Free Web NovelChapter 660: Chapter 317: Sword Cultivator Xiang Yuntian (Part 4)
The Three Mountains Market is located at the intersection of Brahma Continent, Daozhou, and Five Elements Continent. It was primarily established by the Yi Clan. The market is quite similar to those in the Spirit Realm with protective formations and stationed Immortal Level experts.
Due to the slower development in the Spirit Realm, most visitors to the Three Mountains Market are some lower-level cultivators, predominantly those from the Harmonization Dao to Crossing the Tribulation stages.
Those who have already become Immortals are considered middle-level in various powerful groups and rarely come to such low-level market trades.
After paying ten pieces of lower-grade Anomaly Crystal, Li An entered the Three Mountains Market swaggeringly, disguised as Gu Fan in appearance and identity.
Gong Chan, who was pursuing him, watched as Li An entered the market, feeling extremely unlucky. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
Once inside the market, making a move became impossible for him.
He could only wait for Li An to come out.
...
After entering the market, Li An waited at the city gate for several days.
No reason; he wanted to see if the other party had followed him inside.
Ultimately, the other party did not follow, allowing him to calmly tour the market.
The market was bustling, with various Magical Artifacts, materials, and herbs visible everywhere, most of which were relatively low-level and only suitable for use below the Immortal Level. Occasionally, there were one or two Immortal Treasures displayed prominently in stores, each priced to be quite extravagant, reaching thousands of Anomaly Crystals.
Li An frowned; he carried Immortal Elixirs worth thousands of lower-grade Anomaly Crystals, which were quite difficult to sell, as ordinary people simply couldn’t afford them.
He probed for a long time before finally finding news of an underground meeting.
That day, he disguised himself and entered a private room in a tavern.
Already, five or six people had arrived, all of whom were Immortal-level!
"Hmm? How come a Mahayana Stage cultivator is here? Has the quality of our Divine Spring small gathering become so low?"
A middle-aged Immortal holding a folding fan snorted coldly. Those who came to this tavern, called the Divine Spring Tower, were often quite wealthy and the items traded were usually of significant value, hence, choosing to trade in private.
Seeing this, Li An did not conceal anything, directly placing three Immortal Elixirs on the table.
"Hmm? Blood Medicine... Only three? That’s too few! It won’t be enough to refine a Blood Tribulation Pill."
An old bald man next to him brightened up but then shook his head.
Li An let out a cold laugh and said, "Did I ever say that I only have these three?"
Everyone’s faces showed surprise, but no one said anything further, and the trading quickly began.
"Shall we start with this young friend?"
The bald old man spoke directly, clearly quite in need of the Blood Medicine.
"I need ten plants of Blood Medicine, three Blood Spirit Herbs, and a piece of Clear Soul White Bone Root. Do you, young friend, have them?"
The bald elder inquired first.
Li An did not refuse, placing them one by one, causing the old man to be overjoyed, asking, "What price would you like, young friend?"
"Slightly below market price, eighteen Anomaly Crystals per plant for Blood Medicine, twenty Anomaly Crystals per Blood Spirit Herb, and twenty-five for Clear Soul White Bone Root."
"Could you go a bit lower, young friend?..."
"Predecessor, you should know this is already a very fair price. If you still find it expensive, I’d just look for another buyer." Li An replied coldly.
The bald elder awkwardly smiled, said nothing more, and promptly handed Li An two hundred sixty-five Anomaly Crystals, showing evident distress on his face, as such a sum was clearly significant even for him.
Li An continued selling many Spirit Medicines afterward but none as generous as the bald elder. In total, he sold Immortal Elixirs worth over five hundred Anomaly Crystals.
Once the gathering dispersed, Li An immediately left.
Exiting the city gate and not far outside, Li An already sensed a scanning Divine Thought, clearly the pursuer from the Gong Clan was still waiting for him!
However, at the moment, Li An had changed his appearance and aura entirely, preventing recognition, he just let him pass.
Li An did not hurry to confront him but left swiftly, in the blink of an eye reaching a distance of a million miles.
Pausing briefly, he fell into an uninhabited forest, taking out numerous Anomaly Crystals for counting.
"Hmm, still have many Immortal Elixirs, ought to return once more..."
Li An spoke, preparing to return to the market again.
"No need!"
But at this moment, a cold shout suddenly rang out, and a terrifying beam had already struck toward Li An, somehow the bald elder had appeared.
He had targeted Li An, taking him for a fat sheep!
Li An’s pupils shrank, his face changed drastically, attempting to resist desperately, only to be powerlessly buried into the ground, the entire forest was about to collapse.
The opponent aimed to keep disturbances minimal, thus controlling the scope of action, seeing Li An apparently dead in the large pit he struck, not failing to reveal a cold smile.
Approaching Li An’s "corpse", he sneered, "Kid, blame the valuable things on you!"
Reaching out to take Li An’s storage ring, yet at this moment, Li An suddenly opened his eyes, beams shot directly at the opponent’s pupils, and the bald elder felt inexplicably dazed. Meanwhile, Li An’s abdomen burst out blinding light, causing the elder to feel a chill, falling stiffly in an instant—
Li An rose, put away the Celestial Corpse Small Sword, feeling rather thrilling.
He looted all the old man’s possessions, disposing of anything marked, the Immortal Elixirs bought by the elder, and Anomaly Crystals he carried.
"Really quite a windfall..."
On the elder, gaining three middle-grade Anomaly Crystals, over a thousand five hundred lower-grade Anomaly Crystals, along with many Blood Medicines, Blood Pills, several volumes of Immortal Technique tomes, etc.
And the elder’s own Immortal Destiny Spiritual Artifact—a small shield forged of celestial steel, only now bearing a hole and aged to ashes by the Celestial Corpse Small Sword in an instant, something Li An found quite regrettable.
Yet, overall gains were satisfactory.
Working hard in Evergreen Peak for years, embezzling only amassed over a thousand Anomaly Crystals, and now, with just a kill he acquired so many...
Being a robbing cultivator... truly seems promising.
"Celestial Corpse Small Sword, you’ve not let me down!"
Li An grew increasingly satisfied with the Celestial Corpse Small Sword.
Having employed this sword for killing twice already provided him numerous insights.
Against ordinary Immortal Level, this weapon almost guarantees a single strike fatality.
But there’s a condition.
To approach the enemy as closely as possible.
After all, his cultivation level isn’t sufficient to fully activate the Small Sword’s power, hence only capable of harming Immortal Level experts in close range.
If the enemy had anticipated and instantaneously fled upon his action, he could only sigh.
...
Li An destroyed the corpse, then directly turned around, transforming into the bald old man’s appearance, merely carrying a large bloody hole, all feigned as heavily wounded, seeking the pursuer from Gong Clan.
Nearing the opponent’s position, Li An hastily cried, "Friend in this area, come quickly for help..."
He rushed toward the opponent, in the forest Gong Chan saw and frowned, coming out with caution, saying, "This fellow Daoist, what happened?"
Li An was panting heavily, trembling, "Robber Cultivator, Robber Cultivator..."
Spoke, then unable to support anymore, sat fallen to the ground. Gong Chan, wary, did not approach, instead covertly gripping his Immortal Artifact, ready to act.
Yet, Li An did not attack him, struggling to take out some pills from his body, tossing them into his mouth, unable to swallow before spurting blood, falling dead as if right away.
Gong Chan was astonished, but remained cautious, observing closely to affirm Li An’s life aura had entirely faded, hesitating somewhat.
After a long while, he clandestinely activated his artifact Immortal Technique, stepping toward Li An—
This step—
Swish!
The Celestial Corpse Small Sword already shot from Li An’s body!
"Not good!"
Gong Chan’s complexion changed drastically, hurriedly defending and retreating simultaneously, yet to his surprise, his Immortal Light Immortal Artifact did not grant any chance of escape; he was entirely pierced by the Celestial Corpse Small Sword!
"You, who exactly are...?"
In his dying moments, unwillingness filled his eyes.
He was evidently vigilant all along...
In fact, as Li An approached initially, he was ready to retreat anytime, having sensed the void.
Precisely this caused Li An to refrain from acting rashly.
As long as the opponent didn’t flee, Li An had confidence in slaying with the Celestial Corpse Small Sword, but once an Immortal Level presence escaped using void, it would be unreachable for Li An.
Therefore, he awaited an opportunity.
The moment Gong Chan attempted to probe his life or death marked his chance.
Against a major killer like the Celestial Corpse Small Sword, even a moment’s hesitation... meant inevitable death under his sword.
"Me?"
Li An stood up, coldly smiling, saying: "Didn’t you see? I’m a Sword Cultivator, Xiang Yuntian!"
He retrieved the Celestial Corpse Small Sword.
...
Good night.
