"The black market is indeed outside the city."
After Luo Shiyun and Lin Xuan got into the car together, she whispered, "Nobody knows who the owner of the black market is. All we know is that he has a powerful background and nobody dares to mess with him."
Even the Longevity Cult wouldn't dare cause trouble in the black market.
That's why I settled my aunt and uncle here..."
"That's so thoughtful!"
Lin Xuan nodded slightly, feeling grateful.
Regardless of Luo Shiyun's past behavior, Lin Xuan will at least do her a favor in this matter.
"Hehe, I promised you I would take care of your family."
Luo Shiyun smiled slightly.
About twenty minutes later.
The car finally stopped, and the two arrived at the end of the passage, where a stone gate stood tall, with twelve guards lined up at the entrance.
All of them are the Sea of Bitterness.
Lin Xuan's gaze swept over the twelve people, and he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
This black market is indeed extraordinary. The outer gate is guarded by people from the Purple Mansion Realm, and there are also twelve people from the Bitter Sea Realm guarding the gate inside.
This is not like Lu Lingfeng's garbage-filled Bitter Sea Realm, which was built up by external forces.
These twelve people all achieved this through their own arduous cultivation.
A true survivor of the bitter sea of suffering.
Each of them was full of vigor and power, and their strength was unmatched, no less than that of the soldiers of the First Army.
If it were in Shanhaiguan, Lin Xuan wouldn't have thought much of it.
After all, Shanhaiguan is the front line of the Great Xia Dynasty in resisting evil spirits. Not to mention the Bitter Sea Realm, there are plenty of people in the Purple Mansion Realm and the Refining Void Realm.
But this is Fengle City!
It was just an insignificant little town under the jurisdiction of Xiangchu Prefecture.
There are so many Bitter Sea Realm cultivators, and even Purple Mansion Realm cultivators.
Moreover, Lin Xuan had just used his divine sense to investigate and found an even stronger aura in the black market behind the stone gate.
He is definitely a Void Refinement Realm expert.
"What kind of business can a black market like this, located in a small city like Fengle, possibly have?"
Lin Xuan said in a deep voice.
"Don't underestimate this black market. Although it is located in Fengle City, it radiates throughout the entire Xiangchu Prefecture and has an astonishing amount of power."
Luo Shiyun said in a deep voice, "You'll find out when you go in."
Lin Xuan nodded slightly, his expression calm.
He had just used his divine sense to investigate the black market and knew the situation inside very clearly, even more clearly than Luo Shiyun.
Lin Xuan and his companion strode through the stone gate. The guards on either side merely glanced at them without stopping them, allowing them to pass through.
Beyond the stone gate, there was indeed a hidden world.
To be precise, it is a huge valley, with an area equivalent to one-third the size of Fengle City.
The entire valley was very well developed; it was more like a small town than a black market.
Various buildings stand tall.
There are also various shops and stalls on both sides of the street.
People walk around from time to time.
It's no different from the commercial street outside, except that almost everyone here wears a mask to hide their identity.
Lin Xuan and Luo Shiyun also wore masks.
The masks were taken from the vehicle they had ridden in.
Actually, this thing is useless to Lin Xuan. He has divine sense, and if he really wants to investigate a person, let alone someone wearing a mask.
Even if you wear ten or a hundred, it will be in vain.
After Lin Xuan followed Luo Shiyun through the streets, they arrived at a residential area and stopped in front of an antique-style courtyard.
"This is a residential area developed by the black market, provided for people to cultivate. It is said that there are array formations and such, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is more concentrated than in other places..."
As Luo Shiyun spoke to Lin Xuan, she used her card to open the courtyard gate.
"It's a spirit-gathering array."
Lin Xuan chuckled: "It can gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to artificially create a sacred place for cultivation."
He had witnessed the Spirit Gathering Array in the ancient times, which was the Demon Suppression Division of Dafeng Prefecture in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
That spirit-gathering array was far superior to anything in the black market. It covered the entire Demon Suppression Division's territory, and was not only vast in area but also extremely sophisticated.
It can increase the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within the area covered by the formation by about three times.
The spirit-gathering array in this black market can only increase power by a maximum of 30%.
but!
The Dao of Arrays is profound and mysterious. Even in the ancient times, array masters were extremely rare and held a higher status than alchemists.
This information was obtained from the memories Lin Xuan extracted from the evil sorcerers he killed in the ancient era.
Array masters are a terrifying group.
The powerful can even use the sun, moon, and stars as the foundation to set up an unparalleled killing formation, causing the heavens and earth to turn upside down and dragons and snakes to rise from the land.
Slaying immortals and destroying gods.
In this era, the world has only been restored for a little over two thousand years, and even the inheritance of martial arts is incomplete, let alone the art of formations.
Most people probably haven't even heard of it.
In this black market, it's already quite impressive that such a spirit-gathering array can be set up.
It should be noted that even in Shanhaiguan, array masters are extremely rare.
There are even fewer spirit-gathering arrays.
He didn't even have a garrison for his First Army.
Thinking of this, Lin Xuan became even more interested in the owner of the black market.
"Could it be that the owner of this black market is a formation master?"
Lin Xuan thought to himself.
"Who is it...?"
Just then, a shout pulled Lin Xuan back to reality.
It was the voice of his father, Lin Qingshan.
The opening of the courtyard gate caught Lin Qingshan's attention, prompting him to come out and investigate.
"dad……"
Looking at his father, whose temples were turning gray, Lin Xuan felt a lump in his throat and instinctively called out to him. He then strode past Luo Shiyun and walked towards Lin Qingshan.
"Xiao Xuan, you... Xiao Xuan, it really is you, you're back..."
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