Chapter 145: Scorpion Alone!
"Quick!"
"I'm afraid we'll have to get out of here quickly, I hope we haven't been noticed by the builders of the ghost city yet!"
As soon as the words fell, Lin Yi didn't even give me and Yu Haitao any time to react, so he dragged us out of here quickly.
And his so-called departure, of course, is not to leave the "ghost market", because then it will undoubtedly become "no silver three hundred taels here", but it is confirmed that we did it!
So not only did he not take us out of the "ghost market" as soon as possible, but instead took us through a winding sheep intestine path and quickly entered the ghost market.
Seeing that Lin Yi's expression was so solemn, Yu Haitao and I dared to say anything, and followed him straight to a dilapidated villa.
Lin Yi looked at the left and right carefully, and then looked at the identity nameplate in his hand, and then said, "It should be here!"
"Remember what I said before, if you say more, you will lose it!"
While speaking, Lin Yi did not hesitate anymore, led me and Yu Haitao, and walked straight into the villa.
And when we really entered the villa, I suddenly found that there was really something special in it, and at the same time, I finally believed what Lin Yi said just now!
He's right!
The original builder of the "ghost market" really had a quirk of yearning for the "Netherworld", because even the layout in this villa was actually made into the appearance of the Yama Palace. In the middle of the hall, there was a statue of Yama several meters high, with a hideous face.
"Damn!"
Seeing this scene, my heart was speechless for a while!
How could there be such a strange person with such a quirk, the original builder of the "ghost market", should he also "deceive himself", and also regard himself as the king of Yama, right?
But I only dare to think about this in my heart, with Lin Yi's previous instructions, where do I dare to talk more?
According to Lin Yi, the so-called "Yama Palace" in front of him is actually just the entrance hall of the "Ghost Market", and the real trading place is not here, but underground!
As soon as the words fell, Lin Yi couldn't help but look around carefully again, and easily found another hidden entrance under the statue of King Yama in the main hall.
The next situation was almost exactly the same as before, and at the same time as the eyes were dark and bright, there was a lot of noise in our ears!
That feeling is like suddenly walking into a vegetable market, with all kinds of selling sounds coming and going, and there are some "bargaining" sounds mixed with it from time to time, which is called a lively one.
Since it was the first time for Yu Haitao and I to enter this place, we naturally felt very new about all this in front of us, and we couldn't help but look around carefully.
At a glance, there are almost everywhere in front of you, and they are shoulder to shoulder, conservatively estimated, I am afraid that there must be hundreds of people, right?
And after a short period of novelty, I actually felt that it didn't seem to be anything special!
In addition to the relatively special things for sale, the others are almost the same as the night market in the square of the outside business district, which is very chaotic, and most of the goods are good and bad, and most of them are fake!
All sorts of people are constantly moving around here, but almost everyone is just like us, all wearing masks and covering their faces tightly!
In the face of such a noisy environment, I was relieved, and at the same time a lot bolder, so I lowered my voice and hurriedly asked Lin Yi, "What's going on?"
"Didn't I just kill a pretending cow ......"
"Let's talk about it later!"
Before I could finish speaking, Lin Yi couldn't help but quickly interrupt me, and said with a solemn face: "This is not the place to talk, let's get down to business first, and then leave quickly!"
"Keep up!"
As soon as the words fell, he immediately did not hesitate anymore, and led me and Yu Haitao into the crowd as well.
Seeing that Lin Yi was so cautious, I naturally didn't want to say anything more, nodded slightly, and pulled Yu Haitao straight to follow. At the same time, he kept looking at the stalls on the side of the road, hoping to find something different.
However, I am extremely disappointed that there are a lot of good things, but unfortunately most of them are fakes!
I finally found a real thing, and the price is ridiculously expensive, often hundreds of thousands of millions of high prices, with our current financial resources, it is obviously far from being able to bear this.
On the other hand, Lin Yi may have been affected by what happened just now, and he was in a hurry to leave this place after finishing his business. So he didn't have the slightest interest in the things on the stalls around him, and he didn't even look at them, so he led us straight to the front, in the corner, to an unusually simple and inconspicuous stall.
"Pick whatever you want, and then call me when you're done!"
The stall owner is a man with a Peking Opera mask, and judging by his voice, he must be at least about 50 years old.
Although his stall was simple, he himself seemed to be very "tsundere", only glancing at us, and then continuing to close his eyes and recuperate, neither greeting us nor shouting like the other stall owners.
And when I subconsciously glanced at the stall in front of him, I suddenly found that compared with the treasures on other stalls, which are often claimed to be rare for hundreds of years, most of the items he sells are actually some very ordinary items?
For example, rune paper, rune pens, cinnabar, red nitrate, black dog blood and other things commonly used to draw talismans!
"Huh?"
I was shocked, and it wasn't until I carefully looked at the cinnabar, red nitrate, and other things in front of him that my expression changed slightly! I was shocked to find that although most of the things he sold were common, almost all of them were genuine!
Although the quality is far from being comparable to the cinnabar and red nitrate left behind by my master, all of them are real! at least they are much better than the ones we bought in the county town before.
It seems that this should be the so-called "time-honored brand" in Lin Yi's mouth before, not relying on pit abduction, but a person who does business here in a down-to-earth manner, no wonder the stall owner is so arrogant.
Lin Yi carefully selected some of the things we needed to go to the tomb this time, and then couldn't help but lower his voice and asked, "Is there anything else with slightly better quality than this?"
"Huh?"
After listening to Lin Yi's inquiry, the stall owner subconsciously raised his head, and instead of answering Lin Yi's question, he asked, "Do you know my rules here?"
"Of course!"
Lin Yi nodded subconsciously and hesitated for a moment, then he dragged Haitao straight over.
After muttering a few more words in his ear in a low voice, he saw that Yu Haitao looked very reluctant and handed over his "talisman" directly to Lin Yi.
Then he saw Lin Yi, and directly handed it over to the stall owner and the old man, and said with a smile: "Do you give me a palm?"
"Blue Talisman?"
Frowning slightly, the old man of the stall owner seemed to be very disappointed, and while taking the "talisman", he couldn't help muttering to himself: "It seems that this can't change too much ......"
"Huh?"
Before he finished speaking, the stall owner's old man couldn't help but light up immediately, and said with a look of surprise: "It turns out that it is not an ordinary talisman, but a blue-level talisman?"
"Kind of interesting!"
Nodding slightly, the old man couldn't put it down and rubbed the texture on the surface of the "talisman", but at the same time glanced directly at Lin Yi and asked, "Say! What do you need to exchange it for?"
Seeing this, Lin Yi couldn't help but look equally happy, and hurriedly handed a list that had been prepared directly to the past.
The old man subconsciously took a look, and then couldn't help frowning again: "So much?"
As soon as the words fell, he couldn't help but look at the "talisman" in his hand again, and subconsciously shook his head: "No! It's just a blue talisman, this can't even change half of the things on the list, I can't do this loss-making business!"
Saying that, he didn't return the "talisman" in his hand to Lin Yi for a long time, but continued to look at the rune on it with interest, as if he wanted to see something from the rune.
Seeing this, Lin Yi immediately smiled, how could he not know that the old man was deliberately asking for a price! So he quickly took over the conversation and said: "The predecessor is not good! An ordinary blue rune, of course, can't change these, but this one is different!"
"You also said just now, this is a 'talisman'! Even if an ordinary person wears it, it can exert the same effect, how can this be compared to an ordinary blue talisman?"
"That's right!"
Nodding slightly, the old man also admitted what Lin Yi said very happily, and then couldn't help but change his words: "But it's just a blue talisman after all! And the things on your list are inevitably too many, and they are all of the best goods!"
"So be it!"
After a slight pause, the old man then said: "Let's take a step forward, counting the ones you just selected, I will receive you a total of two such 'talismans', I don't know what the three of them think?"
"Huh?"
As soon as these words came out, I was a little dumbfounded, just two "amulets", which are actually not expensive at all for me! Because as long as I have the materials, I can easily make another one!
But the problem is, when we came here before, Lin Yi didn't tell me that we needed to exchange this "talisman" for what we needed to go to the tomb?
So we weren't prepared at all, and now we have only this "talisman" left in our pockets!
I subconsciously glanced at Lin Yi, and was thinking, should we go out first and make another one quickly.
Unexpectedly, Lin Yi waved his hand directly at me, signaling me not to speak yet, and then saw him smile slightly: "You are right! Such a price is indeed very fair!"
But then he also changed his words, and said with a sly smile on his face: "But you have always ignored one problem, that is, the relationship between supply and demand, which is often said in the world! Your cinnabar, red nitrate, and other materials are of high quality, but they are by no means unique to you! As far as I know, there are at least three places in this 'ghost market' where you can buy the same thing!"
"But this 'talisman' is different, I can't guarantee anything else, at least in today's 'ghost market', it's scorpion - the only one!"