Battle Through The Heavens Season 5
Ch. 8 - Xiao Yan in Financial Difficulty

The convoy darted down from the top of the mountain. Ten minutes later, they approached the dark and black city gate. Their speed slowly slowed down before finally lining up behind the long line of people and quietly waiting for their turn to enter the city.

Standing in front of the horse carriage, Xiao Yan raised his head and studied the dark mass that was the great city wall. His gaze swept across the three big words ‘Black’ Sign City placed right in the middle of the city gate. Moving his gaze slowly downwards, he finally stopped at the ten more dark-clothed men at the city gate. They looked like city guards in the outside world. However, in this place, anyone who wanted to enter had to hand over a sizable city entrance fee. Please be aware that if the entrance fee of this kind of city was placed in a neighborhood like the Jia Ma Empire, it would likely directly cause a commotion. However, in ‘Black’ Corner Region, things like this are common.

"Get lost, stop jumping around in front of me." Just as Xiao Yan was observing the city that had a special portion of the ‘Black’ Corner Region, a curse, which was filled with irritation, suddenly sounded in a place not far in front of him. Xiao Yan shifted his gaze. It was actually a bald and big man. Perhaps it was because he was impatient from all the wait, but he raised a skinny man in front of him by grabbing his palm.

"Ah." The words of the big bald-headed man had just fallen when the weak-faced skinny man who had been lifted by him suddenly turned around. A dagger was quickly pulled from his sleeve. The dagger let out a cold glint and violently pierced towards the throat of the big bald-headed man. However, fortunately the latter reaction was nimble. His neck was hurriedly pulled back and the dagger was misaligned and pierced in a half-inch spot under the throat. Immediately, fresh blood soared wildly and a sharp and terrifying scream sounded from the big bald man's mouth.

After seriously injuring the bald and big man with a single strike, the skinny young man swung his body and he was like a loach as his body contracted and pulled out of his clothes. After which, he rolled into the bushes on the side and disappeared.

"Bondage. I'm gonna kill you!" The eyes of the big bald-headed man were crimson as he pulled out a dagger. He lost his mind as he also stormed into the bushes. A short while later, a shout similar to the terrible scream from earlier came out from the bushes. It was a long time later before it gradually disappeared.

Xiao Yan stood on the frame of the carriage and was somewhat stunned as he looked at the bushes. When he heard that last blood-curdling scream, he knew that the big bald-headed man would have a hard time maintaining his life. However, what caused him to be astonished was that the strength of that big bald headed man should be around a Dou Shi star while that skinny skinny man only existed at the Dou Zhe class. The distance between the two was huge, yet the murderous punch of the thin and weak-looking man was actually extremely sharp and there was not even the slightest bit of doubt. This cruel type of cunning truly left one speechless. People who can survive in ‘Black’ Corner Region are indeed not ordinary characters. Only now did Xiao Yan truly understand this saying.

"Ke Ke, Mr. Yao Yan, don't judge a book by its cover in this Black‘ Corner Area. This is because the corpses of those who have died in ‘Black’ Corner Region due to being underestimated could almost fill the entire city. " Duo Ma smiled as he spoke.

"Ah." Xiao Yan nodded slightly. The scene he had witnessed with his own eyes allowed him to fully understand the rules of the ‘Black’ Corner Region.

The fight between the previous two people was like a short interlude and only gave the people who queued up entertainment. However, almost no one was wasting emotions on this.

The queue slowly moved forward. After waiting for almost half an hour, it was finally the convoy's turn. When the convoy reached the city gate, Duo Ma handed over a large bag of gold coins very quickly. Xiao Yan's eyes were sharp. He could clearly see that there was a small bag hidden in Duo Ma's hand when he handed over a large bag containing gold coins.

The black-clothed man indifferently accepted the gold coin and carelessly weighed it in his hand. His expression was a little softer, but he did not say anything unnecessary. He waved his hand and allowed the Duo Ma merchant group to enter the city.

"Ke Ke, Mister Yao Yan, where do you plan to go next?" After entering the city, Duo Ma's convoy stopped and he asked with a smile.

"I plan to take a walk around the city. Oh yes, may I know where I can find the largest amount of medicinal ingredients in ‘Black’ Sign City? " Xiao Yan jumped down from the horse carriage, raised his head, and asked.

"The drug? That would naturally be ‘Place of a Thousand Medicines’. As long as you have enough money, you will be able to purchase rare medicinal ingredients that people outside of this place will find difficult to find. " Duo Ma smiled as he replied.

"Ah, thank you very much. Since it's like this, let's split up here. We'll talk in the future if we get a chance. " Xiao Yan cupped his hands towards Duo Ma. He did not wait for the latter to say any courteous words he turned his body and entered into the human flow. After that he disappeared.

"Hopefully I can meet you again. However, among the people who die in ‘Black’ Corner Region every year, the number of deaths among new people is the highest. This is especially true of young people who have power. They were filled with youth energy and did not know how to hide their sharpness, clearly looking like they would be short-lived. But this little boy is much better. If his methods were even more ruthless, he might actually be able to adapt to this kind of place and make a name for himself. " As he stared at the back of Xiao Yan who had disappeared, Duo Ma bitterly laughed before waving his hand and leading the convoy to another street.

Xiao Yan slowly walked along the road. His gaze repeatedly swept over the shops on both sides of the street. However, what really caused Xiao Yan to be speechless was that before he finished walking on this short road, which was not even a hundred meters long, it was not, he had seen no less than ten fights. There were even situations like wielding a knife to a bloody fight. With regards to this kind of city, there was only one word to describe it appropriately. That was it: Chaotic!

"This should be the place, right?" Xiao Yan softly muttered in his heart. He increased his speed and walked into this medicinal shop with an incredible atmosphere. Immediately, the mixture of over a hundred different medicinal scents pounced on him, causing him to involuntarily have the urge to sneeze.

The size inside the drugstore was huge. Crystal counters are placed vertically and horizontally inside the store. There were different types of medicinal ingredients placed inside the transparent counter. At this moment, there were quite a number of people stopping their steps in front of this counter. The noise of noisy chatter repeatedly echoed within the shop.

Xiao Yan's footsteps slowly dragged him to the crystal counter. His gaze swept over the inside and shock flashed in his eyes. Just like Duo Ma said. Medicinal herbs in ‘Place of a Thousand Medicines’ is indeed difficult to find in the outside world. He really did not know how they could obtain such a large amount of unique medicinal ingredients.

Xiao Yan sighed in surprise as he shook his head. His gaze swept over the price shown under the medicinal ingredients and involuntarily became stunned. ‘High-rated Wood’ Three Pin Spirit Flower may be rare in the outside world, but its selling price is at most around fifty thousand gold coins. However, the price here was raised by almost three times that amount.

"One hundred and seventy thousand for one. These people might as well go and rob others directly. " Xiao Yan was speechless as he shook his head. With his current wealth, it seems that he can't even afford one ‘Three Pin Flower of Roh’ Wood.

Xiao Yan laughed bitterly. His gaze once again slowly swept over the crystal table. A moment later, he stood at the last counter with a somewhat stiff expression. From his previous observations, he had indeed found all the medicinal ingredients to refine one ‘Pil Purple Spiritual Recovery’. However, after his calculations, if he were to purchase all of these medicinal ingredients, he would need at least a hundred and seventy thousand gold coins.

"The unscrupulous shop ah, the immoral shop. It would be best if Old Hai was here. With him becoming the Great Elder of the Primer clan, it would definitely not be a problem to spend this much money. " Xiao Yan softly muttered in his mouth. Xiao Yan suddenly felt a little depressed. In the past, he had never cared about matters related to money. Now, he really started to get annoyed with money when he had just entered ‘Black-Corner’ Region.

"Teacher, what are we doing now?" In a helpless state, Xiao Yan could only bitterly smile and ask in his heart.

"Hee hee, I already told you that you will have trouble moving even an inch in ‘Black’ Corner Region if you don't have money." Yao Lao teased, "What else can you do? If you do not want to exchange items, then you must first forget about that ‘Pil Purple Spiritual Recovery’. Use the rest of your money to buy two sets of medicinal ingredients to refine ‘Pil Three Rows Green Spirit’. After that, go to the auction house and auction the medicinal pills you have refined. Otherwise, you will definitely not be able to get the medicinal ingredients. "

"Ah, we can only do this." Xiao Yan sighed and started turning around to look for medicinal ingredients to refine the Three Row‘ Green Spirit ’Pil. Lucky that ‘Green Soul Pill Three Baris’ is a tier four medicinal pill. Therefore, the required medicinal ingredients were much cheaper than those needed to refine the ‘Pil Purple Spiritual Recovery’.

"Oh that's right, I almost forgot to tell you an important matter. Although this problem will add to the problems you have on your already bad finances. " Said Yao Lao arrogantly with a smile, causing Xiao Yan to feel a little uncomfortable.

"Since you are planning to obtain that ‘Fallen Heart Flame’, you will have to complete all the necessary preparatory work like when you swallowed the ‘Green Lotus Core Flame’ back then." Yao Lao smiled before continuing, "When you swallow the ‘Fire Green Lotus Core’, you rely on the protection of the ‘Land Blood Lotus Pill to increase your chances of success. However, that ‘Fallen Heart Flame’ was ranked fourteen in the ‘Heavenly Flame Ranking’. It was much stronger than the ‘Green Lotus Core Flame’ ranked nineteen. Therefore, your preparations this time must be more complete. "

"Ugh, I almost forgot about it." Xiao Yan was startled before he immediately suddenly understood. If not for the help of ‘Blood Lotus Pill the last time he swallowed ’Fire Green Lotus Core‘, there would be no certainty whether he would finally succeed or not.

"What do we need to do this time?" Xiao Yan asked uncertainly.

"Tier six medicinal pill, Ground Spirit Pill. Not many medicinal ingredients are needed to process it. There are only four people. Flame Core Ganoderma, Asparagus Ice Fire Fruit, Green Wood Celestial Vine, and a rank 6 water-type Monster Core. "

The faint words caused Xiao Yan's moving steps to suddenly waver. The corner of his mouth moved slightly. Not even mentioning the names of the three medicinal herbs, which he had never heard of, just the latter was enough to give him the impulse to act in a confused and exasperated manner. A rank 6 monster core? Did he have to go and kill a rank 6 super strong Magical Beast that could compete with a Dou Huang? Even if he wanted to seek death, he didn't need to use such a method, right?