Chapter 515: Treasure Gathering Street
"Li Yun, let me introduce you to Treasure Gathering Street."
Jian Wuchen seemed rather familiar with the place as he spoke. "This street probably has tens of thousands of stalls, both large and small. However, no matter the size of the stall, as long as it is located on Treasure Gathering Street, there is one fixed rule. All items are sold at the marked price, and bargaining is not allowed. Whatever price is written is the price you must pay."
"Sometimes, because a stall owner lacks discernment, they might sell something that is originally valuable at a low price. There are also some extremely special items whose origins even the stall owners themselves cannot identify, so they often set a relatively low price just to sell them off. If you happen to recognize the background of such an item, there is a good chance you can buy a valuable treasure cheaply."
"It can be said that when buying things on Treasure Gathering Street, one’s eyesight and judgment are extremely important. If your luck is good, you can obtain an incredibly valuable treasure at a low price. If your luck is bad, you may lose everything you spent. That uncertainty is precisely the most attractive part of this place."
Listening to Jian Wuchen’s introduction, Li Yun nodded inwardly.
This kind of trading model was indeed quite appealing. No wonder Treasure Gathering Street had such a famous reputation, to the point that even Inner Sect Disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect had heard of it.
After killing Crown Prince Xing Tian and the others, Li Yun had plundered quite a few spirit stones and treasures. Because of that, he did have some savings on hand.
Although it was not an enormous amount, Li Yun could still take out several hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones.
Immediately, Li Yun began wandering around casually.
As time passed, he gradually found several useful items. These spiritual materials all had some effect on improving his many swords, and their prices were relatively reasonable.
Because of that, Li Yun bought all of them without hesitation. In the blink of an eye, more than ten thousand high-grade spirit stones flowed out like water.
After buying a few more miscellaneous items, Li Yun and Jian Wuchen returned to Frostvale City.
"Li Yun, it is time for us to part ways."
Jian Wuchen spoke with a slight apologetic expression. "My mission location is not far from here. From this point onward, I can no longer travel with you."
"No matter."
Li Yun smiled faintly.
His mission was connected to the Cloudheaven Ancient Kingdom, while Jian Wuchen also had a mission in the same general area. However, their specific destinations and objectives were different, so it was natural that they had to separate here.
After bidding farewell to Jian Wuchen, Li Yun continued toward the royal family of the Cloudheaven Ancient Kingdom.
During the journey, Li Yun took out the spiritual materials he had obtained from Treasure Gathering Street and placed them inside the Sword-Nurturing Gourd.
"These should be enough to make all my swords reach the level of top-grade Earth Rank swords," Li Yun muttered.
A faint smile appeared on his face. After that, he began cultivating the third stage of the Soul Sword Control Art while continuing on his way.
The third stage of the Soul Sword Control Art involved controlling one hundred swords at the same time. Once mastered, its power would be extremely formidable, comparable to a low-grade Heaven Rank martial skill. However, the difficulty of cultivating it had also increased significantly.
After all, this required one to split their focus in a hundred directions at once. It was not ordinary multitasking either. Every single precious sword had to be controlled with ease and precision, so the difficulty was naturally extremely high.
Even for Li Yun, it was impossible to master this stage in a short period of time.
However, Li Yun was not impatient. He cultivated the Soul Sword Control Art while traveling, steadily improving his strength step by step.
At a certain moment, just as Li Yun stepped into a valley, a formation plate suddenly fell from the air.
Immediately afterward, the formation plate expanded rapidly and transformed into a large array that enveloped the entire valley.
Boom!
This large array was clearly a sealing-type array. Under its influence, the entire valley was completely locked down. A blood-colored barrier emerged around the surroundings, and an intense smell of blood drifted through the valley, becoming incredibly pungent.
"Hm?"
Li Yun’s brows twitched, and his gaze instantly turned cold.
"Li Yun, you are quite calm. That good-for-nothing sixth junior brother died at your hands, so it seems he did not die unjustly."
At that moment, a sinister voice suddenly rang out.
The voice was extremely cold, like the whisper of a ghost. Hearing it made one’s hair stand on end and caused a chill to rise in the heart.
In the next moment, a man whose entire body was shrouded in a black robe appeared before Li Yun. A blood-colored mask covered his face, and a faint mocking smile could be heard in his voice.
"Are you Elder Chen Ming’s disciple?"
Li Yun’s brow twitched slightly, and he immediately guessed the identity of the blood-masked man before him.
Elder Chen Ming had six disciples in total. Bai Yichen, whom Li Yun had killed, was Elder Chen Ming’s sixth disciple. Given that, the identity of this blood-masked man was already obvious.
"Correct."
The blood-masked man nodded. His voice was cold and raspy, like a venomous snake sliding through the darkness.
"You killed my sixth junior brother. I originally did not want to involve myself in this matter, but since Master gave the order, I have no choice but to kill you. Then again, for a cultivator at the 4th level of the Mortal Core Realm to die at the hands of a silver-ranked assassin from the Blood Saber Pavilion, you cannot say that your death is unfair."
"A silver-ranked assassin from the Blood Saber Pavilion?"
Li Yun’s gaze turned colder, and his expression became slightly solemn.
The Blood Saber Pavilion was the number one assassin organization in the Azure Void Region. Although it was not listed among the seven great powers, its strength was not necessarily inferior to those seven dominant forces. Since this blood-masked man could become a silver-ranked assassin, it meant that he had successfully assassinated at least one Earthly Core Realm expert. Such a person was definitely not someone to be underestimated.
And indeed, the aura radiating from the blood-masked man had impressively reached the 5th level of the Earthly Core Realm.