"Jia Qi, my friend, what means do those geniuses use to enter the Immortal World?" While asking, Mo Wuji was also secretly vigilant. He absolutely could not allow himself to undergo tribulation in the Half-Immortal Domain.

"I don't know the details. I only know it has something to do with the Half-Immortal Domain. There's a Dao Lord in the Half-Immortal Domain called Guang Quan. He seems to have some connection with the Immortal World. The black stones we mine in the Half-Immortal Domain, as well as the purchase of Dissolving Wood Pills, should all be transactions with the Immortal World," Jia Qi replied.

Mo Wuji didn't ask further. Perhaps there were transactions of black stones with the Immortal World, but he was sure that the Dissolving Wood Pills were refined by the Half-Immortal Domain themselves. Otherwise, so many metal-attribute alchemists wouldn't have been captured from True Star.

This further increased his determination to return and cultivate in seclusion, even if he only advanced to the Earth Immortal Realm. It was still better than facing that group of people from the Immortal World as he was now.

"Let's go back. You take me to the underground trading place to exchange for shattered spirit stones." With his current strength, knowing too much was useless.

"Okay." Jia Qi knew that Mo Wuji was somewhat mysterious, but that didn't prevent her from trusting him. Some people could be trusted after knowing them for a short time, while others couldn't be trusted even after knowing them for a lifetime. Mo Wuji was the kind of person who could be trusted, and she was confident that she wasn't mistaken.

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The underground black stone trade in the Half-Immortal Domain was actually a very ordinary cultivator's cave dwelling. The only difference was that there was a sign hanging at the entrance of the cave dwelling that read, "Weapon Refining Services."

After following Jia Qi here, Mo Wuji scanned the place with his spiritual will. It seemed to be just an ordinary weapon refining place. Compared to Master Pu Zi's stone fort, this house had a huge refining furnace in the middle. And a cultivator was constantly adjusting the materials being melted in the furnace.

There was no one guarding the entrance, so Mo Wuji and Jia Qi easily entered the shop.

"Are you here to refine weapons or sell materials?" The cultivator who was melting the materials didn't even look up and asked casually.

"Sell materials," Jia Qi said in a low voice.

The weapon refining cultivator stopped talking, and a door suddenly appeared on his side. Jia Qi gestured to Mo Wuji and entered the small door first.

Mo Wuji knew that everyone knew about this underground market, and the people of the Half-Immortal Domain probably knew about it too. He just didn't understand why it was done so mysteriously, and why the Half-Immortal Domain hadn't closed down this underground exchange.

After the two entered the small door, it closed instantly. Mo Wuji's spiritual will couldn't see what was happening outside anymore. He realized that this place had a top-level concealment formation. Just like he couldn't scan this small house with his spiritual will from the outside.

There were four people sitting in the room. The one in the middle was a white-faced man who looked very handsome. However, his triangular eyes ruined the overall harmony, and the fierce aura around him made people feel very uncomfortable.

What was even more eye-catching was the giant axe on his back.

To the left of the white-faced man sat a man and a woman. The man was lean and carried a bloody aura, indicating that he had come out of a sea of corpses and blood. At this moment, the lean man was holding a delicate knife and trimming his fingernails. The woman had delicate features and was watching the lean man trim his fingernails. Sitting on the right was a middle-aged cultivator who was holding an abacus and staring at him and Jia Qi.

Jia Qi took a few steps forward, clasped her fists and said, "Greetings, Axe Lord. My friend wants to exchange for some Dissolving Wood Pills and shattered spirit stones."

Mo Wuji looked at the giant axe on the white-faced man's back and thought to himself, "This guy wouldn't be carrying a giant axe just because of his name, would he?"

The man called Axe Lord obviously knew Jia Qi. He only glanced at Mo Wuji before nodding and saying, "How much do you want to exchange?"

Jia Qi didn't speak. Exchanging for shattered spirit stones was Mo Wuji's business. She was only responsible for bringing Mo Wuji here.

Mo Wuji clasped his fists and said, "Because I just arrived here, I don't know how to exchange black stones. What's the price?"

Axe Lord's triangular eyes revealed a hint of sarcasm as he said lightly, "Fourteen shattered spirit stones for one black stone."

When Jia Qi heard the price was only fourteen, she was about to speak. Axe Lord obviously knew what Jia Qi was going to say. He raised his hand to stop Jia Qi and said indifferently, "You don't exchange black stones, so you don't have the right to speak."

Jia Qi sighed inwardly and could only swallow her words.

Mo Wuji immediately felt unhappy. This guy was very arrogant. Anyway, black stones weren't too difficult for him to obtain. If this guy continued to be so arrogant, he wouldn't give a damn about this so-called Axe Lord.

"Is the price the same whether I exchange one or a hundred?" Although Mo Wuji was unhappy, his tone didn't show it.

"You're a newcomer, you don't have the right to negotiate prices with me," Axe Lord said with a hint of oppressive sharpness in his voice.

"In that case, goodbye," Mo Wuji turned around and gestured to Jia Qi.

"Buzz!" Just as Mo Wuji turned around, the sound of space being torn apart reached his back. In the next moment, Mo Wuji's figure was torn apart into pieces under the sound of the breaking space.

The next moment, a calm voice sounded, "Next time, if you dare to sneak attack again, my stick will leave a bloody hole in your throat from back to front."

Axe Lord suddenly stood up. Only then did they see that Mo Wuji was standing behind the lean man without them knowing when. Not only that, but the iron stick in his hand was pressing against the back of the lean man's neck.

The lean man's face was a little pale. He had experienced hundreds of battles and had countless souls under his command, but he had never had such an experience. Someone had silently stood behind him, and he didn't even know it.

A strong killing intent invaded his entire body. Before he could speak, the killing intent disappeared instantly, and Mo Wuji had already left his back.

The delicate knife that he used to trim his fingernails hadn't returned to his hand in the first place, but had fallen to the position where Mo Wuji was originally standing, as if it was bound by some force.

Cold sweat broke out on the lean man's forehead.

Jia Qi stared blankly at Mo Wuji. She didn't expect Mo Wuji to be so strong. She knew that if they really fought, she and Mo Wuji would definitely have no chance of returning alive.

"Haha, you really have the qualifications to negotiate," Axe Lord laughed and sat down again.

He could see that Mo Wuji wasn't easy to deal with. It wasn't because of Mo Wuji's sudden sneak attack with that stick, but because of the position Mo Wuji was standing in.

At this moment, Mo Wuji was standing at the base of the concealment formation, which meant that he was telling him that if he dared to attack, the base of the concealment formation would definitely be destroyed in the first place. In that case, the battle would definitely not be hidden from the Half-Immortal Domain, and his underground trading place would be directly exposed.

More importantly, the fact that the other party had suddenly appeared behind Xi Sha was telling him that he could teleport through space and could destroy the formation base here at any time.

Mo Wuji nodded, put away the Heavenly Mortal Staff, and walked to Jia Qi's side. He seemed to be able to kill the lean man playing with the knife easily just now, but that wasn't the case. He had indeed teleported to the lean man's back, but he didn't have any killing intent. Because once he had killing intent, the lean man who had experienced hundreds of battles would definitely notice it in the first place.

Because there was no killing intent, he was able to make the move just now. Also, because there was no killing intent, even if his long stick pointed at the other party's back, it wouldn't be a big threat, at most it would only injure the other party. Moreover, Axe Lord also saw through his methods. His real means were to destroy the formation base here. There was no need to say these things, as long as everyone knew it in their hearts.

In fact, if Mo Wuji used the spatial teleportation plus the next strike of the Brahma Heaven Shadow Stick, he still had a chance to kill the lean man who attacked him. That was one of Mo Wuji's trump cards, and he wouldn't take it out easily. Moreover, he didn't need to kill the lean man.

"If it's less than five pieces, I'll give you a price of sixteen shattered spirit stones. For five to ten pieces, I'll give you a price of seventeen shattered spirit stones. For ten to fifteen pieces, I'll give you a price of eighteen shattered spirit stones. If it's more than fifteen, I'll give you a price of twenty shattered spirit stones," Axe Lord didn't point out Mo Wuji's methods and directly increased the price.

Jia Qi nodded to Mo Wuji. This price was actually quite good.

Mo Wuji didn't speak. He opened the bamboo basket behind him, and a total of seventeen black stones appeared inside.

When Jia Qi saw the black stones in Mo Wuji's bamboo basket, she knew that Mo Wuji had increased the amount of exchange.

Even Axe Lord stood up again. He had never seen a newcomer take out seventeen black stones at once to exchange. Even old-timers who had been here for thousands of years rarely took out so many black stones to trade at once.

"Thirty shattered spirit stones for one black stone, and also give me six Dissolving Wood Pills. If you are willing to trade, we will trade now. If you are not willing, I will leave immediately." After showing the black stones to the other party, Mo Wuji covered the bamboo basket again.

He was sure that since this Axe Lord dared to trade black stones underground, he was definitely not a guy without private channels. Since he had private channels, even if he asked for fifty shattered spirit stones, it wouldn't be a problem. Of course, the prerequisite was that he could take out more black stones.

Mo Wuji naturally wouldn't take out more black stones. He was already taking a risk by taking out seventeen at once. If he took out more, he would really have to consider his own life.

Jia Qi was shocked by Mo Wuji's asking price. She had never seen a black stone exceed the price of twenty shattered spirit stones in this place.

To her surprise, Axe Lord wasn't surprised. Instead, he said calmly, "If you can give me this many black stones regularly every once in a while, I don't mind giving you this price."

Mo Wuji shook his head, "It depends on luck. I can't guarantee the quantity, but I'm sure I'll have black stones often."

"You're a capable person, and I like trading with capable people the most. One price, twenty-five shattered spirit stones for one black stone, and we'll follow this price from now on," The killing intent on Axe Lord's face suddenly disappeared, and he said in a warmer tone.

Mo Wuji was proficient in spatial teleportation and formation techniques. He needed such a thug, and at this moment he was thinking about how to subdue Mo Wuji.

"Okay, deal." Mo Wuji said immediately. Doing business was originally about asking for the sky-high price and settling on the ground.