12dz Chapter 142 Black Market
Chapter 142 Black Market
Chapter 142 Black Market
As the small boat docked, Li Qingyi's foot sank into the damp soil on the shore.
Led by the Zhang family steward, the two headed to the pavilion in the center of the island.
Inside the pavilion, there is a small hut.
Inside the house, a middle-aged man dressed in fine clothes with a stern face was playing chess with a young man in white.
As Li Qingyi and her companion arrived, they stopped what they were doing.
That young man in white must be Tianpo, the one Wu Bin mentioned.
Li Qingyi guessed that the other person was Zhang's patriarch.
The faint spiritual pressure emanating from the half-step Foundation Establishment stage caused Li Qingyi's brows to furrow almost imperceptibly.
Dealing with these two who are only half-step Foundation Establishment is a bit difficult.
The current situation is somewhat beyond Li Qingyi's expectations. He really didn't expect that there would be a half-step Foundation Establishment cultivator beside Tianpo.
To fight two opponents at once, you must use the Crystallized Resentment.
However, he had no grudge against the Zhang family patriarch and had no reason to take action.
The Zhang family patriarch placed a piece on the board, looked up at Li Qingbiao, and then at Tianpo.
"Hehe, the deputy head of Zhenyang Tower certainly has a grand gesture."
Tianpo placed his piece expressionlessly. "Does Patriarch Zhang have any objections to the proposal just now?"
One sentence was enough to make Zhang Niancheng's face turn completely gloomy.
"Old Wu, have a seat."
Upon hearing this, Wu Bin led Li Qingyi to sit down to the side.
Tianpo looked at Li Qingyi and asked, "And who is this?"
Wu Bin grinned and said, forcing a smile, "My newly accepted disciple."
Li Qingyi bowed very politely to Tianpo.
Tianpo was very satisfied and nodded, gesturing for Li Qingyi to sit down.
Zhang Nian's face was so gloomy it could drip water.
The atmosphere became tense, and Wu Bin unconsciously clenched his fists, which were hidden in his sleeves, as if afraid that the two of them would start fighting if they disagreed.
Li Qingyi felt a chill run down her spine; it seemed the Zhang family was at odds with Zhenyang Tower.
Suddenly, an idea came to him.
Li Qingyi feigned fear and said, "Master, I have an old friend in the city, and I would like to visit him."
Upon hearing the word "master," Wu Bin felt a chill run down his spine and nearly fainted.
What disciple would lock their master in such a strange torture device to torment them!
But he could only nod and pretend to be calm. Although he didn't know what Li Qingyi was up to, he could only cooperate.
The tense atmosphere was broken by Li Qingyi, and Tianpo and Zhang Niancheng continued to make moves. The only sound on the entire island was the sound of chess pieces falling.
Li Qingyi had already boarded a boat and left the island in the middle of the lake.
After leaving the Zhang family, Li Qingyi unleashed her divine sense to search for Tingge's branches within Linglong City.
Zhang Nian's reaction was somewhat unexpected for Li Qingyi. He wanted to join forces with him to kill Tian Po in Linglong City.
But before taking action, Li Qingyi had to confirm the relationship between the Zhang family and Zhenyang Tower.
And Tingyu Pavilion is the best source of intelligence.
In a deserted alley, Li Qingyi removed her fake human skin and returned to her original appearance.
Linglong City is much larger than Xuanze City, and it took Li Qingyi quite a while to find the Tingyu Pavilion branch hidden underground.
This is an underground black market where all sorts of transactions take place. And the Tingyu Pavilion branch is hidden at the very back of the black market.
In the underground black market, various vendors, stalls, and shops come and go in an endless stream.
Li Qingyi is now quite famous in the Xuan Kingdom.
Many cultivators in the black market didn't react at first. Once they did, they quickly made way for them.
"Why has this jinx come to Linglong City?"
"How should I know? Keep your voice down, don't let him hear you."
"There seems to be a pawnshop in there. What is he going to pawn?"
"Who knows?"
The whispers of the monks by the roadside reached Li Qingyi's ears, but she paid them no heed.
Suddenly, a bronze statue displayed on a stall ahead caught Li Qingyi's attention.
It was a Buddha statue with smiling eyes and brows.
Li Qingyi squatted down in front of the stall and asked, "Where did this come from?"
The sleepy-eyed boss opened his eyes and glanced at Li Qingyi.
"I forgot, anyway, I don't know where I plundered it from. Want it? Five spirit stones."
"One."
The street vendor immediately objected, "Is this how you bargain? You should have said four pieces, and then I'd say no. Then you could have said three pieces, and you could have slowly bargained down like that."
Li Qingyi looked at the stall owner with an expression as if he were a fool, and smiled, "One spirit stone, will you sell it?"
He was at a loss for what to do with Li Qingyi's appearance.
"You're a tough young man to fool. You're not young, but you're as shrewd as a monkey."
"Boss, you flatter me."
Li Qingyi smiled, took out a spirit stone, tossed it to the merchant, and then picked up the Buddha statue.
It feels quite heavy, weighing about forty or fifty pounds.
But in front of Li Qingyi, who was at the ninth level of Qi Refining, this weight was practically negligible.
Li Qingyi asked, "Boss, do you know what this thing is called?"
The street vendor shrugged and said helplessly, "How should I know? Probably someone did it when they were bored. It's awful."
Seeing that she couldn't get any information out of him, Li Qingyi had no choice but to put the Buddha statue away and head deeper into the black market.
The main reason he bought the Buddha statue was because there was no Buddha in this world.
That's interesting.
The street vendor watched Li Qingyi walk away with a wry smile, a playful curve to his lips: "This broken Buddha statue has finally been sold. I wonder if this young man knows what use it is."
After saying that, he immediately packed up his stall and left the underground black market.
Li Qingyi looked up at the pawnshop in front of her, and without hesitation, stepped inside.
Upon entering, someone came to guide us. After circling around inside a few times, we finally entered the secret chamber of Tingyu Pavilion.
"Young Master, are you trying to destroy the Linglong City branch by coming in with such fanfare?"
When Li Qingyi first heard this title, a look of surprise flashed across her face, but she quickly smiled and said, "You're mistaken. I'm just here to pawn some things."
Turning around, one saw a cultivator completely shrouded in black robes, robes that served to prevent others from probing him.
However, it proved utterly ineffective against Li Qingyi's divine sense.
The face beneath the black robe was an ordinary, unremarkable face, without any highlights.
Could it be because he knows many people in Linglong City?
The man in black robes looked at Li Qingyi, "Young Master, what brings you to the Linglong City branch?"
"Help me find out what grudges exist between the Zhang family and Linglong City."
"Why does the young master want to investigate this matter?"
Li Qingyi stared into the eyes beneath his black robe, her gaze hardening. "I'm going to kill Tianpo and see if I can win over the Zhang family patriarch to join forces with me."
The man in the black robe was taken aback, seemingly not expecting this answer.
He pondered for a moment, as if weighing the veracity of Li Qingyi's words.
Li Qingyi: "When did the people of Tingyu Pavilion ever show such expressions for the sake of other forces?"
The man in black robes was startled and looked up at Li Qingyi. "I was just recalling some past events. Please wait a moment, Young Master."
Watching the man in black robes disappear into the distance, Li Qingyi felt a chill run down her spine.
Are you connected to the Zhang family, or to Zhenyang Tower?