Dragon God

Warrior's market

Chapter 20- Warrior's Market

Both Long Chen and Ling Xi stopped

talking when they found Yang

Lingqing.

Rather than being depressed, Yang

Lingqing was even more motivated

than before after losing to Yang

Lingyue at the Family Meeting.

When Long Chen found her, she

treated him coldly as her heart was

conflicted.

"What do you want from me?"

Yang Lingqing knew about the

grudge between Long Chen and her

brother, but they had always had

trivial fights. She hadn't felt

anything wrong about Long Chen

stripping her brother n***d in front

of a crowd. It's not as though her

brother had been some damsel.

Who would have guessed that he

couldn't face the humiliation and

killed himself? That was how things

got complicated.

Yang Lingqing knew that this was

unintentional from Long Chen's end,

but Yang Zhan was still dead. Even

though she hadn't seen eye to eye

with her brother ever since they

were little, he was still her

biological brother.

When he sensed the anger in Yang

Lingqing's eyes, Long Chen knew

that he had caused a lot of pain for

the girl. He felt guilty too. "I'm sorry

about your brother. I never would've

thought he would do that. I'm here

today to ask you about something."

Yang Lingqing replied plainly, "What

do you want to ask? I'm still busy

cultivating. The Demon Hunting

Tournament is about to start soon

and I don't want to lose to the Bai

family."

"I need herbs that nourish the

Divine Soul. Do you know where I

can get it? Or do we have it in our

family?"

Long Chen asked with anticipation.

Yang Lingqing was giving him the

cold treatment so he was worried

that she might not help him.

But he was merely gauging the

heart of another with his own

measure.

"Our family doesn't stock such

herbs, but you can try visiting the

herb stores at the market. The

shops usually sell herbs bought

from cultivators or from larger

towns so they probably have it."

Yang Lingqing thought for a

moment.

Long Chen had never been to the

market before. Ever since he was

young, he had always traveled from

the inn and the brothel. "Where is

the market?" he asked curiously.

Yang Lingqing said in an unfriendly

tone, "The Warrior's Market is

indeed located somewhere slightly

hidden. Fine, I will accompany you

there."

Long Chen looked at her with

gratitude. Even though she hated

him somewhat, she still helped him

to the best of her ability when he

needed her help. She was much

kinder than Yang Lingyue and Yang

Wu.

Yang Lingqing and Long Chen

walked together. They attracted

Some gazes but the onlookers did

not comment since the two were

still the young master and young

mistress of the Yang family.

Long Chen's reputation was also

spread throughout Baiyang Town for

the past few days. Almost every

home in Baiyang Town knows about

him now. In the past, Long Chen

was a person that everyone

rejected, but in just one month he

had turned his reputation around,

becoming one of the rising stars

amongst the younger generation of

Baiyang Town.

"Oh, right, since you learned the

Meteor Fist in such a short amount

of time, what about the Dragon

Seal? Did you learn much about it?"

Yang Lingqing asked suddenly as

they walked on the road.

Long Chen smiled lightly. "Why? Do

you want to learn it too? I can teach

you but you have to call me Big

Brother Chen."

Yang Lingqing turned around and

scoffed. "I'm only at the Fifth

Draconic Stage. I don't have enough

Qi to cultivate the Dragon Seal.

Also, I want to obtain the Dragon

Seal with my own strength!"

Looking at her gaze, which was

filled with conviction, Long Chen

was secretly impressed.

They walked for a bit before Yang

Lingqing asked another question as

she furrowed her browNs. "You are

also at the Fifth Draconic Stage. The

Dragon Seal is an advanced martial

technique so you can't cultivate it

either. Why not give it to Sister

Lingyue? She's very close to the

Seventh Draconic Stage so she

might have some hope ...

It was indeed an advanced martial

technique, and he did only have the

strength of the Fifth Draconic Stage,

so Long Chen was not surprised

that Yang Lingqing was looking

down on him. He smiled lightly and

remained silent.

"Long Chen, do you know about the

Demon Hunting Tournament? The

Bai family is stronger than our Yang

family. If they obtain the right to

rule over Baiyang Town, our family

might be in danger. Everyone in

Baiyang Town more or less knows

that the Bai family will become part

of the Lingwu family from Yuanling

City if they rule Baiyang Town. At

that point, they will be able to

exercise the authority of the Lingwu

family."

Long Chen had heard of the Lingwu

family from Yuanling City. It was the

strongest family within Yuanling

County, personally selected by the

royalty of the Cangyang Kingdom

themselves! They had complete

authority to rule over the entire

Yuanling County and were more or

less their overlords. The family that

ruled Baiyang Town would

undoubtedly receive protection from

the Lingwu family as well as

countless benefits.

Even though the patriarchs of the

Yang and Bai families were close,

they still intended to fight for the

chance.

Long Chen laughed. "That's only

because they don't have any

wisdom."

Yang Lingqing tucked the long

strands of hair on her face back

behind her ears. Her eyes were filled

with exasperation when she said,

"Of the younger generation in the

Yang family, the stronger ones are

Elder Brother Yang Wu, and Sister

Lingyue. Including you, at most we

have a Seventh Draconic Stage and

two Six Draconic Stage cultivators.

"The Bai family have two Sixth

Draconic Stage and two Seventh

Draconic Stage cultivators. Bai Shiji

is somewhat acceptable as he more

or less has the same strength as

Elder Brother Yang Wu, but Bai

Shichen attained the Seventh

Draconic Stage at only seventeen

years old. He broke through the

Seventh Draconic Stage the earliest,

and his cultivation is still

unfathomable. He has always been

the strongest among the younger

generation of Baiyang Town."

Long Chen was confused. "He's only

at the Seventh Draconic Stage.

What's so special about Bai

Shichen?"

Yang Lingqing shook her head.

"Don't you know? There were

rumors that he almost broke

through the Eighth Draconic Stage

and that he had cultivated the Bai

family's advanced Yellow-tier martial

technique, the Abyssal Heaven

Fingers, up to the second finger!

The Abyssal Heaven Fingers is

stronger than our Dragon Seal. Also,

the Dragon Seal only has two

techniques while the Abyssal

Heaven Fingers has three. The

strength of the second technique of

the Abyssal Heaven Fingers eclipses

the strength of the Vast Dragon

Seal! Unfortunately, Elder Brother

Yang Wu has only managed to

cultivate the Vast Dragon Seal."

When Yang Lingqing was describing

Bai Shichen, her voice was filled

with helplessness.

"Seventh Draconic Stage, Abyssal

Heaven Fingers? Sounds scary but I,

Long Chen, only lose to him in

terms of Qi."

Yang Lingqing turned and stared at

him. "He and Bai Shichen have the

potential to hunt down a category

eight Yellow-tier demonic beast. Tell

me, hoW will our Yang family be a

match for them?"

Long Chen didn't know how to

answer her. "There's no need to feel

dejected about it. You are a coward

if you surrender before it starts. I,

Long Chen, am not a coward. Who

cares about the Bai family? Even if

it's Bai Huahua, I would just smack

him till he becomes Hei Youyou! [1]"

Yang Lingqing couldn't stand Long

Chen's occasional lack of

seriousness. She rolled her eyes.

"You still haven't changed your

problem with boasting. They have a

grudge against you, which means

you are in the most danger during

the Demon Hunting Tournament.

You should cultivate properly and

hide somewhere far away during the

tournament or you might get

humiliated

"Alright, alright, auntie. This humble

person understands."

Still, he smiled coldly in his heart.

Hide? That's not my style.

Long Chen's nonchalance left Yang

Lingqing speechless.

Soon Long Chen followed Yang

Lingqing into a tall tower. They

wOve through some corridors and

entered through a door before

reaching a large open space.

Long Chen was in a daze as he

stared at the rows of shops and the

streets in front of him.

"This is the Warrior's Market. I'm not

Sure where the herbs that nourish

the Divine Soul are, so you should

go ask for them yourself. You've

been smart ever since you were

young so you probably won't get

fooled by anyone. I'm almost at the

Sixth Draconic Stage but I still need

an opportunity. Since l'm already

here, I might as well as go find it

myself; otherwise I might die from

anger because of you."

Without waiting for his reply, she

walked off and turned into one of

the streets.

There were quite a few cultivators in

Baiyang Town. Long Chen stared at

the streets and roughly estimated

that a few hundred people were

shopping where he was. Everyone

was a cultivator, and some of the

stronger ones were even hiding

within the crowd.

"The Warrior's Market is indeed a

place where the strong hide among

the weak. Xiao Xi, can you feel

where the herbs that can nourish

your Divine Soul are?"

Ling Xi"'s faint voice spoke in his ear.

"You need to get closer. I can't

sense them if we are too far. There

shouldn't be tO0 many herbs that

can nourish the Divine Soul in such

a small town. I need to search

carefully ..."

Ling Xi's voice was getting fainter,

and Long Chen grew more anxious.

He prayed in his heart continuously

in hopes of finding such a herb.

Long Chen decided to enter the first

herbal shop. There were many

different kinds of shops in the

Warrior's Market. Some of them sold

weapons while others sold herbs.

There were even pawn shops.

The pawn shops mainly purchased

materials collected from demonic

beasts and some other rare

materials. Naturally, people

purchased those items too. Most of

the things that a cultivator needed

could be found here.

Long Chen was engulfed in the

fragrant smell of herbs the moment

he entered the first herb shop. He

guessed that the shop would have

many herbs at the same level as the

demonic ginseng. Long Chen

realized that most of the

transactions were done with spirit

jades. Not many of them traded

with gold and silver. He only had

500 spirit jades so he needed to be

careful how he spent them.

The Yang patriarch had given him

500 spirit jades for his cultivation,

but he didn't mind spending all of it

for the sake of Ling Xi's life.

Long Chen walked around the shop

as if he were inspecting the items

but it was actually Ling Xi scanning

the herbs. After circling the entire

shop, they didn't find what they

needed.

Long Chen was panicking a little. He

approached the shopkeeper, a

middle-aged man with a grim face,

and asked, "Are you selling any

herbs that nourish the Divine Soul?"

The shopkeeper was slightly

surprised. "Im sorry, but we don't

have any."

Long Chen was disappointed.

"Young man, it's almost impossible

to sell a herb that nourishes the

Divine Soul in such a small town like

Baiyang Town. Most of the shops

like mine don't keep stock or sell

them. If you are desperate for it, it's

better if you hurry along and ask

the other shops."

Long Chen nodded and thanked

him. He had just walked out of the

herbal shop when he anxiously

asked Ling Xi. "Based on what he

said, it seems that Baiyang Town

doesn't have any herbs that nourish

the Divine Soul. Xiao Xi ..."

"What should we do ..."

Xiao Xi was panicking too. Baiyang

Town was even more remote than

she'd thought.

Long Chen clenched his fist. "No, we

haven't checked the other shops so

we can't give up now. Let's go to

the other shop. There has to be at

least one in such a large market."

He entered shop after shop. There

were more than fifty herbal shops in

the Warrior's Market. Long Chen

was wasting a lot of time going into

each shop one by one and asking

the shopkeepers. But what was

more Worrying was that none of

them had it.

"I'm sorry, but we don't have it."

"We don't usually keep stock of

Such herbs."

"It doesn't sell well."

Long Chen's face became grimmer

as he got more and more anxious.

"It's fine if you can't find it. Ever

since my physical body was

destroyed, I know I wouldn't have

much time left. But it's nice

knowing you, Long Chen .

Long Chen's eyes progressively got

more bloodshot as he growled

softly. "Don't say such nonsense. We

still have more shops to go. l do not

believe that I can't even accomplish

Such a small task. If we can't find it

in Baiyang Town, we can visit other

places. I don't care about the

Demon Hunting Tournament!"

"No, we can't do that. I still have to

help yOu unlock the seal .."

Just as the twO of them were

worrying about their predicament,

there were several explosions a

distance away. The shoppers moved

towards the source of the

explosion. Long Chen was ignoring

the noise but someone suddenly

said, "Looks like one of the young