I Am Overlord - Chapter 82

Chapter 82

Chapter 82: Black Gold

Wu Town was considered a middle-tier town within the Cloud Margin City's territory . Despite being a middle-tier town, it had a large population . The market was always crowded with all sorts of people . Ordinary citizens, traveling merchants, cultivators, and many other types of people filled the market with hustle and bustle .

"Boss, I thought you were a cultivation addict . Why do you have the time to bring me out?" Xia Liuhui asked .

"Cultivating is something that needs to be done a step at a time . It is pointless to spend all the time cultivating . Occasional breaks might very well help you grow instead," Xiang Shaoyun said .

"Is that so?" Xia Liuhui couldn't really get what Xiang Shaoyun was saying .

On the other hand, Elder Zhen Peng behind them seemed to have realized something . "Perhaps I have been spending too much time in seclusion . I should have taken the time to experience the emotions of the mundane world . That way, I will be able to further improve my mental state . "

Xiang Shaoyun strolled around aimlessly as he was really out here only to take a breather with no specific goal in mind . But they hadn't even been in town for long before Elder Zhen Peng spoke using voice transmission, "Young master, I think someone is tailing us . "

Xiang Shaoyun frowned, Is the Wu Clan still not giving up?

At this thought, he slowed down before whispering to Elder Zhen Peng, "Just pretend we haven’t realized yet . Let's see what they want first . We'll take care of them later . "

"Yes, young master . " Elder Zhen Peng nodded .

After strolling through the market, they arrived at a distribution center . When Xiang Shaoyun saw that there were a lot of cultivators here, he squeezed into the crowd .

Here, a large number of stalls could be found . Even Astral Realm and Transformation Realm cultivators could be seen selling items . A large variety of items were being sold, such as medicines, herbs, precious ores, and rare treasures .

"Wow, there are so many things here!" Xia Liuhui cried out in surprise .

"Let's go . If you see anything you want, just let me know . Your boss will buy it for you!" Xiang Shaoyun offered generously .

"Hehe, thank you in advance, boss, "Xia Liuhui said as he rubbed his hands gleefully .

Xiang Shaoyun also started browsing through the stalls .

Although there really weren't many nice things being sold in a small town like this, it was still a nice place to stroll around while trying to figure out the goal of the people following them .

With Elder Zhen Peng present, he really wasn't worried that the Wu Clan would be able to do anything to him . Thus, Xiang Shaoyun browsed the stalls and strolled around in a completely relaxed mood .

There were many goods being sold, but very few of them were actually things Xiang Shaoyun really needed . After all, he was backed by the Martial Hall Palace now, and he could directly take what he needed from them . What this market had was incomparable to what the Martial Hall Palace had to offer .

"Huh? It's an agave! Too bad it's only half a stalk, so the medical efficacy is about 70 or 80 percent reduced," Xiang Shaoyun muttered as he crouched down before a stall and looked at a dragon-shaped vine .

Agave was a high-grade spirit medicine capable of greatly strengthening one's physical flesh . There was only half an agave here, and from how it looked, someone had probably gnawed off the other half . Thus, its medical efficacy had dropped greatly .

"How much for this?" Xiang Shaoyun asked the stall owner .

The stall owner answered nonchalantly, "Twenty low-grade spirit crystals . "

"But normal low-grade spirit medicines are only worth about five spirit crystals . Your agave only has the medical efficacy comparable to a low-grade spirit medicine . I don't think anyone will buy it at 20 spirit crystals," Xiang Shaoyun said as he shook his head . He wasn't some spendthrift fool .

Xiang Shaoyun was about to leave when his gaze landed on a piece of pitch-black stone . At the sight of that stone, a trace of astonishment surfaced in his eyes .

"Fifteen spirit crystals . Take it or leave it," said the stall owner .

"I can agree with the price if this stone is included as well," Xiang Shaoyun said as he weighed the pitch-black stone in his hand .

The stall owner hesitated slightly but eventually relented . "Deal . "

Xiang Shaoyun quickly paid the stall owner and kept the agave and black stone away .

I did not expect to see black gold here . Haha, I got lucky! Xiang Shaoyun thought gleefully .

Ordinary people would have no idea what this black stone was . But Xiang Shaoyun was a knowledgeable person who only needed a single glance to know that this was in fact a piece of black gold .

The black gold was a top-tier refining material . It was incomparably hard, and a tiny bit of it was enough to increase the quality of even a king weapon . It was a top quality material in the eyes of many blacksmiths . A black gold of this size was in fact worth at least 500 high-grade spirit crystals . Xiang Shaoyun had only spent 15 low-grade spirit crystals for it . It was as good as getting it for free .

Xiang Shaoyun had no plans of selling this black gold, however . He planned to use it to cultivate his own fate weapon . Although the black gold was not really the perfect material he had in mind, in his current situation, he would have to settle for it . He would first use it to create an early form of his weapon . In the future when he obtained better materials, he could then further improve his weapon .

Generally speaking, to cultivate one's own fate weapon, one needed to first reach an extremely high cultivation level and have an astral cosmos sea . Xiang Shaoyun had already formed an astral cosmos sea when he was only an Astral Realm cultivator . Since he had met the main requirement to form a fate weapon, he could start cultivating it much earlier than most people could .

After buying the agave and the black gold, Xiang Shaoyun directly kept them into his astral cosmos sea . With that, it would be hard for others to even know he had something like that in his possession . He continued strolling around when Little White suddenly meowed anxiously . After meowing, he ran toward a certain stall before Xiang Shaoyun could react .

"Little White, stand right there!" Xiang Shaoyun commanded . But he was still too slow . Little White was already at the stall and had a certain object in his mouth . The owner of the stall was obviously not an ordinary person . He sent his energy out his body, and with a wave of his palm, he sent Little White flying away .

"Where did this animal come from? You're trying to steal from me?" The stall owner was actually a Transformation Realm cultivator . His ability to send his energy outside his body made him look quite impressive .

"Little White!" Xiang Shaoyun cried out before dashing toward Little White .

Fortunately, Little White wasn't injured . After shaking his head, he stood back up and was about to pounce the stall again, but Xiang Shaoyun grabbed him and lifted him up .

"Stop messing around . Just tell me if you want anything," Xiang Shaoyun scolded .

After being scolded, Little White showed a wronged expression and pointed at the stall with his paw .

"Kid, take your pet away . If you keep messing around with me, I won't let you off so lightly anymore," the stall owner threatened .

"Is that so?" said Elder Zhen Peng as he appeared behind Xiang Shaoyun . Just as he was about to suppress the stall owner with his presence, Xiang Shaoyun waved his hand and said, "Little White was the one at fault . We don't have to be offended by this . " He then clasped his hand and saluted the stall owner and said, "My apologies . Seems like my pet has taken a liking to something you're selling . May I have a look at what it is?"