Chapter 101: The Underground Black Market

  People come and go here, from time to time someone shouts loudly, haggling over prices. It seems that here, everyone is not afraid of their identity being discovered. After careful observation, Huo Hai finally found the difference between the people here and those above.

  "So that's how it is, where did these things come from. Hmm, they're all placed here." This kind of place isn't somewhere you can ask questions in a "don't understand just ask" style. Upon closer inspection, it turns out that the voices of these people have undergone huge changes. Many people, when speaking, don't even sound like normal human voices upon careful listening. And on their faces, they all wear masks.

  Look around at the others, after arriving at the underground black market, they all casually pick up a mask from here and put it on. Then, they will put something like a scarf around their necks.

  Huo Hai thought for a moment, since he had come to this place, he might as well follow the local customs. He picked up a mask, weighed it in his hand, and casually put it on his face. Xing Huang had already checked it beforehand and hadn't found anything wrong with the mask.

  Then, put the scarf-like thing next to it around your neck. It looks like a scarf, but it's actually very thin and extremely soft. Upon closer inspection, there seems to be a simple spirit array inside the scarf.

  Hu Hai tried to say a few words, and his voice changed immediately: "So that's it, this spirit array is used to change voices." Hu Hai had always been very particular about keeping his identity confidential. With these things guaranteed, Hu Hai became even safer. Taking big strides away from the exit, Hu Hai finally truly entered the black market.

  Inside the black market, the stalls were similar to those on the trading street outside. However, the items on display here were much more valuable than those outside. No one would spend a large number of points just to sell ordinary items.

  Even refining blood dan and bone dan, relatively rare dan medicines that can improve cultivation, can be seen here in no small number.

  For this, Huo Hai was very pleased. This way, he wouldn't have to go through so much trouble going all the way to the academy to exchange for Bone Tempering Dan, and worry about being discovered. Even if he bought a lot here, no one would ask any questions.

  Similarly, the elixirs in the black market are far more expensive than those exchanged in the academy. The Bone Refining Elixir, which costs 100 points in the academy, is priced between 300 to 500 points here. This price has already far exceeded the normal price of the Bone Refining Elixir. It's just that it doesn't require contributions to the academy here.

  But even so, some people who have no way to buy Dan medicine or want to give it to others for use still choose to come here to buy. After a while, Huo Hai had a clear understanding of the quality of the goods here.

  Unlike the transaction street above, there may be scammers and thugs in the black market. However, compared to the above, most of them here still have quality guarantees. Even if they don't know each other, no one dares to mess around here.

  Huo Hai didn't know that in the past, there were swindlers who committed fraud on a large scale in the black market, causing chaos. Later, because it caused too much commotion, the college directly issued an order to send people into the black market on a certain day and arrested all those who committed fraud. None of these people had a good ending afterwards. From then on, no one dared to commit fraud in the black market again.

  Huo Hai walked while casually buying some Bone Refining Pills. He didn't care about the price of this thing, what he cared about was time and safety. At the same time, he also bought a batch of Blood Refining Pills, which would be given to his family when he returned.

  Huo Hai's actions, to outsiders, seemed like those of someone collecting materials for his family. There were quite a few people like this around here; after a few glances, they didn't pay attention anymore. If it were an ordinary person, who would buy so many Blood Refining Pellets?

  "Huh, Spiritual Medicine Analysis, Insect Catalogue... there's actually this stuff here." Huo Hai walked and walked, suddenly saw these two books on a book stall, and stopped. Spiritual Medicine Analysis was obviously a book that recorded various spiritual medicines, something that usually only Medical Spirit Masters and Dan Spirit Masters would buy.

  These two types of people are not commonly seen in the Imperial City Academy. As for insect specimen books, I'm afraid only a small number of adventurers would buy them. The books on this stall aren't very high-level, so no one comes to browse.

  "Hey friend, are you interested in the books I have here? Don't worry, although they're not high-level, they're genuine and won't cause any trouble. Plus, the content is very detailed, as long as you buy them, you'll be able to understand."

  It's probably been a long time since he sold a book, and when he saw Huo Hai stop in front of his stall, the owner immediately began to enthusiastically promote his wares. However, what he was promoting were just some spiritual techniques and combat skills. In fact, there weren't many spiritual techniques on the entire stall that could reach the Xuan level. And even these things couldn't compare to the spiritual techniques cultivated by many families themselves.

  As for the War Spirit Incantation, not a single one remains. No wonder they set up a stall here, but few people ask about it. Those who can enter the black market naturally wouldn't look at these things. And those who can afford to look, basically can't enter the black market either.

  Huo Hai directly ignored them and pointed at the spiritual medicine analysis and insect classification book, asking: "Can I take a look at these two books?"

  The stall owner hesitated for a moment, then said: "Okay, but you can only look at the first ten pages. I can guarantee that these two books have very complete records of spiritual medicine and insects, and I also found them in a relic." The stall owner's voice was filled with an unmistakable sense of helplessness. What kind of real Danling master or medical master would come to buy this kind of thing?

  They study more systematically and academically. Although they value spiritual medicine, they value even more the spiritual medicine that can be used to refine elixirs. The books that record all spiritual medicines regardless of their usefulness are looked down upon by them.

  Hu Hai nodded, without speaking, and opened the book in front of him. Before he had turned to the tenth page, Hu Hai's emotions became agitated. Indeed it was good stuff, this was exactly what he needed most.

  The records of spiritual medicine and insects are extremely detailed, even some rare ones that others might consider useless. These may seem worthless to others, but to Hao Hai, they are priceless treasures. I wonder who wrote this stuff. The Tianling Continent is so big, there must be some people with special hobbies.

  "These two books, how many points?" Huo Hai's emotions were stirred up, but he suppressed them and asked calmly.

  "Ah, I knew it, this thing is basically useless, you must... wait a minute, what did you say? You want to buy?" The owner of the stall suddenly reacted, realizing that Huo Hai was going to purchase his book, and for a moment he was excited.

  "I'm offering each book for 200 points. Is that too high? I can go down to 150, or even 100, but I really can't sell it for any less." The stall owner's face was flushed with excitement, as if he were pleading. These two books, aside from Ho Hai, probably wouldn't be bought by anyone else either. It would already be great if they could be sold at all, so there's no need to ask for too much.

  It's a pity for the stall owner. Originally, after discovering the underground black market, he made some points on the trading street and wanted to make more. The black market was his starting point. So he took out almost all the points on himself.

  In the end, he only managed to exchange it for an identity certificate. However, after entering the underground black market, he finally realized that his originally proud goods were simply inferior products here, and he couldn't find any buyers at all. If he couldn't sell them out, he would soon be unable to afford the stall fee. At that time, he might have to go back to taking risks and earning some points again.

  Hu Hai didn't plan to argue with him, the value of this thing, only Hu Hai understood it best. Such detailed records can't be imagined out of thin air. After flipping through a few pages, Hu Hai believed that this was completely the result of tremendous effort.

  "Alright, two books, I'll give you 400 points." Huo Hai didn't haggle over the price. To be honest, he thought this price was still too cheap. The other party had initially asked for 200 points per book, so he might as well just give it to him. These few points were nothing to Huo Hai.

  Before he could react, Huo Hai casually swiped his hand and transferred 400 points from the black market card to the other person. Then, under the gaze of the stall owner's stunned eyes, Huo Hai calmly asked: "By the way, I'm looking for a high-level Xuan-class spiritual technique, do you know where I can find it?" The Huo family's spiritual technique was indeed Xuan-class, but only low-grade Xuan-class at that.

  This is also the fundamental reason why the Huo family can only cultivate to the Spiritual Being realm and cannot break through even as a Spiritual General. What Huo Hai wants most to enhance the strength of the Huo family is a spiritual mantra, best of all a high-level Xuan-grade spiritual mantra.

  It's not that Hao Hai didn't want to get the Earth-level Spirit Technique, but this thing, the entire Imperial City Academy couldn't find it. Probably only the imperial family would have a copy of the Earth-level Spirit Technique. Upon hearing Hao Hai's words, the stall owner came back to his senses, his eyes filled with gratitude.

  He furrowed his brow immediately: "A high-level Xuan-grade battle technique, this thing is rarely seen in the entire Nan Yun country. However, you really are asking the right person. In our Imperial City Academy, although high-level Xuan-grade battle techniques are rare, they do exist. Look at the auction house up ahead, I heard that a few days ago, someone searched an island and found a copy of one. It seems to be brought here for auction."

  That person's voice was extremely soft, afraid of being heard by others. If it wasn't for Hao Hai's good hearing, he wouldn't have been able to make out this altered voice. Hao Hai himself hadn't expected that the Xuan-level high-grade battle technique would be so rare.

  The building in the middle turned out to be an auction house for the underground black market. It seemed that I had no choice but to go inside and take a look.