Purchasing Intelligence, Entering the Black Market

Finally, Xiao Chen has two special letters left in his hands.

The first copy was so bulging that the envelope was as big as a ball.

The second portion was simply put into a box, with a seal made of wax on the edge of the lid.

The contents inside are protected by engraving runes on the dense wax.

Xiao Chen opened the first letter in order.

These are some instructions written by Cloud Wave Sword Abode, a Elder named Liu, to his disciples.

Put aside those greetings from master and disciple and some pointers on cultivation.

The main content is to remind him that the sect has discovered that the situation in the sea has been abnormal recently.

Since the Chinese New Year.

Spiritual Qi Tide on the east side seems to be rising rapidly in both concentration and coverage.

In addition, there are reports that someone found traces of Giant Sea Beast in Far East.

The relevant information has been circulated to all major sects as soon as possible.

Currently Sword Hut has dispatched a special team to investigate and collect more clues.

In the past two months, there have been many gossips about Sea Beast, circulating around the Listening Wave Sea.

Therefore, if you encounter a similar situation in Compassion Sea Region, no matter when and where you are, you must report it to the sect as soon as possible.

The letter specifically emphasized that there is currently no conclusion about the changes in the east, and it is top secret information.

So you are absolutely not allowed to tell anyone else, not even Lineage.

When it is time to notify the situation, the sect will naturally make arrangements.

If the news leaks out, we will never tolerate it and deal with it severely!

"Traces of Giant Sea Beast?"

Xiao Chen From this letter, it is obvious that Cloud Wave Sword Abode seems to attach great importance to this.

But he doesn't quite understand, where is the source of this emphasis?

As we all know, there are not only fish in the sea, there are some Sea Beast that have survived since ancient times.

For example, squid, jellyfish, crabs, etc., and even turtles are all part of Sea Beast.

Like Sea Fish, when the number of Sea Beast increases, Mutated Bloodline will definitely be born, thus forming Giant Sea Beast.

Xiao Chen had seen crabs bigger than cows in the market before.

And I am planning to go to Armored Dragon Island and hunt Thousand-Year Dragon Turtle later.

What's so strange about this?

Special emphasis was placed on strict confidentiality and reporting as soon as possible.

"Wait a minute, are they talking about the one before?"

Xiao Chen suddenly remembered that he had returned from Wu Mausoleum before.

When passing through that particularly large area of ice and snow, I heard a strange cry, and that Nascent Soul Stage Demonic Beast Pressure.

Although due to the wind and snow at the time, I restrained myself from Divine Sense, so I didn't see anything.

But judging from the sound alone, the size of the two Demon Beasts is definitely not small.

"Ah... should I remind you?"

Xiao Chen feels like this should be an important clue.

But the key problem is that I am not familiar with Cloud Wave Sword Abode, so it is not easy to convey information.

Well, actually he is not familiar with any sect.

For Xiao Chen, Su Li should be the only monk among Compassion Sea Region who can be called an acquaintance.

But Su Li has been imprisoned in Secluded Doom Island for hundreds of years, and he may not know as many people as him today.

"Forget it, why am I Golden Core cultivator worried about this?"

Xiao Chen shook his head. "It's such a big area of ice and snow. The other sects are not blind, so they must have seen it a long time ago."

Spirit Fire rose from his palm and burned the letter in his hand to ashes.

After waiting for him Nascent Soul Formation, maybe we can pay attention to this situation.

If anything happens before then, just run away and that's it.

Escape is shameful but useful.

Ignore the wax seal and open the second box directly.

Inside was a completely black token, about five inches long.

There are two pages of letter paper underneath.

Xiao Chen reached out and picked up the token. There were five big characters written on the front - seeing orders is like seeing people.

"Hey, why does this thing look so familiar?"

He turned it over and saw that the back was indeed divided into upper and lower parts.

It was engraved with the same mysterious symbol as the token he had captured before.

The difference is that underneath this token, the character "horse" is written in Ancient Spirit Script.

"Interesting, I didn't expect to meet you again here."

Xiao Chen picked up the letter paper at the bottom. The first page was a letter from home, which was full of family gossip.

The second page contains six rather brief sentences.

Brother, the Black Market you asked me to inquire about before has been confirmed to have moved to the Illuminating Void Sect.

The time is still the same as before, it is set on the ninth day of the last month of each season.

But it is said that the other party has a new leader and a new batch of identities Message Talisman.

Lineage entrusted Qi Family, but only got an ordinary Message Talisman.

The uncle in the clan warned that it was best not to go in a hurry this time and to see the new situation first.

If you go, be very careful.

"That's it."

Xiao Chen immediately understood that the 'sheep' character command he had received before should also belong to ordinary Message Talisman.

He calculated the time and found that today was May 26th.

In other words, it has been less than twelve days since the latest Black Market Gathering.

Considering that it takes at least a month to go back and forth from here to Armored Dragon Island.

If Xiao Chen wants to hunt Dragon Turtle, then you must miss this time Black Market.

However, if you miss Black Market this time, the next time will conflict with New Ruin.

In other words, you can either go now or wait until the end of the year or next year.

"That's too late."

Xiao Chen thought for a while and decided to postpone the hunting matter.

Next go to the Illuminating Void Sea, then Armored Dragon Island, and finally New Ruin.

It is equivalent to going from the northwest corner of Compassion Sea Region all the way to the southeast corner.

If this route were drawn on a chart, it would look like a crescent moon.

"What is a life of running around!"

Xiao Chen sighed with emotion, once again missing his cultivation time in Li Province and living in Emerald Valley.

Everything went well on the way.

Nine days later, he successfully arrived in the Illuminating Void Sect.

I spent another day digging deeper, and finally saw the rumored Three Leaf Islands on the sixth day of June.

There are a total of more than 60 islands, large and small, almost evenly divided into three parts.

Gathered next to Illuminating Void Island in the middle.

From a distance, it looks like a clover, hence the name Three Leaf Islands.

Before Illuminating Void Sect unified this place, there were three big Lineages occupying part of Three Leaf Islands respectively.

At that time, three cities were built respectively, pretending to compete with each other.

But what's interesting is that now Illuminating Void Sect has appeared in public.

However, Xiao Chen can still see that the three cities are operating normally, and the two extra ones have not been demolished or merged together.

Even the market has replaced the original Lineage logo.

The overall layout is almost exactly the same as the old portrait given in the intelligence.

I randomly picked a city and dropped it.

Immediately there were many guides around who looked at me.

However, Xiao Chen had enough time this time, so he did not hire a guide.

Instead, he went to Fangshi by himself, looked for local intelligence agencies, and listened to the conversations of casual cultivators in Fangshi to understand the general situation here.

Soon he saw the familiar Spirit Communication Pavilion.

But this time, Xiao Chen did not stay inside for long.

And he asked straight to the point, "Are there other intelligence organizations here? Where is their address?"

Spirit Communication Pavilion has no taboos in this regard, they don't care if the guests go to the same company.

Therefore, Xiao Chen only spent ten yuan on Spirit Stone to get a sketch.

With Route Map, he easily found Mirror Reflection Pavilion established by the Illuminating Void Sect.

"We sincerely welcome you, senior, to our building!"

As soon as he entered the door, a female cultivator Foundation Establishment greeted him, "According to the rules of this building, Core Formation Cultivator are all distinguished guests. Please go to the third floor!"

When the other party looked at Xiao Chen's young face, the smile on his face couldn't help but become more real.

He was brought to the third floor, in front of a room Quiet Room engraved with a large number of runes.

"Please come in and wait a moment. I'll go and notify the steward."

The female cultivator took down a token from the wall and opened the Quiet Room door.

Xiao Chen pushed the door open and found that the interior was extremely simple, with only a square table and two wooden chairs.

On the surrounding walls, as he entered, runes lit up one after another.

The noise outside immediately disappeared. Even with his Divine Sense, it could not penetrate the wall.

There is no need to worry about the content of the conversation here. There are ears through the walls.

He didn't wait too long when a young man in black pushed open the door and entered.

"Hello, senior, my code name is Jia Twenty-one."

As soon as the other party came in, he closed the door of Quiet Room, bowed and saluted. "Next, I will entertain the seniors."

"If the senior is not satisfied or has an acquaintance, we can change him again."

Xiao Chen waved his hand. "No, it's just you."

He didn't mind these things, but made a request directly. "I need information on all major events this year."

"The latest situation of New Ruin in the second half of the year."

"In addition, I also want to know the situation of Black Market in the Illuminating Void Sect."

Since he has come here, he will naturally not buy just one thing.

"These three things..."

The young man in black lowered his eyes and did a mental calculation. He almost paused for a breath before replying, "A total of three thousand five hundred Spirit Stone."

"According to the rules of this building, you need to pay half as a deposit first."

"In addition, information is different from ordinary items. Once viewed, it cannot be returned or exchanged."

Xiao Chen waved his hand and gave 3,500 yuan. Spirit Stone said, "Don't worry, I understand the rules."

The other party first bowed and saluted. "Thank you, senior, for your understanding."

Then put away Spirit Stone, walk to the wall on the right, and take out a token from your waist to contact the ban.

A separate Secret Passage was opened.

Then the three pieces of information required by Xiao Chen were obtained from Secret Passage.

"It's all here. Senior, please take a look."

The young man in black laid out the information on the table one by one, and then bowed again.

"Quiet Room is protected by formations. Seniors can stay here to view relevant content."

"If there are no other needs, then I will leave first."

Xiao Chen nodded. "It's easy to say, you go ahead."

The young man in black bowed for the last time, walked Secret Passage and left Quiet Room.

Since Quiet Room is provided here, there is really no rush to leave.

Xiao Chen first picked up a thin booklet from the table. There were only twelve pages in it, of which the first ten pages were full of illustrations.

However, this thing cost him a full two thousand Spirit Stone.

On the eleventh page is a timetable, which lists the major events that occurred in Compassion Sea Region in the first half of this year in chronological order.

Including Five Sects Joint Grand Competition, Listening Wave Sea Auction, Lotus Flower Temple Golden Body Arhat Investiture Ceremony and so on.

Xiao Chen took a general glance, mainly adding some information about the Buddhist Sect.

The focus is on the last page.

There are only four lines on it, describing two major events.

The first major event was that at midnight on the seventh day of the first lunar month, a Sanskrit sound was heard outside Pudu Temple, which could be heard thousands of miles away.

More than one casual cultivator said that he had personally witnessed a Buddha body at least 60,000 feet high appearing in the world, standing upright on the sky and looking towards the east with golden light in his eyes.

But so far, no definite news has been released.

"Sixty Thousand Zhang Buddha Body?"

Xiao Chen frowned slightly, is this a bit exaggerated?

If this information comes from the Spirit Communication Pavilion, he can understand it even if it is six hundred thousand feet. After all, many rumors are false.

But since it appears here, the problem seems to be a bit serious.

Although Xiao Chen doesn't know much about the Buddhist Sect's cultivation situation.

But he has heard of Nascent Soul True Lord, which can activate Law Technique that covers thousands of miles.

By analogy, Sixty Thousand Zhang Buddha Body should at least be equivalent to monk Nascent Soul Late Stage, right?

"Why is it the east again?"

Xiao Chen immediately remembered the letter he had received from Sword Abode Disciple ten days ago, indicating that Spiritual Qi Tide was abnormal in the east.

Putting these two pieces of information together, there seems to be some correlation.

Of course, this connection is a bit far-fetched, since there is a full four-month time difference between the two.

But he was basically certain of one thing.

Something must have really happened in the east.

"Ah, with such a long distance, it shouldn't be a big problem, right?"

Xiao Chen doesn't really want to see such unknown changes.

But many times, things will always develop towards the worst possibility.

The second major event was that an unusually large scallop was discovered five million miles north of the Compassion Sea.

It is said that it is three thousand feet long and two thousand feet wide. When it floats on the sea, it looks like a small island.

"How big?"

If it weren't for sitting in Quiet Room now, Xiao Chen would always feel like he was in the Spirit Communication Pavilion today.

"Three thousand feet, if you catch one and bring it back, you won't be able to finish it in a year."

Of course, this is not the point. The key point is that if this kind of news is not classified as top secret, why is it being sold?

Oh, right.

This is Illuminating Void Sect, which is not the same as Five Great Sects.

Don't mention it, sometimes it's a good thing to have a competitive relationship. At least you can have one more channel to learn more information.

Xiao Chen is sure that if he were at the Azure Sea Pavilion today, he would definitely not be able to see this information.

"I hope I can get Nine Aperture Lucid Jade among New Ruin."

Things have come to this, and all he can do now is seize the time to prepare for his breakthrough.

As long as you can make breakthroughs in time, you can take the initiative in many things.

At that time, whether you catch that big scallop and make soup or return to the Storm Sea to liquidate Yin Corpse Sect, it is up to you.

Thinking of the ruins, Xiao Chen immediately picked up the information about the ruins.

Unfortunately, the above only provides a large map with the location of the ruins and a brief description of the surrounding forces.

There is no exact opening time.

It looks like we might have to go to a nearby market.

The last one is of course the information of Black Market.

The so-called Black Market, as long as it accepts outsiders, it cannot be completely kept secret.

Therefore, Xiao Chen not only got a map with an address and related information, but also saw a message on the back.

If he is interested in Black Market, he only needs to add nine thousand Spirit Stone to get a piece of Identity Token.

The other party also emphasized that there are only two tokens in the building at present, so hurry up if you want to buy one!

"What a good guy, you still do this kind of business, right?"

Xiao Chen is also eye-opening, there is actually a related business.

It's a pity that he already has tokens, and there are two of them.

If you don't trust Illuminating Void Sect, you might even consider selling a piece of it.

Now that you have successfully obtained the Black Market address, there is no need to worry.

After all, today is only the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and I still have two days to spare.

Therefore, after coming out of the Mirror Reflection Pavilion, Xiao Chen chose to continue walking on the street.

While relaxing, I visited different shops.

"Dear fellow Daoists, Crimson Gold Spirit Silk is sold at a cheap price. This is the same type of spiritual silk used by the Fan Family Husband Recruitment. Don't miss it if you pass by!"

In front of a small shop on the street, Zhike was greeting me earnestly.

There were indeed many monks who were attracted by the Fan Family Husband Recruitment to check out those bright red spiritual threads.

"Yes, I seem to have seen the notice of the Fan Family before."

Xiao Chen I suddenly remembered that this happened only in the past few days.

He paid careful attention and found that many monks in Fang City looked like outsiders.

Many people gathered in front of Lingsi, discussing Marriage Recruitment Competition in the next few days with great interest.

It seems that Fan Family's goal of gaining popularity through this should be considered achieved.

One thing to say, for most casual cultivators, it seems good to compete with the Fan Family to become a son-in-law.

The so-called A Thousand Gold Buys Horse Bones.

Under such large-scale publicity, if anyone succeeds in winning the competition, Fan Family will definitely not treat him badly.

However, Xiao Chen has no intention of participating in Husband Recruitment. He happens to belong to the very few people left.

So I directly skipped the relevant stores and people.

After wandering around, we came to the largest Spirit Tool Shop in the city.

"Senior, please come in!"

The maid at the door greeted him and followed him consciously, keeping a certain distance.

But Xiao Chen has a clear goal this time.

So he waved directly. "Where is the hidden class Spirit Artifact?"

If you want to go to Black Market, you need to prepare a Spirit Artifact that can hide your identity.

In fact, Xiao Chen itself doesn't matter. Even if he uses his true appearance, he is not afraid of being chased by Bandit Cultivator.

However, the previous introduction mentioned that all monks participating in Black Market need to cover their faces.

If you do not carry the hidden class Spirit Artifact, you cannot enter it.

This rule is a bit strange, but since you are going to other people's places, it is best to respect other people's rules.

This is both convenient for the other party and yourself.

"Senior, please come here. We have different types of hats, masks, veils, etc. Spirit Artifact. I don't know which one you want."

It's a coincidence that these things are placed on the first floor.

At this time, there happened to be two Golden Core cultivator, who were also holding different hidden Spirit Artifact for comparison.

When he saw Xiao Chen coming over, he looked at him warily.

"Which is the cheapest concealed Spirit Artifact? How many Spirit Stone are needed?"

Anyway, Xiao Chen is to comply with the rules, so naturally I will buy whichever one is cheaper.

The maid immediately replied, "Senior, if you buy this new hat now, it only costs the lowest price of 100,000 Spirit Stone."

Spirit Artifact Since the material is expensive, one hundred thousand is basically the bottom line.

"Okay, let's take this."

Xiao Chen made the decision immediately and went to the side to settle Spirit Stone.

Then we found a nearby inn to stay.

In a blink of an eye, it's the ninth day of June.

Interestingly enough, the time for Black Market to be held this time was actually set from 10:00 p. m. to 3:30 p. m. the next morning.

Therefore, Xiao Chen also waited until dusk before coming out of the inn and following the map.

Relying on his fast escape speed, he just happened to be stuck in You Hour and arrived at a Desolate Island two thousand miles away.

There was no Anti-Air Restriction here, so he landed directly in front of the hill in the center of the island.

According to intelligence reports, the inside of this hill has been hollowed out.

This time Black Market will be held in the heart of this hill.

"Friend Daoist, please wait!"

Sensing that someone was coming, a strong man wearing a mask and guarding the cave immediately said, "Please show me the token!"

There were three companions beside him.

Everyone actively exudes the aura of Late-stage Golden Core as a deterrent.

After checking Xiao Chen's token, the other party also breathed a sigh of relief, "Fellow Daoist, there are two rules that I have to say again."

"First, unless it is necessary, please do not take off your hat inside and reveal your true face."

"Second, Zi Hour will conduct centralized transactions in the back cave at night."

"If you need help selling something, please hand it over to Lord Silver Rat at least half an hour in advance. We will not wait until the deadline!"

"The leader does not welcome people who do not follow the rules."

After saying that, he took a step back. "Fellow Daoist, please come in!"

Xiao Chen took back the token, held up the bamboo hat, and entered Black Market from the entrance of the cave.

When I first came in, this place was almost the same as an ordinary cave.

However, after walking dozens of steps and turning two corners in a row, the view suddenly opened up.

The entire hill has been completely hollowed out.

Only a three-foot-thick stone pillar remained in the middle as a support.

Looking up, you can see that at the top, densely packed runes are like a tree crown, relying on stone pillars to hold up the earth and rocks above to prevent them from falling.

From top to bottom are thousands of Everlasting Lamp lights, illuminating the entire mountain.

The spiral wooden stairs spiral upward from in front of Xiao Chen.

It is two feet wide, and a Golden Light gleaming dividing line is drawn from the middle.

Many monks have set up stalls on the side near Rock Wall, trying to sell the spiritual objects in their hands first.

The remaining monks can go up the stairs on the other side.

Maybe because I came earlier, there were not many monks setting up stalls at this time, and the number of monks in the entire mountain was also very small.

But Xiao Chen immediately realized that he was early.

After all, you need tokens to enter here.

Moreover, Black Market is not attending a banquet, so there is no such thing as being on time.

Probably only until Zi Hour is concentrated on trading will more monks arrive.

In this case, let's go find out where the Lord Silver Rat is first.