The ghostly fog operated by countless people shrouded the reefs at the southern end of Spirit Phoenix Island. This area, covered by the black fog, spanned about a hundred hectares, making it impossible to see inside from the outside.

Lian Xinjie led Wang Qi into the ghostly fog, and Wang Qi was surprised to discover that this ghostly fog appeared to be gaseous, but each part of it was relatively stable and wouldn't be inhaled into the lungs with the air. The ghostly fog takes on the meaning of 'the ghostly realm of the human heart,' ever-changing and extremely mysterious. Wang Qi's spiritual sense was greatly suppressed here, unable to extend outside the body.

Lian Xinjie said, "Junior Brother Xia, inject your mana into this ghostly fog and refine a part of it!"

Wang Qi nodded, extended his hand, and released the mana cultivated through the Great Freedom Brushing Heart Mysterious Truth. The surrounding ghostly fog trembled rapidly, unexpectedly not resisting Wang Qi's refinement but instead directly absorbing this wisp of mana.

Since Wang Qi had already achieved Unity of My Method, he could sense his mana being absorbed. He clearly detected that his mana dispersed throughout the entire hundred hectares of the ghostly fog, joining its operation.

"I've memorized this operation mode, as long as… as long as it can be analyzed… it's a bit difficult," Wang Qi pondered, "Due to the interference of too many wills, this operation is too chaotic, unpredictable. To seize control of this, I'm afraid the only way is to rely on the Heart Demon Curse for total contamination."

In an instant, his spiritual sense seemed to shed a huge burden, immediately breaking out and spreading one zhang around him.

"One zhang?" Wang Qi frowned.

Lian Xinjie explained, "Within this ghostly fog, regardless of one's cultivation, the spiritual sense can only extend one zhang. If it completely suppressed all the cultivators' spiritual senses here, I'm afraid the cultivators wouldn't dare to come here because of fear of being ambushed. Moreover, cultivators rely on spiritual sense to discern good from bad. Therefore, within the ghostly fog, one zhang of spiritual sense is allowed."

"Even this one zhang is somewhat blurry. However, it's understandable." Wang Qi nodded, just about to walk inside. But at this moment, Lian Xinjie stopped him, leading him to an unoccupied reef. The reef was large enough to accommodate twenty or thirty people standing. Lian Xinjie landed on that reef, pried around a crack in the rock, and dug out two masks and two sets of black robes: "Junior Brother Xia, put this on."

Wang Qi whistled, "You've got quite the operation going! Even hiding such things?"

Lian Xinjie shook his head, "This isn't something I hid here; it's what others discarded here."

Wang Qi's eyebrows raised in delight, "Meant to trap people?"

Lian Xinjie shook his head with a bitter smile, "Can't trap anyone. It's an unwritten rule, I guess. Everyone inside will wear these garments that block spiritual sense and masks that block spiritual sense. Initially, it was to completely prevent others from tracking, but no one trusts the concealment items refined by others, so everyone will make their own to ensure no tampering. These identity-concealing items are discarded after one use, and others can feel free to pick them up and use them."

Wang Qi pondered for a moment, "The merchants inside here must not care much about reputation…"

"Those with strength naturally can fix their own masks and robes. However, even though this black market is tacitly approved by the Emperor's Extreme Split Sky Dao, it might not suit the Emperor's taste, so no one dares to reveal their true face inside." Lian Xinjie handed it to Wang Qi, "Put it on."

Wang Qi shook his head and asked, "Does this mean I can use my own vestment robe?"

Lian Xinjie was a bit puzzled, "Although modern magical instruments circulate here, vestment robes…"

Modern magical instruments are not allowed on Spirit Phoenix Island, and vestment robes, which need to be worn at all times to be effective, naturally wouldn't be used by Ancient Method Practitioners with 'Shenzhou Made' items.

At this time, Wang Qi had already taken a cloak from his storage bag. The cloak was entirely black, seemingly inlaid with countless twinkling gemstones. Wang Qi gave it a gentle shake, and Lian Xinjie felt he was looking at the Tianhe.

That's right, the Tianhe. The cloak resembled the Tianhe, pure and profound. Lian Xinjie only felt his spirit being drawn into the vast Star Sea, almost unable to extricate himself. It wasn't until Wang Qi lightly called out that he snapped back to consciousness.

Lian Xinjie's breath halted, "This… This… This is truly astonishing!"

It was a vestment robe purely crafted by Ancient Method, and of a very high grade!

This cloak was one of the pieces of equipment bestowed by Feng Luoyi, and it's unknown which civilization's treasure it was, just that it was given for Wang Qi to use. It's said that this vestment robe has an extremely strong ability to conceal one's aura. Once Wang Qi wore it, as long as he didn't connect with Heaven and Earth's breathing, he absolutely wouldn't be discovered as a Modern Cultivator.

In other words, once Wang Qi wore this vestment robe, he could revert to his Virtual and Real Two-Phase Other Shore Chapter cultivation, and the Holy Emperor Venerable would never find out!

At most, others would just think he was a wealthy Ancient Method Practitioner, that's all.

Wang Qi donned the cloak, and mana flowed, dissolving the Da Luo Chaos Heaven Scripture Power within him, reverting it to the Two-Phase Transcendence Chapter while maintaining the appearance of Great Freedom Brushing Heart Mysterious Truth cultivation. Then, the Two-Phase Transcendence Chapter's mana, like an electron virus, surged into the cloak, completing preliminary refinement within just a few minutes. The entire cloak turned into a vestment robe, wrapping tightly around Wang Qi, with its divine attributes automatically retracting, returning to normalcy.

After completing this step, Wang Qi even dissipated the Great Freedom Brushing Heart Mysterious Truth entirely, fully reverting to the most primitive form of the Two-Phase Transcendence Chapter.

Now, except for being unable to connect to the breathing of heaven and earth, integrating himself into a part of the great world and extracting Outer Heaven Spiritual Energy, Wang Qi was not much different from his peak state.

Lian Xinjie stared blankly at the various changes happening on Wang Qi's body. In his perspective, Wang Qi's entire Mana Power Intent was covered by that vestment robe. However, for some reason, he felt that Wang Qi seemed to become more and more terrifying.

Wang Qi glanced at Lian Xinjie and said, "Hurry up."

Lian Xinjie nodded, immediately put on the robe, wore the mask, and followed Wang Qi into the Ghost Black Market.

The Ghost Black Market, true to its name, was indeed a "Ghost Realm." Inside, shadows of people flickered, everyone wore black clothes and masks, flowing incessantly among the reefs. These pedestrians were unusually silent, just hurriedly rushing, without speaking or any interaction. Yet, for some reason, the low whispers around never stopped, converging into a buzzing sound, extremely oppressive.

And the sellers in this black market, unlike the sophisticated hawkers of the Shenzhou Continent, either occupied pieces of reef or simply used mana to lift themselves and creatures, just suspended in the air, cross-legged in meditation, unwilling to waste any cultivation time. Only when others inquired would they open their eyes.

The sea rose and fell, and those cultivators occasionally submerged in the waves. However, no matter how stormy it was, it couldn't shake the positions of those cultivators.

If ordinary merchants conducted business this way, they would certainly suffer losses. However, these people were cultivators, genuine cultivators, with very little reliance on the "collective." They didn't need gold or silver, only items that could aid their cultivation.

Namely the so-called "barter"!

It's just...

Lian Xinjie heard Wang Qi's "tsk" and turned his head to ask, "Junior Brother Xia..."

"Don't call me Junior Brother Xia here. Call me Daoist Fellow Wang!"

"Daoist Fellow Wang, what exactly is the problem?"

"I don't quite understand..." Wang Qi sighed, "You are at this stage already, how can you not unite as one?"

"Unite... as one?" Lian Xinjie was a bit puzzled, "What is that?"

It seemed he had no related concept.

Wang Qi shook his head, feeling even more puzzled.

This kind of barter. It seemed like a good method where both buyer and seller could achieve satisfactory results. But in reality, the efficiency of this transaction method was extremely low, far less convenient and quick than marking prices clearly. Establishing a universal equivalent, and then having everything mediated through this universal equivalent. Saying this adds an extra step compared to barter, but in practice, it's countless times simpler.

Moreover, division of labor and cooperation seemed very natural to Wang Qi. If one collected resources they didn't need, they could hand it over to an intermediary agency for sale, and if they wanted something, they could also ask this intermediary agency to collect it. Doing it this way, although a part of the commission would be taken, it saved a lot of time.

"I really don't understand why you are satisfied with such primitive..." Wang Qi shook his head, not continuing.

In this black market, it really seemed like there was everything. Wang Qi even saw many products of the Modern Immortal Path. However, these Modern Immortal Path products were not very advanced, mostly some talismans, elixirs, low-level magical artifacts, and the like. Additionally, there were some obviously industrialized natural treasures. Compared to natural treasures, they were much rougher, also seemed more turbid, lacking spiritual. However, in terms of refining magical artifacts, they were the same as ordinary natural treasures.

Here, the best-selling items were either these Modern Immortal Path products or very ancient.

Noticing that owning Modern Magic Tools here wasn't conspicuous, Wang Qi discreetly took out a bracelet from his storage bag, wore it on his hand, and then secretly pressed a Spirit Rhinoceros Bottle into it.

Then, Wang Qi also noticed a very eye-catching phenomenon. There were also very many second-hand magical artifacts here. However, in Wang Qi's eyes, these second-hand magical artifacts were simply no different from rubbish.

Before cultivators obtained their Lifebound Magical Treasures, they would generally experience a situation where the power of their magical artifacts gradually couldn't keep up with mana growth, and the used magical artifacts would be eliminated. These eliminated magical artifacts, if undamaged, would be passed down to younger disciples or descendants, if damaged, they would quickly turn to fragments, and be refined again.

However, the Ancient Method Practitioners didn't have this condition. In this Far Sea, it's very difficult to find mines without Great Demons entrenched, a single magical artifact might pass through several hands. "New for three generations, old for three generations, and hammered again for another three generations" is the true portrayal of these Ancient Method Practitioners.

Wang Qi looked around but found that there seemed to be no place selling medicinal materials here. He tugged on Lian Xinjie and asked in a low voice, "Brother Jie, is there any place nearby selling medicinal materials?"