Chapter 57

"Where did these come from?" Huang Fei was shocked.

White Ape did not answer. He randomly picked up a wild ginseng and threw it into his mouth, munching on it.

Pui pui.

As if dissatisfied with the taste of the ginseng, he spat it out.

Huang Fei's heart ached. This little monkey was too wasteful. That wild ginseng was at least a hundred years old and worth a lot of money.

Creak —

At this moment, the door of Gu Chen's room suddenly opened and he walked out.

"Senior Chen." Huang Fei was pleasantly surprised and quickly greeted him.

Gu Chen nodded and looked at White Ape with a frown.

"Where did these come from?"

He had been immersed in cultivation for the past few days and had no time to care about White Ape.

Ever since he entered the Greedy Wolf City, this monkey was like a runaway horse, disappearing from time to time.

"Squeak."

White Ape's eyes flickered. He took out a golden fruit and took a few bites without making a sound.

"I don't care where you came from. You'd better send it back. I won't care if anything happens to you."

He shook his head angrily.

These things were obviously stolen, but White Ape was used to being wild, so he was too lazy to reprimand it.

Anyway, this monkey was smart and strong. It would not be too much trouble.

"Miss Huang, why are you looking for me?"

Gu Chen turned to ask Huang Fei. His divine sense had sensed that Huang Fei had been pacing outside the house for a long time, so he came out to check.

"I …"

Huang Fei was a little speechless. She did not know why, but she felt that Gu Chen was even colder than before. He exuded a temperament that kept people at a distance.

"Has Patriarch Huang come out of seclusion?" Gu Chen guessed when Huang Fei did not answer.

Patriarch Huang wanted the Nine Yin Stone in his hands, and Huang Fei said that he would negotiate the price with him once he came out of seclusion.

As the owner of the Tyrannical Ether Bone, Gu Chen needed a lot of elixirs.

Ordinary people would not be able to take too many elixirs in a short period of time, but he did not have this concern. Even the impurities in the elixirs could be easily eliminated through the Nature of the Heavenly Stellar Art, making his Origin Power pure.

In the past few days, he had been cultivating with all his might. He had finally broken through from the peak of the early stage of the Divine Arts to the middle stage of the Divine Arts, but he had almost used up all the pills he had.

The higher one's cultivation base was, the harder it was to increase. If he wanted to maintain his rapid growth, he would need a large amount of medicinal pills and resources. Thus, he was a little concerned about the Huang family head.

He planned to sell all the Nine Yin Stones to him if the price he offered was right.

As for the fact that the Nine Yin Stones originally belonged to the white ape, he did not care about it at all. The monkey had lost its novelty and had long since thrown the stones in the corner of the house, not even touching them.

"No, grandfather hasn't come out of seclusion yet."

Huang Fei hurriedly shook her head. "According to the usual practice, Grandfather's seclusion is not short. It might even take a few months."

Once Huang Pingzhang went into closed-door cultivation, he was not allowed to be disturbed no matter how big the matter was. Thus, she did not have the time to talk about the Nine Yin Stone.

"Oh, what is it, then?" Gu Chen's interest was immediately dampened.

Huang Fei pursed her lips. "It's like this. Today, there will be a black market meeting in the city. According to the usual practice, the family heads of the three major forces in Greedy Wolf City will attend. I have just become the family head, so I must go. However, I am afraid that something unexpected will happen, so I hope Senior Chen can accompany me. "

Gu Chen immediately understood and nodded. "Alright."

Since he had taken the Huang family's money, he naturally had to do things for them. This was a legitimate request from Huang Fei.

Seeing that Gu Chen had agreed, Huang Fei's face lit up. "Then let's go now. It's getting late."

Gu Chen had no objections. He changed his clothes and followed her out.

As for the white ape, he was happily munching on a pile of unknown medicinal ingredients in the house. He had no interest in going with the two of them.

"Baijing Prefecture is a lawless area, and it is also a strategic location. Therefore, the black market is especially developed.

"Almost every city in the prefecture has a black market, which is controlled by different forces. Every year, it brings in a considerable amount of profit."

In the carriage, Huang Fei told Gu Chen about the black market.

Baijing Prefecture had three main characteristics: chaos, black market, and violence.

The black market was very important in Baijing Prefecture. It directly or indirectly supported countless forces.

"Does the Huang family also run a black market?" Gu Chen asked curiously.

"No, the Huang family is not powerful enough to run a black market. Even if the three major forces of Greedy Wolf City join forces, they are not powerful enough."

Huang Fei shook her head.

Not only did the black market need a powerful source of goods, but it also needed military power.

This kind of trade was always shady, and the participants were often vicious and evil people. Without powerful military power, there was no way to ensure the stability of the black market.

The Huang family was powerful in Greedy Wolf City, but it was nothing compared to the entire Baijing Prefecture.

"The black market in our area is controlled by the Cloud Mist Sect. Every month, they hold a black market in Greedy Wolf City."

"The three major forces in the city all work with the Cloud Mist Sect and sell their goods through their channels. Therefore, they pay special attention to the black market."

Huang Fei explained. The Huang family owned many medicine shops and weapon markets. Almost all of their goods were sold through the Cloud Mist Sect's channels. Naturally, they were very concerned about the black market.

"Tell me about the other two major forces in the city. The Qian family and the Lan family, right?" Gu Chen asked.

Currently, the situation in Greedy Wolf City was not stable. The three major forces were competing fiercely. The Qian and Lan families had taken advantage of the Huang family's decline and had never stopped their ambition to take over the city.

Now that Gu Chen had become the Huang family's Honorable Guest, he naturally needed to know more about his potential enemies.

"The head of the Qian family, Qian Fengbao, is a mid-stage Divine Power cultivator. He is narrow-minded and vicious. He started from scratch and is in the prime of his life. Under his leadership, the Qian family is thriving. He is the biggest threat to the Huang family. "

Huang Fei answered without hesitation. "As for the Lan family, they don't have any cultivators, but they have a good relationship with the Cloud Mist Sect. They run their business well, so they are very wealthy. They have two Honorable Guests. I heard that they are twins of a boy and a girl. They are not to be trifled with. "

Gu Chen listened carefully and nodded.

It seemed that these two families were not weak. If the Huang family had not invited him to be their Honorable Guest, and the Huang family head had died, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

However, one of these two families had a relationship with the Cloud Mist Sect, and the other family head was a mid-stage Divine Power cultivator. The fact that the Huang family was able to sit on the throne of Greedy Wolf City's number one power showed how powerful the Huang family head was when he was at his peak.

Gu Chen was born into the family of Tian Nan City's Castellan, so he was not surprised by the competition between these families. He already had his own judgment.

As they spoke, they arrived at the location of the black market.

The location was not in the city, but on the outskirts of Greedy Wolf City.

The biggest characteristic of the black market was that it could not be seen in the light. Many people who had enemies or were wanted were not willing to enter the city, so the location was often hidden in the outskirts.

Gu Chen, Huang Fei, and the two guards, Liu One and Liu Two, arrived at an abandoned and desolate house.