Volume 2: Yun Ji Cang Hai Chapter 601: Borrowing a Stone for a View
The so-called "ghost market" is already sneaky and secretive enough, but it has to be moved to a different location every time it opens, which shows the painstaking efforts of the organizers! It can be seen that every time the market opens and closes, there may be unpredictable risks.
Thinking this, Lin Yi followed the crowd and walked forward, and then he saw the place in front of him clearly.
This is a small valley. Not far ahead, there are two caves dozens of feet apart. Sensing something unusual in the sky, Lin Yi looked up. The starry sky was quiet, the night was silent, and there was no trace of the city defense formation.
Could it be that he has left Lancheng?
In slight shock, Lin Yi dispersed his consciousness. There are undulating mountains and forests for hundreds of miles around, and there is no trace of Lan City. This is obviously an unknown place outside the city.
"On the left hand side, I would like to invite the seniors of Jindan and above... Comrades below Foundation Establishment, please go this way." A man in black greeted loudly from the front, and the crowd slowly separated and walked towards the two separated caves. .
As soon as Lin walked towards the cave on his right, he couldn't help but glance to the left. Among the crowd, a slim figure was dodging...
There were more than a hundred people who came to this valley. After they separated, there were twenty or thirty people on Lin Yi's side. But in the blink of an eye, he entered the hole that was more than ten feet high, and there was a whole other world inside.
The hundred-foot-sized cave is divided into two halves, one large and one small. The top of the cave is filled with fluorite and pearls, making it bright all around. The larger one has a radius of seventy or eighty feet, and there are more than ten Jindan monks who look like casual cultivators, each guarding a place and sitting cross-legged in the center. In front of everyone are various elixirs, magic weapons, medicinal herbs, talismans, jade slips, gold and stones, etc., all of which are related to cultivation, and there are also some common and rare things.
Walking inside the cave, it was a little cramped. There was a circle of seats in an area of 20 to 30 feet, and there was a stone platform made of white jade in the middle. I don't know what it was used for. "Don't ask where the treasure comes from. Those who are destined will get it. Buy and sell voluntarily, money and goods have been paid, and you will not acknowledge it when you turn around! Seniors, please help yourself..." A golden elixir monk whose face is covered should be the deacon here. After he shouted, the group of people who entered the cave dispersed and walked towards the dozen or so stalls. The cave suddenly became lively.
"Five bottles of Yun Hua Dan, take out three thousand spiritual stones and take them away..."
As soon as the shouting started, someone shouted urgently: "I want that elixir..."
Afterwards, someone greeted him: "I'll pay three thousand five hundred and fifty..."
After that, someone else said: "Four thousand spiritual stones, the elixir belongs to me..."
"Mom, do you understand the rules? I paid the price first. This is called first-come, first-served. Come and grab it if you can... Humph!"
"snort……"
"snort……"
The Yun Hua Dan was bought by the late-stage Jin Dan man who spoke first. In his triumph, he did not forget to provoke his opponent. The other two middle-stage Jindan men had no choice but to stop. After each snorted angrily, they slowly came together and whispered, not knowing what they were planning.
Seeing all this in his eyes, Lin Yi shook his head gently. He put his hands behind his back and strolled in front of various stalls.
The things here may have come from shady sources, but they are at least 30% cheaper than those in the fairy shop!
Lin Yi was also quite tempted by the cheap Yunhua Pill, but had no intention of asking for trouble. Walking to an unattended stall, he stopped and looked at it casually.
The stall owner is a monk in the early stage of the Golden Elixir, and there is no restriction on covering his face. His robes were shabby, his body was thin, he had a goatee, and his expression was dull, and he silently guarded his stall.
Lin Yi had no intention of pursuing the origin of the stall owner, but became curious about the few things placed in front of him. Other sellers were afraid that their treasures would not be able to sell for a good price because they were not glamorous and eye-catching, but the one in front of me seemed to be a dealer in second-hand goods.
On a piece of tattered animal skin with dirt, there were only three weird things. One is a stone more than a foot square, with uneven yellow and white colors, wrapped in soil, as if it had just been dug out of the ground; the other is a dragon-shaped carving, vulgar and looks more like a bad stone; and the last is a shape. It was an ordinary small bottle, with a thick layer of dirt covering the cork. It had not been opened for an unknown period of time, and it was unknown what was inside.
When he saw customers coming, the stall owner didn't even raise his eyes, he just sat there like a wooden and clay sculpture. Lin Yiben wanted to ask for advice on the doubts in his heart, but seeing the other party's behavior, he had no choice but to give up. He shook his head and walked to another stall. But before he took two steps, two other people came up behind him and started talking to the stall owner.
"Haha! What kind of treasure is this fellow Taoist selling?"
"Hey! Could it be that it was just dug out of the ground..."
"Yes! There's still dirt on it..."
"Fellow Taoist, you're not going to dig up the graves of ordinary people, are you? Haha"
These two casual cultivators are dressed up, one is in the middle stage of the Golden elixir, and the other is in the early stage of the Golden elixir. The two of them stood in front of the stall, talking to each other without any idle talk.
The stall owner ignored the two men's teasing and just sat there in silence.
Seeing this, the monk in the middle stage of Jindan laughed again and asked: "Business comes to your door, but fellow Taoists don't respond. Who knows what you are selling?"
The stall owner rolled his eyes at the other person and said word by word: "I don't know either..."
"Haha! As expected, aren't you digging someone's grave and digging up their burial objects..." Another person continued to joke.
The monk in the middle stage of the Golden Elixir stretched out his hand to stop his companion, and said knowledgeably: "As long as it is an immortal thing, there is a way to identify it..." He turned and asked: "Can you take a closer look at the thing you are selling? "
The stall owner said two words expressionlessly: "Please!"
Hearing this, the two of them laughed, each bent down and picked up something on the ground, looking at it curiously. After a moment, both of them had blank looks on their faces, neither of them could see anything interesting. One of them shook his head, put down what he was holding, and said, "You and I should not waste our time..."
The monk who was in the middle stage of the Golden Core looked unconvinced. He looked at the three things over and over for a long time, but still found nothing. Seeing the urging of his companion, he put down the stone of unknown origin, took the small bottle and shook it vigorously in his hand a few times, and said reluctantly: "This thing may be an ordinary thing, and it's not worth a few dollars." Lingshi, you might as well buy it back to fool others..." He turned to the stall owner and said generously: "I want these three things, fellow Taoist, please tell me the price!"
Another person laughed and said: "Such an unknown thing is given away for free and no one wants it, so you still use spiritual stones to buy it..."
The stall owner frowned and said impatiently: "One hundred thousand!"
"What did you say? One hundred thousand...?" The monk in the middle stage of Jindan was already full of surprise. He threw the vial in his hand to the ground, stared at the stall owner in disbelief, and suddenly mocked loudly: "How many times?" I dare to ask for a tattered item of unknown origin for one hundred thousand yuan. Is this fellow Taoist out of his mind?"
Another person couldn't stop laughing, and actually laughed from the side, pointing at the stall owner and jokingly said: "Why don't you ask for 100,000 yuan for one thing? Wouldn't you be able to get 300,000 yuan of spiritual stones..."
The stall owner was unmoved. He simply held his goatee in his hands, shook his head and said, "It's exactly one hundred thousand!"
"You...?" The middle-stage Jindan monk couldn't laugh at this moment, and instead said angrily: "Are you playing tricks on me?" His companion also stopped laughing and said in shock: "This guy is really poor and crazy. …”
"You know what you're selling!" the stall owner replied calmly, drooping his eyelids, and simply turning a blind eye to the two of them.
Seeing that a casual cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core could be so arrogant and rude, the cultivator in the middle stage of the Golden Core snorted coldly, showing his fierce look, and cursed: "I talk to you so easily, but you don't know how to show appreciation. Huh! If it were another situation, To be somewhere else, I..."
The cave is such a big place, but there was a lot of commotion here. People were quickly attracted, and some people were curious to inquire about what treasure was priced at 100,000 yuan...
Twenty or thirty people gathered around him in a blink of an eye, including the Nascent Soul cultivators.
Seeing this, the monk in the early stage of the golden elixir didn't want to cause trouble, so he grabbed his companion and comforted him: "This man is suffering from hysteria, so you don't need to be familiar with him!" The other party understood, and turned around and spat angrily, and cursed: "What if? If you were in another place, I would strangle you to death, you arrogant thing."
The stall owner was sitting upright, but he glanced coldly at the two people who were leaving, and nodded with unclear intentions.
Lin Yi did not leave, always watching. For some reason, seeing the stall owner's expression, he felt inexplicably stunned. He was indifferent to the people surrounding him, and turned to look at the stone on the ground, with a flash of red in his eyes.
"Haha! What is worth a hundred thousand spirit stones? Let me see..." A man walked past Lin Yi with a smile, suddenly turned back and blinked at him, and then pretended not to know and turned to the stall. He leaned over and looked at those three things.
At this time, four or five more monks with their faces uncovered walked towards the stall. When the rest of the people saw it, they immediately stopped trying to join in the fun and stood aside one by one to watch.
Lin Yi stood in the crowd, silently observing the situation in front of him. In the courtyard where he came before, he saw a familiar person in this group of people, but he just pretended not to know. The person who just made a secret gesture was Lin Jiangxian. Obviously, the other party recognized him. In addition, the Shang Yin seen at the gate of Lan City was also among them.
The other four people who showed their true appearance were a middle-aged woman, a man in his prime, a frowning old man, and an old woman with chicken skin and white hair. Their attire and demeanor should come from different immortal sects, and their cultivation levels are not much different. They are all in the early stages of Nascent Soul.
"Oops! Please forgive Lin for his poor eyesight! It's hard to tell what's going on with the treasure, but what can I do?" Lin Jiangxian sighed, then smiled at the stall owner and asked: "I still don't know the origin of the treasure, can you tell me something clearly?" "
The stall owner's expression remained the same as before, turning a blind eye to the several Nascent Soul masters and the onlookers. He glanced at Lin Jiangxian lightly and said: "Born to raise!"
Hearing this, Lin Jiangxian was startled, then stepped back and looked at the other party. After a while, he didn't think he was dissatisfied. Instead, he smiled, raised his hands, and said: "Don't ask where the treasure comes from, it will be nurtured by nature! How good! How wonderful! Thank you for your advice!"
The stall owner's expression was stiff and his cultivation was low. He was clearly a shabby casual cultivator. When faced with Senior Yuanying's questions, he was so cold and seemed extremely rude. But buying and selling is voluntary, and the rules are like this, so it's not easy to care about it. However, Lin Jiangxian did not regard his elders as respectful, but instead asked for advice, which made everyone look more playful. Suddenly, there was a roar of laughter in the cave.
The three things were placed on the ground. With a little use of spiritual sense, they could be seen countless times. There was nothing strange. After Lin Jiangxian's speech, the Yuanying cultivators lost interest in it. At this time, the steward of the "Ghost Market" shouted again: "The stall is closed! Treasure fighters and treasure seekers, please move..."
After a greeting, everyone turned and walked deep into the cave. The casual cultivators who set up stalls packed up their things, some stayed and some left.
What is treasure fighting and treasure seeking? Lin Yi didn't know anything about it. But he didn't have time to pay attention to these, but walked to the stall owner just now, bowed and said: "Can I borrow that... stone to see?"
The stall owner didn't mean to stay here for a long time, took the things on the ground and wanted to leave. Hearing someone asking questions, he slowly turned around. His eyes flashed, and he held up the stone in his hand and asked back: "Could it be that you recognize this thing?"
Lin Yi took the stone in his hand and looked at it for a long time. Looking around, he pondered for a while and nodded gently...
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