"Let's first see if Meng Yan and Hongli can trade for the Spirit Vein Essence for me!"

"If not, then I'll consider the Black Market!"

As a disciple of the Cyan Origin Sect, Meng Yan holds significant status, while Ning Hongli's Ning family is even more powerful, with a network far surpassing that of the Cyan Origin Sect.

If neither of them can help Qi Ping obtain the Spirit Vein Essence, then the only channel Qi Ping can think of now is the Black Market.

"But the Black Market..."

Just thinking about the existence of this organization, Qi Ping still has a lot of concerns deep down.

This Mysterious Black Market is an organization Meng Yan had introduced to Qi Ping.

This Mysterious Black Market is one of the most mysterious organizations in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, without even an official name—the term "Mysterious Black Market" was coined by cultivators themselves.

Its members range from Qi Refining Stage to Mahayana Stage powerhouses, but no one knows their true identities or who leads them.

Moreover, rather than simply being a trading organization, the Mysterious Black Market is more like a mysterious power masked as a trading hub.

Despite claiming to trade anything in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, the Mysterious Black Market does not accept Spirit Stones as the sole currency.

To purchase anything, one must not only pay the market price but also complete Black Market tasks to earn Black Market Points.

Especially for rare items within the Black Market, they can only be acquired with Black Market Points.

Despite these outrageous requirements, countless people are drawn to it, especially Loose Cultivators struggling to acquire cultivation techniques and rare resources.

This is because whether it's secret-level cultivation techniques, sect Saintesses, or rare Spiritual Medicines, they can all be ordered from the Black Market, with the caveat of being exceptionally hard to obtain.

The Immortal Cultivation Realm has long speculated that the Mysterious Black Market is conducting an unprecedented conspiracy, but after hundreds of thousands of years, it has yet to cause any major upheaval.

During these hundreds of thousands of years, the Mysterious Black Market has been suppressed and resisted countless times by sects from both righteous and demonic paths for infringing on their interests.

However, no matter how many times it's been suppressed, the Mysterious Black Market remains resilient.

Because in a world where class divisions are clear and cultivation resources and techniques are controlled by the elite, everyone but the pinnacle are in some way oppressed.

Once reaching the limit of this class level, they become shackled by it.

And the Mysterious Black Market is like a key to break these class chains, even if acquiring precious resources demands harsh tasks, potentially angering major sects in the Immortal Cultivation Realm; for those limited by class, it's the only way.

This is the soil and root keeping the Mysterious Black Market vibrant and enduring for hundreds of thousands of years!

"An organization plotted across the Immortal Cultivation Realm for hundreds of thousands of years. All powers know it's up to something, yet are clueless about its motives and timing..."

"Yet as long as the class status in the Immortal Cultivation Realm remains, the Mysterious Black Market will not die..."

"Only by truly understanding will one realize that the seemingly thriving Immortal Cultivation Realm is already turbulent beneath the surface!"

"For ordinary people, they can live quietly, but for those wanting to break class constraints, danger lurks everywhere in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, with several invisible hands controlling its direction..."

...

Initially, Qi Ping had no intention of joining the Mysterious Black Market.

After all, while this type of organization solves trade channel issues, the risks involved are too high.

But now Qi Ping can use the Natural Perception talent to avoid dangers; as long as he predicts good or bad outcomes before executing tasks and trading, he can ensure basic safety.

Under such circumstances, Qi Ping thought it might be worth trying.

Mainly because Qi Ping had no other options left.

After waiting for a few days, Qi Ping finally received replies from Meng Yan and Ning Hongli.

No!

Both of their answers were no!

The Spirit Vein Essence hasn't appeared in the market in recent years.

Because extracting Spirit Vein Essence is like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, causing substantial damage to the Spirit Vein; the extracted Spirit Vein's value is less than one-tenth and is very hard to cultivate anew, only done under rare circumstances.

Even amidst fierce battles, no one touches the Cyan Origin Sect's Spirit Vein, as it would practically root out the Cyan Origin Sect, resembling a full-out war at the Golden Core and Nascent Soul Level, a risk outweighing the rewards significantly.

"It seems I have no choice but to pursue the path of the Mysterious Black Market after all!"

Qi Ping sighed and finally decided to join the Mysterious Black Market.

Though reluctant to take such risks, regarding his path in Immortal Cultivation, Qi Ping absolutely refuses to compromise.

"Fortunately, with Natural Perception and my bees, I can conduct dual investigations, avoiding bodily presence. Completing tasks suffices..."

With this in mind, a hint of a smile appeared on Qi Ping's face.

Plotting against him won't be so easy!

...

Resolute now, Qi Ping hesitated no more, and his eyes were filled with determination.

Qi Ping then spent ten full days simulating responses to various scenarios and preventative strategies, emboldened by thorough preparation, Qi Ping began working towards joining the Mysterious Black Market.

First, Qi Ping went to Meng Yan's battlefield, obtaining an Introduction Order through Meng Yan.

The price of this Introduction Order wasn't cheap either—two thousand Spirit Stones.

Then Qi Ping chose a place far from the mists and crushed the token, instructing his bees to wait there.

A day later, a special box puppet appeared at Qi Ping's location.

Seeing no one at the token's crushing point, the puppet awaited patiently, unhurried.

"As Brother Meng said, the puppet indeed waits, granting the would-be Black Market joiners ample observation time."

After ensuring no danger with the bees and Natural Perception Skill, Qi Ping approached the box puppet as a middle-aged man.

"Please choose your joining level: Qi Refining for one thousand Spirit Stones, Foundation Establishment for ten thousand Spirit Stones, Golden Core for one hundred thousand Spirit Stones..." A mechanical, emotionless voice emitted from the box puppet.

"Foundation Establishment Level!" Qi Ping replied.

Feeling a slight heartache, he handed ten thousand Spirit Stones to the box puppet.

The box puppet swallowed Qi Ping's Spirit Stones and then produced a pure white Special Token, monotonously stating:

"Please select a codename!"

"Bee Daoist!"

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