Chapter 129: Oriole again, scoundrel again

It had been more than three months since the Blood Burning Elixir formula was deduced.

During this period, Luo Chen refined it more than ten times, only succeeding in two furnaces.

The first furnace obtained five pills, and the second furnace, due to the improvement of the elixir fire, obtained seven pills.

A total of twelve pills.

He used one pill to test the elixir on a demon beast.

He gave two pills to Wang Yuan.

Therefore, only nine Blood Burning Elixirs were left in his hand.

In this black market auction, he took out six pills, leaving only three for himself.

The number "three" was something he had carefully considered.

The effect of the Blood Burning Elixir is extremely special, but the aftereffects are also very obvious.

Every time it is used, it will damage one's own body.

If more than three pills are used continuously, irreversible injuries will occur.

Unless it is someone like Wang Yuan who takes the path of a body cultivator, ordinary Qi Refining cultivators cannot avoid this kind of injury.

Luo Chen still expects the Great Dao, so naturally, he will not let himself fall into that kind of predicament.

Six Blood Burning Elixirs, five of which were auctioned at prices of 120, 90, 80, 90, and 100 respectively.

The first pill was taken by Tianxingzi, who had said before that he would buy it at the highest auction price.

Therefore, a total of six hundred low-grade spirit stones were harvested.

It must be said that Luo Chen didn't expect it to sell for such a high price.

After all, this is just a first-grade low-grade elixir!

However, seeing those cultivators who bid for the elixir and couldn't wait to put it away, Luo Chen seemed to understand something.

Times have changed!

Since the closing of the Discussion Platform in Dahe Square, fights have increased day by day.

It was like a huge powder keg, which could be ignited at any time.

With the discovery of the Core Formation ruins, Dahe Square has become even more chaotic now.

And the Blood Burning Elixir can erupt with combat power at critical moments, which can catch the enemy off guard or allow oneself to luckily save one's life.

If you don't look at the curative effect, just look at the result.

The Blood Burning Elixir is not a demonic elixir at all; it is clearly a righteous elixir that saves lives!

"Yes, the elixir I refine is a righteous elixir!"

After thinking this through, Luo Chen's mood, which was originally happy because of the six hundred spirit stones, became even more pleasant.

After several subsequent cultivators hung up things to auction, it came to the last stage of self-trading by cultivators.

Luo Chen had a goal early on.

"Fellow Daoist wants these five bottles of Runming Pearl Liquid?"

The beautiful female cultivator was very surprised; she thought no one was interested in this thing.

Hearing this voice, Luo Chen had a familiar feeling, as if he had heard it once somewhere.

However, he couldn't recall it for a while, so he stopped dwelling on it.

"I heard that this medicine can effectively improve eye damage caused by excessive use of Spirit Eye Technique, so I want to buy it for backup. I don't know the price?"

"How about the starting bid I just hung?" the female cultivator said tentatively.

Luo Chen frowned, "If it were this price, I could have bid for it directly just now."

The female cultivator smiled bitterly: "If it were any cheaper, I wouldn't even be able to recover my cost."

"Oh?"

Cost!

Luo Chen tried to say: "As far as I know, this medicine is produced by the Yuding Sword Sect and is rarely sold externally. Even if it appears, it is usually at a formal auction."

"I don't know where you got these five bottles of Runming Pearl Liquid? Of course, if it's inconvenient to say, forget it."

The beautiful female cultivator shook her head: "There's nothing that can't be said. Now this medicine has been put on the shelves in the Yuding Sword Pavilion of other markets, marked at one hundred. I bought five bottles in Taishan Square at the beginning, just wanting to see if I could make a little profit by reselling them."

The Yuding Sword Pavilion in Taishan Square has already put it on the shelves.

Why hasn't the goods spread to Dahe Square yet?

Luo Chen thought for a while and took out five hundred spirit stones.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist, for telling me this news. Let's trade at your starting bid!"

The beautiful female cultivator didn't hesitate and soon gave the five jade bottles to Luo Chen.

The trade ended, and they should have parted ways.

However, the beautiful female cultivator asked curiously, "Does Fellow Daoist have any more Blood Burning Elixirs?"

"Hmm?"

"It's like this, the three of us siblings have connections in Taishan Square, Snow Lotus Square, and even Liuguang Square. If Fellow Daoist has a large amount of Blood Burning Elixirs, we can cooperate."

Are you running a solo business?

Luo Chen thought of the beautiful female cultivator and her two companions during the auction, who took out many spiritual resources that did not belong to Dahe Square.

He originally thought these people were bandits, and those miscellaneous things were obtained by killing and seizing treasures, but he didn't expect them to be existences like "peddlers".

It's just that those who do this kind of business either have broad connections and resources, or have strong strength and dare to travel north and south.

That is, they lack a Foundation Establishment leader; otherwise, they could completely become a force like the Lianyun Alliance.

Facing the expectation of the beautiful female cultivator, Luo Chen shook his head firmly.

"No more, just those few pills."

After speaking, he didn't hesitate and turned to leave.

Currently, he didn't want to sell Blood Burning Elixirs on a large scale.

The effect of this thing is too unique; if sold on a scale, it will sooner or later attract the attention of Foundation Establishment experts.

Don't you see that even Tianxingzi took one directly?

It's better to wait until he has a certain strength in the future before considering this matter!

Seeing him leave, the beautiful female cultivator showed a look of regret.

"Hui Niang, doesn't he have a large amount of Blood Burning Elixirs?"

"No, he said there were only those few."

"That's a pity. This kind of elixir, if put in Snow Lotus Square or Liuguang Square, would definitely sell for a high price."

In the distance, Luo Chen's figure paused slightly, then returned to normal, and left the Zhenlong Hall alone.

Arriving outside the gate, a black-clothed cultivator found Luo Chen.

"Fellow Daoist, this is your Zhenlong Embroidered Ball; you can use it to enter and exit the black market array freely in the future."

"Our Zhenlong Black Market is held once a month, and the specific holding time will be displayed on the embroidered ball by then."

Luo Chen looked at the Zhenlong Embroidered Ball that belonged to him, quite surprised.

"What if I'm not in Dahe Square?"

"It will also be displayed, but the time displayed will be the opening time of the Zhenlong Black Market in other markets."

Hearing this answer, Luo Chen was even more surprised.

What does it mean?

Chain black shops, oh no, chain black markets?

"Does your market have branches in every market?"

The black-clothed cultivator shook his head: "Some places have them, some places don't for the time being."

Although the language was plain, Luo Chen was still amazed in his heart.

He originally thought the Zhenlong Black Market was just a Foundation Establishment loose cultivator doing it himself.

He didn't expect that there would be quite a lot of strength behind it!

I don't know which force this strength comes from?

Before he left, the black-clothed cultivator's ears moved, and then he stopped Luo Chen.

"Hmm?" Luo Chen's expression was unkind.

The black-clothed cultivator smiled slightly, "Given that Fellow Daoist is visiting the Zhenlong Black Market for the first time, I will give you some advice before you leave."

"Oh, then I'll listen carefully."

Boom!

In the pitch-black night sky, a huge thunder sounded.

Strips of ferocious and dazzling lightning tore through the night.

The wind howled, and leaves flew.

Summer is here, and thunderstorms have become frequent.

It won't be long before a heavy rain falls, right!

Luo Chen stood under the eaves of a deep alley, looking up at the sky, watching figures whistling away.

"Mass grave, Qixing Slope, Beijie Third Alley... and the main road back to the inner city."

"This is the road that the Wang-surnamed cultivator told me is most likely to be robbed."

The black market is not safe; this is something everyone knows.

This "not safe" refers to many things.

Auction items have no quality guarantee, no after-sales service, the possibility of encountering subsequent trouble, and the changes that may occur at the black market auction.

And the most common one, the robbery after the black market auction ends.

After all, even after the formal auctions held by large sects, there are many robberies, let alone the black market which is not safe to begin with.

Luo Chen had already made preparations before coming.

Disguise, pseudonym, changing aura, and even preparing to fight with people at any time.

But he didn't expect that when leaving, the black-clothed cultivator surnamed Wang would specifically "advise" him a few words.

Even, based on experience, specifically pointing out which roads are the most dangerous after leaving the black market.

This is clearly trying to befriend him.

Perhaps because of those few "Blood Burning Elixirs"?

"However, his advice... is very worth pondering."

Luo Chen rubbed his chin and thought carefully.

"Where did he get this experience?"

"Is it summarized from the repeated fights that broke out after the participants left because he has been hosting the black market for a long time? Or is it because he often engages in black-eating-black and those are his favorite roads?"

"Or, go the opposite way, let me deliberately not take those roads, and then he waits for the rabbit?"

It must be said that Luo Chen thinks too much and too complicatedly.

But when going out, without bodyguards to scout the way and guard the rear, and guard the left and right.

Being careful is never too much.

After thinking about it, Luo Chen restrained his aura and quietly headed towards Beijie.

The main road back to the inner city is not safe; this is what Luo Chen had already determined.

Over at Beijie, there used to be a large number of vacant houses, and occasionally loose cultivators would borrow them.

Originally, the Yuding Sword Pavilion would also check regularly, and if they found long-term residents, they would collect rent.

However, recently, the cultivators of the Yuding Sword Pavilion haven't been managing the outer city much.

Luo Chen originally planned to find a house and wait until dawn before quietly returning to the city.

But now that he has received "advice", everything must be careful.

"Hey, there really are bandits!"

In the shadows, Luo Chen stopped and looked at the building complex in front.

Calling it a building complex is an exaggeration; it's just a shanty town gathered by scattered wooden houses.

At this moment, a sudden battle was breaking out in that shanty town covering several miles.

No, for the other side, it was definitely not sudden.

"Sima Three Cultivators, hand over the spirit stones on you!"

Sima Three Cultivators is not the name of one person, but three cultivators.

The leading female cultivator spat.

"Pfft, wishful thinking; this is all earned by our hard work. Qiu Bai, don't treat Dahe Square as your Liuguang Square; this place is managed by Yuding Sword Cultivators."

"Haha, Sima Hui Niang, your news is too backward! Yuding Sword Cultivators are too lazy to manage the outer city's public security now."

Above the shanty town, a man with a rough face laughed wildly.

Shaking his hand, a large flag grew with the wind.

"Forget it, since you are stubborn, then stay here!"

Seeing that flag, the beautiful female cultivator was stunned, then her face changed greatly.

"Top-grade magic tool, it's that Green Musk Gathering Flood Dragon Banner."

"Run!"

As the words fell, the three of them were about to run away.

However, with a loud laugh, a large amount of white mist filled the surroundings, blocking their way forward and backward.

"No, he set up a trap formation long ago; this is prepared."

"Knowing it too late, why do you think I left the black market so early?"

Qiu Bai grinned, and his spiritual power instantly surged by thirty percent.

The next moment, three huge green flood dragons flew out, baring fangs and brandishing claws.

After just circling in the sky, they pounced toward the three people below.

Those three were not people to be slaughtered either, and they each sacrificed magic tools to confront them.

It must be said that these cultivators who dare to travel north and south and earn spirit stones from the price difference between the two places are still very capable.

Facing the attack of the top-grade magic tool, they were not at a disadvantage in a hurry.

It's just that after fighting for a while, the female cultivator named Sima Hui Niang's face changed greatly.

"No, this magic tool comes with a green musk fragrance, which will block our spiritual power and greatly reduce our combat power."

"Big brother, third brother, hold your breath!"

Sima Hui Niang shouted, and cast several talismans, constantly bombing the white mist nearby.

What she said was one of the functions of the Green Musk Gathering Flood Dragon Banner that Tianxingzi took the initiative to admit at the black market.

In the sky, the Qi Refining Great Perfection cultivator named Qiu Bai grinned.

"Too late, do you think it's useful to cover your mouth and nose?"

"Tianxingzi never tells all the wonderful uses of magic tools; otherwise, wouldn't the cultivator who auctioned the magic tool expose their own means?"

Sure enough, even though Sima Hui Niang and the others tried their best to hold their breath.

However, the operation of their spiritual power was still getting slower and slower, just relatively better.

That musk-like fragrance was constantly seeping into their meridians along their body's acupoints.

"Second sister, what should we do if we can't escape!"

"Hui Niang, if this continues, we will die sooner or later. I'll cover the rear, you guys run!"

The eldest one roared, pointed several fingers at his body, and a trace of unnatural flush appeared on his face.

Then, he swallowed an elixir.

In the blink of an eye, his momentum surged by thirty percent.

In the corner, Luo Chen blinked.

The eldest of these three siblings had eaten the Blood Burning Elixir he had auctioned off.

The reason the impression was so deep was that this person had chosen an excellent time point to bid for a Blood Burning Elixir for eighty spirit stones.

This was one of the six Blood Burning Elixirs that sold for the lowest price.

Luo Chen even complained that someone had such rich auction experience.

Good!

Just in time to see the effect of the Blood Burning Elixir after a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator takes it.

As the effect of the Blood Burning Elixir took hold, the person's momentum surged, almost approaching the Qi Refining Great Perfection of Qiu Bai.

The ring magic tool in his hand surged with spiritual light, instantly dividing into three huge rings.

Each ring sleeved toward the constantly attacking wood-attribute flood dragon.

Judging by this posture, he actually intended to encompass all three wood-attribute flood dragons into his combat circle.

Then leave himself to cover the rear, creating a chance for his two younger brothers and sisters to escape!

It's a pity.

His realm was far behind Qiu Bai, and he was only using a high-grade magic tool, so how could he be a match for the top-grade magic tool used by a Qi Refining Great Perfection cultivator.

Just by circling two flood dragons, he was already powerless.

Not to mention the third one, even two of them made him vomit blood, his magic robe constantly bursting, revealing strips of bleeding wounds.

"Spiritual power backlash?"

"Elixir characteristics?"

"The Blood Burning Elixir is a demonic elixir refined with Explosive Ape Demon Blood as the main ingredient, which puts a huge burden on the physique; this should also be one of the effects of the elixir, just a negative one."

Luo Chen squatted in the corner, quickly recording the performance of the elixir test.

He recorded it as the third elixir test record.

The first was the demon beast test, and the second was the test Wang Yuan found for middle-stage Qi Refining cultivators.

Now, it is the best test specimen, late-stage Qi Refining!

Facing the explosion of the eldest of the three siblings, the expression of Qiu Bai in the sky became a bit gloomy.

If there were no accidents, this kind of elixir was taken out by a loose cultivator after he left the auction.

It's a pity he wasn't there at the time, otherwise, he would have bought one for backup.

While Luo Chen was recording, the battle in the field was almost reaching the white-hot stage.

The eldest of the Sima Three Cultivators blocked two wood flood dragons alone, and the second sister Sima Hui Niang independently supported one wood-attribute flood dragon.

And the third brother was frantically attacking the formation, trying to find a way out.

Suddenly, a desperate voice shouted.

"Big brother, second sister, no, this formation is controlled by someone else!"

As soon as the words fell, the eldest vomited a large mouthful of blood.

The ring magic tool was directly broken free by the wood flood dragon.

With a click, it shattered into several sections.

He himself was blown away by the huge impact.

"Little brother, assist me!"

Sima Hui Niang shouted, and cast a talisman.

A light shield instantly spread out.

Perhaps knowing the effect of this talisman, the little brother immediately gathered around, constantly releasing spiritual power to support the light shield together.

The eldest also flew over from behind to help.

In the blink of an eye, three flood dragons were formed, constantly gnawing and colliding with the light shield.

The scene was once in jeopardy.

And in the corner, Luo Chen was shocked.

Just because of the third brother's sentence—this formation is controlled by someone else!

"There's someone else!"

"This Qiu Bai has a helper?"

Almost as soon as this thought popped into his mind, another direction suddenly exploded with a huge sound.

But it was just one sound.

The next moment, an angry voice sounded.

"Damn it, even a fifth-layer Qi Refining cultivator dares to come and be an oriole."

In the white mist, a figure appeared, carrying a broken corpse in his hand.

He glanced at the Sima Three Cultivators who were in jeopardy, then jumped to Qiu Bai's side and stood shoulder to shoulder with him.

His gaze fell on the large flag in Qiu Bai's hand with envy.

"Top-grade magic tool, truly powerful!"

Qiu Bai laughed wildly, "That's right! This cost me nearly seven thousand spirit stones... no, wait!"

The companion's expression changed, and just as his hand was raised, he heard Qiu Bai say.

"That old scoundrel Tianxingzi lied to me; he only said that Qi Refining ninth-layer cultivators can use the Green Musk Gathering Flood Dragon Banner twice, but I'm already at the Qi Refining Great Perfection, and my spiritual power is so abundant, yet I can still only use it twice."

Hearing this voice, the companion couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

"Actually, he didn't lie to you; Qi Refining Great Perfection is still Qi Refining ninth layer!"

"Can't drag it out any longer, delay will lead to changes! Liu Han, help me keep an eye on it later."

As the words fell, Qiu Bai shouted.

Immediately, majestic and pure spiritual power surged out like a great river.

"Roar!" "Roar!" "Roar!"

Three more flood dragons flew out.

In the desperate eyes of the Sima Three Cultivators, a total of six wood-attribute flood dragons collided with the light shield wrapping them at the same time.

Even if they stimulated a second-grade defensive talisman, it couldn't withstand the full-strength blow of a top-grade magic tool.

Boom!!!

A huge sound was made.

The shockwave of the explosion directly blew the three of them hundreds of meters away.

While in the air, blood was already splashing recklessly.

By the time they landed, they were like broken cloth bags, and there was no reaction for a long time.

"Brother Qiu killed three people of the same realm with his own strength; truly overbearing!"

Liu Han patted Qiu Bai on the shoulder, praising him in his mouth.

Qiu Bai gasped and grinned, just about to say something.

Suddenly his pupils widened.

"Scoundrel!"

"Heh."

Liu Han smiled lightly, then withdrew.

"Brother Qiu, why be so angry. This is just a small strange magic tool I bid for at the Zhenlong Black Market; please appreciate it."

And in place, on Qiu Bai's shoulder, there was a mouth that looked like a human's.

That mouth bit Qiu Bai's shoulder tightly, and a pitch-black and deep light spread out like a halo.

Qiu Bai's eyes widened in horror.

Standing in place, motionless, as if frozen.

The next moment, his body was completely covered by the halo.

Then!

Pfft!

Vanished into smoke, bones and ashes gone.

A generation of Qi Refining Great Perfection cultivators thus fell.

Only a storage bag and a large flag fell lightly toward the ground.

Liu Han couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief; he was really afraid that Qiu Bai would fight back before dying.

After all, he was a Qi Refining Great Perfection expert; who knows if the top-grade magic tool could only be used twice was a lie to him.

However, after his one-time strange magic tool succeeded, everything was a foregone conclusion.

Having obtained all the inheritance of this expert Qiu Bai and the inheritance of the Sima Three Cultivators on the ground, plus his various preparations, even if he went to the Core Formation ruins alone, he had enough confidence.

With a light laugh, he cast two spiritual powers, rolling toward the storage bag and the Green Musk Gathering Flood Dragon Banner.

However, the next moment, he was shocked and angry, and blurted out subconsciously.

"Scoundrel!"

A figure, like a roc, rose with the wind, and with the help of the thunderstorm weather that was already windy, suddenly erupted with extreme speed.

The speed was so fast that in the blink of an eye, it had already arrived in front of the Green Musk Gathering Flood Dragon Banner.

The surging spiritual power turned into a large hand, pushing away Liu Han's wisp of spiritual power.

Then grabbing the large flag, he fled.

Not only that, before leaving, the figure cast two attacks.

One hit the storage bag in mid-air, and one hit a large millstone in the white mist.

Liu Han was furious, and the angry fire almost ignited himself.

A storage bag is not known for being sturdy and stable.

Especially the storage bags of low-grade cultivators, which are often damaged in battle.

The things inside mostly disappear, with only a small amount preserved in the world.

This dog thing, not only snatched the top-grade magic tool and fled, but also wanted to kill them all.

He didn't dare to hesitate and blocked the pitch-black attack with all his might.

Bang!

Like a breeze brushing his face, it didn't even have the power of a low-grade magic tool.

Liu Han grabbed the storage bag with one hand and reached into the void with the other, only grabbing a handful of jade powder, still carrying a trace of burnt medicinal smell.

"Don't let me know who you are, or I will definitely peel your skin and pull your bones!"

Liu Han took a deep breath, comforting himself that he had obtained Qiu Bai's storage bag, which contained all the inheritance of a Qi Refining Great Perfection expert.

And there was the inheritance of the three Qi Refining ninth-layer cultivators on the ground.

The Sima Three Cultivators were merchants wandering between several markets, and they had sold most of their goods today, so their net worth must be quite high.

Quite high...

Liu Han stared blankly at the ground, where the three corpses had been, now empty.

"Where are my three big storage bags?"