In the next few days, because the city lord had not yet left seclusion, Lin Xiaodong practiced while secretly exploring the secret behind the parchment.
As for his spiritual practice, he increasingly felt the opportunity for breakthrough.
When he conquered Songqing from the Fu family's forbidden area some time ago, he also took away the ancient trees and various rare materials that it had been guarding. It could be said that he had turned the prison upside down. When Fu Lin saw it,
It’s also extremely heartbreaking.
In the past two days, Lin Xiaodong took advantage of his free time to organize these materials and found many useful things.
These things were originally of no use to Songqing, and they refused to hand them over purely because of their hatred of the Fu family. Since Lin Xiaodong helped it escape from the forbidden area, it naturally gave him all the treasures it had collected for thousands of years.
Lin Xiaodong used these materials to refine a lot of elixirs, which were of great benefit to his practice, and he quickly broke through to the fifth level of the Shenhe Realm.
"Huh, I didn't expect to reach the fifth level of Shenhe Realm so quickly."
In a certain room in Lian's house, Lin Xiaodong exhaled slowly, his eyes shone brightly, and his whole person's condition was adjusted to its best.
Nothing unexpected happened in the past two days. The only unsatisfactory thing was that I couldn't find any information about the parchment rolls.
In fact, he also took the initiative to release the news that he owned the parchment, but for some unknown reason, the group of people who were chasing Lao Liu did not come to find him.
He had no choice but to frequent various crowded places, hoping to get some news.
In Qianshui City, the place with the highest flow of people is the Linghai Tower next to the City Lord's Mansion.
Lin Xiaodong had just made a breakthrough today and was in a good mood, so he went to Linghai Tower to order some drinks and snacks while listening to the chatter of people around him.
The advantage of the large number of people in Linghai Tower is that there is a lot of miscellaneous gossip, but when it increases, the good and the bad are mixed together, which makes Lin Xiaodong have a headache.
But in order to learn more about Qianshui City, he could only endure these discomforts.
Suddenly, he heard some strange words, and quickly moved closer in a certain direction, pricking up his ears and listening.
"Hey, have you heard? Yesterday, a few young people caused trouble in the black market and were severely repaired. I heard that their arms were removed."
The other person frowned and said in disbelief: "What?
Do you dare to go to a place like the black market to cause trouble? Do you think you have a long life?"
"I think you are just young and energetic, and you don't know how to control yourself. You don't know how miserable those people in the black market cried yesterday, and they were finally dragged to an alley and thrown away."
"Let me tell you, what those people in the black market did was too cruel. Why didn't the city lord punish them..." "Hey! Shut up, what if they hear you talking like this?"
The man turned his head and looked around, and after confirming that no one was eavesdropping, he whispered: "The city lord must have his reasons for not dealing with them. You don't care what he does, just eat yours!"
But he didn't know that all his words had been heard by Lin Xiaodong.
black market?
He has been in Qianshui City for so long, but he has never seen any black market, and even a few people in his family have never mentioned this place to him.
Maybe, you can find information about the parchment rolls on the black market?
Lin Xiaodong thought for a while and decided not to ask these two people about matters related to the black market, but returned directly to Lian's Medical Center.
When he heard him ask about the black market, Lian Wanli immediately stopped what he was doing and said, "What, you want to go to the black market?"
"Yes, I heard about this place today at Linghai Tower and was a little curious."
Lian Wanli pondered: "It is indeed possible...but the black market is located in a remote location, and I have only been there once or twice.
Moreover, the requirements for entering the black market are quite high, and the conditions inside are also very dark, so I have never been there since."
"In other words, do you know the location of the black market and how to enter it?"
"I do know that.
However, the black market is a somewhat chaotic place, what are you going to do there?"
Lin Xiaodong simply replied: "Parchment scroll."
"Parchment scrolls..." Lian Wanli thought for a while and said, "Oh, do you think there will be clues about the parchment scrolls in the black market?
This is indeed possible, after all there are many intelligence dealers in the black market."
"Is it really there..." Lin Xiaodong thought for a moment and said, "Then can you tell me the approximate location of the black market? I won't bother you and take me there in person."
"sure."
Lian Wanli opened the drawer and took out a map of Qianshui City. He checked the locations of Lian's Medical Center and the Black Market on the map with a pen, drew a shortest route from it, and handed the map to Lin Xiaodong.
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"Just follow this route. There you will see a strange door. After walking through it, you will naturally find the black market."
"So simple?"
Lin Xiaodong looked at the map and asked: "You just said there are some requirements for entering the black market. Can you tell me what they are?"
“It’s actually not very difficult.
There are two main requirements for entering the black market, one is a certain amount of financial resources, and the other is personal strength. As long as you meet any of the two requirements, you can enter the black market."
"I see, it's just to screen customers..." "By the way, I have to remind you that although the black market is chaotic, there are some rules.
At least you can't cause trouble on other people's territory, otherwise it will be more troublesome."
Lin Xiaodong agreed and left Lian's Medical Center with the map.
Just as Lian Wanli said, Lin Xiaodong found a dark door near the black market.
If you don't know, you may think that the door of someone's house is not closed properly. Only when you walk in will you find that there is actually a cave in that door.
There is a long downward staircase inside the door. The further you go inside, the more you can hear people's voices, and eventually you will see a prosperous underground black market in front of you.
It's obviously underground, but it's as bright as day here.
This place is not only a trading place for various precious materials and intelligence, but also operates a variety of gray industries, such as human trafficking, publishing bounties for assassinations, etc.
This is the most active place for trade in Qianshui City, and it is also an area where vicious incidents occur frequently.
Lin Xiaodong came to this black market for the first time, and it felt very novel.
But just as he was about to enter the black market, he was stopped by a hand.
The person who stopped him was a fat and strong man, who looked at him with a rather disdainful look: "I've never seen you before, who are you?
Do you know that not everyone can enter our black market?”
Seeing that he looked unkind, Lin Xiaodong sneered and asked, "Why are you not allowed in?"