I am cautiously cultivating immortals in a strange world

Chapter 2276 Spiritual Wine
Chen Lin entered the underground black market.

As if passing through an invisible barrier, the surroundings suddenly became noisy.

"The little princess of the Azure Moon Fox Clan is naturally alluring and is an excellent vessel for love. Those who like her should hurry up!"

"A blood puppet formed from the blood of one million Great Rock Clan members. After physical cultivation, it can increase the chance of advancing to the Eternal Realm by 30%. There is only one of its kind. Once you miss it, it will be gone."

"One Eye of Fear!"

"The Myriad Souls Banner is formed from one hundred True Realm cultivators and nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Void Realm Yin Souls. Its power is comparable to a top-tier eternal treasure!"

"A section of the Supreme Bone!"

The shouts and calls rose and fell, just like a vegetable market.

Chen Lin was quite surprised.

He had thought this black market was a trade fair, but it turned out to be so loosely organized that it would be impossible to collect transaction fees.

How did you obtain your accession warrant?

After scanning the room, Chen Lin asked the tall man beside him.

"We used a fruit-singing grass."

"Oh."

Chen Lin suddenly realized.

Fruit-singing Grass is a high-grade spiritual herb and one of the materials for refining the Eternal Pill, so its price is not low.

The main problem is that the guide token can only be used once, which is unaffordable for most people. So, even if they pay such a high fee, they are unlikely to trade for low-level items.

This should be the main source of revenue.

In addition, as the organizer, you can also be the first to discover rare treasures and learn about hidden information.

There are also many benefits.

Chen Lin even suspected that the organizers were the official entities of Tianyuan Star, or at least had some connection with them, otherwise they would have discovered it.

In the Seven Star Realm, such a trading venue is already top-tier; it cannot be managed without a supreme-level expert.

Concealing his aura completely, Chen Lin began to walk around the market, sensing the changes in the shells' reactions.

The location was quickly determined.

"You do it yourself, I have some things to do."

Chen Lin parted ways with the tall man and walked deeper into the market.

This black market was quite large, shaped like a huge passageway. Like the outer passageway, the walls on both sides were covered with runes, generating a strange suppressive force.

He ignored the hawkers' calls from both sides.

Keep going.

Chen Lin then felt the seashell in his hand reacting more and more strongly.

At last.

He arrived at a stall surrounded by people.

"Hehe, everyone, my Longevity Wine is top-grade. If you don't have any valuable treasures to exchange for it, don't waste your time here."

A hoarse voice rang out from the crowd.

Chen Lin's expression shifted.

The voice was distinctive; it sounded familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.

But I don't remember it very clearly.

Push through the crowd.

Chen Lin squeezed to the front of the stall and saw an old man with white hair, looking very frail, holding a wine pot and showing it to the crowd.

"How about a bottle of Baoyuan Pills?"

A masked man standing nearby spoke up.

"No."

The old man refused without hesitation.

"My Longevity Wine is made with the juice of Yunming Flower and many other precious auxiliary ingredients. It can increase one's lifespan by twenty years. You don't even have the right to take a sip of a mere bottle of Baoyuan Pill."

Chen Lin's eyes flickered.

He remembered who the old man was.

The other party is the old owner of the Time Pavilion, a four-star restaurant, from the Nightmare Realm Food Island scene!
This person didn't have much of a connection with him; he had only bought the other person's longevity wine for Xuewa. If it weren't for the fact that there were very few cultivators who practiced the laws of time, he would never have remembered this person.

Unexpectedly, the other party was still alive and had come to the outer space.

Chen Lin carefully observed the people around him and, based on the reaction of the seashells, confirmed that Xiao Qingmo was nearby.

However, after reviewing everything, no suspicious circumstances were found.

He hesitated.

Or perhaps they should quietly release their rune perception.

The people here mostly wear masks and other disguises, so you can't tell anything from them with the naked eye.

As soon as the rune perception was released, two people turned around and gave Chen Lin a cold look, their expressions extremely unfriendly.

Chen Lin immediately looked away, missing the two people.

At the same time, a chill ran down my spine.

His rune perception is extremely well concealed, even Eternal Realm experts would find it difficult to detect. Yet these two are so perceptive, they must either be Supreme Realm experts or possess special talents.

However, the possibility of reaching the supreme level is unlikely.

After all, there aren't many supreme experts in the entire outer space.

Moreover, such beings have no need to participate in the black market. This trading market mainly targets those in the Eternal Realm and those in the Top True Realm with special abilities.

Chen Lin wasn't too worried.

He continued to use his senses to search the area within a dozen or so feet, but he did not find the target.

He frowned.

Since the seashell can produce a reaction, it means it is effective, so there's no reason why it can't find the person.

Could it be?

Chen Lin suddenly thought of a possibility.

So he released his runic perception again to specifically examine everyone's belongings.

He suspected that someone was carrying a small-scale treasure from a hidden cave, while Xiao Qingmo was trapped inside the cave. Otherwise, the other party should have been able to sense the seashell and would have revealed themselves long ago.

After a moment of sensing.

Chen Lin's gaze fell on the stall in front of him.

to be exact.

It was on the wine jug in the old man's hand.

The item most strongly associated with seashells is this wine jug.

His heart sank.

This wine pot doesn't seem like a treasure from a celestial realm. Xiao Qingmo's main cultivation is the law of time. Could it be that this old man used it as material to refine a longevity wine?

"Well, is there anyone else bidding? There's no need to bring out anything below the top-tier eternal level. I don't have time to waste with you guys."

The old man shook the wine jug and scanned the crowd of onlookers.

He also glanced at Chen Lin.

But their gaze didn't linger, as if they didn't recognize his identity.

"How about I offer a top-tier divine weapon?"

The dull sound rang out.

Chen Lin's eyelids twitched.

The speaker was one of the two powerful figures he feared, dressed in dark green robes, whose cultivation level and gender were impossible to discern.

However, he couldn't let the other party buy the wine.

Whether Xiao Qingmo is dead or alive, we must find out. Moreover, as a petal of the Seven Realms Flower, as long as there is a trace of its origin, it can be reborn through the Seven Realms Flower.

"I'll offer one Rainbow Nightmare Coin!"

Chen Lin immediately made a bid.

He did not identify himself.

It's not a good place to reveal one's identity; there are too many people around, and he has quite a few enemies, which could easily lead to trouble.

Also.

This old man is extremely mysterious, and we don't know what kind of methods he uses. He is currently in a crucial stage of preparing to release the soul, so it's best not to cause any unforeseen complications.

Chen Lin recalled the situation on the food island.

The other party had given him some guidance back then, saying that he would face a calamity a hundred years from now. However, he had too many calamities, and it was unknown whether the prediction would come true. But one thing was certain: the other party was able to see some of the future through the river of time.

It's hard to say what their purpose is in appearing here.

"Are you going to compete with me?"

Upon hearing Chen Lin's offer, the green-robed cultivator spoke in a cold voice.

Chen Lin suddenly felt an invisible sense of oppression descend upon him.

He immediately activated his natal rune to dissipate the oppressive aura, showing no abnormality whatsoever.

"What, we can't bid? There doesn't seem to be such a rule, does there?"

He spoke calmly. The green-robed cultivator's eyes flashed.

He looked Chen Lin up and down, then asked with apprehension, "Who are you?"

"You don't need to worry about that."

Chen Lin did not answer, but looked at the stall owner.

“I sense a strange aura emanating from you, fellow Daoist. You must frequently travel to the Nightmare Realm. The value of the Seven-Colored Nightmare Coins is self-evident; it’s more than enough to cover the cost of this pot of wine.”

"hehe."

The white-haired old man chuckled.

"The Seven-Colored Nightmare Coins are indeed quite good, but unfortunately the Nightmare Realm is within the Boundary River, and I haven't been there for a long time, so I'm not very interested in anything from the Nightmare Realm."

"Then what do you want?"

Chen Lin asked directly.

"Yes, just say what you want. There's no need to play games here; it's a waste of time!"

The people around immediately agreed.

This commotion drew a crowd, and many more people gathered around, all becoming interested when they heard about the spirit wine that could increase one's lifespan.

An elderly man with white hair stroked his beard.

After waiting for a while, he slowly spoke: "I don't have any excessive demands. Whoever can produce a Sovereign-level treasure or a time-related rule item can have this pot of wine."

"cut!"

Immediately, someone voiced their disdain.

"You're probably crazy for money. If you had a Sovereign-level treasure, who would trade this for something like this? It's just adding twenty years to your lifespan. Even a complete Yunming Flower isn't worth that much."

"hehe."

The white-haired old man chuckled softly.

"Treasures are only useful when you need them. When your lifespan is damaged and ordinary life-extending items are powerless to save you, you will realize the importance of this item."

After saying that, he waved his sleeve.

"Those who think it's useless, stop making a fuss here and go do what you're supposed to do."

However, no one left.

Treasures that can increase one's lifespan are extremely rare. As the stall owner said, such treasures are things that can save one's life in critical moments, and no one would want to miss them.

See this.

The stall owner smiled smugly.

He was about to speak again.

Chen Lin immediately stepped forward, and with a flick of his wrist, several jade boxes of different sizes and two weapons appeared on the table.

Every blade and sword exudes an aura of higher dimensions.

"These things are all at the Dominator level, you can choose one!"

The stall owner swallowed back what he was about to say.

He picked up the sword and examined it, a strange glint in his eyes.

Then he opened each jade box one by one to examine them, his surprise growing stronger.

He pondered for a long time.

The stall owner picked up a jade box and pushed the rest in front of Chen Lin.

"The item is good, but it's the only one I can use. However, this one treasure alone is not enough. I need you to do something for me before I can give you the spirit wine."

"whats the matter."

Chen Lin waved his hand, put away the rest of the items, and asked casually.

He knew it wouldn't be that simple; the other party's demand for the treasure was a pretense, and this condition was their real request.

"It's not convenient to talk about it here. Let's exchange contact information first, and I'll come find you later."

The stall owner put the wine jug away.

He smiled and touched the jade box in his hand. "I'll keep this for now as a deposit. Fellow Daoist, you can rest assured that I am not a person who goes back on his word. I would never take the item and hide it."

"it is good."

Chen Lin glanced at the wine pot.

He calmly said, "However, I need to verify your spirit wine first. Is that alright?"

"of course can."

The stall owner released his hand, and the wine jug floated to Chen Lin's front.

Chen Lin raised an eyebrow slightly.

He didn't expect the other party to agree so readily.

But he didn't pay any attention, took the wine pot, opened it, and probed it with his senses.

Then he frowned.

The wine pot did indeed contain spiritual wine, and the aura of the Yunming Flower could be sensed, but no other abnormalities were found, and Xiao Qingmo's remnant soul was not present.

He gave the old man a deep look.

He put the lid back on the wine jug, returned it to the other person, and turned to leave without saying a word.

"Alright, this pot of spirit wine has been taken. Now I'll introduce the other spirit wines..."

The old man's voice rang out.

Chen Lin ignored him and continued walking deeper into the area.

"What has Young Master Ye taken a fancy to? Would you like my help in making a decision?"

After browsing for a while, the tall man from before came up again, smiling and speaking.

"just looking around."

Chen Lin replied casually.

He then looked at the other person and said, "You won't benefit from following me. If you're thinking of using the Ye family's power, you're dreaming."

"Humph."

Before the tall young man could speak, a cold snort rang out from behind him.

The two turned their heads together.

Chen Lin then saw the man who had previously fought with him for the spirit wine looking at him coldly.

What brings you here?

The man did not answer, but instead reached out and removed the mask from his face, revealing a sharply defined face with sword-like eyebrows, like a drawn sword, giving him a strong sense of sharpness.

He asked Chen Lin, "Do you know me?"

"do not know."

Chen Lin replied calmly.

As soon as these words came out.

He saw the tall man beside him pause for a moment, then quickly take a few steps back and wave his hands repeatedly, saying, "Senior Ye, please don't misunderstand. I don't know this person. He said he was a member of the Ye family."

Chen Lin immediately realized what was happening.

So this person in front of me is the real Ye family cultivator from Changting. They've figured out his identity and come here to expose his fraud.

"When did I say I was a member of the Ye family of Changting?"

He glanced at the tall man.

He then looked at the man with sword-like eyebrows and said calmly, "I am just called Ye Fan, but I have nothing to do with you. It can't be that no one else can have the surname Ye except your Changting Ye family."

"So where are you from?"

The man with sword-like eyebrows asked in a deep voice.

"Why should I tell you that this is the black market and there's no rule about needing a registration number?"

Chen Lin replied.

Then he waved his hand.

"Don't disturb my shopping. Go do what you're supposed to do. You can't control me. Don't bring trouble to your family."

"So arrogant!"

The man with sword-like eyebrows immediately exuded a sharp sword intent.

A series of sword cries echoed within his body.

Chen Lin suddenly felt as if he were in a sword formation, as if ten thousand swords were being unleashed at once, relentlessly attacking him.

But he felt a sense of relief.

Judging from the strength of the opponent's sword intent, it is only at the level of merging one's own self and another, which is much weaker than the swordswoman. Such a force does not pose a threat to him.

He didn't move an inch, letting the sword intent run rampant, yet he couldn't even break through one layer of the nine-layered armor.

"too weak."

Chen Lin took a step forward.

He extended his finger, and a point of blue light emerged, instantly forming a terrifying force field that made everyone tremble.

"Sir, please calm down."

Swish swish.

Three figures appeared simultaneously, surrounding the two.