Dark Star Black Market

"Fellow Daoist, does your shop have any detailed information about the Xing Family?" Song Wen asked in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, the shop owner's expression hardened, and he stared intently at Song Wen, his eyes revealing a hint of wariness.

Anyone who dares to inquire about the Xing Family's intelligence within Fangzhu City is certainly not a good person.

Song Wen also held his breath and stared intently at the shop owner.

The Law Power within him was stirring restlessly; if the shopkeeper made any unusual move, he would be struck by lightning.

There were only the two of them in the entire shop.

Song Wen was absolutely confident that he could kill the shop owner without anyone noticing.

His appearance and aura were disguised at this moment. After killing someone, he could simply leave the city, change his appearance, and return to Fangzhu City.

The atmosphere inside the shop suddenly became tense, as if the air itself had frozen.

After a long silence, the shop owner finally spoke.

"Fellow Daoist, you have quite the audacity to dare to set your sights on the Xing Family. I don't have detailed intelligence on the Xing Family, but I do have some information that is common knowledge."

As they were talking, the shopkeeper tossed Song Wen a Jade Slip.

Song Wen took the Jade Slip, but without examining it, asked a question.

"How many Spirit Stones?"

The shopkeeper shook his head. "I don't want the Spirit Stones; they're a gift for you, fellow Daoist. Please leave my shop immediately, and I'll pretend you never came. And please don't patronize my shop again in the future."

Thank you.

After finishing his sentence, Song Wen turned and left.

After leaving the shop, Song Wen headed straight out of the city.

There were no city walls in the south of the city, so Song Wen randomly chose a direction and left the city.

He traveled a thousand miles through the dense forest outside the city to make sure no one was following him before reverting to his 'Wei Ding' appearance and returning to the south city.

Song Wen arrived at a magnificent building in the city.

This is where the Xing Family rents out their cave abode.

Around Fangzhu City, there are many high mountains filled with Spiritual Qi.

The Xing Family occupied the mountains with the most abundant Spiritual Qi, using them as their Lineage territory.

On the remaining high mountains, the Xing Family developed many cave abode, which they rented out to visiting cultivators in order to earn a considerable amount of Spirit Stones.

These cave abode were divided into four grades: A, B, C, and D.

After careful consideration, Song Wen rented a Class B cave abode for 6,000 Spirit Stones per year.

The cave abode is located in a high mountain about thirty miles southwest of the South City.

It is located on the shady side of the mountain, nestled between cliffs halfway up the mountain, in a serene environment.

Holding the cave abode token, Song Wen opened the cave abode's restrictions and entered the cave abode.

The cave abode was not large, about two acres in size.

The interior was completely empty, with bare walls and nothing in sight.

The Spiritual Qi in the cave abode was quite rich, almost the same as Song Wen's cave abode in the Beast Taming Sect.

Song Wen arranged the <Spirit Gathering Formation>, <Nine-Palace Yin-Transforming Formation>, <Qi-Sealing Spirit-Isolating Formation>, and <Four Symbols Reversal Formation> from the inside out in the cave abode.

Then he took out a Meditation Cushion, sat Meditation Cushion -legged on it, took out the Pill Formula he had bought, and began to study it carefully.

After some in-depth research, Song Wen discovered that these six Pill Formula involved some spirit medicine he had never heard of before.

However, most of the spirit medicine are the same as those in the Heavenly Origin Continent; they are just called different things.

He then began to study the information about the Xing Family that he had obtained from the grocery store owner.

This information is not a secret of the Xing Family; it is public information.

According to the information, the Xing Family has three Nascent Soul Cultivators: one each in the early, middle, and late stages of the Nascent Soul.

Xing Chang's father, Xing Gaohan, was the most powerful cultivator in the Xing Family, possessing Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivation level.

Whether Xing Gaohan practiced dual cultivation techniques or simply enjoyed sexual pleasure, he had over a thousand concubines.

Compared to his large number of concubines, he had relatively few children, only about a hundred.

However, he only had three legitimate sons and daughters.

Aside from the three infants, the remaining two are exceptionally gifted.

The eldest son, Xing Liren, is over three hundred years old and has reached the Late Golden Core Stage. According to rumors, he is only one step away from the Peak Golden Core Stage.

The second daughter's name was Xing Xinxin, she was about fifty years old, and her cultivation was at the Foundation Establishment Peak Stage.

After carefully reading the intelligence about the Xing Family, Song Wen gently squeezed the Jade Slip in his hand, causing it to turn into dust and scatter in all directions.

Song Wen left the cave abode and arrived at the southern city of Fangzhu City.

He wandered between the shops, replenishing his stock of any spirit medicine he didn't have.

The spirit medicine needed for the four second-tier Pill Formulas were easily gathered.

Both the Golden Jade Pill Qi Spirit Pill, both of the third-tier elixirs, are still missing one or two third-tier spirit medicine.

Golden Jade Pill lacks the main ingredient, Golden Essence Seed.

The Qi Spirit Pill is missing Profound Spirit Ginseng and Sparrowcry Flower.

Unable to find it in the shops, Song Wen went to the stalls run by Rogue Cultivators to try his luck.

At these stalls, Song Wen did not find the spirit medicine he needed, but he did discover that there were quite a few Rogue Cultivators openly selling demonic spiritual materials.

Although the Xing Family is not a demonic force, there is no deep-seated hatred between the demonic and righteous paths in the Sea of Disorder; on the contrary, they have close ties.

Therefore, it is not surprising that some Devil Cultivators appeared in Fangzhu City.

Perhaps because most of the Rogue Cultivators who set up stalls here are low-level cultivators, the magical spiritual materials they sell are mainly first-level, with very few second-level spiritual materials.

For Song Wen, who had already entered the Golden Core Realm, these low-grade spiritual materials were naturally not worth his attention.

Song Wen squatted in front of a stall, picked up a mid-grade magic Law Artifact from the Ghost Dao, and asked.

Where did you obtain this item?

This Ghost Dao Law Artifact has minor damage and is clearly a second-hand item.

The stall owner was a young man in his early twenties. He probed Song Wen with his spiritual power and found that Song Wen's aura was unfathomable. He immediately became trembling with fear.

"Senior, I purchased this item at a low price from the Dark Star Black Market. I intend to resell it at the market to make a profit; it was not stolen. If the previous owner of this item has any connection with you, I can take you to the Black Market to find the seller."

The stall owner clearly misunderstood Song Wen's identity, assuming that the original owner of the Ghost Dao Law Artifact had a past relationship with Song Wen and mistakenly believed that Song Wen had come seeking revenge.

"The black market!" Song Wen's eyes lit up. "Where is the Dark Star Black Market? What kind of spiritual items does it mainly sell?"

Upon hearing this, the stall owner immediately relaxed.

If Song Wen doesn't even know about the black market, then he's not here for revenge. He's probably a newcomer to Fangzhu City who's unfamiliar with the Fangzhu City and is just gathering information.

The stall owner said, "The Dark Star Black Market is located 600 li east of Fangzhu City, at the foot of a high mountain. It has all kinds of spiritual herbs and pills, as well as magical artifacts Law Artifact Cultivation Method from both righteous and evil paths, and also a lot of stolen goods."

Song Wen nodded, tossed down ten Spirit Stones, and turned to leave.

He also discovered something at these stalls.

Perhaps due to the abundance of Sea of Disorder Demon Beast, many Rogue Cultivators are selling the corpses, Essence Blood, and souls of these Demon Beasts at quite low prices.

The stalls mainly sell the corpses of first-tier Demon Beast; second-tier Demon Beast are quite rare.

Song Wen intended to go to the Dark Star Black Market, but before he even left the South City, he received a message from Xing Chang.

[Wei Ding, where are you? If you have time, come to the Listening Wind Pavilion for a chat.]

Song Wen looked at the contents of the Message Jade Slip, a smile playing on his lips.

Xing Chang, this bait, cannot be discarded for the time being; Xing Chang is the only member of the Xing Family he currently knows.

[Since Young Master Xing has invited me, how could I refuse? Please wait a moment, I will be there shortly.]

Song Wen sent a message back.