Chapter 43: The Black Stone
This trading market is very large, the whole square market is criss-crossed, densely dotted, the bright streets are in the north-south direction, and at the north and south ends of it are built hundreds of houses of different sizes, these buildings are high or low, some are attic tiled houses, some are just small courtyards, uneven, different shapes.
These courtyard buildings and tiled houses were built by merchants, only a small half of them were personally operated and guarded by the Xiuzhen sect in the Lu Kingdom, and the other half were the Xiuzhen families and casual cultivators who had been doing business here all the year round.
Most of them are shops that buy and sell raw materials, talismans, herbs, and spiritual artifacts, and there is also a Five Elements Bookstore that specializes in the sale of rudimentary Dharma decisions, and several restaurants and inns that are convenient for people to eat and live.
In addition, in addition to employing those low-level Qi Refining Stage disciples in the entire Trading Workshop Market, there are also a certain number of Foundation Building Stage masters stationed here all year round to maintain the order of this Trading Workshop Market and prevent anyone from deliberately causing trouble.
On the other hand, there is a large vacant lot in the northern part of the street, where there are no houses left, and this place is reserved for cultivators who set up temporary stalls.
As long as you hand over a low-level spirit stone to the relevant person in charge of this place, outsiders can set up stalls in the open spaces on both sides for a whole day without any interference, and even be protected by hired disciples during the stall setting up, without fear that an enemy will take this opportunity to take revenge on you.
With these measures to encourage foreign cultivators to do business here, as well as the behind-the-scenes pressure of the masters in the foundation building period, coupled with the special geographical environment of the trading market, the trading market has prospered year by year, and some rare things have flowed out from the market from time to time, which has attracted more cultivators to come here to Taobao for trading.
Fu Jun walked casually around the bustling streets, occasionally looking at the stalls of the monks on the roadside, asking about the price, he planned to see if there was anything noteworthy in these stalls first, and then go to those big shops.
It was already afternoon, and the street in the trading market seemed to be crowded with countless people at a glance.
However, this is also a very normal thing, after all, this trading market is a trading market that many cultivators want to come to, and the items that are missing in daily life are very likely to be purchased or exchanged here.
For this reason, the trading market is bustling and lively all day long, and the people who can come here are all cultivators who have a need in their hearts, and the territory of Lu and Yue is vast, so it is not surprising that so many cultivators can come.
After watching it for nearly a circle, Fu Jun was a little disappointed in his heart.
The things on these stalls, except for three or four pieces that can barely be called okay, there are a lot of other spiritual weapons, talismans and herbal pills, but for him now, it is useless at all, and buying it is just a waste of spirit stones.
Just when he was extremely disappointed and wanted to turn away, suddenly, Fu Jun stopped and stood in place, looking like he was frowning.
He clearly felt a slight vibration on his finger just now, he looked at the finger wearing the invisible ancient ring, and couldn't help but wonder for a while, and glanced down at a small stall not far from him.
I saw a few items scattered on the small stall, an unknown stone the size of a bird's egg, a few yellowed scrolls of different thicknesses, and a few high-grade spiritual weapons of good quality.
Fu Jun involuntarily walked forward, and as the distance got closer and closer, the invisible ancient ring on his finger vibrated more frequently.
This unknown ancient ring has been stealthy and lurking since the last time it absorbed the "primordial god" of the half-dragon demon beast, without the slightest movement, but now it is unusual, not emitting a slight vibration.
Although the vibration movement was very subtle, Fu Jun was sure that the vibration was indeed emitted by the ancient ring itself, and it was absolutely right!
At this moment, Fu Jun had already walked in front of the stall, and a middle-aged man wearing a green shirt and a tenth-layer Qi refining period got up to greet him, and said with a smile on his face:
"What does this brother want to see, would you like to help me introduce it! Although there are not many things in my stall, it is more practical, and if my brother buys it, he will definitely be satisfied." ”
"Oh, yes, I want to read some spell books, but I only need high-level spell books, don't show them to me those beginner and intermediate ones!" Fu Jun glanced at the middle-aged man who was about forty years old, and said lightly.
When the middle-aged monk heard this, he was slightly stunned, but after carefully looking at Fu Jun's momentum and making sure that the other party was not joking, his face showed a trace of bitterness, and he said with embarrassment: "High-level spells, I really don't have this here, how many more are there are middle-level spells, do you want to take a look?"
Fu Jun casually flipped through a few books on the stall, and after seeing that they were all elementary and intermediate spells, his face was slightly disappointed, he shook his head, and said, "Those are not what I want, I don't know if the boss has other goods? ”
When the middle-aged monk heard this, he scratched his head, his posture was honest, and he said embarrassedly: "There are no other valuable good things, it seems that the seniors don't look down on these things from me." ”
The middle-aged monk looked at the young man in front of him, who was not very tall, his entire body was hazy and covered by unknown things, and he couldn't see his original appearance clearly, and what surprised him even more was that he couldn't see the specific cultivation of the person in front of him.
"Oh, that's a shame. ”
Fu Jun pretended to sigh, and then casually picked up the black stone on the side, and asked, "This black stone is an ordinary black gem that has lost its spirituality, why is this kind of thing also taken out and sold, is it trying to fool people?"
"The lesson of the predecessors is that I got this black stone unintentionally, and I originally wanted to throw it away, but seeing that it itself is extremely hard, even if it is sharp, it can't hurt it in the slightest, so I put it here, waiting for someone who knows to identify and take it away. Now listening to what the predecessors said, I was disappointed that I didn't expect this stone to be just an ordinary black gem. ”
After finishing speaking, with a look of regret on his face, the little hope he had originally had was dashed and died.
Fu Jun heard the words of the middle-aged monk, smiled in his heart, and said slowly: "Well, I don't blame you for this matter, don't blame those who don't know." ”
Before he finished speaking, he reached out and picked up a book on the stall, and said, "This intermediate formation book is not bad, I will buy it, here are twenty low-level spirit stones, enough to buy this formation book." ”
After finishing speaking, Fu Jun took out twenty low-rank spirit stones from the storage bag on his waist and stuffed them into the hands of the middle-aged monk with a blank face.
The middle-aged monk was stunned when he heard this, this intermediate formation book is not a valuable thing, but the senior in front of him is generous, he can't help but be grateful, seeing that the spirit stone has been handed over to him, he hurriedly said: "Thank you, senior, although this black stone is just an ordinary black gem, but the texture is hard, and it is shy in the lower bag, please accept this little bit of heart." ”
The middle-aged monk put the black stone into Fu Jun's hand, and said with a reverent face, with a hint of gratitude in his words.
After Fu Jun listened, he nodded slightly, with a look of approval, and then exchanged a few words of politeness, and then turned around and walked towards the big shops with plaques.
Walking on the road, Fu Jun was happy in his heart, the moment the black stone arrived in his hand, the mysterious ancient ring on his finger vibrated even more, as if he had spirituality, and wanted to devour this black stone.
"There must be something strange, this black stone with a black appearance is definitely not as simple as it seems. Without exerting effort, he got the black stone in his hand, Fu Jun couldn't help but think secretly.
However, here and now, it is not suitable to directly stuff the black stone into this mysterious ring, who knows if there will be any amazing movements after giving it.
If something unusual really happens, then he will become the focus of attention, and in addition to the unsuccessful anonymous transaction of the director, he will even cause some unpredictable trouble.
These were not the results Fu Jun wanted, although the mysterious Stealth Ancient Ring was still vibrating, Fu Jun temporarily put the black stone into the storage bag, and secretly begged in his heart, "Don't worry, I'll give it to you later." ”
As if he had received a secret signal from Fu Jun's heart, this ancient ring, which was still vibrating, also stopped trembling with Fu Jun's thoughts, which made Fu Jun speechless.
Now is not the time to think about this, because at this time Fu Jun has come to the middle of the main road full of plaques and tiled houses, looking up, a courtyard pavilion made of rubble and ancient wood, standing on both sides, the construction is simple and elegant, and there is a delicate charm in it.