C45

Xuanyuan Zhi was the first to enter the secret passage, Chu Qingyao quickly followed. The moment the two entered, the secret door behind them closed up.

"Your Highness, I … "Afraid." Looking at the torches on both sides, Chu Qingyao tugged at the corner of Xuanyuan Zhi's clothes, afraid that something would suddenly appear in front of her.

"Coward." Xuanyuan Zhi sneered, "Weren't you afraid of death? Where did that Chu Qingyao who dared to kill people and save people go to? " He turned and took her hand.

Feeling the steady and powerful heat coming from his hands, her heart suddenly dropped. With this man here, any worry she had would be unnecessary.

The tunnel first descended, then continued moving forward. After touching it for about an hour, they started moving upwards again. Finally, the two of them stopped in front of an iron gate. The burly man guarding the gate immediately opened the lock and let them out.

The sudden brightness caused Chu Qingyao to squint her eyes. Xuanyuan Zhi scanned the area in front of him, "This is a famous black market, anything that cannot be bought outside, can be found here."

"What do you want to buy?" She looked at the rows and rows of shops in front of her. In order to snatch business, some of them had even placed their wares outside, while the others began to shout and shout, bustling with noise and excitement.

"Not yet."

She looked up at the bright sun. "This isn't underground at all."

Xuanyuan Zhi acknowledged and released her hand. Her sweaty palms suddenly lost their temperature, making her feel empty. Only now did she notice that this street seemed to be selling all sorts of medicinal herbs.

"Why are they all medicinal herbs?"

"Today is the battle of poison, evil merchants will naturally follow the wind and sell medicine."

Upon hearing about the poison competition, Chu Qingyao's eyes lit up. Could it be that poison was not forbidden here? As if he knew what she was thinking, Xuanyuan Zhileng said in a low voice, "These are all done in the dark and on the surface, it is clearly forbidden."

Since this place was so close to the capital, she didn't believe that the Emperor wouldn't know.

"Let's go take a look." She excitedly pulled Xuanyuan Zhi's hand. Xuanyuan Zhi was startled, but he did not take it out, and let her lead him forward. Everyone here, whether they were buyers or sellers, had their faces covered, making it impossible to tell who was who.

After walking two streets away, they saw a tall platform built in the distance. The surroundings were filled with people, and some merchants directly pushed their goods here to be sold.

There were two men standing on the high platform. One was tall and the other was short. After looking around, the tall man took out a bag of poison powder, "This is my newly prepared three stages of death. Do you want anything?"

"Three steps doesn't count for much. My poison is a hundred times stronger than yours. This is a Purgatory Pill that I've just discovered. Just one pill is enough to make one feel like they are suffering a fate worse than death." The short one didn't want to be outdone, so he took out a black coloured pill and proudly showed it to everyone.

Chu Qingyao didn't expect the black market to be so lax in controlling poisons. Didn't that mean that as long as they had money, everyone could go out and poison people?

"Poison can be sold at will?" She shook Xuanyuan Zhi.

"Of course not. During the sale, both parties have to register with their real names on the black market. Furthermore, there are all kinds of restrictions. You cannot poison the royal family or officials of other countries, you cannot use it on the battlefield, and you cannot poison the citizens."

Chu Qingyao suddenly wanted to see the master of the black market. Although this person's request seemed simple, if she really wanted to restrain everyone, it would be impossible to do so without means of thunder.

Seeing someone continuously bid on the poison, she asked worriedly, "Aren't these people afraid that the poison is fake? Isn't it a waste of money? "

"Anyone who obtains something for sale on the black market has already experienced whether it is real or fake before entering. Normally, the person behind the scenes doesn't care; he has always been very careful when dealing with poisons. Otherwise, the black market wouldn't have gone smoothly."

A year ago, when the black market opened, he wanted to pick this place. This was a huge provocation to the Tian Qiong. It was just that his royal brother did not know what benefits he had received, or how he had protected him in all kinds of ways, adding on to the fact that he could not take care of himself in the past, this was why he was able to do it to this day.

Chu Qingyao naturally did not know the complex nature of the technique, but she did feel that the person behind the scenes had an incredible level of management. A person's wealth and manpower was not to be underestimated.

The first two poisons were soon determined by the buyer, and then a man and a woman came on stage. The woman spoke first, "This is our sect's secret soul water, after drinking it, you will soon lose your memory, and be unable to think."

The man snorted and took out a packet of powder, "This is my newly released wood powder. After being poisoned, my entire body will go numb, and I will completely lose the ability to move."

Chu Qingyao's face was filled with horror. This was too scary, these things were publicly sold. Although it was a black market, there were still a lot of people here!

"Aren't you afraid that these things will one day be used by the Tian Qiong Royal Family?" The rules of the black market only restricted the ordinary people. If one day the owner of the dark city tried to cheat someone, that would be a trap for him.

Xuanyuan Zhileng's face was gloomy, but he did not say a word.

If Chu Qingyao had thought of this, how could he not have thought of it? Now that he was out of time, he naturally had to think of a way to uproot the black market. He was not interested in the title of Emperor in the Tian Qiong, but guarding the Tian Qiong was his responsibility.

Xuanyuan Zhi stood there for a moment, then walked forward. Chu Qingyao followed, "Aren't you going to buy it?"

"Nope." Xuanyuan Zhi looked into the distance, and said softly, "You can wander around alone, I have some matters to take care of." Without waiting for her to agree, he was gone.

Without Xuanyuan Zhi by her side, Chu Qingyao felt at ease. Her gaze landed on the stalls around the stage, one by one, until she finally realised that the floor was selling all kinds of poisons.

After being greatly alarmed for a moment, he then calmly walked forward. Even though she wasn't too familiar with poisons, the vendor knew how to introduce them! All of them wore scarves that only revealed their pitch-black eyes. They vividly showed you how powerful the poison in their hands was, giving her a creepy feeling.

"Miss, do you want to buy poison?" The voice came from the front, Chu Qingyao looked over and saw a man dressed in purple waving a medicine bottle at her.

"What poison?" She walked over.

"Beauty is late." The man casually twirled the medicine bottle in his hand. "With only a small drop, even the most beautiful woman will turn into an old man."

Seeing that Chu Qingyao did not say anything, the man suddenly leaned over, "Don't you have an enemy that you hate to the bone? If so, why don't I give you a beauty who is late in life. This is a treasure, and one drop can extend your lifespan by ten years. "

So ruthless?

There was probably no woman in the world who, after losing her looks, would still have the luxury of living ten more years. That was simply torture.

"I don't need it." She politely refused and slipped past the man. The man moved his body and stopped her once more. "Miss, I still have a poison in my hand. You will definitely like it."

Forcefully buying and selling?

"What if I still don't like it?"

"It doesn't matter, there will always be a girl that likes it." The purple-clothed man quickly took out another small medicine bottle from his bosom. "This is a medicine bottle without any injury from time. It can make a person's appearance forever."

The elixir of life?

Chu Qingyao's interest was piqued. She reached out to pick up his medicine bottle, "Let me have a look."

The man slapped her hand away. When she looked at it, the back of his hand had actually turned red. However, the man laughed and said, "You can't use this thing yourself. If you want to avoid being hurt by time, there's only one way, and that's to die."

Alright, so it was still poison.

"How much is it?" she asked.

"One hundred thousand taels of silver." The man rolled his eyes, as if he was sure that she was rich.

"Are you trying to steal money?" Chu Qingyao immediately left. If she only wanted to poison someone, she would have been able to concoct the poison herself.

The man caught up to her again, "Miss, I was tongue-tied just now. I'll take a hundred taels." Seeing Chu Qingyao's cold expression, he hurriedly pushed the beauty over, "Buying one for free, buying two for a hundred taels of silver. It's a good thing that you can't find even with a lantern."

"Fifty silver taels, are you willing to sell?" Chu Qingyao could tell that this kind of person, who looked like a piece of dog skin plaster, was determined to sell her these two poisons.

The man said painfully, "I really lost to you. 50 taels is 50 taels."

Chu Qingyao touched her clothes. I'll go, I didn't bring any money. Thinking that he only had the gold card that Xuanyuan Zhi had given him, the man waved his hand, "You owe it now, I'll come to collect it later." With that, he gave the two bottles to him and disappeared into the crowd.

"Hey!" Don't you always pay for your purchases? Did this person know who he was?

Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, he casually placed the bottle into the treatment system. Then, a loud bang sounded out in her head, causing her brain nerves to go crazy. He held his head and squatted on the side of the road.

What the hell was going on?

"The detoxification system in the medical system has been successfully activated." The System reminded him.

When her brain recovered, she immediately opened up the medical system to check. She saw that the room that she had previously been unable to open was actually open, and the two bottles of medicine that she had just put in were in that room. It looked like the analyzer was testing one of the bottles.

"Miss, are you alright?" Someone saw her squatting on the ground.

"It's nothing, it's nothing." She stood up and walked quickly.

Xuanyuan Zhi had said that there was everything here, and it wasn't easy for her to come here, she had to take a good look.

"I saw this first."

"I got it first." As soon as she was a block away, she heard people arguing.

He saw a man and a woman fighting over a fresh herb. The herb looked very ordinary. It was a dark green, oval-shaped leaf with light purple flowers blossoming on it.

The woman was dressed in elegant white robes and had a three-foot long sword hanging from her waist. She held onto the herb tightly and asked, "Seller, this herb is yours. Who do you think you want to sell it to?"

The man's body was tall and he gave a cold snort, "I saw it first, so of course you can sell it to me first." As he spoke, he took out a note worth a thousand taels of silver and placed it in front of the peddler.

The hawker wanted to cry, but no tears came out. He was in a difficult position because the aura exuded from these two people was very strong. He could not afford to offend either of them!

"Bai Jin, give me the flowers and plants, and think that my Ghost Doctor, Cang You, owes you a favor." The man stared at the herb. If he wasn't afraid of destroying it, he would have already snatched it away.

The woman smiled indifferently, "Cang You, have you forgotten the rules of the black market? "How dare you state my identity in public." Ghost Doctor was startled, "I want the flowers and plants exchange today. How about we fight a round and win?"

"Alright, today I will make you convinced of your defeat." The woman put down the herbs and drew the sword at her waist. "Let's go to the empty field before the competition. We don't want to hurt the innocent."

"The Divine Doctor's disciples are really different. They are hypocritical and compassionate." The man spoke with a tone of ridicule. He turned around and walked forward first. After the two of them left, the bystanders followed behind them.

The surroundings suddenly became silent. Chu Qingyao walked up to the stall owner and started sizing him up. She had heard the name of changing the flowers and plants before. In her previous life, it was said that there was a village that used it to control males and females, but why would those two fight over it?

Did they all want to have sons?

Very quickly, she dispelled her ridiculous suspicion. If both the Ghost Doctor Cang You and the Godly Doctor's female disciple had their eyes on this herb, then it must be very useful. Seeing that there was no one around, she pointed at the plants and asked, "How much is this herb?"

The stall owner who was preparing to pack up his stuff and run away was stunned. He did not expect someone to ask about this herb, so he quickly said 1500 taels of silver. That person just bid a thousand gold, but he didn't sell it.

"Are you selling it for a thousand silver taels?" Ghost Doctor clearly offered a price of a thousand gold. At that time, he was fighting with Bai Jin for this thing, so the price he paid was definitely not low.