Black markets were a real mixed bag.
They teemed with a motley crew.
It was possible to find a hidden treasure,
but far more likely that you'd be deceived.
You could even be ambushed and end up as fodder for someone else's advancement.
Such things,
even someone like Wang Xiao'Er, a mere Qi Introduction First Layer, had heard of.
Wang Xiao'Er naturally felt a sense of goodwill toward a generous patron like Shen Changchuan.
So he discreetly shared some of what he knew, offering Shen Changchuan a few warnings.
For instance, there was an old man who often set up a stall in a corner selling Immortal Cultivation Techniques. It was said that anyone who bought his techniques met a bad end, disappearing without a trace.
Then there was the Elixir stall that sold its wares for less than a third of the market price. In reality, they used a special method to coat a thin layer of Elixir onto a jade sphere, passing it off as the real thing...
Shen Changchuan listened with great interest.
