Chapter 174 - 128: Time Flies, Time Is Merciless

Chapter 174: Chapter 128: Time Flies, Time Is Merciless

"Second Brother, get your paws off me."

The enchanting woman frowned. Channeling her magical power, she shook off the skinny middle-aged man’s hand and followed his gaze with her almond-shaped eyes. The moment she saw Chen Jianghe, her expression changed.

"It’s him!"

"He’s the one who killed Sixth Brother. What should we do? Are we going to make a move on this kid?"

"Make a move in Qinghe Marketplace? Do you have a death wish?!"

The enchanting woman, referred to as Third Sister, glared at Second Brother. She turned her head away, no longer looking at Chen Jianghe, but deliberately walked past him instead. Sensing the aura radiating from him, her heart trembled slightly.

Third Sister seemed extremely wary of Ruan Tieniu as she warned Second Brother in a low voice.

"Ninth-Layer Qi Refining, and he’s emitting a faint trace of Tidal Qi. He practices the same body refining technique as the boss—the Tidal Body Refining Technique. Second Brother, stop staring at him. We’re no match for him. Besides, didn’t you see who was standing next to that kid?

"This kid has ties with Boss Ruan, and even our boss is incredibly afraid of Boss Ruan.

"We’ve finished gathering information on these Demon Hunters’ outings. Let’s leave the marketplace immediately and report this kid to the boss. Whether we continue tailing him or not will be for the boss to decide."

The enchanting woman and the skinny middle-aged man left the Demon Hunter Trading Market.

Meanwhile, Chen Jianghe looked around. He couldn’t shake the feeling that eyes were on him, as if he were being watched. He had experienced this exact same feeling back at the Jingyue Market Port. Like he was being targeted.

"Brother Chen, what’s wrong?" Ruan Tieniu asked, noticing Chen Jianghe glancing around. His eyes were not filled with curiosity, but with a sharp alertness, which made Ruan Tieniu feel that something was off.

"It’s nothing," Chen Jianghe replied, shaking his head. The feeling had suddenly vanished. Unable to find its source, he had no choice but to drop the matter. "Brother Ruan, you’re not actually suggesting I set up a stall here, are you?"

He surveyed the dozens of stalls around them, the vast majority of which were selling spirit talismans and secondhand magical artifacts. As for brand-new magical artifacts? They were strictly forbidden from being sold here. Qinghe Marketplace might turn a blind eye to these Demon Hunters in some regards, but the hunters still had to abide by the rules set by the marketplace. Only spirit talismans could be traded freely among Demon Hunters. The sale of other cultivation resources was prohibited here. Of course, secondhand items were not restricted.

"Of course not," Ruan Tieniu said. He led Chen Jianghe further inside. Before long, they squeezed through the crowd and arrived in front of a group of burly, rough-looking men.

Their auras were incredibly overbearing. Furthermore, the auras they emitted indicated that they all practiced body refining techniques. In fact, a few of them were even stronger than Chen Jianghe. It was evident that these cultivators were not only Ninth-Layer Qi Refining cultivators, but their physical body cultivation had also reached the Late-Stage Body Refining or higher. A few of them, just like Ruan Tieniu, had even reached the Realm of Physical Body Perfection.

"Boss Ruan."

Seeing Ruan Tieniu approach, these cultivators all greeted him, respectfully calling him Boss Ruan.

Ruan Tieniu was the captain of a Demon Hunting Team. All of his team members were Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivators. Over the past two years, his Demon Hunting Team had expanded by six or seven members, bringing the current roster to twelve. Four of them were Ninth-Layer Qi Refining cultivators.

Ruan Tieniu nodded in response to the greeting Demon Hunters, then walked up to a Ninth-Layer Qi Refining middle-aged man who radiated a scorching aura. Ruan Tieniu stepped forward to make the introductions.

"Boss Wang, I brought a brother here to introduce to you. This is my brother, Chen Jianghe. He’s a Middle-Grade Talisman Master. Those middle-grade spiritual talismans I sold to you previously were all drawn by him.

"Brother Chen, this is Boss Wang Kun. His Demon Hunting Team has over forty Qi Refining Cultivators and over twenty Late-Stage Qi Refining Cultivators."

Chen Jianghe and Wang Kun sized each other up before cupping their hands in greeting.

"Brother Chen."

"Boss Wang."

Looking at Wang Kun, Chen Jianghe realized that the man was actually a Ninth-Layer Qi Refining Great Cultivator who had also reached Body Refining Perfection. He wondered, "Where do these Demon Hunters get the spirit stones for body refining?"

Just from this single trip to the Demon Hunter Trading Market, he had seen no less than five Ninth-Layer Qi Refining cultivators at Body Refining Perfection. However, Chen Jianghe was not afraid of these people. As long as he refined a special magical artifact for Fur Ball, they could absolutely beat the crap out of this Wang Kun standing before him.

As for Little Black, Chen Jianghe suspected that even Ruan Tieniu, who was at Tenth-Layer Qi Refining, wouldn’t be able to break through its defenses. With exceptional skills came great boldness; naturally, he did not fear these Demon Hunters. Besides, this was Qinghe Marketplace. Who would dare to cause trouble here?

"Brother Chen, you can take out the spirit talismans now," Ruan Tieniu said.

"Forty-two Middle-Grade Five Elements Escape Talismans." Chen Jianghe took forty-two Middle-Grade Five Elements Escape Talismans out of his storage pouch, but he didn’t hand them over to Wang Kun just yet.

"Forty-two Middle-Grade Five Elements Escape Talismans. I’ll take them at a ten percent discount, which comes out to three hundred and forty spirit stones and twenty grains of spiritual sand," Wang Kun stated. "Mazi, get the spirit stones for this brother."

Wang Kun called out behind him. Immediately after, a cultivator walked over—though surprisingly, his face didn’t have a single pockmark. He handed Chen Jianghe three hundred and forty spirit stones and twenty grains of spiritual sand. Only then did Chen Jianghe hand the talismans over.

"Oh, by the way, Brother Chen, you can also buy demon beasts from Boss Wang. He’s the biggest demon beast merchant in the Demon Hunter Trading Market," Ruan Tieniu said with a chuckle. "Even if you want a live demon beast, he can get it for you."

"Boss Ruan, you flatter me. If it weren’t for the fact that you’re entirely focused on Foundation Establishment, you would probably be the biggest merchant in this Demon Hunter Trading Market," Wang Kun replied, cupping his hands in compliment.

Ruan Tieniu attempting a breakthrough to Foundation Establishment was no secret within the Demon Hunter circles. After all, the aura he emitted had already surpassed the Ninth-Layer Qi Refining.