"Husband, didn't you say this was a trap set up by the black market? But why hasn't anyone come looking for trouble with us yet?"
As An Xiaoyu took the treasures out of the display case, she asked Jiang Yuan about his next plans.
"I don't know. Logically speaking, now that we've already shown up, the people in the black market should have already confirmed our identities!" Jiang Yuan himself was also puzzled, because the people in the black market hadn't come to cause trouble yet, which made him a little uneasy.
"By the way, husband, have you found the nine human techniques you asked for?" An Xiaoyu looked around.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuan shook his head. He had already obtained many of the things he wanted when he entered, as if they were specially prepared for him. Take special skills, for example. He now possessed Advanced Reset, Advanced Enhancement, and Advanced Critical Strike. However, in this black market, he obtained Super Reset, Super Enhancement, and Super Critical Strike. This was completely impossible, yet it happened right before his eyes.
"Husband, do you think the black market might be trying to befriend us, which is why they sent us so many things?" An Xiaoyu guessed.
Hearing An Xiaoyu's guess, Jiang Yuan smiled wryly and said, "Xiaoyu, there's no such thing as a free lunch. If there is, it's man-made."
He never believed in benefits without a reason. Since the black market had found so many useful things for him, it was very likely that they had much more to gain, or even wanted everything he owned.
"An unknown powerful figure is approaching from ahead!"
As the two were talking, Liu Zhaodi, who sensed something amiss through her Supreme Dual Souls, reminded them.
Jiang Yuan and An Xiaoyu immediately became extremely vigilant. They were currently at the black market's headquarters and didn't want to make any mistakes.
It's them!
Jiang Yuan immediately recognized the group of people walking towards them; they were Wen Gui and his associates, whom he had dealt with before.
The Five Ghosts of the Black Market are the pillars that enable the Black Market to stand firm in the vast underground world. Each of them is the strongest of the strong, possessing not only the inheritance of the Five Ghosts from ancient times, but also mysterious origins. Their advancement in level is simply incomparable to that of ordinary people.
For example, the Five Ghosts are already at the Nascent Soul stage, which is extremely rare among the new generation of humans.
"Sir, it's been a long time!"
Wen Gui walked up to Jiang Yuan and bowed his head respectfully. Although the other party was only at the Profound God Realm while he was already at the Divine Transformation Realm, the hundreds of Divine Transformation Realm cultivators who died in the Hengduan Mountains and the Cloud Plateau proved one thing: maintaining respect is far more honorable than being buried in the ground.
"Wait a minute, did we meet in the wrong way?" Jiang Yuan was completely confused. According to the plot, the Five Ghosts of the Black Market should have been attacking him with knives, but why were they being so respectful now?
"Your Excellency, our master invites you!" Zhi Gui stepped forward and smiled slightly at Jiang Yuan, his wise gaze remaining constant.
"You adults?"
Jiang Yuan's expression hardened. He had heard Zhao Di mention that the black market had an extremely mysterious master, but no one knew who the master was or how strong he was. All that was known was that the black market roamed the entire battlefield, and even the Demon Spirit Battlefield on the distant Western Emperor Star had its shadow.
"My lord has the 'Secret of Life' you desire." Zhi Gui uttered the words "Secret of Life" with a wicked smile.
Jiang Yuan shuddered at Zhi Gui's smile. Has things gotten this complicated these days? Even men have to smile to provide service!
Jiang Yuan didn't rush to agree, but asked curiously, "I think we must have had some issues before, but now?"
Upon hearing this, Xue Gui stepped forward and explained, "As a prodigy of the human race, you deserve the respect of everyone. Past grievances are nothing. If you wish, the black market can be yours for the taking."
The Five Ghosts were very clear about the status of the person in front of them. Regardless of whether the Ghost King succeeded or not, Jiang Yuan would become the master of the black market in the future. The only difference would be in the direction of his will. But without a doubt, everything that Jiang Yuan had now would continue to be passed on to the future Jiang Yuan.
"Ha! Your black market is really interesting."
Jiang Yuan chuckled, his expression smug, but inwardly he was on high alert. The more respectful the other party was, the more unfathomable this scheme was. Although he was strong, he wasn't strong enough to command the utmost respect from the Five Ghosts at the Nascent Soul stage. He was well aware of this. The fact that the Five Ghosts were so respectful could only mean one thing: they had a much bigger scheme behind them.
And this attempt must have come from the "master" they were talking about!
"Please, sir!" Wen Gui gestured invitingly, then waited quietly.
"My husband, I'll go with you!"
An Xiaoyu then tried to catch up.
However, Zhi Gui reached out and stopped An Xiaoyu, saying, "Madam, our master only invited Lord Jiang Yuan."
At this point, the Five Ghosts stopped pretending; Jiang Yuan's identity was no secret.
“Then I…” An Xiaoyu still insisted on going with her.
Jiang Yuan's eyes revealed a look of doting affection. He waved to Wu Gui and said, "I came to see the play with my wife today, so I really can't be separated from her."
"But the master is still waiting." Jiao Gui's expression turned cold; he already disapproved of Jiang Yuan's behavior.
"Let him wait if he wants to!"
Jiang Yuan walked back to An Xiaoyu's side, took her hand, and headed towards the ancient stage in Yu Garden. As they walked, he said, "I haven't been to Yu Garden to see a play yet. I wonder what the difference is between the operas of the Tianqi Era and those of the past."
"Husband, I want to see the play 'Five Ghosts Transporting Wealth,' I wonder if they have it here?" An Xiaoyu said in a coquettish voice.
"There's no such play. I've never heard of it." Jiang Yuan chuckled inwardly. This girl was up to her old tricks, but he found them quite amusing.
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