``` [In Azure Moon Immortal City, you did not immediately head to the Black Market. Instead, you chose a cave abode at an inn and stayed there for half a month.]
[Only after half a month did you visit one of the Black Market's branches.]
[The Black Market traded in "prohibited resources," so naturally, it could not gather hundreds or even thousands of cultivators to bid together as auctions did.]
[Had it dared to do that, Azure Moon Immortal City's official law enforcement team would have uprooted it long ago.]
[The Black Market in Azure Moon Immortal City provided one-on-one service at its various branches.]
[The Black Market itself acted as an "intermediary." Buyers and sellers only needed to tell it their requirements, what resources they wanted to buy, and what resources they wanted to sell.]
[From beginning to end, buyers and sellers never met in person to trade, which also eliminated some of the risk of exposing their identities.]
[Over the years, you had observed it in secret and confirmed that the Black Market had considerable capabilities.]
[At the very least, there had never been any public revelation that a particular cultivator had traded some prohibited resource through the Black Market.]
[You arrived at a shop.]
[The shop stood in a corner of the outer city and saw little business.]
[You entered the shop, approached the shopkeeper, and said, "The night is long."]
[This was the passphrase for Black Market transactions. It changed periodically, and only by speaking it could you enter the Black Market to conduct an actual trade.]
[Upon hearing the passphrase, the shopkeeper's expression grew solemn, and he hurriedly ushered you into a private room on the second floor.]
[Before long, a cold, beautiful female cultivator in a black dress walked in.]
["I would like to