"Isn’t flying by car considered sword-flight?" A flying car can carry up to five people, which is more than using the Sword Washing Pool to transport people.

The officer gave Lu Yang a glance and explained, "A flying car is a specialized flying magic artifact, each one undergoes quality inspection, and there are specific regulations for it in the law; if your Sword Washing Pool had such regulations, that would work too."

Lu Yang conceded defeat.

The two had died before achieving their goal, already indebted before they’d even begun to make money.

𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Luckily, no issues arose thereafter.

During several days of flight, to avoid being exposed to the elements, they landed at an inn and incidentally helped the proprietress deal with a younger brother-in-law who came to claim his late brother’s heritage, declined the cherished heirloom gifted by the proprietress in gratitude, and deduced that the proprietress was the murderer of her own husband.

At the second inn, the two encountered Qi Refinement cultivators quarreling over a Grade-A room and even obtained from them the location of a nearby treasure site; seizing treasures valuable to Foundation Establishment cultivators, they turned them over to the local government office, posting a lost-and-found notice, which drew out two Foundation Establishment families, uncovering centuries-long grudges between them.

The feud ended with both Clan Leaders severing their own lives in a torrential downpour.

At the third inn, they came across a wealthy young lady being chased for a thousand miles. They escorted her home, only to discover and eliminate a fierce ghost that had been harbored in her house for over a decade.

This forced the person behind the ghost to reveal themselves, clashing with them in a fight before being captured by the duo, who respectfully declined the young lady’s offer of marriage and, following clues left by the ghost’s keeper, dismantled a Demon Path Loose Cultivator’s stronghold.

The Sword Washing Pool carried them safely to Youzhou.

"We’ve finally arrived." They let out a long sigh. Although it was only a few days’ journey, it felt like more than a month had passed, and their bodies ached all over.

"Your pool isn’t comfortable to lie in, is it?"

"It’s because there’s no water in it; it’s actually quite comfortable for a bath."

Fairy Eternity thought to herself, wasn’t it because the two of you encountered so many things along the way?

The black market mentioned by Meng Jingzhou is located at the foot of a mountain in the Youzhou region. It is usually hidden within a secret realm and emerges through a spatial swap at the interchange of Yin and Yang, providing a place for trades.

At that time, cultivators from nearby cities will come here for secret trades, including individuals like Lu Yang who travel from even farther away.

"We’ve arrived just in time. There’s a gathering of Nascent Soul old monsters here every month on the fifteenth."

Both were dressed in black robes, collars raised to cover their faces, revealing only a pair of eyes. This was one of the black market’s rules, which facilitated escape in case officers from the government office arrived to make arrests.

When they reached the black market, it had already been open for more than an hour, and the cultivators who had been waiting outside had entered, making the entrance seem deserted.

There were cultivators guarding the entrance to the black market, which was meant to prevent mortals from accidentally wandering in and causing unnecessary trouble.

The guards did not stop them from entering.

He had seen with his own eyes how they flew with the Sword Washing Pool and changed into black robes, their movements smooth and practiced, the mark of veterans.

Being able to handle such a large pool for flight indicated they were at least Gold Core Period cultivators.

Upon entering the black market, they noticed it was quieter than a usual market, with only the occasional chatting among cultivators.

Within the black market, trading cultivators employed methods like sound focusing and Spiritual Sense transmission to ensure the secrecy of their transactions.

Due the lack of government office supervision, many items that couldn’t be seen on normal days were available in the black market.

For example, the Cultivation Technique in Lu Yang’s possession.

"Boss, are you sure this book is the Qi Refinement chapter of the ’Legend of the Dao Sect’ used by Lu Yang, Talent Lu, for his cultivation?"

The boss swore up and down, "How could this be fake? I have a distant relative in the Seek Dao Sect, and this is the cultivation technique he brought out from there!"

"Little brother, I see you’re at the Qi Cultivation Stage, why not buy a copy and try it? I guarantee that after cultivating it, you’ll soar to the skies and become a genius like Talent Lu!"

Without the supervision of the government office, many counterfeit goods can be found in the black market.

Lu Yang silently put it back, it was just too fake.

However, there were also fakes that weren’t so blatantly obvious, such as the so-called latest version of ’Legend of the Dao Seeking Sect’ lying next to it.

Upon closer inspection, you’d realize that the title was ’Legend of the Gaps Sect’.

Thinking about it, it was easy to understand why such books would appear here. The real ’Legend of the Dao Seeking Sect’ was found all over the streets outside, there was absolutely no need to sell it in the black market. This one was meant to deceive those with poor eyesight or cultivators who were too embarrassed to put it down once they picked it up.

Lu Yang also saw a claimed Purple Gold Gourd that supposedly could suck someone in if their name was recited and they responded.

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A real Purple Gold Gourd was worth more than the entire black market combined. Even a replica would be a magic artifact treasured by those at the Divinity Transformation Stage. Whether real or fake, they definitely wouldn’t appear here.

There were various shapes and sizes of storage rings. The Artifact Refiners were not detailed, and the quality couldn’t be guaranteed; accordingly, their prices were much lower than in the outside world.

Some of these storage rings were genuine, made by Artifact Refiners without qualifications, while others, from the surface, seemed real but actually had a limited number of uses due to refining errors. Once used up, they would break and were counterfeit, discernible only to those with an in-depth understanding of storage rings.

There were also plenty of ghost-repelling and evil-dispelling talismans which are hard to fake. Selling counterfeits could lead to serious trouble, so all of them were authentic. But Lu Yang and his companion didn’t need them; a single drop of Meng Jingzhou’s blood was more effective than a stack of talismans.

Facing ghosts of the same level, Meng Jingzhou’s Yang Qi was so vigorous that merely emitting his aura could melt the other party.

There were also enchanting female cultivators canvassing on the street corners, whom the two directly ignored.

"How come there are no souls, eyeballs soaked in potion, Soul Summoning Banners, and stuff like that?"

Having browsed halfway through, Lu Yang felt the atmosphere of the black market was as eerie and ghostly as he had imagined, but the items for sale were quite different from what he had expected.

Meng Jingzhou looked disdainfully at his good brother, "This black market was established to evade taxes."

"What you’re talking about is the Demon Path black market. If I knew the location of that kind of market, I’d just wipe it out and go to the government office to claim the reward. Why bother attending a Nascent Soul Stage meeting? That would be far more profitable than what we’re doing now."

Lu Yang had to admit Meng Jingzhou’s point made sense.

"Here we are, this is the meeting place for us old monsters at the Nascent Soul Stage."

Meng Jingzhou pointed to a luxurious palace, pitch-black all over with statues of rare beasts at the corners of the eaves. An Array Method blocked Spiritual Sense probing, and two Gold Core Period Cultivators stood guard at the entrance.

This was the place he had learned about from Dai Bufan, absolutely reliable.

Lu Yang turned to Meng Jingzhou and asked, "Speaking of which, I’ve never asked you, what’s the self-reliance method of making money you mentioned?"

"Selling blood."