Chapter 854

Crimson blood flowed out from the corner of his mouth and dripped onto his robe. The leader stared at Zi Chen in shock. His mouth moved, but he could not say a word.

He knocked out one person with one punch and knocked out everyone with a dozen punches. He did not even see what kind of energy his opponent used.

The leader was completely shocked by Zi Chen's combat power. He was so shocked that he did not answer Zi Chen's question immediately.

Zi Chen gently patted the other party's cheeks, shook his head, and said with a smile, "I just said that if you hand over the Spirit Ring, you can avoid physical pain, but you didn't listen. You treated my good intentions as bad intentions. Now, you've been beaten up, your Spirit Ring is gone, and your resources are gone."

It was unknown whether the leader was beaten out of his combat power or scared out of his wits. He allowed Zi Chen to take away his spiritual ring without any resistance.

Holding the spiritual ring, Zi Chen forcibly broke the restriction on the spiritual ring in front of him and took out all the resources and materials inside.

Zi Chen's powerful spiritual thoughts shocked the leader again.

The resources and materials were gone just like that. The leader was dejected, but he didn't despair. As long as he was alive, there was hope. Green Peak was very large, and there were many trial takers, as well as quite a few experts. Most importantly, the leader of Green Peak was an expert who had come from a first-tier ancient path. His battle prowess was revered by all the members of Green Peak. Therefore, as long as he stayed in Green Peak, the stolen resources would be returned to him in the future.

Zi Chen took the resources and threw the empty spiritual ring to him. After taking the spiritual ring, the leader felt that this powerful challenger was a weirdo.

In the ancient road of the trials where it was either you die or I die, if other powerful warriors encountered such a situation, they would definitely slaughter everyone. But this person was different. He only took the resources and did not kill anyone. In the end, he even kindly returned the spiritual ring.

The leader could not help but wonder if this person wanted to rob them after they had stolen some resources.

Very soon, all the resources on the unconscious people were taken away. Their empty spirit rings were thrown to the side. Other than the spirit rings, Zi Chen did not take their pill weapons.

After putting away all the resources, Zi Chen turned his head and looked at the leader. He said seriously, "Remember to do less immoral things like taking lives for resources. That way, you can live longer."

The leader was speechless. In fact, he didn't know how to answer Zi Chen. He had been hoping that Zi Chen would leave quickly because he was too strong. He was afraid that Zi Chen would go back on his words and kill him.

The leader was too frightened to speak, so Zi Chen had no interest in talking anymore and could only leave.

As soon as Zi Chen left, the leader went forward to wake up the other cultivators. After waking them up, the group of more than ten people hurriedly fled. During the escape, they did not even dare to complain.

Less than fifteen minutes after they had fled, Zi Chen suddenly returned. Seeing the empty surroundings, Zi Chen couldn't help but curl his lips.

He originally wanted to ask where this place was, what forces were nearby, whether there were any cities, and where the nearest city was. Unfortunately, the other party had run too quickly and Zi Chen had nowhere to ask.

Helpless, Zi Chen could only continue forward.

The surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was still violent, and Zi Chen tried to absorb it. After a while, there was some effect, but the efficiency was too low. It was as low as if Zi Chen was using spirit stone slags to recover his Origin Energy.

In the blink of an eye, two days had passed. Zi Chen still hadn't found any cities, markets, or markets. However, he had encountered two groups of trial-takers.

After displaying his strength, Zi Chen defeated the two groups of bandits by himself. At the same time, he asked all the questions he had before.

In the end, Zi Chen learned that he was in the outer region of this world. It was a million miles away from the only city in this world, Heaven's Pride City.

Heaven's Pride City was the core of this world. Being in Heaven's Pride City meant that one was in the inner region. If one was outside Heaven's Pride City, it meant that one was in the outer region. Even if one was at the city gate, it was still called the outer region.

Near Zi Chen, there were more than ten bandit forces, big and small. These people all made a living by robbing resources.

"There are so many of you. Why don't you go to Heaven's Pride City instead of staying here?" Zi Chen asked again.

However, the bandit's answer was beyond Zi Chen's expectations.

To enter Heaven's Pride City, one needed an entry token. Everyone in Heaven's Pride City had an identity token in their hands. This identity token could not be transferred or sold. If one died, the token would automatically disappear.

Without the token, one was not qualified to enter Heaven's Pride City.

After knowing about Heaven's Pride City and the token, Zi Chen also knew that there was a trading market in this area. This was a market established by the alliance of the three major forces in this area. There were resources to be exchanged there.

As for integrity, no one dared to compliment it.

The bandit who was scared of being beaten told the truth. During the day, they were honest businessmen. However, at night, they became vicious wolves.

Then, in order to survive, the bandit revealed many dark secrets. Zi Chen blushed with shame as he listened. This was a world of darkness.

Zi Chen did not have many resources left. He really needed to buy some. After inquiring about the location of the trading market, Zi Chen headed there.

Although there were bandits along the way, they were all very pitiful. Even Zi Chen felt sad when he saw the resources on them.

Moreover, in the process of asking, Zi Chen learned that there were many Trial Takers who had been here for hundreds of years. Every day, it was either one of them robbing or the other robbing. Therefore, between robbing and being robbed, they would never have enough resources to leave.

Three days later, Zi Chen arrived at the market that the other party had mentioned.

This was a market less than two miles in size. The scale was a bit terrible. There were very few Trial Takers coming and going. As for the merchants exchanging resources, there were only a few.

Around the market square, there was a simple fence made of black bamboo. This low fence had holes everywhere. Other than symbolizing the boundary, there was nothing else that could be prevented.

Along the way, Zi Chen had seen countless trading markets, big and small. However, the one in front of him seemed to be the most dilapidated. It was also the one with the least popularity and the most bandits.

Zi Chen walked directly to the market, attracting a lot of attention. A late-stage Primal Core Trial Taker stopped Zi Chen. Without the slightest courtesy of a service worker, he coldly asked, "Are you buying or selling?"

"What's the difference between buying and selling?" Zi Chen asked.

"If you buy, you have to pay an entrance fee of ten drops of low-grade essence liquid. If you sell, you have to pay a hundred drops of low-grade essence liquid or one mid-grade essence liquid." The Trial Taker coldly explained.

"Entrance fee?" Zi Chen wanted to laugh when he heard this.

This place was surrounded by a broken fence and looked like a pigsty. Yet, there was an entrance fee, and an extremely high one at that.

Now, Zi Chen finally understood why the popularity of this place was so low.

"Then what about buying and selling?" Zi Chen asked again.

The Trial Taker frowned, as if he didn't like Zi Chen at all. He coldly said, "It's still one hundred drops of low-grade essence liquid or one mid-grade essence liquid."

Zi Chen chuckled. "Sell one get one free. Not bad, not bad."

Just as the Trial Taker's face clearly showed his displeasure, a mid-grade essence liquid appeared in Zi Chen's hand.

"I'm buying and selling." Saying this, Zi Chen threw the essence liquid to the Trial Taker and walked straight into the trading market.

"Idiot, that's called exchanging." Catching the essence liquid, the Trial Taker's cold eyes flashed with disdain.

Zi Chen walked into the market. When the people here saw Zi Chen, they only looked a little surprised, but didn't show any other expression. The sellers didn't shout or introduce their products, and the buyers didn't ask what Zi Chen was going to sell.

The entire market was extremely quiet, and there was almost no sound of bargaining.

Zi Chen didn't say much. He simply found an open area and copied the others, taking out a long piece of cloth and writing an introduction to the goods and what he wanted to exchange for.

Originally, Zi Chen had planned to put in a few more things, but seeing that the others were only putting in one or two things, Zi Chen also put in two things.

The first thing he put down was the Soul-Solidifying Pill. Next to it was written the effects of the Soul-Solidifying Pill and the amount of resources needed to exchange for it.

The Soul-Solidifying Pill could increase one's control over Yuan Power. It was of a much higher grade than the Tree Heart. Zi Chen wrote on the side that one pill needed one hundred drops of high-grade essence liquid.

The second item was the Spirit-Melting Pill. Its effect was to increase one's spiritual energy. It was also an extremely special pill of high quality.

Next to the Spirit-Melting Pill, Zi Chen wrote the price. One pill needed one hundred and twenty drops of high-grade essence liquid.

After stating the price, Zi Chen put out the long cloth. Soon, trial takers came to Zi Chen's side.

But when they saw what Zi Chen was selling and the amount of resources needed, their expressions changed.

Zi Chen copied the other merchants, remaining calm and unperturbed. If no one asked, he naturally wouldn't explain.

Thus, a silent transaction began.

In front of Zi Chen, trial takers came and went. After everyone saw the items that Zi Chen had purchased, they looked at Zi Chen with a strange look in their eyes. However, no one asked Zi Chen if the things written on the items were real or fake. After taking a look, they all left.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed. During these three days, more than three hundred trial takers came to Zi Chen's stall. But no one asked, nor did they haggle with him.

Zi Chen didn't make a single transaction in these three days.

Fortunately, as long as one came in and didn't leave, the entrance fee would always be valid. Zi Chen didn't pay an unfair entrance fee.

Three days, three days, six days passed. More and more people came to see, but no one asked, and no one bought.

Just as Zi Chen was about to pack up and leave, the stall owner in the distance packed up his things.

He sold materials in exchange for essence liquid. Although there wasn't much turnover in the past six days, it was much better than Zi Chen's blank slate.

Zi Chen thought the stall owner was going to pack up and leave. Who would've thought that after packing up, he would actually walk towards Zi Chen?

The stall owner came to Zi Chen's side and opened up his stall.

Zi Chen looked at him calmly.

After setting up his stall, the stall owner looked at Zi Chen and said, "Little brother, it's very difficult to sell things like this."

"Not necessarily."

Zi Chen glanced at him, then pointed to the front and said, "Look, isn't business here?"

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