When saying goodbye to Ma Yunteng and Boss Ma, he repeatedly wanted to invite Gao Zhen to join the professional exploration team of their shop. The job is to go around the world to explore rare materials, but they don't need to collect them, they only need to record the approximate location, and come back to Boss Ma to release the task. The iron ore deposit that Gao Zhen dug before was found by the exploration team.

Gao Zhen politely rejected him, although the salary of one silver dollar a month was very tempting, but he didn't want to be tied down by work, and he still had a lot of important things to do. Boss Ma didn't force it, but just told Gao Zhen that if there was any new task in the future, he hoped that Gao Zhen could go to Qianxun Tower to pick it up, and he was very satisfied with the quality and efficiency of Gao Zhen's completion.

After coming out of the good material shop, Gao Zhen turned a few corners and found an equipment store next to the street east of Yanbei City.

This equipment shop is called "Wang Lao Equipment Shop", and since it is located on the street side of Yanbei City, Gao Zhen concluded that the quality of the equipment in this equipment store must be far superior to those civilian equipment stores in Yannan City. This is a place where the aristocracy often comes, and the price is naturally expensive, but where does the shopkeeper dare to fool the rich with inferior materials, the equipment in the store is made of high-quality materials.

Gao Zhen wanted to pick out a piece of armor for himself.

In fact, if a fairy cultivator is holding a round shield or wearing a heavy armor, he will definitely be ridiculed and feel awkward. But in times of crisis, these silly-looking pieces of armor can save lives. Gao Zhen does not have a treasure like his previous "Bagua Qiankun Ding", nor does he have a skill like the fat man's "Frost Shield", so he cannot support an effective defensive shield when encountering extremely lethal attacks.

and his own defensive ability: Compared to the "Body of the Sea of Stars", this defensive shield is still much more important. It can be said that the protection of Wusuke and the Body of the Sea of Stars belongs to "soft protection", while the protection of shields belongs to "hard protection".

So, what Gao Zhen is looking for is not armor or anything like that, but "hard protection" armor that can support the shield.

Like the Liangcai shop, there weren't many people in this old equipment shop, only one or two nobles in gorgeous costumes sitting on the sidelines to share their adventures when they went out.

The bunk was not very large, and there were some ordinary wooden shelves lined up with some very simple weapons. Gao Zhen looked at the passage at the back of the store covered with thick cloth, and knew in his heart that the real good things were hidden in the warehouse behind them, and they were not usually placed outside. The boss will judge whether the customer has money and whether he is willing to spend money according to the clothing and temperament on his body, and then decide whether to take the customer to the back for a tour.

"This immortal master, take a look in the store, if you need anything, just look for me." A big man with a beard stuck his head out of the counter and said to Gao Zhen.

Gao Zhen smiled self-deprecatingly in his heart, it seems that he belongs to the kind of poor people who are not qualified to visit the warehouse. He looked at the clothes on his body, the original snow-white robe had become dirty because of the long journey, no wonder the other party concluded that he was a poor bastard with no money.

There was nothing to worry about, so he sat down and looked around the shop, then walked to the counter and asked the boss with the beard, "Is there any armor for sale that costs 200 to 300 copper coins?" ”

Hearing his question, not only the boss, but even the nobles who were talking laughed. The boss laughed and said: "Young man, you have come to the wrong place, this is Yanbei City, the equipment in our store is all good products, and the cheapest dagger is worth one silver dollar!" Two or three hundred copper coins, want to buy armor? Let's go to the store in Yannan City! You know, armor is generally more expensive than weapons. ”

Gao Zhen listened to his words, thought for a while, and said, "It's okay if it's not a finished product, can you sell me a semi-finished product?" ”

"Semi-finished products?" The boss touched his beard again, "It's not that you can't, it's just that that kind of thing, it's useless if you buy it, it's just a piece of scrap metal." ”

"It's okay, I think I can pack it myself and buy a piece to try." Gao Zhen said.

"Okay then, you wait for me, I'll look for it." The boss scratched his head, he didn't want to be honest with the poor, he knew that it was a waste of time to explain it to such people. So, he lifted the thick cloth behind him and walked into the warehouse.

After a while, he pulled out a black rectangular shield from behind.

"It was originally a green quality shield, but it was damaged in battle and abandoned to me by its owner. This thing can't be repaired, so I originally planned to melt it down and sell it as a material in the store in Yannan City. But since you want this kind of thing, I'll sell it to you cheaper, how about 320 copper coins? The boss handed the shield to Gao Zhen's hand.

Takatsumi took it and reached out to touch the surface of the shield. This shield was uneven, and there were large and small cracks on it, which should have been forcibly damaged under some powerful immortal attack. Gao Zhen even thought that it was not black originally, but other colors, and the reason why it was now charred black was caused by the self-disintegration of the internal spiritual power caused by the damage.

This thing is indeed a piece of scrap metal, and it has no use value. But just when Gao Zhen was about to give up this thing and honestly go to Yannan City to buy it, he suddenly touched the center of the back of this shield, where there was actually a square groove.

"What is this?" He had never seen such a design, so he picked it up and showed it to the owner of the equipment shop.

"Oh, this, this is an ancient shield design, this groove can be installed with a charm, and if necessary, it can be triggered, so as to enhance the shield's defense. However, this design has been eliminated, it is too inconvenient, and the current shields are all charged type, and if you charge spiritual power, you don't need a spell to release the effect. The owner explained.

Sounds interesting, i.e., installing different spells can produce different defensive effects? Gao Zhen didn't listen to the boss's words at all, but became interested in this "scrap" in his hand.

"Can it be cheaper? I asked for 300 copper coins. Gao Zhen suddenly raised his head and said.

"Uh......" The bearded boss was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect this young man to really buy this thing, if he melted this shield into materials and sold it, it could only be sold for 150 copper coins, but this stupid boy actually only paid back the price of 20 copper coins, so why not sell it quickly?

"Okay!" The boss readily agreed, "I think I have a fate with you today, so if you lose a little, you will lose a little!" 300 copper coins sold you! ”

Gao Zhen took out the money from the money bag, he didn't have that much money, so he had to take out the more than 120 copper coins that Lai Ruoxue had stored with him and use them. He thought to himself, when he repaired this shield, he would take on a few more tasks and use the money he earned to pay her back, with her hearty personality, he shouldn't be careful.

The boss wrapped the shield in a cotton cloth and gave him a leather handguard, and sold a scrap item for double the price, although he didn't make a lot of money, but he was in a good mood.

Gao Zhen put the shield on his back, and was about to go out to return to Yannan City, when he was suddenly stopped by a nobleman sitting on the side chatting.

The man was a little fat, dressed as a merchant, with a red robe adorned with jewels, and a bowl-sized jade ring hanging from his waist.

"Poor boy, do you know Boss Ma? He recently came up with an idea for you poor people and opened up a project. The rich man said to Gao Zhen.

"Boss Ma? Do you mean Jack Ma? Gao asked stunned.

"Hehe, he's really famous, even the poor boy from Nancheng knows his name." The rich man smiled.

"Ideas for the poor? Open project? Gao Zhen heard these terms, a little confused.

"He called it the 'sharing concept', claiming that it was a new way of doing business that could help some poor immortal cultivators cope with their financial burdens. Anyway, I'm not very optimistic, if you are interested, you can go and see, he has opened a store in your Yannan City, called 'Xiuxian Sharing Store'. The rich man said slowly.