WU DONG QIAN - KUN
Chapter 79: The Underground Bazar

On top of the secluded cliff, Lin Dong quietly sat down. The surroundings rose and surged as streams of Yuan Power constantly appeared before finally flowing into Lin Dong's body.

Floating in front of Lin Dong were ten deep red Yang Yuan pills. Every half an hour, Lin Dong would open his mouth slightly as the Elixir pill automatically entered his mouth.

Every time the Elixir pill entered his body, it would cause a faint white vapor to appear from above Lin Dong's head. Contained with steam it was a mysterious scent.

This quiet training lasted for a full five hours before Lin Dong's tightly shut eyes gradually began to open. A mouthful of white air flowed out through his throat and out from his nose. Instantly, an extremely deep voice echoed from within his body. It was a sound produced by his internal organs and bones…

"The Middle Stage of Heavenly Yuan."

After the voice appeared, Lin Dong could feel that the Yuan Power within his body had suddenly become stronger. A smile appeared on the corner of his lips. It seemed like after two months of training, he had finally advanced to the Heavenly Yuan Middle Stage.

This smooth progress did not surprise Lin Dong. After all, he had worked hard for these two months. In fact, he had used up to a dozen Yang Yuan pills every day to improve his progress. Naturally, these Yang Yuan Pills were all refined with Mysterious Stone Amulets.

Ten Yang Yuan Pills a day. If this were to be turned into a Yang Yuan Stone, it would be equivalent to a hundred stones a day. This consumption is definitely more than wasteful. In fact, not even a single person in Qingyang City, or even the entire Yan City could afford such a luxurious resource.

Therefore, after such a luxurious treatment, if one was still unable to advance to the Heavenly Yuan Middle Stage in two months, his progress would be considered a little less spirited. Or at least, this was what Lin Dong believed.

“Ssss!”

After Lin Dong finished his training, he stood up while whistling towards the forest. Immediately, a red shadow shot out like a bolt of lightning. In these two short months, although Little Flame's body had not changed much, a faint aura was now emanating from his body. Right now, even Lin Xiao, who was a Heavenly Yuan Stage expert, could feel a trace of danger from him. According to Lin Zhentian, the current Little Flame could be considered a true Demon Beast.

Lin Dong knew this rapid progress and the changes might be related to the fiery red pearls he ate. However, now that he discovered that nothing else had happened to Little Flame other than the accelerated growth rate, he let go of the worry in his heart.

Lin Dong rubbed the cozy warm fur on Little Flame before he immediately knocked on the ground with the tip of his foot as his figure dashed down the mountain. The speed is very fast.

If anyone looked closely, they would realize that Lin Dong's feet were actually half an inch from the surface!

He did not run but floated!

It was as if there was a mysterious thing carrying him!

The formless thing that brought him naturally was Lin Dong's Mental Energy. Ever since he absorbed the energy of that mysterious flower two months ago, his Mental Energy had increased tremendously. Right now he had discovered many other uses for Mental Energy, and he had gradually become more proficient in controlling it.

Regardless, since Lin Dong did not have a mentor, he only knew the basics on how to utilize Mental Energy. Even though he clearly knew that if he could fully use this energy, it would definitely be a powerful force, but because he had no teacher now, it was certain that he would have no power, he could only rely on his own trial and error. This fact made him sad.

A man and an animal quickly ran down the mountain peak before they entered the mining site at the foot of the mountain. They crossed a windy and winding tunnel and moments later, they finally reached the strange place they found two months ago.

Ever since Lin Dong had shown that he could refine the Yang Energy found in this mountain cave, for the past two months, he would refine some Yang Energy and store it into Lin Zhentian's body every three days.

Thus, during this period of time, Lin Zhentian completely shut himself down to practice. Every time he received pure and powerful Yang Energy from Lin Dong, he would immediately shut himself up and concentrate on absorbing Yang Energy completely before he finally appeared again. Then, he would once again accept, then close himself, and the cycle would repeat…

When Lin Dong stepped into the cave, as expected, he discovered Lin Zhentian was already sitting on a rock. With a smile, he immediately jumped behind Lin Zhentian and sat down by himself. As Lin Dong's right palm faced the formless air, the suction force immediately exploded and sucked up Yang Energy. Meanwhile, his left palm was directed at the pressure point on Lin Zhentian's back as he continuously inserted the Yang Energy that had been purified into Lin Zhentian's body.

“Huff..”

When he felt the tensile strength of Lin Zhentian's body decrease, Lin Dong gently sighed. He was a little tired, after all this was not a meaningful achievement. If his Mental Energy had not increased by leaps and bounds, he might not have been able to accomplish this task.

"Dong-er, it's hard for you."

Lin Zhentian slowly opened his eyes. In both of his eyes, two different colors were flowing, like Yin and Yang Energy, causing him to look extremely strange. As he tilted his head, he gently sighed when he saw Lin Dong's lethargic face.

Lin Dong gently smiled, before he immediately asked: "How long before Grandpa can make a breakthrough?"

"Give me two more months and I'll try a breakthrough!" A light flashed in Lin Zhentian's eyes as he replied in a deep voice.

Lin Dong nodded. Lin Zhentian had stagnated at the Heavenly Yuan Late Stage for several decades. Now that he had absorbed so much pure Yang Energy, he only needed to wait for the right moment to finally breakthrough.

…

Qingyang Town, Market.

As Lin Dong walked leisurely on the crowded sidewalk, he casually glanced at the crowd of people who were passing through the shops. Lin Dong was now forced to spend much of his time with Lin Zhentian, recently, the Steel Wood Manor had been handed over to Lin Ken and Lin Mang to manage. On the other hand, Lin Xiao was now in charge of the rest of the Lin Family business in Qingyang City. As for Lin Dong, now that he had advanced to the Heavenly Yuan Middle Stage, he had decided to slow down his training regime. Therefore, he decided to come along and help.

Of course, even though he wanted to help, there was actually not much he could do. Soon, he had a lot of free time and since he currently wanted to shop in the underground bazaar, he decided to use this time to do so.

As he navigates his way through familiar streets, the, Lin Dong removed the straw hat from his Qian Kun Bag to protect his face before he finally walked to one of the larger underground markets nearby.

Due to the fact that Lin Dong had come here several times to exchange Elixir, he was somewhat familiar with the area. As he walked along the dark alley, this time, he did not stop at any of the transaction halls on either side of the road. Instead, he chose to walk towards the deepest part. When he arrived, his vision instantly widened as a sizable underground market appeared before his eyes.

In this bazaar, there were several others around. However, they were all wearing straw hats that left others unable to discern their identities. Compared to the bazaar on the surface, there was definitely a need for secrecy here. After all, most of the items sold here had dubious origins. However, for this reason, most of these items had much higher levels compared to those on the surface.

As Lin Dong walked through his market, he continued to look at the items on display at the stalls. Although there are some Elixirs on sale, most of them do not exceed Grade 3. Currently, Grade 3 and under Elixir brought a slight benefit to Lin Dong. Although the Elixir potential above Grade exceeded that of the Yang Yuan Pill, they were extremely rare. Therefore, the purpose of Lin Dong's trip this time was to see if he could find some Class 4 Elixir rods.

As he walked, he saw some Class 3 Elixirs. However, he had yet to see a single stalk of a Class 4 Elixir. However, Lin Dong was not worried. After all this bazaar was quite large and although Class 4 Elixir was rare, it was not impossible to find.

With this thought in mind, Lin Dong gradually traveled deeper into the market. Finally, his footsteps stopped as his eyes turned to a stall beside him. At this moment, there were various items displayed on that stone platform. However, Lin Dong's eyes instantly locked onto the dried wood green rhizome right in the middle of it.

Green Wood Rhizome Potion, Grade 4 Herb.

Now that he had finally found the Class 4 Elixir, Lin Dong heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. He took a step forward and just as he was about to take that Class 4 Elixir, the Mental Energy residing in his Ni Wan Palace suddenly shook slightly.

Although this vibration was very light, Lin Dong still managed to detect it. His eyebrows shot up in place as he looked leisurely at the area where his palm had just floated. Finally, his eyes stopped on an old piece of wood covered by green moss.