Chapter 48: Xihe Store
It's close to noon.
The sunlight shines on the streets, bringing a little warmth to pedestrians, while the places where the sun does not reach are wet, and wisps of moisture are faintly visible.
This is a phenomenon caused by the Kuroshio Tide outside the city, which is getting worse with the arrival of late autumn.
In the shadows of the street, Ling Xun saw the vines on the wall withering, the smell of rotting plants, and the cold breath.
Ling Xun tightened his wide robe, and through the thick clothes, he could still feel that this cold aura was unusual, very similar to the cold and damp on the Eclipse Nightmare's body.
"Is this the perception of the first consciousness and touch, and it has been improved?"
As the bright red light arced into the beads, strengthening the palms and improving the [Flick Palm], Ling Xun's Yao Energy and Yao Consciousness were also improving.
Ling Xun was actually very unaccustomed to this kind of promotion, which made him feel an urge to release his energy and evaporate those cold dampness.
"It is said that only the inner city will not be affected by any corrosive gas in the slightest when the Kuroshio Tide erupts, so it is no wonder that so many people want to move to the inner city......"
Ling Xun shook his head and walked towards the arched door at the end of the street not far away.
On the arch, the words "Xihe Market" are engraved.
In front of the arched door at the end of the street, Ling Xun stopped, and did not immediately enter the door with the endless stream of people.
Looking at the surrounding buildings, Ling Xun noticed that around the arched door, there was a tall man walking around in the uniform of the "Xihe Society".
The members of the "Western Peace Society" who maintained the order of the black market ......, Ling Xun muttered secretly, and was about to walk into the arched door, when he suddenly noticed something, looked up at the surrounding mid-air, his eyes flashed slightly, and the "special vision" was activated.
In the "Special Vision", Ling Xun saw a halo of light that seemed to be absent, enveloping the area.
...... Yao Energy Array, Ling Xun was shocked in his heart, and then he was speechless, such a large area of Yao Energy Array was shrouded in the sky above the black market.
During the period of studying with Teacher Han, Ling Xun learned from Teacher Han that above Yao Shi, Yao Neng Master was powerful, not only had the strength to fight with high-level Eclipse Nightmare alone, but also arranged Yao Neng Potential Array to protect the crowd in it from the invasion of Eclipse Nightmare.
However, the area of the Yao Neng Potential Array arranged by a Yao Neng Master is not too large, such as the former residence of Bian Diewu's grandmother, and it is quite powerful to be able to arrange such a range of Yao Neng Potential Array on his own.
The Yao Neng Array that shrouded this black market was obviously composed of several, or even more than ten Yao Neng masters, arranged together.
The power of the "Western Peace Society" seems to be very large...... Ling Xun pulled down his robe, confirmed that his true face would not be revealed, and then paced and slowly walked into this arch.
Passing through the arch and through a passage, a noisy sound came all of a sudden, Ling Xun looked behind him in surprise, and understood that this was the real entry into the black market.
Can the effect of the Yao Neng Potential Array still isolate the sound outside...... Ling Xun was surprised, and he couldn't help but yearn for the ability of the Yao Neng Master.
In front of him, a lively street appeared, which was completely different from the black market controlled by the "West River Society" that Ling Xun expected, this street was very old brick by brick, very similar to those ancient streets on the Blue Star.
At the entrance of each store, there were signs on them, on which there were goods sold in the store, both delicious food and all kinds of novel gadgets, which made Ling Xun suspect that he had really come to an ancient street, not a black market.
Slowly moving along the crowd, Ling Xun was considering whether to ask passers-by where the specific address of the black market controlled by the "Xihe Society" was.
Immediately, in the middle of this ancient street, he saw a large shed, in which there were simple stalls, and the goods placed on each stall were all things that Ling Xun had never seen.
From the Dapeng, there were all kinds of strange smells, and after inhaling, Ling Xun felt that the Yao energy in his body showed signs of activity.
Is this the smell of [Sun Materials], it should be ...... here...... Ling Xun tightened the hood of his robe, walked out of the crowd, and slowly walked into the big shed.
It was very quiet in the shed, and the stall owners of each stall sat there, neither soliciting customers nor introducing goods, and only the customers took the initiative to speak, and they would talk a few words.
Which stall has [Sun Materials] for sale...... Ling Xun looked around and soon found that there were several stalls with transparent boxes containing [Ghost Light Tobacco].
In front of these stalls, there are two or three customers standing, asking the stall owner for the price.
Ling Xun walked slowly, came to a stall, glanced at the goods on the stall, and next to the [Ghostly Tobacco], there were several transparent boxes, with flowers as speckled as stars, and branches with blood-red colors......
Pretending to be looking at these goods, Ling Xun's ears were pricked up under the hood, listening carefully to the conversation between a customer and the stall owner.
"How do you sell this box of tobacco?" The guest asked.
"If you buy more, it's 10% cheaper than the market price." The stall owner gave an ambiguous answer.
A box is cheaper than 400 Yao, and the price of 10% off is much cheaper...... Ling Xun is a little annoyed, if he had known that a box of [Ghostly Tobacco] on the black market was 3600 Yao, he should have come here to buy it a long time ago.
In addition to the box of [Ghost Light Tobacco] given to Teacher Han, Ling Xun also bought three boxes before and after, and lost more than 1,000 coins.
However, the guest frowned and said, "The market price of [Spectral Tobacco] is 3800, and it is cheaper to buy more, this discount is a bit small!" ”
A box of 3800 coins?!
Ling Xun was stunned when he heard this, the market price is not 4,000 Yao coins per box? Wasn't he slaughtered four boxes of money in a row? The store in West Thorn Square is a black store at all......
With such a resentment in his heart, Ling Xun thought about it again, the extra 200 Yao coins should be the façade fee of West Thorn Square.
Forget it, forget it, it's not a ...... to be slaughtered too much, Ling Xun comforted himself like this.
"I sell [ghostly tobacco], the quality is definitely better than the market, I don't believe you can check it."
As he spoke, the stall owner picked up the transparent box containing [Spectral Tobacco], took out one, and lit it on the spot.
The tobacco burned out quickly, and that familiar breath came, Ling Xun inhaled lightly and nodded secretly, he had had a long experience of second-hand smoke, and it was indeed of good quality, no wonder this stall owner was so confident.
"Bring me ten boxes." This guest is very crisp and trades on the spot.
At this time, another young man in front of the stall squatted down, pointed to the transparent box with starspot flowers, and said, "What is the price of [Starspot Dew Flower]?" ”
"3,800 Yao coins each." The stall owner said.
The young man frowned, as if it was too expensive, pointed to the box containing the blood-colored branches next to him, and said, "What about the price of the [Bloody Branches]?" ”
"4,000 coins a piece." The stall owner continued to quote the price.
It's so expensive...... Ling Xun thought secretly, the same as the expression of another young man.
However, what Ling Xun was more concerned about was how to use the [Starspot Dew Flower] and [Blood Obsidian Branches], as well as the quality issues.
"I want to buy 5 [Bloody Branches], can it be cheaper?" The young man bargained.
The stall owner looked at the guest, shook his head, and said, "This young brother, you should be able to see that the quality of the goods I sell is excellent." For example, the [Blood Branches] are all cut down with Yao tools in the summer, around two o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun's rays are strongest, you go to see other stalls, there is one with better quality than mine......"
Listening to the stall owner boasting that his goods were good, Ling Xun was a little dizzy when he heard it, but he didn't take it seriously, the store that sold things would say that his things were bad.
"I know that the [Bloody Branches] on your stall are of good quality, and one can be used about 8 times......"
The young man's face showed a look of embarrassment, and he said, "I don't have that much money on me, can it be cheaper, if I have 5 [Blood Yao Branches], I should be able to activate the Yao Device." ”
Activate the Pyrotechnics?
Ling Xun was stunned for a moment, glanced out of the corner of his eye, and saw that the young man's right arm, with a bulge above the elbow, seemed to be wearing an armband, which should be a yao.
Activating the Yao Equipment, does it also need to consume [Sun Materials]...... Ling Xun realized this, and suddenly felt a pain in his flesh, wouldn't it be more expensive for him to open the second Yao Consciousness in the future.
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard the stall owner speak: "If you activate the Yao Device, don't use the [Blood Yao Branch], this thing is already a bit poisonous." When activating the Yao Device, the Yao Energy will not only affect the Yao when it violently oscillates, but it will also cause damage to you. ”
"Let's buy [Star Dew Flower], I sell it of excellent quality, grind it into powder, for low-level Yaoshi, you can use it 5 times, the effect is moderate, and it is safe......"
【Starspot Dew】, ground into powder, can be used 5 times, the effect is mild, safe! Ling Xun silently wrote it down.
No matter how persuaded the stall owner tried, the young man finally chose the [Bloody Branches], and when the latter paid the money, he took out a bunch of change from a bag, it seemed that because he didn't have enough money, he could only buy the [Bloody Branches] that he used a lot.
After making a deal with the two customers, the stall owner looked quite happy and turned his head to look at Ling Xun.
"[Starspot Dew Flower], can you buy 10 flowers at a time?" Ling Xun asked.
Like the first two customers, the stall owner said that it can only be discounted by 9% at most, and it cannot be lower.
"40,000 coins, 12 flowers." Ling Xun said again.
When the stall owner heard this, he nodded his head in agreement without thinking, and then he was stunned, as if he felt that he had lost money, and his expression suddenly became tangled.
However, when Ling Xun simply took out 40,000 coins, the stall owner still quickly reached a deal, and also gave a set of grinding tools and instructions for use.
Putting the [Star Dew Flower] worth 40,000 Yao coins into his backpack, Ling Xun breathed a sigh of relief, this rest day was finally done.
Immediately, Ling Xun walked around other stalls, but found that the items sold here were often thousands of coins a piece, and the transactions reached were tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands.
Touching the remaining coins in his pocket, Ling Xun didn't linger and turned around and left the black market.
However, as soon as he walked to the door, Ling Xun's eyes darkened, and his figure suddenly stopped.
Ahead, a group of members of the "Western Peace Society" stood there, blocking the way.
These members of the "Western Peace Society" are all burly, and the shortest one is half a head taller than Ling Xun, and the human wall formed in this way has a sense of oppression.
What is this ......, robbery? I have so much money on me, what ...... to rob, Ling Xun panicked, thinking of the vicious underworld in the movie, his legs couldn't help but tremble a little.
However, he immediately remembered that Director Jian had mentioned that the "Western Peace Society" was an officially recognized organization and would not engage in street robberies.
This group of members of the "Xihe Society" stopped here, maybe there is something ...... or the tradition of the "Xihe Society"?
Ling Xun was a little uneasy, and was just about to make a detour, when the human wall was separated, and a majestic man walked out.
"It's him ......"
Ling Xun was stunned and recognized this majestic man, Wu Shark, the master of the "Xihe Society" who almost died from talking too much.
"Hehe...... Your Excellency, long time no see." Wu Shark smiled and said hello again and again.