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Chapter 171 The Rules of the Black Corner

The Black Plains are a plain famous for the Black Corner region.

In reality, the population here is not concentrated in the outermost area. Apart from some small tribes and bandits, there are only itinerant merchants who travel between various countries to trade goods.

As a Dou Wang, Xiao Yan traversed more than a dozen small countries in less than half a day and arrived at the edge of the Black Corner Region.

Xiao Yan originally planned to fly directly there, but the Black Domain Plain was often swept by sandstorms, raising clouds of dust.

The most famous of these is the Black Storm, a terrifying storm that is said to be able to blow horses away.

However, what's even more terrifying than the Black Storm is the bandits who appear alongside it.

In a place devoid of rules and laws, if you encounter thousands upon thousands of bandits, you're basically out of luck.

If you're lucky, you might survive; if you're unlucky, not only will your goods and women be stolen, but your body will also be left lying on the roadside, waiting to be devoured by vultures.

Looking at the gray sky, Xiao Yan was not afraid of the black storm, but if he flew rashly, he would inevitably be affected by the storm and might get lost in it, wasting time.

"Let's see if there's anywhere we can buy a map first."

Arriving in this unfamiliar place for the first time, even though Xiao Yan was already a two-star Dou Wang, he was still very cautious.

However, the rule of the Black Corner Region is that strength is paramount. In such a place, the more ruthless the methods, the more popular they are. Xiao Yan was well aware of this.

After wandering around the edge for about ten minutes, Xiao Yan arrived at a stronghold. This stronghold was composed of multiple forces and its master changed almost every once in a while.

These strongholds were mostly located on the edge of the Black Plains, so that they could collect the first toll from traveling merchants.

Xiao Yan walked slowly to the gate of the fortress. There were two barricades in front of the gate, and a simple watchtower about ten meters high next to it.

Two warriors of the seventh or eighth rank stood atop the platform, wielding bows and arrows to survey the surroundings.

In front of the gate, a group of five or six people were guarding the entrance, led by a burly man with the cultivation level of a five-star Dou Shi.

"Hey, are you new here, newbie? Don't you know the rules?"

Seeing Xiao Yan swaggering over, the burly man immediately shouted.

Xiao Yan frowned: "Rules? What rules?"

The burly man sneered, "You really are a newbie. This fortress was built by us, after all. Passersby can resupply and rest here, but these things are not free."

"If you want to come in, first throw in five hundred gold coins, understand?"

Although the other party's attitude was very bad, and the fortress might not even have been built by them, what these people said still made some sense, so we can just consider it as paying a toll.

Xiao Yan took out a bag of gold coins and tossed it to the burly man. After checking the amount, the man immediately smiled and ordered his men to remove the barricade.

"Alright, be more careful next time."

Xiao Yan ignored them and walked straight in. As soon as Xiao Yan entered, these people immediately changed their attitude.

"Hehe, newbie, the first thing you need to learn when you come to Black Corner is never to let others know that you are a newbie."

He left you all your valuables; if Grandpa's in a good mood, he might just keep your arm.

Looking at the group of people surrounding him, Xiao Yan snorted coldly: "Then I'll teach you something too: don't provoke people whose cultivation level you're unsure of."

As soon as he finished speaking, five or six people around Xiao Yan suddenly burst into blood-red flames and were burned to ashes in no time.

This scene truly frightened the people around, but what surprised them was not that Xiao Yan dared to kill someone in the street, but rather that his methods were too bizarre.

Xiao Yan entered the fortified village and came to an inn, wanting to buy a map: "Boss, give me the most detailed map."

The innkeeper was a lean old man. He glanced at Xiao Yan, his wrinkled face expressionless.

"I only have a map up to the nearest city, Black Seal City. The price is fixed: 10,000 gold coins."

Good heavens, the price of this map is already comparable to that of a third-grade elixir.

It has to be said that the prices of things in the Black Corner Region are ridiculously high.

When I bought the map at the map shop in Haibodong, it only cost a few hundred gold coins.

The map of this post station only shows the most general route, yet they dare to sell it for 10,000!

Fortunately, Xiao Yan asked Hai Bodong for some money before leaving. He never expected that this seemingly ordinary old man would actually be so rich.

Hai Bodong immediately gave himself a purple-gold card, a special card from the Mittel family. Its value was even higher than the black-gold card that Mittel Tengshan had given him, and it contained more than ten million!

Black Corner is not affiliated with any empire, but it has frequent exchanges with several neighboring empires. Therefore, gold coins from these neighboring countries can circulate here.

Now that Xiao Yan is wealthy and powerful, he naturally won't bother arguing with this boss.

After paying 10,000 gold coins for a relatively detailed map, Xiao Yan decided to traverse the Black Domain Plain.

According to the map, the stronghold he was in was located on the very edge of the Black Domain Plain, so the local tyrants here were only around the Dou Shi level.

Moreover, after they were killed by Xiao Yan, another group of local bullies would soon take their place.

According to the map, the nearest city, Black Seal City, is less than two hundred miles away.

If you fly, you can get there in a few hours.

However, the black sandstorm in the sky would interfere with visibility, and he might get lost, so Xiao Yan chose to walk close to the ground.

There are also some very obvious road signs on the map that can be used as reference points; if you're in the air, you won't see anything.

Even with Xiao Yan's powerful soul force, he could only extend it to about a thousand meters in this kind of place.

Xiao Yan put away the map and left the border town alone.

The further in you go, the stronger the sandstorm becomes.

There is also a high probability of encountering the Black Storm and Black Bandits that are ravaging the entire Black Corner Region.

For the average person, a black storm is definitely better than a black bandit. At least if you encounter one, you'll basically just get lost, while if you encounter a black bandit, you're likely to be completely wiped out.

Xiao Yan's luck wasn't good, or rather, this black storm was always present. Less than ten minutes after he stepped inside, the surrounding sandstorm suddenly intensified dozens of times.

The terrifying wind nearly blew some large trees and rocks out of the air.

Fortunately, Xiao Yan had the cultivation of a Dou Wang, so stabilizing his body was not a difficult task.

As the black storm raged, Xiao Yan suddenly felt the Wind Fury Dragon Flame within his body becoming somewhat restless.

Xiao Yan then summoned it, and a wisp of earth-yellow dragon-shaped flame appeared in his hand.

However, to Xiao Yan's surprise, as soon as the Wind Fury Dragon Flame appeared, the black storm covering dozens of miles around was completely swallowed up by the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, as if it had been caught in a vortex!

In less than a few minutes, all the black storm was completely absorbed by the strange fire in Xiao Yan's hand, and the sky became clear and blue. Even the layers of dark clouds in the sky dissipated.

The earth-yellow strange fire in Xiao Yan's hand seemed to have become even more vigorous after absorbing the black storm.

This surprised Xiao Yan greatly; he hadn't expected that the Wind Fury Dragon Flame could grow stronger by absorbing strong winds.

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