This stallholder was the very Rogue Cultivator who had set a trap to swindle Xiao Mao, a disciple of the Xunyan Sect. Xiao Hua had thought that after that day, he would hide away to avoid the Xunyan Sect. Who would have thought that on market day, this fellow would still be openly selling goods here?
But on second thought, it made sense. Though this Rogue Cultivator had laid a trap, Xiao Mao had insisted on buying. If the Rogue Cultivator had succeeded and obtained some secret art of the Xunyan Sect from Xiao Mao's storage pouch, he would naturally have needed to hide. Since he had not succeeded, however, the Rogue Cultivator had nothing to fear. After all, this was Jingbo City, not a place where the Xunyan Sect could act however it pleased!
"Fellow Daoist, have you taken a liking to anything?" The Rogue Cultivator had no idea that Xiao Hua beneath the Mihuan was the cultivator who had pulled Xiao Mao away that day, and he greeted him warmly.
"Mm, let me take a look. You have quite a lot of miscellaneous items here!" Xiao Hua lowered his head and casually browsed. Then his eyes lit up—the jade pendant Xiao Mao had valued so highly was still lying in an inconspicuous corner of the stall!
Xiao Hua casually pointed at a pitch-black sphere and asked, "Fellow Daoist, what is this?"
"Oh, Fellow Daoist truly has a discerning eye. This is a demonic artifact obtained from Demon Subduing Valley. As for its exact power, my cultivation is too shallow for me to know. Only someone with cultivation as profound as yours would be worthy of knowing, I suppose?" the Rogue Cultivator said with a smile.
"Mm. What is the price?" Xiao Hua asked calmly.
"This... this demonic artifact