Black Market

Seeing Fang Yun's surprise, Zhang Zhi waved his hand and said:

"The monsters are very weak. The Chaos Monsters in the trial for Opening a Small World are the most numerous type, and ordinary people can handle them. Aside from those, there are only a small number of Chaos Monsters at the Elite Realm."

Hearing Zhang Zhi say this, Fang Yun finally relaxed.

But just as he did, he heard Zhang Zhi add, "The monsters in the second wave of World Advancement won't be so easy to deal with."

Huh? There's a second wave?

"Yes, there is. The second wave is the trial for a Small World advancing from a Micro World to a Small World."

"This trial is somewhat difficult. Not only will there be a large number of Elite Realm creatures, but there will also be one or two leaders in the Mortal Transformation Realm."

Fang Yun was alarmed. "May I ask, honored guest, what sort of realm is the Mortal Transformation Realm?"

Wanting to tease Fang Yun, Zhang Zhi deliberately drew out his words. "The Mortal Transformation Realm~~~~~"

"Actually, your current cultivation is in the Mortal Transformation Realm."

Fang Yun had also realized that Zhang Zhi—the Creation God of this world—seemed to have a rather mischievous streak. He asked again, "May I ask, honored guest, will there be a third wave?"

Zhang Zhi nodded repeatedly. "Of course there will be a third wave."

Turning his head and seeing Fang Yun's calm expression, he realized that after just a few minutes of conversation, Fang Yun had more or less figured out the temperament he had deliberately displayed. He stopped teasing him. "However, the third wave will only come after the Small World advances into a Medium World."

"The Heaven and Earth Trial will take place in fifteen months—no, fourteen months from now. The two waves of Heaven and Earth Trials will occur at the same time, so make your preparations."

At present, the Time Flow Rate between the Small World and the Main World was probably around one to thirty. The Small World had been successfully opened last night. Fourteen days in the Main World meant fourteen months in the Small World.

After informing him of the timing of the Heaven and Earth Trial, Zhang Zhi waved at Fang Yun. "Recently, I should be dropping a large number of humans and resources into the Small World. I'll have to trouble you during this time."

"Farewell, sir! Until next time!"

Seeing Zhang Zhi suddenly vanish before his eyes, Fang Yun hurriedly called out, "If I have urgent matters, how can I contact you, honored guest?"

After listening intently for quite some time without hearing any reply, Fang Yun sat down on the stone bench in slight disappointment. He frowned and pondered for a long while before rising and walking outside.

Zhang Zhi, whose consciousness had returned to the Main World, also sat down on the sofa with a frown.

He had heard Fang Yun's words just now, but he currently had no way for Fang Yun in the Small World to contact him, so he could only pretend not to have heard.

Still, he realized that he needed to start looking for a suitable method of communicating with the Small World.

Thinking back over the materials he had read, there were quite a few such things. For instance, altars used by the World Consecration Path, churches used by the Faith Path, and so on.

However, the Immortal Cultivation Path seemed to have no such thing. Of course, it was also possible that he had encountered too little information so far. Once he entered Secondary Education School, he might be able to find relevant information.

But if that was the case, then he could not "Descend to the Mortal Realm" during this period. Otherwise, if Fang Yun asked again and he still had no solution, it would greatly damage his image as a Realm Lord.

He stood and checked the time. It was still early, and he had slept for nearly an entire day, so he would not be able to fall asleep again so soon. After thinking on the sofa for a while, he packed the things he had emptied from his backpack back into it, then picked up the bag and headed outside.

The Small World was urgently in need of cards, so he planned to purchase some Human Card from the Black Market.

There was a Black Market less than two kilometers from the school, inside an old Gymnasium. It was also the largest Black Market in Yicheng, and Zhang Zhi had long suspected that the school might be running it.

As before, he changed into a black robe, showed the token to the burly man at the entrance, and entered the Black Market beside the library.

Before Opening a Small World, he had been unable to tell, but now that he was a Realm Lord, he immediately saw that the two burly men guarding the entrance were both at the Mortal Transformation Mid-stage, and were cultivators of the Wuxia-Fantasy World Path.

If Zhang Zhi wished, he could actually take the Fantasy Path now.

The Blood Refinement Art cultivated by the humans in his Small World could be considered a Fantasy-type cultivation method.

The reason he had chosen the Blood Refinement Art in the first place was because he had planned to take whichever path—Immortal Cultivation or Fantasy—for which he could find the key cards.

But the "qi," or "vital energy," of fantasy worlds was far too mystical. He had no idea how to obtain it at present.

Unlike Immortal Cultivation worlds, where the source of spiritual energy was clearly written: "First-tier Spiritual Vein."

As long as he had spiritual energy, his Small World would become an Extraordinary Small World that possessed Extraordinary Laws.

So, seeing two Mortal Transformation Realm cultivators from the Fantasy Side at the entrance of the Black Market genuinely surprised him.

After giving the two cultivators at the entrance another glance, he slipped sideways into the Black Market.

This Black Market had been converted from a dilapidated small Gymnasium, and its area was not small.

Just as Zhang Zhi emerged from the corridor and headed toward the first row of stalls, he heard someone discussing nearby. "How strange. Beastman Path cards have been selling like crazy these past few days. Someone is buying them up on the market at a twenty percent premium."

"Does someone have inside information?"

Hearing that, Zhang Zhi could not help thinking of the large number of Beastman Path cards in the Card Album in his backpack.

Hmm? From those two people's words, he seemed to smell the scent of a conspiracy.

But on second thought, that could not be right. If Night Shadow really had companions who wanted to use the cards in the Card Album to find him, they would not make such a huge spectacle of it.

Besides, what Realm Lord did not have dozens of cards they had no use for?

So was it merely a coincidence?

But that was far too much of a coincidence.

Still, it had nothing to do with him.

He had come here mainly to buy Gray Cards.

The three stacks of Gold Yuan Scrolls he had seized from the Night Shadow Gang yesterday contained one hundred yuan each.

Character Cards were relatively expensive. A Gray Character Card cost around eight to ten Gold Yuan Scrolls, and eight to ten Gold Yuan Scrolls was roughly the annual income of an ordinary family of four.

Of course, if one called that expensive, it was certainly not expensive. Even a Gray Character Card contained at least around ten people.

From another perspective, was spending a year's income to buy ten people expensive? Not expensive!

Zhang Zhi did not buy too many. He bought only seven Gray Human Cards, along with two Silkworm Cards, one Mulberry Tree Card, and one Gray Iron Mine.

After making a round through the Black Market and finding that there really were no Beastman World Path cards at the stalls, he thought that perhaps it truly was just a coincidence.

There were at least ten thousand white and gray Beastman Path cards in the entire Black Market combined. If someone was collecting so many Beastman Cards, they surely had a use for them.

Perhaps some big shot from the beastman side had a damaged Small World and was frantically collecting Beastman Stream cards to restore it?