At this time, although it was still early, the streets of Qingfeng Town were already lined with small stalls.

The vendors at these stalls, either wore hoods, covered their faces, or donned masks, as none wished to reveal their identities.

Su Que strolled leisurely from stall to stall, hands behind his back, blending into the crowd on the street.

"The venom extracted from the Skeleton Bull Python's venom sac can incapacitate a Four Blood Martial Artist within ten breaths; priced at a hundred taels of silver per jar."

Su Que noticed one stall displaying several small jars, with a sign beside them detailing the characteristics and price of the goods being sold. A man in black clothing, wearing a bull-head mask, sat silently behind the stall.

After seeing this introduction, many martial artists stopped to watch, evidently intrigued by the venom's effect.

After all, possessing this venom could allow even those with insufficient strength to potentially defeat a Four Blood Martial Artist by inflicting a poisoned weapon wound on them or poisoning their food.

Su Que, however, showed no interest in this grade of venom and continued walking with his hands behind his back.

"The Leopard Embryo Marrow Pill, once ingested, can enable the user to pass through 'Three Bloods Muscle Strengthening' within an hour. For Martial Artists above Three Blood, it also enhances power; priced at three hundred taels of silver per pill."

Su Que also saw someone with a horse mask selling elixirs, with this one's effects being quite exaggerated - consuming the Leopard Embryo Marrow Pill could allow passing through 'Three Bloods Muscle Strengthening' within an hour.

Even he, in earlier days, couldn't have achieved such a feat.

An elixir with such efficacy is unlikely to appear in the Southern Domain of Jiannan Prefecture.

Moreover, it would never be sold for just a few hundred taels of silver.

On this Ghost Market, the items sold bore no quality guarantees since everyone hid their faces.

If deceived, one could not locate the vendor and would have to suffer in silence.

After shopping for one incense stick's worth of time, Su Que discovered many elixirs and poisons touted by vendors as extremely effective.

The effects were so miraculous that they were hard to believe, yet people still paid for them.

The multitude of goods in the Ghost Market was truly dazzling, making it a bit overwhelming.

Su Que decided to no longer inspect stall by stall but specifically sought toxins to cultivate the "Heart Scripture of Myriad Poisons."

To advance from the 1st Realm: Initial Insight to the 2nd Realm: Minor Achievement required toxins such as the Heart-piercing Flower, Rotten Crystal Grass, and Vermilion Jade Toad.

To ascend from the 2nd Realm: Minor Achievement to the 3rd Realm: Ascension required toxins like Peacock Gall, Corpse-Born Scorpion, Green Poisonous Silkworm, and Red-eyed Striped Snake.

After a circuit around, Su Que indeed found vendors selling these rare toxins.

Moreover, the toxins were already refined by the vendors.

Purchasing them would save him the trouble of refining them himself.

Su Que bought several jars of venom for each type of toxin.

Before long, jars of varied sizes filled a large parcel.

Purchasing these toxins cost him over two thousand six hundred taels of silver coins.

'Let's go back and cultivate the Heart Scripture of Myriad Poisons.'

Su Que slung the parcel over his shoulder and began walking out of Qingfeng Town.

Upon exiting Qingfeng Town, he immediately turned onto the path leading to the woods outside the town.

The woods had a slightly eerie feel, with sounds of snakes and insects occasionally coming from the bushes.

Su Que, having taken only a few steps, was about to perform his lightweight skill when suddenly, three shrill and piercing flute notes sounded from within the woods.

The noises of the snakes and insects abruptly intensified, weaving together into a cacophony.

Subsequently, the bushes around Su Que rustled violently.

Snakes of unknown species, rats, and swarms of insects began appearing from both the bushes and the depths of the woods.

They surged toward Su Que, taking a formation around him.

Amidst the dim shadows of the trees, behind the snakes and insects, three figures emerged.

These three figures wore cloaks but no masks or hoods.

Each held a slender, greenish wooden flute, playing them at their lips.

With their sharp, high-pitched flute sounds, the snakes on the ground hissed, rats scurried and squeaked, and insects buzzed, advancing toward Su Que.

Suddenly, one of them set down the slender wooden flute and spoke to Su Que:

"Friend, if you leave the large parcel on your shoulder behind, we'll let you go."

These three were adept in insect extermination and Gu refining.

They were here to buy venom for their Gu refining.

However, they were quite short on funds, and the silver coins in their bags weren't enough to buy the venom required for their refining.

Su Que's substantial purchase of venoms at the Ghost Market caught their attention.

Thus, upon seeing Su Que heading out of Qingfeng Town, they went ahead and set up an ambush in the forest, sprinkled insect repellent powder, and waited there for Su Que.

"Alright, I'll leave it."

Su Que gently placed the two parcels he carried on the ground.

When the three slightly let their guard down, Su Que suddenly exerted force beneath his feet, transforming into a blurry shadow, and shot toward one of them.

Since he had opened the Hand Three Yang Meridians, he had not tested the power of the Seven Injuries Fist.

Initially, he intended to try it tonight, in a grove beside Jiannan Prefecture City.

He hadn't anticipated that someone would deliver themselves to him now.

Testing the fist on a living person would undoubtedly allow him to better assess its power than testing it on inanimate objects.

The person ahead of him, seeing Su Que suddenly shooting forward, was startled, hastening to blow the flute notes more sharply.

The mass of snakes, insects, and rats surged toward Su Que as if mad.

Su Que charged without pause, striking out with a booming punch.

After expanding his Hand Three Yang Meridians, each meridian could now hold significantly more true qi.

The power and range of the released fist force and true qi increased severalfold!

The encroaching snakes, insects, and rats were instantaneously blasted to a spray of blood by his indomitable fist force and true qi.

The blood sprayed out alongside the fist force and true qi, splattering everywhere.

The true qi erupting from Su Que's body halted the blood spraying toward him, so not a single droplet landed on him.

After throwing his punch, his left foot hit the ground, then he abruptly stepped forward!

He borrowed force once again, accelerating his advancing figure, drawing a straight line in the air, and ruthlessly aimed his punch toward the person's chest in front of him.

Bang!

The speed was so swift that the individual had no time to defend.

The blow landed solidly on the person's chest.

Far more fist force and true qi than before the Meridian Opening furiously surged into the person's body.

In an instant, it ground the person's flesh and bones beneath the skin to powder.

The whole human skin immediately collapsed and fell to the ground.

Steam rose from the blood oozing from the skin's seven orifices.

The two individuals behind were evidently stupefied by Su Que's formidable strength.

Upon witnessing the miserable state of their companion, they immediately turned to flee.

As they did, they incessantly blew their flutes, attempting to mobilize the snakes, insects, and rats in the woods to block Su Que, providing them with a chance to escape.

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