3 Black Market
As Ning Fan was walking through the hallway he heard someone shouting.
"Enemy attack!!!! They are using some powerful poison, Guo is already down" shouted some guard
Ning Fan was startled he didn't expect someone that would dare break into a Great General's house. Ning Fan could only think of two things they must be after some treasure or they are after his life.
Ning Fan heard more guards coming this way. He felt a little more safer. The strongest knight guarding the estate was at the second rite of the Nascent realm, he is the chief of security. After him there are the assistant chiefs of security one is at the second rite of the Metamorphosis realm, the other is at the third rite of the Metamorphosis realm.
The rest are just ordinary knights guarding the estate, they are at the fourth or fifth rite of the Circulation Refinement realm. There's around thirty since this was just an estate of the Shuo family. The Shuo family felt no need to defend an estate inside the inner city of the capital. They are just there for appearance.
As soon as the guards arrived they looked as if though they were hit with a chemical weapon. They were vomiting on the floor, or fainting as soon as they reached the hallway he was at. The hallway was five meters in height and could fit four people walking side by side.
Ning Fan felt more certain this person was after him. If the culprit was closing off the hallway so the guards couldn't aid him, the culprit could than take advantage of the situation and kill him.
"But why wouldn't he do it silently is he perhaps trying to kill me in front of several people" thought Ning Fan
As soon as he had that thought the chief of security arrived at the hallway. Ning Fan felt even more tense because if the assassin is planning to kill him, now would be the perfect time.
The head of security was unfazed by whatever was making the others faint and vomit. As soon as he got there the head of security just stared at Ning Fan. This confused Ning Fan, he couldn't understand why the head of security was just staring at him.
"Could he possibly be allied with the assassin" Ning Fan thought to himself
"Congratulations young master, it seems after your break through all your dregs seeped out of your pores, it's not uncommon, just yours might have been too much" the chief of security congratulated him with a smile.
Ning Fan finally remembered this fact. Since he was still circulating Qi that flooded his meridian's his nose got used to the odor and he didn't notice how bad he stinks.
After he finished recalling what had happened the two assistant chiefs arrived.
"What's the situation Old Tong" asked one of the assistant chiefs who seemed to be in his mid-thirties.
"Nothing's wrong, it's just our little master has finally broken through to the Metamorphosis realm" Old Tong smiled as he was genuinely happy.
Both assistant chiefs then relaxed their nerves then started assigning orders to clean up the mess he then turned to Ning Fan.
"Young master if you can please take a bath that would be very appreciated the guards can't handle the odor, I myself am struggling not to become sick and faint" asked the assistant chief who seemed to be in his mid-thirties.
Ning Fan just nodded and left. As he was leaving he made sure to remember Old Tong since he remembered his genuine smile. He felt maybe he can get more help then he originally planned.
He quickly grabbed a black set of clothes. As soon as he entered the bathing area he once again realized how lavish nobles live. The bathing area was as big as a football field.
Ning Fan disrobed himself walking towards the bath. He rinsed himself off of whatever dregs he had. He looked at his reflection he had glossy black hair, he was lean and had a great build, he wasn't too muscular like the body builders but every one of his muscles had a clear lining.
Just from looking at his new body he noticed just how much hard work the previous owner must have put into training, every single one of his muscles were well trained. This allowed him fully exert his strength to new heights.
Ning Fan quickly washed up and put on his black shirt. The shirt wrapped tightly around his body, emphasizing every muscle on his torso. Ning Fan then put on his slim black pants emphasizing the muscles on his legs, then he wrapped the sash around his waist. He then wore a plain black robe covering all his finely toned muscles.
After Ning Fan finished dressing himself he headed to the treasury in the Shuo estate. The treasury in the estate has three levels. Ning Fan was only given access to the first level of the treasury. The first level of the treasury had useless treasure's and very little Essence Crystal's all were low-quality besides two mid-quality Essence Crystal's.
Ning Fan picked up a low-quality storage bag with 10 cubic meters of space, he then stored all Essence Crystal's in his storage bag as well as some treasure's that might have value.
The System already told him all these treasure's have very minute amount of Qi left in them so he wasn't expecting to find some magical treasure to be laying on the first level of the treasury.
Ning Fan was still hopeful that he could find some high quality hidden treasures for a cheap price in the Black Market.
As Ning Fan was leaving the estate he noticed every time he passed by a guard they would make way for him as quickly as possible. From the previous owners memories they always stood there without moving, perhaps he didn't remember right since the memory of the previous was still fuzzy.
As the previous owner didn't go out much and only left if he wanted some pellets to accelerate his cultivation. People didn't know he was the son of the Great General that resided in the palace. They only thought he was the son of a noble.
It seemed the previous owners main place where he would buy pellets would be at the Black Market since the amount of money in the treasury is very little.
Even though the king knew of their existence in the capital he didn't try to uproot them. This was because the random treasure's in the market could be very valuable sometimes treasure's they never heard of.
Instead of uprooting them he sent several trusted aids to the market with hidden identities in hopes of striking big.
The black market was the most popular market but dangerous at the same time. Anyone can kill you and rob you and no one will come to your aid.
If someone inexperienced and new entered the market they would most likely lose there life that same day. Luckily for Ning Fan even though he had fuzzy memories of the place it was enough for him to not make any mistakes that would end his life prematurely.
Before Ning Fan went to the black market he bought a mask for five low-quality Essence Crystal's to hide his identity. This wasn't uncommon, some people used make-up that won't come off for days. Some took strange pellets that altered their Qi fluctuations so no one could tell who they were by how their Qi fluctuated when they got into a fight.
As soon as Ning Fan was around a hundred meters from the entrance to the Black Market he put on his mask. The Black Market was located in the south side of the outer city of the capital. The market was hidden underground in a simple looking house.
The house had the only entrance to the Black Market. The market is huge, the only reason there's only one entrance is because the owner of the Black Market made all underground walls out of some hard materials that can resist a full powered strike of someone in the Ming realm.
The Ming realm is the fourth major realm. People at the Ming realm are regarded very highly and there are very few of them even in the Celestial Kingdom.
Even though the Ming realm is one major realm higher then the Nascent realm their strengths are world's apart, not even mentioning that Ning Fan was just at the first rite of the Metamorphosis realm.
If Ning Fan ever got into a fight with such a master, he wouldn't need to lift a finger to kill Ning Fan.
Ning Fan walked into the house, the door wasn't locked. It wasn't because they were careless it was because as long as you know the location anyone is welcome.
The Black Market was located in an underground sewer but the outer passages not part of the Black Market were all sealed, it didn't smell bad either as you'd expect a sewer to be.
Ning Fan entered the underground entrance into the Black Market. There entrance was at the middle of the house with door on the floor. The entrance was pitch black Ning Fan couldn't see how deep it went.
Despite there being only one entrance, there are multiple exits. There are a few strange stones that can let one pass through it, but it was only one way, these passages are as strong as the materials used to make the walls.
As soon as Ning Fan was close to reaching the bottom he felt his body becoming lighter. He slowly fell until his feet touched the floor.
That was an Array. Array formations borrow the laws of the world. To make an Array formation is much more expensive than the stone walls, that is if you were to hire one to make such an elaborate array.
The minimum realm to become an Array Formation Master is the Ming realm.
As soon as as Ning Fan landed he saw a couple stores from vendors at the Black Market. Ning Fan didn't spare them a second glance he already knew that they didn't have any valuables.
The vendors close to the entrance were there to scam people people new to the Black Market.
The Black Market has seventy-two areas. This was the first area, this place had the nickname of 'Fools Market'.
As Ning Fan was passing through the vendors heading towards the second area. The second area broke into three passages the passage towards the left was the third area. The passage towards the right is the twenty-third area and the passage north from the entrance is the thirty-eighth area.
The left side had twenty area's. The side towards the right has fifteen area's and the one up north has thirty-five area's.
The passage towards the right was very popular for giving fair deals to their costumers but if they ever stepped out of line...
The passage towards the left was more about entertainment. Anybody can live in the Black Market, but you had to have strength or seem to have strength, if not you could rent bodyguards. Anyone without these ended up killed.
The area at the north had some mysterious stores, people frequently robbing weak, the place has great deals, and there may even be hidden masters.
As Ning Fan was about to pass the vendors
he heard a sweet melodious voice as he was passing by.
"So your saying this is a Spirit essence pill" asked a woman with a full body robe covering every inch of her body, she looked like a serial killer back on Earth
Pills are divided into five categories Mortal, Human, Spirit, Earth, Heaven. Each have five grades. As well as weapons and Arrays.
Spirit pills are extremely rare and earth pills are almost non-existent and can only be found with lucky encounter's.
"Yes it was very hard to obtain, I had to risk my life, you see this scar on my left eye, I had to pay my left eye for this pill against a ferocious beast" the vendor right eye was full of resentment.
Ning Fan had a feeling that the scar wasn't from a beast and his resentment was directed towards someone else.
"System can you see if that's a Spirit pill" Ning Fan asked in his head
〖 The Pill gives off unstable strong fluctuations of condensed energy that when consumed could explode and kill the host, it only seems as a Spirit pill because of the strong fluctuations they give off〗
As soon as Ning Fan heard this his face paled, indeed if ones not careful one can die on their first visit. Ning Fan knew he should mind his own business but the image of letting her die when he could do something left a bad taste in his mouth.
Ning Fan was never cold hearted he was always emotional otherwise he wouldn't have held onto a grudge for seven years. He felt more compelled when he heard her voice she sounded young and he couldn't help but remember his little sister.
His sister was one year younger than him, she was very adventurous and when she would always get into trouble, he would always help her out whenever she did. Only once in his life did he fail to protect her.
While she was still contemplating whether or not to buy the pill Ning Fan walked toward her.
"Yue there you are, I told you not to run around, were you about to buy something, don't you know this is the 'Fool's Market' where they sell only knock-offs" Ning Fan's face showed a tinge of sadness as he said Yue.
