The Monarch of the Nine States

In the Wanxiang City's marketplace, the endless stream of people highlighted the bustling atmosphere. Cang Yun pulled Zhou Xian`er into the crowd and started strolling leisurely.

On both sides of the street, the cries of vendors could be heard. However, after a brief scan, Cang Yun did not see anything that caught his eye. This was only the outskirts of the city square, so the chances of encountering good stuff was not high.

As a result, the two of them wandered around, and gradually entered the depths of the market. At this point, the price of items sold here was much higher than it was outside, and of course, the quality of the treasures also increased a lot, but Cang Yun also understood the rules of the market, although the quality had increased, but the number of counterfeit items did not decrease because of it. In other words, besides having a certain price, buying items here also required a very high price, otherwise, one would only get something of no value.

Cang Yun and Zhou Xian'er also slowed down their pace as their eyes continuously swept across the surrounding stalls. The majority of the goods here were pills, but most of them were pills that were relatively common and low-grade, so their value was not high. Pills like the Wall Breaking Pill were already considered high quality here, and not to mention the quantity, the price had been inflated to an outrageous extent, causing Cang Yun to not have much interest in them.

The main purpose of Cang Yun's trip to the market this time was to find the materials needed to refine puppets. As for the other things, unless they caught his eye, they would not be considered by him.

Not long later, he suddenly came to a sudden stop and looked at the booth beside him. At this moment, there were many dazzling objects placed on the stone platform, while Cang Yun's eyes were focused on a stem that looked like it was made of dead wood in the middle.

Ten thousand dead vines.

Cang Yun's eyes could not help but light up when he saw the description in his mind. This Ten Thousand Withering Vine was one of the medicinal ingredients needed to refine the puppet's body. Although its value was not too high, it was extremely rare.

Thus, Cang Yun walked over, and after smiling at the stall owner, he extended his hand, wanting to pick up the ten thousand wilted vines to have a look. "Wuu, wuu.

"Hmm?"

However, the moment he bent over, the originally silent 'Spirit Accumulation' within his Dantian suddenly trembled. Although this vibration was subtle, it was still detected by Cang Yun. Immediately, he raised his brows slightly and his gaze swept in the direction where the feeling came from without leaving a trace.

After hesitating for a moment, Cang Yun's target did not change. He still grabbed the ten thousand withering vines. However, as his eyes moved, he carefully observed the golden metal.

The surface of the metal didn't have any gorgeous luster to it, but was rather rough and dim. The surface of the metal had some wear marks, and at first glance, it didn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary. If it wasn't for the throbbing in his dantian, Cang Yun would have thought that it was just some ordinary metal.

After he stood up, Cang Yun quickly withdrew his expression. He pointed at the ten thousand withered vines in his hand and asked the middle-aged man behind the stall, "How much is it?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man raised his head slightly and roughly sized up Cang Yun. His eyes lit up as he said, "One thousand gold coins."

"A bit expensive, right?" Cang Yun raised his eyebrows. The eyes of these scum outside were extremely sharp. Cang Yun knew that this middle-aged man must have realized that his status was not ordinary and purposely raised the price a little.

The middle-aged man revealed a helpless expression: "This Ten Thousand Withering Vine is very hard to find, a thousand gold coins is not a high price, moreover this kind of money to you, presumably it is not much, why should you bother with us hard-earned people?"

"Heh …" Cang Yun smiled speechlessly. Although he did not have any status or burdens, since the other party had already said so, he could no longer haggle with him.

"What is this?" However, he did not immediately agree. Instead, he pointed to the few pieces of metal he had observed earlier and casually asked.

"I'm not sure." The middle-aged man answered truthfully and added, "I found it in an ancient monument and tested it with a blade and sword, but it was not damaged at all. That's why I brought it back."

"If they're not damaged at all, then where did all these traces come from?" Cang Yun chuckled, but did not quite believe what the middle-aged man had said. He pointed to the scratches on the metal surface and asked.

"Those scratches were there when I picked them up. As for what I said, it's definitely the truth. If you don't believe me, you can test it on the spot." Seemingly unwilling to lose Cang Yun, the big buyer, the middle-aged man hurriedly explained.

"There's no need to test it." Cang Yun nodded his head, believing the middle-aged man's words. Of course, to him, it didn't matter if the middle-aged man was lying or not, as he had taken a fancy to the few pieces of metal because of the strange movement in his dantian, he was just curious, "These few pieces of metals, in addition to the ten thousand dead vines in my hands, a total of 1000 gold coins. How about it?"

"This …"

"If you don't want to sell it, then forget it." Seeing that the middle-aged man was hesitating, Cang Yun placed the ten thousand wilted vines on the ground and started to leave.

"Ai, wait. Ok, deal!" The middle-aged man hurriedly stopped Cang Yun, clenched his teeth, and passed the ten thousand withered vine and several pieces of metal over.

"Happy cooperation." Cang Yun received it with a smile. After which, he unhesitatingly took out a thousand gold coins, placed it into a cloth bag and threw it over.

"Hehe, little brother, you are indeed generous. Do you want to take a look and see if there's anything else you need?" The middle-aged man caught the bag of gold coins and counted it. Then, he revealed a satisfied smile as he smiled and said.

"No, you don't have the things I want here either." Cang Yun shook his head with a faint smile. Indeed, other than the Ten Thousand Withering Vine, the rest of the items in the stall were of low quality. Naturally, he had no interest in them, so after finishing, he smiled towards Zhou Xian'er and the two prepared to leave.

"Wait." However, the middle-aged man once again called out to the two of them.

"What's wrong?" Cang Yun frowned and spoke with slight displeasure.

"Heh, it's like this. I don't think the two of you have anything in mind here, so I want to recommend a place to you two. There are even more treasures there, so I'm sure that you two won't be disappointed." Noticing that Cang Yun was a little angry, the middle-aged man smiled apologetically and quickly explained.

"Oh, where?" Cang Yun raised his eyebrows and asked with interest.

He had been wandering around for a long time, but there were very few things that caught his eye. As a result, once he heard the middle-aged man's description, Cang Yun became interested.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man smiled mysteriously before blinking his eyes and saying:

"I wonder if the two of you have heard of the underground market?"