Return to Blue Star

After watching Gu Weinan and Chen Yun leave, Su Jie paused where he was for a moment.

Sensing some restless gazes, he turned and headed back towards the center of the Black Market.

"Already this impatient, huh!"

Su Jie mused as he walked.

He could already feel several groups of people observing him in secret; he wasn't the only group targeting him.

Clearly, the wealth he now possessed had made far too many people covetous.

Coupled with his identity as an outer disciple, they had even fewer scruples about making a move.

Turning, he re-entered the central district of the Black Market and walked straight towards a building.

Spirit Pill Hall!

With three gilded characters on the plaque, Su Jie strode inside.

As its name suggested, the Spirit Pill Hall was a shop specializing in the sale of various spirit pills.

Not only did the storefronts flourish throughout Qingzhou, but they even had a branch in the Ghost Ridge Palace Black Market.

"Young Master Su, please come in, please come in! Your arrival truly makes this humble shop shine!"

Upon seeing Su Jie, the shopkeeper's eyes lit up, and he eagerly rushed forward.

Su Jie had caused quite a stir in the Black Market today. Many merchants recognized him and knew that the current Su Jie was absolutely flush with cash.

"Shopkeeper, take me to the second floor."

Su Jie glanced around. The first floor primarily sold unranked and low-grade spirit pills, mostly crude products refined by apprentices. These no longer caught Su Jie's eye.

The second floor, however, held the truly good merchandise, even selling mid-grade spirit pills.

"Yes, yes, yes, Young Master Su, this way please."

The shopkeeper's face broke into a wide smile as he busily bowed and led the way.

On the second floor, as soon as Su Jie entered, he was met with a faint, intoxicating medicinal aroma that caused his Spiritual Energy to circulate a bit faster.

Before his eyes, a large expanse of crystal glazed lamps held spheres of spirit pills radiating with colorful light.

Even from a distance, one could feel the powerful spiritual fluctuations emanating from these spirit pills.

With so many spirit pills piled together, the spiritual energy in the air had semi-liquefied, forming a hazy spiritual mist that swirled around.

The spirit pills displayed here were at least mid-grade low-tier, with even several mid-grade spirit pills among them.

"How many Nine Yang Pills are left?"

After scanning the area, Su Jie asked.

The Nine Yang Pill was a mid-grade low-tier spirit pill. It used nine types of Yang-attribute plants as the main ingredient, supplemented by a large amount of Yin-attribute plants, and refined by a low-grade alchemist.

Upon consumption, it could regulate the body's spiritual energy circulation, nourish Spiritual Energy, and achieve the effect of accelerating Cultivation.

"Replying to Young Master Su, this shop has a total of 15 Nine Yang Pills left. You are...?"

The shopkeeper's heart stirred as he saw Su Jie wave his hand.

"Fifteen pills, not many. Pack them all up for me, I'll buy them all."

Hearing such a bold statement, the shopkeeper's smile grew even brighter, revealing his molars.

One Nine Yang Pill cost twenty Blood Marrow Crystals, so fifteen pills amounted to three hundred Blood Marrow Crystals. He was truly a major customer!

"Young Master Su, please wait a moment. I'll pack them for you right away."

He responded, and the shopkeeper scurried off to pack the spirit pills for Su Jie.

More than ten minutes later, Su Jie left the Spirit Pill Hall amidst the shopkeeper's enthusiastic farewell.

"Blood Marrow Crystals that I couldn't earn in a year were exchanged for spirit pills like this. I never would have dared to imagine it in the past."

Looking at the jade bottle he held, Su Jie secretly marveled. The feeling of having money was truly wonderful.

For the past Su Jie, the Blood Marrow Crystals he saved in a month, without eating or drinking, would barely be enough to buy one Nine Yang Pill.

Now, buying fifteen at once, at a rate of one pill every three days, would only last Su Jie a month and a half. It was likely that no outer disciple could be as extravagant as Su Jie.

Leaving the Spirit Pill Hall, Su Jie turned and headed to a building not far away, bearing the three characters "Heavenly Craft Pavilion."

The Heavenly Craft Pavilion primarily sold various special magic tools, not the offensive kind.

Upon entering the shop, Su Jie was also warmly welcomed by the shopkeeper.

"Shopkeeper, give me a storage bag, the smallest size is fine."

"Our Heavenly Craft Pavilion's storage bags, the smallest storage area is priced at 99 Blood Marrow Crystals."

"Bought."

One minute later, Su Jie had a small blue storage bag in his hand.

The storage bag was crafted from a rare heavenly treasure called the Nine Heavens Crystal Stone. Only mid-grade artifact refiners or above were qualified to craft them, and they had always been expensive.

Even Su Jie's storage bag, with a volume of only one cubic meter, was worth a hefty 99 Blood Marrow Crystals.

Therefore, storage bags are generally unaffordable for outer disciples, and only inner disciples would choose to wear them.

After opening the storage bag with Spiritual Energy, Su Jie put the Blood Marrow Crystals, White Bone Heavenly Sha Sword, elixirs, and other items he had on him into it.

Su Jie didn't stop there and continued his massive shopping spree.

Over the course of several hours, he purchased various items related to Cultivation.

For example, he bought things like cushions that could calm the mind and spirit, incense that accelerated meditation, and various other odds and ends such as spiritual grains and spiritual water that could condition the body and slightly strengthen it.

After this shopping spree, most of the Black Market merchants knew a big spender had arrived, and they greeted Su Jie enthusiastically.

Even the beautiful women in the Myriad Flower Pavilion, who were dressed up to entertain guests with songs and dances, came out onto the street to try and lure Su Jie into indulging himself.

Fortunately, Su Jie was upright and stood firmly against gambling and drugs. He eventually refused with the excuse that he didn't have much money left.

While Su Jie was happily buying things, those who were secretly observing him grew impatient.

Several Ghost Ridge Palace disciples lowered their hoods, disguised themselves as passersby, and discussed in low voices.

"Why does he keep buying and buying? He's spent all his Blood Marrow Crystals."

"It doesn't matter. We'll get the same supplies when we take them from him anyway. Besides, he still has the White Bone Heavenly Sha Sword."

"Let's make our move as soon as he leaves the Black Market. We don't want others to get ahead of us."

Unfortunately, these disciples with ulterior motives didn't know that Su Jie had no intention of confronting them head-on.

Walking through the Black Market streets, Su Jie, having spent over a thousand Blood Marrow Crystals, looked at his now full storage bag and nodded in satisfaction.

These supplies would be enough for him to cultivate peacefully for one or two months, without being bothered by the outside world's disturbances.

"Tsk, over twenty people, wow, more than that, there are over thirty waiting for me. Do they think I'm Tang Monk's flesh?"

Su Jie inwardly complained after secretly detecting this with his reconnaissance dragonfly.

With Su Jie's current strength, he was certainly not enough to deal with so many greedy jackals and wolves.

However, Su Jie had no intention of getting entangled with them. If he couldn't fight them, he could at least avoid them.

"When my divine skills reach completion, I'll come back and slaughter every single one of you."

Su Jie snorted coldly, turned into a deserted alley, entered a dilapidated courtyard, closed the door, opened the ancient mirror, and stepped through it, returning to the Blue Star world.

A long time after Su Jie left, those disciples realized something was wrong and rushed to block the alley.

Waves of Ghost Ridge Palace disciples from different groups, but with the same objective, met each other, feeling somewhat awkward.

Despite the awkwardness, the disciples, tacitly understanding each other's intentions, began searching the alley.

Unfortunately, the Ghost Ridge Palace disciples turned the alley upside down but couldn't find any trace of Su Jie.

This was natural. Unless they could follow him to Blue Star, it would be a miracle if they found him.

Unable to find him, these disciples naturally became agitated, even suspecting that someone had ambushed and killed Su Jie.

It was unclear who made the first move, but these disciples began accusing each other, eventually fighting amongst themselves and ending in a chaotic mess.