Chapter 186: First customer

The forest outside the Crouching Tiger city was covered under a thick layer of snow. Winter was harsh, so it was rare to see any monsters roaming around the city vicinity.David stood atop the teleportation station and watched the snow melt as soon as it hit the flowing runes and vaporize. The scene was oddly satisfying. Leaving that aside, the formation was finally ready to use.

Using the station, cultivators could move from one city to another in the blink of an eye. Now David and Mary were just patiently waiting for their first customer to arrive.

However, even after waiting for days, not a single customer had arrived, not to mention using the station. The cultivators who had passed by didn't even show any interest in it. The situation made David frown.

Things couldn't go on like this, he had to do something about the depressing situation. Moreover, the costs of running the formation were extremely high, as they needed to be activated twenty-four hours a day. If they were to be deactivated for even a second, the connection would be immediately lost, and the formation would become unusable.

Even if he was able to solve the current problem, he had to deal with another issue in the form of a traveling group who would lose their business completely. David had to be prepared for the counterattack, as the already established powers wouldn't allow him to threaten their lucrative business, from which they earned tremendous revenue. Marketing was the only way!

While David was thinking, he heard the sound of a loud argument coming from the city entrance, as the teleportation station was established just near the gate, he was able to clearly hear everything without even using his divine sense.

"Please take me with you!" "I will do anything for you."

In front of the gate, a young boy, around twenty years old, was repeatedly kowtowing while begging. The young boy was dressed in extremely shabby clothing, indicating that he wasn't from a well-off family. After repeated kowtows, blood started to come out of his forehead, but the expression of the cultivators standing in front of him didn't change one bit.

From the group, an old man couldn't bear to watch this scene and slowly said in a gentle tone, "Young man, don't waste your time. We can't take you with us, the journey is extremely perilous." The old man's words seemed to resonate with some other members of the group as well, but they only frowned and didn't say anything, as they had no power to decide who to take with them. The power solely rested with the leader of the traveling group.

"Please take me with you, I need to visit the Nightblade city and buy the medicine for my mother urgently, otherwise she would not be able to survive," the young man spoke while gritting his teeth, his fists were unconsciously clenched.

Witnessing this scene, the old man was moved. He turned his head to look at the leader of the group, and although he didn't say anything, his eyes conveyed his plea. The leader looked at the old man's pleading eyes and sighed, but still shook her head.

"We can't take him with us, the young man has been blacklisted by the Four Noble families," the leader spoke in a low voice and turned her head away, clearly she had no interest in entertaining this situation any further.

Hearing her words, not just the old man's, but the eyes of everyone widened in disbelief, and the way they looked at the young man changed completely. Who had this young man offended for him to be blacklisted by the four noble families? This was the question that popped into their minds.

In the next moment, without saying anything, the travel group left. The old man who had earlier spoken up for him didn't even look back at him, or it was better if he didn't dare to. After all, who knew their actions were being monitored by someone from the four noble families? They couldn't risk their lives for the sake of some random, no-name youngster. Such was the fear of the four noble families ruling the Crouching Tiger city, unlike the Nightblade city, where the Crouching Tiger was ruled by an iron fist, a city where the words of the four noble men were the rule.

Slowly, the figure of the travel group disappeared into the silvery-white forest, leaving the young man on his own. The young man's emotions were in disarray at this moment, but he suddenly got up with determination in his eyes. So what if he had to risk his life? This was the least he could do for the person who brought him to this world and raised him. With every step he took, Ark's back straightened.

David turned his gaze away from this scene, greatly impressed by the young man's performance, and decided to make this young man his first customer.

A moment later, David cleared his thoughts and used the sound transmission technique. Ark, who had barely taken a few steps towards his destination, suddenly froze, and his mouth opened wide in shock.

"Who are you?" Ark surveyed his surroundings cautiously, but there was no one around him except the sheet of ice that stretched as far as his eyes could see. No one replied to his question. Just as Ark thought he might be hallucinating, David's emotionless voice once again sounded in his head, but Ark didn't react; he seemed to have been frozen in place. Sёarᴄh the NôvelFire(.)net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"If you are interested, then raise your hand, and follow my directions." Once Ark heard the voice again, he realized that there were no hallucinations. His mother had told him something about powerful experts using strange techniques to communicate. At this thought, Ark's eyes lit up, and his heart was once again filled with hope. He even ignored the fact that the mysterious expert might be trying to take advantage of him.

How could Ark not understand such simple things, after all, his mother had repeatedly warned him to be extremely careful of others and not believe anyone he sees. But he had no choice. Ark steeled his heart and raised his hand in the air without hesitation.

Some distance away, David, who was starting to get impatient, suddenly smiled. Mary, who happened to look in his direction, froze.

"When did this square appear here?" Ark muttered with a puzzled look on his face while looking at the glowing platform in the distance. The platform stood out like a sore thumb in the sea of white as this was the only place which wasn't covered in snow.

Ark had been to this place many times in the past but he had never seen this square before. He was now looking forward to meeting the person who called him here.

"Yes, this place now takes a couple of steps forward and you will be able to see me," the mysterious figure's voice once again resounded.

Hearing the voice, Ark's steps quickened, and suddenly he was running. In a few moments, a figure of a black-haired young man dressed in a black trench coat appeared in the distance.

Once Ark's eyes landed on the figure, it was as if he had been hit by a spell, and his vision started to get blurry. Just as his mind was about to go completely blank, the young man waved in his direction, and the fuzzy feeling disappeared.

Looking at this youth's reaction, David let out a forced smile and reined in his Divine sense back. If he had been just a second late, Ark's brain would have been fried into mush.

Ignoring the mistake, David flicked his wrist and summoned a set of tablets and a chair. Immediately, he sat down and gestured to Ark to sit down as well.

Just as Ark was about to open his mouth and voice his request, David raised his hand and said, "I know you want to go to Nightblade city, just tell me when you are ready, and we will send you."

Ark was left speechless once again at David's words. He opened and closed his mouth again and again, but no words came out. He had so many questions that he wanted to ask, like what did you mean by 'send me'? But in the end, he sighed and spoke, "I want to leave now." His voice was resolute, as Ark didn't want to waste any time when his mother was in such a critical condition. The faster he began his journey, the better.

"Ok, then let's not waste any time!" David said those words and got up, but suddenly he frowned. He had no idea how this formation worked.

'Well, no problem, it's time to call the experts.'

In the next moment, he sent a sound transmission to Mary, asking her to come over. Thankfully, she wasn't far away and quickly arrived with a smile on her face.