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Chapter 267: Silver Rat's Surprise: Inheritance Jade Slip
Finding ermine is not difficult.

Xiao Chen walked around the stairs and continued to walk towards the back of the cave. He soon saw a table lying in front of him.

A monk wearing a silver rat-head mask was sitting behind the table.

There was a thick account book in front of him.

"Your Excellency is an Ermine. I have two things I need to take care of. I wonder what the procedure is?"

Xiao Chen directly took out the two storage rings he had picked up and placed them on the table.

In addition to the difficulty in using spiritual weapons, the storage rings used by true disciples are also a problem in themselves.

The ermine didn't answer directly.

He first reached out and picked up the storage ring, then checked the inscription on it.

After confirming that the secret code above was true, he immediately looked up and looked at Xiao Chen again.

It's not easy for someone to come up with something like this.

However, Silver Rat was not panicked. After all, the black market could be opened because it had something to rely on.

He asked in return: "That depends on how you want to handle it, fellow Daoist?"

"If you want to sell it yourself, you can choose any of the empty stalls outside. We only charge a stall fee of one thousand spirit stones."

"The exact amount sold in the end is up to you, fellow Taoist."

As he spoke, Silver Mouse changed the subject: "But, if you want to deal with something more valuable."

He gently shook the storage ring in his hand: "Then I still suggest that you participate in the centralized trading in the second half of the night."

"Firstly, it's hard to tell the authenticity of things out there, so many people are either unwilling to pay a high price or will take the opportunity to lower the price."

"Secondly, more people will come in the second half of the night, making it easier to close deals and sell at a high price."

On these two points, Ermine was telling the truth.

Xiao Chen just discovered that there were not many cultivators coming here, and most of them were only at the Foundation Establishment stage.

If I set up a stall to sell them myself, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to sell many items in one night.

So he asked, “What about centralized exchanges?”

Silver Mouse smiled and said, "If you want to participate in the centralized transaction, just hand over the items to us and we will take care of everything."

"But no matter how many spirit stones are sold in the end."

"We'll split it 70% and 30%!"

Wow, you’re so brave to ask for it.

You should know that if it is a regular auction, the draw is usually only one in twenty.

37% is equivalent to six times more expensive!
Wait, not necessarily.

"30% to 70%? Who gets 70%?"

Xiao Chen decided to get this matter cleared up first.

"Haha, you're joking, fellow Daoist. Naturally, you take the lion's share. You take seven and I take three."

Silver Mouse thought about it and took the initiative to add: "Don't think it's too much, fellow Daoist."

"After all, if we can sell things here, it would be hard to find someone to take them elsewhere."

“Instead of running around in the end, wasting time and energy.”

"Why don't we all cooperate with each other, what do you say?"

What he said does make some sense.

Xiao Chen thought about it and realized that second-hand items would be discounted. Although the commission for selling them here was a bit higher, it was definitely better than running around everywhere on his own.

After all, his time is valuable.

So he nodded: "Okay then."

As he spoke, he took out all the things he wanted to sell.

First came the two small flags that interfered with the illusion array, followed by a total of seven spiritual weapons, and then the Cangming heavy water that was obtained at the beginning.

There is also the "Thundering Mountains and Rivers Picture" that I obtained from Wang Ruiyang before.

Finally, there is a complete set of talisman-making tools.

These are things that Xiao Chen has accumulated for a long time. If they are taken out outside, they will be conspicuous and difficult to sell.

This is a good opportunity to deal with it together.

The silver rat next to him watched his actions and its pupils couldn't help but shrink.

What he thought at first was that Xiao Chen was most likely a representative chosen by a group of cultivators who had robbed and killed the true disciple of Jianlu.

When he saw the two small flags, he thought to himself that it was indeed the case.

However, immediately afterwards, the silver mouse saw the Cangming heavy water.

This is the specialty of the Cangming Immortal Sect, the top-notch third-grade spiritual liquid.

You also robbed the disciples of Cangming Immortal Sect?
How courageous!
Before Silver Mouse could admire it in his heart, he saw the "Thundering Mountains and Rivers Picture".

The silver mask hid the astonishment on his face, but it couldn't hide the surprise in his heart.

A few months ago, the Wang family used their connections with the Zhaokong faction to inquire around and track down the whereabouts of this map.

The incident was quite a big deal at the time, so Silver Rat naturally got the news.

He looked at Xiao Chen again.

My goodness, you guys did this too?
From south to north, from the present sects to the hidden Taoist schools, whoever they can catch will be robbed, right?

hiss~!

Silver Rat couldn't help but take a deep breath inwardly. Are all the robbery cultivators nowadays so brave?
The world has really become chaotic in the past two years!

But after all, he had seen all kinds of spiritual objects in the black market.

Therefore, he recovered quickly and picked up the spiritual objects one by one to identify their authenticity.

"Huh~, these things are all real. Please be sure to keep the corresponding spiritual contract safe."

Silver Mouse picked up a pen and wrote twelve spiritual contracts and handed them over: "After the centralized transaction is completed, we will only accept spiritual contracts to settle spiritual stones."

"By the way, this set of talisman-making tools is extremely delicate, I'm afraid it will be difficult to sell."

"If you are willing, how about I accept the price directly?"

The ermine held up two fingers and shook them.

The five talisman pens alone cost more than 20,000 spirit stones, so this gesture should represent 200,000.

Xiao Chen thought about it and felt that if it was this price, it seemed pretty good.

Although in theory, if you want to customize such a set of equipment outside, 200,000 spirit stones are definitely not enough.

But it is indeed not easy to sell this kind of thing as a whole set.

After all, most cultivators would never use such a good thing, and ordinary talisman pens can be used.

Those monks who can afford it may not be willing to use second-hand goods of unknown origin.

"Alright, then let's do as you say."

Xiao Chen returned the last spiritual contract and took away 200,000 spirit stones.

Because it is still more than an hour before midnight.

So he went back to the stairs and started browsing the items for sale.

It must be said that the stalls in the black market are completely different from those outside.

First of all, there is no longer that loud and slightly annoying greeting. All the stall owners are quiet, waiting for customers to come.

Then the things on the stalls were relatively messy.

Outside, those who sell elixirs are all elixirs, and those who sell spiritual herbs are all spiritual herbs.

But here you can see several different things in one stall.

Some stall owners will roughly classify them, while others seem to just pour them out and mix them into a pile.

This is not entirely because they are lazy, there is also an unwritten rule.

Most of those who are well organized are middlemen who buy goods at low prices elsewhere and sell them at high prices.

Most of those mixed together are original sellers.

They piled up the things they had saved or had robbed and killed, and let the buyers choose.

Many monks like the feeling of choosing for themselves.

Of course, this is not absolute. After all, in a place like the black market, not only is it difficult to distinguish the real from the fake, but there are also stall owners who deliberately disguise their identities.

"what?"

When Xiao Chen walked halfway, he actually saw a special stall.

Apart from a wooden sign in the middle, there was nothing on either side.

He walked closer and saw that the wooden sign clearly read - Buying back the golden elixir at a high price!
what?
To be honest, we have seen many cases of stolen goods being recovered.

But it was the first time that Xiao Chen saw someone recycling golden elixirs.

The key point is what's the point of him recycling this thing?
"Fellow Daoist, are you here to sell golden elixirs?"

The stall owner noticed his gaze and asked, "Don't look anymore, we're the only ones doing this business here."

"Please take out the item and let me see its quality. I will give you a suitable price."

Xiao Chen shook his head: "I don't have this thing in my hand for the time being."

"May I ask what the price is, fellow Taoist? Would you mind telling me what it's for?"

Generally speaking, the second half of the question shouldn't be asked, but he was indeed curious.

As expected, the stall owner immediately shook his head and said, "The specific price depends on the quality. As for the purpose, I can't tell you. Please don't ask too much."

Sure enough, there is no answer to this question.

Xiao Chen secretly paid attention to this matter in his mind, and then continued to browse the rest of the stalls.

Not long after walking, he saw a floor full of storage rings in front of him.

This stall is much larger than the others, occupying two positions alone.

On the bright red cloth, there are five rows of various storage rings neatly arranged, totaling more than a hundred rings.

If you calculate based on the price of a storage ring of 50,000 spirit stones.

The value of this storage ring alone is as high as five million.

Even if some of the storage rings may be stolen goods circulated at half price, it is enough to prove that the stall owner has strong financial resources, far surpassing the general sect's true teachings.

It turns out that there are many hidden dragons and crouching tigers in this world, and you can even meet such extraordinary people on the black market stalls.

There is also a sign in front of this stall.

The rules of the stalls are introduced above.

All the storage rings displayed here were left behind by other cultivators, and the restrictions are intact and have never been broken.

Regardless of style or new or old, they are all sold at a price of 100,000 spirit stones per piece.

You are free to choose and check restrictions, but once sold, there are no returns or exchanges.

"Fellow Daoist, would you like to try one?"

The stall owner enthusiastically introduced: "Many of the storage rings here come from secret realms or ruins."

"Many of my colleagues have made great things out of it before."

"Some people have directly obtained more than 200,000 spirit stones, and some have even obtained crystals of the Dao."

Xiao Chen immediately realized that this was equivalent to gambling!
Wow, there is actually such a way to play. I am so ignorant.

When he encountered a new trick, he immediately became interested.

After a closer look, I saw that the rings on the stall were both new and old, and a few even had sticky dirt or dark red blood stains that had not been cleaned.

However, based on this alone, it is impossible to infer what is in the ring.

Considering his luck, Xiao Chen couldn't help but hesitate.

Oh, if only I had a pair of sharp eyes, I could see what’s inside.

"Fellow Daoist, please pick one."

The stall owner's voice was deep and rich, sounding like the kind of honest man with a simple character who wouldn't lie. "One hundred thousand spirit stones isn't expensive." He pointed at the stall and said, "These rings would sell for sixty thousand spirit stones each in the market. The older ones over there are worth forty thousand spirit stones."

"As long as a spiritual weapon can be found inside, the investment will be recovered immediately."

"If there's something else that can be opened, I can make an extra profit from it."

"If you get a fourth-level spiritual object, you can make several times the profit right away."

hiss~!

What he said seems to make sense.

Xiao Chen's eyes flashed.

Although it is said that one should not gamble in order to win, but what if he can get something good?
Although the probability is small, what if he is the lucky one?
Although most monks will probably lose money, there will always be someone who can make money, so why can't it be him?

Right.

"Let me see, this one, isn't it? I should choose this one, yes, this is it!"

Xiao Chen considered it carefully, and after some careful comparison, he finally chose a storage ring that looked relatively new.

If this thing is sold by itself, it can be worth 50,000 spirit stones.

In other words, as long as he can get something worth 50,000 spirit stones, he won't lose money.

After getting the storage ring, Xiao Chen no longer had the heart to continue shopping.

He went directly to the back of the cave, found an empty cushion to sit on, and began to concentrate on cracking the code.

It would take an average cultivator at least three hours to crack this ordinary storage ring.

But now Xiao Chen has become very proficient in his work. It only took him two hours to resolve the restriction on the storage ring before three quarters past midnight.

He immediately mobilized his spiritual sense and checked the gains in the storage ring.

In a space of ten feet square, all kinds of items were piled up in a mess.

At first glance, it seems like a treasure.

However, when Xiao Chen looked carefully, he was disappointed to find that there were either junk spiritual herbs or old waste pills.

Mixed among a large amount of useless spiritual ores are about two thousand spiritual stones.

In a word, two words - huge loss!
“Oh, that’s annoying!”

Xiao Chen picked up the storage ring and wanted to throw it on the ground. "I was fooled once at the Sea Spirit Festival last time. Why don't you learn your lesson?"

"Quit gambling, you must quit gambling, and never be fooled like this again!"

There is no such thing as a lucky chance, there is no such thing as a lucky person, it's all because of greed.

But he didn't throw the ring on the ground after all.

This thing is at least worth some spirit stones, and any amount of blood it can restore is valuable.

"Forget it, forget it, just consider it a lesson."

After this wave of calculations, Xiao Chen lost at least 40,000 spirit stones. If he were an ordinary cultivator, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood.

Fortunately, the money was not a big deal for him.

To put it bluntly, it's all about the heart of a tree.

Thinking of the tree hearts, Xiao Chen remembered that he seemed to have not sold the tree hearts yet.

I was so focused on the black market before that I almost forgot about this.

The tree hearts can be sold openly. I'll deal with them when I return to the market later.

While I was thinking, it was time for centralized trading.

This kind of transaction is somewhat different from an auction, and is more like an exchange meeting among like-minded people, but the difference is that all participants hide their identities.

A person in charge wearing a Taurus mask took out different items one by one and introduced them.

Participants can then make offers freely, or they can offer different spiritual objects for sellers to discount on the spot, and the highest bidder will win in the end.

Of course, the things that can come here are naturally different from those in auctions outside.

The first thing to appear is a bone bottle.

Jinniu introduced in a muffled voice: "A life-sacrificing pill unearthed from ancient ruins."

"If a Foundation Establishment cultivator consumes it, it will be a deadly poison with no antidote."

"If taken by a cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core stage, within a quarter of an hour they can gain strength comparable to that of a cultivator in the late stage of the Golden Core stage."

"If taken by a cultivator in the late Jindan stage, they can gain twice the power of an ordinary Jindan Great Perfection cultivator within two quarters of an hour."

"The biggest advantage is that even if the effect is interrupted prematurely, the person's soul will be destroyed on the spot, and no medicine can cure it."

"Don't worry about being caught by the Yuanying old monster and then revealing things that shouldn't be said."

"To fight for one's life, or to arrange for death squads, are both the best options."

If this kind of thing appeared in the outside world, it would probably be directly controlled by the nearest large sect at the first moment and kept in their hands as a trump card.

Even here, there are many competitors.

In the end, it was sold at a high price of 300,000 spirit stones plus a defensive spirit weapon.

Following closely behind was a bottle of Cangming heavy water.

Jinniu's introduction was perfunctory: "This is a specialty of the Cangming Immortal Sect. Everyone should know it. Make an offer."

Ok?
What do you mean everyone knows each other? Can you introduce them properly?

Xiao Chen recognized at a glance that it was his.

Fortunately, this thing was indeed very famous. After a fight among the surrounding monks, it was successfully sold at a high price of 100,000 spirit stones.

Interspersed in between are some spiritual weapons or skills.

Including Xiao Chen’s seven spiritual weapons, they were all sold for more than 70,000 spirit stones.

The most expensive one even cost 130,000 yuan.

At that time, there were still cultivators willing to pay 120,000 spirit stones plus a third-level spirit fruit.

However, after Jinniu communicated with Xiao Chen through telepathy, he still rejected the offer.

After all, he has no shortage of spiritual fruits.

The two formation flags in the middle were more expensive, sold at high prices of 270,000 spirit stones and 230,000 spirit stones respectively.

However, the time was approaching the end of the hour of Chou.

However, Xiao Chen still did not see his "Thundering Mountains and Rivers Picture" appear.

Although he knew from the beginning that these would definitely not be cheap.

But I didn’t expect the black market to be so optimistic about it, so I queued up at the back.

"Ladies and gentlemen, next are the last five lots. Please move to the side hall."

Taurus stretched out his hand and pointed, and the rock wall opened up by itself, revealing a secret passage.

He deliberately said loudly: "Let me remind everyone that although there is no threshold to the side hall, the things inside are inherently dangerous."

"If anyone doesn't want to get into trouble, they can leave now through the back."

As soon as he finished speaking, quite a few monks stood up and left.

isn't it?
Xiao Chen was a little surprised. Everyone had a stealth magic weapon to protect themselves, and no one knew each other. Was it necessary to be so careful?
What is so dangerous?
He was naturally not afraid, and the "Thundering Mountains and Rivers Picture" required him to communicate on the spot to get a discount.

So Xiao Chen did not leave, but followed Jinniu to the side hall.

After passing through the secret passage, you can see that in the brightly lit side hall, there are already more than ten monks who have taken their seats in advance.

Although they also wore masks, each of them had an aura as deep as the abyss, and they all had the cultivation level of the late Jindan stage.

Well, Xiao Chen probably knew where some of the danger came from.

"The first thing is the original copy of the first three volumes of the Mozhang Sect's authentic martial arts technique, 'Huiling Dian Mo Zhen Jing'."

Jinniu introduced it straight to the point: "It contains most of the content, only missing two foundation-building spells and one golden elixir spell."

"You can cultivate all the way until you break through to the Nascent Soul stage."

Ah this….

Xiao Chen finally knew where the real danger came from.

They dare to resell this kind of thing, no wonder they have to run into the Zhaokong faction.

Anyone who dares to do this kind of business within the Mozhang Sect will probably be blocked by a Yuanying Zhenjun overnight.

Only by being separated by other sects can we delay time.

The second item was a fourth-order thunder bead, equivalent to a full-strength attack from a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"Next is the third item, a jade slip of the magic inheritance found in ancient ruins."

Taurus held up a blood-red jade slip and showed it to everyone.

As he intentionally stimulated the spiritual energy, a faint demonic energy emanated from the jade slip.

Among all the people present, no one was more familiar with demonic energy than Xiao Chen.

He was 100% sure that this was indeed the jade slip of inheritance left by the Demonic Path.

They even dare to sell the inheritance of magic, it really deserves to be called a black market.

Xiao Chen looked around. If the practice in the Southern Region was followed, anyone who saw this kind of thing would dare not report it afterwards.

As long as their identities can be verified, they will be treated as accomplices of the evil cultivators.

I don't know if there are similar rules here.

"Oh, what type of skills are in it?"

A voice that was clearly pinching its throat rang out: "It's not some useless thing that requires one's own essence and blood, right?"

Jinniu frowned before answering, "That's unclear. This is a one-time jade slip, so the contents of the inheritance cannot be checked."

"But don't worry, everyone. We have hired a specialist to authenticate it, and it is undoubtedly the Jade Slip of the Demonic Path."

"Humph!"

However, the voice mocked, "Are you trying to make fun of us?"

"Everyone knows that demonic cultivators are a bunch of lunatics. The things they leave behind might contain some problems."

"Can things like this that haven't been inspected be sold now?"

Upon hearing this, Jinniu's voice became three points more severe: "I have a message for you, fellow Taoist. If you don't have the skills, don't take on porcelain work."

“Of course some people are not afraid of problems.”

"There's no need for you to worry about this kind of thing for others!"

As a black market auctioneer, he had no intention of accommodating his customers and retorted on the spot.

Then he shouted, "The seller is looking for spiritual objects that can help him break through to the Nascent Soul stage. I won't accept elixirs or talismans. Please make your bid."

This requirement is a bit high.

Everyone was silent for a moment before someone shouted, "I can offer 300,000 spirit stones."

Jinniu used his spiritual sense to communicate for a moment before asking, "Is there any other price?"

"The seller is willing to include a magical artifact he found in the ruins to prove that this jade slip originated from the Black Abyss Demon Sect, the same sect that caused the Broken Blade Demon Disaster."

"Among the ancient demon sects, the Black Abyss Demon Sect can at least be ranked among the top three."

Broken Blade Demon Disaster?

Xiao Chen immediately became interested. Most of the time, demonic disasters meant that the other party had used evil spirits.

In other words, there may be clues about evil spirits in the jade slip!
He immediately said: "I can produce a moon-dyed jadeite mushroom."

"But I don't want the magic weapon fragments, so the seller needs to pay me... 200,000 spirit stones."

There is no use for him to have a magic weapon, so he might as well exchange it for a spirit stone.

Jinniu paused and said, "The seller is willing to pay 100,000 spirit stones as the difference."

Xiao Chen thought for a moment and said, "One hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones, no less."

In fact, one hundred thousand spirit stones is not a small amount.

But he had just lost 40,000 spirit stones, so he had to find a way to make it up.

Taurus communicated: "No problem, deal!"

(End of this chapter)