Sovereign to Immortality

Those who had never heard of the name of the dark market would never have imagined that there would be such a vast underground square right under Meng Yu County.    

    

Although the dark market was mainly filled with Martial Disciples, the majority of the people there were Mortal Realm cultivators. Cultivators that came and went in the dark market usually wore clothes or masks to hide their faces, which was also an unwritten rule in the dark market. After all, the dark market itself was outside the jurisdiction of Heaven Shaking Sect.    

    

Although the dark market was targeted at Martial Disciples, but there weren't many Martial Disciples. Most of them were Mortal Realm cultivators. In fact, how many Martial Cultivators in Mengyu County would know of the dark market's existence?    

    

There was a wide variety of trades in the dark market. Some directly sold their stalls in this underground square, some went around looking for people to sell, and some people who were in urgent need of money went around auctioning them off at high prices.    

    

However, all of these trading methods could not be considered the true foundation of the dark market. The true foundation of the dark market was the existence of a Sound Transmission Talisman Hall in every dark market.    

    

The Sound Transmission Talisman Hall didn't sell cultivation materials, but it was a platform for transmitting trade information. Usually, the nearest dark market would be linked together, and cultivators with demand would be able to order talismans by using the Sound Transmission Talisman Hall. Similarly, cultivators who wanted to sell their treasures could also place a price within the Sound Transmission Talisman Hall.    

    

This way, even if the dark market didn't have what cultivators needed, they could still use the Sound Transmission Talisman Hall to search the nearby dark markets. This would enlarge the scope of the material search and increase the chances of obtaining what they needed.    

    

And when cultivators were searching for the required items through the Sound Transmission Talisman Hall, the two sides often didn't meet face to face with each other and only contacted each other through the Talisman Hall's sound transmission talisman. Even if the transaction was a success, there would be a middleman that would deliver the required items to each other.    

    

This dark market existed in almost every county, and the reputation of the dark market had been accumulating since the moment it was established. In the countless years that it had been established, it had already made the cultivators who entered the dark market into a habit of trust.    

    

Some people believed that the Heaven Shaking Sect was behind the dark market, while some cultivators believed that there was an even bigger force hiding behind it than the Heaven Shaking Sect. This was because the dark market was not limited to the Yuxian County, Yuzhou, Yuzhou, Zhang County, Xi County, Yao County, and even the entire Yuzhou.    

    

After Yang Junshan entered the dark market, he walked past a few stalls, but didn't find anything he needed. In fact, he didn't have much hope in this regard, so he went straight to the Sound Transmission Hall.    

    

The shopkeeper wore a large, smiling face mask within the Sound Transmission Hall. He looked somewhat similar to the shopkeeper from the previous inn. However, the surging aura of a peak Martial Disciple made it so that the cultivators entering the Sound Transmission Hall didn't dare to act presumptuously.    

    

Yang Junshan respectfully bowed to the shopkeeper who wore a smiling mask: "Greetings, senior."    

    

The shopkeeper glanced at Yang Junshan, and said with a smile: "Is this your first time here? Do you want to sell it or do you want to find a treasure? "    

    

Yang Junshan nodded, "This junior has just arrived at the dark market. If there are any rules that you don't understand, please enlighten me. This junior is looking for a treasure."    

    

The shopkeeper nodded his head, and placed a jade token on the counter, and said: "Ten jade coins, you can use this jade token to enter the Treasure Seeking Hall to check the sales information along with the surrounding dark markets, and you will only have two hours. The shopkeeper nodded his head, and placed a jade token on the counter, and said:" Ten jade coins, and you can use this jade token to enter the Treasure Seeking Hall to check the sales information along with the surrounding dark markets, and you will have two hours.    

    

Yang Junshan's face showed gratitude, "Thank you elder for your guidance!"    

    

With that, Yang Junshan handed over ten jade coins. Then, he took the jade token and walked towards the direction indicated by the shopkeeper. He arrived in front of a curtain of light.    

    

Yang Junshan placed the jade token in his palm. The spiritual energy in his body started to circulate, and the jade token was activated. A white light screen instantly melted the light screen in front of him, revealing a door for Yang Junshan alone to enter.    

    

Yang Junshan casually walked into the door. The light screen behind him closed again, and a small area appeared in front of him. The area was blocked by the light screen, with only a small seat in the middle.    

    

The moment Yang Junshan sat on the seat, the screen changed and turned into a stream of water, circling around Yang Junshan. At the same time, some fish swam happily in the water, jumping up when they came to Yang Junshan's side. If Yang Junshan caught the fish and turned it into a sound transmission talisman, Yang Junshan would know what the seller had left behind in the talisman.    

    

If so, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack. Even if Yang Junshan just sat here for a day, he might not be able to find what he was looking for.    

    

Yang Junshan took out five jade coins and threw them into the water one by one. Every time a jade coin fell into the water, a fish would jump out and swallow it whole.    

    

When the five jade coins were completely thrown away, the fish jumped out of the water and turned into a talisman. In the middle of the talisman, Yang Junshan left a message saying "only high-grade magic materials".    

    

Afterwards, the fish that jumped out of the water became much rarer. However, every time a fish jumped out of the river and was caught by Yang Junshan, the talisman that the fish transformed into would contain information on the sale of high-grade magic materials.    

    

After less than an hour, Yang Junshan became anxious. One hour was enough for him to see all the information about high-grade Dharma material sales in Meng Yu County's dark market. If he was not lucky, then he could only come back in seven days, because the news of sales in the dark market would only update once every seven days.    

    

At this moment, a golden fish suddenly jumped out from the water. Yang Junshan took a look at it and was stunned.    

    

The Tian Huang Stone had actually come across this item!    

    

This item was not one of the two top grade spirit materials needed to repair the Spirit Origin. However, if Yang Junshan's personal magic tool, the Mountain Lord's Seal, wanted to be upgraded to a mid-grade magic tool before being upgraded to a high-grade spirit weapon, then it would need the top grade spirit material, the Heavenly Yellow Crystal, as its base.    

    

Change it or not?    

    

Yang Junshan looked at the conditions required by the seller of this item and saw that it was written on the front: "High-grade spirit material, Tian Huang crystal, nine inches squared. You are in urgent need of thirty crystal coins. Only exchange for crystal coins. Do not disturb others."    

    

Tian Huang crystal, nine inches square. Since it was sold in the dark market, then the quality of this spirit material must have surpassed the eyes of the people from the dark market's Symbol Hall. Its quality shouldn't be wrong.    

    

The total value of 30 crystal coins was equal to 5000 jade coins, so it was still acceptable to exchange them for a high quality spiritual material. However, Yang Junshan decided to try and push down the price.    

    

Yang Junshan left a message below the contents of this talisman, "There are three pieces of Jade Crystal Stone, they can cut about twenty crystal coins. Would you be willing to cut them?"    

    

He put the amulet into the water and turned back into a fish, but this fish kept circling around Yang Junshan. When Yang Junshan threw the five jade coins into the fish's mouth one by one, it swam along the river without leaving a trace.    

    

Half the time had already passed and the number of fish in the water was dwindling. However, there was still no news of the two high grade spirit materials needed to repair the spirit source.    

    

Just then, another gray fish jumped out of the water. Yang Junshan grabbed it and said, "A bottle of high-rank spiritual material, Spirit Accumulation Dew, in exchange for a piece of the same level spiritual material, Flowing Light Wood. Do not disturb me unless you are sincere!"    

    

This was one of the two top grade spirit materials needed to repair the spirit source, and the words that came after the talisman made Yang Junshan's mind go blank. The high grade spirit material, the Flowing Light Mu Junshan, naturally didn't have it, and the "Do Not Disturb" sentence also prevented other cultivators from using other methods to trade.    

    

He put the fish into the water regretfully. The fish that jumped out of the water was getting smaller and smaller, and the time between each fish was getting longer and longer. Yang Junshan was already considering whether he should come back in seven days.    

    

At this moment, another small fish jumped out of the water. Yang Junshan held the small fish in his hand and tried again. The talisman on his hand said, "High quality spirit material: one spirit stone. Two thousand five hundred jade coins for one. Hurry up!"    

    

After he saw it, Yang Junshan didn't even have the time to be happy. He collected all the jade coins he had on him, barely 1,200 of them, and then he fiercely picked out two of the smallest ones from his storage bag, which were probably worth a dozen or so crystal coins. He wrapped them up with the fish charm in his hand, and splashed them into the water to create a big bubble.    

    

After the fish jumped back into the water, a stream of light rose from the water and poured into the jade token on Yang Junshan's screen. It then condensed to form a red mark.    

    

After making this deal, Yang Junshan thought that he didn't come here for nothing. There was still two hours left, although there were no fish jumping around anymore, so he dropped another five jade coins to check on the sales of other items.    

    

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There was another chapter at 11 PM. It had been uploaded regularly. During the past two days, he hadn't been home. It was inconvenient to surf the internet, so he had to excuse himself.