"Chapter 34: The Black Market"
Passing through the lively street, Fanta took Luiga to a hotel called "East Lane", from the outside, this East Lane Hotel should be of good grade, the decoration is relatively luxurious, the door of the hotel is full of a lot of flowers and plants, these flowers and plants are very well trimmed, it can be seen that the owner of this hotel has spent a lot of thought on these flowers and plants.
"Master Luiga, this East Lane inn is quite famous in our Mande Town, although it is not the most luxurious hotel in our Mande Town, it is definitely the quietest in our Mande Town, I guarantee you are absolutely satisfied!" Fanta pointed to the East Lane Hotel in front of him and said to Luiga.
After saying that, Fanta led Luiga into the East Lane Hotel, after walking into the door, a fragrance came to his nose, although it was not very strong, but it smelled very good, the layout in the hotel was very elegant, there were only four tables in the hall, but it didn't look too empty, Luiga was very satisfied with the environment here, he was going to stay in Mande Town for a while this time, his current rune stone was enough for him to practice for a while, he was going to improve his cultivation first and was thinking about going to Pallas, this time he met a little Pine made him so tricky, not to mention those bandits in Pallas, those people are really ruthlessLuiga didn't want to give Pallas his life. So he had to be prepared for anything.
Luica nodded to Fanta and said, "It's good here, let's live here!"
"Okay, Master Luiga, wait a minute, I'll call the shopkeeper. After saying that, Fanta shouted into the hotel, "Madame Candace, there's a guest here!"
As soon as Fanta's words came out, a woman in her fifties came out, her hair was already a little gray, but her complexion looked very good, and when she saw that it was Fanta, the woman named Candace smiled and hurried over to entertain Luiga.
"Lady Candace, this is Master Luica, he is from out of town, and he wants to live in our Mandetown for a while, Master Luiga has no other requirements, but only asks for a quiet environment, so I brought him here with you!" Fanta said to Candace, and from his tone, it could be seen that he was still familiar with this woman named Candace.
"Okay, okay, then I'll arrange the room, you guys wait. With that, Candace went to arrange a room for Luiga, and Luiga stayed at the East Lane Hotel.
After returning to the room, Luica put aside the wooden box on his back, locked the door, took out the rune stone and prepared to start cultivating, Luica practiced in the East Lane Hotel for ten days in a row, his rune power at this time has broken through to 16,000 guer, but the effect of the improvement of the power of qi and blood is a bit unsatisfactory, the 7 bottles of alchemy potion he exchanged in the school before were quickly spent, in the past ten days, he has not used the alchemy potion to cultivate the body technique, his qi and blood power has increased by 3000 joules, and now his qi and blood power has reached 13223 joules, and the alchemy potion has been completely consumed at this time, If you don't want to find a way to get some alchemy potions, then the gap between Luica's physical cultivation and the power of runes will get bigger and bigger, which is not the result Luiga wants.
After the tenth day, Luica walked out of the room, ten consecutive days of penance made his spirit a little tired, this fatigue can not be recovered by recovering his mental strength, Luica was ready to go out for a walk to relieve the nerves that had been tense because of cultivation, and at the same time he wanted to find out if there was a place to buy alchemy potions for cultivating physical arts, and at the same time he also wanted to sell the five rune weapons in his hand.
Seeing Luiga walk out of the hotel, Fanta hurriedly greeted him, these days Luiga has not left the hotel he has been guarding the door, in his opinion Luiga is the God of Wealth, if he does not serve well, he will definitely be struck by lightning.
"Master Luica, how come you have time to come out today, if you have anything to do, you can tell me!" Fanta said respectfully to Luica.
Luiga directly took out a gold coin, threw it to Fanta, and then asked, "Is there any place in this Mandel Town where I can buy resources for cultivation, I want to buy some resources for cultivation." ”
After Fanta took the gold coin, she was happy at first, and after hearing Luiga's words, Fanta rolled her eyes and thought about it, and then seemed to suddenly think of something, and hurriedly said to Luiga: "Master Luiga, you are asking me the right person about this, if you ask ordinary people, they will definitely not know, there is indeed such a place in Mandetown where you can buy resources for cultivation, and this place is the "black market"!"
"What is this place?" Luiga asked, frowning, a little confused.
"This black market, that's very mysterious, I also found out by chance that there is such a place in Mande Town, this black market is in a village called Xina in Mande Town, I led a caravan last time, I only knew that place, I heard the people of the caravan say to go there to purchase some cultivation resources, but I don't know what exactly is inside, because this black market can only be entered by cultivators, ordinary people like us are not qualified to enter, Master Luica, you want to purchase cultivation resources It seems that you must be a rune master, then you must be qualified to enterFanta explained.
Hearing Fanta's explanation, Luica was a little pleased, he just asked casually, he didn't expect that there was really a place in this town where cultivation resources could be bought, Luica said to Fanta: "Very good, this black market is exactly the place I am looking for, you can take me there, the benefits are indispensable to yours!"
"Okay, I'll take you to Sina Village, Sina Village is not far from here, and it won't take half an hour to walk there!" After saying that, Fanta took Luiga and walked towards the "black market".
Soon the two came to Sina Village, Fanta took Luiga around and came to a forest in the village, Fanta stopped and said to Luica: "Master Luica, the black market is in the forest ahead, I can only send you here, you go into the woods, there will naturally be someone inside to receive you!"
Luiga nodded, he asked Fanta to go back first, Luica walked into the woods alone, and just as he walked into the woods, a figure suddenly jumped out and blocked in front of Luica.
In the way was a young man, who looked to be in his twenties, "This is the black market, only runemasters are allowed to enter!" the young man said to Luiga.
After Luiga heard it, he nodded at the young man, and said with a smile: "I know!" After saying that, the rune power on his body exploded, Luica did not burst out of the rune power of his whole body, he revealed the power of the runes of 3000 Ge, and felt the power of Luica's runes, the young man put away the indifference just now, smiled at Luica, and said: "The little brother is already a first-level rune master, and it is not easy to have this little brother at this age!"
Luiga smiled and waved her hand, then asked, "Can I go in?"
"Of course, this black market is specially opened for rune masters, and you can trade all kinds of cultivation resources here, but you will have to charge a toll for one rune stone to enter!" said the young man to Louis Ka.
Hearing that he had to pay a toll for a rune stone to go to the black market, Luica frowned and said in a deep voice: "Isn't this fee a little too high? If I go in and don't buy anything, it won't be a loss of a rune stone for nothing." ”
Hearing Luica's questioning, the young man didn't think it was very strange, because basically everyone who came to the black market for the first time would think that the entrance fee was a little high, and the young man explained to Luiga: " The operation of this black market also requires money, trading in this black market, you don't have to worry about being hacked and eaten by black and the like, we have a sixth-level rune master in the black market, don't worry about trading safety here, the black market in our Sina Village is famous, and many rune masters from other places often come here to trade, so little brother, you don't have to worry about not being able to buy things, as long as you have money, you can buy anything here. ”
Hearing the young man's explanation, Luica nodded knowingly, he was still surprised that there was a sixth-level rune master in this small place, the sixth-level rune master had already completed a cycle of rune power, and he was already considered a master, and the price required to move a sixth-level rune master was definitely not low, so it seemed that it was acceptable to charge a rune stone for a toll.
Luica took out a rune stone and handed it to the young man, and after the young man took the rune stone, he gave Luica an iron plaque and said: " This brand is the pass token of the black market, with this token in the black market you will get our protection, if someone on the black market to you shot, our master will help you, this pass token is permanently valid, as long as we are in the black market one day, then you can take the token into our black market at any time to trade things, by the way, I forgot to tell you, the black market is traded with runestones, gold coins are useless here, and some are bartered, these all depend on the needs of the seller. ”
Luica nodded, this is the same as he guessed, all the people who can come here are rune masters, and everyone trades resources for cultivation, so the gold coins are naturally useless.
The young man led Luica into the woods, through a wooden gate, Luiga entered the real black market, there were a lot of people here, many people set up stalls, and there were all kinds of cultivation resources in the stalls, runes, alchemy potions, medicinal herbs, rare metals, etc.
The young man said to Luica: "Little brother, I'll send you here, you can go shopping by yourself to see if there is anything you need, if you want to sell something, you can also do it, you can find a place to set up a stall, if someone likes your things will come to you to negotiate the price." ”
With that, the young man left, and Luica walked towards the stall in front of him, and Luica first came to a stall selling runic weapons. There are two rune weapons on the stall, a hammer and a long knife, and you can know that this is a one-pattern rune device by looking at the lines on it.
"Hello, how do you sell this long knife?" Luiga asked, looking at the stall owner.
This stall owner is about thirty years old, and he is a little surprised to see Luica's young age, but he does not show the slightest disdain, he knows that the lowest person who can come here is also a first-level runemaster, and it is definitely not something that ordinary people from an ordinary family can do to break through a first-level rune master at Luica's age, and the minimum must be a nobleman.
"This knife sells for 10 rune stones, and this knife is a one-pattern rune weapon, which is quite good for improving combat power. The stall owner said to Luiga.
Luica nodded after hearing this, this price was similar to what he guessed, and he didn't continue to stay at this stall for long, Luiga walked to other stalls, the main purpose of his coming today was to buy alchemy potions for cultivating body arts.
Luiga looked around and stopped in front of a stall, which was full of all kinds of alchemy potions, Luiga looked and found that one of them was similar to the one he had exchanged at school, Luiga pointed to the red alchemy potion and asked, "Boss, what kind of alchemy potion is this?"
The stall was set up by a man, about thirty years old, this man only had one eye, and the other should have been blindfolded by him, "This is a body refining potion!" The stall owner looked at Luiga and said lightly.
Hearing the stall owner's confirmation, Luica's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly asked, "Boss, how do you sell this one-turn body refining potion?"
"One runestone, one bottle!"
Hearing the one-eyed stall owner's offer, Luiga raised his eyebrows, this price is much cheaper than he expected, according to the standard of exchange at the school, 20 glory points can be exchanged for a bottle of body refining elixir, 20 glory points converted into rune stones should be 2 rune stones, according to his guess, the price of this one-turn body refining potion should be 2 rune stones.
Luiga looked at the stall owner with some confusion and asked, "Boss, your medicine seems to be sold a little cheaply, shouldn't there be any problems?"
Hearing Luica's words, the stall owner smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "Hehe, my little brother's eyesight is really good, my medicine does have a little problem!"
Hearing the stall owner's words, Luica was a little dumbfounded, he just asked casually, but he didn't expect that it was really a counterfeit medicine seller, Luica turned around and was about to leave, and secretly complained in his heart: "Is this black market so black, this is already selling fake drugs in the open!"
Seeing Luiga turn around to leave, the one-eyed stall owner jumped up and hurriedly grabbed Luiga, "Little brother, stay here, think about it again, if it's too expensive, how about I give you a little more discount?"
Luica glanced at the stall owner and said, "Big brother, don't fool me, this thing of yours is a fake medicine, what if you eat a dead person?"
"No, no, although there are some problems with this medicine, but it is absolutely not okay to eat dead people, I have set up a stall in this black market all the year round, and my reputation is guaranteed, if the medicine I sell will eat dead people, this black market will not let me sell it, right?" explained the stall owner.
Hearing this, Luica was also interested, he felt that what the stall owner said made some sense, if it was really a dead man's medicine, then this black market would definitely not let him sell it here, you must know that the toll of this black market is not low, this black market is definitely a lot of money, if others know that the medicine sold here eats the dead, who dares to come in the future, such a self-destruction of the wealth must not be done by the owner of the black market.
"Then tell me what's wrong with your medicine?" Luiga asked, turning around.
Seeing that Luiga did not leave immediately, the stall owner instantly smiled, hurriedly handed over a stool, and said to Luiga: "Little brother, this matter is a long story, you sit down first, and I will explain it to you." ”
Luiga did not refuse, and sat down on the one-eyed stall owner's stool.
"My name is Baker, I don't know what the little brother is called?"
"Luiga!"
"Oh, Brother Luiga, did you buy the refining potion for your own use?" Baker asked, looking at Luica.
Luiga nodded and said, "Yes!"
"My elixir, there is no problem with cultivation at all, and the effect is even better than that of ordinary one-turn elixirs. ”
Luiga was a little surprised to hear Baker's words, and looked at Baker with a look of disbelief in her eyes.
Seeing that Luiga didn't believe his words, Baker was a little anxious and explained: "Brother Luica, what I said is true, you can know the effect of the medicine yourself, I can't lie to you with this!"
Hearing Baker's explanation, Luica was a little curious, "Your medicine is so effective and sells cheaper than others, don't tell me that you are doing good deeds!" Luiga glanced at Baker after speaking, and it was obvious that he still didn't believe this Baker's words.
"Hey, I'm full of what kind of good deeds to do, alas, my potion, although the effect is better than ordinary medicine, but its side effects are also greater than ordinary medicine. Baker sighed, and could see that he was a little helpless.
Hearing this, Luica's eyes lit up and asked, "What do you mean by side effects?"
"What else can it be, it must be damage to the body, my medicine is much more violent than the average, and the damage to the body is a little greater than the ordinary medicine. Baker explained.
Hearing this, Luica finally understood why Baker's potion was cheaper than others', everyone bought potions to cultivate in order to speed up their cultivation, but the side effects of this potion are so big, if there is not enough recovery potion after using it, it will take time to repair the damage in the body, let alone speed up the cultivation, whether it can be faster than when there is no potion.
But these are not a problem here in Luiga, he is a super plug-in like a cyan light cluster, he is not worried about physical damage at all, he is determined to get this potion in his heart, but he didn't show it, he looked at Baker with some regret and said: "That's a pity, such a good medicine, if there are no side effects, how good it would be, the side effects are so big, then it is better to cultivate without medicine!"
"Brother Baker, I'm a little curious about why your medicine is so different from ordinary medicine, what's the problem?" Luica asked tentatively, looking at Baker.
Baker shook his head, smiled bitterly and said: "It's okay to tell you, it's not a secret, I was collecting medicine in the Sutennosaurs Mountains a few years ago, and once I accidentally rolled into a cave, that time not only did I not die, I also saw a white bone in that cave, and a book, this book is about alchemy, I was overjoyed, I thought I could become an alchemist and make a lot of money, but I didn't expect the result to be different from what I thought." ”
"I've been studying this alchemy book for all these years, and I can finally prepare one of the alchemy potions, which is this bottle of one-turn refining elixir, but who would have thought that the side effects of my medicine would be so much greater than the ordinary, I thought my method was wrong at first, I also went to Presidium to ask some real alchemists, I showed them my book, and they all said that the content in my book was wrong, and the alchemy I wrote in this book didn't know anything at all, and other alchemy paid attention to neutralizing the medicinal effect, so as to achieve the lowest harm to the human body, but my alchemy in this is indeed blindly pursuing the medicinal effect, and gave up neutralization, the medicine refined in this way can't be used at all!"