Underground Black Market

After following the stairs downward for about two minutes, the two of them gradually heard the sounds of hawking drifting over.

After walking more than a hundred meters, they emerged from the passage. Xiao Tian discovered that this underground space was roughly the size of two soccer fields, and it was packed with shops and stalls.

The stall owners were basically all wearing cloaks to hide their figures and faces.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Yi Xian walked along as they looked around, then arrived in front of a stall. Only two purplish-black scrolls were laid out on it. One was labeled Mystic Rank Middle Grade Bone-Corroding Poison Palm, and the other was Mystic Rank High Grade Poison Ivy Strangulation.

Xiao Tian picked up the scrolls and felt them in his hand. After confirming there was no problem, he turned to the stall owner and asked in a hoarse voice, "How much for these two?"

An aged voice came from the stall owner's mouth. "One normal-attribute Mysterious High-Rank Dou Skill, or two Mystic Rank Middle Grade ones will do as well. In this place, I'm the only one selling these. You won't find them anywhere else."

The price the old man quoted was fairly standard. Perhaps because the goods had not come through proper channels, he was in a hurry to get rid of them.

This was not the Chu Yun Empire, so the prices of these things were much lower. If they were in the Chu Yun Empire, a single Mysterious High-Rank Dou Skill could probably sell for around four hundred thousand Gold Coins.

Xiao Tian pondered for a moment, and a cyan scroll appeared in his hand. It was the Mystic Rank High Grade Lion's Roar he had obtained in the cave. This Dou Skill was useless to him, so he directly tossed it to the stall owner. "Take a look. If there's no problem, I'll be taking the items."

"You can take them." After the stall owner checked the scroll, he nodded and said this, then put away the Lion's Roar scroll and hurriedly left.

Xiao Tian brought the scrolls in front of Xiao Yi Xian. "These two Dou Skills happen to suit you. Their grades are passable. You can use them in the early stages, and we'll see if there's anything else later."

"These two things are worth quite a lot. They're too precious. I don't have the money to pay you back." Xiao Yi Xian waved her hand and said.

"There's no need to draw such a clear line between us. You can repay me in the future," Xiao Tian said after a slight pause.

"Then I'll take them for now. I'll pay you back when I have money." Xiao Yi Xian took the two scrolls, put them into her Storage Ring, and said with an innocent expression.

Someone else had already drifted through the drainage ditch, while you were still at Makka Pakka.

It had to be said that this black market had everything. Most of it was stuff that could not be shown in the light of day. After the two of them made a full round, they did not see any other Dou Skills or the like that suited Xiao Yi Xian. During that time, Xiao Tian spent eighty to ninety thousand buying quite a few Medicinal Herbs and some poisonous creatures.

Seeing Xiao Tian spend so much money on things, Xiao Yi Xian could not help sighing over how wealthy he was.

"We're done looking around here, and we've bought almost everything we need. Let's go out," Xiao Tian said to Xiao Yi Xian.

"Mm, okay." Xiao Yi Xian nodded in response. She had always had no objections to Xiao Tian's arrangements and silently supported them.

There were many exit passages. They casually chose one and walked out. After walking for roughly three minutes, the two pushed open a door and stepped outside.

As they walked down a secluded street, Xiao Yi Xian moved closer to Xiao Tian and whispered, "Is someone following us?"

"Mm. They've been following us ever since we bought the Dou Skills. Just a few small fry. I'll let you use them for practice in a bit," Xiao Tian said indifferently.

Hearing this, Xiao Yi Xian nervously moved even closer to Xiao Tian again. "What strength are they?"

"One Da Dou Shi and two Dou Practitioners, that's all. With that kind of strength, they still want to rob the robbers." Xiao Tian smiled calmly.

After hearing the strength of the people tailing them and thinking of Xiao Tian's strength, Xiao Yi Xian relaxed.

When they reached a corner, the three people following them finally could not hold back and jumped out. All three were wearing cloaks, making it impossible to see their faces. The leading Da Dou Shi said, "You two, the road ahead is not open to you. If you want to pass, leave your Storage Rings behind. I can consider giving you whole corpses."

Xiao Tian looked at the three of them expressionlessly, directly raised his hand as Ling Zhen, and swung out a streak of Dou Qi. The Dou Qi slash flew straight at the leader.

The leader sensed the fatal danger and hastily summoned Dou Qi Armor to cover his chest and hands. He crossed both arms to block Xiao Tian's Dou Qi slash.

Xiao Tian's slash slammed directly into his hands, instantly shattering his Dou Qi Armor, then flashed across his body and struck the wall behind him. With a loud boom, it dispersed.

A gust of wind blew past, and the leading Da Dou Shi's body split diagonally into two halves from the chest.

"You want to rob people with just this level of strength?" Xiao Tian flicked his sleeve.

"Big Brother!" When the other two Dou Practitioners saw their Da Dou Shi big brother instantly separated from life and body, they threw themselves onto him and cried out in grief.

Xiao Tian casually swung out another streak of Force Energy, directly piercing through the brow of one of the Four-Star Dou Master cultivators. He then fell backward to the ground.

When the other Two Star Dou Practitioner, Zhou San, saw his two companions die, he instantly went limp on the ground, his face ashen. He hurriedly knelt and begged for mercy. "M-my lord, spare me! As long as you spare my life, I'm willing to be your slave and servant, to be at your command."

"What qualifications does a mere Dou Practitioner like you have to be taken in as my servant? I can give you a chance to live. As long as you defeat her, you can survive." Xiao Tian pointed at Xiao Yi Xian as he spoke.

Xiao Yi Xian knew Xiao Tian was doing this to temper her, so she quietly stood to the side and prepared for battle.

Zhou San was not stupid either. He knew he was almost certain to die, but under the desire to survive, he knelt on the ground and asked, "My lord, do you truly mean that?"

"Of course." Xiao Tian walked a few steps to the side and leaned against the wall.

Zhou San stood up. He knew that in front of a Da Dou Shi, he could not escape anyway. He might as well stake everything on one fight. He directly circulated his Dou Qi and attacked Xiao Yi Xian.

Seeing the other party attack her, Xiao Yi Xian directly reached out and met Zhou San's palm with her own.

The two exchanged moves continuously. Since Xiao Yi Xian had not had much real combat experience at first, she could only keep dodging the attacks.

During her battle with Zhou San, Xiao Yi Xian gradually accumulated experience and improved rapidly.

On the contrary, as Zhou San continued to exchange blows, he was constantly eroded by Xiao Yi Xian's Poison Dou Qi. His movements grew slower and slower, and his spirit gradually became more and more dispirited.

Xiao Yi Xian directly unleashed Poison Mist. A sheet of purple poisonous mist spread continuously toward the surroundings. Zhou San wanted to dodge, but his speed could not match the mist's spread, and he was directly wrapped inside it.

Inside, Zhou San's visibility immediately dropped to less than three meters.

Xiao Yi Xian hid her figure within the Poison Mist and quietly approached. Then, before Zhou San could react, she struck him in the back of the heart with a palm, sending his entire body flying.

After Zhou San fell to the ground, his heart was directly shattered, and he died.

Xiao Tian looked at Zhou San before him, whose face had turned purple and whose eyes were wide open in death. He used Heavenly Flames to burn him and his companions to ash, letting them have company down below as well.

Xiao Tian came to Xiao Yi Xian's side, clapped his hands, and said, "Not bad. You've improved a lot. Once you cultivate those two Dou Skills, your strength can reach an even higher level. Right now, what you lack is only real combat experience."

Seeing Xiao Tian praise her, Xiao Yi Xian immediately beamed with joy.

Xiao Yi Xian had always lived in the dog-eat-dog Green Mountain Town. To her, killing was nothing unusual, and she felt no discomfort over it. Besides, those three had been plotting something shady to begin with, so killing them placed even less of a burden on her.

"Let's go. There was too much commotion here. The City Guard will probably be here soon," Xiao Tian said as he took Xiao Yi Xian's hand and walked off.

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