I conquered the cultivation world with scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

Jiang He roughly knew that Prometheus and Athena were the same person, and the goods she bought from Old Rabbit Shop were of pretty good quality so far.

Jiang He trusted Zhang San's character to a certain extent.

As soon as Zhang San saw his employer arrive, he took a few steps forward.

"Hey girl, what news do you want to know?"

Jiang He didn't beat around the bush and stated her purpose directly:

"I need a staff. Are there any staff auctions available recently?"

"Staffs? There are so many! Do you want the more expensive one or the cheaper one, miss?"

"The cheaper one."

"Take a look at this auction."

Zhang San pulled out a large bag of booklets and found one of them:

"There are five staffs here, the work of a weapon refiner. The highest starting bid is 100 million, and the lowest is 1 million."

"One million? That's so cheap?"

Jiang He looked at the starting price on the booklet with great suspicion. She had spent half a day collecting big data on the StarNet but had not found a relatively cheap staff. This time, she came to the black market purely to try her luck, to buy a cheap staff first, and then replace it when she had more money.

Surprisingly, Zhang San actually had it in his booklet.

"It does start at one million. It's a mid-grade, fifth-tier item, but it's a flawed product. I heard its functions are not very stable."

Zhang San pointed to the details page.

Jiang He nodded. It would be normal for a flawed item to start at one million.

Zhang San then pulled out several other booklets, which Jiang He looked through one by one. She eventually discovered that the starting bids for all of them were around ten million.

"That's all for now."

After a moment's hesitation, Jiang He chose the auction for the five magic staffs.

There was no other reason; Jiang He was simply poor.

No money.

Like the Black Entrance, the auction requires an invitation.

Invitations are available in both free and paid versions.

There are generally three ways to obtain them for free. One is that black market members will receive a certain number of auction invitations in their email every month, such as users with Black Crystal status or above.

Secondly, in order to attract attention in the lead-up to the auction, free invitations are distributed in fixed locations on the black market, usually only for the first few days.

Third, the prizes will be distributed through an online lottery.

Zhang San frequented various trading companies, spent a lot of time in the black market, and was well-informed, so he had a lot of free invitations.

The auction that Jiang He wanted to attend had a corresponding invitation.

This is also one of the reasons why Jiang He paid Zhang San to do it.

Having someone familiar with the rules of the black market to guide you makes things much easier.

Zhang San pulled out two invitation letters.

This auction was of a lower level, considered to be at the red crystal level.

The black market had a clear and strict hierarchy.

Based on spending patterns, users who accumulate 100 million Star Coins in spending will automatically be upgraded to Black Market Members, also known as Yellow Crystal Users.

There are also red, black and amethyst crystals on top of the citrine.

Just as Jiang He sat down in a regular seat, a drunken man walked towards her.

Perhaps seeing that Jiang He was a woman, he grinned and pounced on her:

"Hey pretty girl, all alone? Want to grab a couple of drinks with me?"

Zhang San frowned. Why did he have to run into this drunkard? He recognized him; he was a skilled thug in the black market, known for harassing women there. He never expected to run into him today.

Although Zhang San had only just begun to cultivate internal energy, he still stood before Jiang He:

"Old Xu, get out of here and drink somewhere else. This is an auction."

Zhang San was practically yelling insults. He had long disliked Old Man Xu, the drunkard who always used his skills to vent his frustrations or take advantage of others.

"Athena's here too. This chick next to you're pretty hot, let me have a go. 100,000 star coins, is that enough?"

Old Man Xu shoved Zhang San aside. He was at the Golden Core stage and had enough strength to push over Zhang San, who was at the Qi Refining stage, with just a flick of his finger.

Zhang San was pushed so hard that he flew five meters away, skimming the floor. Although he didn't die, he suffered multiple abrasions and fractures of varying degrees in his arms and legs.

Jiang He's face darkened.

She never expected that even with her ordinary appearance after using the Disguise Pill, she would still be harassed.

Jiang He quickly went over to help Zhang San up, then used wood-based magic to lightly treat Zhang San's wounds before feeding him a pill.

"Little beauty, why do you care about him? He's just a mortal. I see you're a cultivator too. How about we cultivate together? I love innocent young girls like you the most."

Old Xu reeked of alcohol, his greasy tongue lolling out, and he leered at Jiang He with a lustful look.

"Old Xu, have you no shame? How old are you? Look at yourself, you're the kind of scum who harasses young girls every day." Zhang San, lying on the ground, said angrily.

"you shut up."

Old Xu was very annoyed that his words had been interrupted. He looked at Zhang San on the ground and suddenly rushed over.

There were many onlookers, but no one came out to help or anything.

The biggest taboo in the black market is taking sides arbitrarily.

No one will help you if you fight or cause trouble, even though many people know that Old Man Xu is not a good person.

But Old Man Xu was, after all, a thug hired from the black market.

People with low cultivation levels are afraid of getting into trouble, while people with high cultivation levels are even less willing to get involved in such a mess.

Everyone stood aside, quietly watching as Old Xu punched Zhang San on the ground.

Zhang San values ​​his life, but he also has professional ethics; otherwise, he wouldn't have said those words just now.

Seeing Old Man Xu's punch now, he felt as if he was about to die.

Old Xu is very strong.

Because he was drunk, his hand, which was originally meant to punch Zhang San in the chest, somehow veered off course and was about to punch Zhang San in the head instead.

Old Xu's breath reeked of alcohol, and Zhang San closed his eyes in fear.

However, the scenario he had envisioned—his brains bursting open—did not happen.

Instead, he heard the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, and Zhang San felt the ground shake. He suddenly opened his eyes.

Only then did they realize that Old Man Xu was lying sprawled on the ground.

His employer had just stopped walking at that moment.

Old Xu looked pained as he stared at Jiang He, who had kicked him to the ground, his face grim.

"Don't push your luck. I'm in a good mood, and you're doing me a favor by being with me."

Old Xu sat up and said to Jiang He.

Jiang He remained silent, and then kicked her again.

Old Xu was crying out in pain on the ground. After a while, he pulled out a knife from behind him and was about to stand up and slash at Jiang He.

"Hey girl, watch out!"

Zhang San gasped as he looked at the knife in Old Xu's hand.

It's over, it's over.

Old Man Xu was at least a Golden Core cultivator. Although he was drunk and his strength had decreased by more than half, his employer's cultivation level was clearly not that high either.

With this one strike, they're all doomed.

Zhang San wished he could grow three heads and six arms to help Jiang He.

Old Man Xu smiled wickedly and swung his knife at him.

Jiang He was not afraid of Old Xu's knife at all. She bent down and dodged, then kicked him again.

Jiang He kicked fast and accurately, using all her strength.

This kick was aimed straight at Old Man Xu's groin!