Cultivation begins with the Shen family

Chapter 11 Black Market
At night, in a wing room, under the dim light, Shen Xiangchi and Shen Xianghuan were talking about their experiences along the way.

"I didn't expect the journey to the county town to be so dangerous this time."

After listening to Shen Xiangchi's narration, Shen Xianghuan couldn't help frowning, feeling even more embarrassed in his heart.

All of a sudden, five clansmen who were in the mid-stage of Qi training were lost, and Shen Xiangzhong, who was in the late stage of Qi training, lost an arm, and he was also severely injured because of this.

Such a loss is already very heavy for the family, and the whole family has not experienced such a loss for a long time.

"I'm afraid that the forces that attacked in the wild this time are not forces in this county."

Shen Xiangchi stared at the flickering lights, narrowed his eyes slightly, and suddenly spoke in a low voice.

After hearing this, Shen Xianghuan was taken aback for a moment, and then asked in disbelief:
"Is it still the work of forces in Shiyi County and Huangkan County?"

Faced with the former's question, Shen Xiangchi did not answer directly, but seemed to think of something.

"What news have you heard during this time?"

"According to the current news, raising taxes is not the practice of the Xuanlingmen family. The Shiyi County to the north to which the Liu family belongs and the Huangkan County to the south to which the Kuangsha Sect belongs have also increased taxes on vassal forces."

With that said, Shen Xianghuan took out a few jade slips, on which were all the information he had collected in the county these days.

He sits in the county seat and not only manages the business affairs of the family store, but also secretly collects information from all parties for the family.

After hearing these news, Shen Xiangchi fell into silence again, and after a long time, he said slowly, a little powerless:

"I'm afraid something big is going to happen."

However, even though he felt the unusualness of this matter from these clues, his Shen family was just a small Qi training family, so how could he stay out of it?

After a moment of silence like this, Shen Xiangchi said again in a deep voice:
"I will go to the black market tomorrow, and I will make other plans when I come back from the black market."

"OK."

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On the second day, when it was just dawn, Shen Xiangchi, wearing a black hat, quietly left through the back door and walked towards the north of the city.

He walked carefully through some alleys in the city, and finally walked into an unknown shop in the north of the city.

"Guest officer, what are your orders?"

Seeing Shen Xiangchi walking in wearing a bamboo hat, a mortal guy hurried forward and greeted him warmly.

"Take me to meet your shopkeeper!"

Hearing this, the mortal guy didn't seem surprised, he still stretched out his hand towards Shen Xiangchi with a smile on his face and said:

"Okay, guest officer, follow me!"

After that, he turned around and walked towards the inside of the shop.

Shen Xiangchi followed the waiter to the inner hall of the shop, and saw a rich man with a big belly standing behind the counter.

"What's the matter, sir?"

Facing the questioning, Shen Xiangchi didn't speak anymore, and directly took out a mysterious jade talisman from his sleeve.

When the shopkeeper saw the mysterious jade talisman he revealed, the smile on his face didn't change at all, he just ordered lightly:

"Take this guest officer in!"

After getting the shopkeeper's permission, the mortal buddy enthusiastically led Shen Xiangchi to the back again.

After going through a dark and winding road, the two of them finally stopped at the mouth of a cave. There was a ladder extending downward in the cave, but they didn't know where it led.

"Guest officer, this is something prepared for you. After entering the underground, remember not to inquire about the identity of others at will."

While talking, the buddy took out a black cloak exuding subtle fluctuations of spiritual power from nowhere.

Shen Xiangchi didn't answer, but put on the cloak directly, and his breath was instantly covered by the cloak.

Obviously this black cloak is not a mortal thing, it can well cover the breath of the wearer, and thus hide the identity of the wearer.

After putting on the cloak, Shen Xiangchi entered the tunnel, and soon came to a stone gate that exuded a forbidden atmosphere.

"Token!"

The two men in black robes in front of the stone gate said in an emotionless voice.

When Shen Xiangchi showed the jade talisman in his hand, the two immediately cast a spell to slowly open the stone door behind them.

As the stone door opened slowly, another dark passage that could not be seen at a glance appeared. Shen Xiangchi walked in again with ease, and walked along this passage.

And after half a cup of tea, his eyes suddenly opened up, and what caught his eyes was a huge underground cave space.

If you are a monk who has never entered here in person, you would never have imagined that there would be such a huge and lively underground trading market somewhere underground in Shayu County.

Although the space of this trading market is only the size of a street on the ground, it has many things that cannot be bought on the surface, so this is the most lively and prosperous place in the county.

Here, as long as you have enough spirit stones and enough luck, you can basically find what you want to buy.

Moreover, in this black market, the practice is to pay the money and deliver the goods. The source of the goods and the identities of both buyers and sellers will be kept strictly confidential, and no one will dare to break the rules here.

Even Xuanlingmen, who is the bright master of Shayu County, did not dare to intervene too much in the affairs of the black market, and even had to abide by the unwritten rules of the black market.

Because the black market is not only the one underground in Shayu County, there is a black market underground in almost every county, and it can spread such a huge industry, how can the power behind it be comparable to that of a small Xuanlingmen.

In addition, not everyone can enter the black market. Only by obtaining the token issued by the black market manager can they enter the black market according to the guidance of the token, and the black market manager only recognizes tokens but not people.

It is also the rules and reputation established by the black market for hundreds of years that can make a steady stream of monks willing to enter the black market to trade.

On this side, after Shen Xiangchi entered the black market, he passed through the crowd and came to a special building.

In this building, there were a lot fewer monks at once, and there was only one man in black standing behind the counter in the empty room.

"This guest officer, do you want to buy or sell?"

A hoarse voice slowly came out from the black robe, and it was impossible to tell whether the person under the black robe was a man or a woman.

However, Shen Xiangchi didn't care, and directly took out eight jade boxes from his storage bag, and handed them to the man in black.

As the jade boxes were opened one by one, the elixir exuding a different fragrance appeared in front of the other party.

When he saw that the key to these eight elixir plants was the four second-rank low-grade elixir plants, the man in black couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and then began to examine them carefully.

After a cup of tea, the man in black put the elixir in his hand, and took out a jade board under the counter, wrote the purchase price on it, and then handed the jade board to Shen Xiangchi.

Shen Xiangchi glanced at the price offered by the other party, pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, the man in black waved his hand, and he put away the eight elixir on the cabinet, and handed Shen Xiangchi another storage bag after changing hands.

On this side, Shen Xiangchi took the storage bag, counted the number of spirit stones, and immediately stuffed it into his arms.

"And I need these two things"

As he spoke, he quickly started writing on the jade board, and handed the jade board to the man in black again after finishing.

I saw two things written on the jade board:

A wood attribute base-building technique; a wood attribute foundation-building spirit.

When the man in black robe saw the content on the jade board, he couldn't help but sigh:
"Guest officer, the price of these two items is not low, and it is not easy to find them in a short time."

Although you can buy anything in the black market, this black market is just a small black market located in Shayu County.

Most of the things that appear in this black market are also things from Shayu County and several surrounding counties, and the level is basically at the level of Qi training period.

Shayu County and the two or three nearby counties are only three foundation establishment forces. Not only will they not reveal their own foundation establishment secrets, but they will also prevent new foundation establishment forces from appearing in their territory.

Therefore, it is not easy to obtain foundation-building exercises and foundation-building spirits in this area.

Shen Xiangchi naturally knew that it was not easy, but for the sake of his family, he had to find a way to get these two things.

In the end, after paying a large sum of money as a deposit, he left the black market with a jade talisman.

If the black market finds these two things for him, he will be notified through the jade talisman in his hand and let him enter the black market again.

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(End of this chapter)