"Where's the black market?" Li Tianming's eyes lit up. He could hardly wait.
"It doesn't have a fixed location," Aurora said, shaking her head. "The so-called underground black market isn't a particular place where people trade. It's a network formed by people contacting one another privately, exchanging intelligence and trading goods. Find someone in that network, and you can make a deal—not just for goods, but for a way out of the city or for information."
"So Silver Dust has found someone in the underground black market?" Li Tianming asked, pleasantly surprised.
"Yes." Aurora nodded. "It came across a man who seems to have access to its trading channels. Silver Dust heard him discussing transactions through a Communication Star Tower that couldn't exactly be brought into the open. There's a good chance he's the person we need."
"Where is he now? Do we have anything more specific to identify him by? Let's get ready to find him," Li Tianming pressed.
At the news, Little Nine stopped pretending altogether. In its true form, a cloud of black mist, it floated over to the two of them and listened openly.
Aurora went on. "His name seems to be Gan Yuan. He looks like an unremarkable old man and rarely goes out. He stays home contacting people and spends his days at leisure. As for his exact strength... we don't know yet. He never goes out, and he's never made a move."
"Gan Yuan..." Li Tianming considered the name. "He sounds like a native of the Ganfeng Eternal Empire. Otherwise, he couldn't have put down such deep roots here. We people from the Outer Territory face obstacles everywhere. How could we build an organization of our own?"
Silver Dust appeared again. "I think... he might... be an... early-stage... Sacred Emperor."
"Silver Dust, how