Late that night, at midnight.
Qingyunfang City has already been under curfew, and the doors in the city are closed and deserted.
Zhang Yao wore a black smock and an iron mask and quietly left the west residential area.
If you look closely, you can see that his figure has become much shorter and stockier, which is obviously a deliberate disguise by adjusting his muscles and bones.
Along the way, Zhang Yao saw several similarly dressed figures whose identities were concealed, but everyone tacitly avoided each other.
After a while, Zhang Yao arrived at the edge of the urban area. After showing his token, he entered the underground through a secret door.
He followed the underground passage and came to an underground hall.
Looking at it, this underground hall is very wide, dozens of feet square. There are more than a dozen secret door exits on the surrounding walls, and the light is very dim.
Inside the underground hall, there are no fixed shops, but scattered vendors. Hundreds of immortal cultivators who have concealed their whereabouts are mixed in, making it feel quite bustling.
Directly east of the underground hall:
A piece of jade that is one foot high and three feet long is embedded in the stone wall. It exudes a crystal luster and has hundreds of text messages imprinted on it.
"Um?"
Zhang Yao noticed the lower part of the jade jade, where two messages flashed close together, and his eyes lit up.
"How lucky are you? Someone actually responded to the two reward messages."
"It looks like we're going to have a big harvest tonight!"
Zhang Yao couldn't help but become more and more excited when he thought about this.
The market opens every three months. He has participated many times so far, but most of the time he returns disappointed.
After so many years, there is still no news about the "Wanhuadu Tianzhen Sutra", but in terms of evil secrets, he finally acquired a more suitable one three years ago, called the 'Blood Burning Technique', which can be regarded as a new trump card.
Today, both rewards have been responded to. If you are lucky, you may be able to obtain the secret method of evil and the "Wanhuadu Tianzhen Sutra" as well.
Zhang Yao waited patiently while wandering around the stall. An hour later, a man in black robe finally came out. He stood in front of the jade and shouted loudly:
"The auction is ready to begin!"
After a rustling sound, many market guests followed the secret door passage and came to sit down in another smaller underground hall, which was the venue for the auction.
"The first auction item is a powerful high-level magic weapon from the Jingu Sect..."
The man in black robe who presided over the auction started the auction without saying any nonsense.
The auction items in the market are all items with shady origins, so the transaction prices are often much lower, and many customers are very enthusiastic about participating.
Many of the good things among them made Zhang Yao very coveted. Unfortunately, his wealth was limited and he had to keep it to acquire evil secrets. He had no money to get involved in such auctions.
Half an hour later, the auction ended. Many people got up and chose to leave the market, while a few people entered another underground hall.
This third underground hall is about the same size as the auction venue. There are many tables and chairs placed, deliberately spaced apart from each other.
"Old rule, don't pry into other people's private conversations."
"Fellow Taoists whose reward information has been responded to, please come to me to collect your number plate."
A man in black robes stood in front of a long table and spoke loudly.
Zhang Yao also followed the flow of people and went to the long table to collect the two corresponding number plates. He randomly chose a table and chair to sit down, placed the number plates on the table, and waited quietly for someone to come to the door.
Soon, a man in a black burqa approached Zhang Yao, pulled out a chair and sat across from him.
"Which reward is there?"
Zhang Yao casually deployed sound insulation and asked in a hoarse voice.
"One hundred and sixty-nine, seeking to purchase evil secrets."
The man in black robe opposite, with a hint of greenness in his voice, said slowly:
"I have three secret techniques in my hand, namely the 'Blood Burning Technique', the 'Pulse Breaking Technique', and the 'Heavenly Remnant Secret Technique'. Which one do you want, or do you want them all?"
Zhang Yao pondered for a moment and said:
"I already have the blood-burning technique. Let me introduce the 'Pulse Breaking Technique' and the 'Tiancan Secret Technique'."
"good."
The young voice on the other side responded:
"The Pulse-Severing Technique is a secret technique that destroys and cuts off one's own Qi veins and unleashes a fatal blow."
"If used in the middle stage of Qi refining, it can explode with power close to the perfection of Qi refining; if used in the late stage of Qi refining, it can be enough to kill or severely damage the perfection of Qi refining."
"But after the pulse-breaking technique is used, it only has the power of one blow. Even if you don't die, you will be reduced to a useless person. Your Qi and pulse will be cut off, and you will never have the hope of becoming an immortal."
When Zhang Yao heard this, he shook his head and said:
"The price is too serious, don't want this."
The cost of severing his Qi veins was too terrible. Not even his talent could make up for the damage caused by this kind of non-physical injury.
"……All right."
The man in black robe opposite him stopped breathing and said helplessly:
"Then let me talk about Tiancan's secret method."
"The secret method of Tiancan is to burn longevity and destroy one's own potential in exchange for tyrannical strength. After being used in the middle stage of Qi refining, it can temporarily rival the late stage of Qi refining."
"The price is - every time you use a breath, you will lose one year of life. If you delay it for a little longer, you will die suddenly on the spot."
When Zhang Yao heard this, his heart suddenly pounded.
This Tiancan secret method is simply more suitable for him than the "Blood Burning Technique". It is almost tailor-made!
What are you afraid of when burning Shouyuan? He doesn't have much else, but Shouyuan has a lot! It won't be a problem if it burns to eternity.
"I want this."
Zhang Yao pretended to ponder for a moment, then slowly said:
"Make a price."
"Um……"
The person on the other side hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively:
"One hundred spirit stones?"
"too expensive."
Zhang Yao immediately shook his head and flatly refused:
"The value of the evil secret method is far inferior to that of the normal immortal secret method."
"And this Tiancan Dafa requires you to pay the price of burning longevity. The sequelae are too serious, and it is not worth a hundred spiritual stones."
"Fifty yuan, I'll buy it."
He has been a Talisman Master for several years and has earned more than two hundred spiritual stones.
Excluding the money returned to Lao Qi and the "Blood Burning Technique" purchased three years ago, I only have a little over a hundred yuan left now, so I have to save money.
"Fifty yuan, how can this be done? The evil secret method is so rare..."
The other party started bargaining immediately.
After a while, the two settled the deal for sixty-five spiritual stones, and Zhang Yao also successfully obtained the jade slip that recorded the "Secret Technique of Tiancan".
"It's a good start, it's really good."
He put the jade slip away, suppressed the joy in his heart, and turned to look at another figure not far away. The figure was slender and seemed to be a woman.
While he was talking to the man in black robe, she had been waiting a few feet away, obviously coming for another reward from him.
After completing the transaction, the man in black robe opposite stood up and left. The female figure walked straight over and sat opposite him.
"It's been several years, and finally there is news about the Wanhuadu Tianzhen Sutra..."
Zhang Yao's mind was surging. After suppressing the excitement in his heart, he pretended to be indifferent and said:
"The 168th reward?"
"right."
The female figure opposite her face was shrouded in a black gauze, and her voice had a hint of age:
"What are you going to give in exchange for the Wanhuadu Tianzhen Sutra?"
