uncertainty.
Although these four people were wearing night clothes and looked highly suspicious, judging by the Weapons they held, they were clearly the elite Style Tang Daos carried by the Jinwu Guards.
Without a doubt, these four were Lu Lingfeng and the Jinwu Guards, who were also investigating a case in the Ghost Market.
But unlike the usually arrogant Jinwu Guards, they now completely lacked the imposing manner they displayed while patrolling the streets. All four looked at the front with expressions of disbelief, a trace of terror appearing in their eyes.
Following their gaze, they saw a large cat wearing a colorful Brocade Robe just stepping over the Threshold.
The yellow and black stripes, the Tail as thick as a steel whip, the whiskers like Steel Needles, and the Bloody Mouth capable of easily swallowing a human head—all proclaimed its identity—
It was a colossal Giant Tiger with a body length exceeding four meters!
"—It's a Tiger!!"
"How can there be a Tiger in the Ghost Market?!"
"And such a huge Tiger!"
Staring at the ferocious behemoth before them, the Jinwu Guard brothers beside him couldn't help but exclaim in shock.
Even the usually arrogant Lu Lingfeng felt fear rising in his heart, his right hand gripping the Tang Dao trembling for the first time in his life.
"Roar!"
The next second, the colorful Giant Tiger that had crossed the Threshold let out an angry roar. It stomped its four large Tiger paws hard on the ground and charged toward Lu Lingfeng and the others with its Bloody Mouth wide open.