The Transmigrator Who Changed Doupo

Upon catching a glimpse of the green eye-like object out of the corner of his eye, Xiao Xuanyuan was immediately intrigued. He immediately activated his Heavenly Vision Divine Eye, and a faint blue divine light flashed deep within his eyes. Unless he deliberately revealed it, no one could see it.

I remember that after I used my Heavenly Vision Divine Eye to look at Elder Yao last time, that old guy became much more wary of me. He didn't even dare to hold back when teaching me cultivation techniques. Whatever Xiao Xuanyuan wanted, as long as it was available, Elder Yao would obediently teach him.

However, Xiao Xuanyuan was also afraid that Elder Yao might be playing a trick on him. If that were the case, he might be tricked and killed without even knowing it. Therefore, Xiao Xuanyuan made a promise to Elder Yao. As long as he had the ability in the future, he would definitely help Elder Yao avenge himself and destroy Han Feng, who had betrayed his master and ancestors. Elder Yao could also be reborn. Xiao Xuanyuan solemnly guaranteed that he would find him the best body of a powerful expert. He would not hesitate to go through fire and water for him.

But Xiao Xuanyuan still remembered that his heartfelt words of loyalty and righteousness had failed to move Elder Yao. At that time, Elder Yao's illusory face looked at him coldly, asking why he was being so hypocritical, and mentioning that his former disciple Han Feng had been just like that. This felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over Xiao Xuanyuan's head, leaving him utterly chilled.

After that incident, for some reason, Elder Yao seemed to trust Xiao Xuanyuan considerably. Judging from their interactions these past few days, Xiao Xuanyuan was quite at ease with Elder Yao. His fate was now inextricably linked to Elder Yao's; their fortunes were intertwined. If something happened to him, Elder Yao might not fare any better.

Therefore, Xiao Xuanyuan wasn't afraid of Yao Lao's trickery at all. As for the Heavenly Vision Divine Eye, a secret hidden deep in his heart, Xiao Xuanyuan felt it was best not to reveal it to anyone in order to conceal his trump card. Only when he truly became powerful could he possibly tell them.

"Brother Xuanyuan, what's wrong?"

Xun'er, who had just finished the last skewer of candied hawthorns, smacked her rosy lips. Somewhat surprised, she reached out and grasped Xiao Xuanyuan's large hand, asking him...

"It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered something."

Xiao Xuanyuan snapped out of his reverie, gently taking Xun'er's hand and leading her to a clean water source not far away to wash their hands. To be honest, these vendors, masquerading as sellers of artifacts from ancient tombs of powerful figures, were selling filthy goods that reeked of decay. Xiao Xuanyuan could even detect a hint of rotting corpses on some of the items.

These unscrupulous vendors sell inferior goods as superior ones, resorting to any means necessary to maximize their profits.

After washing his hands, Xiao Xuanyuan hesitated for a moment, then pulled Xun'er back to the stall where they had seen the strange eye-like thing earlier.

Just now, Xiao Xuanyuan examined it with his Heavenly Vision Divine Eye. This strange, eye-like object is a truly rare find, a genuinely ancient artifact.

Pretending to be nonchalant, I approached the small vendor's stall.

"Brother Xuanyuan, you've already looked at it, why are you looking again?" Xun'er was a little puzzled. She disliked, even felt disgusted, of these old, dirty things that smelled bad. After all, she was a girl, and a very pretty one at that; how could she not be clean?

"It's alright, let's leave after we've looked at this stall a bit more."

Xiao Xuanyuan suppressed his temper. He was a patient man; as long as this green-eyed thing was a rare find, he would get his hands on it no matter what. How could he discover a treasure and leave empty-handed?

He casually reached out and picked up a dark, pipe-like object. After weighing it in his hand for a moment, Xiao Xuanyuan asked, "Boss, how much is this charcoal-like piece of junk?"

The stall owner, with a lazy demeanor, continued to hold up three fingers after Xiao Xuanyuan asked about the price.

Thirty gold coins?

The stall owner lazily shook his head.

Three hundred gold coins?

It still shook lazily.

"How much is it exactly?" Xiao Xuanyuan was getting a little annoyed. This dark, unremarkable pipe thing usually only cost twenty or thirty gold coins when sold by small vendors. Xiao Xuanyuan didn't even know how many identical counterfeit goods he had seen before.

He's already asking for 300 gold coins, and the stall owner is shaking his head. This isn't a normal transaction. This is outrageous!

"Thirty thousand gold coins."

The stall owner was incredibly bold, immediately calling out "30,000 gold coins." Even Xiao Mei and Xiao Ning, standing nearby, gasped in surprise upon hearing this price.

"Grandma, you might as well just rob her!" Xiao Ning, who was watching from the side, couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but swear.

"Boss, do you not want to do business in the Xiao family's market anymore? Such an outrageous demand, do you believe I can call someone right now to make you pack up and leave?"

"Let's go!" The old man who owned the stall was quite decisive; he left immediately and started packing up his things.

Xiao Xuanyuan was startled; he couldn't let this strange old man leave so easily.

"Wait!" Xiao Xuanyuan stopped the strange old man.

The stall owner, an old man, was wearing a rather worn-out old-fashioned shirt. Below his large mouth, there was a large, unkempt beard. His face was covered with deep wrinkles, making him look very weathered.

Seeing Xiao Xuanyuan reach out to stop him, he said defiantly, "What are you doing? I'm leaving now."

"Alright, alright, calm down. I'll sell that thing for 30,000 gold coins, okay?" Xiao Xuanyuan was startled again. This old guy was a powerful figure living in seclusion. Just now, he had only reached out to slightly stop the old man, but it was as if he was pushing against a boulder, and the old man did not budge an inch.

Xiao Xuanyuan became curious, and his Heavenly Vision Divine Eye flashed and disappeared in an instant.

Zhang Sanqi, a one-star Dou Huang powerhouse. He enjoys excavating the tombs of powerful figures, making him deeply hated by powerful individuals across the Dou Qi Continent…

When this long string of information flashed through his mind, Xiao Xuanyuan was astonished. A one-star Dou Huang powerhouse—that was the strongest expert in the Jia Ma Empire. When did such a powerful figure become hidden in the western market of the Xiao family?

Silently abandoning his underestimation, Xiao Xuanyuan put down the dark, unsightly pipe.

"I don't want this one. How much are these two?"

Xiao Xuanyuan picked up the eye-shaped sphere and the strange roll of parchment from the corner next to him.

Seeing that Xiao Xuanyuan was speaking properly, Zhang Sanqi slowly sat back down on his dirty little stool.

"I'll sell you both for ten gold coins." Zhang Sanqi resumed his lazy demeanor.

The Transmigrator Who Changed Doupo

Chapter Thirty-Six: The Land of Strange Flames

What is this?

Xiao Xuanyuan picked up the strange parchment and unfolded it casually.

The parchment contained a vast map. In the upper right corner of the parchment were the words 'Warcraft Mountains'.

This is a massive mountain range stretching for thousands of kilometers, roughly oriented northwest to southeast. Wu Tancheng's approximate location is not far to the west of the central part of the Monster Mountain Range.

The parchment map of the Monster Mountain Range had a route drawn on it. Xiao Xuanyuan followed the route on the map, and after a while, his gaze settled on a marked primeval jungle deep in the southeast of the Monster Mountain Range.

And at that location, there was a bright red intersection of flames.

Seeing this, Xiao Xuanyuan was very curious. What exactly were hidden in the locations marked on this map? Turning his head, Xiao Xuanyuan asked Zhang Sanqi, "What are these markings on this map? Could they be the locations of the strange fire?"

Xiao Xuanyuan felt that no matter how he looked at the location where the flames intersected, it seemed like a place marked with a strange fire.

Zhang Sanqi remained in a lazy posture, taking a puff of his pipe and puffing it with relish.

At this moment, several vendors who hadn't made any sales chimed in, "Hey, this is a map marking the Dragon-Phoenix Flame, ranked twentieth on the Strange Flame Ranking. Its location is deep in the jungle of the Monster Mountain Range in the southeast..."

Upon hearing that the map of the Monster Mountain Range contained a strange fire, Xiao Xuanyuan was overjoyed. Wasn't he currently worrying about where to find one? Although he possessed many advantages due to his rebirth, strange fires were extremely rare and precious on the Dou Qi Continent. They weren't something one could simply find at will.

Not to mention that all the powerful alchemists on the Dou Qi Continent are searching for the Strange Flame, but most of them fail to find it even after a lifetime of searching. And some powerful individuals who do find the Strange Flame are forced to fight against powerful individuals from other competing forces, and whether they have even a one in ten thousand chance of obtaining it is another matter entirely.

Now, Xiao Xuanyuan unexpectedly obtained news of the Dragon Phoenix Flame, ranked twentieth on the Strange Flame Ranking, here. How could he not be happy?

Not only Xiao Xuanyuan, but also Xun'er, Xiao Mei and Xiao Ning beside him, couldn't help but be surprised after hearing the news about the strange fire and turned their heads to look.

"Strange Fire! This is the most powerful and strongest attack on the Dou Qi Continent! Anyone who has this can even fight beyond their level without any problem!" Xiao Ning stared wide-eyed, his eyes shining with unparalleled brilliance.

"Brother Xuanyuan, this strange fire is so rare. I heard that all the alchemists on the Dou Qi Continent are searching for it. I'm afraid even if they find it, they won't have a chance to subdue it." Xiao Mei was still quite clear-headed, and she couldn't help but worry about Xiao Xuanyuan.

Xun'er was well aware of the power of the strange fire. At this moment, the fourth-ranked strange fire on the Strange Fire Ranking, the Burning Heaven Golden Emperor Flame, was inside her body, so she was very clear about the power of the strange fire.

"Brother Xuanyuan, the energy of the strange fire is very powerful. You'd better not touch it." Xun'er suddenly recalled the pain of being burned by the raging flames when she inherited the Burning Heaven Golden Emperor Flame in the secret realm of the ancient clan when she was a child. Unconsciously, Xun'er's heart trembled.

Even with the strong support of her father and many elders of the ancient clans, Xun'er felt as if she was about to be burned to death by the Heaven-Burning Golden Emperor Flame. The incomparable, bone-chilling pain she felt still sends chills down her spine when she thinks about it now.

So, to spare her brother Xuanyuan from such excruciating pain, Xun'er chose to dissuade him. She did all this for his own good. As long as Xuanyuan was happy, Xun'er felt content. This was simply her honest thought.

However, Xun'er had a crucial mission upon leaving the Xiao family. Thinking about her eventual return to the ancient clan, Xun'er's face suddenly contorted with pain. She understood that she was destined to be the favored daughter of the ancient clan, their princess. She might never see her brother Xuanyuan again. A pang of sadness welled up in Xun'er's heart. Biting her red lips, Xun'er's delicate hand involuntarily tightened around Xiao Xuanyuan's arm.

"what happened?"

Xiao Xuanyuan suddenly noticed Xun'er's unusual behavior. He couldn't help but turn to look at her. Xun'er forced a smile and said, "It's nothing. I'm just a little tired." She quickly concealed her true feelings.

Xiao Xuanyuan sensed that Xun'er was somewhat different, and he was about to ask her more questions when the stall owners nearby took out parchment maps from their stalls and began to clamor for information.

"I also have a map of the Dragon-Phoenix Flame here, I can sell it to you at a discount..."

"My Strange Flame Map only costs two gold coins..."

……

This sudden scene left Xiao Xuanyuan somewhat stunned. What were these stall owners doing? Why were they all carrying a parchment map of the strange fire? What was going on? Xiao Xuanyuan couldn't help but feel puzzled by what he was seeing.

Xun'er and the other two were also dumbfounded. How come there were so many strange flames now? And even so many maps?

Coming to his senses, Xiao Xuanyuan curiously stretched out his hand and said, "Let me see them all."

The vendors handed Xiao Xuanyuan their parchment maps of strange fire, so many that four or five scrolls had fallen to the ground. Furthermore, when Xiao Xuanyuan saw a large basket of parchment maps of strange fire behind the vendors, he was somewhat bewildered. How could there be so many?

Seeing that he had about a dozen or twenty scrolls in his hands, Xiao Xuanyuan threw them all to the ground. He was somewhat curious whether these maps marked with strange flames were real or fake.

Xun'er, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Ning were also curious, so they all squatted down and took out a scroll of parchment depicting strange fire to look at.

Xiao Xuanyuan took a scroll and opened it. The locations marked on it for the strange fires were exactly the same as the strange fire map on the parchment he had obtained from Zhang Sanqi. He was puzzled. He then reached for another scroll.

Finally, Xiao Xuanyuan discovered that the locations marked on these parchment maps of different fires were exactly the same. Apart from the fact that the maps were drawn very similarly, with some being drawn better and some being of lower quality, there was nothing different about them.

On Xun'er's side, the parchment maps of the strange fires that the others were looking at were all pretty much the same, with nothing different.

"The maps on the parchment are all exactly the same. How can this be?" Xiao Xuanyuan asked, puzzled.

"My esteemed guest, you may not know this, but when this map of the Strange Flame first appeared, it was unearthed from an ancient tomb belonging to a Battle King by a skilled gravedigger. However, after the news spread, many people who considered themselves capable ventured into the depths of the jungle southeast of the Monster Mountain Range, but all came up empty-handed. Although no one found the Dragon-Phoenix Flame, the news spread nonetheless. And here you are, this is the map containing the Dragon-Phoenix Flame..."

The stall owner next to Zhang Sanqi kindly came out to explain, then pointed to the back of his stall, where an open box containing numerous parchment maps of strange fires was located.

The Transmigrator Who Changed Doupo

Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Thousand-Forging Method

Holy crap, so much!

Upon seeing the box full of parchment maps of strange fire, Xiao Xuanyuan couldn't help but swear.

"They're all counterfeit again! You unscrupulous merchants specialize in making money by selling fake goods! Our Xiao Family Market shouldn't tolerate you!" Xiao Ning said, his brows furrowed, his anger barely contained. Last time, he was swindled out of five hundred gold coins by these same cunning merchants, only to take home a broken chamber pot, which he then cherished day and night like a treasure.

Every time he thought about it, Xiao Ning felt a surge of anger. If it weren't for his grandfather's casual reminder, he might still be sleeping with that lousy chamber pot every night, smelling its stench! After learning the truth, Xiao Ning went berserk, angrily taking several close friends from his family to the market to confront that scoundrel stall owner. But the stall owner had already vanished, leaving no trace. Xiao Ning was furious!

Now that he's run into these unscrupulous merchants and stall owners again, Xiao Ning is so angry he wants to kill them! If it weren't for Xun'er and Xiao Mei, the two beauties of the Xiao family, being here, Xiao Ning would have smashed up these unscrupulous merchants and stall owners' stalls.

Ignoring Xiao Ning's somewhat frantic expression, Xiao Xuanyuan immediately bought Zhang Sanqi's strange, eye-like object, as well as a parchment scroll of a map of strange fire from the stall owner next to him, as compensation for Zhang Sanqi's explanation.

The two items cost a total of fifteen gold coins. Originally, Xiao Xuanyuan wanted to ask Zhang Sanqi, a one-star Dou Huang expert, to lower the price and sell the eye-like thing for five gold coins. Unexpectedly, this guy insisted on a fixed price, demanding ten gold coins for either a parchment map of strange fire or ten gold coins for everything, not a penny less.

Xiao Xuanyuan was seething with hatred for him. If this guy weren't so difficult to deal with, and if this weren't happening in public, he might have had to ask Elder Yao for help. This guy was too hateful.

After leaving the street with its small vendors and turning two more corners, Xiao Xuanyuan arrived at the largest street of medicinal herb shops in the western part of the market.

This place is bustling with people and vehicles, making it more lively than the other main streets.