Firstly, the black market was a mixed bag of fish and dragons, and one could inquire about a lot of useful news.
This battle between the Ancient Prison Suppressor Clan and the Immortal Blood Clan would surely alarm the entire Yuanfu, and even the Tiantai Prefecture, and at that time, all sorts of news would surely circulate rapidly in the black market.
Therefore, Zhang Ruochen would be able to know some of the things he wanted to know even if he didn’t go to the Underworld Sword Mound.
Secondly, Zhang Ruochen travelled to the black market because he also wanted to purchase a higher level of Sacred Elemental Pills to prepare for his breakthrough to the Third Stage Half-Saint.
Only the higher his cultivation level was could he grasp greater initiative, otherwise, he would remain very passive in front of the court and the Undying Blood Clan.
Once he broke through to the Third Order Half-Saint, Zhang Ruochen would be able to deal with it calmly even if he encountered a High Order Half-Saint, and would not have to be tired of running for his life.
After five days of rushing, Zhang Ruochen, Da Sikong, and Er Sikong finally crossed the vast territory and arrived at the Yuanfu’s capital city.
During the daytime, Zhang Ruochen would rush on the road, and at night, he would enter the Scroll World to cultivate, refining the divine blood and trying to raise his cultivation level.
Now, he had already consolidated his realm of Second Stage Half-Saint, completely, and had made some more refinements.
At the same time, the Nine Lives Sword Technique, True One Thunderfire Sword Technique, and Scale Eight Transformations that he cultivated were also steadily improving.
Of the thirty-six prefectures in the Tiantai Prefecture, the Yuan Prefecture was enough to be ranked in the top ten, naturally, it was an extremely prosperous place with a long history, majestic atmosphere, and many famous monuments.
On the streets, there were cars and horses, people coming and going. There are gorgeous carriages, pulled by snow-white savage beasts, rushing past from the centre of the street. There were also some rather hideous-looking half-human cultivators carrying war soldiers and travelling in pairs, as if they had just returned from some dangerous place and brought back a lot of ores and spiritual medicines.
It was the first time for both the Dashekong and the Second Dashekong to enter the city, and everything appeared to be extraordinarily new, and fortunately, Zhang Ruochen kept them in check, so that they didn’t cause any unnecessary trouble.
Before stepping into the black market, Zhang Ruochen used the Formless and Phaseless Thirty-Six Transformations to change his appearance into that of Lin Yue.
Because of the Ministry of War’s vigorous publicity, the wanted picture book was spread throughout the entire Yuan Province, thus, Zhang Ruochen’s appearance had long been a household name.
In the Central Region, Lin Yue’s appearance, however, was rarely seen.
If it wasn’t a last resort, Zhang Ruochen didn’t want to change his appearance at all, only wanting to live in a dignified and honourable manner.
However, a matter that was quite simple for ordinary people was too difficult for him, everything was so involuntary.
Compared to the prosperity and hustle and bustle of the Prefecture City, in the black market, there were a few more gloomy moments, giving people a feeling of killing everywhere.
On the streets, there were also quite a few pedestrians, most of these people had a certain level of strength, carrying war soldiers on their backs, some of them were even covered in blood, obviously none of them were good.
“Clatter!”
Right at this moment, there was the sound of dragging chains and faint cries rang out.
At the back of the street, two rows of evil cultivators wearing blood robes escorted nearly a hundred slaves, walking into the black market. Those slaves were quite gorgeously dressed in silks and brocades, clearly not poor people.
Among them, young and beautiful women accounted for 70%. The remaining 30%, all of them were sturdy men whose cultivation had reached the Earth Extreme Realm or above, and the highest cultivation, one of them, had even reached the Fish Dragon Realm.
This was a group of high level slaves, each one of them could be sent into the auction house and sold at an extremely high price.
In the black market, there were all kinds of goods, and “slaves” were one of the most important ones.
There were many types of slaves, such as: labourers, poor slaves, war slaves, female slaves.Slaves.
Among them, the price of war slaves is the highest, and war slaves with the cultivation level of Fish Dragon Realm can be sold at an astonishing price no matter where they are.
Other than that, female .Slaves are also the playthings that those big families’ playboys love for ten minutes.
Coming to the black market and seeing hordes of slaves was, in fact, not surprising at all.
“I am an inner disciple of the Xuan Realm Sect, you evil people of the Blood Dragon Hall dared to capture me, the elders of the sect, will definitely not let you go.”
Inside the crowd of slaves, a young man said.
“Pah!”
Next to him, among the Blood Dragon Hall’s cultivators, a two-metre tall scarred man, riding on the back of a savage elephant, swung out a whip in his hand that was burning with flames, hitting that Xuan Realm Sect disciple in the face, and beating the left half of his face into a bloody mess.
That Xuan Realm Sect disciple, holding his face, kept wailing, looking extremely painful.
The rest of the slaves, all of them were trembling, revealing looks of fear.
The big man with a scar sneered, ”The Xuan Realm Sect colluded with the Immortal Blood Clan, and has already exterminated the sect, those elders of yours have probably already turned into dead people. Still want to wait for a bunch of dead people to give you guys a head start? Haha!”
A rather beautiful woman immediately retorted, “It’s impossible for the Xuan Realm Sect to collude with the Immortal Blood Clan, absolutely impossible. Your Blood Dragon Hall and the Zhu Sheng Sect Valves are the ones who are truly colluding with each other, specialising in framing the great clans and sects and plundering cultivation resources ……”
“Pah!”
The scarred big man lashed out again, hitting the woman’s back, causing her to curl up on the ground and keep trembling.
“If it wasn’t for the fact that you still have some good looks and can be sold for a good price, that whip just now would have split your body in two.”The scarred big man said.
Not far away, Erskine asked, “Senior Uncle, what’s going on, why are those people bullying the weak?”
On the way, Zhang Ruochen explained to Da Sikong and Er Sikong why he was proficient in the Dragon Elephant Palm and, also, told them something about the Golden Dragon.
Er Sikong stubbornly believed that Zhang Ruochen was the heir of the Golden Dragon and belonged to the same generation as Master Indra, thus, he must also call Zhang Ruochen as his senior uncle.
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, fixed on the group of blood-robed cultivators, did not want to invite trouble, and simply explained, saying, “This is the black market, where the weak are the strong, and there is no reasoning to be done.”
“Poor monk go reason with them.”
The Second Sikong was clearly very displeased with the situation and took large strides towards the centre of the street.
Erskine’s cultivation level was extremely high, and the steps he stepped out in were quite subtle, allowing him to shrink the ground, and by the time Zhang Ruochen stopped him, he was already standing in front of the big man with the scar.
Erskine folded his hands and said, “Amitabha Buddha!”
The big man with a scar was sitting on the back of a savage beast, and when he saw the cloth-clothed monk who was stopping in front of him, he felt a bit of bad luck and let out a laugh, “What on earth is going on today? I actually saw a monk in the black market.”
“Scholar, you should understand that all beings are equal, the poor monk thinks that you should let them go free and shouldn’t treat them like this.”Erskine’s expression was rather wooden as he said in a serious manner.
The big man with a scar was first slightly stunned, then he reacted, his eyes became rather icy, and he burst out, “Monk, are you here to find trouble?”
“I think he’s here to seek death.”
Another Blood Dragon Hall cultivator, lifting up a black dragon-headed lance, leapt up from the savage beast’s back and stabbed out, striking at Er Sikong’s heart.
Er Sikong had merely stepped forward to make a casual remark that was still fair, yet he had committed such a murder. It could be seen that this person must be a ruthless person.
“Boom!”
Er Sikong stood still, not moving at all, and the sharp tip of the gun struck his body with a sound of metal hitting metal.
“Vajra Unbreakable Body?”
That Blood Dragon Hall cultivator, revealing a shocked expression, was about to retract his spear and immediately retreat.
“Wow…”
A circle of golden Buddhist light emanated from Erskine’s body, containing a powerful force that shattered the long spear into iron pieces.
The iron pieces flew backward and struck the body of that Blood Dragon Hall cultivator, punching out densely bloody holes.
With a bang, that Blood Dragon Hall cultivator, crashed to the edge of the street and directly fainted due to the severity of his injuries.
“Amitabha Buddha!”
Erskine folded his hands together and recited another Buddha’s name.
However, the Blood Dragon Hall’s cultivators were all shocked and immediately rushed over, surrounding Erskine, drawing their battle weapons, as if they were facing a great enemy.
On the streets, many Evil Dao cultivators stopped their steps and stood on the sidelines to watch.
“Someone actually dares to provoke the Blood Dragon Palace, is he living out of patience?”
“Don’t underestimate that monk, his cultivation is very powerful, I didn’t see him use his dark energy to shatter a True Martial Treasure into pieces, he is estimated to possess a cultivation of Fish Dragon Seventh Transformation or above.”
“So what if it’s even more powerful? The Blood Dragon Palace’s power in the black market, how huge it is, going against them is undoubtedly looking for death.”
“Didn’t see Prince Blood Dragon’s palanquin, parked over there. The Blood Dragon Prince is not a character to be messed with, wait and see, that monk’s end, must be miserable.”
Between the monks of the Blood Dragon Palace, there was a sedan chair carried by sixteen people, a three-length tall sedan chair with golden silk curtains hanging down, as if it was a small palace on the move.
The Blood Dragon Duke walked out from the sedan chair, his left and right hands, each wrapped around a dainty woman with revealing clothes, his voice was a bit evil, saying, “Chen Xu, you don’t immediately send the newly arrived slaves, to the auction house, why are you still dragging your feet here?”
The big man with a scar was sweating profusely, bearing no small amount of pressure, and turned around, nervously saying, “My lord, there is a monk blocking the front, wanting to save the people.”
The Blood Dragon Duke sneered and said, “Do you still need this Duke to teach you what to do? Clean up that monk immediately, don’t delay this eunuch’s time.”
“Yes.”?The scarred big man’s gaze sank as he operated his holy qi and injected it into the Red Flame Horde Whip in his hand, and the flames on the whip, which became even hotter, emitted a giggling sound.
With a flick of his wrist, the Red Flame Harvest Whip flung out, forming a circle of air waves that rolled towards Erskine’s neck. The wind force on the whip was sharper than a blade.
However, before the Red Flame Harvest Whip could whip on Erskine’s body, the big man with the knife scar flew out first, and a foot-long claw mark appeared where his chest was, and blood continued to gush out.
The power of the claw mark had shattered all the meridians in his entire body, and all his cultivation was wasted.
Zhang Ruochen stood on the side of the street, his finger gently stroking his chin as he said, “The monk who looks very mute is not at all ambiguous when it comes to fighting.”
Dasikong shook his head and sighed, “Still young and still young, he doesn’t quite understand things, don’t worry, Senior Uncle, when he comes back, I will definitely educate him.”
Zhang Ruochen did not oppose the Second Sikong’s approach, only that, in doing so, he would definitely offend the Blood Dragon Hall.
It would be interesting to see, how would things develop next?
