Serpent Ancestor

”It turns out to be Mr. Ge from the Flying Spirit Chamber of Commerce, I’ve long admired your reputation!” A masked cultivator cupped his hands in greeting.

”You’re too kind, let’s get straight to the point,” Mr. Ge returned the gesture.

The first person, a woman in black, directly took out a long black weapon. It resembled a ruler with numerous markings, giving an impression of spatial distortion, neither near nor far.

The woman in black said, ”This is a magical treasure stolen from the Divine Weapon Pavilion, called the Heavenly Balance Ruler, a mid-tier sixth-grade magical treasure. But with the Divine Weapon Pavilion’s enhancement, you should know its value.”

The Divine Weapon Pavilion is the top artifact refining sect of the human race. In terms of artifact refining, it ranks among the top three in the entire Spirit Realm, thanks to a heavenly treasure within the pavilion called the Creation Furnace, ranked twentieth on the list of heavenly treasures.

Magical treasures forged with this heavenly treasure not only have enhanced power but also carry the might of the heavenly treasure, making the sect’s creations highly sought after—a true hallmark of the Spirit Realm.

”I am asking for one million spirit stones, or five thousand Supreme Spirit Stones. Of course, pills of equivalent value can also be considered,” the woman in black said calmly.

”So, this Heavenly Balance Ruler is stolen goods?” a masked cultivator from afar asked.

”That’s right, using this treasure carries the risk of being hunted by the Divine Weapon Pavilion. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be selling it,” the woman in black replied.

The old man in hemp clothes took the Heavenly Balance Ruler, examined it briefly, nodded slightly, and smiled, ”It is indeed from the Divine Weapon Pavilion. Is anyone interested?”

The room fell silent.

Judging by appearance alone, this magical treasure was indeed valuable, exuding an inexplicable aura of law.

After a moment, a young voice asked, ”What are the effects of this treasure?”

”This involves the user’s privacy, so I cannot disclose it,” the woman in black refused decisively.

If the function of this treasure were known to outsiders, it would lose part of its value, which she understood well.

But it could also be a useless function, and she feared that revealing it would make it even less likely to sell.

”Heavenly Balance Ruler, a complete sixth-grade magical treasure...” Hei Huang glanced at Xu Hei.

”Why are you looking at me?” Xu Hei frowned, ”We’re here to deal with stolen goods, not to buy them!”

After the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn, someone offered seventy thousand spirit stones for the Heavenly Balance Ruler, but the woman refused.

In the end, the Heavenly Balance Ruler was not sold.

The second person was an old man who took out a storage ring and said, ”This is a storage ring from a cultivator at the initial stage of Void Shattering. I cannot break its Divine Sense imprint, so I’m putting it up for auction.”

”I’m not setting a price; the starting bid is zero, and the highest bidder wins.”

The old man was also very decisive, tossing the storage ring to Mr. Ge and then closing his eyes to rest.

Mr. Ge, after a cursory examination, found it to be a storage ring from the Refining God Sect, a sect proficient in divine sense techniques, especially sealing, so it’s normal that it couldn’t be opened.

Mr. Ge smiled and asked, ”Does anyone want to bid?”

This was a pure gamble; no one knew what was inside. It could be nothing, or it could be a trap.

”I bid ten thousand spirit stones.”

”Fifty thousand spirit stones!”

”......”

In the end, this storage ring of unknown origin was sold for thirteen thousand spirit stones.

One after another.

Everyone at the black market trade fair was selling items of unknown origin, with no guarantee of quality or safety. Whether you made a profit or a loss depended entirely on luck.

Among them, the young master of the Gu Family made a purchase, buying a pill that enhanced divine sense.

”Dust Cleansing Pill, a product of the Flying Spirit Platform, can wash away the aura of the mortal realm, greatly benefiting ascenders, priced at fifty thousand spirit stones each,” a cloaked man in the corner said.

Xu Hei and Hei Huang were both taken aback, their gazes locking onto him.

Dust Cleansing Pill, exactly the pill they urgently needed!

The cloaked man took out an entire bottle, containing five pills in total. If they bought them all, it would cost two hundred fifty thousand, and Xu Hei and Hei Huang just happened to have that amount.

”Should we buy them?”

”Are you crazy? Buying them would expose our identities!”

”What are you afraid of? With me here, I’ll make sure you’re well hidden.”

The two quickly communicated through divine sense, discussing their options.

”I’ll buy them.”

Suddenly, a young voice came from beside them.

The buyer was none other than the young master of the Gu Family, Gu Beize.

”I’ll buy two pills.”

Gu Beize took out one hundred thousand spirit stones and bought two Dust Cleansing Pills.

Xu Hei didn’t know what this person’s intentions were, but in the brief moment of his distraction, the remaining three pills were bought by the woman in black.

Great! Now there’s no need to fight over them; they missed their chance to buy.

Soon, it was Xu Hei’s turn.

Xu Hei took out a storage ring and said, ”These are fragments of broken magical treasures, which I am willing to auction off, starting at zero.”

After the battle between Mo Xingtian and Lie Feng, less than one-tenth of the complete magical treasures remained. But even fragments were quite valuable, suitable for reforging.

Everyone’s divine sense probed into the ring, but no one showed any reaction.

Gu Beize said, ”I bid two hundred thousand spirit stones.”

”Two hundred twenty thousand.”

”Two hundred thirty thousand!”

”......”

Before long, the price rose to two hundred eighty thousand.

The bidding stopped there.

Gu Beize showed a hesitant expression.

He desperately needed those magical treasure fragments, perfect for his artifact refining, but he didn’t have enough spirit stones.

Xu Hei suddenly said, ”Fellow Daoist, if you have pills of equivalent value, we can trade.”

Gu Beize was taken aback, as if realizing something, and quickly took out a pill bottle and handed it over.

The pill bottle was sealed, and no one knew what was inside. Xu Hei took a look and found that it contained the two Dust Cleansing Pills that Gu Beize had just bought.

”Alright, these pills plus two hundred thousand spirit stones, deal!” Xu Hei said.

Just like that, they successfully obtained two Dust Cleansing Pills!

Xu Hei took out ten thousand spirit stones as a handling fee and handed them to Mr. Ge.

Soon, the selling phase ended.

During the purchasing phase, Xu Hei spent three hundred thousand spirit stones to acquire some rare medicinal herbs and then left the trade fair.

The two quickened their pace, swiftly leaving the black market alley.

No one followed them, and they safely returned to the streets of Nanhang City.

Finally, they went to the Danbao Pavilion by the street and bought a large batch of auxiliary medicinal herbs, concluding their procurement trip.

This batch of herbs was carefully selected by Xu Hei and would perfectly heal his injuries.

But because of this, Xu Hei’s spirit stones were exhausted, with only two thousand Supreme Spirit Stones left untouched.

”Old dog, have you noticed a problem?” Xu Hei asked.

”What problem?”

”Aren’t we too poor?”

Xu Hei said with a bitter face, ”At this trade fair, I saw many treasures I wanted to buy, but I was always stopped by the lack of money. This feeling really fucking sucks.”

Hei Huang stroked his chin and said seriously, ”Your problem isn’t being too poor.”

”Then what is it?” Xu Hei was puzzled.

”Too weak! If you were strong enough, you could just rob them all, kill them, take everything, and run. Who could stop you?” Hei Huang said.

”......” Xu Hei was stunned for a long time, then nodded, ”You make a good point.”

Xu Hei had never experienced the feeling of being poor. Since his Divine Transformation, getting any treasure was just a matter of a word.

Spirit stones were for cultivation, and when he became strong enough, he didn’t need currency at all.

But in the Spirit Realm, everything started anew.

”Boom!!”

Suddenly, a deafening explosion came from behind, shaking the entire street.

Xu Hei turned to look, and the sound came from the black market alley.

What happened there?