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Puff! Puff! Puff! Before they could regain their senses, two of their arms were thrown out and the two servants fell into a pool of blood while curling their bodies and screaming in pain.

Everything happened in a split-second. Many of the onlookers did not know what had happened, but there were a few people who were able to see it clearly. Bai Shaofeng was one of them.

"With just this little bit of potential, your father has truly lost all face!" Ye Chen sneered. The Xiao Feng was extremely understanding as it waved its fist provocatively at Bai Shaofeng.

With that, Ye Chen turned and left with Nan Yu. What he did not know was that Li Jiu and the others were just about to take action, but when they saw the terrifying speed of the Xiao Feng, they stopped themselves in their tracks.

Li Jiu was so scared that his face turned pale. He remembered that there was a little black mouse on his shoulder when he was fighting Ye Chen, and it should have been the little black mouse that was just now. Luckily the little black mouse did not attack him at that time, otherwise, it would not have been as simple as losing an arm.

"Eldest Brother, what should we do next?" a man beside Li Jiu asked.

"Just based on the fact that we're not that little black rat's opponent, but he has offended the master of Clear Wind Hall, Bai Tianming. Heh, Bai Tianming is very protective of his precious son." The corner of Li Jiu's mouth curved up into a sneer, "Brother Shi, go after him and see where he stays."

"Yes, eldest senior brother." A young man nodded and chased after him.

When Ye Chen brought Nan Yu out of Drunken Fragrance Inn, he already had no interest in staying there anymore. Moreover, he had discovered that Nan Yu was an exceptional genius with an innate Fire De physique, and a Divine Fire Innate Master.

It turned out that he was an orphan, and lived alone in Tianlan City since he could remember, without any family members. The owner of Drunken Fragrance Inn knew him, and the kicks just now were meant to protect him.

Ye Chen rubbed Nan Yu's head, and a burst of consciousness rushed into his mind, causing him to feel a bit sad. Even though the original owner of this body was looked down upon by others, he had never felt hungry before, and Nan Yu had never eaten a full meal in his life before.

"Xiao Yu, can you read?" Ye Chen laughed.

"I know some of them, but I secretly learned them from the academy. It's a pity that the dean found out about them later and stopped me from entering the academy's gates." Nan Yu was a little proud at first, but soon after, his expression darkened.

"Then do you want to practice it?" Ye Chen continued to speak as he sighed inwardly. If he did not meet Nan Yu, then this naturally born Divine Flame level master might have been buried in the vast sea of people.

"Xiu …" "Cultivate?" Nan Yu excitedly tugged at Ye Chen's hands as he glared at him. "Brother Chen, y-can you teach me how to cultivate?"

"Of course." Ye Chen laughed.

"Oh right, Brother Chen, can you still teach me refining?" Nan Yu was filled with yearning for his future. In his definition, cultivators and refiners were unreachable existences, obviously, no matter how independent he was, he was just a twelve or thirteen year old ordinary child.

"Anything is fine." Ye Chen laughed, looking at Nan Yu in front of him, he seemed to have seen how he was when he was young, "Oh right, Xiao Yu, do you know where in Sky Tide City can you buy the things a blacksmith needs?"

"Brother Chen wants to buy refining materials?" Nan Yu's expression lit up, and then, he patted his chest and guaranteed: "Little Yu doesn't dare to guarantee anything, but there is no place in Tianlan City that I don't know of, and there are two places that ordinary artificers would go. One is Thousand Treasures Store, and the other is the underground black market."

"Underground black market?" Ye Chen's eyes flashed slightly as he asked with great curiosity.

Nan Yu seemed to not have heard Ye Chen's words, and continued: "The Plethora Gem Tower is extremely bustling, and is a place that only people with status and reputation can go to, I am not very clear about it inside, but I heard that there will be regular auctions of some things, on the other hand, I have been to the underground black market a few times, if I were to meet that Bai Shaofeng at the black market, I will definitely let him go and never return."

Speaking till this point, Nan Yu spat saliva. He wished that he could immediately trample Bai Shaofeng under his feet and then return back to the main topic at hand, "If Big Brother Chen wants to go to the underground black market, I can lead the way. I'm very familiar with that place."

"That's fine too, I just happen to need to buy something. It would be nice to try my luck there." Ye Chen laughed as he walked towards the west side of Sky Tide City with Ye Chen in tow.

After walking for almost an hour, they were almost out of Sky Tide City. However, they had yet to see the entrance of the underground black market, so Ye Chen could not help but ask: "Could the underground black market be outside of Sky Tide City?"

"No one who has never been there would ever think of that. You can guess, Brother Chen." Nan Yu pretended to be deep in thought.

"Underground black market, could it be underground?" Ye Chen asked.

"Big Brother Chen, you're so smart!" Nan Yu looked at Ye Chen with admiration, and Ye Chen's face was filled with black lines. It was clear that the definition of underground black market was slightly different from what he had imagined.

Suddenly, Nan Yu stopped in his tracks, and pointed towards the city gate: "Brother Chen, look, the gates on both sides of the city gate are the entrances to the underground black market."

Following the direction that Nan Yu pointed, they saw that there were indeed many people there. Beside the city gate were two wide iron gates, and beside each gate were four guards, idly chatting about something.

"Brother Chen, you must not be afraid of anything when you enter the underground black market. As long as you are more ferocious than them, they will be scared." Nan Yu immediately began to explain some of the rules of the underground black market to Ye Chen, causing him to laugh uncontrollably. In this world where the strong preyed on the weak, what was the use of just being fierce?

When the two of them arrived at a metal door, the four guards were unmoved. Ye Chen was a little astonished in his heart, thinking that this underground black market must have something to do with their Luo Family, if not how could they let such an unstable factor exist in such an important place like Sky Tide City.

Entering the metal door, what appeared before Ye Chen's eyes were two rows of wide stairways, which were meandering all over, and were able to accommodate ten people walking side by side. After a while, a brand-new world appeared in front of Ye Chen.

It was bustling with noise and excitement, all the streets stretched as far as the eye could see. This was simply an underground world, Ye Chen thought, maybe this was a place different from the Cultivation Realm.

"Big Brother Chen, have you lost your wits? This is my first time here and I'm more shocked than you are!" Nan Yu was very satisfied with Ye Chen's shocked expression.

"Although this place is filled with fish and snakes, it is indeed a treasure trove." Ye Chen slightly smiled as he thought in his heart. After which, he walked towards a few stalls located deep within the black market.

After walking through several stalls, Ye Chen's footsteps suddenly stopped in front of a stall. He slowly bent down and looked at a bone blade that was about to be eroded, the bone blade looked uneven, on top of it were some mud that had not been washed clean, there were traces of age.

The Xiao Feng squeaked, tilted its head, and looked at the bone blade on the ground, revealing a cautious expression.

"Boss, how much is this?" Ye Chen's gaze seemed to not care in the slightest as he scanned the stalls, casually grabbing an item as he asked.

"Fifty Profound Crystal." When the stall owner saw that someone wanted to buy something, he instantly felt refreshed.

"Fifty Profound Crystal? "Boss, this is a bit unkind." Ye Chen laughed and then placed the item down.

Brother, this is the Snow Fox Marten's crystal core. Amongst the Xuan Beasts, this is the best. In order to obtain this top grade crystal core, I have spent three days and three nights guarding it. Seeing that Ye Chen's clothes were not ordinary, the stall owner started to eagerly introduce, "Of course, if brother has taken a fancy, 45 Profound Crystal would be good."

"Expensive, an ordinary profound beast core would only be around thirty Profound Crystal cores, and even top grade profound beast cores would be worth at most forty Profound Crystal," Ye Chen bent down and casually clawed at the stall for a while, before finally grabbing onto the bone blade. "How about this, I won't return your price.