Chapter 157

Inside the City Lord's Mansion of the Mysterious Market.

The City Lord's Mansion established by Ye Qingxuan was not on the ground of the city.

Above the central area of the Mysterious Market, a conical building floated high in the sky over the city.

Atop this conical building lay the location of Ye Qingxuan's City Lord's Mansion.

Though called the City Lord's Mansion, it was actually a high-altitude pavilion.

Ye Qingxuan named this pavilion Shangxuan Pavilion.

From atop Shangxuan Pavilion, one could easily see all the surrounding scenery.

At this moment, Ye Qingxuan stood at the edge of the pavilion with his hands clasped behind his back, looking down over the entire Mysterious Market.

Watching the increasing flow of people on the streets below the city, Ye Qingxuan wore a satisfied smile.

The greater the flow of people attracted, the greater the profits he would gain in the future, and the more Qing Demon Clan corpses he would acquire.

In every shop within the Mysterious Market, Ye Qingxuan had set up acquisition points for Qing Demon Clan corpses.

According to current market prices.

A complete Foundation Establishment realm Qing Demon Clan corpse was worth 6,000 to 60,000 low-grade spirit stones.

A complete Purple Mansion realm Qing Demon Clan corpse was worth 180,000 to 1.8 million low-grade spirit stones.

A complete Jin Dan realm Qing Demon Clan corpse was worth 90,000 to 900,000 mid-grade spirit stones.

A complete Nascent Soul realm Qing Demon Clan corpse was worth 50,000 to 500,000 high-grade spirit stones.

A complete Soul Transformation realm Qing Demon Clan corpse was worth 30,000 to 300,000 supreme-grade spirit stones.

Qing Demon Clan corpses above the Soul Transformation realm had not yet been offered for sale by any cultivator.

As for Qi Refining realm Qing Demon Clan corpses? To produce a boosting effect on the growth of the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven, the number of Qi Refining realm Qing Demon Clan corpses required would be enormous.

The time needed to refine such a vast number of Qi Refining realm Qing Demon Clan corpses using the Purification Array would be enough for the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven to absorb external energy and transform it into the corresponding primal essence on its own.

Moreover, this would occupy a large amount of space within the Purification Array.

Therefore, Ye Qingxuan did not intend to acquire Qi Refining realm Qing Demon Clan corpses from outsiders.

For Qing Demon Clan corpses of other realms, within Ye Qingxuan's Mysterious Market, the acquisition price was set at ten percent above the market rate.

Besides the acquisition of Qing Demon Clan corpses.

Ye Qingxuan did not pay excessive attention to other matters within the Mysterious Market.

The primary purpose of establishing this city was to acquire low-level Qing Demon Clan corpses for cultivating the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven.

Currently, the city was newly established, and since the Xuanmu Realm had only been open for a short time, not many low-level cultivators from the Human Race or the Qing Demon Clan had entered the Xuanmu Realm.

Therefore, in this initial period, Ye Qingxuan did not expect to acquire many Qing Demon Clan corpses.

As long as the city remained, with steady and continuous flow, he would eventually acquire more and more Qing Demon Clan corpses.

Regarding the sale of other goods, Ye Qingxuan only needed to replenish the stock in a timely manner.

For this, Ye Qingxuan planned to have his Explorer Clone take responsibility.

In the short term, the main area of activity for his Explorer Clone would be the Xuanmu Realm.

Its primary duty was to handle the resource transfer and coordination between the Mysterious Market and his main body.

After casting one last glance at the city, Ye Qingxuan turned and returned into the pavilion.

Ye Qingxuan could not yet accurately estimate how much potential this city held or how much profit it could bring him.

Seeing that the Mysterious Market had entered a steady course, Ye Qingxuan handed the storage bag containing the Qing Demon Clan corpses to his Explorer Clone.

He prepared to have his Explorer Clone take the Qing Demon Clan corpses back to the Xuantian Sect.

After the Explorer Clone departed.

Ye Qingxuan's main consciousness, just as it was preparing to leave the Mysterious Merchant Clone and return to his main body, was suddenly drawn to the attention of a Nascent Soul realm peak cultivator.

Directly beneath Shangxuan Pavilion was a portal that had appeared out of thin air; on both sides of the portal stood two second-grade wooden puppets guarding it.

This portal could directly teleport one into Shangxuan Pavilion where Ye Qingxuan was located.

The Mysterious Market was suppressed by a sixth-grade lower-grade Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Array, preventing cultivators below the Soul Transformation realm from flying through the air.

Therefore, ordinary cultivators wishing to enter Shangxuan Pavilion to meet Ye Qingxuan could only do so through this portal.

At this moment, outside the portal, a Nascent Soul realm peak cultivator holding a long sword walked slowly forward. "I wish to request an audience with the City Lord to conduct a transaction with him. I trouble you two to announce my arrival."

With his cultivation base, he could naturally see through that the two figures before him were puppets.

However, he was not clear whether the one controlling these puppets was the City Lord of this Mysterious Market himself or someone else.

He had come seeking a favor.

Therefore, out of caution, he did not show any disrespect toward the two puppets.

Above Shangxuan Pavilion, after pondering for a moment, Ye Qingxuan decided to meet this cultivator.

With a thought, one of the puppets guarding the portal below spoke:

"Enter!"

While speaking, the puppet extended a hand, gesturing for the cultivator holding the long sword to enter.

After receiving permission, the cultivator holding the long sword nodded expressionlessly and then entered the portal.

Inside Shangxuan Pavilion, Ye Qingxuan was already seated in the position of honor, waiting quietly.

A flash of light filled the hall, and the cultivator holding the long sword had already appeared inside Shangxuan Pavilion.

Seeing the visitor, Ye Qingxuan spoke with a slightly hoarse voice:

"Who are you? What transaction do you wish to make with this old man?"

The cultivator holding the long sword looked at Ye Qingxuan's clone, the Mysterious Merchant, with silver-white hair and a silver mask, and paused in surprise, thinking inwardly:

"An old man?"

However, the age displayed by a cultivator's appearance could not provide much reference, so he could not determine the other party's specific situation.

Raising a hand to offer a slight fist-and-palm salute, he said calmly, "I am Dao Changchun; I greet the City Lord."

"This time, I wish to exchange this corpse of a Green Demon for some Gold Spirit Stones with the City Lord. Does the City Lord have any?"

As he spoke, Dao Changchun produced a Green Demon corpse and tossed it onto the ground.

This Green Demon corpse was none other than Xie Wu, whom he had slain earlier.

"Gold Spirit Stones?"

Ye Qingxuan sat in the seat of honor, glanced at the Green Demon corpse on the floor, and let the fingers of his right hand tap lightly against the armrest beneath his palm.

After a moment of thought, Ye Qingxuan finally spoke:

"We do have Gold Spirit Stones. How many do you wish to exchange for?"

Gold Spirit Stones are a sixth-grade spiritual ore, used to forge high-grade spiritual artifacts and enhance their sharpness.

He could procure such spiritual ores within the Xuantian Sect.

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's reply, Dao Changchun remained expressionless, yet a hint of joy flashed in his eyes. He said calmly, "Two units!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Qingxuan slowly shook his head:

"The market price for Gold Spirit Stones is 4,000 supreme spirit stones per unit, while the market price for a corpse of a Green Demon at the Nascent Soul realm's peak is 5,000 supreme spirit stones."

"Therefore, I can only offer you one unit of Gold Spirit Stones plus 1,000 supreme spirit stones."

Dao Changchun hesitated for a moment, then glanced at the long blade in his arms before speaking:

"Very well, but I want 1,500 supreme spirit stones in spirit stones."

Dao Changchun was already familiar with the prices at which the Mysterious Shop purchased Green Demon corpses, so he naturally had no intention of suffering a loss.

Ye Qingxuan did not refuse this request; he nodded and said, "Agreed, but the Gold Spirit Stones will require three days before the transaction can be completed."

The Mysterious Shop's current inventory does not contain any Gold Spirit Stones.

To complete the transaction, he must first procure the Gold Spirit Stones from the Xuantian Sect and have his Explorer Avatar bring them back to the Mysterious Shop.

Upon hearing the timeframe Ye Qingxuan mentioned, Dao Changchun nodded slightly, picked up the corpse from the ground, and said:

"Very well, I shall return in three days."

Having finished speaking, Dao Changchun prepared to leave the Shangxuan Pavilion.

Ye Qingxuan made no attempt to detain him; he activated the portal leading downward, allowing Dao Changchun to depart the Shangxuan Pavilion.

(End of this chapter)