Chapter 330: Disturbance
This small Market on Qilin Island may be small, but it has all the essential organs.
Qin Ming followed the three people and took a tour, experiencing many things that are simply not found in the Southern Wilderness Cultivation World.
Here, apart from various Spirit Ores, the most abundant are Sea Beast Materials. Second Tier Demon Beast Materials, rarely seen in the Southern Wilderness Cultivation World, are almost everywhere here, with Demon Hunting Cultivators setting up Stalls to sell beasts every few steps.
Even Qin Ming couldn't resist buying some novelties that caught his eye, as well as Demon Cores from Sea Beasts, for Pill Refining purposes.
Subsequently.
Qin Ming followed Han Yuan and the other two, just as they were preparing to leave the Stall and head towards the Teleportation Array.
On the Stone Slab Road ahead of them, a noisy sound was heard.
The group approached for a closer look and couldn't help but frown.
"Lord! This is my last savings of Spirit Ore! You can't take it all!"
"Otherwise, when will I ever be able to gather enough Spirit Stones for the Teleportation Array!"
An Old Man in ragged clothes, judging by his appearance, should be a Mine Slave on the island.
At this moment, he was kneeling on the ground, desperately begging a group of Cultivators in front of him.
The leading Cultivator was fat, wearing a blue brocade robe with gold silk and white jade, sticking out a big belly, imposing and awe-inspiring, and in his hand, he was holding two large, patinaed walnuts, constantly playing with them.
Qin Ming's gaze, however, was attracted by the two walnuts. After careful Observation, he thought to himself: "They are actually Upper Third Rank Soul Nourishing Walnuts!"
As a Tier 3 Spirit Plant Grandmaster, he naturally had some impression of this item.
These Soul Nourishing Walnuts, when worn and played with for a long time, can continuously nourish and strengthen the Divine Soul of Golden Core Cultivators. If it's a Ghost Cultivator, they also have a great effect on cultivating Nether Soul Ghosts.
They are rare Tier 3 Spirit Wood.
At the same time, he also saw through this fat man's Cultivation, which was surprisingly Early Golden Core Stage.
He saw one of the followers beside him come out and kick the Mine Slave a few times, shouting:
"Damn it! If you know what's good for you, get lost and don't block the way!"
"Humph! You ungrateful bastards have not paid the Stall Fee for more than two months."
"This time is just the interest. If next month's harvest is still this meager, then be prepared to stay on the island and dig mines for the rest of your life."
After speaking, those people ignored the reactions of the surrounding Cultivators and left directly.
That richly dressed fat Cultivator walked straight towards Qin Ming and his companions.
Han Yuan and the others saw this person and hurriedly stepped forward to respectfully greet him: "Junior greets Senior Hua!"
Qin Ming also hurriedly pretended and followed their example, bowing once.
The fat Cultivator, called True Person Hua, played with the walnuts, raised his eyelids, glanced at everyone, and said in a faint voice:
"So it's you guys, have you completed the Myriad Paths Merchant Alliance's Mission?"
Han Yuan looked nervous and respectfully replied, "Reporting to Senior Hua, the Mission has been completed, and we are just preparing to return and report."
"Mm."
Immediately, True Person Hua's gaze lingered on Liu Ye's plump figure for a moment, frightening her Expression pale.
Then his gaze rested on Qin Ming, and he asked doubtfully, "Who is this person?"
Qin Ming's heart tightened, and he felt a vast Divine Sense sweep over him from the other party.
He quickly pretended to look as if he was drenched in sweat.
"Reporting to True Person Hua, this is Shopkeeper Lu of the Mirror Snow Pavilion, who has received special permission from the Fire Palace to go to Great Jin for business," Gao Feng quickly interjected to help Qin Ming out of the predicament.
True Person Hua nodded upon hearing this, his Expression changed, but he suddenly said:
"Since you have special permission from the Superior Sect, doing business is fine, but you foreign Cultivators from the Southern Wilderness who want to use the Teleportation Array here must additionally pay two thousand Middle-Grade Spirit Stones."
As soon as these words came out, not only Qin Ming, but even Han Yuan and the other two beside him had unsightly Expressions.
Han Yuan still bit the bullet and pleaded for Qin Ming, "Senior Hua, Shopkeeper Lu's trip to Great Jin is for in-depth cooperation with our Myriad Paths Merchant Alliance. Could you please be lenient?"
Upon hearing these words, True Person Hua's movement of turning the walnuts in his hand paused, and the Golden Core Spiritual Pressure from his body suddenly burst out.
The Spiritual Pressure shocked Han Yuan and the others so much that they almost lost their balance and staggered.
"Are you teaching This Seat how to do things?" Qin Ming saw this and also inwardly cursed.
He didn't expect that a dignified True Person of the Core Formation Stage would be so mercenary in his dealings, truly lacking any demeanor of a superior man.
Qin Ming didn't want to expose his Strength just after arriving here, and was planning to take out Spirit Stones to smooth things over and settle the matter peacefully.
But he saw a lewd smile appear on True Person Hua's fat face, and he turned his head to ask Liu Ye:
"This Fairy of the Myriad Paths Merchant Alliance, why are you so unfamiliar? Why not come to This Seat's Cave Residence tonight, and This Seat will guide your Cultivation?"
Liu Ye, upon hearing this, her plump body trembled, her Expression instantly turned pale, and she trembled, not knowing how to refuse.
At this moment, greed for wealth and lust for women, bullying the weak, and tyrannical arrogance were vividly displayed in True Person Hua.
Qin Ming was even more speechless, not expecting there to be such High-Level Cultivators.
Just then.
A team of Fire Palace Cultivators, led by a burly middle-aged man, walked over.
"Hua Tianxiong, why do you have time to come here? And you didn't even notify me."
The burly middle-aged man from the Fire Palace arrived instantly, and then said expressionlessly to Qin Ming and the others, "You guys can leave."
As soon as these words were spoken.
Han Yuan and the others felt as if they had been granted amnesty, and quickly thanked him without looking back, leaving the Black Rock Market.
After walking a distance away.
Only then did Qin Ming ask Han Yuan, "May I ask, Fellow Daoist Han, who was that Senior Hua just now? Why is he..."
"Shhh!"
Han Yuan cast a Sound Isolation Barrier, and then transmitted his voice, saying, "It's normal for Fellow Daoist Lu not to know."
"This True Person Hua Tianxiong is the president of the Thousand Machines Trading Company, which ranks among the top ten in the Myriad Paths Merchant Alliance, and he also has a place in the Merchant Alliance."
"We absolutely dare not offend him."
"Alas, speaking of this person's experience, Fellow Daoist Qin, you might not even believe it."
"Hua Tianxiong was originally just a Shopkeeper's Assistant, mediocre and without ambition, but one day he encountered a benefactor who directly changed his life."
"It is said that when he was young, by a twist of fate, he saved an Elder of the Fire Palace."
"From then on, he became unstoppable, soaring to the sky, and even more heaven-defying was that he also awakened the legendary Innate Earth Spirit Body."
"With an Elder of the Fire Palace as his backer, coupled with this person's clever mind and black heart, he created such a huge Trading Company in just a hundred years."
"And the mining and operating rights of Qilin Island were also exclusively granted by the Fire Palace to the Thousand Machines Trading Company."
"Even the maintenance and repair of the Teleportation Array are included. The Thousand Machines Trading Company can take a 10% share of the profits every year."
"Alas, this is fate!"
Han Yuan sighed deeply.
Qin Ming was also filled with sighs after listening, not expecting this Hua Tianxiong to have such luck.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a life of cheats.
However, he had also secretly made an Observation just now and noticed that Hua Tianxiong's Magical Power was unstable, Pill Toxin was accumulating, and his Foundation was unstable.
It is estimated that he had also taken a lot of Miraculous Spirit Pills to forcibly raise his Cultivation.
His actual Combat Method level is probably just at the Pseudo-Core Realm. If he continues like this, the Early Golden Core Stage will be the end of his life, wasting his Innate Earth Spirit Body's Cultivation Talent.
This matter was just a small interlude on the road.
Subsequently, Qin Ming and the others arrived at the Teleportation Formation location inside the Mountainside on the Island, after paying five hundred Middle-Grade Spirit Stones.
Buzz~ The Array Patterns within the Cavern all lit up, and a crimson radiance descended from the Sky, falling on everyone in the center of the Magic Formation.
The next moment.
With a whoosh, the figures of Qin Ming and the others all disappeared from the spot.
End of Chapter