436: The heart of the black market rules! It's been set up!

Xiu lowered his head to look at the list on the table, then got up and walked towards the door: "I still have 3 important Guests to attend to!"

Creak! He opened the door and walked straight out.

When the head waiter Qingyu turned his head, he saw a ring on Xiu's desk.

He immediately smiled slightly, walked to the table, and picked up the ring: "Scheme No. 3, huh! It seems the adult's appetite isn't ordinary! Daring to fleece even the relatives of important council members!"

"However! This has nothing to do with me!"

"I only collect money, provide service, and arrange the Reaping Squad!"

Shortly after.

On the auction stage in the center of the auction house, the host excitedly introduced in a low voice: "Friends! The final grand finale item of this auction has appeared!"

"This is the black market rule core of the Sunset Black Market!"

He had barely spoken two sentences when most people in the venue below became agitated.

"Holy crap, no way! That's the famous Sunset Black Market among the First-Tier Black Markets! Ranked sixth, a black market 7 places higher than the Cross Star Black Market! How is this possible?"

"I heard that because they openly snatched members by unscrupulous means, reaching an extremely shameless level, they angered a certain big shot, and also committed hundreds of violations of the mist rule! The result was that they were targeted by a group of max-level Third-Turn Professionals!"

"Hiss! Did the mist rule take action?"

"No! They were wiped out by the punishment squad of the Punishment Hall of the Mist Survivors Guild!"

At this moment, Su Lie's eyes widened.

He looked at the treasure on the auction stage, which was shaped like a dragon turtle imperial seal, and sensed a strange aura.

He also heard the discussions of the crowd in the venue, and he couldn't help but feel confused.

At this moment, he heard another conversation happening in a corner, which made him focus.

He heard: "Huh! Why do Black Markets still have tiers?"

"Holy crap! Brother, you must have just been promoted, right?"

"Exactly! I came with a friend this time to check things out, and I didn't expect to hear such a secret. This trip was totally worth it!"

"Haha! Let me tell you! Black Markets, just like our territories and Shelters, have ranks! If any faction or life form wants to establish one, they must start from the lowest tier, which is Tier One!"

Listening to the explanation from the corner, Su Lie also understood the grading of the Black Markets.

The First-Tier Black Markets mainly deal with the illicit items held by Second Turn and Third-Turn Professionals and life forms of the same rank and tier.

The Second-Tier Black Markets mainly deal with Fourth-Turn and Fifth-Turn Professionals and life forms of the same rank and tier.

Third-Tier and Fourth-Tier follow this pattern.

Black Market advancement does not rely on reputation, nor on how much money they can earn.

Instead, it relies on how much contribution they can make to the mist rule.

The Mist Black Market Ranking is simply a ranking based on this contribution.

The higher the ranking of the Black Market, the higher its contribution to the mist rule, and naturally, the stronger its power.

"So what exactly is the rule core of a Black Market?"

Su Lie looked closely at the auction stage: "Why didn't the Cross Star Black Market just absorb this core?"

Just as his doubts arose, the host's voice sounded again: "Everyone! You must have a question! Why, when our Cross Star Black Market obtained the black market rule core of the Sunset Black Market, did we not absorb it?"

This sentence successfully quieted the venue.

All life forms couldn't help but lean in to listen.

This was a secret to 99.9999% of the life forms present.

"This is because the rule core of every Black Market can only be upgraded by contributing to the mist rule; it cannot absorb other cores. Otherwise, we wouldn't be auctioning it here!"

The host smiled and revealed a point: "The other reason is that every core is unique and possesses its own set of operating rules! After a Black Market is destroyed, they transform into items and flow into the market!"

"Any faction or individual that obtains this item can use it to sign a Black Market contract with the mist rule and establish a Black Market!"

"Of course! You can also use it to establish your own trading platform, or even accept special rule missions!"

"These kinds of missions cannot be accepted at any guild; they can only be accepted using this item! This function is similar to a Mist Sacrifice Altar!"

"As long as you complete the mission, you can receive corresponding rewards, rich experience, countless wealth, and even Secret Realms or Dungeons!"

Under his explanation, the people in the venue couldn't help but become excited.

Su Lie heard this and was slightly thoughtful: "What about the drawbacks?"

The host once again promoted the value of the item, and when he saw the timing was right, he announced: "Of course! Everything has advantages and disadvantages; there is no perfect life form, nor is there a perfect item!"

"Inside this item is the debt owed by the Sunset Black Market to the mist rule!"

"The existence that buys it and uses it must pay off the debt for the Sunset Black Market!"

"If the debt cannot be repaid, they will suffer the punishment of the rules!"

After he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the venue calmed slightly.

The host immediately continued: "The starting bid for the Sunset black market rule core is 100 million trillion rationality pills! Each subsequent bid must not be lower than 10 billion trillion rationality pills!"

As he spoke, hundreds of private rooms lit up their signs one after another.

In just the blink of an eye, the price of this item had already exceeded 3,000 billion trillion rationality pills.

Su Lie hesitated for a moment, but ultimately gave up: "Who knows what the debt inside is! If it involves a Third-Turn Professional, wouldn't I lose out if I bought it, taking the lightning strike for someone else for no reason! It's not worth the risk!"

He shook his head.

Now that he had obtained what he wanted and witnessed the rules of the Cross Star Black Market and the magnificence of the auction, he had no other thoughts.

He just waited for the time to end so he could instantly teleport home.

About 5 minutes later, the rule core of the Sunset Black Market was auctioned off for the price of 9,500 trillion trillion rationality pills.

Seeing no further bids, the host brought down the gavel directly.

After three crisp strikes of the gavel, the host announced that the item was won by the Guest in First-Class Box No. 1.

Just as Su Lie thought he could leave, someone walked onto the stage and exchanged a few quiet words with the host.

The host was surprisingly silent for a few seconds before speaking again: "Everyone! Our auction house has been entrusted by an important client to add an extra auction item! This is an unplanned item, it..."

This caused everyone who was about to leave to look toward the auction stage.

On the stage was an oddly shaped item.

It was constructed from carved beast heads resembling wooden tumors, shaped like a tiger descending a mountain, yet possessing dense root systems and lush leaves.

Above the roots of this item was a tree hole resembling a door.

This reminded Su Lie of his dried corpse tree.

"Could it be some kind of tree that can grow monsters?"

This caught Su Lie's attention...

At the same time, in First-Class Box No. 001, the Angel Clan youth Meilin looked at the successful bid for the finale item, shaped like a dragon turtle imperial seal, and let out a long sigh of relief: "Phew! I finally managed to get the item Father King requested!"

He couldn't help but pick up the item and examine it closely.

The Old Servant and Head Waiter Qingyu exchanged messages via Spirit transmission for a few seconds, after which Qingyu handed the Old Servant a jade talisman.

After greeting Meilin, Qingyu quietly withdrew.

Immediately after, the Old Servant smiled and said to Meilin: "Master! I have already used a treasure worth 100 billion trillion rationality pills to purchase the information for First-Class Box No. 003. That is someone named Liu Xiu..."

He detailed Su Lie's alias information to Meilin.

This made Meilin glare, and he cursed in a low voice: "You damn trash Refiner, a Level 70 Second Turn with no backing, you actually dare to snatch my stuff! You really don't know how to live or die!"

"Chekoma! I want to go with you this time!" he said with malice in his eyes.

Chekoma quickly patted Meilin's hand after hearing this: "Master! The rule core of the Sunset Black Market is the most critical! Let's split up; you send it back! I will avenge you and retrieve the pan god bloodline!"

"No! Didn't you say this guy can 100% refine Level 12 divine pills? I don't want him dead; I want to torment him properly, make him kneel and kowtow to confess his crimes, and then turn him into my slave!"

Meilin shook his head viciously: "I want him to refine pills for me for the rest of his life! Let him suffer humiliation for the rest of his life! I'll lock this hateful trash up with my ram pet; I want him to become a sheep slave!"

"Only I can do this!"

"Chekoma! Are you trying to subdue a slave for me?"

"That is not a privilege a mere servant should have!"

He looked seriously at his Old Servant Chekoma.

Chekoma immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Master, please rest assured! This Old Servant will definitely ensure your safety this time!"

"That's right! I am a dignified Level 99 Second-Turn Professional, plus you, a Level 149 Third-Turn Professional! We can act tyrannically even in the Cross Star Black Market! What is there to be afraid of!"

Only then did Meilin, full of confidence, look at the exhibit on the energy screen.

He shook his head regretfully: "What a pity! That item is a resource for experience and materials, but I didn't bring enough resources, so I can only watch it slip through my fingers!"

Also at the same time, in Box No. 9, a fox-eared servant handed a jade tablet to the Qingqiu Fox Clan princess: "Master! Manager Qingyu has obtained the intelligence! He also arranged our Teleportation area to be in the Black Abyss!"

"The Black Abyss? That place is a land of death! Desolate and uninhabited, where the rules are chaotic! It is a place of indiscriminate killing permitted by the mist rule!"

The Qingqiu Princess Tushan Ronghua nodded.

A pink aura surrounded her body, and she swept her loose hair behind her ear: "That place is indeed a great spot for murder and treasure snatching! However... we must proceed with this matter in secret!..."

Saying this, she turned and asked another servant: "Xiaoyu! Did you bring the Shadowless Cloak refined by Grandma?"

"Miss! I brought it! I brought it! I also brought the Seamless Pill and the Ten Thousand Poisons Gourd!"

The maid named Xiaoyu held up her storage pouch and said seriously: "Oh right! I also have a Shift Command Token! It can let us instantly return to the Qingqiu territory!"

"Hmm! This is the only bad thing about Qingqiu; the space there is chaotic, making it impossible to use conventional Teleportation Marks to return, so we must rely on the Shift Command Token!"

Tushan Ronghua nodded, then said to the servant who had just handed her the jade tablet: "Lingyu! In a moment, you must do this... and this..."

"Understood, Master!"

Lingyu's eyes lit up, and she nodded.

At this moment, a servant standing in front of the window watching the auction venue excitedly said to Tushan Ronghua: "Master! We won the bid! We won the bid! We got the fierce beast lair tree! We bought it for only 1,000 trillion rationality pills!"

"Hmm! Very good! This thing is a total windfall! The day after tomorrow is my little brother's birthday; giving him this for his training should make him very happy!"

Tushan Ronghua nodded, saying contentedly: "It's just a pity! This thing can only breed 100 Level 50 fierce beasts every day! And it cannot be planted in the secret garden; it can only be planted in the Paddy Field! Is this also rice? The mist rule's logic is truly bizarre!"

Just as she was complaining, streaks of light appeared at the auction venue.

The disappearance of each streak represented the departure of a member.

At this moment, the three private boxes, First-Class 001, 003, and 009, simultaneously lit up with a single beam of light.

But what was seen outside the boxes was that all three boxes lit up because of this.

When Su Lie emerged from the light of the teleportation, he couldn't help but frown, a flash of vigilance appearing in his eyes: "Is the Cross Star Black Market trying to retaliate against me because of Zhang Shun? They really say one thing and do another!"

While muttering, Su Lie suddenly sensed a wave of power fluctuating toward him from the surroundings.

This made his heart tighten.

Su Lie immediately activated the Invisibility Rule of the invisibility ring...