The golden sun rises in the east, sprinkling a bright day.

Without further ado, Xu Yang and Mai Xiaoqi went side by side to the southeast of Fang City.

Mai Xiaoqi's figure is more than half a head shorter than Xu Yang, and he looks like he is only fifteen or sixteen years old. But he wore a wide gray coarse cloth robe, and walked like a lovely puppet.

"Your dress is a bit big, do you want me to give you a fitting one? Xu Yang asked.

"Okay, I like this dress, it's freer. Mai Xiaoqi reached out and folded his cuffs, revealing a small fist, "Don't prevent you from fighting with people." ”

"It looks like a powerful fist. Xu Yang joked.

"Little Brother Xu Yang, you just said that the underground auction is a place of fierce competition, is it really in the underground secret room?"

"Some underground auctions are actually set up in underground secret rooms, like rats. But then again, things in underground auctions are usually open and contentious, because those people don't talk too much about the rules. However, in ordinary markets, there are often secret fights, because there are many rules on the surface. This is what the world of cultivation is like. Xu Yang explained.

"Oh, Xiao Qi doesn't like drilling holes or anything the most, I like the sun the most, just like now. ”

As he spoke, Mai Xiaoqi closed his eyes slightly, and his long eyelashes were like hazy bead curtains, reflecting golden dreams. He poked out the wings of his nose and inhaled softly.

"It's the smell of sunshine, it's warm. Mai Xiaoqi opened his big eyes, and the spirit of the whole person was like a sunflower that absorbed the energy of the sun and bloomed.

Xu Yang followed Mai Xiaoqi's example and leaned out his nose to sniff, and deliberately leaned in front of Mai Xiaoqi, "Oh, how can I smell a fawn." ”

Mai Xiaoqi covered the deerskin hat on his head with his hand, "Hehe, Xiaoqi is a grass deer from the Luming Grassland." ”

"Hey, hey. ”

"Haha. ”

The two of them had fun all the way.

Half an hour later, the two came to the southeast corner of Fang City.

It is said to be a corner of the market, but it has actually left the market.

In front of them was a mysterious wood, but there was an obvious forest path that went deep into it.

In front of the woodland, the two stood still.

"It's in the woodland across the street. About seven days ago, I was looking for a suitable Burmese in the market, but the price of the Burmese was too high. During this time, I met a big black man. He pointed me out that you could buy and sell things that you couldn't buy in the market, and that the prices were much cheaper. When I found the edge of the woodland, I was told that there was no auction for the time being. And if you want to go in and see, you have to pay a deposit of ten high-grade spirit stones, so I didn't go in. ”

After a pause, Mai Xiaoqi looked back and forth, "It's a little different, there were a few fierce men guarding the edge of the woodland when I came here last time." ”

"Maybe they knew I was coming, and they scared them away. My nickname is the Invincible Demon King. Xu Yang pretended to be serious.

"Little brother Xu Yang, are you so terrible? I don't think you are a big demon king, how can you have such a handsome big demon king. Mai Xiaoqi looked at Xu Yangdao.

"Hehe, you're right. Then we'll try our luck inside. Xu Yang straightened his waist, "Xu Xiaoxian is also here." ”

Mai Xiaoqi learned from Xu Yang's appearance and straightened his waist, "Mai Xiaoxian is here." ”

The two of them followed a winding path into the woodland.

About half a mile ahead, a wooden house with a small area appeared in front of the two of them.

In front of the door of the house, a large black stone was poked, and the surface of the stone was covered with sword cuts. Under the traces, two words can be faintly distinguished: "black market".

When Xu Yang saw the two words written on the stone, he couldn't help but smile, clasped his hands to his chest and said, "It's really a bit bold to be able to make the black market so open-minded." ”

Mai Xiaoqi ran to the door in two steps, "Little brother Xu Yang, look, this place has been sealed." ”

Xu Yang walked over and took a look, seal

There were two lines of words written on it, reading: "The black market kills people, and the Yuanchang Business Alliance is sealed." ”

Xu Yang looked back and forth carefully, and found no trace of blood around, thought about it, and then said: "Although this Fang City has not been officially taken over by the Shang Alliance, after all, there are already forces of the Shang Alliance infiltrating it. Naturally, this blatant black market is difficult to survive. ”

"So, there's no underground auction?" Mai Xiaoqi said with some disappointment.

"Let's go back, since there is no underground auction, we will think of another way. Yuanchang Business Alliance, I know. It is a well-known big business alliance on the Zhongyuan continent and one of the three major business alliances. Although things like the Sea King Spirit Beast Neidan are rare, for the Yuanchang Business Alliance, it may be easy to get. Since the forces of the Yuanchang Business Alliance are here, we will find a way to find the Yuanchang Business Alliance to buy it. Xu Yang explained.

"There are also big business alliances in the Southern Regions, but if you want to buy things directly from the business alliance, you can't do it. The Shang Alliance only does business with the top Xiuzhen families or large tribes. There are very few facades directly under the Fang City Business Alliance, and most of them are franchised merchants. These franchisees are supplied by Business Alliance and then retailed to those who need it. "Mai Xiaoqidao.

"I have a way. ”

As he spoke, Xu Yang flipped it with one hand, and an extra white token appeared in his palm.

This token white jade texture, rectangular inch size, warm and white. The front is engraved with the word "Yuanchang", and the back is engraved with the four characters of business luck and a row of bizarre symbols indicating identity. A faint trace of spiritual power emanated from the jade plate.

This jade plaque was obtained by Xu Yang when he was selling the pills he had refined in Pingyun Gufang City, near the Heavenly Ghost Sect, and happened to be recognized as a guest appraiser by the Yuanchang Business Alliance.

In order to control the quality of the goods, and to prevent other merchants from selling counterfeit goods at high prices under the banner of the business alliance, a huge business alliance like Yuanchang Business Alliance will authorize many guest appraisers to help Yuanchang Business Alliance supervise the market anytime and anywhere.

Guest appraisers are usually not paid, but they will enjoy a certain discount when they buy items in Yuanchang Business Alliance. In this way, the business alliance has saved a lot of manpower and expanded its supervision of the market. It has also taken a lot of thought to achieve high quality and recognition by buyers and merchants.

"What brand is this?" asked Mai Xiaoqi.

It is a special brand for guest appraisers of Yuanchang Business Alliance. With this brand, I can contact Yuanchang Business Alliance to help me buy some things, and there will be a small discount. With the good luck you brought me, maybe the Yuanchang Business Alliance will sell me a "Sea King Spirit Beast Neidan". ”

"Is Xiao Qi the mascot of Xu Yang's little brother?" Mai Xiaoqi shook his head and grimaced.

"Let's go find the Yuanchang Business Alliance in Fang City. ”

......

The two of them returned the way they came, out of the woodland.

At this moment, an old man in a gray robe with a white beard came out of nowhere, and walked over to Xu Yang and the others.

"There is nothing difficult in the world, but I am afraid of those who have a heart. The gray-robed old man said with a smile as he shook a broken fan in his hand, "The weather is getting hotter and hotter, do you want to find a cool place to rest?" ”

Mai Xiaoqi looked surprised, and fanned the wind next to his face with his hand, "No, it's not hot at all, and it's windy." ”

Maybe it's a little hot, but with someone you like, you don't feel hot.

The gray-robed old man fanned with the pu fan in his hand, "The wind is also hot. ”

Mai Xiaoqi replied seriously: "It's a little bit hot." ”

Xu Yang heard the words of the gray-robed old man, and said in a low voice: "Please also give me some advice." ”

As he spoke, Xu Yang respectfully handed over a high-grade spirit stone.

The gray-robed old man's eyes lit up, and he used the broken pu fan in his hand to take over Xu Yang's high-grade spirit stone. Then he put it in his mouth and bit it gently, and the spirit stone was very hard, making the old man's teeth squeak.

"Oops. Hard enough, it's true. As he spoke, the gray-robed old man took the high-grade spirit stone into his arms, "There is no business alliance in this city that has officially taken over, even that."

Some of the spirit stones are fake. However, looking at the noble temperament of the son, he will definitely not use fake spirit stones to deceive me, an old man. ”

The gray-robed old man said it with confidence, as if Xu Yang owed him a spirit stone.

"Fair trade. Xu Yang said indifferently.

The gray-robed old man pointed to the southwest with the broken pu fan in his hand, and whispered: "Forty miles, there is a place to enjoy the shade." ”

"Thanks for the pointers. Xu Yang hugged his fists.

Mai Xiaoqi on the side blinked his eyes widely, he didn't know what Xu Yang and the gray-robed old man were talking about, and Xu Yang also gave the gray-robed old man a big spirit stone.

"Childe, you are generous. The gray-robed old man responded with a fist.

After that, Xu Yang pulled Mai Xiaoqi towards the southwest.

The gray-robed old man looked at the disappeared backs of Xu Yang and Mai Xiaoqi, and an imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills. The gray-robed old man whispered to himself and turned to leave.

Walking to a place where there was no one, the gray-robed old man wiped his face with his hand, but one of his faces was a different person. It was a face with small eyes like soybeans.

Without him, it is the thousand-faced ghost Zhang San, who is also the shadow envoy with a high position in the shadow organization.

The Thousand-Faced Ghost muttered in his mouth: "Xu Yang, you can't run out of the circle that Lord Shadow drew for you." ”

......

Forty miles southwest of Fang City.

Beneath a not-so-tall nameless peak, there is a ruined mountain temple.

In the mountain temple, there is a multicolored clay statue of the mountain god, the statue of the mountain god is two feet tall, the mud color on the body is mottled, and it looks like it is some years.

Xu Yang and Mai Xiaoqi came to the mountain temple.

"Isn't this a mountain temple? Look, the one sitting high on it is the mountain god. Mai Xiaoqi looked suspicious, and turned angry, "We won't be deceived by that gray-robed old man." Go back to him to settle accounts, a high-grade spirit stone is not a small amount. ”

Xu Yang didn't speak, but walked up to the statue of the mountain god and looked at it carefully.

In front of the statue of the mountain god was an old table with a pen and a stack of yellow paper.

Xu Yang picked up the pen, licked the tip of the pen lightly on the tip of his tongue, and then wrote a few words on the yellow paper, "Neptune Spirit Beast Neidan".

After that, Xu Yang picked up the yellow paper on which he had written and threw it into the "Wishing Incense Burner" on the other side.

"Master Mountain God, do you think my wish can come true?" Xu Yang said respectfully with his hands folded.

Quiet!

It's quiet!

In the huge mountain temple, there was only the thumping heartbeat of Xu Yang and Mai Xiaoqi.

Mai Xiaoqi stood in place, looking back and forth at every corner of the mountain temple with a pair of big eyes, and muttered in his heart: "Will the mountain god jump out?"

Poof.

The yellow paper that Xu Yang had just thrown into the wishing incense burner suddenly ignited, but the flames were strangely blood-red. In the blood-red flames, a three-word flashed.

After a while, the red flame and the handwriting on it converged and disappeared, and the yellow paper of the wishing turned to ashes.

Xu Yang smiled slightly, turned his head and said, "Xiao Qi, let's go back first." Three days later, we came back to make a vow. ”

"Is it really so effective?" Mai Xiaoqi was surprised at first, and then followed Xu Yang's example, standing in front of the statue of the mountain god with a reverent face, his hands folded, "Lord of the mountain god, you have manifested." ”

After that, Xu Yang and Mai Xiaoqi went out of the mountain temple.

At this moment, the pupils of the mountain god statue shone strangely.

Leaving the mountain temple, Xu Yang and Mai Xiaoqi returned the same way.

Along the way, Xu Yang was thoughtful. Mai Xiaoqi was empathetic and didn't take the initiative to disturb Xu Yang.

When I arrived in the market, there were many people lively, and the sound of selling and cars and horses was mixed.

Xu Yang looked at Mai Xiaoqi, smiled, and then said, "The person who followed us is gone, and now we can speak." ”

Mai Xiaoqi exhaled a long breath, as if he had a big realization: "So that's the case." ”