In the evening, Xu Yan arrived at Eastern Suburb Antique Street.
This place was really remote. There wasn't even a public bus. Xu Yan had to take a taxi to get here.
Although this place was called Antique Street, it was actually a five-meter wide road. Both sides of the road were filled with stalls. It didn't look very formal, but it was this kind of informal place that had some good stuff.
Xu Yan walked to the nearest stall and started to inspect it with his hands.
When he touched a small porcelain bowl, a familiar force was sucked into Xu Yan's body from the bowl.
He opened the panel and saw that his modification points had increased by 3 points.
Seeing this, Xu Yan heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed that as long as it was an ancient item, he would be able to obtain modification points. This made things much easier.
Time passed slowly. In an hour, Xu Yan had finished touching more than ten stalls. His harvest was not small. He had collected a total of 15 modification points. Now, Xu Yan's modification points had reached 18 points.
With his current modification points, it wouldn't be a problem for him to level up the Iron Clothes Technique to perfection. Unfortunately, Xu Yan's body couldn't take it. He had leveled up twice yesterday. Until now, his muscles were still a little swollen.
After touching this stall, Xu Yan stood up and went to the next stall. However, he found that the next stall was already closing up.
Xu Yan took out his phone and looked at the time. It was only 7 o 'clock in the summer. The sun hadn't set yet at 7 o' clock.
They were closing up already?
Xu Yan walked forward and asked, "Uncle, it's still early. Why are you closing up already?"
"I can't not close up. Recently, it's not very peaceful here. Many people have gone missing at night. No one dares to close up after dark. Young man, you should leave quickly. Something will happen if you're late."
The uncle saw that Xu Yan was a newcomer and kindly reminded him.
"So many people have gone missing. Why didn't you call the police?"
"We already called the police, but it's useless. The missing people are all in the blind spots of the surveillance cameras. The police can't do anything."
Xu Yan gradually frowned. There seemed to be many things in this world that he had never paid attention to.
Xu Yan had to find a taxi to go home, but it was not easy to find a taxi in the antique street. He could only find one on the main road not far away.
Xu Yan had no choice but to walk. However, the distance was not far, only less than a kilometer. He would be able to walk there very quickly.
When Xu Yan reached the entrance of a small alley, he suddenly stopped. There was something wrong with this alley!
The sun had not completely set yet, but the alley was already completely dark, as if something terrifying was hidden inside.
Xu Yan felt as if he had been targeted by something, and the hairs on his back stood on end. This was the instinctive warning of a martial artist towards danger.
Ordinary people also had this kind of warning, but it wasn't very obvious. At most, it would only make people feel uncomfortable.
However, a martial artist's sense of foreboding had been greatly enhanced. It could make a martial artist feel as if a great disaster was about to befall them.
Xu Yan now had this kind of feeling. As long as he walked into this alley, he would never be able to walk out again.
After taking a deep look at the alley, Xu Yan decisively chose to admit defeat. He turned around and walked away without looking back.
Although he had the modification points to upgrade the Iron Cloak Technique to perfection, and he might be able to defeat this guy, it was not worth it.
Not to mention that upgrading the Iron Cloak Technique to perfection would cause great harm to his body. Even if it didn't cause any harm to his body, Xu Yan had no reason to fight with this strange thing head-on!
Even if he won, there was no benefit. If he lost, he would lose his life!
Changing to another road, Xu Yan smoothly walked to the main road and found a taxi.
After Xu Yan left, an old man who was packing up his stall walked to the side of the alley and suddenly stopped. His eyes flashed with a trace of struggle, and then became blank. He staggered into the alley.
Then, a slight sound came from the alley.
"Creak, creak …"
It was like the sound of a beast biting a bone.
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The next evening, Xu Yan came to the Antique Street again. Although the alley was very dangerous, the modification points were also very important. Moreover, as long as he didn't walk through the alley, he wouldn't encounter any danger.
Xu Yan came to the Antique Street and found that the stalls had begun to pack up.
It was not even six o 'clock and they were already packing up?
"Grandpa, why are you packing up so early today?"
Xu Yan asked a stall owner who was packing up next to him.
"Sigh!
Yesterday, an old man who set up a stall with me went missing!
Something will happen here in the evening!
I won't dare to come here in the future. "
The old man said as he packed up.
Xu Yan couldn't help but think of the alley yesterday. He continued to ask calmly, "Someone went missing yesterday?
Didn't you pack up at seven o 'clock?
Are there human traffickers in the daytime? "
"What human traffickers!
Why would human traffickers look for an old man in his sixties or seventies?
It's not a human they want to catch! "
The old man said with a trace of fear, "If I had known, I wouldn't have come today. That thing is almost not afraid of the sun!"
"Not a human?
Then what is it? "Xu Yan asked. He wanted to know what that thing was.
"Young man, don't ask. Hurry up and leave. When the sky gets dark, you won't be able to leave even if you want to!" The old man advised.
After that, the old man packed up his stall and was ready to leave.
Xu Yan quickly went forward to help the old man carry the boxes and said, "Grandpa, let me help you carry the boxes back. Tell me more about the situation."
Seeing Xu Yan carry two big boxes easily, the old man was a little confused. He usually used the wheels under the boxes to push the boxes. Each box weighed more than 100 pounds. It was good enough for a normal person to carry one. Xu Yan carried two boxes at a time, and it seemed like it was not strenuous at all.
"Young man, you're quite strong!" The old man praised.
"I usually like to work out, so I have more strength." Xu Yan said modestly.
"Since you want to know so much, I'll tell you. But we have to go to the main road first. It's not safe to talk here."
"Okay, I'm going to the main road too. It's on the way!"
As the stall was packed up early, the sun was still hanging in the west. Nothing strange happened on the way from the antique street to the main road.
The old man took Xu Yan to the front of a car. He opened the trunk and said, "Young man, put the things down."
"Oh, oh, okay. I'll put the boxes in."
Xu Yan was really shocked. This old man's car was actually a BMW!
The old man saw Xu Yan's shock and said with a smile, "So many people have gone missing on this antique street. Why are there still people coming?
It's because money comes fast here. Just selling a few antiques is more than a month's salary for an ordinary person! "
"I see. No wonder so many people have gone missing here, but it's still so lively." Xu Yan suddenly understood.
"Well, don't you want to know what that thing is?
I'll tell you now. "