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"Fellow Daoist, since you are here to trade in my market, you must abide by the rules of our market."

The middle-aged man held his breath and spoke softly.

This person is the owner of this market town.

"Haha, you dare call your place a market? It's just a small exchange fair, and you've already set up rules?"

The burly man looked up at the middle-aged man, his words full of mockery.

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man's expression darkened, but he quickly recovered.

"Fellow Daoist, if you say it's not true, then it isn't. However, if the rules are broken, I will have to give an explanation to the other Daoists."

The burly man could naturally hear the threat in the middle-aged man's words, but he didn't take it seriously at all.

Relying on his peak Qi Refining cultivation, he wanted to force a sale.

His spiritual energy circulated rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, a strange blood-red pattern condensed on his body.

The pattern looks like a demon.

At the same time, blood mist rose from his body, making him look extremely creepy.

At the same time, his Qi Refining eleventh level cultivation spread out without any restraint.

Clearly, this is the basis for his arrogance. He dares to be so arrogant because he knows that the sect leader only has the cultivation level of the tenth level of Qi Refining.

Moreover, he is a body cultivator. Before reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, body cultivators are undoubtedly stronger than magic cultivators. With his current cultivation level, even if he were to fight against someone at the twelfth level of Qi Refining, he might not be without a chance of winning.

With such skill, controlling a cultivator at the tenth level of Qi Refining is a piece of cake.

The middle-aged man felt the imposing aura emanating from the burly man, but remained completely calm.

With a gentle wave of his right hand, a formation plate flew out of his storage bag and landed in his hand.

The array plate was radiating multicolored light.

Zhao Fan recognized it at a glance: this array plate was a minor Five Elements array, but it was much more complete than the array plate in his hand.

It appears to be a complete small Five Elements formation.

"Fellow Daoist, do you still wish to make a move?"

The middle-aged man did not rush to activate the array plate, but simply held it in his hand, looking at the big man with a half-smile.

Upon seeing the array plate, the burly man's pupils contracted, and he immediately withdrew his spiritual power, replacing it with a simple and honest smile.

"Hehe, fellow Daoist, don't take it seriously. It was just a joke. When in a guest's presence, one should follow the host's rules. Here, one should naturally abide by the rules of this place."

Seeing how quickly the big man changed his expression, Zhao Fan couldn't help but sigh inwardly, realizing that one should never judge a person solely by their appearance.

If this big man had always looked so honest and simple, Zhao Fan would never have guessed that he was actually this kind of person.

"In that case, please continue bidding. With me here, I will not allow anyone to violate the rules of the market."

The middle-aged man remained unusually calm; he had encountered far too many cultivators who deliberately sought trouble like this.

He seized control of the market from the previous owner and has occupied it for over a decade. Naturally, he has the means to do so. How could a mere Qi Refining eleventh-level body cultivator possibly take over his market control? It's not that easy.

With a complete minor Five Elements Formation in place, he can handle anyone who doesn't reach the Foundation Establishment stage.

As for taking over the Han Dynasty, he had no such intention.

After all, he was a cultivator at the eleventh level of Qi Refining. No one could easily rival a rogue cultivator who could cultivate to this level.

If a fight results in mutual destruction, it will be more harmful than beneficial.

With a middle-aged man present, the others finally dared to speak up.

"I'll offer 150 spirit stones!"

"I'll offer 151 spirit stones!"

"One hundred and seventy spirit stones!"

……

Seeing the rising and falling bids around him, the scholar selling the cubs finally softened his expression.

He didn't dare to say a word when facing this big man, for fear of offending him.

If he offends a master at the eleventh level of Qi Refining, he might not live to spend those spirit stones.

Now that the neighborhood leader is stepping in, although it may displease the big man, it will be much safer.

"Two hundred and thirty spirit stones!"

The big man was unwilling to give up on the Blood Shadow Wolf cub so easily. He counted the spirit stones in his storage bag and announced a number.

This is all the spirit stones he has now; if there are any more expensive ones, he can't afford them.

And this price is indeed not low; it's enough to buy a top-quality magical artifact.

Sure enough, as soon as the price was announced, the bidding from those around immediately stopped.

Many people who want it have already started to plan ahead.

First, is it worth it if the price is even higher? Second, if this offends the powerful man, things might not go well for him in the future.

However, the cubs of the Blood Shadow Wolf are indeed exceptionally precious.

The reason why they are so precious is not only because of the potential of the Blood Shadow Wolf cubs, but also because the Blood Shadow Wolf is a ferocious beast, and among those of the same level, it has a stronger killing power compared to those herbivorous monsters.

"Two hundred and forty spirit stones!"

After a moment of silence, someone finally made another offer.

Zhao Fan looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was Su San.

At this moment, Su San looked at the Blood Shadow Wolf cub with eager eyes.

"Fellow Daoist, the Blood Shadow Wolf is indeed quite good, but with these spirit stones, you might as well buy a couple more magic weapons for self-defense."

The big man looked displeased when he saw Su San's price quote, but he didn't dare to show it too much because the shop owner was there.

"There's no need for you to worry about that, fellow Daoist."

Su San could easily sense the threat in the big man's words. However, the Blood Shadow Wolf was indeed extremely important to the Su family, and they would fight for it no matter what, given the chance.

The burly man snorted coldly, then turned and left without lingering.

After the big man left, some others continued to bid, but not by much. In the end, Su San bought the Blood Shadow Wolf for 256 spirit stones.

However, he didn't have that many spirit stones on him, and in the end, he even had to use a mid-grade magic weapon as a bargaining chip to pay the bill.

The cubs had already been sold, and everyone else had lost interest and dispersed.

After most of the people had left, Zhao Fan went up and called out to Su San.

"Fellow Daoist Su, please wait."

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Su San immediately turned around, saw Zhao Fan wearing a mask, and nodded slightly.

This kid, although he used a mask that had absolutely no concealing effect to cover his face, the fact that he even thought of using a mask shows that he has made a lot of progress compared to before.

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, if you want to conceal your face, using an ordinary mask won't be very effective."

Su San spoke up, giving Zhao Fan a slight reminder.

"This kind of mask does not have the effect of blocking divine sense. Even if you wear it on your face, others can see your appearance with a scan of their divine sense. It's better not to wear it at all."

Zhao Fan was a little embarrassed. He really hadn't thought that much about it; he just wanted to cover his face with a mask. He really didn't expect that others could use their divine sense to detect him.

"Thank you for the reminder, Fellow Daoist Su."

Su San smiled slightly, sensing Zhao Fan's aura, and was quite surprised.

"I never expected that you would have reached the fifth level of Qi Refining in just one month. Your talent is truly enviable."