Having made up his mind, Su Hao quietly left Longshe Village at noon the next day and headed towards Hongfeng Ridge.
Hongfengling is about forty miles away from Wohu Town. There are mountains and forests nearby and it is seldom visited by people.
When it was completely dark, Su Hao arrived at the ravine. It was a desolate and quiet place with only weeds and big trees growing everywhere, blocking out the sunlight and making it look extremely dark.
"Right over there!"
After searching for a while in the ravine, when Su Hao passed a hollow, his eyes lit up and he saw a dilapidated small mountain village in the hollow. He knew that this was where the black market was.
The black market usually opens at night and closes in the early morning, so Su Hao waited patiently.
Sure enough, when the sky gradually darkened, Su Hao discovered that more and more people came to the black market. Most of them were wearing masks or hats to hide their identities.
"Let's go in and take a look."
Su Hao immediately prepared himself, put on a hood made of black cloth, covering his face but leaving his eyes uncovered, and walked towards the entrance of the black market.
At the entrance of the black market, a black-clad swordsman with a sword on his waist and a sharp temperament was quietly guarding. Seeing Su Hao coming, he blocked his way and said expressionlessly: "To enter the black market without a pass, you need to pay an entrance fee. If you set up a stall to sell items, you need to pay an additional venue fee."
Su Hao knew the rules. This black market had someone protecting it and maintaining order in it, but it was not free. Everyone had to pay an entrance fee to enter the black market.
Su Hao took the token he got from the Black Deer Army and handed it to the black-clothed swordsman for inspection.
The token was indeed a pass to the Red Maple Ridge black market. After the black-clad swordsman confirmed it, he made way and made a gesture of invitation.
Stepping into this mountain village-like market, Su Hao saw lanterns hanging on both sides of the dark street. The pedestrians coming and going were all wearing masks and hats, and they were all silent. Even if they made sounds, they deliberately kept them low, like ghosts.
After walking around the black market, Su Hao discovered that there were many people setting up stalls, selling all kinds of strange items, including armor, weapons, various medicines, and even living things.
Finally, Su Hao stopped in front of a street stall. On the stall were many books. Just looking at the names, they were martial arts manuals, placed on the stall like cabbages.
"I have boxing techniques, sword techniques, and body techniques here. They are of high quality and low price, and I will not cheat anyone."
The stall owner, a masked man in green, saw Su Hao stop and immediately spoke in a hoarse voice.
"Can I take a look first?"
Su Haodao, he knew that secret books were very easy to forge, and spending a lot of money to buy fake secret books was not only a waste of money, but also a waste of energy and time.
"Yes."
The man in blue nodded slightly.
Then Su Hao picked up a secret book, which was called "The Tiger Soul-Breaking Sword".
"This sword technique secret book... is most likely authentic." He started flipping through it, and after a while, Su Hao had a rough judgment in his mind.
Su Hao has mastered the Vajra Fist and has already cultivated his strength. He has a good understanding of the human body's meridians and qi circulation. The secret manual of this sword technique has a corresponding meridian diagram and force-generating techniques that are similar to the Vajra Fist, so it doesn't seem fake.
"Sir, you have been reading for an incense stick of time. The secret books here are all real. If you are interested, you can buy them and study them slowly."
The man in blue spoke at this moment.
"How much is this secret book?"
Su Hao selected from seven or eight secret books and soon saw one of them. On the cover was four big characters "Eight Steps to Chase the Cicada" and he asked immediately.
Su Hao was practicing new martial arts, and of course he hoped to be more comprehensive, such as body movement and lightness skills, which Su Hao felt he must learn.
After all, with a fast speed, even if you can't win, you can still rely on your body movements and lightness skills to escape. The power of saving lives, to some extent, is more important than the power of killing enemies!
Therefore, when Su Hao saw the manual of light body movement skills on the stall, he was first interested in the "Eight Steps to Chase the Cicada".
"100 taels of silver per copy, no bargaining."
The man in blue spoke.
"100 taels of silver?"
Su Hao frowned immediately, martial arts secrets are not cheap, of course he knew that.
Not to mention martial arts secrets, even if one wants to learn carpentry, cooking, etc., one needs three years of helping, three years of teaching, and three years of serving. It is not easy to learn a skill to make a living, but the stall owner asked for 100 taels of silver, which was still more expensive than Su Hao expected!
Moreover, the cheats can be copied, and selling them to others does not actually harm yourself.
The man in green said in a hoarse voice, "Don't think it's expensive. If you go to a martial arts school to learn, you can start with a guaranteed salary of 100 taels of silver per month. Most of the major martial arts schools like to treasure their own things. It takes several years or even ten years to learn something, and you may not learn anything real. The secret manuals I sell here are not cheap, but they are all good things. If you practice to the point of mastering the power, then you will still worry about not making money?"
Su Hao wanted to bargain, but the stall owner shook his head and refused. To him, if he sold these secret books at a low price, they would soon become widespread, so he couldn't sell them at a low price. He would rather open a stall once in a while than kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
"This one hundred taels is too expensive. I only have enough silver to buy one copy."
Su Hao frowned, he wanted to get the secret book, but he was short of money!
Soon, Su Hao had an idea in mind. He looked up and said to the stall owner, "I also have a secret book. Would you like to trade with me?"
Su Hao had read the "Vajra Fist" manual countless times and knew it by heart. It was no longer of any use to him. He might as well take it to the stall owner who sold the manuals to exchange for it. This way he would not suffer any loss and would also learn new martial arts!
Hearing this, the man in green nodded happily and said, "Okay, but I have to check the authenticity of the secret book first."
In fact, many of the stall owner's secrets were obtained through bartering.
Su Hao didn't waste any words. He took out the "Vajra Fist" secret book from his arms and handed it to the man in green for inspection.
The man in green carefully browsed through them. After half an incense stick, he nodded and said, "The secret books are genuine. You can choose any secret book on my stall, but you have to promise me that you will not sell your secret books in this market again."
If Su Hao continued to sell the Vajra Fist secret manual in the market, it would definitely affect his business, so he agreed to the exchange, but the condition was that Su Hao was not allowed to continue selling "Vajra Fist" locally.
But Su Hao was not stupid. He shook his head and said, "You and I exchanged secret books. You actually didn't suffer any loss. You even sold my secret books, but I couldn't continue to sell them. I was losing money on this business. You have to give me a little extra. Three for one."
One for one, Su Hao was obviously at a disadvantage, so he just waited for the price to rise. He exchanged one secret book for three secret books from the man in blue.
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