Chapter 217
Xiao Chen walked very quickly. In less than an hour, he had reached the west side of the city. After asking around for some information, he quickly found the so-called underground market.
The underground market, as the name suggested, was located underground and could not see the light of day. Most of the goods sold were illegal. Illegal goods were valuable, special or mysterious items stolen or robbed by swindlers or villains through various illegal means. They did not dare to sell them openly.
Therefore, some unscrupulous merchants had an idea and built the underground market for these people to sell valuable and strange items. Merchants were successful in every endeavor, so why should they be unscrupulous?
They would naturally charge a generous entrance fee. Of course, they would also hire some high-level warriors as guards to maintain order in the market.
The underground market was located in the middle of the west side of the city. The entrance was hidden and in an abandoned courtyard. Xiao Chen paid a tael of purple gold to the guard, a middle-aged warrior at the peak of the Blood Bear Realm, and successfully entered the underground market.
Although the underground market was located underground, it wasn’t dark at all because there were many lanterns hanging on the stone pillars that supported the space. Moreover, there were small luminous pearls inlaid on the ceiling at fixed intervals, illuminating the underground market even more brightly.
Besides being bright, the second feeling that the underground market gave Xiao Chen was that it was huge.
The underground market was more than two feet high and did not give people a sense of oppression. The space was very wide and could accommodate thousands of people at the same time. More than a dozen stone pillars that required two people to encircle to support this huge project would not collapse easily.
Xiao Chen looked around and found that there were not many people in the underground market. There were only a few hundred people. More than half of these people were treasure hunters like Xiao Chen, and the other half were treasure sellers.
These sellers were basically warriors and were not weak. They placed the items they were selling directly on the ground. There was no so-called selling counter, which was a little shabby. This also showed the nature of unscrupulous merchants.
In fact, these unscrupulous merchants were members of the six big families of Long Yao City. Otherwise, they would not be able to obtain the best security and naturally would not be able to maximize their benefits in Long Yao City. This was the combination of power and wealth. The big families would become richer, whereas the commoners would become poorer.
“I don’t know if I can get the Desolation Skill’s next chapter of the Tyrant Universe Skill. Let’s search for it. However, the most important thing now is to get a Grade 6 Desolation Yuan Pill so that I can quickly break through to the Blood Bear Realm.”
Xiao Chen’s gaze swept across the dazzling array of strange items for sale on the ground, and he could not help but feel a little interested. He muttered to himself in a low voice and started to walk around.
“Young Master!
You are an expert swordsman. Come and take a look at my seventh-grade Desolate Skill, Sky Thunder Sword. I guarantee that you will be satisfied!
Come and take a look. The price is reasonable! ”
When a dignified old man with a white beard saw Xiao Chen looking over, he immediately called out to Xiao Chen enthusiastically.
“Seventh-grade Desolate Technique?”
When Xiao Chen heard that such a high level Desolate Skill was being sold here, he muttered to himself in surprise. A look of disbelief appeared on his face. He sized up the elder and realized that the elder’s cultivation level was only at the first level of the White Tiger Realm. He was even more surprised that a warrior with such a low cultivation level could possess a seventh-grade Desolate Skill.
“Pa!”
Xiao Chen walked over and squatted down. He reached out his hand and picked up the only yellowed and worn-out parchment book that the white-bearded elder had placed on the ground. He casually flipped through it and his expression turned odd. He closed the so-called seventh-grade Desolate Skill, Sky Thunder Sword Technique and threw it on the elder’s stall. He then stood up, dusted his hands and left without saying a word.
When the white-bearded elder saw that Xiao Chen had left without saying a word, a flash of disappointment flashed in his eyes. He then angrily shouted at Xiao Chen, “Hey!
Young Master, why didn’t you buy my Desolate Skill after seeing it?
This is immoral!
Take a closer look. For such a high level Desolate Skill, I am only offering a price of 100,000 purple gold. It is worth it. Would you consider it? ”
“100,000 purple gold?
Uh … “Xiao Chen was shocked by the sky-high price. The odd expression on his face became even more intense. He did not turn around and continue walking.
“Hey, young master, don’t go!
If you think the price is too high, we can negotiate! ”
The white-bearded elder obviously did not want to miss out on a “fat sheep” like Xiao Chen. Hence, he shouted again. When he saw Xiao Chen stop in his tracks, he was delighted in his heart. However, he put on a pained expression and said with great difficulty,
“I will give you the lowest price of 90,000 purple gold. Any lower and I will be making a loss. Ah?
Young Master, don’t go!
80,000. It cannot be any lower. You still don’t want it?
This young man is too ruthless. Forget it, I will suffer a loss. How about 70,000?
You are still not satisfied?
Alright … I will buy some breakfast and go back for a meal. Fixed price of 60,000 … ”
“This old man is selling a fake Desolate Skill here. Furthermore, he is offering a sky-high price. Isn’t he afraid of being beaten up?
The price keeps dropping. If it is the real deal, the price will only increase and not decrease. What a funny old man … “Xiao Chen sneered in his heart. He could not be bothered with the white-bearded elder who was pretending to talk business. Wasn’t it too much of a scam for a fake Desolate Skill to be sold here at a sky-high price?
Xiao Chen was cautious. If there was a fake seventh-grade Desolate Skill here, there would definitely be other fakes. If he was not careful, he might be scammed.
The fake Desolate Skill from before was very realistic. In addition to the white-bearded elder’s sage-like appearance, there might really be a fool who would fall for it. Fortunately, Xiao Chen was an expert swordsman. Furthermore, he had cultivated the eighth-grade Desolate Skill, Confusion Divine Sound. Naturally, he could easily tell if it was a fake.
Although there were many stalls, they were arranged neatly. Xiao Chen followed the flow of people and looked around, hoping to find the real deal that would be useful to him. He was not short of money now. He had more than 30 purple gold notes worth 10,000 taels of purple gold, which should be enough to buy a lot of good stuff.
Apart from the 100,000 taels of purple gold that he had extorted from Ji Haoyue and Situ Nan, the other 200,000 taels of purple gold were the rewards he received from assassin missions and the looting of evil people’s belongings. His income was not bad.
Of course, not all assassins had such a high income. Xiao Chen was an exception. Which other assassin could single-handedly take on the most difficult assassin missions consecutively and get a perfect completion rate?
The stalls sold almost everything. For example: weapons, armor, elixirs, refining materials, spirit fruits, etc.
Xiao Chen’s eyes were sharp and his perception was extremely strong. He could differentiate between the real and the fake with just a few glances.
After walking through a third of the underground market, Xiao Chen was a little speechless. He realized a shocking fact. At least a quarter of the items sold in the underground market were … fake!
Was there no one in this place to control the proliferation of inferior goods and fake goods?
Xiao Chen was depressed.
Apart from the fake goods, there were naturally the real ones. There were good and bad, high and low grades of the real ones. Among the real ones, Xiao Chen only looked for high-grade elixirs and special items.
Needless to say, Xiao Chen would not miss out on high-grade elixirs and healing elixirs of grade six and above.
Special items were those that looked older, such as animal hide pages, secret manuals, scrolls, and even some old metal pieces and porcelain jars. Xiao Chen would take a closer look and sense them, hoping to find something unexpected.
But there were too many fake goods. In addition, the fake seller was too ‘enthusiastic’, which annoyed Xiao Chen. He almost pulled out his sword and slashed at the seller. Finally, he couldn’t take it anymore. Later, he released a little cold killing intent to let the fake seller know to restrain himself. Only then did Xiao Chen find what he wanted in peace.
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