After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

Chapter 34 Black Market
"Junior sister, you're too kind..." Gu Zhu said helplessly yet affectionately. After his junior sister finished praying, he left with his entourage.

The nearby vendors were speechless: These two are crazy!
No sooner had the two left than people arrived and carried the person off the ground. The bloodstains on the ground were also cleaned up.

Lin Yan wasn't in a hurry to go to the Chamber of Commerce's headquarters, but instead went to the black market first.

The location of the black market isn't hard to find; it's a place where businesses operate, so it's unlikely to be too hidden or difficult to locate. Frankly speaking, the black market might have been set up by the merchant guild to facilitate cultivators selling items that the guild itself couldn't easily resell.

She weaved through the bustling crowd, twisting and turning until she arrived at the entrance to the black market. It was a melting pot of people, everyone wearing masks or using fake faces.

The town's black market is quite sophisticated. When you enter, no one asks where you're from, and no one leaves any information when selling goods. The exit from the black market is also random; you won't be robbed the moment you step out.

As soon as she entered, carrying the Red Enchantress, she saw a sign and followed it to the sales area.

There were quite a few cultivators in the black market, and she had to queue up at the sales counter. However, the female cultivator in charge of recycling was efficient, and it was her turn very quickly.

She brought out items that were inconvenient to sell at the Chamber of Commerce: two Thousand Treasure Storage Bags, a Soul-Capturing Umbrella, a fourth-grade magic sword, and several first-grade magic treasures.

After the female cultivator finished scanning, and deducted the handling fee, the total price was 25,600 high-grade spirit stones.

The other person smiled and looked at me: "Do you have a token for storing spirit stones?"

She shook her head. Before, she had few spirit stones and didn't need that kind of brand. Now that she has a storage bag, she doesn't need that brand anymore.

Lin Yan took out a storage bag of the lowest grade and handed it over: "Please help me put it in."

The female cultivator nodded, and in front of her, used a magic tool to count spirit stones to check the quantity twice to confirm it was correct, before placing the storage bag back on the counter. "Please keep the storage bag safe."

After leaving the sales area, she strolled around the stalls. The black market stalls were lined up one after another, selling a wide variety of goods.

Hidden weapons, poison powder, aphrodisiac powder, mechanical boxes, and books of strange tales—things that are hard to find in the Chamber of Commerce can all be found here.

Suddenly, she spotted a familiar flower growing in a pot at a stall in a corner. Her eyes lit up, and she quickly walked over.

This stall sells all kinds of flowers. The stall owner is an old lady dressed in black with white hair, and she sits in a wheelchair.

She examined the flower closely, almost losing her mind. If she wasn't mistaken, this was the hallucinogenic flower she had seen in the Ten Thousand Demon Forest. She had originally thought this flower could only survive in the Ten Thousand Demon Forest, but she never imagined that someone had cultivated it and even planted it in a pot.

I wonder which has a stronger hallucinogenic effect: a flower grown in a pot or a flower that grows in the wild.

Her illusion array needs this flower to be perfected; I wonder if this flower can be put into the illusion array...

"These flowers are so beautiful," Lin Yan exclaimed.

The old lady smiled and replied, "Young lady, you have excellent taste. This flower is one I recently cultivated. Not only is it beautiful, but keeping it at home can also keep thieves away."

She thought to herself: If a thief comes, he'll pass by the flowers, fall under an illusion, and become part of the dream, turning into nutrients for the flowers. Of course, this is a good way to protect against thieves.

However, after observing it, she realized the flower's hallucinogenic effect wasn't as strong. To achieve a protective effect, she'd need to buy many plants and grow them in the yard. In that case, even the flower's owner might be affected.

"Can this flower recognize its owner?" she suddenly asked.

The old woman's expression stiffened, and she said awkwardly, "Young lady, you're joking. Flowers aren't spirit beasts, how could they recognize a master? Young lady, would you like to buy one? I'll give you a discount, five low-grade spirit stones for one." Cultivating such a mesmerizing flower is no easy feat, isn't it too cheap to sell a finished plant for only five low-grade spirit stones?

She noticed that this flowerpot wasn't an ordinary one; five low-grade spirit stones would only be enough to buy it.

Lin Yan naturally didn't think the old lady was doing charity. Her expression remained unchanged as she took out her spirit stones and bought the flowers.

By the time she left the black market, it was completely dark. She covered the entire potted plant with a piece of gauze and then found an inn to stay in.

She put the flowerpot on the table as soon as she entered the room and placed the rabbit on the bed. She stretched, then lay down, covered herself with the blanket, and went to sleep.

The moon was obscured by dark clouds, and an eerie stillness filled the room. Flowers hidden under the gauze emitted a faint glow. Soon, a gust of wind rushed in through the window, causing the gauze to fall to the floor.

The petals became as clear as crystal, emitting an intoxicating fragrance. The fragrance seemed to have a magical power, drawing those who inhaled it in, causing them to sit up like puppets, drawn closer to the flowers.

Just then, a wisp of light blue smoke slowly rose from the flower's stamen.

The green smoke enveloped her completely, as if it wanted to devour her.

At that moment, a man in black jumped in through the window and slowly approached her!
One step, two steps, three steps...

Lin Yan suddenly opened her eyes, waved her sleeve, and the smoke flew towards the man in black, instantly entering his ear.

The Crimson Demon launched an attack from behind the man in black. With a "bang," it spat out a ball of light from its mouth, which slammed into the man in black.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lin Yan quickly stood up, formed hand seals, and completed the setting of a restriction.

Seeing that things were not going well, the man in black tried to escape, but was hit by a third-grade weight-bearing talisman, which slowed down his movement. Then he was hit by a water ball and fell to the ground.

She took out the Binding Rope from her storage bag and bound the man in black tightly according to her will.

Lin Yan slowly picked up the black veil, cast a spell on the potted flower, and then covered the veil with it.

She sat at the table, looked at the man in black sitting on the ground, and said leisurely, "What brings the old lady who sells flowers here so late at night?"

The man in black feigned ignorance and said, "What old lady? I don't know what you're talking about."

"Tsk, it doesn't matter if you don't admit it, it's not important to me." As soon as she finished speaking, she pulled out a dagger: "I have a hobby, which is to scrape off the flesh of those who don't know what's good for them, piece by piece, and then send them on their way. I wonder if you can handle it."

Seeing that the man in black still refused to say anything, she stabbed him with her knife!
Listen to how beautiful the sound of a dagger piercing flesh is, especially when it's stabbing someone else.

After plunging the dagger in, she didn't rush to pull it out, but continued talking to the other person. "I bet you're wondering why I wasn't hit, right?"

As Lin Yan spoke, she cast a spell to freeze the man in black. She noticed the strange look in his eyes and felt that he still had a trick up his sleeve. To be on the safe side, it was better to freeze him.

She is not a kind person. No matter what the other party can reveal to her today, they must die here!
If she were to let go of a cultivator who was after her for money and to kill her, it would be irresponsible of her. Releasing a tiger back into the mountains would be a foolish act.

(End of this chapter)