Fey Evolution Merchant

Chapter 261: Strange Middle-Aged Man

Lin Yuan rubbed Little Zao’s head, and just as he was preparing to stand up, he felt a gaze that seemed like it was monitoring him. It was a gaze that wasn’t from a passerby. This gaze had a secretive and prying gaze.

Lin Yuan looked toward the gaze’s direction and noticed a middle-aged man sizing him up. The middle-aged man looked unassuming and nearly didn’t have any sense of existence.

Upon seeing Lin Yuan suddenly turn around, the middle-aged was startled as he never expected Lin Yuan to do so. He attempted to hide his prying appearance and laughed heartily as he walked over.

“Hey! Kid, you are also acting as Black, right? There are plenty of silver-masked adventurers entering this Class 3 abyss dimensional rift every day, but it seems like Little Zao is the closest with you.”

Lin Yuan’s face behind the mask immediately frowned. This unassuming man might be speaking in a very natural manner, but when Lin Yuan turned around, he personally saw the prying expression before it instantly changed.

Had Lin Yuan not been wearing Genius’ Tool Transformation silver mask, he wouldn’t have noticed this indication. When wearing the silver mask, Lin Yuan might have been looking at Little Zao, but his senses toward the surroundings were extremely sensitive.

Everything within 40 meters, including the blind spots behind Lin Yuan’s head, was within Lin Yuan’s sensory perception. Genius’ Tool Transformation silver mask might not be able to see through the assassinations plotted meticulously by high-ranked spirit qi professionals. However, Lin Yuan was still able to sense this middle-aged man’s prying eyes.

Lin Yuan had lived two lives, so he had an additional lifetime of experiences. Therefore, he was able to understand what certain expressions meant. The middle-aged man’s prying eyes actually concealed a trace of anxiety. However, the anxiety wasn’t because of Lin Yuan.

On the contrary, it seemed like the concealed anxiety was the reason that this middle-aged man was prying and sizing up Lin Yuan, who had just entered the Class 3 abyss dimensional rift. It also meant to say that the middle-aged man was sizing Lin Yuan to see if Lin Yuan was going to be the person that could influence the uncertainty.

The middle-aged man’s appearance was unassuming, but Lin Yuan used Genius’ Normal ability, Precise Memory, to memorize this middle-aged man’s aura and figure.

Little Zao waved her small hand toward the middle-aged man who suddenly spoke and greeted. “Hello, Uncle.”

The unassuming middle-aged man sized up Lin Yuan a few more times before he waved to Little Zao and went back to the side to size up other adventurers who had just entered the dimensional rift.

When the middle-aged man left, Little Zao then said to Lin Yuan, “Big Brother, this Uncle has been here for over two years, but this Uncle is very strange.”

Lin Yuan asked softly in return, “Why does Little Zao feel that this Uncle is very strange?”

“This Uncle doesn’t have any stalls here. The other Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Uncles, and Aunties would normally purchase some things from Mother before going deeper to fight with demon baddies. But this Uncle only leaves for one or two days every time. He would be staying here most of the time.”

Little Zao then said with a little worry, “Big Brother, do you think that this Uncle isn’t able to beat those demon baddies? If that is the case, will the Uncle go hungry?”

Lin Yuan’s frown became deeper. Although this middle-aged man was indeed strange, Lin Yuan wasn’t going to investigate him.

At this controlled Class 3 abyss dimensional rift’s entrance, be it on the inside or outside, the Radiance Federation’s employed king-class experts were overseeing the place. Therefore, no one dared to create trouble here. If anyone caused any trouble, they would receive a corresponding punishment according to the situation’s severity.

However, the security and peace were only maintained at the Class 3 abyss dimensional rift’s entrance area. Once on the inside, life or death would be up to a person’s strength and fate.

This Class 3 abyss dimensional rift had been controlled for around eight years. It was unknown how many lives this place would consume on a yearly basis.

Of course, the loss of lives among the spirit qi professionals wasn’t just because of the demons in the abyss dimensional rift. It was also because of the humans.

There were plenty of fated opportunities in this controlled Class 3 abyss dimensional rift, like the encounter of rare spiritual ingredients or mystical flames. Such a fated opportunity would be accompanied with immense value, so it wasn’t strange for murders and disputes to happen when fighting over the treasures.

After the Spirit Qi Awakening, human evolution had undergone a fundamental change. Before the Spirit Qi Awakening, humans would mainly rely on wisdom instead of strength. But after the Spirit Qi Awakening, humans and all other lifeforms in the world had to face the challenge of increasing their individual strength and also evolution.

With the Spirit Qi Awakening, humans would reap great benefits by increasing their strength. One of the benefits was to extend their lifespan.

When a person was at the king-class, even if they were at the age of 100, their bodies’ cellular activity would be the same as a 20- or 30-year-old.

Lin Yuan started to move deeper into the Class 3 abyss dimensional rift from the entrance. He didn’t summon Chimey or Red Thorn along the way. The main objective of this training journey was to practice the combat skills when using the Source Sand.

Although Lin Yuan had obtained the Source Sand, he had never used it in combat. Therefore, he wanted to properly train the combat skills when using the Source Sand. The Source Sand’s exclusive skill, Sand Control, might allow Lin Yuan to control the Source Sand proficiently, but being able to control the Source Sand like his own arm and being able to utilize it efficiently during combat were two different things.

Soon after he entered this controlled Class 3 abyss dimensional rift, Lin Yuan encountered a group of Class 2 demons.