After being reborn, the villain comes with a spoiler tag.

In the southwest corner of Tianhe City, in a bustling market.

Huo Yu and Long Yucheng were weaving through the bustling crowd.

Long Yucheng would stop at the roadside stalls from time to time, curiously touching and looking at everything, while Huo Yu would simply scan them with his divine sense before withdrawing it.

This is the morning market in Tianhe City.

Huo Yu had no idea that cultivator cities also had morning markets, which were only found in mortal cities, and that the format was even similar to that of morning markets in mortal cities.

Along both sides of the road, countless cultivators sat or stood, with a dazzling array of items laid out in front of them, the most common being spiritual herbs, monster hides and claws.

There are also shops selling items such as spirit swords, spirit armor, talismans, and jade slips, but the origins of these items are hard to say.

Consumable items such as pills are rarely seen.

In the middle of the road, cultivators came and went in an endless stream. If they found something they liked, they would stop in front of the stall and either transmit their thoughts with their divine sense or use a soundproof array to prevent others from spying on them.

Therefore, although the format looks exactly like a marketplace for ordinary people, the scene is eerily quiet.

Long Yucheng had learned about this place from the inn's waiter early that morning.

He loved to join in the fun, and his past life experience told him that the protagonist's opportunities were usually hidden in such places, so he naturally wouldn't miss such an opportunity and immediately dragged Huo Yu to come.

The reason Huo Yu was willing to accompany him was not only because he had some free time, but also mainly to ensure Long Yucheng's personal safety.

Tianhe City is, after all, a territory of the demonic path. Although the Heavenly River Master is in charge, ordinary cultivators dare not cause trouble here easily.

But the city itself has no restrictions, and in the shadows where no one knows, murder and robbery are always happening.

As for the dazzling array of goods at the market, Huo Yu showed no interest whatsoever. Most of the stall owners here were Qi Refining stage cultivators, and the items they sold naturally fell within the Qi Refining stage as well.

On the other hand, Long Yucheng reaped a great harvest.

He was already short of money, and the items in legitimate shops in Tianhe City were more expensive than those in the system's shady online store, so he didn't even bother to look at them.

The items sold at this market, considering that this is the territory of the demonic path, are probably mostly of dubious origin, but they are cheap!

Whether it came from legitimate sources or not, he wasn't planning to use it himself, so he wasn't worried at all.

Long Yucheng's main purpose for this trip was to profit from the price difference in the system.

At each stall, he would inquire about the value of the items from the system. As long as the points offered by the system exceeded one-third of the selling price, he would buy it without hesitation and immediately exchange it for points with the system.

The only troublesome thing is that Long Yucheng has to hold the item in his hand before the system will give him a quote.

Even someone as thick-skinned as Long Yucheng was too embarrassed to touch every single item at every stall; he could only pick a few that looked more valuable to touch.

—Mainly because he was afraid the stall owner would beat him up.

Moreover, he had a vague feeling that if it weren't for Senior Brother Huo, who was in the Foundation Establishment stage, standing next to him, some stall owners would probably have already been unable to hold back and started making a move.

Even so, his gains in half a day were quite considerable.

Long Yucheng first spent ten of the eighty-nine spirit stones in the outer disciple's storage bag to exchange for an entry token for Tianhe City, and then used twenty of them to buy sinking star sand.

He used the remaining fifty-nine coins to make a profit, exchanging them for 101 points. When he returned, he would exchange these points for spiritual herbs, which would be enough to support his cultivation for a period of time.

Unfortunately, while the system accepts a 1:1 exchange of spirit stones for points, it does not support exchanging points back for spirit stones; otherwise, he could have endlessly farmed points back and forth.

As for the idea of ​​using points to redeem items and then reselling them, it only flashed through Long Yucheng's mind before he gave up on it.

Although he could see that the price of pills in this market was lower than in regular shops, it was still much higher than in the system's online store, and there was no price to be found.

However, Long Yucheng had a clear understanding of his own abilities.

"A common man is innocent, but he is guilty of possessing a treasure." As long as he dares to sell pills, he will never be able to leave Tianhe City.

Moreover, if it's just bad luck on my part, that's fine. With the system around, as long as I don't encounter a Foundation Establishment cultivator, escaping won't be difficult.

But he is not alone now, and he doesn't want to implicate Huo Yu.

Saying it implicated someone seems a bit of an exaggeration. With his senior brother Huo's strength, even a Foundation Establishment cultivator probably wouldn't pose much of a threat.

However, it was Long Yucheng's inexplicable pride that was causing the trouble. From the blue wolf on the outskirts of Yincheng, to the Nine Star Secret Realm, then to the Beast Taming Valley, and finally to the Yellow Spring Sect, Huo Yu had saved him from danger four times.

Long Yucheng didn't say it, but he kept it in mind.

He hates being the one who always holds others back and causes trouble.

Besides, Senior Brother Huo has witnessed almost all of his experiences since he became a cultivator, and knows him inside and out. If he were to suddenly produce so many pills, just explaining their origin to Senior Brother Huo would be a huge problem.

Therefore, Long Yucheng only pondered the idea of ​​reselling the system store for a moment before dismissing it without feeling any regret.

Huo Yu had no idea that Long Yucheng could think of so much in such a short time.

Just as Long Yucheng spent his last spirit stone, Huo Yu's gaze was firmly drawn to a particular stall.

This stall stood out from the rest of the market. Everyone else here was silent, waiting for buyers to come to them, and even pricing was done discreetly.

This stall, however, was the complete opposite.

The stall owner was a young man in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, but he was dressed like a storyteller from the mortal world. He held a folding fan with eight large characters written on it in a flamboyant style: "Ancient and Modern Affairs" on the front and "Not a Word Known" on the back.

But then the storyteller said in a loud voice:

"That Demon Lord Huo Yu, after arriving at the Chang Le He Huan Sect, overcame numerous obstacles and finally met the first person in history to cultivate the 'Da Yan Zhan Tian Jing' to the Nascent Soul Realm—the Heavenly Mystery Elder!"

"Before the Demon Lord even spoke, the Old Man of Heavenly Secrets already knew his purpose and said directly that what the Demon Lord asked for was a heaven-defying act, and he was unwilling to perform divination for him."

The Demon Lord retorted, "What is Heaven? What is defying Heaven? The path of cultivation is inherently defying Heaven, especially the cultivation of the *Great Evolution Divination Scripture*. You have already cultivated this heaven-defying technique to the point of creating an avatar, yet you accuse others of defying Heaven. If you divine these three hexagrams for me today, I will leave on my own; if you insist on refusing, I will make this place barren!"

"The old man of heavenly secrets had no choice but to perform three divinations for the Demon Lord. These three divinations revealed all the secrets of heaven, but the old man of heavenly secrets died on the spot as a result!"

At this point, the storyteller slammed his fan shut and abruptly changed the subject:

"To find out what happens next, please purchase 'The Legend of Demon Lord Huo Yu' and read it for yourself! Each book costs only ten spirit stones, no deception!"

Huo Yu's expression was calm, but his eyes were extremely cold.

Several people had gathered around the storyteller, listening with great interest. But when he started selling books at a crucial point in his story, the crowd booed.

The storyteller wiped the sweat from his brow and said awkwardly, "I have to make a living too. If you have money, please support me; if you don't, please support me by donating money."

As the crowd gradually dispersed, the storyteller hurriedly called out, "I have other extraordinary stories to tell. Have you ever heard of the love, hate, and entanglements between the leader of the Xuantian Sword Sect, one of the five major sects of the righteous path, and his seven Daoist partners when he was young? Let me tell you the story in detail."

Upon hearing the gossip about their arch-rival boss, the cultivators who were about to disperse involuntarily stopped in their tracks.