Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 634: Invisible Needle

After knowingwho these people were,I felt somewhat panicked. Any one of them could beat me. I told myselfthatno matter what, I had to stick to Chuyi!

Afterwe ate ourmeal, we went to the market area one more time. There were more sellers now. However, we couldn’t find the mermaid’stears.Feeling helpless, we returned to the inn.

It was a bad coincidence that the people from the Longquan Villa also stayed in this inn. I wondered if they had done that on purpose.

When we walked through the door, the four of them were going out. The two parties met again. Invisible sparks of hatred were sent into the air one more time.

Chuyi didn’t bat an eyeattheir malicious faces. He pushed the one in his way aside and went upstairs.

I was curious. Those people were as strong as Chuyi, or even stronger,sowhydidn't theydare tofightagainst us? Anyway, it wasn’t the right time to ask. I hurriedly walked behind Chuyi. When I walked past Ryuzawa Ichiro, he purposely nudged me. I lost balance and almost tumbled.

Before I couldlose my temper, Chuyi called, “Jiulin, you can’t bite the dog that has bitten you, right?”

“Haha. Of course, I can’t.”

I laughedand rolledmy eyes atRyuzawaIchiro. Themanblushedand balledhis fists together. Iignoredhim. Isteadied myself andcontinuedto walk up the stairs.

Suddenly, Zen MasterBaimeilet out an “Ouch”behind me. When I turned around, I saw him on the ground. One-armed Dragon and Yin Yang Tiger smirked nearby.

“Zen MasterBaimei, are you all right?”

I hurriedly pulled him up, then turnedand shoutedat the other four. “Youjerks, do you want to fight?”

“Hey, that old monk tripped by himself. Whyareyoublaming it on us?”

One-armed Dragon smiled coldlyand pattedZen MasterBaimei’s face. “Hey old man, youbetter watch your way. I’min agoodmood, so I don’t want to talk abouthowyou’ve interfered with my business. You’re lucky, you know.”

They all laughed haughtily before leaving. I couldn’t stand them anymoreand drew outthe EmeiPiercer. Zen MasterBaimeiheld my armand said calmly, “YoungBenefactor, if you get mad now, itwon’t bedifferent from admitting that they’ve successfully humiliated me.”

“Damn it!” I spat with a dark face.

Zen MasterBaimeiwas right. The others had done that to provoke us. I knew that we shouldn’t haveadispute with them now.However,I was so aggrievedto see themhumiliateZen MasterBaimei.

After wewentinto our rooms, Chuyi looked at me. He said in a seriousvoice,“If you don’t feel comfortable, read the Sacred Text of Daoism as many times asyou need. You shouldn’t let them enrage you.”

Then, he left with his sword. I didn’t go with him. As I knewthat theLongquan Villa’s people wouldn’t come to my room directly, I laidon the bed and studied theInvisible Needle.

Since that fraudulent middle-aged man had used the needle before, ithadhis blood on it. I had todropmore of my bloodto force his blood out.

Then, I tried to control the Invisible Needle to suspend it vertically with mythoughts. Indeed, the needle turned vertical!After that, I tried to make the needle perform some simple tasks. AfterI becamefamiliar with the tempo, I closed the door and used my thoughts to control the needle to move into the keyhole.

Surprisingly, I found that while the Invisible Needle was moving inside the keyhole, I was able to see the inner structure of the keyhole. I controlled the needleand moved itfor a while. Then, with a short crackle, the lock was picked!

“Haha, I’vegot a great treasure this time!”

I laughed happily. I thought that I could work as a lock picker. Icould justpickup callsfrom people who needed helpand stay at home while opening locks byonly usingmythoughts…

Then, I tried tostabthe needle into the wall. At first, I focused on manipulating the needle.Unfortunately,I failed a few times. When the Invisible Needle came near the wall, it just fell. I felt a little distressed.Onthe last attempt, the needle pierced into the wall.

I was surprised andsoongot it. I shouldn’t focus too much on controlling the needle if I wanted to use it as a weapon. Relaxing my mind while controlling it would give me a better result.

I used this method to try a few more times. Indeed, controlling the needle with a relaxed mindmadethe needle move faster and with more force. Shortly after, Iwas able tomake a lot of tiny holesin the wall between my room and Zen MasterBaimei’s room.

As the needle had stabbed into the wall many times at the same spot, I’dmadea hole as big as a finger.

I fetched a band-aid from my bag to cover the hole. But then, Ibecamecurious and wanted to peepintoZen MasterBaimei’s room. Iwentand looked through the hole. Zen MasterBaimeiwas sleeping.

Right when I was about to leave the hole, his window gently opened, without makinga sound.

All the windows in this inn were old-fashioned. Whenever someone opened the door or the window, there would be many squeaking sounds. But this time, it movedwithout a sound. My heart rose to my throat.

Ithad tobe a hotshot who could control his force well. Ryuzawa Ichiro’s image poppedintomy mind all of a sudden!

Indeed, when the window finally opened, a masked man jumped in. Althoughthe distance from the window to the floor was less thantwo meters, the man gently rolled a few times in midair before landing with both hands on the ground. His movementswere agile and fast. It was the typical Japanese ninjutsu!

I had never imagined that they would ambush us. I wanted to wake up Zen MasterBaimei, but then, I remembered my Invisible Needle. Ryuzawa Ichiro happened to be a nice target to practice on.

After landing, Ryuzawa Ichiro didn’t take action immediately. He carefully observed Zen MasterBaimei. I took this chance and controlled the Invisible Needle with mythoughts.I just wanted to give him a lesson, so I made the needle aim at his ear.

Unexpectedly, Zen MasterBaimeisuddenly shifted on his bed. Instinctively, Ryuzawa Ichiro turned to run away, which revealed his nape. The Invisible Needle immediately stabbed him right in his nape!

I heard his bonebreakwith a crisp noise. Ryuzawa Ichiro felltothe ground. He tried to get up with the helpofboth of his hands as he wanted to turn and see what had ambushed him. But he couldn’t do anything. In the end, he slumped on the ground like a mass of cotton.

Zen MasterBaimeiwas awoken by Ryuzawa Ichiro’s move. He got up and saw the open window and Ryuzawa Ichiro on the ground.Themonk helplessly put his palms together in front of his chest. “Merciful Buddha.”

I rushed to Zen MasterBaimei’s room and turned Ryuzawa Ichiroaround. Hewas unconscious. I tried to pull him up. However, whenI pulled him, his neck tilted to one side.

“What’s wrong?”

I opened my eyes wideand triedto adjust his head a few more times. However, no matter what Idid, his head tilted to one side. It wasas though his neck was broken.

Zen MasterBaimeicameand checkedRyuzawa Ichiro’s neck. Then, he gaspedin disbelief.“How didthathappen?”

Ryuzawa Ichiro’s cervical spine was broken by the Invisible Needle!

Zen MasterBaimeiand I couldn’t figure out howthishappened. We became vigilant as we were afraid that the others from the Longquan Villa would come soon.

Fortunately, Chuyi returned shortly after. Seeing Ryuzawa Ichiro on the bed, he frowned. Before I could explain, he came to check the man. Soon, herealizedthat Ryuzawa Ichiro’scervicalspine was broken. His face turned dark. Hecoldlyglaredat me. “Didn’t I tell you not to attack them? What happened?”

Zen MasterBaimeiwouldn’t act impulsively. Thatwaswhy Chuyiimmediatelyconcluded it was me. I knew the dispute between us and that the Longquan Villa would rocket after this. I carefully explained what happened to him.

Chuyi’s face turned better. He checkedRyuzawaIchiro’s neck one more time. In the end, he shook his head. “The cervical spine is connected to the major nerves of the human body. He’s paralyzed now. It’ll be more than lucky if he canwake upagain.Otherwise, he has to live inavegetative condition for the rest of his life.”

I was dispirited. Chuyi comforted me. “You’re not to be blamed. You just wanted to save Zen MasterBaimei.”

After all,Ryuzawa Ichirowas to be blamed. He was justunluckythis time. Since ninjas often tookdangerousmissions, they all knew how to shrink their bones to make their bodies smaller, which would create this reflex in the long run.

When Zen MasterBaimeishifted on his bed, Ryuzawa Ichiro wasso anxiousthat his bones shrank together at that short moment.Thecervical spine wasfragile. Under the compressing forcethathe had created with his reflex, when the Invisible Needle pierced into his neck, it was able to break his cervical spine.

I felt a little better after listening to hisexplanation. However, I was worried. “What should we do? I have turned the Young Master of Longquan Villa into a disabled man. I’m sure they will try their best to kill me. I think they will do that even beforethetrade conference is over!”