Chapter Thirty-Six Entering the Black Market

  Seeing Guo Fei coming over, the young man ran over and handed Guo Fei a bamboo hat. "Brother, wherever you go, no one shows their true face, this is the rule, wear it!"

  Guo Fei took a look, the rest of the people were all wearing bamboo hats, so he immediately put one on. This bamboo hat just happened to cover his head, and through the gap in the hat, he could see things outside.

  The three of them didn't say a word, silently waiting. Guo Fei also remained silent, standing beside them.

  "Huh!" The two of them glanced at Guo Fei sideways, one of whom let out a soft hum and revealed a look of surprise.

  But all such black markets are not good, there is someone secretly maintaining order in the market, everyone follows the rules, but once they leave, things like "black eating black" happen frequently. The two looked at Guo Fei wearing a casual and luxurious martial attire, without even bringing any weapons, and couldn't help but feel shocked in their hearts.

  There are two possibilities: either he is a master or an amateur. However, at Guo Fei's age, they would never think that he is a master.

  Guo Fei was inexperienced and entering the black market in such attire was indeed inappropriate. The three people beside him were all different, not only did they have swords on their backs, but they also wore leather armor, fully equipped.

  Guo Fei didn't have no weapon on him, but rather had put it away in his spatial ring. When Guo Fei realized this problem, he found it inconvenient to take it out directly.

  "Fine, I'll play the role of a fat sheep today! Hehe." Guo Fei sneered to himself.

  "Hiss, hiss, hiss!" Just before midnight, outside Wusong Town, three clusters of flames shot up into the sky, flickering for a moment. After a while, two more clusters of flames shot up into the sky. Then, after another pause, one more cluster of flames was fired into the air.

  The young man looked at the flames and calculated silently. After waiting for another half an hour, there was no more flickering of the flames.

  "Six o'clock! Let's go." The young man waved his hand, took the lead, and the other three seemed to be unfamiliar with each other, none of them dared to take the lead, lest they leave their backs to each other. Instead, they waited silently, the young man seeming to have encountered such situations many times before, ignoring it, slowly moving forward, disappearing into the darkness.

  Kuo Fei transformed into a ninja, glanced at the three of them, and followed the young man's figure as he walked forward. The big guy behind him couldn't help but stretch out his hand to hold the board axe on his back, walking up front. The two people behind hesitated for a moment, then followed in line.

  The young man was familiar with the road, heading south to Wusong Town at 5 am. The farther he walked, the faster he went. After walking out about five kilometers, he descended into a dry river valley and followed the flow for another five kilometers before turning up into a mountain valley. He climbed onto a continuous mountain ridge and continued along the steep winding path.

  At this time, I finally saw other people vaguely entering the range of this hill from all directions.

  Over the hill, along a small path into a valley, the boy stopped.

  "In front of the mountain belly, just go in, and let me have the remaining toll!" The young man pointed to the cave in front.

  Guo Fei didn't say another word and handed the young man a silver coin. The others also didn't haggle over the price, readily pulling out the toll. In an unfamiliar environment, no one wanted to cause trouble.

  "One gold coin entrance fee, no fighting allowed inside, violators will be killed!" At the cave entrance, two black tower-like guards shouted in unison and stretched out their hands.

  "These two are not weak!" Guo Fei's heart shook, although he had no experience and couldn't see the depth of this person's cultivation, but looking at his eyes, in the night color, they were bright and spirited, as if there was a magnificent light hidden, just knowing that these two people had at least mid-level Qi Refining cultivators.

  Every passerby handed over a gold coin without hesitation. Guo Fei did the same, paying one gold coin before entering the cave.

  As soon as I entered, it was like a huge cave, with five passageways around the cave that wound their way into the interior of the mountain. Along both sides of the cave and passageways, mats were laid out in rows, on which some had oil lamps lit, some shone with unknown light balls, and some had a staff inserted, with the sphere on top emitting a bright light.

  In front of the cave, it seems that three major customers have set up three simple tables, with a sign on them indicating that they are collecting Soul Crystals. They can be exchanged for gold coins or Spirit Stones.

  Kuo Fei took a closer look and saw that one skull crystal could be exchanged for twenty gold coins, and eight skull crystals could be exchanged for one spirit stone. Other crystals were calculated based on the weight of the skull crystal. Indeed, it was higher than the purchase price in Zhao Guo and Wusu Tree Settlement's shops.

  According to this calculation, one spirit stone can be exchanged for 160 gold coins, which is even higher than the price of a set of bronze armor. Spirit stones are indeed precious treasures. One spirit stone is enough for an ordinary family to live on for several years.

  Guo Fei would not use the soul crystal to exchange for spirit stone, but rather use the soul crystal to exchange for materials that are most cost-effective. After exchanging for spirit stone, it will definitely be reduced in value after passing through a merchant's hands, and its value will naturally decrease.

  Guo Fei took a look and found that everyone who entered the cave would check out the stalls on both sides of the passage. Some people carried packages, came in and chose a location to lay out their own items.

  Guo Fei was abnormally excited, this kind of place is really novel. So he followed the passage with great interest to check out the items on the stalls.

  There were all sorts of things on the street stalls, including iron ore, medicinal materials, talismans, weapons, and armor. Guo Fei knew a bit about iron ore, but as for the other items, he really didn't understand them very well. Guo Fei's purpose was very clear: first, to broaden his horizons, and second, to search for some Mingtie or Hantie, or perhaps some suitable blades for use by undead soldiers.

  "How much is this small Peiyuan Dan?" Guo Fei walked to a corner of the cave, where he saw a stall. A bright crystal ball emitted white light, illuminating the stall. On the stall were several transparent crystal bottles containing various types of dan medicine: earthy yellow, black, red, and some emitting a faint glow, seemingly extraordinary. A customer was pointing at a bottle containing an earthy yellow, thumb-sized, round dan medicine.

  "Twenty pieces of Skull Crystal!" The stall owner said calmly without lifting his head, sitting upright in front of the stall.

  "Too expensive!"

  "Hmph, expensive? It's a bit pricey. The hardest part of being a warrior is expanding your meridians and tempering your body. This one pill is equivalent to a year of hard training day and night, with no side effects whatsoever. It's worth the price. This is only a mid-grade pill among the best products. If you're taking it for the first time, the effect will be obvious. But if you've taken it before, don't waste your spirit crystals. Just buy a second-grade Yuan Cultivation Pill instead!" The stall owner said coldly.

  Guo Fei's heart moved as soon as he heard it, this world actually had such a thing, a pill that refined the physical body. It might not be of much use to others, but it was extremely useful to him. His sword shadow and hot flow were hindered by his weak physical body. If he could take such a pill, wouldn't it accelerate his cultivation speed?

  However, twenty Skull Crystals was not a large amount for Guo Fei, but he wasn't a "sucker" either. After all, he didn't recognize the medicinal pill, and if that person had been a "swindler", he would have fallen for it.

  Guo Fei walked away, looking at other stalls, but his mind was all focused on this Dan medicine. Not long after, five or six people asked about the Dan medicine, it seemed that this Dan medicine was not fake, only the price was a bit high, they reluctantly put it down and walked away.

  "It's decided, let's go down!" Guo Fei walked over with an excited mood.