Chapter 20: Warrior Market

After finding Yang Lingqing, Long Chen finally stopped talking to Ling Xi.

Yang Lingqing had lost to Yang Lingyue at the family meeting, but she did not become discouraged. Instead, she worked even harder. Seeing Long Chen actually come to find her, she felt conflicted and could only respond with a cold attitude.

“What do you want from me?”

Long Chen knew about the grudge between him and his brother, but it had always been minor. Even when Long Chen stripped Yang Zhan in public, she did not think much of it. Yang Zhan was not a little girl, but he could not bear the humiliation and committed suicide, making the situation complicated.

Yang Lingqing believed that Long Chen's actions were unintentional, but Yang Zhan died because of them. Although she and her brother did not get along, blood is thicker than water.

Seeing the anger in Yang Lingqing's eyes, Long Chen knew he had caused her a lot of pain. He felt guilty and said, “I didn’t mean for this to happen to your brother. I’m sorry. I came here today to ask you some questions.”

Yang Lingqing replied coolly, “Ask what you want. I need to practice. The Demon Hunt is coming up, and I don’t want to lose to the Bai family.”

“I need a drug to nourish my soul. Do you know where I can get it? Is there any in our family?”

Long Chen asked hopefully. Yang Lingqing was cold to him, so he was worried she might not help.

But he was judging a gentleman by a scoundrel’s standards.

“Our family probably doesn’t have such a drug, but you can try the shops in the Warrior Market. Many of the drugs there are sold by warriors or obtained from large towns. I’m sure they have it.”

Yang Lingqing thought for a moment.

Long Chen, who had always been hanging around taverns and brothels, had no idea about the Warrior Market. “Where is it?”

Yang Lingqing replied irritably, “The Warrior Market is quite hidden. Fine, I’ll take you there.”

Long Chen looked at her gratefully. Although she harbored resentment towards him, she still helped him when he needed it, making her a much better person than Yang Lingyue and Yang Wu.

Walking together, they attracted a lot of attention, but they couldn’t say much, as they were still the young masters and miss of the Yang family.

Long Chen’s reputation had spread throughout Baiyang Town in recent days, making him a well-known figure. Many people recognized him from before, but he was always despised. In just a month, he had turned his life around and become a rising star in Baiyang Town.

“By the way, you progressed so quickly with the Meteor Fist. How is your Dragon Seal cultivation going?”

Yang Lingqing suddenly asked as they walked.

Long Chen smiled faintly and said, “Are you jealous? I can still teach you, but you have to call me Brother Chen.”

Yang Lingqing turned her head away and replied irritably, “I’m only at the fifth level of the Dragon Vein Realm and don’t have true qi to practice the Dragon Seal. I want to obtain it through my own strength!”

Seeing the determination in her eyes, Long Chen secretly admired her.

After walking for a while, Yang Lingqing frowned and said, “You’re also at the fifth level of the Dragon Vein Realm. The Dragon Seal is an advanced technique, so it’s useless for you. It would be better to give it to Sister Lingyue, who is close to the seventh level. She might have a chance…”

It was an advanced technique, and he indeed only had the strength of the fifth level. Yang Lingqing’s lack of confidence didn’t surprise him. He just smiled faintly and said nothing.

“Long Chen, do you know about the Demon Hunt? The Bai family is already stronger than our Yang family. If they gain control of Baiyang Town, our Yang family will have a hard time. Now, almost everyone in Baiyang Town assumes that the Bai family will become the managers of Baiyang Town, part of the Lingwu Clan in Yuanling City, exercising the power of the Lingwu Clan!”

Long Chen had heard of the Lingwu Clan in Yuanling City. They were the first family of the Yuanling Prefecture, appointed by the royal family of Cangyang, with the power to oversee the entire Yuanling Prefecture. They were the superpower of the Yuanling Prefecture, and becoming the manager of Baiyang Town would undoubtedly bring them the protection and significant profits of the Lingwu Clan.

Despite the old patriarch of the Yang family and the head of the Bai family being close, they still wanted to compete this time.

Long Chen laughed and said, “That’s because they lack vision!”

Yang Lingqing tucked her long hair behind her ear and said with a hint of helplessness, “Our Yang family’s young strong ones are Yang Wu, Sister Lingyue, and you. At most, we are equivalent to one seventh-level and two sixth-level Dragon Vein Realm practitioners.”

“The Bai family has two sixth-level and two seventh-level Dragon Vein Realm practitioners. Bai Shiji is comparable to Yang Wu, but Bai Shichen reached the seventh level at seventeen, making him the first to reach that level. His cultivation is unfathomable, and he has always been the strongest among the young generation in Baiyang Town.”

Long Chen asked curiously, “But he’s just at the seventh level. What makes Bai Shichen special?”

Yang Lingqing shook her head and said, “You don’t know. It’s said he’s almost at the eighth level. Moreover, he has learned the second level of the Yellow-grade high technique, the Netherworld Cave Finger. The Netherworld Cave Finger is even stronger than our Dragon Seal. Our Dragon Seal has two moves, but the Netherworld Cave Finger has three. The second move’s attack power far exceeds the Azure Dragon Seal, and Yang Wu has only learned the Azure Dragon Seal.”

Yang Lingqing’s tone was filled with helplessness as she described Bai Shichen.

“Seventh level, Netherworld Cave Finger? Indeed, it’s very terrifying. But I, Long Chen, only lost to him in true qi.”

At this moment, Yang Lingqing turned to look at him and said, “With Bai Shichen, the Bai family can even hunt eighth-grade Yellow beasts. How can our Yang family be a match for them?”

Long Chen didn’t know how to answer and said, “Don’t lose heart. If you give up before the start, that’s cowardly. I, Long Chen, am not a coward. No matter what, I’ll beat them!”

Yang Lingqing couldn’t stand Long Chen’s occasional lack of seriousness. She glared at him and said, “Your habit of boasting hasn’t changed. You and the Bai family have a deep grudge. In the Demon Hunt, you are the most dangerous. You should focus on practicing and stay far away to avoid being humiliated…”

Long Chen quickly said, “Alright, Lady, I understand.”

But he secretly thought, “Stay far away? That’s not my style.”

Seeing Long Chen’s indifferent attitude, Yang Lingqing was speechless.

In a moment, Long Chen followed Yang Lingqing into a tall building, passing through several corridors and entering a door. To his surprise, a vast open space lay before him.

Looking at the streets and the shops, Long Chen was a bit stunned.

“This is the Warrior Market. I don’t know about the soul-nourishing drugs you’re looking for. You can ask around. You’ve always been smart, so I’m sure you won’t be cheated. I’m almost at the sixth level of the Dragon Vein Realm but lack a breakthrough. I’ll go look for it myself to avoid being annoyed by you.”

Without waiting for Long Chen’s response, she turned into one of the streets.

Baiyang Town had many warriors. Long Chen saw over a hundred people walking on the street, all of them warriors, with some experts hidden among them.

“This Warrior Market is truly a place of hidden dragons and tigers.”

“Ling Xi, can you sense any soul-nourishing drugs?”

Ling Xi’s weak voice sounded in his ear, “Get closer. I can’t sense it from far away. Such drugs are quite rare in this small town. I need to search carefully…”

Ling Xi’s voice was even weaker, and Long Chen was very anxious, praying to find the drug.

Determined, Long Chen entered the first pharmacy. The Warrior Market had many shops, including weapon forging, selling spirit drugs, and pawnshops.

These pawnshops mainly collected materials from beast bodies and rare treasures. Of course, if there were pawns, there were also buyers. The Warrior Market had almost everything a warrior needed.

Entering the first pharmacy, Long Chen felt a strong medicinal aroma. Even high-grade spirit drugs like mountain demon ginseng were not rare here. Long Chen noticed that transactions were made using spirit jade, and even gold and silver were not considered valuable. He only had five hundred spirit jades, so he knew he had to be careful.

These five hundred spirit jades were given by the old patriarch of the Yang family for his cultivation, but to save Ling Xi, Long Chen didn’t care.

Pretending to look around, Long Chen actually let Ling Xi do the searching. After a full circle, he found nothing.

Long Chen was anxious and found the shop owner, a stern middle-aged man, and asked, “Does your shop sell soul-nourishing drugs?”

The shop owner was taken aback and said, “I’m sorry, we don’t have them.”

Long Chen looked disappointed.

“Young man, in this small Baiyang Town, soul-nourishing drugs are basically unsellable, so shops like mine generally don’t stock them. If you really need them, try other shops.”

Long Chen nodded, thanked the shop owner, and left the pharmacy, asking Ling Xi anxiously, “From what he said, there are no such drugs in Baiyang Town, Ling Xi…”

“What do we do…”

Ling Xi’s voice was also panicked. The remoteness of Baiyang Town exceeded her expectations.

Long Chen clenched his fists and said, “No, we haven’t checked all the shops yet. We can’t give up. I won’t believe that a large Warrior Market has no such drugs!”

He then went from shop to shop. There were at least fifty pharmacies in the Warrior Market, and it took a lot of time to check each one. The bad news he received was even more worrying.

“I’m sorry, we don’t have such drugs.”

“We generally don’t stock such drugs.”

“They don’t sell.”

Long Chen’s face grew darker, and he became more anxious.

“If we can’t find them, it’s fine. I know my time is limited, but Long Chen, it’s been nice knowing you…”

Long Chen’s eyes turned red, and he growled, “Don’t say such nonsense. There are still shops to check. I won’t believe I can’t do this. If we can’t find them in Baiyang Town, I’ll go elsewhere. I won’t participate in the Demon Hunt!”

“That’s not possible, and I still need to remove the restriction for you…”

Just as they were at a loss, several explosions were heard, and people on the street rushed towards the source. Long Chen didn’t want to get involved, but soon someone said, “It seems a young girl from the Yang family is in conflict with the Bai family!”

“Yang Lingqing?”

{Piaotian Literature}