68: I want the goods, but I don't want to pay.

"How should I address you, sir?"

The auctioneer bowed and asked, looking at the biggest god of wealth tonight before him. He was so respectful that he practically wanted to perform a windmill on the spot and kneel down to kowtow to Zhou Yan.

However, this was not strange.

"Greed" and "lack of bottom line" were naturally the fine traditions of the Lianxing Pavilion since ancient times.

Here, having money makes you the boss, and those who spend extravagantly are held up to the heavens.

Zhou Yan waved his hand, his tone flat.

"I dare not claim to be a boss. My surname is Xiao, and my given name is Sheng."

As his voice fell, the crowd that was originally chatting and laughing suddenly fell silent for a moment.

Many people's expressions changed slightly, exchanging glances, before quickly returning to normal and continuing to chat and make merry, as if nothing had happened.

Only the two words "Xiao Sheng" had already been silently noted in the hearts of many.

But they did not know that, at this very moment, on the mini-map in Zhou Yan's eyes, bright red marks had long appeared above their heads.

Those were signals representing "hostile" and "dangerous".

Immediately after, Zhou Yan carelessly tossed out a large pile of Mid-Grade Spirit Stones to complete the transaction, attracting the attention of many Loose Cultivators once again.

More red names lit up one after another, and an "army of red names" was gathering in the shadows.

However, at least within this black market, they dared not make a move for the time being.

Since Zhou Yan could become the most conspicuous figure in the auction house tonight, he was naturally on the protection list of the black market management.

Safe, at least it was still safe for now.

After completing the transaction, Zhou Yan inadvertently glanced at the Spirit Stones he had just spent.

As his gaze swept over the small lock icon below the Spirit Stone icon, the corners of his mouth beneath the mask couldn't help but curl up, though he forcibly suppressed it.

Can't laugh, it's not the time yet. At least wait until after leaving the black market.

So he began to stroll around the black market on purpose.

Although Zhou Yan had not yet reached Foundation Establishment and had not been able to achieve Awakening of his Divine Sense, he was very certain that he had definitely been marked with countless tracking tags. And this was also within his expectations.

Walking to a stall, Zhou Yan pretended to lean down to examine the goods, but the moment he turned around, he suddenly exerted force and bolted!

With this run, the whole street was instantly in chaos.

The Cultivators who were originally bargaining, chatting, and laughing almost all moved at the same time, chasing after him in unison.

Even a stray dog that was originally peeing in the corner suddenly flipped up, kicked off the ground with its two legs, and joined the chase regardless of anything else.

"Hahaha, wanting to catch up to my Water-Skipping lightness skill? Not that easy!" Zhou Yan laughed loudly while sprinting.

Watching "Zhou Yan", "Jiang Hongyue", and "Xiao Sheng" running faster and faster.

The people chasing behind were also gradually struggling.

They were not Foundation Establishment Cultivators and had not experienced Physical Body tempering; facing Zhou Yan's agile and neat movement techniques and his Physical Body Realm far exceeding ordinary people, they simply couldn't catch up.

Seeing the red names behind gradually decreasing, Zhou Yan felt increasingly calm. The plan was going smoothly, only the last step remained.

The portal was right ahead. As long as he passed through that light curtain, a random teleportation would be triggered.

This was the rule he had specifically asked Huo Zhongshan about before preparing to do this "big event".

And now, he just needed to reach it!

Zhou Yan leaped like an antelope jumping over a ravine, then followed up with a dragonfly-skimming-water lightness footwork, and the portal was already within reach.

He landed lightly, even calmly straightened his robes, and only then slowly turned around.

"He's going to run!"

"Stop him!"

The shouting behind him was getting closer and closer, but in Zhou Yan's ears, it was like the prelude to victory.

Finally, the first pursuer rushed to the portal, just in time to see Zhou Yan standing in front of the light curtain, his eyes full of mockery.

Zhou Yan even raised his hand to applaud lightly, his tone smiling.

"Congratulations, you are the first to arrive."

The subsequent crowd also arrived one after another, and the first person finally realized what Zhou Yan was going to do, his expression changed drastically, and he threw himself at him regardless of everything, even disregarding the black market's rule against using force.

Eighteen times acceleration.

The surrounding time slowed down once again. In Zhou Yan's eyes, the opponent's ferocious expression and the grabbing hand were all as if frozen.

If there was plenty of time, he would really like to accompany them and have a good time.

But not now. If he dragged it out any longer, when those Foundation Establishment Cultivators arrived, the trouble would be big.

Zhou Yan stepped forward quickly, neatly stripped the opponent of all his clothes, conveniently covered him with his own outer robe, and quickly changed into a Dong Family servant uniform that he was all too familiar with.

Time resumed flowing.

The man was still rushing forward due to inertia, but seeing no one in front of the portal, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

But he quickly figured it out; Zhou Yan must have already escaped into the door, and this door would teleport randomly.

If he gave up now, there would definitely be no good fruit to eat upon returning, so it was better to continue chasing; if he could catch him, that would be better, and if he couldn't, he would still have something to say.

With a turn of thought, he rushed into the teleportation light curtain without hesitation.

The people who arrived later saw a Zhou Yan-like life form flash in and, without thinking, followed suit one after another.

Everyone held the same thought: follow the target closely, and you can't go wrong!

They might have initially paid attention to the tracking marks, but after being led in circles by Zhou Yan, they had long since turned to following the "peers" in front.

Thus, one after another, they all rushed recklessly into the random teleportation portal.

Zhou Yan didn't stand up from the group of vendors who were scared and huddled in the corner until the last person also disappeared into the door.

He walked calmly towards the gate, calculating their teleportation time and movement speed in his mind; by now, they should have already run a considerable distance.

So he stepped out.

Swish—

Light flickered, and when Zhou Yan opened his eyes again, he was already in a vast plain.

Checking the mini-map, this was quite a distance from Jiangzhou Prefecture. The surroundings were silent, with only the occasional bird chirping or insect singing; there was no one else around.

Zhou Yan finally took off his mask and took a deep breath of fresh air.

"Hehehe, this is what you call black eating black."

He chuckled out loud, then waved his hand.

"golden bow, mine!"

A golden longbow appeared in his hand in response.

And at this time, Li Zhe, who was far away in the black market, was looking around with a blank face. He pinched himself hard to confirm it wasn't a dream, and finally roared to the sky with tears and snot streaming down his face.

"Jiang Hongyue! You deserve to die!"

Taking back the golden bow was far from over.

Since the System update, many function modules had changed.

In the beginning, defeating opponents could drop Spirit Stones; although they were bound Spirit Stones and could not be traded, they could still be used in reality.

Later, it was changed to currency exchange, and the setting of dropping Spirit Stones was never seen again; perhaps the planners were also afraid of inflation.

However, he had his stratagem, and I had my countermeasures.

Wouldn't it work if Zhou Yan created bound Spirit Stones himself?

"Hehehe."

He let out his signature chuckle again and waved his hand again.

"Spirit Stone, also mine!"

In an instant, countless Spirit Stones marked with small lock icons instantly filled his storage backpack.

And at this time in the black market auction house, the auctioneer and others were beaming with joy over today's huge harvest.

But just after putting the Spirit Stones into storage, they watched helplessly as the mountain of Spirit Stones instantly disappeared without a trace.

Everyone collapsed on the spot, stunned for a moment, and then began to curse and weep.

"Xiao Sheng! You beast!!"

Zhou Yan counted the golden bow and Spirit Stones in his hands, as well as the Materials and the Dragon egg full in his backpack, and a strong sense of satisfaction welled up in his heart.

I've already come here to spend and pawn things, and you still want to earn my money?

You want to take all the good things?

Today I will teach you a lesson on what true black eating black is.

"Sigh, in order to sweep away black forces and eliminate evil, I, Censor Zhou, have also gone to great pains."

He shook his head and chuckled, his figure gradually disappearing at the end of the plain.