harleyscars 43. Marketplace transactions
43. Marketplace transactions
When Xiao Yan and his two companions arrived at the small market, they attracted a lot of attention. After all, they were three powerful individuals capable of transforming their Dou Qi into wings. More importantly, Chu Qun and Yang Lingyan were representatives of the younger generation from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and the Minghua Tower, so they naturally had considerable popularity.
A significant number of people, upon recognizing the two men, immediately approached them, hoping to curry favor. After all, this might be the only opportunity for many to establish a connection with these two. Upon seeing this, Xiao Yan immediately chose to distance himself. Having two such prominent figures with him made even simple shopping inconvenient. Although their status offered many advantages, Xiao Yan still preferred to shop alone.
He even specially found a pair of gloves to wear, after all, Xiao Yan had nearly 6,000 points on his hands, and if he revealed them, he would also be exposed, and the peace and quiet he had worked so hard to achieve would be gone.
It must be said that despite its name, the small market was surprisingly crowded with vendors. They sold not only the usual good stuff like pills, fighting techniques, and herbs, but also many who insisted that the fragments or jade slips they'd unearthed were key to some Dou Zun's inheritance. After all, this was the Myriad Beasts Space, so anything was possible. Of course, with Xiao Yan's extraordinary soul perception, nine out of ten were fake, and the remaining one didn't even need testing; he could tell it was a counterfeit with the naked eye.
After walking for a short while, Xiao Yan noticed a significant difference in prices between here and the outside world. The most important difference was that pills were exceptionally expensive, while herbs were exceptionally cheap. Because the Myriad Beasts Space was a closed space, to seize greater opportunities, one needed to ensure their strength was high. Pills were the most direct and best way to improve oneself, while the cheapness of herbs was simply because they were so common in the Myriad Beasts Space.
The Void Emperor of yesteryear made many plans for the younger generation of the Northwest Region. For example, the Myriad Beasts Space itself is a super treasure land, where the growth rate of all medicinal herbs is greatly accelerated, and the difficulty of obtaining them is also much lower. The same medicinal herb that would require facing a sixth-tier magical beast in the outside world might only require facing a peak fifth-tier beast in the Myriad Beasts Space. Therefore, medicinal herbs are considered the least valuable items in the Myriad Beasts Space.
Xiao Yan strolled around, making purchases as he went, acquiring quite a few valuable herbs. He quite enjoyed browsing such places, as it reminded him of the days when Yao Lao took him treasure hunting in Wutan City. However, most of the time Xiao Yan just looked. Although many people participated in the Ten Thousand Beasts Gathering, Dou Huangs were extremely rare. While such places still held appeal for him, they weren't as attractive as they once were.
Just as Xiao Yan finished exploring an area and was about to leave, a voice suddenly echoed in his mind again: "To the right."
Xiao Yan was taken aback. This was the same voice that had appeared when he was facing the Jade-Eyed Nightmare Toad. Xiao Yan looked around suspiciously but did not see anyone suspicious.
Of course, he knew that the voice had suddenly appeared inside him, and after scanning himself several times, he found nothing suspicious.
After confirming repeatedly, Xiao Yan still had no clue. Although judging from the last incident, the voice didn't seem to have any ill intentions towards him, this kind of complete bewilderment was not something Xiao Yan liked.
But he still looked to his right, where there was another small stall. The stall owner was probably a seven or eight-star Battle King, which was quite a good level of cultivation.
The stall had quite a lot of items, a large pile of odds and ends, including a cub of the magical beast Flameclaw Silver Wolf. Several people were gathered there, clearly very interested in the cub.
After all, it is very difficult to capture the cubs of powerful magical beasts on their own, because many magical beasts would rather kill their own cubs before they die than let humans capture them, and there is no need to raise weaker magical beasts.
This Flameclaw Silver Wolf, once matured, becomes a sixth-tier magical beast, making it a decent candidate for training. Xiao Yan glanced at the items on the stall with some curiosity. While the Flameclaw Silver Wolf was good, it shouldn't have warranted that voice specifically reminding him of it. He had seen this magical beast along the way, but one with a training ceiling of only sixth tier hadn't piqued his interest.
"Could I have overlooked something?" Xiao Yan wondered to himself.
So he examined each item carefully again. When he swept his hand over a yellowish clod of earth, Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow and noticed something was wrong.
Although it was only a very small sensation, Xiao Yan felt that his soul power was actually rebounded, which meant that this thing was definitely not simple.
"How much is your Flame Claw Silver Wolf?" Xiao Yan asked.
The stall owner had already noticed Xiao Yan, a person he couldn't understand. Xiao Yan had been waiting in front of his stall for a long time, which meant he must have been interested in what he was selling. The stall owner was just waiting to fleece this fat sheep, Xiao Yan.
"Five grade six pills, and this cub is yours!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan frowned. "I could exchange five Rank 6 pills for the lifelong loyalty of a Dou Huang expert. What use is a brat like you?"
Although Su Zhang gave him a lot of pills, it doesn't mean he can be slaughtered at will.
"Hehe, we can talk about the price, how about four?" Although Xiao Yan directly rejected his offer, the stall owner was even more excited. After all, Xiao Yan only meant that he was unwilling, not that he didn't have them. Judging from Xiao Yan's tone, he probably really did have sixth-grade pills.
"One," Xiao Yan said indifferently.
"Three!" the stall owner insisted.
"Two! All your things are mine!" Xiao Yan said.
The stall owner then revealed a knowing expression. He understood Xiao Yan's intentions. However, after scanning his stall, he realized that all his items combined were worth at most a sixth-grade pill. He wondered what was attracting this guy.
When he saw the clod of earth, he seemed to understand something, and chuckled, "Two, but it must include one Royal Extreme Pill. Brother, I found this clod of earth in a secret realm. Although I haven't figured out its secrets yet, it's definitely not simple!"
Xiao Yan shook his head, took out two jade bottles from his storage ring, and tossed them to the stall owner. Without further explanation, he simply took the magical beast cub and the yellow clod of earth and left. As Xiao Yan left, a smile appeared on his face; after receiving them, he was even more certain that these things were extraordinary.
The stall owner watched Xiao Yan's retreating figure with a sly smile. "Trying to find treasure? Dream on! Just wait until you've got nothing!"
He then packed his things and prepared to leave. After all, it was an unwritten rule that he couldn't make a move in the small market. However, if Xiao Yan found out something was wrong and came looking for him, it would be troublesome. He was certain that Xiao Yan's cultivation level was above his own.
Xiao Yan had only taken two steps when a figure shrouded in a black robe crashed into him.
"Hey bro, wanna take a look at this?"
The man in black robes took something out of his pocket, and Xiao Yan's gaze was instantly drawn to it.