Chapter 50: The Paper Kite
Chapter 50 – Paper Kite
“Come, come, Fellow Daoist Lu, taste the aged wine I’ve kept for almost ten years.”
In cultivator Wu’s house, the two of them were drinking to their heart’s content.
Lu Xuan shook the silver wine cup in his hand, and as the golden spirit wine in the cup rose and fell with his movements, a mellow and thick wine flavor escaped.
“I really didn’t expect that Wang Shan, who is a Law Enforcement Hall Patrolman, was actually contaminated by an evil spirit, luckily it was discovered early and didn’t spread to us neighbors.”
Cultivator Wu put down his wine cup, thinking of the possible consequences, he could not help but feel a pang of fear.
“Yes, if the evil spirit wasn’t discovered and eliminated in time, it would be difficult for those of us who live in the neighborhood to ensure our own safety.”
Lu Xuan echoed.
“Those Law Enforcement Hall losers have been guarding this area for a while now, and it’s inconvenient for them to go out and do something.”
“Don’t even take a look, they can’t even guard their own people and are invaded by evil spirits. What’s the point of coming to control us? It’s better to conduct a thorough internal investigation, maybe we can even find out a few more!”
The old man surnamed Wu was obviously a little drunk, his eyes were lost.
“Fellow Daoist Lu, why don’t you plant those spirit plants that are suitable for brewing spirit wine? If you plant them, I’ll buy as many as I have!”
As he spoke, the cultivator surnamed Wu pulled the topic to Lu Xuan.
“I’ve been thinking about it lately, but the yard’s spirit field is too small, and there’s no longer any extra open space to grow other spirit plants, and I don’t have the energy to cultivate other spirit plants for the time being.”
“If I have that intention, I will definitely come to you, Fellow Daoist Wu, for cooperation.”
The two continued to drink.
“By the way, Fellow Daoist Wu, do you know about the black market in the Lin Yang Square Market?”
Lu Xuan asked the old man.
“The black market? What, do you want to go in?”
“Yes, I have this idea, it’s just that I’ve never entered it before and I don’t know much about it, while you, Fellow Daoist Wu, have a superb cultivation and have spent a lot of time in the marketplace, so I wanted to ask you, Fellow Daoist Wu, about the situation.”
Lu Xuan smiled.
“I have indeed entered it several times, the most recent being about two years ago.”
The old man sobered up a bit from his drunkenness and revealed a reminiscent look.
“The black market is located in the center area of the Square City, rumor has it that it is managed by a few underground forces in the Square City, but I reckon that it has the shadow of one or several big families in the Square City behind it.”
“The workshop city was initially built on top of an abandoned secret realm, and the black market is situated in a natural maze, which can only be entered after purchasing a path-guiding talisman with several spirit stones.”
“The name of the black market, then there is a big difference with the scattered cultivator bazaar and those big stores, those who appear there are generally not allowed to see the light, and the cultivators who enter them will generally hide their appearance or cultivation.”
“The goods inside are the same, there will be a lot of treasures that are difficult to see inside the bazaar and stores, of unknown origin, there are killings and seizures of treasures that are not good for normal sale, there are also all kinds of weird and exotic materials, and there is no lack of evil and sneaky things.”
Lu Xuan nodded from time to time.
“Then, if an ordinary casual cultivator enters inside the black market, can he be guaranteed in terms of safety?”
“It’s definitely safe inside, there are powerful cultivators guarding it, and it’s rare to hear of anyone causing trouble inside.”
“As for the outside, not under the jurisdiction of the black market, in the cultivators entering and exiting the black market, there is no lack of vicious and poisonous people, or evil cultivators practicing evil techniques, so the security is much lower than inside, occasionally there will be incidents such as killing people and seizing treasures.”
“In general, there is still no problem, after all, the black market is in the center zone of the marketplace, anyway, I have been there more than once when I was at the low level of Qi Practicing, and I didn’t come across any unexpected situations.”
“If you really want to enter, just be cautious yourself, if you are really scared, you can enter with familiar cultivators.” “I’ve been taught, thank you, Fellow Daoist Wu, for informing me of this important information.”
The old man surnamed Wu waved his hand.
“All of this is nothing, it can be obtained by asking around outside.”
The two of them had an average friendship, and he did not ask Lu Xuan what purpose he had for entering the black market.
Lu Xuan stayed for a little while longer and returned to his home with the Cloud Treading Lynx Cub that had been staying quietly on his shoulder.
He pondered for a moment, but decided to make a trip to the black market.
According to what the old man surnamed Wu had said, many strange and weird things would appear in the black market, so the possibility of finding an unknown Spirit Seed was greater than in a loose cultivator’s bazaar.
Moreover, going in and out of the black market was generally quite safe, and Lu Xuan felt that as long as he didn’t expose his belongings or cause trouble, he would be able to get away in one piece.
Besides, he had complete confidence in his current strength.
His cultivation at the sixth level of Qi cultivation, his Gengjin Sword Technique which was close to the sect master realm, his first-grade special magic weapon Split Silver Blade, two second-grade Sword Qi Ten Thousand Talismans, his second-grade Flying Sword Leaving Flame Sword, his first-grade treasure Thunder Flame Bead, and his many talismans. ……
Even if he went up against a high level Qi Practicing cultivator, Lu Xuan had no small amount of certainty that he could kill him.
On the second day, Lu Xuan made his rounds in the spirit fields, keeping all the spirit plants in the best condition, and then followed the location provided by the cultivator surnamed Wu and headed to the black market.
Since the Treading Cloud Lynx Cub was too obvious and there was no suitable means to cover it up, Lu Xuan left it at home.
After learning that he was unable to follow Lu Xuan out of the house, the Treading Cloud Lynx stared at Lu Xuan with a pair of turquoise eye pupils, looking at him motionlessly.
Lu Xuan’s mind converged on its body, sensing that the cub seemed to be afraid that he would abandon it, his heart filled with helplessness and fear.
This made Lu Xuan’s heart almost soften, but in the end, considering the possibility of exposing his true identity, he ended up comforting it for a while, leaving the Treading Cloud Lynx with a bunch of air-dried meat strips, and going alone.
About half an hour later, Lu Xuan arrived outside the black market.
Although the Black Market was close to the center of the Square City, the surrounding area was quite deserted, there were no courtyard residences, and there were only a handful of cultivators on the road who traveled in a hurry and were wary of each other.
The entire black market was shrouded by a dense black fog, and when the spiritual sense probed into the fog, it was as if it was being hindered by something, and it was impossible to move an inch.
Lu Xuan wore a simple mask on his face as he arrived in front of the cultivator guarding the entrance to the black market.
Along the way, he saw that almost all the cultivators were dressed like him, most of them wore masks or cloth scarves on their faces, a few of them used special magic weapons to cover up, there were also a few who didn’t care too much and showed their real faces, but whether or not it was their own faces, Lu Xuan didn’t know.
He observed the movements of the cultivators in front of him, and handed three spirit stones to the entrance, in front of a cultivator with a black mist lingering all over his body.
Immediately afterward, he received a path-guiding talisman painted with black runes, on which there was a slightly swimming black arrow.
Entering inside the black mist, a haze was in front of him, and the black arrow flickered with light, constantly adjusting the direction of the arrow in a subtle manner, leading Lu Xuan forward in the black mist.
After a long time, Lu Xuan felt his body refresh itself, passing through the black mist and arriving inside the black market.
The black market was more spacious than he had imagined, there were one to two hundred cultivators as far as the eye could see, and the scene was relatively quiet, with only the sound of light discussion.
In the sky above the black market, as if covered by a heavy black cloud, high in the air, there are ten or so black paper kites flying slowly.
The paper kites didn’t know what materials were refined from, and at first glance it looked as if they were demonic beast skins floating in the sky.
As they flew over Lu Xuan’s head, he could feel a wave of evil thoughts sweeping across his body, causing Lu Xuan’s skin to develop dense goose bumps.
(End of Chapter)