Matchless Pill God

14. Underground Black Market

Translator: Flying Lines

Dayan City was located at the border between the Beichen Kingdom and the Devil Dragon Wasteland.

Mercenaries, freelance cultivators, and even students from large academies and institutions all over the country would come to the Devil Dragon Wasteland to gain experience and seek treasure.

The Devil Dragon Wasteland had been cursed and sealed since the ‘War of Armageddon’ tens of thousands of years ago, and the archaelogical relics of those powerful sects were hard to find.

However, ten thousand years had softened the seals of those relics, and occasionally some freelancers could stray into some relics of those minor sects.

The treasures found or the beasts hunted were mostly sold through formal channels. But some treasures of unknown origin would be sold in the underground black market.

Qin Sheng need to improve his strength in a short time. Besides taking risks in the Devil Dragon Mining Area and looting the nests of those high-level monsters, coming to the underground black market to seek treasures was the fastest way.

This underground black market was not in the inner part of Dayan City, but in a valley on the outskirts of the city. Qin Sheng spent thousands of crystals to have someone lead him over here. An ordinary warrior couldn’t enter the black market at will.

Qin Sheng changed into a black robe with his head in the hood. His young face was covered with a silver mask that only revealed his eyes, because he didn’t want to be recognized when he was trading.

After all, there were a lot of unlawful transactions in the underground black market, and although he was not afraid, he didn’t want to waste time on fighting those who may want to rob him.

Now the most important thing was to open up as many meridians as possible at the fastest speed, and also to find out the reason why a human-level meridian in his body had withered.

Walking on the street of the underground black market, it was not as unprosperous as he had imagined, but otherwise a bit lively, with a large number of freelancers hawking on both sides of the street.

There were many kinds of goods provided here, such as pills, weapons, martial arts, etc.

However, there were also many powerhouses with unknown identities here. This little pond was filled with turbid and turbulent water. If one didn’t pay special attention, one might be easily deceived and lose a large sum of money…

Qin Sheng was strolling around relaxedly, which quickly attracted the attention of the stall owners around.

“Hey, this young master. What do you want to buy?” A burly man with thick eyebrows and big eyes stopped Qin Sheng. Although Qin Sheng was in a black robe and wearing a mask, he was definitely not a powerhouse judging from his  invisible and weak meta force wave.

“Haha, a little brat with fewer than three opened-up meridians dared to come to the underground black market to seek treasures. I’m going to teach you a lesson about how this world runs for your own good.”

The burly man secretly said in his mind, and at the same time he tried to tout his goods.

“Young master, this is a meridian-through pill. It was produced by an third-level pill alchemist. It is an absolute genuine product with high quality. It can increase the success rate of opening up meridians by 30% at least.” The burly man picked up a brocade box which contained a meridian-through pill.

“And it only costs 800 crystals. In the outside market, it will definitely cost at least 1,000 crystals.”

Hearing this, Qin Sheng couldn’t help but look curiously at the meridian-through pill in the brocade box.

Meridian-through pills could improve the probability of opening up the meridians, especially those made by senior pill alchemists. The higher the level of the pill, the higher the success rate of opening up meridians.

As for Qin Sheng, he needed a lot of pills with similar effects. Of course, there were many ways to open up meridians, and the most economical way was to get beaten by a powerful senior sister. But Qin Sheng didn’t want to use this method again unless it was necessary.

Obviously, using meridian-through pills was the best way.

However, Qin Sheng just shot a glance at the so-called meridian-through pill produced by a third-level pill, and his smile instantly disappeared, “Your meridian-through pill is only worth 100 crystals at most.”

The burly man’s face suddenly turned awkward, and a gloomy look quickly appeared in his expression. He said, “Where’s this brat from? How dare you cut down 90% of the price with a glance? Get out of here if you have no crystals!”

The underground black market was inflicted with lies and tricks, which allowed bargaining. But it was rare for someone to bargain as ferociously as Qin Sheng.

Qin Sheng didn’t care at all, and he said lightly, “This meridian-through pill is dim in color, messy in scents, and unobvious in pattern. It is definitely not from the hands of a third-level pill alchemist. In my guess, it should be the waste pill of the a first-level alchemist after being reworked in the furnace.”

“Also, boss, you’re very good at doing business. You bought the useless pill and seperate it into three parts for sale. This will only decrease the success rate of opening up meridians to 1% at most.”

“Given that, I must be a total idiot to pay 100 crystals for this shit.”

Qin Sheng was calm and finished his words in one breath.

The burly man’s expression changed, his eyes full of surprise. Now he knew that Qin Sheng was not a low-level newbie warrior that could be easily decieved.

Even after careful thinking, he suddenly found that Qin Sheng’s meta force wave being so weak may be a disguise. He was clearly a high-level master pretending to be weak, which made the stall owner’s heart tremble.

“Sorry to bother you, senior.” The big man bowed and apologized.

Qin Sheng did not continue this farce. The underground black market was just like this. There were many people raring to take advantage.

Soon, Qin Sheng came to a corner stall.

This stall owner was strange. She did not tout with the same enthusiasm as other stall owners, but was standing quietly in front of the stall and pondering, as if she was immersed in his own world.

There was only a palm-sized box on the stall.

The box was all gold with a sense of luxury and carved with dragon and phoenix patterns, which was apparently from the royal palace.

“How much is this box?”

No wonder nobody came to buy this box since the price was so high.

10,000 crystals was quite a fortune. Even a master of the soul-through realm would take a long time to accumulate such an amount of money.

Qin Sheng approached the stall and asked.

The stall owner looked up at Qin Sheng. Although she was also wearing a silver mask, the slender eyelashes, and shining eyes, and especially the exquisite curve that was hidden under the black robe all told that this tall owner was a gorgeous beauty.

The beauty stall owner did not feel the fluctuation of Qin Sheng’s meta force, nor his soul force. Then she retracted her gaze and offered a price.

“Ten thousand crystals, no bargaining!”

Qin Sheng was stunned by what she said. Although it seemed to come from the royal palace, it was just a box after all, and she even refused bargaining. This price was really high.

“What is in this treasure box?” Qin Sheng asked curiously.

“Heavenly Primordial Pill.”

said the beautiful stall owner, “But I don’t have a key.”

“Without a key, this thing is not worth ten thousand crystals.” Qin Sheng smiled and said, “A thousand crystals, and I’ll take it.”

The beautiful stall owner’s eyes shot two rays of cold light, and meta force burst out from her body. She was actually a later-stage soul-through master.

“This Heavenly Primordial Pill comes from a pill alchemist of the kingdom court. It can 100% open up a heaven-level meridian!”

Her chest rose up and down with anger, and although hidden under the black robe, her amazing curve still showed.

The huge meta force wave suddenly caught the attention of some warriors, especially the guards who were responsible for keeping the order of the underground black market.

It was said that the underground black market was the the city governor’s business. That was why the underground black market could operate for so many years, and no one dared to run rogue here.

“If you don’t buy it, just leave.”

Finally, the beautiful stall owner retracted her meta force. Obviously, she didn’t want to alarm the underground black market guards either.

Qin Sheng did not leave, instead he approached the beautiful woman and whispered, “I also have a detoxifying pill fomula to sell you, which can solve the Yin fire pill toxin in your body. It’s not expensive. The box plus a thousand crystals, and the deal’s done.”

“Who are you?”

The beautiful stall owner looked at Qin Sheng in disbelief, and then the meta force in her body swarmed out like a tsunami. The terrifying meta force wave enveloped Qin Sheng.