An entrance to the Black Market
Ye Tian looked at the two guards guarding the entrance and walked straight ahead.
They looked at Ye Tian closely, noticing his unfamiliar presence, yet they felt the aura of a Martial Artist from him, so they didn't stop him.
There was a stone staircase going straight down from the entrance.
Soon, Ye Tian arrived at the underground black market.
The black market was large, at least as big as a large square, there were many stores and Martial Artists walking around.
Ye Tian found a store that sought after Vicious Beast materials, so he sold the Vicious Beast materials he hunted and earned a total of 20 thousand dollars, a small gain.
"Martial Pavilion!"
Ye Tian walked to the entrance of this store and looked up and down.
Judging from the area and scale, this store was undoubtedly the largest one in the black market.
Entering the store, a female Martial Disciple clerk walked up to Ye Tian, and respectfully welcomed him "Lord Martial Artist, do you need something? We sell all kinds of items, most of them can be purchased right here!"
"Do you have secret books about Cultivation for Martial Artists?"
Ye Tian asked.
The clerk smiled and said "Perhaps you are referring to the Yuan Force Body Forging Technique? We only have the low-level Yuan Force Body Forging Technique; you'll have to go to a larger base to acquire high-level ones!"
Yuan Force Body Forging Technique!
It was the first time Ye Tian heard this, but he could hardly be blamed for being oblivious, as the governing body of the Lin Hai Base were very strict about what Martial Artists could learn, Martial Disciples and ordinary people hardly knew about this kind of knowledge, and the academy wouldn't teach Martial Artists too much, this was clearly an unwritten rule of the Lin Hai Base.
"Do you have the items on this list? I want to take a look at them before purchasing!" Thinking for a moment, Ye tian asked.
"Of course!"
The clerk nodded and hurriedly fetched the items.
The list contained a variety of items, not only the Yuan Force Body Forging Technique, but also Vicious Beast blood, healing potions, weapons, Secret Arts, all sorts of exotics and more, some of these items were worth millions alone.
Originally, Ye Tian thought he was very rich, but after looking at these items, he realized he didn't have that much money, at most, his current balance was only enough for him to train at the Martial Artist level.
"One low level Yuan Force Body Forging Technique, one Martial Artist introductory book, three portions of Intermediate Vicious Beast Blood, one Vicious Beast Encyclopedia and three bottles of Essence Liquid!"
Ye Tian ordered.
The clerk calculated for a bit: "That's 50000 for a low-level Yuan Force Body Forging Technique, 10000 for the Martial Artist introductory book, 500000 for three portions of Intermediate Vicious Beast Blood, 20000 for a Vicious Beast Encyclopedia and one million for three bottles of Essence Liquid! A total of 1580000!"
Spending over 1 million in one go, even Ye Tian felt the pain of parting with his riches, luckily, he acquired the Shadow Li Cun's fortune, otherwise he couldn't have afforded such a hefty sum.
After paying, Ye Tian collected his items.
Just as Ye Tian was about to leave, the clerk spoke up "Lord Martial Artist, the manager of the Martial Pavilion wants to meet you, I wonder if you have the time?"
"The manager wants to see me?"
Ye Tian frowned slightly, a bit unwilling to go, but on second thought it might be better to go and see.
He wondered, why would the manager want to see him?
Following the clerk, Ye Tian reached the second floor of the Martial Pavilion.
Here, he met the manager of the establishment.
"It's a girl!"
Ye Tian was a little surprised.
He thought that the manager would be a middle-aged or an elderly man, he never expected it to be a girl, and a young one at that, she was only around eighteen or nineteen years old.
Subconsciously, he checked the manager's Martial Talent profile.
When he looked at it, he was completely shocked.
Human: Yue Ling
Cultivation Talent: High
Sword Technique Talent: Intermediate
Speed Talent: Subpar
A genius!
A true genius!
This was the first true genius Ye Tian has met, Mo Shaobei and the others were incomparable to Yue Ling.
"Surprisingly, she possesses a High talent for Cultivation, there's also Intermediate talent for Sword Techniques and Subpar Talent for Speed, on top of her age and origins, I'm afraid she's already an elite Martial Artist!" Ye Tian thought.
He immediately got excited.
He didn't care much about the talent for Sword Techniques as he already had Intermediate Talent for it, even if he copied it again it would hardly increase his power, but he wanted to copy both the Subpar Talent for Speed and the High Talent for Cultivation.
"I can use my Replication Talent again, but I can only have one, even though a Subpar Talent for Speed is useful, I can't find many uses for it, replicating her High Talent for Cultivation might be better, this might be the last time I see Yue Ling after all.
So, Yue Tian revealed an innocent smile and extended his young right hand: "Greetings, I am Ye Tian!"
Yue Ling was a little hesitant, but still extended her beautiful right hand, gently shook Ye Tian, and instantly withdrew it.
But what Yue Ling didn't know was that Ye Tian had already copied her High Talent for Cultivation the moment their hands touched.
"It worked!"
Ye Tian was ecstatic, he was practically laughing inside.
"Hello, I am Yue Ling, manager of the Martial Pavilion." With just a glance, she sent the clerk away.
"Manager Yue, why did you want to see me?" Ye Tian decided to ask directly.
Yue Ling sat down, gazed at Ye Tian and asked: Ye Tian, you must have recently become a Martial Artist, right? Do you know about the origins of our Martial Pavilion?"
"I indeed just recently became a Martial Artist recently, as for the origin of the Martial pavilion, I am not sure, but I guess it must be a major power in the Lin Hai Base." Ye Tian replied.
"Wrong!" Yue Ling shook her head, "We aren't a major power inside the Lin Hai Base. The Lin Hai Base is a small base and it is difficult to contact other bases from here, even so, some large bases still set up branches here. Because of the special geographical location of the base itself, other bases are worried if something would happen to us. Since to them, the Lin Hai Base is a gateway, that's why even if we're weak, there are always martial artists guarding this place, and the Martial pavilion originates from those large bases."
"From those large bases!"
Ye Tian understood now, that's why the shop could sell so many different items.
And he had already guessed Yue Ling's identity, she's definitely from those large bases and must have had a very respectable standing among their ranks.
But why is someone like Yue Ling here?
This is just a small base!
"So, you asked me here for…"
Ye Tian was even more puzzled.
"Are you willing to join the Martial pavilion? Looking at you, you must be sixteen or seventeen years old, yet you're already a Martial Artist, and even more importantly, you aren't from any of the big families in the Lin Hai Base. I want to invite you to join us!" Yue Ling said truthfully.
"Manager Yue, I don't want to join any organization for now!"
Ye Tian refused without a thought.