allonlinenovel Chapter 430 Guess
Chapter 430 Guess
After briefly explaining the pricing rules to Qin Beiyao, they prepared to head to the inner circle.
However, since it was everyone's first time here, there might be something they needed. So, in order not to have come for nothing, they planned to first stroll around the outer circle, then walk around the middle circle, and finally set up a stall in the inner circle to sell their goods.
The items on the outer ring are mostly basic talismans and magical artifacts that can be bought in shops outside, but their origins are questionable. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that some people continue to use spirit stones to sell them here.
Moreover, the black market is located next to the secret realm, so many cultivators are too lazy to travel across the ocean to sell what they get from the secret realm. They simply come here directly, where they can sell quickly and get spirit stones quickly.
If you're lucky enough to get some treasures, and you're worried you won't be able to keep them, sell them here quickly. You can get a large sum of spirit stones, which you might never be able to spend in your lifetime.
Jiang Liqian and her group weren't lacking in basic talismans and magical artifacts. However, besides these, there were also many interesting and rare trinkets. They bought some occasionally and were surprisingly happy. Even Jiang Liqian bought more than ten items in one go, most of which she planned to give to her senior brother. Since her senior brother liked tinkering with strange and unusual things, giving these to him might help him find some inspiration.
They had been happily strolling around the outer circle for quite some time, but they still hadn't reached the middle circle. The outer circle was simply too large, so to save time, everyone unanimously decided to take the teleportation array directly to the middle circle.
The items sold in the middle circle were far more precious than those in the outer circle. At a glance, all that could be seen were mid-grade or higher magical artifacts and spiritual weapons, as well as a considerable number of high-grade spiritual swords, many of which were peerless swords capable of causing chaos in the outside world. Of course, there were also many elixirs and talismans, array plates and cultivation techniques, immortal arts and secret arts that were impossible to obtain outside. The dazzling array was overwhelming.
There were more people on the streets, and sometimes you could bump into someone if you weren't careful. Strangely, despite the crowds, it was quiet here, not nearly as lively as the outer area.
The group walked around with questions in mind, and soon discovered another side of the place.
There are many cultivation manuals here, but there are also many sinister forbidden techniques, evil cultivation methods, and evil magical artifacts stained with blood. Even the tokens, robes, and accessories of family members and sect disciples who have been killed and robbed are sold here.
Jiang Liqian also saw a corpse refiner selling coffins and corpses in a dark corner. The coffins contained men and women, old people and children. One of them was a newborn baby who had been made into a pale-faced living dead.
Countless times, Jiang Liqian almost couldn't resist tearing that hateful thing to pieces, but reason always pulled her back in the end.
The fact that such a black market could exist for thousands of years must mean that there are powerful cultivators backing it up. Here, good and evil, right and wrong, are all the same; it's all about exchanging money for goods. If you rashly break the rules here, not only her, but also Shui Lian'er and the others will probably end up dead here, becoming commodities for sale.
Moreover, Jiang Liqian knew in her heart that even if she were to attain enlightenment and ascend to heaven one day, she would still be powerless to change most of the affairs of the world.
One person's strength is too insignificant to change the world.
As they walked, they fell silent, their initial ease and comfort vanished, and everyone tensed up, constantly wary of anyone passing by.
Because that could very well be a ruthless killer.
The sellers in the middle circle were all indifferent and rarely spoke. They would generally only answer two questions: the name of the item and its price. There were no pleasantries or smiles. If you wanted to buy, you paid with spirit stones; if you didn't, you were told to get lost.
Shui Lian'er took a fancy to a butterfly-shaped flying magic artifact. Qin Beiyao and Xu You'an bought some talisman pens and talisman paper for drawing talismans and array plates and spirit knives for carving arrays, in accordance with their cultivation methods. Su Yanqing and Jiang Liqian were the most practical, collecting a lot of high-level spirit talismans and array plates.
High-grade spiritual swords and artifacts require a master to recognize them before they can be used. Since they all have their own natal magic treasures, they don't bother with that.
Because they had seen too many depressing things along the way, Jiang Liqian and the others discussed it and decided not to stay here any longer. They hurriedly took the teleportation array to the center of the inner circle.
Since it was her first time setting up a stall, Jiang Liqian hadn't prepared anything. She turned her Qiankun bag upside down but couldn't find a single piece of cloth. In the end, Shui Lian'er couldn't bear to see her like that and took out her beautiful spirit silk to spread on the ground, letting her put it wherever she wanted.
Jiang Liqian thanked Shui Lian'er gratefully, and then took out her things one by one, with Xu You'an helping her straighten them one by one.
Seeing that she had displayed identical jade boxes, Su Yanqing hesitated for a moment before half-jokingly asking, "You didn't go through all that trouble to come here and sell jade boxes, did you?"
Jiang Liqian didn't answer his question. Instead, she winked at him mysteriously and uttered two words: "Guess."
"..."
If he could guess, would he still ask?
Shui Lian'er was also quite curious, but seeing that Jiang Liqian wouldn't say anything, she could only stare longingly at the jade boxes. Jiang Liqian raised an eyebrow, thinking that she had also contributed to setting up the stall, so she set up a barrier, whispered a few words in her ear, and then removed the barrier.
Upon hearing this, Shui Lian'er covered her mouth in surprise.
This made Su Yanqing even more curious, and she was extremely itchy to try it out.
While Jiang Liqian was arranging the boxes and not paying attention, he secretly tried to open a jade box to take a look, but Xu Youan froze him in place with a freezing spell.
No way, he didn't even see him form the hand seals, so how did the array plate appear under his feet?
And does this guy have eyes in the back of his head? He was being so careful, how could he notice this?
Seeing Su Yanqing frozen in place, Jiang Liqian suddenly had a good idea.
She borrowed a talisman pen and several talisman papers from Qin Beiyao, used her spiritual magic to lay the talisman papers flat and stick them together, and then wrote several large characters on them stroke by stroke: "Random Jade Box, No Opening Allowed, 300 Top-Grade Spirit Stones Per Box, Honest and Fair, No Refunds After Leaving the Stall, Please Help Yourself."
After finishing writing, she picked up the paper, stuffed it into the hand of the frozen Su Yanqing, positioned him in a certain way, and then had Qin Beiyao and Xu Youan move him to her stall.
And just like that, a living, breathing, beautiful, and functional signboard was created.
With its unique features, it will surely make her a fortune.
Su Yanqing at this moment: "..."
It's best not to let him recover, or he'll definitely kill her!
Shui Lian'er, who had been watching the whole thing, felt sorry for Su Yanqing, but why was it so funny? She almost laughed herself to death.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, she felt sorry for him, she felt sorry for him...
"Hahaha……"