After dinner, Xu Lian left the Lin residence, rode the black horse that Lin Chengyu bought for him, and went straight to the East Gate, leaving the city before the gate closed.
In Green Bamboo Town, women in every household had to wait until the men who worked outside to earn food came back before they could have dinner, so dinner was relatively late.
People in Pingyang County obviously have dinner earlier. Rich families like the Lin family even have dinner before dark.
From this we can see a pattern: in this world, the richer the family, the earlier they have dinner
"drive."
Xu Lian galloped on his horse as fast as lightning.
According to Hua Rongjun, the black market is in a valley thirty miles away from the east gate of the city.
It took less than half an hour to arrive at the black market.
Xu Lian saw that everyone was wearing a black cloak, and he was the only one wearing normal clothes, which attracted many people's attention. At first glance, they knew that he was a rookie who came to the night market for the first time.
Xu Lian's heart skipped a beat. This was not a good sign... In a place like the black market, if you were considered a rookie, it would be easy for someone to target you.
He thought about it, took off his coat, wrapped it on his head, making it into a cloak. It was a little short and a little strange... but it was better than nothing.
Outside the valley, there is a stable with people watching over the horses. I guess it was set up by the organizer.
Xu Lian paid one or two taels of silver and stored the horse in the stable. The black market is the black market, and it costs one or two taels of silver to look at a horse.
He walked into the valley and found that there were already hundreds of people inside, but it was quiet and no one spoke.
Those who set up stalls to sell spiritual practice supplies and those who bought spiritual practice supplies were all quiet. There was no need to ask the price or bargain as the price was already written on the wooden board.
Xu Lian walked around silently, looking at each stall, and found a stall selling Qi Condensation Pills.
However, he was not in a hurry to buy. Based on the principle of comparing prices from different stores, he continued shopping.
After visiting all the stalls in the valley, he had a clear understanding of the price of Qi Condensation Pills, which ranged from twenty-two to twenty-five spirit stones.
"I finally managed to get more than 30 spirit stones from the county magistrate, and now I have to use more than 20 of them."
Xu Lian felt a little painful and felt the difficulties of the low-level practitioners. Even the county magistrate was considered a low-level practitioner, and most of the resources for practice were in the hands of the upper class.
One percent of the people control ninety-nine percent of the wealth. This statement also applies to the spiritual world.
"This is a black market. I have to be careful not to buy fakes."
Xu Lian began to look at the goods.
He knew nothing about spiritual practice and could only rely on his own feelings. Although he could directly choose to add raw materials to identify the authenticity, this was a black market and he couldn't do that with so many people watching.
So, he looked at the Qi Condensing Pills at this stall, then at the Qi Condensing Pills at that stall, and after repeated comparisons and screenings, he picked out a Qi Condensing Pill that was relatively authentic in color, smell, and shape. It cost twenty-four spirit stones, which was a little expensive, but it was safe.
After paying the spirit stones and buying the spiritual energy pill, he started shopping again, planning to buy a weapon.
The sharp knives that ordinary people use for self-defense can no longer keep up with his strength. Now that he has spirit stones, it is time to buy a handy weapon.
"Buy a sword and use it to perform the Wind-Breaking Sword Technique. It can enhance the power of the sword technique."
Xu Lian’s goal is very clear.
But he also knew nothing about weapons. This is what it's like for an illiterate person to practice Taoism.
Fortunately, he has a golden finger, so as long as he picks up the weapon, he can know the properties of the weapon.
Coming to a stall, he squatted down and reached out to pick up a long sword.
Name: Xu Lian
Level: Marrow Refining Stage
Skills: Wind-breaking Sword Technique Volume 1
Props: Longsword (a crudely made longsword)
Note: Add a Qi Condensation Pill to advance to the Ming Jin Stage
Xu Lian understood what was going on, so he silently put down his sword and picked up a long knife.
Props: Long sword (a crudely made long sword)
Pick up a meteor hammer.
Props: Meteor hammer (a crudely made meteor hammer)
Good job!
What a great guy!
The owner of this stall was a middle-aged man who looked honest, but it turned out that all the weapons he sold were fake.
"It's also possible that Goldfinger's vision is too high, so he gave such an evaluation?"
Xu Lian did not rush to draw a conclusion. He walked to other stalls selling weapons, picked up each one and inspected them.
Props: Double-edged sword (a crudely made double-edged sword)
Props: Half-moon halberd (a crudely made half-moon halberd)
Props: Longbow (a crudely made longbow)
Props: Darts (crude...)
Numb... He looked numb.
I visited more than ten stalls and saw three or four hundred weapons, and I commented that they were all shoddy.
The key is that the selling price is extremely high, ranging from two or three spirit stones to dozens of spirit stones.
"It's called a black market, but I think it's more like a wet market."
All the items sold are parallel imports, isn’t that a fake market
This made Xu Lian a little worried. Was it possible that the Qi Condensation Pill he just bought was also a fake
If it was a fake, he would lose a lot of money and the twenty-four spirit stones would be wasted.
"I kind of regret it. If I had listened to Hua Rongjun, I would have gone directly to the county town's Treasure Pavilion, Lingcui Building, and other formal places. Expensive things have their advantages, at least the products are genuine."
Xu Lian felt helpless. It was a pity that he had already come here and bought it. There was no point in regretting it.
"The golden finger can only identify skills and props, but not advanced raw materials. Unless I choose to add raw materials directly, I can tell the real from the fake. But there are so many people here, it's not easy to use it."
He summarized his experience.
Keep shopping!
Identify weapons!
"I still don't believe it. There is not a single good sword in the entire black market."
He was too lazy to identify other weapons and only identified the longsword.
Props: Longsword (a crudely made longsword)
Props: Longsword (a crudely made longsword)
Props: Long Sword (One-star long sword, made of cold iron, relatively solid, relatively sharp, can enhance the power of 10% of the energy)
Wait... Xu Lian's eyes narrowed as he calmly looked at the rusty sword in his hand. It was rated as one star, with a star rating, and had the attributes of being solid, sharp, and enhancing energy. It must be much stronger than a crudely made weapon.
He took a look at the price marked by the stall owner. The price was not expensive, only one spirit stone. It was estimated that even the stall owner himself did not know that this was a star-level long sword.
This made him happy. He sold too many fake goods and started selling good goods as fakes.
Without any hesitation, he paid a spirit stone and bought this rusty one-star long sword.
"I still have eight spirit stones in my hand. If I go shopping a little longer, I might find something good. Then I'll be rich."
Xu Lian continued to stroll around.
All the stalls selling weapons in the black market were inspected.
I found that most of the items sold were fakes, and only two stalls were selling real items. Unfortunately, the prices were very expensive, with each weapon priced at dozens of spirit stones.
He simply couldn't afford eight spirit stones. Even if he had enough spirit stones, he wouldn't make much profit from buying it and reselling it, and would instead lose money.
"It's not easy to find a bargain. The practitioners who set up stalls to sell things in the black market are not stupid."
Xu Lian thought about it and realized that he could not only identify props, but also skills, such as techniques and secret books.
Although there are few stalls selling secret manuals on this black market, there are some. He might as well take a look.
"It would be nice if I could collect the secret book directly without spending spirit stones."
He made up his mind and went to a stall selling secret books and started looking through them.
Flip through the books one by one.
"Slaughter"
The Secret of Destroying the World
"The Heaven-Slaying Dragon"...
The names of the cheats are more impressive than each other, however, there is no hint of their inclusion... Obviously, they are all fake imports.
"Continue to look at the next stall selling secret manuals."
Xu Lian did not give up.
I have read all the cheats of this stall, but there are no hints included. It is a fake.
"continue."
Xu Lian came to the last stall selling secret books.
The owner of this stall was an old man who only displayed two secret books, unlike other stalls that had hundreds of books.
When Xu Lian reached out to pick it up and look through it, the old man waved his hand to stop him.
The old man picked it up and opened the first page to show him.
Collecting...
A hint appeared, this is the real cheat!
Xu Lian was secretly delighted and gestured to indicate that he had finished reading the first page and asked the old man to turn to the second page. However, the old man closed the cover of the secret book and pointed to the wooden board next to it with a price tag of fifty spirit stones. His meaning was very clear: he should pay the spirit stones and buy it before reading it.
"..."Xu Lianbang was stunned.
The stall that was selling fake secret manuals just now had more than a hundred of them for you to look through.
You can only see the first page of this stall that sells real secret books.
As expected, no one is a fool. If this real secret book had been read and memorized, who would still buy it
Don't underestimate the memory of practitioners. Practitioners have improved all aspects of their physical fitness. Their hearing, eyesight, memory, etc. are stronger than those of ordinary people.