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After entering the Black-Corner Region, Xiao Lin wandered around aimlessly. After all, he was a newcomer and unfamiliar with the place, so he definitely needed to get acquainted with the environment first.
At the same time, because Xiao Lin had forcefully beheaded four Dou Ling when he first entered the Black-Corner Region, he had garnered quite a bit of attention.
Even though he had already ventured deep into the Black-Corner Region, Xiao Lin could still feel many prying eyes around him. Of course, using the word "monitoring" would actually be more appropriate.
In the eyes of the various factions currently in the Black-Corner Region, Xiao Lin was a powerful expert who had at least reached the level of a Dou Huang. Such strength was already enough to occupy a place within the Black-Corner Region.
Therefore, the other factions were already considering how they should respond if Xiao Lin prepared to establish his own power in the Black-Corner Region.
However, most factions likely did not welcome this. One must know that the Black-Corner Region was only so big; if another Dou Huang level power moved in, the interests of other factions would naturally be affected.
Thus, even though Xiao Lin was a "mighty dragon crossing the river" in the eyes of many factions, one must not forget another saying: the strong dragon does not suppress the local snake!
If Xiao Lin really had the idea of forming a power, it was estimated that many other Dou Huang level powers would unite to squeeze him out. As for whether there were any who sincerely wanted to accept Xiao Lin that was a very low probability.
Fortunately, Xiao Lin only wanted to gain experience in the Black-Corner Region and had no intention of establishing a power here. Given the nature of the people in the Black-Corner Region, Xiao Lin didn't dare to casually form a faction anyway!
If he wasn't careful, he might build a power today only to be sold out by his subordinates tomorrow. Therefore, Xiao Lin preferred to be a lone wolf in the Black-Corner Region!
In this way, no matter what he did, he wouldn't need to have any scruples. If he really provoked some old monster, the big deal would be to just run away.
Who could actually keep him there?
While wandering through the Black-Corner Region, Xiao Lin also discovered many special treasures that would absolutely never appear within the borders of the Jia Ma Empire!
He even saw several Tier 7 Medicinal Herbs in a shop!
These Tier 7 Medicinal Herbs were the main materials for refining Tier 7 Pills!
However, the boss did not mark the price, presumably intending to barter item-for-item.
This phenomenon was actually very common.
The higher the quality of medicinal pills, medicinal ingredients, monster cores, pill formulas, or even cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques, the more they could no longer be measured purely by gold coins.
More often than not, the owners used them for bartering.
Xiao Lin also discovered that the boss of that medicinal ingredient shop was actually a Dou Huang expert. But thinking about it, it made sense; how could the owner of a shop that possessed high-tier medicinal ingredients and where no one dared to cause trouble be a simple character?
If the opponent had no strength, the shop would have probably been robbed clean by the second day of opening. Besides this medicinal shop owner, Xiao Lin also found that many shop owners in the Black-Corner Region possessed a cultivation of at least the Dou Wang level or above.
Walking along the way, Xiao Lin perceived a total of at least five Dou Huang experts, two of whom had reached the peak realm of Nine-Star Dou Huang!
As for Dou Wang experts, they reached the count of twenty!
Regarding Dou Ling, they definitely exceeded three digits!
Below that, he couldn't even finish counting the Da Dou Shi. This was only what Xiao Lin discovered after wandering through less than one-fifth of the Black-Corner Region's territory.
The experts Xiao Lin discovered were already enough to sweep through the entire Jia Ma Empire, not to mention that, barring any accidents, there were likely other experts hidden in the shadows.
"Tsk tsk, as expected of the Black-Corner Region!" Xiao Lin couldn't help but sigh at what he saw and heard along the way.
If one could pile up all the various factions and resources of the Black-Corner Region, it was no exaggeration to say it might even be possible to stack up a low-star Dou Sheng expert! Of course, this was only in theory.
At this time, Xiao Lin had just wandered to the entrance of the shop that sold Tier 7 Medicinal Herbs. Just as Xiao Lin passed the door of this medicinal shop, he saw a group of five people coming out from inside, which made him involuntarily stop his pace.
Among these five people, besides the leader who was a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties with Dou Wang cultivation, the other three males and one female looked to be no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, only possessing the Dou Shi realm.
If it were just this, Xiao Lin wouldn't have stopped his pace for it. After all, although the Black-Corner Region was a place where the weak were prey to the strong, there were still many people making a living here.
Since they lived here, they would naturally have offspring. It was not surprising that their offspring's strength was temporarily only at the Dou Shi or even Dou Zhe level.
However, what truly made Xiao Lin stop his pace was that those four sixteen or seventeen-year-old youths were actually wearing uniform clothing—white background with blue patterns—which looked quite modern in style.
Wearing such clothing in the Black-Corner Region made the identities of these few people basically clear at a glance.
"Students from Jia Nan Academy, and a leading Elder?" Xiao Lin glanced at the five people nonchalantly, then silently thought to himself.
Meeting people from Jia Nan Academy here was actually quite unexpected for Xiao Lin. But after thinking about it, he felt it was within reason. One must know that the students of Jia Nan Academy were not flowers in a greenhouse.
Especially the students of the Inner Academy; they would often go out to perform missions.
This Black-Corner Region was likewise a training ground for Jia Nan Academy students. Not to mention that with a Dou Wang Elder leading the team now, it was naturally very normal for Jia Nan Academy students to enter and leave the Black-Corner Region.
After all, with the prestige of Jia Nan Academy, many factions in the Black-Corner Region still did not dare to casually offend them. Unless you could guarantee to kill them all and not let Jia Nan Academy find out!
However, in the case of a Dou Wang Elder leading the team, such a situation rarely happened. This didn't mean that Jia Nan Academy students coming to the Black-Corner Region to train would definitely not be attacked by local factions.
Rather, general factions would consider the consequences before attacking Jia Nan Academy students. Of course, it didn't exclude some lunatics who would brainlessly attack students of Jia Nan Academy.
However, afterward, once it was found out which faction did it, basically that faction would be erased from the Black-Corner Region by the next day.
In addition, if the students out for training died at the hands of peers of the same generation, Jia Nan Academy would not casually step forward.
Training always comes with danger. If the Academy stepped forward no matter what danger was encountered, then what would be the point of this training?
It was precisely because of this that a delicate balance was reached between Jia Nan Academy and the Black-Corner Region. This balance, under normal circumstances, would not be broken; both sides had a certain tacit understanding.
However, today, as far as Xiao Lin knew, an accident might be about to happen.
You might ask how Xiao Lin knew? Well, as that Elder from Jia Nan Academy led his four students out of that medicinal shop and prepared to return to Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Lin saw a Dou Huang expert quietly following them.
Clearly, this Dou Huang expert was prepared to gamble on not being discovered and then kill the five people from Jia Nan Academy.
"Interesting, I didn't expect to encounter such a thing! I was just worrying about how to establish contact with the people of Jia Nan Academy, and I didn't expect the opportunity would come right now..." With a slight smile, Xiao Lin followed behind that Dou Huang expert!
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