"Stop! What are you doing?"
Zhao Shuning hadn't even fully stepped into the black market when a voice stopped her.
Shortly after the voice rang out, a man walked out of the black market.
Zhao Shuning forced a smile and said, "I'm going in to buy something."
"A buyer?"
"Yes, yes, yes."
The man gave Zhao Shuning an impatient look and continued, "Hand it over."
Zhao Shuning asked in surprise, "Hand over what?"
"Little girl, if you don't know anything, you should just stay at home and drink milk. Do you know where this is? In the black market, as a buyer, if you don't pay a deposit, do you still want to buy something here?"
Zhao Shuning said with a long face, "Well, I don't have any money for the moment."
"If you don't have money, what are you coming in for? Get out."
Zhao Shuning cursed under her breath, "If I had money, I would have gone to the sect association long ago. Why would I come to this godforsaken place?"
Her soft muttering naturally caught the man's attention.
"Stinky girl, what were you saying?"
Zhao Shuning quickly shut up. This black market was really terrifying. Just this little doorman was a fifth - grade spiritual pharmacist. If she wasn't afraid of provoking him, she wouldn't have spoken so softly.
"Um, I made a mistake just now. I'm here to sell something. Hehe."
"A seller?"
The man's expression softened a bit. After all, in this black market, what was lacking were sellers. Some time ago, a mysterious young man suddenly appeared. Every item the young man brought could cause a sensation in the black market. Over time, the black market became more and more prosperous, and more and more people came here to trade.
That young man had now become a big shot in the black market. Even the boss lady of the black market had to be very polite when she saw that young man.
"What do you want to sell?"
Zhao Shuning smiled on the surface and rummaged in her Qiankun bag for a long time. Then she took out her most prized fourth - grade pill and placed it in front of the man.
"A Purple Spirit Pill?"
Zhao Shuning raised her head and nodded proudly.
Unexpectedly, the man just took a look at it and returned the pill to Zhao Shuning.
"Just a fourth - grade pill. In our place, it's a common thing. Don't you have any other better treasures?"
Just as Zhao Shuning was about to reply, she saw a young man swaggering in past the man.
At the same time, she also saw the originally extremely arrogant man quickly bowing and scraping as he spoke to the young man, "Young Master Yan, you're here. Come on in quickly."
"Young Master Yan, this time, does your master have any good items to put on the market again?"
The young man nodded but didn't respond to the man and walked in.
Zhao Shuning stood there with her mouth open, not knowing what to say.
As soon as the young man walked far away, the man immediately turned back to look at Zhao Shuning, and his face quickly became extremely impatient.
Zhao Shuning thought that a person like him would be a pity not to be a face - changing performer.
"Hurry up. Do you have any other decent treasures?"
Zhao Shuning was at a loss for words and said, "Hey, mister, why don't you ask that person who just went in? I think he's just a fourth - grade alchemist too."
"What do you know? That's Young Master Yan. He's Yan Xun, who often runs errands for the Ghost - Faced Lord. Who would dare to stop him?"
Zhao Shuning kept muttering in her heart.
Just who was this lord? Even a running - errand boy like Yan Xun could receive such courtesy from so many people in the black market.
"Do you have any other items?"
Zhao Shuning shook her head.
What a discriminatory treatment! Zhao Shuning thought that if she had the chance, she must get to know this Ghost - Faced Lord, who was feared by everyone, and see what kind of person he was.
"By the way, you're not from the sect association, are you?"
Zhao Shuning looked into the inquiring eyes of the man in front of her.
Then she straightened her body and said seriously, "I am."
When the man heard this, his voice became a bit more respectful.
"How can you prove it?"
A wisp of red flame appeared in Zhao Shuning's hand.
Many more people came later. The man didn't have time to investigate in detail and let her in. Then he put on another face and went to greet the newly - arrived guests.
"Currying favor with the powerful. Humph!"
Although Zhao Shuning cursed like this, it didn't affect her mood.
In her opinion, for the black market, the man's attitude was quite normal. Here, if you were capable, you would naturally be respected by everyone. If you were not capable enough, being despised was the most common thing.
Zhao Shuning wandered around the black market absent - mindedly.
It was really a place full of surprises and quite prosperous inside.
As Zhao Shuning passed by the peddlers, she could hear their whispering.
"Have you heard?"
"What?"
"About the Ghost - Faced Hades."
"Have you seen him in person?"
"How could we see him in person? All we know is that he dresses like a young man, but we don't know what he really looks like."
"Have you heard? The Ghost - Faced Hades might be Zhao Huai from the sect association."
"No way. I heard from others that they are completely two different people. When the Ghost - Faced Hades appeared, Zhao Huai was always practicing in the sect association."
"So, it's not Zhao Huai?"
"Who knows?"
"Whenever the Ghost - Faced Hades appears in the black market, it will surely cause a great stir."
As Zhao Shuning walked, the peddlers around her changed many times, but the person they were discussing remained the same, always the real identity of the Ghost - Faced Hades.
"This Ghost - Faced Hades is really quite mysterious. Have you heard? Even the boss lady has to address him as 'Young Master'."
The boss lady of the black market?
"The boss lady is the big boss of Chunhui Pavilion. Our black market was initially built by them. Don't be fooled by the boss lady's enchanting appearance and her extremely hospitable nature. In fact, seven or eight out of ten men in the black market can't catch her eye, let alone meet her in person."
"That's right. I heard that last time, the young heir went to Chunhui Pavilion and spent a fortune just to see the boss lady, but he was driven out."
The boss lady of Chunhui Pavilion.
Zhao Shuning had heard of her before. When Zhao Shuning was still Ye Ling, she had already heard the rumors about this boss lady.
The boss lady of Chunhui Pavilion was named Rong Yan.
It was said that when she was a child, she was an orphan, thrown in front of the most famous brothel in the capital city of Chang'an by her biological parents.
Since she was a girl, the madam of the brothel took Rong Yan to Chunhui Pavilion to raise her.
Rong Yan grew up in such a place. She had good innate conditions and also had talents. As some noblemen in Chang'an City said.
Anyone who had been to the brothel, Yanzhi Pavilion, knew that there was a girl named Rong Yan there. She was extremely beautiful, and her body was incredibly soft. When held in one's arms, her body exuded a faint fragrance.
Such a girl quickly became famous in Chang'an City.