Mortal Mirror

Under Bai Su's stern gaze, Li Ergou had no choice but to compromise, saying, "Well, I found a few small problems in the armory."

"What problems?" Bai Su asked immediately.

Seeing this, Li Ergou no longer concealed anything and told her what he had seen with his divine sense.

Unexpectedly, Bai Su didn't seem to care too much after hearing this, but frowned and said, "The superiors specifically mentioned the armory. Sword Villa is no ordinary place, and the superiors want to personally inspect the items in the armory.

Even I don't dare to enter it easily now. If something unexpected happens, I won't be able to explain it.

Don't mention this matter to anyone. Let's wait until tonight to talk about it. It's almost time now. Since you're in such a hurry, let's go to the market first.

Actually, the market isn't as good as you expect. It all depends on luck. Don't be too disappointed when the time comes."

Li Ergou immediately rejoiced and said, "That's great! It doesn't matter if I'm disappointed or not. I just want to try my luck."

Chen Bajin, hearing their conversation, became interested and said, "What market? Can you take me with you?"

Bai Su glanced at Chen Bajin and said, "The entrance fee is one Dao-hiding gold coin. Are you still going?"

"What the heck? One Dao-hiding gold coin for the entrance fee? Isn't that asking for my life? Forget it. Even if I went in, I wouldn't be able to afford anything. You guys go ahead," Chen Bajin said, curling his lips and turning to leave.

Li Ergou looked at Bai Su and said, "The entrance fee is that much money?"

Bai Su rarely showed a slight smile and said, "Of course, I was just kidding him. Let's go."

Li Ergou: "…"

He really didn't expect that Bai Su would also lie.

As the sun set, the afterglow of the setting sun illuminated the clouds in the sky, turning them fiery red. In the southeast corner of Fish City, there was a dilapidated small inn.

The inn had no name, but it had a sign in front of the door with the words 'Inn' written on it in a scribbled manner.

This place was relatively remote, and not many people came and went, but one could see groups of two or three people walking directly into the inn. These people all exuded a very powerful aura, and it was clear at a glance that they were not ordinary people.

Before long, two sword lights could be seen flying from the horizon and landing not far from the inn.

Li Ergou looked at the inn and said to Bai Su in slight surprise, "You don't mean to say that the black market is in this small inn, do you?"

Bai Su nodded slightly and said, "What's so surprising about that? The more powerful a place is, the more inconspicuous its appearance is. That's how it avoids attracting attention.

Let's go. Don't look down on this small inn. There's more to it than meets the eye."

Li Ergou thought that what Bai Su said seemed to make sense, so he didn't think too much and followed Bai Su.

Entering the inn, one could see that the seats inside were old and worn, and two or three people were drinking. When they saw Bai Su's appearance, their eyes revealed a hint of lust, but after seeing the official uniform on Bai Su's body, they immediately sobered up a bit and honestly drank their wine.

At this time, a waiter trotted over and said diligently to Bai Su, "Please come inside, sir."

Bai Su said, "Take us downstairs."

The waiter glanced at Li Ergou and hesitated slightly, "Sir, this person looks unfamiliar."

Bai Su snorted and said, "Why are you talking so much nonsense? Would there be a problem with the person I brought?"

The waiter said in fear, "No, of course not. I was just being nosy. We'll go over now."

Li Ergou and Bai Su were led to the backyard of the inn. Only then did Li Ergou realize that this was a courtyard with two entrances and two exits.

The two were then led to a room in the backyard. There was nothing in the room except a dark hole in the ground. Beside the hole, a fat man and a thin man were sitting. These two were quite powerful, both being Golden Core stage experts.

When the two saw Bai Su, they both showed a friendly smile on their faces.

The fat man said, "So it's Officer Bai. You've come at a good time. It just so happens to be the grand market that's held once every three months. The grand market is about to begin. Please enter quickly. The fee is ten taels of gold per person. Please pay it."

After all that, they still had to pay. This entrance fee was really expensive. He sincerely hoped it was worth it.

Li Ergou thought to himself. Bai Su glanced at him and said, "What are you thinking about? Pay up."

Li Ergou muttered to himself, 'I thought you were going to treat me. So you brought me here to freeload a ticket.'

However, he still honestly took out two gold ingots and handed them to the fat man.

The fat man glanced at Li Ergou and chuckled, "So this is the now-famous Li Ergou of Fish City."

Li Ergou said in slight surprise, "You know me?"

The fat man said, "Of course. We register everyone in Fish City who has a little bit of fame, so my brother and I know your name. Iron-Blooded Mad Catcher, right?

My name is Zhang San, and this is my brother Li Si. We can be considered acquainted from now on. Please take care of us in the future."

Li Ergou felt happy inside. He didn't expect that he would be so famous. He immediately said happily, "Easy, easy."

Then he and Bai Su stepped into the hole in the ground.

It could be seen that there was a spiral staircase inside the hole leading downwards. After walking down about fifty zhang, they reached the bottom. Ahead was a passage that was five zhang long.

Exiting the passage, the front suddenly opened up, turning into a huge underground space. There was a space of hundreds of zhang here. On the cave walls above, many luminous pearls were embedded, so the entire underground world was very bright.

What surprised Li Ergou the most was that there were quite a few people here, as many as several hundred. He was surprised in his heart that there were so many experts in Fish City.

This time, he had broadened his horizons.

Bai Su said, "The grand market is held once every three months, so there are more people. Many of these people are low-level cultivators like you who were brought in by high-level cultivators. There's no need to be surprised."

Li Ergou blinked his eyes, thinking that's how it was. In this way, he didn't need to be too nervous.

Taking a light breath, he followed Bai Su around.

It could be seen that the entire underground world was divided into several roads. On both sides of the roads, there were many stalls. Bai Su told him that there was a fee to set up a stall. Each stall fee was also ten taels of gold.

Li Ergou sighed, 'This is really a guaranteed profit without loss.'

There were many things on those stalls, mostly spiritual herbs, magical artifacts, elixirs, and all kinds of strange things.

For example, a seemingly ordinary fire stick. The head of the fire stick was inlaid with a red bead. He didn't know what kind of weapon it was.

Broken swords, scales and armor of demon beasts, internal organs, flesh, and even demon cores.

Looking at these various things, Li Ergou only felt that he had really opened his eyes.

Bai Su seemed to be accustomed to these things and was not very curious. Li Ergou was dazzled and had to go over to look at everything, just like a country bumpkin who had never seen the world.

The stall owners were very patient. They answered all of Li Ergou's questions, which allowed Li Ergou to understand a lot of things.

Just as Li Ergou was immersed in it, he heard a roar from afar, "Buy it if you can afford it. If you can't afford it, don't make trouble here."