The secret market was not large, consisting of only three or four streets and around a hundred stalls. Fewer than a thousand cultivators came and went.
The Dwarf Fiend walked toward the stall closest to the entrance of the secret market, speaking as he went.
"Don't be fooled by how small this secret market is, or by how few goods it has. Anything that appears here is good stuff, and quite a few are supreme treasures rarely seen outside."
Xu Chunniang looked toward the stalls lining both sides of the street. Her gaze swept across the lists of goods, and she immediately understood.
The Dwarf Fiend had spoken the truth. Nothing that appeared in this secret market was ordinary.
At this single small stall alone, she spotted quite a few top-grade demonic materials, even two or three fourth-rank sacred items.
Although those fourth-rank sacred items were all common goods and merely lower-grade fourth-rank items, they were enough to show how extraordinary this secret market was.
On some lists, the stall owners directly stated their prices and the demonic materials they wished to exchange for. Their demands varied greatly.
The Dwarf Fiend asked tentatively, "May I ask what it is you seek, Fellow Daoist? I know this secret market rather well and can save you quite a bit of time."
"No rush. I'll look around some more."
As Xu Chunniang continued along, her gaze swept over the goods lists at the stalls. She truly did find a soul-nourishing sacred item: the Nine-Colored Lotus.
Unfortunately, this Nine-Colored Lotus was somewhat damaged. Of its original nine lotus petals, only seven remained, and its grade had fallen from upper-grade fourth rank to lower grade.
Moreover, the owner's conditions were steep. They specifically demanded a Demon King's demon seed in exchange for the Nine-Colored Lotus.