11- The bloody dueling ring

Observing Zhong Peng's lack of response, the individual interpreted the silence as an indication of his unfamiliarity with the underground market.

Consequently, he proceeded to elaborate on the matter, "the underground market is a dangerous place with no regulations, where only those who were strong and astute could endure," he said.

"I am not interested" zhong peng being a coward will never go close to anything dangerous like the black market.

"It won't be dangerous for you if you follow my lead, I've been there many times and I know every possible way to avoid trouble so I can guide you there," Zhou Shun said with a convincing voice.

"You said there is a way to make qi stone there, what could it be" zhong peng was curious to know how someone could make money there.

"There is a duel being held there, you can make 1 qi stone on every battle you win" Zhou Shun replied.

"Who would I be fighting with and what cultivation Dan would they be."

"The battle ring is divided into three, the bloody dueling ring, the battle king dueling ring, and finally the emperor dueling ring, one has to defeat 10 cultivators in the bloody dueling ring to upgrade to the battle king dueling ring and 100 people from the battle king dueling ring to upgrade to the emperor dueling ring." Zhou Shun explained.

"How strong are the people in the emperor dueling ring," Zhong Peng asked curiously.

Zhou Shun declared with great emphasis, "Very strong, there hasn't been any battle there for three decades now" He then reassured Zhong Peng with a calm voice, "You need not fret about this matter presently, as your current level of cultivation renders any involvement in the Emperor's Dueling Ring unnecessary."

Zhong Peng was shocked by what he heard then he asked, "If it is that difficult, how difficult is the bloody dueling ring."

"It is not that difficult a, the difficulty comes from defeating 10 people repeatedly" Zhou Shun explains calmly.

After thinking about what Zhou Shun had just said, he decided to trust Zhou, and also since he needed qi stone badly, "I am in" he said to zhou shun, after thinking for a while he asked "Can I borrow 1 qi stone from you I'll pay you back once I earn enough qi stone" Zhou Shun tossed him five shiny crystals without even hesitating, Zhong peng felt the spiritual qi from within it.

"Thank you for your help," Zhong Peng said as he followed Zhou Shun to pay before entering the Zhang great-kingdom.

When they entered the gate of the Zheng great-kingdom he followed Zhou Shun to a building, the building looks very old they walked inside and a man was sitting by the side of the building, Zhou Shun walked up to him and showed him a token.

The man didn't even study the token he just said, "This way, please."

Zhong Peng seeing the way the guard didn't study the token given to him by Zhou Shun was shocked, "It seems like he is indeed a regular customer here" Zhong Peng muttered silently.

Seeing that Zhong Peng was standing there without following them, Zhou Shun urged Zhong Peng to follow them.

After they walked for a while, they reached a waterfall.

"so what next" Zhong Peng turned around and asked Zhou Shun.

"The next thing is to enter the underground market," the man from earlier suddenly said, then he tosses thin fabrics toward Zhong Peng and said, "Here take this and cover your face."

"Why do we have to blindfold ourselves," Zhong Peng asked zhou shun in a hushed voice.

"To prevent the location of the underground market to be discovered," he said before adding a warning, "It is a special fabric so don't underestimate it"

Immediately Zhong Peng tied the blindfold he lost every possible way he could keep track of his environment, after some minutes they finally stopped he took off his mask what stood before him didn't look like what he had expected, it looks like a small city, there was a lot of noise which he didn't notice when he had the fabric tied on his face.

"It looks like I am not to underestimate any things here" Zhong Peng muttered silently to himself.

Zhong Peng looked around, there were a lot of treasures and artifacts set up for sale there was a lot of buying and selling going on.