Greenstone Market bustled with voices.
As one of the three largest markets under the Qiwu Sword Sect and the largest in Xu Kingdom, it naturally drew more Rogue Cultivators than anywhere else nearby.
The crowds surged to and fro. It was lively indeed.
Inside the Spring Return Medicine Shop on the west side of Vermilion Bird Street, a Rogue Cultivator in a gray Daoist robe was haggling with the shopkeeper.
The cultivator looked to be in his early twenties, with delicate features. At Qi Refining Fifth Layer, he was doing fairly well for a Rogue Cultivator.
"Shopkeeper, could you lower the price of this Qi Gathering Pill? I've looked around the market, and yours costs thirty percent more than the others..." The cultivator sighed, pleading with him.
"Buy it or get out. If it's cheaper elsewhere, go buy it elsewhere!"
The shopkeeper showed no mercy, giving a cold laugh.
At that, the cultivator could only let out a long sigh.
His name was Xiao Changsheng. He appeared to be a Rogue Cultivator, but he actually belonged to a sect. It was a small one, though, with barely a dozen members, and its strongest cultivator was only at Late Qi Refinement. No one acknowledged it as a sect; they saw it as Rogue Cultivators banding together.
He had come to Greenstone Market on his master's orders to purchase medicine.
The sect was small, but it took good care of its disciples. Resources were limited, however, so every Spirit Stone had to be spent with care.
Xiao Changsheng drew a deep breath and was about to resume haggling when heaven and earth suddenly shook!
"Huh?!"
Startled, Xiao Changsheng looked around. Pale golden curtains of light rose one after another from all sides of the market, sealing the entire place beneath them!
"What's