Chapter 4: The Quaint Ring
Qinglin City, Wanbao Pavilion, the largest commercial market in Qinglin City, is also the tallest building in Qinglin City, there is no one, its background is extremely mysterious, no matter what kind of power mind, enter it must be behaved. It is said to be a market, but its trading area is all in the attic, Wanbao Pavilion is a square building with a length and width of 300 zhang, more than 50 zhang high, and the whole is divided into five floors.
The fifth floor has never been open to the public since it was built, it is the high-level meeting area of the Wanbao Pavilion and the place where the pavilion master cultivates on weekdays, and outsiders can't even go up the stairs without the consent of the pavilion master.
The fourth floor is a VIP floor with integrated accommodation and boarding. There are eating, drinking, playing, and having fun in it, and there is a precious spirit gathering cultivation room that can be used, which is engraved with a spirit gathering array, and the aura is more than twice that of the outside world, but it is only open to VIPs, as the only force in Qinglin City that has a spirit gathering array, the high-level leaders of the major forces spend in Wanbao Pavilion at any cost in order to be able to cultivate in it, just to be able to obtain VIP qualifications, and the three major families in Qinglin City have the silver VIP order of Wanbao Pavilion.
The third floor exists as an auction house, and it is a huge empty hall with seats on the east, west, and south sides, as many as 9,999 people. In the sky above this hall are VIP rooms, which are divided into four grades: heaven and earth. In the middle of the hall is a huge auction table, which is usually held once a year. Every time it's lively, as long as you have money, you can participate in it regardless of your status.
The second floor of Wanbao Pavilion is a premium trading area. As the name suggests, the ones sold inside are some high-grade heavenly and earthly treasures, and the transaction price is often more than a thousand lower grade spirit stones. Ordinary people don't dare to go up and consume.
The first floor is a general trading area. There are two kinds of ideas here, one is shop trading, that is, Wanbao Pavilion's own shops and shops rented out to outside merchants. The prices are reasonable, the service is in place, and most importantly, there are no fakes for sale here. Because this often represents the façade of Wanbao Pavilion outside, no one dares to make a big move to bully customers, including merchants from the outside world, because those who dare to do it will either be forced out of Wanbao Pavilion. Either the grave grass has already been high, and the concept of Wanbao Pavilion is "the customer is the top". Here you can enjoy the best quality service.
There is also the free trade zone. There are no shops here, some are just a divided trading desk, the monk pays the management fee to the manager of Wanbao Pavilion, and you can choose any unoccupied trading desk to sell or buy the items you need, which is simple and convenient, and is very popular with some casual cultivators, but all the items here are not guaranteed by Wanbao Pavilion. In other words, you have a good chance of getting something here. Of course, there are also stall owners who don't know the goods, and mix real treasures with miscellaneous items and sell them at a low price. Although the odds are small. But there are really people who have found earth-shattering treasures at low prices. Or it's a spiritual weapon, or it's still a cheat book. So here there are often people who meet dead rats with blind cats, and come here to Taobao After all, dreams still have to be had.
The wooden attic, the overall layout is high-end and majestic, although it is made of wood. But it made people feel an indescribable depression in front of it, this is the only building in Qinglin City that is higher than the City Lord's Mansion. Sure enough, it doesn't live up to its name.
It was evening. The prosperity of Qinglin City has not yet ended, and Wanbao Pavilion has ushered in an unprecedented peak period of the day, and the monks of all shapes and sizes walk in front of the various trading desks.
Bai Hao practiced for a day, came out to relax, and unconsciously walked in front of the Wanbao Pavilion. "Tomorrow the hunt begins. But you have to be prepared, now that you've come here, why not go in and have a look. ”
At this time, he was alone, and he didn't even have the family guards with him, not that he was bold and not afraid of the assassination of the senior monks of the Zhou family or the Zhao family, but that the city was relatively safe, after all, the city lord's mansion was still there. No one is going to mess around.
"I haven't been to the Wanbao Pavilion for a long time!" said Bai Hao who stepped in a few steps, and he had already entered the Wanbao Pavilion. The two guards at the door just glanced at Bai Hao, and continued their work. Entering the first floor, we came to the trading area. Bai Hao didn't go to see those shops, he just came out to have fun. It's not to buy things, I walked around and looked, and before I knew it, most of the hours had passed. Bai Hao also saw many interesting gadgets during the period, as well as some good magic weapons, such as a long knife with fine workmanship just now. The grade had obviously reached the middle grade magic weapon, although he was a little surprised that there was a medium grade magic weapon in the trading area, but he didn't buy it.
In addition to the fact that he is not used to using a knife, another spirit stone of his is not enough, as the eldest son of the Bai family, Bai Hao has not much money left every month except for cultivation.
He still has more than one hundred and fifty spirit stones on his body, and the medium-grade magic weapon needs at least two hundred spirit stones, after greeting the spirit stone and his mother, Bai Hao plans to go home, tomorrow the hunt starts, he doesn't want to be late.
Just as he was about to leave, he turned around and was stunned, because just now, he inadvertently saw something. On the small stall in front of him was a slightly worn ring, the dark surface of which was covered with tiny cracks. I can't see it if I don't look closely, it's a very ordinary ring, but when Bai Hao looks. The heart was pounding and pounding, the blood circulation speed suddenly increased, and the breathing gradually became shorter.
"Get it, you have to get it, at all costs". Bai Hao seems to have a villain living in his heart, but at this time, this villain is uncontrollably driving Bai Hao to take this ring, Bai Hao feels that he wants this ring very much, if he can't get it, he will regret it for the rest of his life. Looking at the few stones next to this ring, they are all priced at more than a dozen spirit stones, Bai Hao made a decision, buy it!
"Daoyou is polite. Dare to ask where these stones come from? Although he wanted it very much, Bai Hao was not in a hurry at all, and deliberately asked about the stones.
"The young man has good eyesight, let me tell you. Don't underestimate these stones, this is a treasure, the name is the fairy stone. It was handed down by my grandfather's grandfather, and legend has it that there is a shocking treasure in it. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is my family heirloom, if it weren't for the fact that I was really poor and had no money, I wouldn't have taken it out and sold it, hey!" The stall owner really sighed as he spoke, looking at where he was playing, and the people next to him laughed one by one, "Hahaha." Old Zhangtou, I said that you are going back more and more, and you are returning the fairy stone, haha, no, I laughed to death" A bald man is estimated to be familiar with the owner of the stall, and immediately laughed.
Bai Hao also resisted the urge to turn around and leave. "For the sake of the ring, I endure", secretly admonished himself in his heart. At this time, I only heard the stall owner continue to say, "I see that little brother, you are also a talent, we are also destined, one hundred spirit stones, as long as one hundred spirit stones, the elder brother will sell it all to you, maybe you go back and study the secrets inside, then it is up to you to save the world,"
Bai Hao listened to him next to him, and said with a black line on his face, "Twenty, at most twenty", is there more. ”
"I said little brother, although it is said that the price is all over the sky, and the money is paid on the ground, but you cut the price too hard, I said that it will be eighty" The stall owner rolled his eyes and said, grandma's, can you still bargain well.
"Thirty, this is all my belongings, and besides, you can only look at this thing, as a decoration, it's useless" Bai Hao pretended to dig out his pocket after speaking, indicating that he had no money.
"Fifty, fifty, you take it. If it goes any lower, it won't be sold" But what kind of person is the boss. How could he be informed that he had no money, and he would cut off the price in one bite, and he would buy it because of Bai Hao.
Clearly, he was right.
"Okay. But to be honest, fifty spirit stones, just these broken stones, are a bit too much. You've got to make it up to me."
The stall owner also seemed to know that he was at a loss, "Uh, okay." You can choose three of these things on the ground." There are a few elixirs on the ground that are not very well preserved, as well as some "divine skill" jade slips. Bai Hao took three things at random, including the quaint ring, "That's all." Hey, I wanted you to get a discount, "It looks like you've been wronged."
"Hey, hey, you're thinking beautifully. How did you choose it?
"Well, that's all."