To the west of Stone Town, there is an area that, unlike the rest of Stone Town, is built in a chaotic manner, and the only thing in common is that it is very dirty and dilapidated. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info are full of crooked or random piles of traces, even the symbol of Stone Town, the bluestone used in this area, also seems more dull than other areas. There are no regular roads in this area, just crooked paths in the middle of all kinds of chaotic buildings. At this time, Duoduo was shuttling between these paths.

The roads here are full of twists and turns, and if you are a first-time person entering this area, ten out of ten people will get lost. Duoduo was already familiar with this area, and according to the route in his memory, Duoduo walked quickly in the trail. Finally, she found the building in her memory.

This area to the west of the city is the slum of Stone Town, and the NPCs are usually inhabited by groups of thieves and robbers and beggars, and more often than not, the families of these thieves and robbers, including many orphans. So the area is very chaotic. But in line with the old saying, it is hidden in the city, and there are also many folk masters and some peculiar small shops. And the purpose of Duoduo's coming here is to find a tavern opened by an old thief NPC - "Black Shop".

It is said that this old man is a thief who has advanced to the holy level, but because of an accident in battle, he broke the meridians of his hands, causing his hands to not even be able to carry heavy objects. The old thieves who have experienced too much eventually return to the place where they were born and raised and live in seclusion. Opened a tavern called "Black Shop".

The "black shop" does not have any signboards, only a pair of black lanterns hanging at the entrance of the courtyard. Other than that, from the outside, the compound looks indistinguishable from the other crooked buildings in the area, just as dirty and dilapidated. Duoduo reached out and tapped on the wooden door three times, then four times. Then, we began to wait quietly.

Without waiting too long, a small pane was pulled open on the dirty and dilapidated door. A pair of rat eyes looked at Duoduo sharply.

"What for?" The owner of the rat was probably done inspecting, and asked Duoduo unceremoniously.

"Those who buy wine, three taels of old white dry, the kind that mixes eighty percent of water." Duoduo hurriedly picked up the code words.

If you want to enter this black store, you must do a pre-task, understand the actual role of the "black store", and get the password to enter the "black store" before you can enter. And Duoduo, naturally, relied on his own memory as a cheat, omitting this step and directly using the password in his memory to enter.

Squeak, the dilapidated wooden door made an unpleasant creak, opening a gap that was only large enough for one person to enter and exit, and Duoduo hurriedly went in sideways. The owner of the rat eye that led Duoduo into was a middle-aged man in his forties, with small eyes, but his eyes were very sharp, and his back was a little hunched, but his gait was unusually vigorous and steady. There were some disheveled weapons in the courtyard, as well as some rags of unknown purpose, which were broken but still bright. The middle-aged man introduced Duoduo into the inner room, which was dark and the windows were covered with black cloth. Outside the sun was white, but inside the house was as dark as the night, and all the light was based on a few kerosene lamps the size of beans.

If it's your first time in the black shop, you'd think it's a dilapidated tavern, with a few tables and chairs, and a counter, behind which is a sleepy old man and a row of wine vasks behind him. There were about 7 tables, and only three or five people sat sporadically. In front of the counter, there was no one. Seeing this, everyone would generally think that this was just a strange and dilapidated tavern, but if you knew that the old man who looked old and dull at the counter was actually a saint-level thief, you probably wouldn't think so.

After the middle-aged man introduced Duoduo indoors, he turned around and waited in the courtyard, where he was responsible for attracting customers from the black shop.

Duoduo walked to the counter with ease, and without speaking, he tapped the counter three times, and then twice, and three times. Maintaining the rhythm of three, two, three, and striking three times. Then he sat quietly and waited.

And the old man at the counter seemed to have just noticed a newcomer in the store at this time. Raised his eyelids and glanced at Duoduo, then took out a worn-out ledger-like thing and threw it to Duoduo.

Look at the object you came here and appear in front of you. Duoduo's eyes couldn't help but light up a little.

Holding back his excitement, Duoduo opened the book in front of him, as a benefit to the player, and a virtual screen that only Duoduo himself could see immediately popped out in front of his eyes, and rows of text surged in it.

"Looking for Mo Jasmine: Help Lao Mo in the west of the city find his lost granddaughter. Successfully bringing Mo Jasmine back to Lao Mo is regarded as a mission success. The reward for the quest is 2 osmanthus cakes"

"Collector Maniac: Help Li Er in the west of the city collect the packaging boxes of the Dafugui pastry shop in the east of the city, for each box of different styles, Li Er will pay you 1 silver."

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All kinds of strange tasks appeared in front of Duoduo. Yes, the "black shop" is actually a place similar to the mercenary association. Any task can be accepted here, and any task can be posted. Anyone who wants to publish a task and do a task can make a transfer here. This is the business of black shops. And the black shop does some commission in it. Of course, for NPC task publishers in the west of the city, the black store does not charge any fees, but for players and NPCs in other regions, they have to pay a part of the commission for posting tasks and receiving tasks.

And what Duoduo has to do is a very inconspicuous task in the task bar of the black store.

"Purple Leaf Rose Garden: Hu Sanhu, a gardener in the west of the city, needs a large number of purple leaf roses to make a grand banquet for his employer, and if you can help, you will be paid 10 silver for each rose."

The quest pays off a lot of money, but the Purple Leaf Rose is a rare flower that is barely visible in and around Stone Town. There are also very few in the wild. Only occasionally one or two will appear. However, the player who took this task before and made a fortune fell into a valley because of an accident, but was lucky to find a large area of purple-leaf roses in the valley.

And this player, of course, took it for granted, and made a fortune by himself, until other players who took this task saw this player hand in the task back and forth countless times in the past few days, and finally someone followed it successfully, but at this time, the gardener was almost full. So only the player who discovered the Purple Leaf Rose Valley earned high alone. After being discovered at that time, he also generously made it public on the money list. actually became the second place on the money list at that time, only slightly less than a guild steward.

It was a sensation at the time. However, at that time, it was already the time when players were generally level 20. Duoduo had just entered the game at the time, and he just watched it as a piece of news to collect game information.

And now, as long as Duoduo's little butterfly wings don't flap too much. Now that most of the players are still only level fifteen, there shouldn't be anyone to grab this task with Duoduo.

Take on the task and don't waste time flipping through the task list. Duoduo respectfully handed over the task book to the old man behind the counter, and performed the courtesy of the juniors to the elders. Duoduo turned around and left the black shop. And the NPC behind the counter was also slightly frozen for a moment because of Duoduo's sudden luggage, and Gujing Wubo's eyes were slightly frozen. Then, he returned to the appearance of a faint old man.

Duoduo, who left the "black shop", did not leave the slum immediately, but continued to go deeper in the narrow alley, relying on his already faint memory, Duoduo tried to find another peculiar shop.

After walking along the dilapidated path for about ten minutes, Duoduo finally stopped. He looked fixedly at a small stone house in front of him. The house was a little more dilapidated than all the buildings I'd seen before. The two wooden doors, which look so decayed that they have not yet weathered, make people feel like a miracle, and when the wind blows, they shake slightly. Duoduo gently pushed the door open, and in the dilapidated room, there was a row of shelves against the wall, and an old woman was lying on a broken table sewing something.

Duoduo arched his hand to the old lady, and quietly walked to the bookcase-like container. Inside are various tattered scrolls scattered around. Duoduo didn't open the scrolls, but put all the scrolls in front of him according to their colors. It took about five minutes to sort out all the messy scrolls on the counter. Looking at his results, Duoduo smiled slightly, then turned his head and walked towards the old woman.

"Hello, I want to buy some items from you, I wonder if I can?" Duoduo asked politely.

"Young man, you're kind of a catchy child. Well, you can buy 3 reels a day from me. Each 10 silver, choose to pay the money, you can take it away. Once you've chosen, hurry up and get out. With that, the old woman continued to stare at the tattered scroll in front of her, sewing little by little with trembling hands. It was as if the sudden neutral voice just now did not come from her.

Duoduo bowed again, and then silently returned to the cabinet. It's a bizarre reel shop. Look at the helpless old woman, but never let anyone she doesn't want to sell you take a single reel of thread. In the world, players can rob NPCs, but they will be convicted of a felony and banned from entering the city where the robbery was carried out for life. There are always some people who want to take risks without the approval of the old woman, but until the two hundred more levels, they have never seen anyone succeed. However, there are many players who can't enter Stone Town for life, and I've seen a few.

The old woman's scrolls are very special, they are all special items. In terms of price, all the scrolls have one price, and all of them are 10 silver. But each person can only buy up to three with her every day, and they still have to go through the most basic test, that is, after coming in, they will help her sort out the scroll cabinet, and decide the number of scrolls she is willing to sell you according to the quality of the arrangement. And she only sells a maximum of 9 scrolls throughout the day, that is, if everyone who comes buys them all, then on this day, only three people can buy them.

And the main purpose of Duoduo's visit this time is to sort out the scroll, a pale gold scroll embroidered with clouds on the scroll.

"Cloud Scroll: Players use Cloud Scroll to fully absorb gravity during landing, landing like a cloud at an effective distance of 30 yards."

The so-called cloud scroll, in fact, is a landing device, which is activated when it is within 30 yards of the ground, and can land without damage. A real must-have weapon for jumping off cliffs and buildings.

Take a look at the backpack, there is exactly 22 silver, which is Duoduo's last belongings. It's a pity that I can't buy enough shares of three, but when I come back from the task, it is estimated that there should be almost no players who have found this store now, and no one will grab the scroll with him. Thinking about this layer, Duoduo was not greedy, bought two cloud scrolls, and Duoduo said goodbye to the old woman and left.

Purple Leaf Rose Canyon, it is said that later became a dating mecca for lovers, in the previous life Duoduo has been busy, even when he fell in love with that hateful man, he continued to be busy for his career, and never really went to see this known as the most romantic landmark around Stone Town. I don't want to think about it anymore, and I am ready to look forward to the beautiful scenery and head towards the romantic holy place in the future, the Purple Leaf Rose Canyon.