Chapter 95: Wandering the Black Market

Juexin looked around, but still having no clear thoughts, he took the Guard Army back to report.

Quan Dao Shen took his subordinates and went to another one of his territories.

A crafty rabbit has three burrows; the Fist Gate was merely a base for Quan Dao Shen, and he would certainly not put everything he had in one place.

Duan Fengyun and the other two watched the two men leave and laughed heartily once again.

Duan Fengyun spoke up:

"It is no longer safe here; we must leave immediately.

Juexin didn't react in time just now, but with his brain, he should be back with men to search very soon."

After speaking, the three of them quickly packed their luggage, wiped away all traces that could expose their identities, and quietly left the inn.

Halfway there, the more Juexin thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, so he led the Guard Army back, wanting to catch the hidden enemy in a surprise counterattack.

The first place Juexin charged into was the inn where Duan Fengyun and the other two had stayed.

But by the time Juexin searched the room where Duan Fengyun and the other two had stayed, the place was already empty, and the innkeeper didn't know where they had gone.

That they had left at exactly this time aroused Juexin's suspicion; it was all too coincidental.

Juexin had the innkeeper draw the faces of the three, but when the faces of the disguised Duan Fengyun and the others appeared before Juexin's eyes, Juexin shook his head; he had absolutely no impression of these three people.

Could it be that these three really had nothing to do with this matter? Could it really be such a coincidence?

Juexin felt that the enemy behind this was no ordinary cunning foe; it seemed he had met his match this time.

Juexin led the Guard Army to search other suspicious places, but the results yielded nothing.

After a thorough search with no results, Juexin had no choice but to take the Guard Army back.

Duan Fengyun and the other two were standing not far away, watching Juexin suffer another setback, and they laughed wildly.

Bu Jingyun asked:

"Who shall we target next? Juexin or Quan Dao Shen?"

Duan Fengyun said:

"Judging by this situation, Juexin should be staying in Tianhuang Palace for a long time, and the situation in Tianhuang Palace is complex, making it hard to strike.

Quan Dao Shen acts alone, so let's find Quan Dao Shen first.

But after the incident where the Fist Gate was burned, Quan Dao Shen will definitely be on high alert; we must find a way to lure him out."

The three were discussing their next move, but how could Quan Dao Shen, having already suffered a secret loss once, be fooled again?

The three decided to first scout out Quan Dao Shen's new territory to see if there were any opportunities.

The three arrived at Quan Dao Shen's new territory, which was a mountain villa.

The three jumped onto the villa to take a look; the structure inside was complex, and it was impossible to understand the situation with the naked eye alone; it required an on-site investigation.

Duan Fengyun said:

"Since Jue Wushen was able to use Bone-Softening Powder to wreak havoc on our Central Plains Martial Arts, we can now follow his example and use Bone-Softening Powder to deal with Quan Dao Shen."

Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun did not refute his suggestion, so the most urgent task now was to find a way to obtain Bone-Softening Powder.

This was certainly a trivial matter for Duan Fengyun; anything that could be solved with money was a small matter to him.

The three came to a new inn and checked in.

Duan Fengyun slipped over to the innkeeper and asked tentatively:

"Innkeeper, is there any market around here?

The kind of market where you can buy things you can't find in ordinary markets."

The innkeeper understood the subtext of Duan Fengyun's words; he shook his head and replied:

"My good sir, you are joking.

I don't know if we have such a place here; you had better seek help elsewhere."

Duan Fengyun fished a silver ingot from his bag, stuffed it into the innkeeper's hand, and said:

"Innkeeper, I have no ulterior motives for finding the Black Market.

I just want to go to the Black Market to see it; I've lived this long and have never seen what a Black Market is actually like."

Duan Fengyun believed that wherever there are people, there is a Jianghu, and wherever there is a Jianghu, there are dark corners; a Black Market must exist in every place.

The innkeeper touched the silver in his hand, and his attitude did a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn in an instant; he replied:

"Sir, to tell you the truth, we really do have a black shop here.

The address of the black shop is at..."

With the "brick" of Duan Fengyun's silver ingot to open the door, the innkeeper told Duan Fengyun the location of the Black Market.

After obtaining the location of the Black Market, Duan Fengyun returned to the room and told Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun his plan:

"Feng, Yun, to avoid exposing our identities due to too many people, I think it is better for me to go to the Black Market alone.

If there is anything wrong, I will return immediately."

Although he was in an unfamiliar place, the current Duan Fengyun had enough confidence to encounter enemies and escape unscathed.

Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun thought about it, and indeed, as Duan Fengyun said, in such a sensitive period, it was better for him to go to the Black Market alone.

After the two urged Duan Fengyun to act according to his ability, Duan Fengyun went to the Black Market single-handedly.

Duan Fengyun was not lying; this was indeed his first time going to a Black Market.

Although he had heard of the Black Market long ago, he had never had the chance to go, and now he had finally fulfilled his wish to see it.

Following what the innkeeper said, he arrived at a cloth shop.

This Black Market appeared to be a cloth shop on the outside; based on appearances alone, no one would know that beneath the cloth shop was actually a Black Market.

Duan Fengyun walked into the cloth shop and used the code word the innkeeper told him to enter the Black Market.

This Black Market was like an Underground City, extremely lively.

Duan Fengyun saw a large crowd gathered ahead, and being someone who liked to join in the excitement, he walked straight over.

He walked up to take a look and saw it was a vendor selling two young girls; these two girls were twin sisters, around sixteen years of age.

A crowd of people were gathered there, bidding on the pair of sisters.

Duan Fengyun sneered at this behavior, but he did not step in to save the two girls.

If this were in Shenzhou, he might have intervened, but in a place like Dongying, he had no interest in taking action.

Regarding the people of Dongying, he held a blanket veto and did not have a shred of good will toward them.

Duan Fengyun continued walking toward the front of the Black Market, where there was a restaurant; Duan Fengyun looked at the sign outside the restaurant, then looked at the packed interior and mocked:

"I never expected that the divine beast carp of Dongying would actually be served on a dining table; it seems these Dongying people are truly deranged enough."

After wandering aimlessly through the Black Market, Duan Fengyun finally found the target of his trip at a street stall.

And at this street stall, besides finding the Bone-Softening Powder he intended to buy, Duan Fengyun also found another fun item—Itch Powder.

According to the Boss of the street stall, once this Itch Powder touches a person's skin, it causes an unbearable itch; this itch penetrates to the bone, and even tearing the flesh to shreds cannot resolve it.

The only way to treat the Itch Powder is to rinse it with urine; seeing such a fun item, Duan Fengyun was incredibly tempted.

Duan Fengyun bought all the Bone-Softening Powder and Itch Powder at the street stall, and after wandering around for a while longer and finding nothing else fun, he left the Black Market and returned to the inn.