Douluo: Purple Brilliance Shines, Sun, Moon, Mountains and Rivers Are Forever

Chapter 43 Black Market, First Date - Buying Arms
Star King Hotel.

After the pre-match mobilization meeting, Xu Tiance changed into a black robe and quietly left the room.

"Your Highness, where are you going so late?"

Hearing this, Xu Tiance stopped abruptly.

Turning around, he saw Meng Hongchen leaning against the door frame, arms folded across his chest, looking at him with a playful look.

"I'm not going anywhere, just wandering around."

"Mr. Ma said that tomorrow is the first elimination round of the competition, so let us have a good rest. Your Highness, are you going to take the lead in violating Mr. Ma's request?"

"I've spoken to Mr. Ma, and he's agreed."

"But I wonder if Your Highness still remembers that you promised to accompany me to visit Xingluo City?"

Xu Tiance scratched his head sheepishly. "Alright, alright, it's getting late. Let's not waste our best years on meaningless arguments. Let's go together. The sooner we go, the sooner we can return."

"That's pretty much it."

As he spoke, Meng Hongchen took out the black robe of the same style that he had prepared in advance and put it on, completely covering his exquisite body.

"So you've been prepared for this."

"That is it. Let's go, Your Highness."

Meng Hongchen affectionately took Xu Tiance's right arm, and as they walked, a pair of long legs were faintly visible under the black robe.

At night, Xingluo Street is still a bustling city that never sleeps. Thousands of silk lanterns bloom one after another, and the aroma of grilled fish wafts from the slanted wine flags.

The two of them walked straight into a small tavern that looked unremarkable.

They wore hoods and nodded slightly, their faces mostly hidden in shadow. Only their delicate chins and vaguely visible lips were visible in the warm light.

"My two guests, what can I do for you?"

Xu Tiance placed a medal and a few gold soul coins on the table and pushed them towards the waiter in the tavern. His voice became rough and deep, "Two glasses of starry night wine."

The waiter was stunned for a moment, then carefully examined the medal and put away the gold soul coin. "Okay, please wait a moment."

Soon, two tokens and masks were presented to them.

After putting on masks and taking the token, Xu Tiance and Meng Hongchen followed the waiter into a small private room.

The waiter fumbled around in the darkness and triggered some mechanism. There was a humming sound of gears meshing, and the wall in front of him slowly slid open, revealing a pitch-black passage.

"I hope you've had a rewarding trip. Both of you, please."

The black corridor was very long, and when they saw the light again, it was as if they had come to another world isolated from the world.

"temple……"

Meng Hongchen was about to say something when Xu Tiance covered his mouth with his hand. "Don't reveal your identity in the black market. Just call me A Ce."

"A… Ce?"

Xu Tiance nodded lightly, then took her little hand and blended into the crowd coming and going in the black market.

The blue-brick corridor was thronged with people wearing animal-bone masks, their shadows reduced to squirming flakes by the bronze hanging lamps. Despite the influx of people, the place was remarkably quiet, with little noise, and the occasional sound was a deliberately subdued whisper.

"Ace, when you say 'turn around', you mean going to the black market."

Xu Tiance nodded lightly and said, "Come and see if we can find some treasures." Not long after arriving, Mr. Ma used the secret line of Mingdetang to get a clear understanding of the underground black market situation in Xingluo City and provided it to Xu Tiance in detail.

The underground black market in Xingluo City has obviously benefited from the competition, with many outsiders pouring in, and business is much better than before.

Under such circumstances, there is a high probability that a lot of good things will appear on the black market. At the same time, there will also be a lot of big pitfalls.

"It's my first date with Ace, and I didn't expect it to be in the black market. It's really a unique experience. Isn't it, Ace?"

Meng Hongchen slightly emphasized the ending tone of the word "Ace". She didn't want to keep calling her man "Your Highness". It always felt a little strange. It was not as intimate as calling him "Ace" openly.

"No matter what, as long as you are happy."

"Then...can I also call you A Ce from now on?" Afraid that Xu Tiance would not agree, Meng Hongchen deliberately added, "When it's just the two of us."

"of course."

Meng Hongchen suddenly smiled happily and hugged Xu Tiance's arm tightly and affectionately, just like the evening breeze wrapping around a pine branch.

When you are caught off guard and fall into a "gentle trap", don't use this to test your leaders.

To be honest, slightly plump women are the best!
Xu Tiance coughed twice tactically and looked around aimlessly. Where would the treasure he wanted be?

"Ace, what are you looking at?"

"I'm looking around. There are so many black market merchants. Where should we start? How about we go see if there's anyone selling arms?"

Meng Hongchen pouted her cherry-red lips and turned her head away. "You stinky Aceh, are you still going on a date? How can you date a girl? You take her to buy arms?"

"Then let's go to the jewelry store for a while."

"I'm just kidding. Why come to the black market when you can go to a jewelry store? What legitimate jewelry can you buy here?"

"makes sense."

"Let's go, let's go buy some arms quickly, and bring some for my brother too. If we don't hurry up, we'll miss our beauty sleep."

According to the gossip they had heard in advance, Xu Tiance and Meng Hongchen went straight to a small shop selling soul guide weapons called "Tiankeng".

Most black market arms dealers have special channels, obtaining their weapons from the various military branches of the Xingluo Empire. However, Tiankeng is different. They only sell independently developed and manufactured soul-guided weapons.

Therefore, whether in terms of store size or transaction volume, the two are completely incomparable, but among peers and special talents, Tiankeng Store is definitely well-known.

Behind the rusty iron fence, the bronze door knocker of the shop is half of the spine of a soul beast.

Pushing the door open, I saw twelve skull lamps suspended in the store, with blue flames burning brightly. At first glance, there was no one inside.

As they walked into the shop, they looked at the merchandise on display with great interest - a three-finger-long hummingbird-shaped sleeve arrow, its wings tempered with poison; a nine-section whip, each joint of which contained a violent thunder-attribute core magic array to enhance the attack power.

Xu Tiance and Meng Hongchen are also soul masters. At a glance, they can see the extraordinary nature of these weapons.

Although most of the soul-guided weapons on the display shelves are level three and level four, they are completely different from those circulating on the market. Whether it is the design, assembly or magic array engraving, they all have their own unique ingenuity.

"How about it?"

Meng Hongchen nodded and praised, "You have your own ideas. But we'll have to test them to know the details."

Before I knew it, a figure that looked neither human nor human rose quietly from the shadow of the counter.

(End of this chapter)