Slaying the Commander-in-Chief, First Steps into the Ghost Market!

Upon hearing this, Yin Xun instinctively sensed something was wrong. He instantly drew his sword, gathered his powerful qi and blood, and became alert.

He suspects there's a master ambush!

In the next instant, Lu Ze suddenly drew his sword, his body like a phantom, and the Dragon Slayer Blade in his hand slashed down with lightning speed.

Yin Xun swung his sword at lightning speed to meet the attack, but only managed to strike an afterimage.

The Dragon Slayer Blade swiftly sliced ​​through Yin Xun's neck.

Blood gushed out, and Yin Xun slowly collapsed with a look of unwillingness on his face.

"Host has killed a Blood Exchange Realm Grand Martial Master and gained 40 Source Points."

At the same time, Xiang Chen and the other Demon Guards stared blankly at Lu Ze.

They never expected that Lu Ze, an ordinary Demon Suppression Guard, would dare to attack Commander Yin Xun. They also never expected that Commander Yin, a Blood Exchange Realm Grand Martial Master, would be killed by Lu Ze with a single strike!

Lu Ze's strength is so terrifying; he must be a minor Grandmaster of the Condensation Realm, comparable to a centurion!

No, you're that strong. If you had told us earlier, would we have dared to lay a hand on you?

All the Demon-Suppressing Guards were secretly grumbling to themselves.

Immediately, Xiang Chen knelt down and said, "Lu Ze, I was wrong, please forgive me. I can help you cover up my brother-in-law's death!"

Many other demon-suppressing guards also chose to kneel down and beg for mercy.

Because they understood that they had no chance of escaping from a junior grandmaster at the Condensation Realm!

Some of the more astute demon-suppressing guards, realizing that Lu Ze would definitely silence them, used their lightness skills to escape.

However, Lu Ze flicked his fingers repeatedly, sending bursts of energy through the air, killing all the fleeing Demon Suppression Guards.

Then, he looked at Xiang Chen and said, "You don't know you're wrong, you just know you're going to die!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the true energy of the sun surged from all the acupoints on his body, condensing into golden sword energies that shot out and killed Xiang Chen and all the Demon Suppression Guards.

After killing these Demon Guards, Lu Ze felt refreshed and relieved!

They all insisted on pressuring me, and now they've all received the Six Paths of Reincarnation package!

A small flag bearer and ten demon-suppressing guards also contributed 100 source points to Lu Ze, bringing his total source points to 173.

Immediately, Lu Ze began collecting the spoils of war: the Demon-Slaying Blade, the Pixiu Robe, and silver notes. Zhao Yueling, who heard the commotion, also came over to help.

Zhao Yueling remained completely unmoved as she watched the Demon Guards being killed by Lu Ze.

Among them, the Pixiu robe and the Demon-Slaying Blade of Commander Yin Xun are top-grade mortal items and can be used as enhancement materials.

Immediately, Lu Ze used his solar true energy to activate the solar true fire, and the golden flames quickly incinerated the twelve corpses into ashes!

Although his Solar True Fire was far inferior to that of the Three-Legged Golden Crow, at the Innate Realm level, its power was quite remarkable, enough to melt most first-tier spiritual weapons and magical artifacts.

Lu Ze then went to work at the centurion's office as usual.

It was already evening, and all the houses had closed their doors and windows, so no one noticed that Lu Ze had just killed Yin Xun, Xiang Chen, and the other Demon Guards.

Now that he's dead and his body is mangled, he can of course pretend he doesn't know!

Not long after, Lu Ze arrived at the Hundred Household Office and patrolled the night as usual.

Although he was on night patrol, he still had time to cultivate. His Golden Body Technique was running automatically, and his physical body was being tempered by the true energy of the sun.

Soon after, the centurion discovered the disappearance of the Demon-Suppressing Guards, including Commander Yin Xun and Junior Commander Xiang Chen.

However, because Yin Xun was afraid of being stopped by Zhao Beichen, he acted in secrecy, and no one knew that he had gone to capture Lu Ze.

In the early morning, after the shift change, Lu Ze asked Xiao Qi for leave, disguised himself, and went to the Ghost Market.

Soon after, Lu Ze left Qinghe Town and headed towards the inner city.

Between the inner city and the outer city are large tracts of land and rice paddies.

One of the abandoned villages was brightly lit, and many people set up stalls there, making it very lively.

At the entrance to the village, two men in black, wearing ghost masks and carrying swords, stood guard.

Lu Ze paid a fee of one tael of silver and received a dark green wooden plaque and a bull's head mask.

The dark green wooden plaque is the Ghost Market token; without it, one cannot enter the village. The mask, on the other hand, is used to conceal one's identity. Almost all customers at the Ghost Market wear masks.

After all, many items purchased at the ghost market are of dubious origin and may pose hidden dangers, so concealing one's identity is necessary.

Lu Ze put on a mask, entered the ghost market, and began to stroll around.

The ghost market wasn't large, but the items it sold were all quite good, including elixirs, cultivation techniques, martial arts skills, talismans, and weapons.

He inquired about the prices of various items: inferior martial arts techniques cost 10 taels of silver each, mid-level techniques cost 100 taels, and superior techniques were extremely rare, with a minimum price of 5000 taels.

Cultivation techniques are more expensive than martial arts of the same level. A body tempering technique at the blood exchange level costs 2000 taels of silver. There are no complete body tempering techniques or internal energy cultivation methods!

Clearly, the owner of the Ghost Market is also strictly controlling the outflow of high-level cultivation techniques. After all, martial arts skills can only improve combat power, but the proliferation of high-level cultivation techniques will create a large number of minor grandmasters at the Qi Condensation Realm, shaking the ruling position of powerful families and clans.

As for weapon prices, a high-grade Hundred-Refined Treasure Sword costs 100 taels each, while a top-grade Hundred-Refined Treasure Sword costs only 2000 taels.

The lower-grade Essence Pill of the upper-class mortal level costs 100 taels per bottle.

Each bottle of the highest-grade mortal-level Essence Pill costs 2000 taels!

Beast meat is also available for sale. Low-grade beast meat costs 200 coins per catty, medium-grade beast meat costs 1 tael of silver per catty, and high-grade beast meat costs 5 taels of silver per catty.

Lu Ze rented a stall, took out the corpse of a mid-level ferocious beast, the Shadow Leopard, from his Qiankun bag, and began to sell the whole thing at a low price, 10% cheaper.

The Shadow Panther carcass was quickly sold.

Although there are elixirs, they are more expensive, and the meat of ferocious beasts has no drug resistance or erysipelas, so it can be eaten indefinitely.

Lu Ze's ferocious beast corpses were quickly sold off one by one.

An hour later, Lu Ze had sold the two high-level ferocious beast corpses and ten mid-level ferocious beast corpses in his Qiankun bag, earning 28,000 taels of silver. Only the Black Fiend Tiger corpse remained unsold.

He then spent 2.8 taels to buy 14 bottles of top-grade Essence Pills.

Keeping silver notes is not very useful; buying pills to improve your strength is the key!

Lu Ze left the Ghost Market with the pills in his hands.

However, he was followed shortly after leaving the ghost market.

Lu Ze turned around and saw three men in black wearing tiger, leopard, and wolf masks, holding long knives.

At the same time, the black-clad man in the tiger-face mask stared at Lu Ze and laughed, "You should have heard of us, the Tiger, Leopard, and Wolf Brothers. If you know what's good for you, hand over your money and pills, and I might give you a quick death!"

Lu Ze sensed a powerful aura and blood energy from the three robbers through his divine power; they were three minor Grandmasters at the Condensation Realm.

He had heard from his second senior sister, Zhao Yueling, that the Ghost Market was very chaotic. If you bought valuable items or had a lot of money in the Ghost Market, you would be intercepted as soon as you left. The only way to leave safely was to stay at the Ghost Market Inn and wait until the next day.

It seems that the owner of the ghost market has the support and tacit approval behind this.

Immediately, Lu Ze said, "The three of you, can we spare your lives?"

The second brother, the masked man with the leopard face, laughed, "No way! I love seeing your expressions of despair!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Ze suddenly drew his sword and unleashed the Nine Transformations of Thunder, his figure flashing like lightning as he arrived at lightning speed.

The three brothers, Tiger, Leopard, and Wolf, didn't even have time to react. They only saw a flash of golden light before their heads flew off.

"The host has killed two warriors at the eighth level of Body Tempering and gained 100 Source Points."

"The host has killed a martial artist at the ninth level of Body Tempering and gained 60 Source Points."

Lu Ze wiped the blood from the blade, sheathed it, and sighed, "I only wanted money, but you insist on giving me your lives too!"