Decaying Mountain Poison

It was a good thing that Yi Da was able to minimize the damage the three slave traders had done. For imprisoning someone who was in the foundation stage, it would usually end with the Red Earth Black Market burn into the ground. Even more so, that he belonged to the Unforgiving Shadow Sect.

Yi Da quickly left the place to procure a gift for them.

'There was also that girl that came with them. It is best to pass her over to them in case they are related.' Yi Da called the attendances once again to help him.

Back in the room, Long Xiuying and Wu Xinyi on what to do next. Wu Xinyi wanted to hear the opinion of the young man before him. Wu Xinyi was impressed by him since he was able to stay alive against Feng Min, casually giving him hundreds of core, and to even stay calm under unknown circumstances. Given his age, it seems like he experienced a lot in his short life.

"So why did they give you such treatment?" Wu Xinyi asked. He wanted to prevent any inconsistency if they were going to plan something.

Long Xiuying remembered as much as he could from what Yi Da told him. "I'm not sure. They did say something about me being in the Unforgiving Shadow Sect." Wu Xinyi unconsciously looked at his shadow after he heard Long Xiuying said shadow.

"You don't have a shadow?!" Wu Xinyi was surprised. He never met one who did not have a shadow although he heard there were a few sects that practice in regard to shadow but those were very few in the blessed continents.

Long Xiuying just remembered that because of his Prime Sovereign's Shadow, he does not a have shadow right now.

"Right.. It is a technique I learned from some stranger." Long Xiuying lied to hide his unique circumstances. "By the way, why don't you just force your way out? I doubt anybody here could stop you given your strength."

"I could, but I'm slowly getting weaker. My spiritual energy is being consumed by the dark spiritual energy and even changing my the properties of my spiritual energy to that of the dark spiritual energy, thus weakening me. If we force our way out, it will be a matter of time before they catch us. I'm sure you have a plan. Or did you not think of anything after saying you have a father?"

"Not at first, but I do now. Since you are here, it will be easier."

Long Xiuying explained his plan while Wu Xinyi listened. After it was done, Wu Xinyi laughed as if he was going to enjoy himself. It had been a long time that he would have fun.

It seemed that Yi Da was not coming back anytime soon so they told one of the attendances that they were going to take a look around for the time being.

They wanted to explore the black market since they are already here.

When they head into the lobby where the vendors were at, they all look and turned to see Wu Xinyi. It was because of his outfit that he stood out.

Wu Xinyi did not mind the stares as he got used when he was serving in the military. He even appreciated the admiration of others.

On the other hand, Long Xiuying was busy looking around at the items were being sold. There were weapons, armors, pills, talismans, and even training manuals.

"Father, let's split. We can perhaps find some useful information." Wu Xinyi concurred with what Long Xiuying said. Although Wu Xinyi did feel awkward about him being called father, there was no helping it. It was best to get used to it now so they won't slip up.

Long Xiuying walked around looking at different vendors. There were at least a hundred of vendors with even more items waiting to be sold. Long Xiuying watched many transactions that were going on between one another. Long Xiuying noticed a few things. First was that there was hardly any bargaining, second, the currency was qi condensation core similar to what Long Xiuying had, but they all emitted dark spiritual energy, and third was that treasures could be traded instead of cores if they merchants wanted to.

'I should get something to protect us, and even some training manual to blend in. Preferably techniques that relate to dark and shadow. I might as well get some pills.' Long Xiuying only have five dark qi condensation cores, so he will take some more out later on.

Long Xiuying went up to a vendor who was selling medicine and the likes.

The Red bull mask merchant looked at the young man who was not wearing a disguise. To him, he was either a fool or someone who could not be trifled with. He chose to act assuming he had some strong backing.

"Any item that you are looking particularly for?" The merchant said without a hint of politeness but neither he was being rude to him.

"I'm looking for medicines that can recover injuries, and if any, I am also looking for a lethal poison." Long Xiuying took out his five dark cores to show to the merchant.

Behind the Red Bull Mask, the merchant's eyes were wide opened. Not because of the amount he had pulled, but how pure it was. Usually, he had only seen dark qi condensation cores that were muddy purple. But the core in front of him, there was no signed of muddiness. Each one could cost ten times more than the usual dark qi condensation cores.

'It seemed this young man is not a nobody.' The merchant relaxed his mind that he did not cause trouble for him.

"I can give you the two dozen low-grade recovery pills and half a dozen mid grade recovery pill for two."

'Two?' Long Xiuying was puzzled. For what the vendor offered, it would at least cost him fifteen qi condensation cores. Before, he had carefully watched how much a typical cost of recovery pills from others transactions.

'Now that I think about it, my cores were more vibrant than others.' He did not think that the conditions on the cores would increase its value. It was a good thing that the merchant did not try to hustle him.

He handed over the two cores and grabbed hold of the two bottles.

"I do not have much poison, but I can promise you the quality is great." He presented Long Xiuying a small dark green pill encased in a jade box. "This poison is called the Decaying Mountain Poison. I will be careful to not touch it since it is very potent. And the price will cost three cores"

"I will take it." Once the transaction was done he left. Long Xiuying needed something to defend himself in case the situation ever arrived. It was best to prepare now, then later on.

'Now I need some training manuals. I do not need any types of equipment since the Prime Sovereign's Shadow can find better ones.' Long Xiuying secretly took out a core into his hands so it can be filled with the dark spiritual energy.

The Red Bull Mask merchant saw a group was following him, but he did not warn him. This was a risk when showing one's wealth in the black market.