The so-called black market is the legendary three-no-go zone.
Since it's a no-brainer, it's naturally very, very remote, very, very inconspicuous. At first glance, it is gloomy, and normal people won't get close to it.
[Rank] also can not control the place.
There is a black cave in this place.
The Black Grotto is as its name suggests, but it is not a cave, it is a countless black stone cave above the White Bone Wasteland. Just enter any cave entrance, go straight down the road, and you can walk to the bottom of the White Bone Wasteland. an underground market.
The reason why this white bone wasteland has the name of white bones is very far back. It is said that this is not a wasteland. Just looking at it is only three or four hundred miles away from the Lingxi Peak of Zhongling Yuxiu, you can see that it was once next to the mountain. A feng shui treasure land of water, but later there were frequent wars in the world, and a battle happened here.
Some cultivators interfered with this mortal battle.
There are cultivators, and fighting a mortal soldier is not a matter of waving one’s sleeves, and I don’t know whether the winner is the nephew, grandson or descendant of a cultivator who has cultivated to the highest level. I also want to help him win this battle. As a result, with a wave of his sleeve, the battle was won, but the soldiers who were killed were full of resentment. With the spiritual energy, the living beings in this place will live for a long time, and people passing by here can hear the cries of evil ghosts in this wasteland day and night. It gradually became desolate.
In fact, the black caves are all made of raised white bones. It was originally called "white bone caves", which means "white bones cry". The sand and stones were bound together and slowly turned into a hard black stone. Because the "white bone cry" is too unknown, people do not want to mention it, and because the appearance is dark, it seems to be a black rock, so it is called "black rock". It later became known as the "Black Grotto".
And this time.
Next to a raised black cave with a height of two people, there are many mysterious "people" who are either wearing cloaks or masks. There is a price tag on the item for sale.
Only through the Black Grotto can you enter the underground trading market in the White Bone Wasteland, that is, the "big black market", but there are also people who sell some small things squatting outside the Black Grotto, handing a small amount of money to the little boss who manages the black market, and putting up rags to make themselves worthless Putting all the gadgets on it, all of them are gathered together, and it can be regarded as a "little black market".
At this time, the "little black market" quietly sneaked in a tall man wearing a tattered black gauze cloak. This man was tall, but the cloak was torn and long, and he was hanging on the ground. Wearing a ferocious bronze mask, the bronze mask was broken in a corner at the right chin, as if it had been cut off by something, because the mask was too large, it did not reveal half of the owner's face when it was broken, and he walked very fast. Stiff, slow, step by step, kicking and kicking, it seems that the sound of clogs hitting the hard ground is very abrupt.
But there are many black market eccentrics, so no one pays much attention to him.
The man entered the black cave, walked three steps, and saw a small wooden table. On the table was a jar with copper coins and a small ledger. The jar was half full with copper coins. The little man with the ugly toad mask and the black cloak of the black market can't tell the difference between men and women. It seems that because he is too short, he can only stand on the small bench behind the platform, and his two baby-like hands come from under the cloak. He stretched out, holding a brush in one hand, resting his morbidly small wrist on a small ledger, and holding a copper coin in the other.
"Ten coins for renting the land, no bargaining!" The little man in the toad mask opened his mouth when he saw someone coming. His voice was shrill and thin, as if someone was talking while choking his neck, which made people feel particularly uncomfortable.
The black cloak took out ten copper coins and said, "Crash" and threw them into the small can in which he put the copper coins. However, the toad masked man's young hand holding the pen was slightly lifted, and the ten copper coins that were thrown down instantly stopped in the air. among!
"Wait a minute!" The toad masked man's brush swung horizontally, "I want to count if you have ten! Anyone who cheats me with money should not die well, nor die well!!"
The thin voice sounded ferocious and vicious. The man in black retracted his hand into the cloak and asked him to check. The man in the toad mask carefully counted ten coins suspended in the air, and then waved his hand to let the copper coins fall into the jar. In the middle of the book, he wrote it down in the ledger, and said in a thin voice, "You didn't lie to me, the baby won't strangle you, no one will strangle you hee hee hee... You can do your thing hee hee …”
There were people going back and forth in Heiyan Cave, and they turned a blind eye to what the toad mask man said. The toad mask said something strange, but he came and heard a lot, and he got used to it. And these words, no matter how vicious, are taken for granted.
Because they are all puppets, corpse puppets made from the corpses of two or three-year-old children who died of financial disasters.
Children whose parents were poor and could not support them and abandoned them on the streets. In the end, innocent children died, or children who were brutally killed because someone in the family competed for the property. Once the dead souls learned about the cause of death, they were induced by those who had a heart to deceive their loved ones. Hatred, their souls will be surrounded by resentment, trapped in the body, and cannot be transcended.
They died because of money and turned into ghosts. While they hated their relatives before their death, they also had a crazy obsession with money. This was used by those who made corpse puppets and made them into this kind of "corpse puppet". to guard money.
Once someone loses their money, they will send out a vicious curse. If the cursed person does not have a very powerful fate, their wealth will be low, nightmares will be haunted, and their life will be unfortunate.
Therefore, it is also called "Curse Wealth Baby Puppet".
The black cloak turned to leave, and the toad mask suddenly screamed again, "Stop!"
The black cloak froze slightly and stopped in place.
"You're a stranger! You're new!" After the toad mask stopped her, she sang in a high voice: "The newcomer follows the rules, has no rules, is not around, small black market, big business..." Toad masked, "If you don't follow the rules, you will die!"
The black cloak said in a low voice, "What are the rules."
"listen!"
"The first one, clearly marked the price! The price will not change!"
"Article 2, it is forbidden to ask names, ask about spirits, and forbidden to fight. Violators - live with a thousand swords and die!"
"The third rule, don't step on the formation! Don't look around! Don't break the contract! Don't be rude!"
"Life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky!"
Cursing Cai Puppet's voice was shrill and strange, with a vicious and sinister smell. His eyes behind the mask stared at the man in the cloak, as if he was afraid of her. Although he sang sharply and had a bad tone, he didn't dare to get too close to her. , keeping a vague distance. After it sang, it gave her a price tag, which was white, with black secret patterns on the corners, which could be enlarged or reduced, and many commodities and their prices could be written on it.
The black cloak knew what it was afraid of, took the sign and left.
This black cloak is naturally Xia Ge who has tried his best to sell things on the black market.
In order to find the Black Grotto, she went to the library to find a map, carefully checked the description of the black market, and made various preparations. He lowered his aura, and before entering the White Bone Wasteland, he specially put on the shoes with a 20 cm high base that he had custom-made at the carpenter's house. His height increased a lot, and then he held up the black cloak. The mask was the demonization. When the puppets attacked, the children from the outer disciples picked up a few to play with them. Xia Ge wanted to exchange them for candy, but who knew that those children were also cunning. After a lot of effort, I replaced one with a broken corner.
Therefore, the "mysterious man" with a black cloak and broken horns and blue-faced fangs was born in such a funny and weird way.
The corpse puppet was afraid, not because of himself, but because of the breath of the ghost dragon jade.
Xia Ge came out of the Black Grotto, took out a rag, found an inconspicuous place to lay it down and sat down, took out a small box and put it on the rag, then crossed his legs, and sat down with the old god. .
The next door is also a seller wearing a cloak and a hat, who doesn't know if it is a ghost or a ghost. With a thin silver cloud pattern, it is low-key but very delicate. There are some simple cloth medicine bottle weeds on the black cloth, which are very common and seem to be nothing of note.
He sat quietly, with his back straight and motionless.
Xia Ge also looked at his heart and nose, and didn't say a word. In an unfamiliar territory, or a place like the black market, it's better to talk less and strike up a conversation less.
Who knows if the person across from you is a man or a ghost.
Xia Ge touched the Ghost Dragon Jade on his waist, secretly said, and borrowed it for a few more days.
When someone saw a new seller, it was nothing unusual, but when he saw that the new seller only had a box on the rags, he felt a little interesting, and those who were interested came together and said, "Little brother, you What is this selling, and there is no price tag?"
Xia Ge lowered his voice, "Medicine."
"Yo, what kind of medicine do you sell in this gourd? You have to let people see it."
"That's it."
The number of onlookers gradually increased, and Xia Ge didn't give up and said directly, "Bigu Pill."
"Che... Bigu Pill, I thought it was a good thing."
"Go away."
"… "
The people who gathered around gradually dispersed, and only two or three stayed here, "Since it's a bigu pill, can you open it up and let us see the quality?"
"How much? Just tell me."
"… "
Xia Ge was actually quite worried. She really didn't know what the market price of Bigu Pill was. She didn't want to say that it was too little.
The first rule of the black market is that a product can only be priced once, and once it is priced, it can’t be changed again, no matter what kind of treasure it is, no matter how valuable it is, if you set it high, it’s your business if you can’t sell it. You set a low price, and it is your business to lose money, but as long as it is in the black market, you can only set the price once.
Xia Ge thought about it and decided to go higher.
"Two bigu pills." Xia Ge said, and then took out the pricing card, serious, "If the price is priced, it will be a hundred spirit stones."
There are vague clouds floating on the pricing board, and when the clouds disappear, the goods and prices are displayed impressively.
[Bigu Pill]Two pieces: One hundred middle-grade spirit stones.
Gold, silver and copper coins are only the currency of the world, and the only thing that can really circulate among the monks is the spirit stone.
However, because the outer disciples did not practice and did not use spiritual stones, their salaries were all copper coins. Xia Ge didn't need spirit stones at first, but she walked around the black market and found that some people in the black market didn't trade gold and silver, all of them were spirit stones.
"One hundred middle grade spirit stones?!"
"Are you stealing money?!"
"Let's go, I guess it's not for business at all, but to steal money from the black market?!"
"… "
System: "Why do you set it so high?"
Xia Ge: "... Tall?"
System: "Spirit stones are divided into upper, middle and lower grades, and it is not easy to measure with gold and silver in the world, but about a thousand low-grade spirit stones can be exchanged for a middle-grade spirit stone, and a thousand medium-grade spirit stones can be exchanged for a high-grade spirit stone. 100,000 low-grade spirit stones... you're not selling elixir, right?"
Xia Ge was shocked: "Huh? Isn't the spirit stone in hundred?!"
system:"… "
I don't blame her. The things in the book are a few years ago to her. Although Fengyue Wubian's writing is really good, it is not enough for Xia Ge to remember the spirit stone conversion system clearly. . After coming here, I was either starving or on the verge of starvation and cold. I only used copper coins for daily transactions, and neither gold nor silver, let alone spirit stones.
She didn't even know what the spirit stone looked like, let alone whether it was converted into thousand or hundred.
"I wanted to set it a little higher... I didn't want to set it so high."
Xia Ge looked at the sign and suddenly felt a little desperate.
Can she close the stall and leave
Suffocating, it costs ten copper coins to open a stall in the black market!
"Forget it, just wait."
Xia Ge sat on the spot holding the sign, and people came and went. After she set the price, these "people" were basically insulated from her. Even if someone came over and saw her suffocating price, they would turn their heads and leave. Do not hesitate.
Xia Ge: "… "
The system is indifferent: "Close the stall, no one will buy it."
"I have to hold on for those ten copper coins for a while." Xia Ge sat on the spot and made an excuse.
However, the fact is that after rushing the road all night and stepping on stilts for most of the day, the Iron Man was about to collapse, and he had to rest for a while.
It's really hard to step on stilts. She has never stepped on 20 cm high heels in her previous life. She is really selling medicine with her life.
Time passed slowly.
The land of the White Bone Wasteland is also hard and no grass grows. Xia Ge sat for a while, and then he couldn't sit still.
There were people coming and going in the black market, but no one came here. His eyes were full of dark cloaks or strange-shaped things. He looked a little tired. Xia Ge dialed the box that contained two bigu pills and opened it slightly. On the lid, the red-blooded Bigu Pill and Jindan suddenly flashed light, Xia Ge tried to attract customers with a little Danxiang, but with little success.
When the lid was opened, it was easy to lose the efficacy of the medicine, so Xia Ge finally closed the lid again.
If you can sell it, it will be so expensive, so you have to have a little conscience.
With a sigh, Xia Ge couldn't help but look at the person next to him.
Generally, other people's black cloaks have the effect of concealing their aura, making it impossible for people to guess their identity based on their aura or anything else. Xia Ge's cloak is not that advanced, but she has the Ghost Dragon Jade.
It is an essential artifact to ward off evil spirits and exorcise ghosts and hide qi.
The person next to her is also a black cloak, wearing a cape and a black veil covering her face. There seems to be a black mist. She can't see the outline of her face, and she can't feel the breath. Ten cm long sole. The other person's sitting posture is very natural. Even if she sits like her for an afternoon, no one will come. Compared with Xia Ge's frizz, this person obviously shows what it means to be "calm and naturally cool."
Well, of course, the business of both of them is very cold.
Just when Xia Ge finally couldn't help but want to chat about "Business Classics", a faint white flashed past his eyes, Xia Ge's pupils shrank slightly, and he subconsciously looked up at the person who appeared.
The other party was wearing a fitted black cloak and a pure black smiling face mask to cover his face, which seemed no different from others, but Xia Ge discovered the mystery at a glance - the waist of his cloak was scratched somewhere, and He didn't notice it, because the cloak was torn, and the jade pendant around his waist quietly revealed a corner, and some familiar aura was also revealed.
The man in the cloak walked unhurriedly, but walked towards the black cave where Xia Ge paid the money before. It was precisely because she was not far from the entrance of the cave, nor did she open her elixir box, so the other party didn't pay attention to her. A momentary exception.
Hey brother dei, your cloak is broken!
Just when Xia Ge wanted to quickly close the stall and step on her 20 cm soles to stand up and follow, she just wanted to get up, the corner of her cloak seemed to be stepped on by something, and her 20 cm soles were a little difficult to handle. He "thumped" and sat back when his butt was less than two centimeters off the ground.
Xia Ge looked to the side in a daze, but found that the low-key and coquettish seller around her didn't know when to stand up. Her cloak was black, and the cloth on which the other party sat down was also black. Where is it, now it seems that the cloak may have been scattered next to the other party's fabric, and the seller may not have noticed when he got up, so he stepped on it.
"… "
The other party stepped on her cloak without saying a word, just moved to the side quietly, and then stood up.
Xia Ge: "… "
… oh, does that mean you’re not going to apologize
After comparing the heights and aura of the two, Xia Ge decided to stand up silently, pretending that nothing had happened.
Stepping on the soles of 20 centimeters doesn't seem to be as tall as others. Where do you have the confidence to be like others
Who knew that she just wanted to get up, but the other party slowly walked across from her, facing her, then leaned down slightly, stretched out a finger wrapped in a cloak cloth, held her shoulders, and let her sit down.
Xia Ge: "???"