Chapter 416: Chapter 257: Cultivation World 47_3
The "Life Chart Container" displayed on the Central Altar: various mist-like substances float inside the glazed bottle, red representing the "Slaughter Fate" and gold representing the "Emperor’s Fortune".
The buyer must use their own karmic threads to wrap around the bottle’s mouth for extraction. There was once a Demon Cultivator whose three souls and seven spirits collapsed due to excessive extraction.
The forbidden stalls hidden in the Southwest Alley sell "Time Sand" stripped from the folds of time.
These crystals can locally reverse time, but the user will face backlash — for every quarter-hour reversed, their bodily organs will age by ten years.
Some unscrupulous stalls deliberately place "Secret Boxes" to lure first-time Cultivators; the moment these boxes are opened, they spray Soul-devouring Leech larvae, while the stall owner seizes the opportunity to ambush and rob with a crossbow arrow.
The top-level secret chamber offers memory trade: sellers use the Soul Searching Technique to strip a segment of their own memories, sealing it in a Jade Scroll. Buyers can immerse themselves in a fragment of someone else’s life, but may retain the original owner’s emotions, causing cracks in their Dao Heart.
Si Lingle roamed the black market and discovered areas selling Humans, Demons, and Demons.
The reasons for these Humans, Demons, and Demons being sold are many.
Some were sent here by their enemies, some were slaves, and some were captured and sold here by certain cultivators.
There are even Single Spirit Root cultivators being openly priced and sold.
This black market has the "Spirit Root Stripping Technique"; the Spirit Roots of these Single Spirit Root cultivators are bought by some High-level Cultivators or big families.
They strip the Spirit Roots to their own blood descendants.
Demon Clan infants are "Living Magical Artifact Embryos", while Nine-tailed Foxes and other intelligent demon beasts are made into Artifact Spirits.
The bloodline of the Demon Clan contains the "Heaven-defying Dao Pattern" which can break ancient restrictions.
There are many Humans being sold, totaling forty-five, including men, women, the old, and the young.
Cultivation, Spirit Root Talent vary as well.
There are even Nascent Soul Cultivators and Golden Core Stage Cultivators for sale!
The descriptions of products being sold in this black market are very detailed.
This Nascent Soul Cultivator was sold here because he lost in family infighting.
Golden Fire Dual Spirit Roots, skilled in Artifact Refining, Nascent Soul Middle Stage Cultivation.
Si Lingle thought this Nascent Soul Cultivator was good; buying him would add a Nascent Soul Cultivator to the sect, and he was skilled in Artifact Refining, suitable since the sect currently lacked High-level Cultivators in Artifact Refining.
Additionally, there are four Golden Core Cultivators, two of whom are Golden Core Cultivators from the Corpse Yin Sect, whom Si Lingle didn’t fancy.
The other two Golden Core Stage Cultivators, one a female cultivator, volunteered to be sold to save her son.
The other is a local Loose Cultivator who was sold due to losing a bet in a duel arena.
"I want this Nascent Soul Cultivator and those two Golden Core Cultivators," Si Lingle said.
"Certainly, esteemed guest."
"Esteemed guest, please buy me," asked a teenage Qi Refinement Realm boy.
A female cultivator with Four Spirit Roots said, "Esteemed guest, please buy me; although my talent is lacking, I am highly skilled at cultivating Spiritual Medicine."
Si Lingle’s Divine Sense scanned them briefly: the boy had Golden Fire Earth Three Spirit Roots and was at the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
He was sold to this black market by his own father.
The female cultivator had Fire, Earth, Water, Wood Four Spirit Roots and was at the Late-stage Qi Refining Realm.
She was a Loose Cultivator captured by a Netherworld Sect Cultivator and sold to the black market.
"I’ll take these two as well," Si Lingle decided. Although their Spirit Roots were not great, they could still be nurtured.
Besides, they were not expensive.
"Certainly, esteemed guest."
Seeing that speaking up might get them bought, other Cultivators imprisoned in cages quickly pleaded with Si Lingle to buy them.
Si Lingle carefully selected and purchased twenty-one people.
Additionally, she bought two Nascent Soul Stage demon beasts and four Golden Core Stage demon beasts.
As Si Lingle was preparing to settle the bill, a late-stage Foundation Establishment female cultivator with a Single Water Spirit Root said, "Senior, why not buy me? Isn’t my Single Water Spirit Root stronger than those with Mixed Spirit Roots!"
"I buy who I want, mind your own business!" Si Lingle retorted coldly.
The female cultivator’s Spirit Root Talent was indeed good, but her fortune was shrouded in darkness, and just from her appearance, Si Lingle could tell she was trouble.
Moreover, she was a huge troublemaker!
Whoever bought her could face the calamity of total annihilation.
Therefore, Si Lingle would definitely not buy her, no matter how good the Spirit Root Talent, it couldn’t outweigh the trouble she would bring.
Si Lingle went to settle the bill, then found someone from the black market to send them all back to the Hundred Battle Sect.
Half a month later, these people and demon beasts arrived at the Hundred Battle Sect.
Changming True Monarch had already received a transmission from Si Lingle, making proper arrangements for these people.
Ling Hao True Monarch did not expect that the one who purchased him turned out to be the Sect Leader of a small sect.
Moreover, the Sect Leader entrusted him with an important position, making him the Peak Master of Artifact Peak.
Ling Hao, being greatly valued, secretly vowed to repay the Sect Leader by expanding and strengthening the Hundred Battle Sect!
The others who were brought back also felt deeply grateful to Si Lingle from the bottom of their hearts.
As for the demon beasts that were bought, Si Lingle also communicated with them.
If they were willing to form a Contract with sect disciples, then they could. If not, they could serve as the sect’s guardian demon beasts.
She did not constrain them.
Moreover, the sect had Jiu Jiu, the Void Refining Stage demon beast, and Si Lingle believed that Jiu Jiu could tame these few thoroughly.
After receiving Si Lingle’s transmission, Jiu Jiu eagerly awaited the arrival of its demon clan companions.
After their arrival, within a day, these six demon beasts were tamed by Jiu Jiu.
After being tamed, Jiu Jiu communicated with the sect disciples above the Golden Core Stage, informing them that if they wanted to form a Contract with these demon beasts, they could strengthen their presence and goodwill with them over the years.
As long as the demon beasts were willing to voluntarily form a Contract, they would become theirs.
Five days later, a Nascent Soul Stage Golden Roc Demon formed a Contract with Yun Ya.
Yun Ya, using Alchemy and elixirs, subdued the Golden Roc Demon.
Subsequently, the other demon beasts also gradually formed Contracts with sect disciples.
