Heaven's Secret Markets could be seen everywhere in the Inner and Core Circles. There were even Heaven's Secret Cities named after Heaven's Secret.
Although cultivators could enter the Heaven's Secret Treasury with enough merit points and buy anything they wanted through the Heaven's Secret Pillar, merit points were hard to come by and no one would use them casually.
Under normal circumstances, cultivators would first go to the Heaven's Secret Commerce Alliance when they wanted to buy something because they used Spirit Stones to do business there. Only in some emergency situations or when they wanted to buy some rare items would cultivators use their merit points.
The existence of Heaven's Secret Markets and Heaven's Secret Cities made it extremely convenient for cultivators to do business. It also gave Rogue Cultivators who yearned for freedom a foothold. At the same time, a large number of mortals lived in these Heaven's Secret Cities.
This Heaven's Secret Market was not small. It could be said that any of the Heaven's Secret Market in the core circle was not small. This was because the cultivators who came and went here were all cultivators who had switched to Heaven-grade techniques. Thus, transactions were very frequent. This was why the Heaven's Secret Business Alliance was so wealthy.
At the entrance of the market, a young man carrying a saber stepped in. Immediately, a maid came forward to greet him.
In the Outer Circle, these maids didn't have high cultivations, but here, their cultivations were at least Seventh or Eighth Order. Moreover, they all had extraordinary appearances. Anyone who entered would easily feel at home.
After the maid saw the young man's appearance, the smile on her face suddenly froze. However, she quickly recovered and bowed, "Greetings, Senior Brother. Is Senior Brother here to buy or sell something?"
"Both."
"Senior Brother, please come in."
After a short while, a manager of the Commerce Alliance who was in charge of transactions pushed open the door and entered. The manager wasn't young, looking to be in his forties or fifties. However, his cultivation was only Ninth Order. The pure and resplendent aura around his body made him look like a veteran Ninth Order cultivator. It was unknown whether he had any hope of breaking through to the Cloud River Realm in this lifetime.
The manager cupped his fists and bowed, "Greetings, Fellow Daoist Yi Ye."
In the cubicle, Lu Ye held a teacup and sipped it carefully.
He was already used to being recognized at a glance. Myriad Demon Ridge had already spread his image across the entire battlefield, so how could the people of the Heaven's Secret Commerce Alliance not pay more attention to him?
"What is your surname?"
"This humble one's surname is Zhou."
"Fellow Daoist Zhou."
"Fellow Daoist Yi Ye," said Steward Zhou, producing a bag of holding and pushing it toward Lu Ye. "Your presence brings light to the Heavenly Mystery Commerce Alliance's humble abode. It is a great honor. Please accept this small gift."
Lu Ye looked at him in confusion. He had been in and out of the Tianji Business Alliance so many times, but this was the first time he had been given a gift the moment he arrived.
Steward Zhou explained with a smile, "The Merchant Union is a place to do business. It can't withstand the collision of two major factions. It's also not a refuge for anyone. I hope Fellow Daoist Yi Ye can forgive us."
Lu Ye knew that they had mistakenly thought that he had come to the Merchant Union to seek refuge.
"I've heard of the merchant union's background. Steward Zhou, you don't have to belittle yourself. Moreover … the merchant union's Tianji City or Tianji Market has always been a place of peace. It's not like no one has come to the merchant union to seek refuge. Why can't I come here?"
Steward Zhou said, "People can't be compared with each other. In the past, the grudges between those people were not a big deal. However, Fellow Daoist Yi Ye, you have now involved two major factions. Of course, if Fellow Daoist insists on staying here, the Merchant Union will not refuse. As long as Fellow Daoist is in the Merchant Union, the Merchant Union will protect Fellow Daoist's safety. No one can harm Fellow Daoist here. The Merchant Union will make money peacefully, but we will not use violent means. "
His words were neither servile nor overbearing. It clearly showed that the Tianji Business Alliance did not want to cause trouble, but they would not be afraid of trouble either.
Lu Ye had long felt that the Tianji Business Alliance's background was not simple. It could be seen from its name. In the entire Nine Provinces, only this force dared to use the name Tianji. No other forces in the Grand Heaven Alliance or the Wanmo Ridge had the name Tianji.
"I'm not here to seek refuge." Lu Ye raised his hand and pushed the bag of holding back.
Steward Zhou was stunned, "Then I have misunderstood Fellow Daoist."
Lu Ye took out two more bags of holding and a jade slip, "I want to sell some things and buy some array flags and other things while I'm at it."
Steward Zhou picked up the storage bag and jade slip, and after a brief inspection, the corners of his eyes couldn't help but twitch. He was shocked in his heart. Just how many people did Lu Yiye kill to have such a rich and varied loot? As for the things recorded in the jade slip, it wasn't a big deal. Most of them were some common array flags. Lu Yiye could buy as many as he wanted.
"Fellow Daoist, when do you want them?"
"That depends on when you want me to leave. I don't want to be blocked here. I just experienced something like this a few days ago. I'm a bit traumatized!"
"Fellow Daoist, please wait for a moment!" Steward Zhou said and turned to leave.
"Let me borrow the Tianji Pillar of the Merchant Union."
"Fellow Daoist, please follow me."
Following Steward Zhou out of the room, he was led by a maid into the Tianji Hall of the Tianji Business Alliance.
There was also a Tianji Hall in the Merchant Union. There was a Tianji Pillar inside. Moreover, the Tianji Pillar in the Merchant Union was not restricted to any camp or alliance contract. Anyone could use it. However, it was said that each use would require some merit points.
Most likely, it was a usage fee.
There was no one in the Tianji Hall. Lu Ye walked up to the Tianji Pillar and used the mark to connect to the Tianji Treasury.
As expected, using the Tianji Pillar of the Merchant Union to enter the Tianji Treasury cost fifty merit points.
Although fifty merit points were not a lot, it was not a small amount either. If converted to the lives of cultivators, with Lu Ye's current cultivation base, he would need to kill a few Heaven Realm cultivators.
Checking his merit points, he found that he had nine thousand eight hundred and forty-three. This was after deducting fifty merit points from the usage fee.
In order to buy the array flags in the Third Sacred Institute, he had spent what little merit points he had left. In less than three months, he had earned nearly ten thousand merit points.
In the entire Spirit Stream Battlefield, when it came to gaining merit points, there was probably no one who could compare to Lu Ye.
The main reason was that he had killed enough. When he was a Heaven Seven, killing a Heaven Seven would only give him ten merit points. However, if he killed a Heaven Eight, he would get twenty-two merit points. Killing a Heaven Nine would give him thirty-six merit points.
The merit points gained from killing enemies of a higher realm would increase by several times.
Lu Ye thought about it for a moment and spent eight thousand merit points to buy forty Earthcore Flames. As a result, he only had one thousand eight hundred and forty-three merit points left.
For the current him, the greatest use of merit points was to buy Earthcore Flames and let his Talent Tree devour them to unlock new spirit runes.
He always needed to save some merit points for emergencies, so he rarely spent all of his merit points.
As soon as he walked out of the Tianji Hall, Steward Zhou was already waiting outside. In order to prevent Lu Ye from staying in the Tianji Merchant Union for too long, he was very efficient.
Handing back two storage pouches, Steward Zhou said, "These are the array flags Fellow Daoist needs. Please check them."
Lu Ye opened the storage pouches and checked them. He nodded slightly.
He did not calculate the value of these array flags and the items he sold. In the current situation, the Tianji Merchant Union would definitely not take advantage of him.
They would be more than happy to leave as soon as possible, lest he bring trouble to them.
After keeping the storage pouches, Lu Ye walked out.
In the hall, a few pairs of eyes stared at him. Clearly, they were Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators who had rushed over after hearing the news. There were not many of them, only four or five.
It had only been five minutes since he entered the merchant union, but Myriad Demon Ridge had already received the news. He could foresee that many Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators should be rushing over at this moment.
If he did not leave now, he would really be surrounded again!
Walking out of the merchant union, Lu Ye summoned his spirit vessel and channeled his spirit energy, soaring into the sky.
The moment he left, the Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators followed. At the same time, a large group of Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators rushed over from outside the market and chased after him.
In a split second, streams of light flashed through the air with a shocking momentum. While chasing, the Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators were constantly sending messages to their friends.
"Watch out, he's coming back!" Suddenly, someone exclaimed.
Many Myriad Devil Ridge cultivators looked up and saw that Lu Ye had indeed turned around and brazenly charged towards them alone.
Even though there were dozens of Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators gathered, they could not help but panic at this moment.
The battle above the Myriad Poison Forest had made them realize how terrifying Lu Ye was. Thousands of people could not do anything to him, so how could dozens of people do anything to him now?
However, it was absolutely impossible to avoid the battle. The speed of Imperial Equipment was not as fast as the others. Once they avoided the battle, they would be defeated one by one.
Therefore, the leader of the Heavenly Nine cultivators immediately shouted, "Fight!"
Dozens of people immediately got into formation and looked nervously at the rapidly approaching figure.
Imperial Equipment and spells were the first to attack. Lu Ye nimbly shuttled through the attacks. The light of defensive spirit inscriptions appeared on his body from time to time, blocking the attacks that he could not avoid.
Nine spirit weapons flew out from the weapon box and opened a path in front of him, quickly approaching the enemy formation.
In front of him, several body cultivators blocked the front, each holding their own defensive spirit weapons with a serious expression.
Lu Ye's figure crashed into the body cultivator with the lowest cultivation level. At the same time, a long saber with flames wrapped around it slashed down.
The body cultivator instantly fell down like a meteorite from the sky. Lu Ye's figure was not hindered at all. He directly passed through the enemy formation and swung his Mountain Saber, drawing a string of blood.
At the same time he passed through the enemy formation, several people followed the body cultivator's figure and fell down.
In one exchange, several people died. The dozens of Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators' expressions became more and more serious.
The Heavenly Nine cultivator shouted in a low voice, "Don't panic, he can't last more than a few times!"
Although a few people had died on their side, Lu Ye had also suffered a lot of attacks in the short exchange just now. However, they were all blocked by the defensive spirit inscriptions, so he was unscathed.
However, this kind of battle consumed a lot of his spiritual power. The Heavenly Nine cultivators were not fools. They naturally knew that Lu Ye could not be so brave all the time.
Moreover, if they could delay Lu Ye here and wait for more of their companions to arrive, it would be worth it to die a few people.
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