Cultivating for Immorality: I Evolved Martial Arts into the Immortal Path – Chapter 33

Chapter 33: Barbarian Elephant

Someone knows their stuff!

The stall owner smiled apologetically, not daring to deceive him any further.

He respectfully invited Chu Liang into a separate room and solemnly took out a gray box, opening it with a click.

A strong smell of blood instantly wafted out.

“Take a look, this is genuine demon beast meat.”

He pushed the gray box in front of Chu Liang.

Inside the box was a lump of dark red flesh that looked somewhat eerie.

The bloody smell it emitted carried a strange sweet scent that made one’s mouth water.

【Common demon beast “Barbarian Elephant” flesh, can be used as an offering.】

The Evolutionary Appraisal Mirror conveyed the information.

Barbarian Elephant.

Chu Liang had heard of this type of demon beast before.

They mostly lived in the lands of the southwestern barbarians, possessing immense strength and astonishing power.

In the past, when the imperial court was at war with the southwestern barbarians, they had suffered at the hands of these Barbarian Elephant cavalry.

The stall owner explained, “You see, this flesh comes from an elephant demon called the ‘Barbarian Elephant’.”

“Hmm,” Chu Liang nodded slightly.

“This stuff is hard to come by,” the stall owner chuckled, “It’s just that I have a wide network. I have a few brothers who deal with the southwestern barbarians all year round, so I can get some.”

“How much?”

“Still the same price as before, one tael of silver per jin.”

“Give me five hundred jin first.”

“Alright, you… how… how much? Five hundred jin?”

The stall owner’s eyes widened.

Demon beast meat was usually only purchased by martial artists, used as the main ingredient for “food supplements.”

Normally, each transaction was only a few jin or a dozen jin, after all, this stuff wasn’t cheap.

This was the first time he had encountered such a big customer like Chu Liang.

Five hundred taels of silver!

“You don’t have it?”

Chu Liang stood up directly and said calmly, “If you don’t have it, I’ll go check out other stalls.”

“Please stay, don’t be hasty!”

The stall owner hurriedly grabbed Chu Liang.

“To be honest, there are only three stalls selling demon beast meat in the entire black market,” he said to Chu Liang, “The other two are also run by me. I deliberately set different prices for the three stalls, high and low, to create a sense of competition.”

“You’re quite clever.”

“Hehe, as a businessman, you have to have some brains.”

The entire black market’s demon beast business was actually monopolized by this person.

Chu Liang left the room and walked around, asking at the other two stalls selling demon beast meat, and received a confirmation.

He returned to the room and asked the stall owner, “How much flesh do you have now?”

“Just over four hundred jin in total.”

The stall owner chuckled dryly and replied, “If you’re in a hurry, I can immediately send a carrier pigeon to my brothers to bring it to you as quickly as possible, but… no matter how fast, it will still take about three days.”

“Then sell me four hundred jin first.”

“Alright, please wait a moment, I’ll go draw up the contract…”

Soon, the two parties reached an agreement.

Chu Liang bought a donkey cart from the black market manager and neatly stacked the four hundred jin of flesh on it.

The stall owner moved quickly, spreading some spices and fragrant herbs around the donkey cart and fumigating the entire cart with incense before covering it tightly.

This was done to mask the smell of the demon beast meat.

Four hundred jin of flesh was a lot.

If the smell wasn’t masked, Chu Liang might be targeted by people with ill intentions.

“My name is Wu Dafu. If you need anything else in the future, feel free to come to me,” the stall owner, Wu Dafu, chuckled and handed a contract to Chu Liang.

“I only need flesh,” Chu Liang took the contract.

“Anything related to the southwestern barbarians, you can come to me,” Wu Dafu smiled and said to Chu Liang, “Not just demon beast flesh, I can get you other things too, like beast hides, beast weapons, barbarian slaves, barbarian women, hehe… the taste of barbarian women is really…”

“I understand,” Chu Liang interrupted Wu Dafu coldly.

He put away the contract and turned to walk towards other stalls.

There were many strange and unusual things in the black market.

Chu Liang walked and looked, his gaze sweeping over each stall, intending to see if there was anything suitable for him before leaving.

Soon, his gaze stopped on a dark golden soft armor.

【Incomplete Golden Silk Soft Armor（: Evolvable】

【Offering twenty jin of flesh, “Incomplete Golden Silk Soft Armor（” can be evolved into “Complete Golden Silk Soft Armor（”】

Chu Liang stopped and squatted down in front of the stall.

He picked up the soft armor and examined it carefully.

The soft armor was incomplete, with a large chunk missing from the torso and the right arm gone. The broken edges were uneven, as if it had been bitten off by some kind of beast.

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It felt cold to the touch, and the metal threads on it were as fine as silk but incredibly tough.

“Go ahead and pull it, you don’t have to pay if it rips,” the stall owner suddenly said.

“Alright.”

Chu Liang pulled hard, but even with his strength, he couldn’t tear the thin soft armor.

The stall owner looked unfazed and tossed Chu Liang a small knife, saying, “Try it with a knife.”

“Okay.”

Chu Liang picked up the knife and slashed hard at the surface of the soft armor.

It didn’t leave any mark!

After one slash, the surface of the soft armor was still the same as before.

The stall owner continued, “I got this thing by chance. I only know that it’s impervious to water and fire, incredibly tough, and ordinary martial artists can’t tear it. If it wasn’t so incomplete, I wouldn’t be willing to sell it.”

Chu Liang looked at him and said, “Name your price.”

“One hundred taels.”

“Too expensive.”

“It’s not expensive.”

The stall owner casually tossed a small wooden box in front of Chu Liang and said, “There’s a pair of gloves in here, made of the same material as the soft armor. One hundred taels for both, you can take them both.”

Chu Liang picked up the wooden box and opened it with a click.

Inside the box was indeed a pair of dark golden gloves.

He took out the gloves and put them on, clenching his fists tightly.

【Golden Silk Gloves: Evolvable】

【Offering ten jin of common demon beast flesh, “Golden Silk Gloves” can be evolved into “Dark Silk Gloves”】

The Evolutionary Appraisal Mirror conveyed the information.

Chu Liang didn’t hesitate any longer and immediately threw out two fifty-tael silver notes, saying to the stall owner, “I’ll take them!”

“Alright, here’s the contract, please sign it.”

The two signed the contract, and the transaction was completed.

The deal was done.

Chu Liang put away the two items and stood up, leaving the stall, ready to explore other places.

Just then, a commotion arose from another stall not far away.

“You son of a bitch, how dare you sell me fake goods?”

The voice belonged to a burly man with a leopard-like head, round eyes, and a bushy beard.

He glared fiercely and kicked out, sending the stall in front of him flying with a bang.

The items on the stall scattered all over the place, creating a mess.

The stall owner was also furious and shouted, “You’re being unreasonable! You broke it yourself, and now you’re saying I sold you fake goods?”

“I don’t care, compensate me!” the burly man roared.

“Compensate? Compensate your ass!”

The stall owner, enraged, swung his fists and pounced.

The burly man didn’t dodge but also swung his fists.

Boom!

Their fists collided, creating a thunderous sound, incredibly terrifying.

Chu Liang’s eyelids twitched at the sight, and he quickly moved away to avoid getting caught in the crossfire.

“Those two are at least martial artists with two or even three strands of Qi and Blood.”

Chu Liang guessed in his heart.

He currently only had one strand of Qi and Blood.

If he were to face either of those two, without using special means, he definitely wouldn’t be able to win.

There were many people in the market who were even weaker than Chu Liang, and some were even ordinary people. Seeing the martial artists fighting, their faces changed, and they quickly retreated far away.

“Damn it, aren’t fights forbidden in the black market?”

“Where are the black market managers? Who will ensure our safety?”

Someone couldn’t help but complain.

Just as the words left his mouth, a black shadow suddenly flashed out from a corner.

Whoosh!

The black shadow’s speed was astonishingly fast, instantly arriving in front of the two men and swiftly striking out with two palms.

“Thud! Thud!”

The sound was dull, like hitting a boulder.

The burly man and the stall owner both spat out a mouthful of blood and were sent flying, crashing heavily to the ground.

Their auras instantly plummeted, their faces turned pale, and their chests were caved in. They couldn’t even utter a word before they fainted on the spot.

Martial artists have strong vitality, so they weren’t beaten to death, but they would definitely be bedridden for a while.

“So strong!”

Chu Liang was secretly shocked. With just two palms, he knocked out two martial artists. What level of strength did that black shadow possess?

Five strands of Qi and Blood?

Or a Skin Tempering Realm expert?