Undead Mage from a Cell

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In the real world, Qianfang City.

Gu Xi pushed open the door of the house he had rented.

He hadn’t been here for over a year, and the house was already covered in dust, so Gu Xi had to open the windows and door to air it out.

Luckily, when Gu Xi left, he directly rented the room for three hundred years, and since it’s quite inconspicuous, no one wondered why nobody was living here.

Arriving in the real world, Gu Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief. With a few swift moves, he cleaned up the room, took out some things to decorate it, and then carried various equipment to Qianfang City’s black market.

This time, Gu Xi was quite familiar with the route; he didn’t need any introductions and reached a few buildings in the black market swiftly.

The black market is bustling with many people every day, and for someone like Gu Xi who had only been here a couple of times, they naturally did not remember him. However, no one stopped him, allowing Gu Xi to enter the small building where he previously bought powerful corpses smoothly.

Just as Gu Xi was about to enter the small building, a black-robed person came out to stop him.

"Guest, you’re here, what are you looking for?"

"Corpses above Level 30, they must be intact and not processed, do you have any now?"

Gu Xi’s goal was clear—the powerful corpses, whether for Undead Transformation or placing them within his setup in Yalidu City, are useful.

"Yes, guest, you came at the right time, yesterday someone brought a Level 37 Thunderbird here, with thunder power still in its body.

The master is inside dismantling it; currently, he’s just started plucking feathers. If you want, I can notify the master to stop."

"Let’s go take a look."

Gu Xi was intrigued upon hearing this.

A corpse above Level 35, regardless of which type, is useful to him.

After all, whether it’s for research or direct Undead Transformation, the corpses are the most important materials.

"Alright, guest, follow me this way. You truly came at the perfect timing.

No joke, if not for the reputation of our black market, the Holy Bull Guild would not have sent this corpse here.

Follow me..."

The black-robed person led the way while speaking, then pushed open a large door.

Behind the door, Gu Xi saw large amounts of purple electric currents jumping around, and amidst the currents, a huge yellow-haired bird with a wingspan over thirty meters was hanging from a beam.

Two butchers with bare upper bodies were forcefully plucking the yellow-haired bird’s feathers.

Every time they plucked a feather, an electric current would jolt through their bodies.

"Master, hold on, we have a guest who wants to take a look at this Thunderbird."

The black-robed person announced loudly upon entering the room.

The two butchers turned their heads and looked at Gu Xi following behind the black-robed person.

One of them threw the feather in his hand to the ground, making a metal clinking sound.

"Too late, the most useful feathers of the Thunderbird have already been bought.

But rest assured, the Thunder Lung inside is still there. If you want, I can help you extract it intact."

Gu Xi didn’t speak; instead, he walked halfway around the Thunderbird, "Feathers have been sold?"

"Yes, for this type of Thunderbird, only the feathers are valuable. The meat tastes bad, being constantly stimulated by thunder makes the texture a bit tough and not very appetizing. Also, the Thunderbird’s bones are hollow.

There’s no marrow inside, and the outside is quite hard, usually hard to crack for most people, not much culinary value.

The only part that’s edible is the heart.

Thunderbirds have a habit of changing hearts once a year, so the heart is tender.

Besides that, only the Thunder Lung is somewhat useful as it’s meant for storing thunder.

The rest is not very useful."

The butcher was explaining to Gu Xi, but Gu Xi didn’t listen; his eyes were fixed on the Thunderbird’s belly.

He felt that there was something inside the Thunderbird’s belly.

So Gu Xi slightly moved his left hand, and the Yellow Springs Dragon Robe and Spirit Lamp’s view extended out.

Then Gu Xi said, "I’m an Undead Mage; I need the corpse intact. It doesn’t matter if the feathers are gone. Don’t dismantle the corpse, I’ll process it myself."

Hearing Gu Xi’s words, the butcher glanced at him.

"So you’re an Undead Mage, that’s fine then. Alright, give me a moment, let me finish plucking these feathers and I’ll be done."

The butcher was experienced and knew what kind of corpse an Undead Mage would want. Initially, when he saw Gu Xi enter, he thought Gu Xi was a chef.

So the butcher turned back and continued to work on plucking the Thunderbird’s feathers.

Meanwhile, the black-robed person invited Gu Xi to the side.

"Guest, are you satisfied?"

"Satisfied. How about I pay with this?"

Gu Xi flipped his hand, and a Golden Plate appeared in his palm.

This was the Golden Plate Gu Xi obtained this time, with an evil qi still lingering that hadn’t been extracted.

The black-robed person took a look, and the evil qi directly pricked his finger.

It made the black-robed person’s eyes brighten; this was a great item.

The black-robed person had seen excavated artifacts but never ones with such heavy evil qi.

But heavy evil qi was good, it indicated the item was genuine, though he didn’t know which family would use gold for a plate, but the evil qi assured it as an archaeological relic.

"Another of the same size will suffice."

"Alright."

Gu Xi did consider haggling a bit.

But then he thought, he’s not familiar with these types of antiquities.

What if smaller items are more valuable?

Therefore, using matching plates to trade seemed better.

He had an absurd number of such plates; exchanging two for a Thunderbird was purely a profit for Gu Xi.

With a turn of his hand, Gu Xi took out another plate and handed it to the black-robed person, then asked a question.

"Any other corpses?"

The black-robed person shook his head; he too liked big customers like Gu Xi.

Wanting to purchase something directly stated, no haggling.

But the problem was there were no corpses sent here currently.

Qianfang City wasn’t a place known for undead, the corpses sent generally meant for food.

A visit from an Undead Mage wanting to purchase something, but they truly lacked stock.

Yet the butcher there had just plucked a feather, resting briefly.

Upon hearing Gu Xi’s question, the butcher thought of something.

"Hey young man, you’re an Undead Mage. Do you want those unsold bones, and there’s also the fresh blood from our slaughtering and unused discarded viscera.

These things are always available and haven’t been cleared away yet. If you want, I can sell them to you at a cheaper price."