Chapter Twenty-Three: The Scepter
"The weather is so nice today!" Fang Zhen, who had just walked out of the Tiansha clothing store, stretched out in the sun, obviously in a good mood. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Next, Fang Zhen leisurely began to shop. After all, when you go to a strange place, you should get familiar with it and see what you can find.
The road was crowded with pedestrians, and there were also horse-drawn carriages or people riding other monsters and beasts passing by. Fang Zhen watched with interest while observing the costumes of the pedestrians.
It's full of humans, the tallest being like a giant, and the shortest, a dwarf. The costumes are varied, not like one style. That is to say, the people here are not from the same place. It can be seen that Saya City is a metropolis with dense and flowing populations.
"I guess there's a lot of stuff here. Fang Zhen said secretly, because he came to a small square, located near the slums. There are many people in the small square who set up stalls, and the stalls are full of different utensils, and the stall owners do not sell them. The roofs of the stalls are all tents made of animal skins, and it seems that they are all from the fur shops on the side of the square.
Needless to say, Fang Zhen knew at a glance that this was obviously a place for Taobao, and for an explorer, he was still a hidden tomb robber, although he was a tomb robber. This kind of place is obviously the activity area of Fang Zhen.
Fang Zhen walked around the square with great interest, constantly observing the utensils on the roadside stalls, those with scepters, weapons, armor, helmets, boots, robes, jewelry and other miscellaneous utensils, all of which were slightly dilapidated, and at first glance I thought they had been dug up somewhere. However, Fang Zhen had to guess how many years ago the antiques were, but he couldn't identify what value they had, because Fang Zhen had very little understanding of the history of this continent, which was a disadvantage of Fang Zhen's rash coming here.
Fang Zhen reluctantly admitted his shortcomings, so he planned to leave this Taobao country.
"Didn't find anything good, boy. I've got something very mysterious. A shrill voice sounded from Fang Zhen's left side, and when Fang Zhen looked, he saw a man with messy hair and an obscene appearance sitting in the stall on his left. was looking at Fang Zhen with very strange eyes.
Fang Zhen was suddenly a little curious, this obscene man should have something good to recommend.
So Fang Zhen walked over and squatted down and browsed the utensils on the stall, but there were only a few pieces. Only a long staff of gray-white wood is impressive, the head of the staff is a hexagonal groove, the neck of the staff is six metal strip wings, the extension distance is no more than the length of a palm, and the tail of the staff is a very common spiral spiral. The other artifacts are just a few pieces of gold jewelry.
"Come on, young man, I'll tell you about my biggest discovery. Let me tell you, did I find this scepter from a cave on the southern coast, or did I dig it out of the belly of an Omori fish? If you think about it, the big forest fish is notoriously big, and I saw that one was already dead in the cave, but the corpse was a full hundred meters. The lewd man shook his right hand and explained with great interest.
Fang Zhen just listened quietly, knowing that this kind of person would definitely have a background for the items he sold, and he didn't know if this origin was true or false. At least Fang Zhen hadn't heard it fake, because the man's heartbeat fluctuations were normal.
"It took me a few days to cut open the belly of the fish. But as soon as I cut it open, it was full of sewage, and it spewed out at once, making me stink. The lewd man replied endlessly, and slapped his nose with his hand, frowning. It seems to remember the original situation.
Fang Zhen still didn't say a word, just silently observed the long staff.
"Later, I only found this thing in the belly of the fish, and at first I thought it was some valuable treasure, but when I went to the appraisal shop, it was actually an ancient weapon! You see that this staff is a little worn, but ah, this is what an ancient weapon must have. Speaking of which, the lewd man was excited.
At this time, the lewd man's heartbeat fluctuated abnormally, and the corners of Fang Zhen's mouth curled.
"I worked hard for a month to find that cave, do you think I'm easy? I worked hard to cut the belly of the Omori fish with that broken knife for three days to cut open the belly of the fish, do you think I'm easy? I also endured the contamination of the fish's belly sewage to the rest of my life, and I can still smell the smell of fish, do you think I'm easy?
"Okay, okay, I just want to know how much this cane costs?" Fang Zhen really couldn't listen anymore, so he could only wave his hand to interrupt the lewd man's chattering bitter face.
"This is easy to say, seeing that you are quite eye-catching young man, count you as a thousand gold coins. The lewd man smiled, waved his hand, and looked enthusiastic.
Fang Zhen didn't say a word after hearing this, turned around and left.
"Hey, hey, don't go, young man, this price is negotiable!" The lewd man hurriedly grabbed Fang Zhen and changed it into a flattering look.
Fang Zhen continued to squat in front of the stall calmly, looking indifferent.
"Well, this, since the price is too high, I'll lower it a little, why bother leaving, you say yes. So, five hundred?" the lewd man cautiously raised his palm, spreading out five fingers.
Fang Zhen's face was still flat, but his eyes were on a woman on the side breastfeeding her baby. There are also a lot of people next to the women who are paying attention.
"This, three hundred! Still don't want to? This is the lowest price, the two hundred, I'm at a loss. What? Not yet. I said, boy, don't embarrass me. Alas, so be it, a hundred gold coins, don't forget it. The lewd man looked like he was in pain.
But in the end, Fang Zhen bought the long staff that came out of the fish's belly for the price of ten gold coins. Holding a long staff, he happily left the square.
"What kind of person, so stingy (stingy). If it weren't for the gambling debts, I wouldn't have sold it, and those appraisers didn't know the goods, and said that a piece of waste wood was at most eighty silver coins, and hmph, I could still sell it for ten gold coins. At the stall, the obscene man's original sad face immediately cleared.
"What kind of staff is this, it's a long stick. Fang Zhen observed the long staff as he walked.
The long staff is about two meters long, and it is a bit difficult to wield it with Fang Zhen's figure of nearly one meter and seven meters tall. The long staff is as thick as an ordinary long stick, and it is very easy to hold it for Fang Zhen. It's just that the weight is a bit big.
The staff seems to be made of a special material of gray and white wood, which is quite hard, and the metal strip wings on the neck of the staff, like the Ge blade, are just like the blade, but the metal strip wings are blunt and too low in lethality.
Turning the staff slightly, Fang Zhen was very curious to observe, but he couldn't see anything.
When he bought it, Fang Zhen carefully observed the long cane, and found that the long cane faintly exuded a vicissitudes of life, if it weren't for Fang Zhen's strong mental power and keen senses, he really couldn't find it usually. It's just that this breath is really vague, so vague that it seems to come and go, which makes Fang Zhen very curious, and then he bought it and observed it in the future.
"It's not bad to knock people, hehe, if you modify it in the future, it must be a magic wand that can not only amplify magic, but also knock people. Now..." Fang Zhen tossed his staff lightly. "Let's make do with it, knock on the stuffy stick or something, I don't do a lot. ”
Then tied the staff to his back, because it was too long, Fang Zhen tilted his back, the head of the staff was up to the left, and the tail of the staff was down to the left, which was quite a bit of a hero.
Glancing at the sky happily, Fang Zhen continued to shop.
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"Boss, why don't you say hello?"
Fang Zhen came to a large magic appliance shop, the store was surrounded by square cabinets, which were full of long tubes, lamps, magic wands, crystal balls, jewelry and other utensils. And there is only one employee, and he is still an old man in a magic robe.
Because it was noon, there were no customers in the store, but Fang Zhen had circled these cabinets a few times, and the old man was just holding a book to read, and he didn't mean to introduce it at all.
"Just say what you want to buy, if you don't make a sound, I thought you were here to watch. The old man put down the book and came to the counter to look at Fang Zhendao.
"Of course I'm here to buy something. Are you stealing? Fang Zhen pursed his lips, as if he was a little dissatisfied with the old man's attitude, when was he looked down upon, Fang Zhen hadn't tried it, this was really the first time he was looked down upon.
"Then what do you want to buy, I have everything, the continent-wide chain of Anson magic appliance stores is notoriously regular. The old man said indifferently, but his eyes looked at Fang Zhen's simple outfit with a little disdain.
Wearing a rag, he is a big official, and he is carrying a wooden stick. The old man said disdainfully.
"No more nonsense, do you have a space ring here. Fang Zhen didn't want to waste time, so he asked directly.
But in exchange for the old man's even more disdainful eyes.
"You think the space ring is a cabbage on the street, every store has it, let me tell you, young man, you look like a civilian outside the city, it's that ignorance. The old man shook his head and said. seemed to think that Fang Zhen was a country boy who had just entered the city.
"Although space rings are not rare on the mainland, they are difficult to buy if you want to. Generally, you have to go to the auction to get it. Moreover, each space ring, even the lowest cubic meter, costs 10,000 gold coins. You think there are space rings everywhere. The old man said slowly, and glanced at Fang Zhen very slanted after speaking.
"No, the space ring is so expensive. Fang Zhen's eyes widened, and he said very suspiciously.
Baimeng Continent is hundreds of thousands of miles east to west, with a population of 10 billion, and almost everyone of the nobles has a space ring, even if there are no small shops, there should be big stores, right? I didn't expect that there are even big stores. Fang Zhen kept thinking in his heart, with his basic alchemy knowledge, he didn't know how to refine the space ring, so he could only buy one in the current situation, but it was a little difficult.
Fang Zhen, who was thinking, didn't seem to hear the old man sarcastically mocking the civilians outside the city.
"Aren't there a lot of alchemists on the continent, don't they know how to refine?" Fang Zhen couldn't help but ask.
"Since the space alchemist disappeared for thousands of years, the refining magic array of the space equipment has also been lost, and only some alchemists above the master level can refine low-level space rings. But there are so few master-level alchemists, and the space rings have basically been bought by nobles and strong people for thousands of years, where will they still be placed in the store. The old man said and looked at the street outside the door, and sighed a little.
"Oh! I see. Fang Zhen said suddenly.
Space equipment is seriously out of stock on the mainland, and it seems that only when you have a certain strength can you ask some nobles to "borrow" one. Fang Zhen seemed to have made up his mind in his heart.
It was dark that day, and Fang Zhen finished his day's shopping activities and went to a small restaurant to eat on the way.
"I said, boss, what kind of wine do you have, it doesn't matter if it's strong. Fang Zhen was tearing the thigh of a roasted four-horned lamb and asked a fat man who was busy with the restaurant owner.
"Here, guest, what kind of wine do you need, I have a Takamori wine that is so strong that it makes people sleep for three days, a mellow Qingxue wine that makes people feel comfortable, a mangrove wine that is so refreshing that people want to go to a woman, and..."
In the end, Fang Zhen ordered a pot of green snow wine.
"It's really mellow, it's like lying on the grass and enjoying the snow, and it's fresh and cool. Fang Zhen, who was tasting Qingxue wine, closed his eyes and said intoxicated. "Much more than Moutai. ”
"By the way, boss, is there any auction house in Saya City?" Fang Zhen suddenly asked.
The fat boss, who was passing by Fang Zhen's side, stopped when he heard this.
"The young man is from out of town, he must be a warrior, otherwise how could anyone carry such a long weapon. Hehe, there are three auction houses in Saya City, but the largest one is the Kingston Auction House in the east of the city, and I heard that many sky-high treasures are bought and auctioned there. The Binus auction house in the north of the city and the Hassari auction house in the west of the city are worse than Kingston, but they are also very popular. It's just that the Hasari auction house was opened by the Hasari Empire. So not many people go. The fat boss propped up the table and said with great interest.
"Kingston, Hasari, will patronize you in the future. Fang Zhen leaned back on the chair, holding the wine jug, and the corners of his mouth were already high.