"No haggling, take it or leave it!" the carpet vendor said solemnly, no longer paying attention to Shen Tong.

"How can you be like this? Is this your attitude in doing business?"

Shen Tong bit her little silver teeth, angrily squeezed her white little hand.

Those who can set up a stall on the third layer of the black market are strong, naturally with very peculiar personalities. Moreover, there weren't many items left on this stall, as if they were only the leftovers for sale.

"I want everything here. Name a price."

Lin Mo spoke lightly, but there was a wave of excitement in his heart. Among those round brown stones was a feeling that made his blood boil with excitement, and there must be a great treasure.

"Oh, you want all of it."

The vendor was finally moved and, after a moment of silence, said, "How about a thousand top-grade spiritual stones?"

"No problem."

Lin Mo agreed, aside from the Ice Spring Fruit, there were a few special materials that would be useful, whether for creating Magic Artifacts or Arrays, although the total cost of a thousand top-grade spiritual stones was rather expensive.

"This guy is clearly ripping you off. I think it's worth at most 700 top-grade spiritual stones." Shen Tong whispered a reminder.

"It doesn't matter."

Lin Mo bought all the items, just not to attract attention. What he truly wanted was that brown stone.

"Boss, how much is this stone?" Suddenly, just as Lin Mo was about to take out money to make the transaction, a group of people came over, and the man in the lead directly picked up that brown stone.

"Sorry, these items have already been purchased!"

The vendor shook his head, apologizing.

"Hmm?"

The young man holding the brown stone frowned slightly. This group had a total of four people, none of whom concealed their appearances with black robes, revealing their true looks. Apart from one Asian with black hair and black eyes, the other three were foreigners with high noses and deep eyes.

"It's her."

Standing beside Lin Mo, Shen Tong frowned, her gaze landing on the only woman among the four.

The young man appeared to be around twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, with handsome features and the air of someone accustomed to high positions, and a noble family background.

"That man is from the Carrot Family, his name is Huozi," Shen Tong whispered to Lin Mo's ear.

"All have been purchased, but can you sell this brown stone to me?"

Huozi asked with a frowned look.

This stone was not some difficult-to-find treasure. On the contrary, it was extremely common, merely a raw material often used for crafting weapons and armor. Yet, Huozi didn't understand why this stone gave him a strange feeling.

Thus, he wanted to buy the stone.

"Sorry, first come, first served. This gentleman should understand; the items have already been bought by this customer. As for this brown stone, it's quite common. If you want it, maybe you can negotiate with this gentleman." The vendor glanced at Lin Mo.

Huozi turned his head and only then saw the stall's side where two people stood, their entire bodies cloaked in black robes, faces shrouded in a faint black fog, making their appearances indistinguishable.

"Friend, can I buy this brown stone from you?" Huozi wore a faint smile, although asking, his tone had an overbearing sense, making it hard for people to refuse.

The Carrot Family.

In all of Australia, it was a fairly renowned family, even slightly stronger than the Shen Family. That's why they didn't need to hide their presence with black robes, not fearing trouble from others.

"Not selling."

Lin Mo's voice resounded chilly.

Upon these words, Huozi and the two bodyguards beside him paused simultaneously.

This is merely the most common material for weapon and armor crafting, yet the other party refuses to sell?

"I can offer double the price for this brown stone." Huozi said calmly without a hint of anger.

"I said, not selling."

Lin Mo frowned, clearly growing impatient.

"Hmm?"

Huozi's brow furrowed subtly, his face displaying a hint of coldness.

The two bodyguards behind Huozi stepped forward, their gazes sharp like lightning, fixed on Lin Mo.

"Do you know who our master is? He's the heir of the Carrot Family; buying your item is a courtesy to you, yet you refuse to sell?" snarled one of the bodyguards fiercely.

"Does being from the Carrot Family mean you can forcefully buy and sell?" Lin Mo sneered with disdain.

"You..." The bodyguard's eyes immediately widened in anger, energy faintly surging on his body.

"Hold it!"

Huozi's lips curled into a graceful smile, handing the brown stone back to Lin Mo, "Our Carrot Family doesn't resort to being unreasonable. Since you don't want to sell, then forget it!"

Lin Mo accepted the brown stone and stored all the other items in his Space Ring, paying the vendor.

"Nothing else to buy, let's go."

Lin Mo said softly.

Shen Tong nodded, and the two immediately headed toward the third layer's passage.

"Master Huozi!"

Watching the two leave the sight, a bodyguard walked next to Huozi, whispering.

"Follow them."

Huozi's eyes flashed a dark icy glint.

"Yes, Master."

That said, the bodyguard instantly became a phantom, chasing toward the third layer's passage.

"Master Huozi, those two earlier seemed somewhat familiar?"

Suddenly, the attractive-faced woman beside Huozi frowned and whispered.

"Oh?"

Huozi squinted slightly.

It's known that with black robes enveloping them, not even Divine Thought can detect their true identities, the only speculation being from their physique.

Lin Mo and Shen Tong left the black market and returned the black robes at the First Level passage store.

The duo then departed the black market, with the sky already dark, nightfall quickly setting in.

"Let's get away from here!"

The two immediately became two streams of Flowing Light, heading into the dark forest.

Just as the two left, behind them, an escort in a suit frowned, surprisedly watching their departing figures, "Is that... Miss Shen? I must hurry back and inform Master Carrot."

Lin Mo and Shen Tong arrived at an open location in the forest. For cultivators, Void to White wasn't difficult; during the night, their vision remained akin to a regular person during the day.

"This and this are for you."

Lin Mo took out the Ice Spring Fruit and the First-level Black Armor from his Space Ring, directly tossing them to Shen Tong.

"For me?"

Shen Tong's face lit up with surprise, quickly catching the Ice Spring Fruit and First-level Black Armor. Together, they were worth over a thousand top-grade spiritual stones. Especially the Ice Spring Fruit was quite important to her, not expecting Lin Mo to be so generous, gifting both items to her.

"These things aren't much use to me." Lin Mo said lightly.

The Ice Spring Fruit only was a Yellow-grade fifth-class Spirit Fruit, of some use mainly to cultivators of the Water attribute, especially during the Foundation Establishment Stage, but not significantly useful to Lin Mo.

As for the First-level Black Armor, its defensive power was merely comparable to the Star Wheel Mirror's Great Perfection. Lin Mo had the Blood Demon Vine King, far stronger than this First-level Black Armor.

"Alright, then I won't be polite to a wealthy person like you." Shen Tong's pretty face was filled with joy, never expecting to gain two treasures from a single visit to the black market with Lin Mo, even her family elders wouldn't be this generous.

Lin Mo ignored Shen Tong, instead taking out the brown stone bought on the third layer from his Space Ring.

"This stone is called Ke Stone, a rather common material for weapon and Magic Treasure crafting."

Shen Tong happily put away the items, then looked at what Lin Mo held and spoke softly.