Chapter 19: The Girl with Advanced Talent

Chapter 19: The Girl with Advanced Talent [Fourth Update]

An entrance to the black market.

Ye Tian looked at the two Martial Artists guarding the entrance and walked straight toward them.

The two Martial Artists sized Ye Tian up. Finding him unfamiliar but sensing the aura of a Martial Artist from him, they did not block his path.

After entering through the entrance, a stone staircase led downwards.

Soon, Ye Tian arrived at the true underground black market.

The black market was vast, at least as large as a grand plaza. There were many shops here, with many Martial Artists walking about.

Ye Tian found a shop that purchased Vicious Beast Materials and sold the Materials from the beasts he had hunted. He received a total of 200,000 yuan, which could be considered a small harvest.

"Martial Pavilion!"

Ye Tian arrived at the entrance of this shop and sized it up carefully.

In terms of area and scale, this shop was undoubtedly the largest one in the black market.

Entering the Martial Pavilion, a female shop assistant who was a Martial Apprentice walked up to Ye Tian and said respectfully, "Lord Martial Artist, may I ask if there is anything you need to purchase? Our Martial Pavilion sells all kinds of items; most things can be bought here!"

"Does your Martial Pavilion have Secret Manuals for Martial Artist cultivation?"

Ye Tian asked.

The female assistant smiled and said, "Is Lord Martial Artist referring to the Yuan Power Body Tempering Method? However, our Martial Pavilion only has Low-level Yuan Power Body Tempering Methods. As for higher-level Body Tempering Methods, they are only available in the large bases!"

Yuan Power Body Tempering Method!

This was the first time Ye Tian had heard this name. He couldn't be blamed for not knowing; it was mainly because the upper echelons of Lin Hai Base managed knowledge regarding Martial Artists very strictly. It was difficult for Martial Apprentices and ordinary people to come into contact with this kind of knowledge, and the academy would not teach too much Martial Artist knowledge either. Clearly, this was a tacit rule among the high-level officials of Lin Hai Base.

"Does your Martial Pavilion have an item list? I'd like to take a look before purchasing," Ye Tian said after thinking for a moment.

"Yes, we do!"

The female assistant nodded and quickly brought over an item list.

This item list recorded many things: not only the Yuan Power Body Tempering Method, but also Vicious Beast blood, Healing Medicinal Liquids, weapons, Secret Techniques, rare treasures, and so on. Some precious treasures were worth several million yuan for just a single piece.

Originally, Ye Tian thought he was quite wealthy, but after seeing these items, he realized his money was not much at all. At most, it was only enough for his cultivation at the Martial Artist level.

"One Low-level Yuan Power Body Tempering Method, one set of Martial Artist information, three portions of Medium Vicious Beast blood, one Vicious Beast atlas, and three bottles of Clear Source Liquid!"

Ye Tian listed them one by one.

The female assistant calculated: "The Low-level Yuan Power Body Tempering Method is 50,000 yuan, the Martial Artist information is 10,000 yuan, three portions of Medium Vicious Beast blood are 500,000 yuan, the Vicious Beast atlas is 20,000 yuan, and three bottles of Clear Source Liquid are 1,000,000 yuan! The total is 1.58 million yuan!"

Spending 1.58 million yuan all at once made even Ye Tian feel a bit of heartache. Fortunately, he had obtained the assets of Shadow Li Cun and was quite wealthy; otherwise, he really wouldn't have been able to afford such a purchase.

After paying the money, Ye Tian received the items.

Just as Ye Tian was preparing to leave, the female assistant spoke up: "Lord Martial Artist, the manager of our Martial Pavilion wishes to meet you. I wonder if you have the time?"

"The manager of the Martial Pavilion wants to see me?"

Ye Tian frowned slightly, somewhat unwilling to go, but after thinking it over, he felt it would be better to meet.

He was actually curious about what the manager of the Martial Pavilion wanted with him.

Led by the female assistant, Ye Tian arrived at the second floor of the Martial Pavilion.

Here, he met the manager of the Martial Pavilion.

"A girl!"

Ye Tian was somewhat surprised.

He had originally thought the manager of the Martial Pavilion would be a middle-aged man or an old man, but he hadn't expected it to be a girl, and not very old either—at most around eighteen or nineteen.

Subconsciously, he checked the talent situation of the Martial Pavilion's manager.

With one look, his heart was instantly filled with immense shock.

Human: Yue Ling

Cultivation Talent: Advanced

Sword Talent: Medium

Speed Talent: Lesser

A Genius!

A true Genius!

This was the first true Genius Ye Tian had seen since transmigrating; compared to Yue Ling, Mo Shao Bei and the others were simply trash.

"To think she has Advanced talent, and also possesses Medium Sword Talent and Lesser Speed Talent. Given her age and background, she's likely already an Elite Martial Warrior!" Ye Tian thought.

Immediately, he became excited.

He didn't care much for the Medium Sword Talent because he already had Medium Saber Talent; even if he copied the Medium Sword Talent, it would be difficult to increase his strength. But he wanted to copy both the Lesser Speed Talent and the Advanced Cultivation Talent.

The Lesser Speed Talent could make his Elementary Speed Talent even stronger, and the Advanced Cultivation Talent could allow his talent to transform into Advanced Cultivation Talent.

"My Copy Talent can be used again, but currently I can only copy one. Although the Lesser Speed Talent is useful, it's not that significant. It's better to copy the Advanced Cultivation Talent. After all, after today, I might not have another chance to come into contact with Yue Ling."

Thus, Ye Tian revealed a pure smile and extended his slightly immature right hand: "Hello, my name is Ye Tian!"

Yue Ling hesitated slightly but still extended her jade-like right hand, lightly shaking Ye Tian's hand before instantly withdrawing it.

What Yue Ling didn't know was that in the instant Ye Tian touched her right hand, he had copied her Advanced Cultivation Talent.

"Success!"

Ye Tian was overjoyed, his heart practically blooming with laughter.

"Hello, I am the manager of the Martial Pavilion, Yue Ling." Yue Ling introduced herself, and with a glance, she dismissed the female assistant.

"Manager Yue, what is the matter you wanted to see me for?" Ye Tian asked, getting straight to the point.

Yue Ling sat down, staring at Ye Tian, and asked, "Ye Tian, you must have just been promoted to a Martial Artist, right? Do you know the origin of our Martial Pavilion?"

"I indeed just became a Martial Artist. As for the origin of the Martial Pavilion, I'm not clear, but I presume it's a major power from Lin Hai Base," Ye Tian said.

"No!" Yue Ling shook her head. "Our Martial Pavilion is not a power of Lin Hai Base. Although Lin Hai Base is only a small power and finds it difficult to contact other bases, some large bases have still established branches here. Because Lin Hai Base's geographical location is special, those bases are concerned about something happening to it. To those large bases, Lin Hai Base is a gateway. So, no matter how weak Lin Hai Base is, they will still send people to be stationed here. And the Martial Pavilion comes from a large base."

"From a large base!"

Ye Tian showed a look of realization; no wonder the Martial Pavilion could sell so many treasures.

And he had already guessed Yue Ling's identity; she must come from a large base and have a very noble status.

But what was Yue Ling doing at Lin Hai Base?

This was just a small base!

"Manager Yue called me here for…"

Ye Tian asked, even more puzzled.

"Are you willing to join the Martial Pavilion? I see that you are at most sixteen or seventeen years old, yet you have already reached the Martial Artist level. More importantly, you don't come from any of the major families in Lin Hai Base, which makes you even more valuable. So, I want to invite you to join the Martial Pavilion!" Yue Ling said truthfully.

"Manager Yue, I don't want to join any power for the time being!"

Ye Tian refused without even thinking.