“What? What exactly happened in the City of Death, how could it attract so many black market experts over?” Chang Qi Qi said in a shocked voice.
Chen Xi’er’s face was grave as she said, “The Martial Market Money Bank did send word that there were signs of a large number of experts being mobilised in the Black Market. However, would it be too much for the black market to gather more than half of the experts at the same time?”
Duanmu Xingling was also a little surprised, she, like Chen Xi’er, had learnt of some news long ago.
However, her news came from the Demon Sect.
Similarly, Duanmu Xingling had the same doubts as Chen Xie’er. It was almost impossible for the Black Market to mobilise more than half of its experts to come to the City of Death.
Chen Xi’er said, ”Even when the Black Market fought with the Martial Market Money Bank the most, it didn’t mobilise more than half of the Black Market’s experts. Zhang Ruochen, you have to know that the Black Market is made up of countless large and small forces, and each county’s Black Market has a president, forming an independent Black Market system. In the Heavenly Demon Ridge, there is simply no one who can mobilise the black market martial artists from all thirty-six counties at the same time, those thirty-six presidents can’t do it, the Sect Master of the Hellmouth Sect can’t do it, and the General Master of the Poison Spider Chamber of Commerce can’t do it either.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “You’re right, but what they couldn’t do, the Young Master of the Black Market One Piece Hall could.”
“Who?” Chang Qiqi asked.
“Who is the Young Master of the Black Market One Piece Hall?” Si Xingkong followed suit and asked.
After Duanmu Xingling heard “Black Market One Piece Hall”, her eyes changed slightly, and a strange colour appeared in her eyes as she said, “The Young Master of the Black Market One Piece Hall has come to the Heavenly Demon Ridge?”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, “It’s not just the Young Lord of the Black Market One Piece Hall that has arrived, even the Seven Fateful Star Ambassadors have all rushed over. You guys should now understand how bad the situation is?”
Chen Xi’er and Huang Yichen’s identities were unusual, and they had both heard of the Black Market One Piece Hall, so after Zhang Ruochen said what he had just said, their faces turned a little pale.
Chang Qi Qi glanced towards them, still a little puzzled, and asked, “What exactly is the Black Market One Piece Hall? Why are you guys looking so scared?”
Huang Yichen snorted coldly and said, “The Black Market Hall of One Piece is the Black Market’s most massive organisation, and at the same time, it’s also an organisation that the Black Market has specifically established to deal with the Martial Market Palace of Learning. Listen clearly, it is used to deal with the Martial City School Palace, not the Martial City Money Bank.”
Chen Xi’er said, “In the beginning, the Martial City Money Bank established the Martial City Academy Palace to recruit the world’s talents and cultivate a constant stream of talent resources for the money bank. Now, most of those at the top of the Martial Market Money Villa are coming out of the Martial Market Academy Palace. When the Black Market saw the tremendous role of the Martial Market Palace of Learning, it was afraid that the Black Market would one day be suppressed by the Martial Market Money Bank, and so it established the ‘Black Market One Piece Hall’.”
“The Black Market Hall of One Piece, which was founded by the saints in the Black Market in conjunction with each other, is both an institution used by the Black Market to cultivate talents and, at the same time, a powerful weapon used against the Martial Market Palace of Learning.”
“The heirs of the major powers in the Black Market all take the honour of being able to enter the Black Market Hall of One Piece. In order to enter the Black Market Hall of One, not only do you need super high talent, but you also need an item.”
Chang Qi Qi asked, “What thing?”
“A human head.” Chen Xi’er said.
“A genius in the black market must bring the head of a student of the Martial Market Palace before he or she can step through the gates of the Black Market’s Hall of One Piece.” Huang Yichen said.
Chang Qi Qi instantly shrunk her body, feeling some chills on her neck.
Chen Xi’er said, “The Young Lord of the Black Market Hall of One Piece is almost equivalent to the ‘Young Zun’ of the Holy Academy of the Martial City Academy and the ‘Holy Maiden’ of the Demon Sect, and, in some ways, the Young Lord of the Black Market Hall of One Piece has even more power, and almost sort of represents the will of the Black Market Saints.”
“The Seven Deadly Star Ambassadors are the ones who are specially chosen to guard the Black Market One Piece Hall’s Young Lord. Their talents are only one step weaker than the Black Market One Piece Hall’s Young Lord, and in the future, they will also become great figures of the Black Market One Piece Hall. Because of their age, they are older than the Black Market One Piece Hall’s Young Lord, so right now, they are stronger than the Black Market One Piece’s Young Lord.”
Huang Smoke added, “If the Black Market One Piece Hall’s Young Lord dies young, or the talent is not succeeded, then the new Black Market One Piece Hall’s Young Lord will be chosen from amongst the Seven Fateful Star Ambassadors.”
Duanmu Xingling asked, “How did such great figures as the Black Market One Piece Hall Young Master and the Seven Deadly Star Envoys come to the Heavenly Demon Ridge?”
“Because of a treasure, the Dragon Sherry.” Zhang Ruochen said.
“What Dragon Sherry?”
The crowd, all of them, were puzzled.
Thus, Zhang Ruochen explained the origin of the Dragon Sherry to them again. After hearing this, the crowd once again became excited.
“Buddha Emperor’s relics, that’s a good thing, if I can consume it, I reckon I can directly turn into the legendary Seven Great Geniuses and laugh at the world, unrivalled.” Chang Qi Qi said ecstatically.
Huang Yichen blankly glanced at him and said, “The relics left behind by the Buddha Emperor, how huge is the energy contained, if you eat it in one bite, you will surely explode and die instantly.”
Chang Qi Qi said, “Even if I can’t get the dragon relics, if I can find the corpse of a golden dragon, take out a few drops of dragon blood from the corpse, and use the dragon blood to quench my body, I’ll have to reach the Third Jedi Genius, and it should be an easy task, right? Maybe even grow to the level of a Four Great Genius.”
Chang Qi Qi’s words caused the crowd present to be very moved.
Legend had it that once a young dragon of the Dragon Race was born, it would have a physique at least equivalent to that of a Three Extreme Genius of the Human Race, and would become even stronger as it cultivated. Moreover, that still referred to dragon races with mixed bloodlines, such as, for example, the four-winged Earth Dragon.
Those dragon races with pure bloodlines were even more powerful, and some of them, upon birth, were almost equivalent to the physique of a human race’s five-terminal genius or six-terminal genius.
Therefore, among the human martial artists, the “dragon blood” has always been regarded as a very valuable body tempering medicine.
The more powerful the cultivation of the dragon blood, the better the effect of quenching the body. The purer the bloodline of the dragon race, the more it could enhance the human martial artist’s physique.
The Golden Dragon, was not just a pure-blooded dragon race, it was a dragon race with a terrifying and incomparable cultivation, if one could obtain its blood, even if it was just a single drop, it would have endless benefits for young martial artists.
Even the consistently calm Si Xingkong, at this moment, a fervent look appeared in his eyes.
This was an opportunity, and a heavenly opportunity at that, if he could obtain this opportunity, his life would go in another terrific direction.
If he did not seize this opportunity, it would be absolutely impossible for it to occur a second time in the future.
Zhang Ruochen stared at the expressions of the crowd and said, ”I have already told you the general situation. The Underwater Dragon Palace possesses great opportunities and, at the same time, great dangers. What to choose, I believe you all already have a good idea in your hearts.”
“Even if it’s a life of nine deaths, I will definitely go and put up a fight. But now there is a problem, the Underwater Dragon Palace has been blocked off for the Black Market’s experts, even if we hold the key to open the Underwater Dragon Palace, we can’t break in.” Si Xingkong said.
“The Black Market wants to monopolise the Dragon Shell, how can it be that cheap. I’ll send a message to father right now and have him personally rush over.”
Chen Xi’er took out a summoning light talisman and crushed the light talisman directly.
“Wow!”
From the talisman, a piercing stream of light flew out and disappeared into the sky.
Chen Xi’er’s father was, naturally, the Palace Master of the Martial City Palace of Learning.
Zhang Ruochen did not stop Chen Xi’er, after all, at this point, relying on the power of their few young juniors alone, they could not compete with the large number of experts from the Black Market. Only by informing the experts of the Martial Market Money Bank and the Martial Market Palace of Learning would they be able to compete with the Black Market.
Duanmu Xingling took out a summoning light talisman, smiled faintly, and said, “I’ll also notify my aunt to come over, after all, the Black Market has gathered a large number of experts in the City of Death, and the Martial City Academy Palace and Martial City Money Vault may not be able to gather a large number of experts to rush over in a short period of time, so there’s one more person, and one more helper.”
Duanmu Xingling naturally had her own duties as the Moon Worshipping Demon Cult’s Little Saintess.
Recently, she was also looking into the purpose of the black market experts gathering to the City of Death, and had even fought with Emperor Yi once. However, she hadn’t been able to find out the results and didn’t really know Emperor Yi’s identity until Zhang Ruochen appeared, which allowed her to figure out the entire incident.
After such a big event had happened, Duanmu Xingling naturally had to send the news back to the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect.
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards Duanmu Xingling, revealing a contemplative expression, and ultimately said nothing.
Chang Qi Qi asked, “Then what do we do now?”
“What else can we do? We just need to hide now and wait until the Palace Master arrives to preside over the situation.” Si Xingkong said.
“I’m afraid you guys can’t wait for that time anymore!”
Outside the manor, a penetrating sound wave rang out, each word, like a needle sticking in their eardrums.
“Not good, this manor, has been surrounded by people from the black market!” Chen Xi’er said.
Outside the manor, the ground shook violently, accompanied by the hissing of a savage elephant.
A huge-bodied Barbarian Elephant, like a small mountain, surrounded the entire manor.
Si Xingkong said, ”Everyone, don’t be alarmed, there is a dark tunnel in this manor that leads to a dark river under the ground. That one dark river is connected to the Tongming River, it is not difficult for us to escape. I will take you all to the entrance of the dark passage now.”
The Martial City Money Manor had been operating in the City of Death for many years, so it definitely had left behind a backhand.
Si Xingkong had already experienced the City of Death twice, so he naturally knew about the dark passage in the manor.
“You guys go first, I’ll stall for time.”
With a wave of Zhang Ruochen’s arm, thirty-two formation flags flew out from his spatial ring and were inserted in thirty-two directions in the manor. He, on the other hand, stood in the centre of the formation.
There were many experts in the black market, so even if there was a secret passage, it would be difficult to escape.
There had to be someone, to help them buy time to escape.
“Zhang Ruochen, I’ll stay and help you.”
Huang Yichen stared Avray at Zhang Ruochen and was about to dash back.
Duanmu Xingling hurriedly pulled her back and said, “With Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation, if he can’t stall for time as well, you won’t be of the slightest use if you stay. What we need to do now is to withdraw as soon as possible so that he can also withdraw as soon as possible.”
“Senior Sister Duanmu is right, Senior Sister Huang, you staying will only distract me.” Zhang Ruochen said.
Chen Xi’er also pulled Huang Yichen’s other wrist, and together with Duanmu Xingling, they took Huang Yichen away.
After they left, Zhang Ruochen finally let out a slight sigh of relief and took out a battle map, cupping it in his hand and gently playing with it, ready to open it up at any time.
“Boom!”
Outside the manor, two savage elephants charged past, collapsing the manor’s walls and turning them into a pile of rocks, creating a huge gaping hole.
The bodies of the savage elephants were more than nine metres tall, their four legs were like pillars, and their entire body was covered in pitch-black scales, as well as two sharp tusks, which were like two white sharp blades contained in their mouths.
