Heavenly Dao Engine-Chapter 94 - 00 The Underworld Market

Chapter 94: Chapter 0094: The Underworld Market

Chapter 94 -0094: The Underworld Market

More support means Qi Tian can purchase more precious treasures.

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Initially, the courtyard gate was an ordinary one. However, upon applying the jade charm, ripples visible to the naked eye spread out, like a stone thrown into a calm surface of water. The gate started to distort within these ripples, gradually transforming. When the ripples finally faded, the gate had turned into a grand, vermilion door, studded with rows of bronze nails, each engraved with runes, together forming a Rune Array.

Qi Tian had every reason to believe that this door might be even more difficult to break than the Rune Gate left behind by Wu Jin Xiu, the owner of Mount Store.

Huang Qiliang stepped forward and knocked on the door. Soon, someone opened it, revealing a crack. Huang Qiliang pointed to the gap, saying, “You can go in now. When you come out later, someone will escort you.”

Qi Tian cupped his hands towards Huang Qiliang and, without asking a single question, stepped inside.

Watching Qi Tian’s retreating figure, Huang Qiliang shook his head. This kid was indeed bold. Did he not fear an ambush inside? Huang Qiliang had no idea that Qi Tian was aware of this place in the black market and knew the whole process. He knew that Huang Qiliang was not playing tricks but had led him to the essence of the black market. Moreover, while Qi Tian appeared careless, he had several jade charms hidden in his sleeves. If he noticed anything wrong, he would immediately throw out the jade charms, not giving anyone a chance to attack him first, even if it might result in unintended harm.

Originally, Qi Tian and the native cultivators of the Lianying Realm were enemies. Moreover, this place was the black market; no one here was innocent, including him. Who wasn’t stained with blood?

After Qi Tian squeezed through the crack of the door, he noticed a blind man standing behind the door. He was truly blind, not pretending, but rather completely lacking eyes.

The blind man said, “Please follow me, I will lead you to the Exchange Hall.”

Qi Tian followed the blind man towards the Exchange Hall. He paid close attention to the blind man’s footsteps—wherever the blind man stepped, he stepped too, careful to avoid stepping anywhere else. The sight of the previous door, densely covered in runes, had made a deep impression on him. This place was at the core of the black market, and its defense would only be more rigorous than that of the door. He was here to find some treasures that could enhance his strength, not to stir up trouble needlessly.

Soon, the blind man had led Qi Tian to the entrance of an inconspicuous room, saying, “You can enter now. Once inside, just find a chair to sit in. Don’t chit-chat—listen to what the people inside are saying.”

Qi Tian cupped his hands towards the blind man, saying, “Thank you.” He didn’t tip the blind man, as that was frowned upon in the black market—it might lead others to suspect him of trying to befriend the blind man and dig for secrets.

The blind man turned and left, going back to the door and standing there all alone, his silhouette lonely and desolate.

Qi Tian entered the room. The room resembled a simple classroom, minus a blackboard. Several cultivators were seated with a lectern in front of them, behind which stood another cultivator.

“Now, I’m selling a martial technique, the Eagle Nine Claw Skills, a powerful mysterious level, middle-grade technique that, as far as we know, only direct descendants of the Cai family can practice. We paid a hefty price to obtain it. Of course, it’s not a complete technique, but just the first move of the Eagle Nine Claw Skills. As per the usual rule, the starting price is 50,000 coins, a fixed price of 100,000 coins. Any takers?” said the cultivator on the stage.

Qi Tian raised an eyebrow. The influence of this black market was indeed huge; they had managed to get their hands on the secret art of the Cai family. Even if it was only a single technique, it was quite remarkable. More impressively, the black market had dared to put it up for sale, something only extraordinarily powerful factions dared to do.

All the cultivators in the room knew about the Cai family and the power of the Eagle Nine Claw Skills. Many of them were tempted, but fear of the Cai family kept them from bidding. As a result, this item went unsold.

The cultivator on the stage continued undeterred, introducing the next item. “Next up is a Spirit Beast Bracelet. This is a high-grade item, unearthed from an ancient ruin. It can be worn on the wrist as a space for storing Spirit Beasts, and it can become invisible, so it cannot be discovered by others. However, I must remind everyone that this Spirit Beast Bracelet was stolen from the tomb of the ancestor of the Yi family, Yi Zixing. The Yi family has been after this Spirit Beast Bracelet for some time. Moreover, at least seven to eight cultivators lost their lives while attempting to steal this bracelet. I can’t say why, exactly. Whether this Spirit Beast Bracelet will bring you good or bad luck, we can’t guarantee. It starts at 200,000 coins and goes for 500,000 coins.

The Yi family is a famous clan in the Lianying Realm, on par with the Cai family. Someone having the audacity to steal the Spirit Beast Bracelet from the family ancestor’s tomb and then put it up for sale shows the audacity of the black market. It seems like they don’t fear big families like the Cai’s or the Yi’s as rumors suggest.

Some raised their hands. The fame of Yi Zixing is still legendary in the Lianying Realm. In the past, Yi Zixing’s strength was due to this Spirit Beast Bracelet. Although all the Spirit Beasts in it were left to the family after Yi Zixing’s death, acting as the family’s guardian Spirit Beast, many cultivators covet the Bracelet. Now that the opportunity has presented itself, they won’t miss it, even if it carries a great risk.

This is different from the Eagle Nine Claw Skills. The latter only has the first step, and the quantity is too small. It’s not worth offending the Cai family for. In contrast, this Spirit Beast Bracelet is intact. Many are willing to offend the Yi family for it.

Qi Tian thought briefly and raised his hand directly. “I’ll take the Spirit Beast Bracelet. 500,000 coins.”

“Deal.” The man on stage picked up a tray with two items on it, one of which was the Spirit Beast Bracelet. He approached Qi Tian and smilingly said, “Esteemed guest, this is your Spirit Beast Bracelet.”

Qi Tian knew the rules. He brought out a bag of coins and poured them into the other item on the tray which was a coin container resembling a measuring cylinder with scales etched on it. As coins were poured in, the corresponding scale on the container would lit up.

When Qi Tian had poured in 500,000 coins, the scale with the mark of 500,000 lit up. The man then poured out the coins from the container into his bag, allowing Qi Tian to pick up the Spirit Beast Bracelet.

Once Qi Tian got his hands on the Spirit Beast Bracelet, he noticed that it was covered with several charms. He couldn’t identify all of them, but recognized two as Exorcism Charm and Divine Expulsion Charm. Anything with these two charms on it definitely wasn’t good news.

Qi Tian knew the black market wouldn’t just sell good stuff. Sure enough, this Spirit Beast Bracelet was problematic. But this trouble was a stroke of luck. If it had no issues, he wouldn’t have the chance to buy it. Someone else would have worn it already, and it wouldn’t have gotten to him.

A Spirit Beast Bracelet is a special kind of storage equipment. In general, storage equipment cannot contain other storage equipment. This bracelet couldn’t be put into other storage bags or into the Wuhang Ring he wore.

Qi Tian pretended to tuck the bracelet into his pocket, but he had already asked the Heavenly Dao Engine to take in the bracelet. The Engine devoured all the unnecessary evil miasma, arrays etc. and left him an intact Spirit Beast Bracelet in the end.

The Heavenly Dao Engine was extremely pleased with Qi Tian buying twenty pieces of raw stones all for it and readily agreed to this small request of his.

In the blink of an eye, the Heavenly Dao Engine devoured everything unnecessary on the Spirit Beast Bracelet, including the soul of Yi Zixing that caused the death of several cultivators. This was no ordinary soul, or else it wouldn’t have caused the death of so many cultivators. Even the Imperial Master, Xiao Xiaowu, might not fare well against it. But when confronted with the unreasonable Heavenly Dao Engine, it was wiped out without a chance to let out a scream that Qi Tian could hear.

A moment later, just as the Heavenly Dao Engine was about to spit out the cleansed Spirit Beast Bracelet, Qi Tian had a feeling that the bracelet was no ordinary artifact. If the Heavenly Dao Engine spat it out now, the black market would certainly mobilize its experts to kill him and seize the artifact.