Jing Yue, Zheng Bai, and Gu Xia were standing at the market entrance of Jiutian Academy.
That's right, Jiutian Academy also has a market, and the early exchange meeting of Han Yunzong was obtained from the academy market. At that time, the commoners sent a foundation-building disciple who graduated from the academy and returned to the sect, and created the exchange meeting.
The academy market is more comprehensive than that of the Cold Cloud Sect. After all, the Cold Cloud Sect specializes in the cultivation of the Dharma, and is not specialized enough in other arts, and the items traded between the disciples are not as rich and high-quality as the academy. The students here are all foundation-building cultivation bases, and they are outstanding cultivators from all over the seven directions, so there are naturally many good things.
There were people coming and going in the market, including many students who took shifts between Yueying and Sun. Some of them noticed Jingyue and recognized the ancestor of the Cold Cloud Sect who caused a sensation on the day he was admitted to the hospital. He couldn't help but read more two eyes.
Zheng Bai: "There are so many people, it's like a labyrinth."
Gu Xia: "Old, A Jing, do you really plan to set up a stall here? Han Yunzong has more than a dozen shops in Lecheng. Wouldn't it be more convenient for you to open a shop directly?"
"It's only a light body talisman. It's too extravagant to occupy a store. Let's talk about it later." Jing Yue looked at the crisscrossing market streets and said, "Let's go shopping first."
Before they took two steps, someone suddenly came forward: "Several juniors, do you need a guide?"
A few people are stunned, what is the guide doing
The people who came were small and smart, and seeing their expressions, I guessed how many people came here for the first time, and said with a smile: "The market in our academy is big and complicated. If you go shopping by yourself, you may be old. I can't find what I want to buy for a long time, and it's a waste of time."
"And our guides have been in the market all the year round, and they are very familiar with the distribution of market stalls. They can quickly lead you to find your target, and can also help you avoid various routines."
Gu Xia turned to Jing Yue and said, "I remembered, I heard someone say before that the guides in the market will take customers to the stalls they know well, and if the customers buy something, they will get a commission."
The little man looked righteous: "Those are all guides with no integrity. How can I do such a thing with my Wang Xiaoli's character?"
Jingyue: "Thank you, but we have no goals, so let's go shopping by ourselves."
They wandered all the way, and found that there are all kinds of objects sold in the market. Some stall owners can also make utensils, alchemy, and talismans for you according to your needs, which is novel and convenient.
All the stall owners are also trying their best to sell and solicit customers. From time to time, they can hear the game between the guests and the stall owners.
All in all a lot of fun.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in front of him, and when Jingyue saw a lot of people around there, he was excited: "Let's go and have a look."
He has always exploited the loopholes, and quickly crowded into the crowd. With Jingyue leading the way, Zheng Bai and Gu Xia also squeezed into the front row smoothly. The two of them wiped the sweat from their foreheads and both breathed a sigh of relief. They looked at Jingyue with admiration.
A pair of soft armor was placed on the stall in front of him, which was a low-grade spiritual weapon. There are six black boxes in front of the soft armor. Jing Yue swept it with his divine sense, but couldn't see anything.
Presumably the box is engraved with a formation, which can block the prying eyes of the gods.
"Junior Sister Jin looks determined to win, I'm afraid she has prepared a lot of spirit stones, right?"
In front of the stall, a male cultivator was smiling but not smiling, while Junior Sister Jin was a woman dressed in jewels. The woman wears several sumeru rings on her hands, and even the hairpin on her head and the clothes on her body are spiritual weapons.
The woman smiled slightly, "This piece of soft armor is just a low-grade spiritual weapon, and it is worth at most 30,000 or 40,000 or 40,000 spiritual stones. How much can I prepare? It's Senior Brother Liu, I heard that you have received a great mission recently, and you have made a lot of money, right? Buying a spiritual tool is more than enough."
The male cultivator twitched the corners of his mouth and didn't answer.
At this time, the stall owner opened several boxes, and the insides were actually empty. He showed everyone the inside and outside of the boxes and said, "Everyone, let's start now."
As soon as the voice fell, the man and woman who spoke just now and four other people took out a box, and put a note into it, sealed the box, and put it back in its original place.
Jing Yue had never seen such a battle in his memory, and wondered, "What are they doing?"
It's a pity that Zheng and Gu, who have just arrived, are also at a loss.
"This is a secret shot, a major feature of our academy market. It is said that it was created by Luo Zhenjun."
Wang Xiaoli, who had just tried to recommend himself as a guide, got out of nowhere and explained: "Every time there is a secret auction, the stall owner will prepare a number of auction items and a few more boxes. The estimated price is put into the box, and the box is opened by the stall owner, and the person with the highest price wins. The loser will have to pay 10% of the valuation to the stall owner.”
Jing Yue was taken aback, "Are you still there?"
Wang Xiaoli smiled until his eyes narrowed, "Didn't I wait to serve you?"
Jing Yue was delighted, "I understand, everyone who participates in the secret auction wants to buy the auction object at the lowest price, so they not only have to estimate the price of the object itself, but also guess the psychological price of others, and strive for Just a little more than them and be the highest bidder."
"That's the reason!" Wang Xiaoli rolled his eyes, "I think Jinbao is the one who can get this spiritual tool this time. She was born in a Ruyi business, and since she was a child, she knows how to read words and feelings, and secretly understand people's hearts."
Zheng Bai sucked in a breath, "Ruyi Firm? But that Ruyi Firm that sells talismans all over the Qifang Realm?"
"That's right."
Facts have proved that Wang Xiaoli's guess is very reliable. After the stall owner opened the box, Jinbaozhu got the spirit tool at the price of 32,100 spirit stones. She was one hundred more than the second-ranked brother Liu. , was so angry that the latter handed over the Lingshi and flicked his sleeves away.
Jing Yue touched his chin, "Interesting." He said to Wang Xiaoli again, "You are also very interesting, so come with us."
Wang Xiaoli immediately smiled, "Hey! Good!"
Jingyue: "Is there anything interesting at the market?"
Wang Xiaoli: "Yes, there is another way to play luck, do you want to try it?"
Jing Yue didn't ask much, and said directly, "Go!"
Wang Xiaoli took a group of people down the streets, and Jing Yue asked, "What if I also want to set up a stall?"
"You have to go to the market management guild to register first, and you only need to pay the booth fee of the five spirit stones every day." Wang Xiaoli said: "By the way, if the junior brother sells special items, you can pay more for the five spirit stones and hang them in the market. on the list."
"There is a collection list at the entrance to the north, south and south of the market, which can display the functions of the goods and the area of the stall owner, so that people in need can find you faster. It can be regarded as an advertisement."
Jing Yue nodded thoughtfully.
During the chat, they had arrived at a stall.
As soon as the stall owner saw them, he immediately said enthusiastically: "Yo, new face, will you be back for the first time? Don't you want to introduce me?"
Wang Xiaoli simply said, "They're all juniors from the Constellation Class. They want to bet on it. Senior Brother Jiang, don't make a fool of yourself."
Brother Jiang: "Look at what you said, you don't know what I am? It has always been fair and just, and the old man is not deceived."
Wang Xiaoli smiled, turned his head and said to Jing Yue: "Look at the ten wooden boxes on the stall, each box is full of things, including spirit stones, medicinal herbs, spirit herbs, and various other things. Valuable material, of course, but also a pile of scrap metal that was picked up from nowhere."
Jingyue took a look at the situation, and sure enough, the contents of each box were overflowing.
Wang Xiaoli: "However, what we see is only the appearance, we don't know what's in the box. Maybe there's a box full of junk under the Lingshi Lingcao, or maybe there's a box of treasures under the broken copper and iron, of course. , it is also possible that they are the same on the outside.”
"In short, if you choose a box from a hundred spirit stones, it depends on your luck."
Jing Yue subconsciously released his consciousness, but found that there was also a formation on the box to isolate prying eyes.
He smiled and said, "This is also very interesting, but how many of the ten boxes are worth more than one hundred spirit stones?"
Wang Xiaoli: "Five of them will make you lose money, and three of them have a total price equal to what you paid, but if you choose the remaining two, you will be sure to make no loss."
Jing Yue turned around and asked Zheng Bai and Gu Xia, "Have you tried?"
African Zheng Bai is not convinced: "It's too expensive, and the chances are too small..."
Gu Xia also shook his head.
Jing Yue: "Then let me try it."
Brother Jiang immediately boasted: "Today, there are ten hundred alchemy pills in these boxes, as well as metal stones that can make magic tools."
Jing Yue stared at him and smiled lightly, making the other party feel like he was being stared at by a wolf, but this junior brother's smile was clearly pure and good...
"I want it."
Jing Yue pointed to the third box from the left, which was full of black stones.
At that moment, there was a flash of delight on Senior Brother Jiang's face. He knew very well in his heart that this was the one with the lowest value among the ten boxes, and it only contained some plant ashes.
Gu Xia sensed his expression sensitively, and hinted to Jing Yue, "Would you like to look at the others?"
Jing Yue shook his head, feeling a little excited in his heart, but said calmly, "No, I want this."
After all, he took out a hundred spirit stones.
"Okay!" Senior Brother Jiang took the Lingshi, secretly gave Gu Xia a blank look, and then secretly waited to appreciate Jing Yue's disappointed expression after opening the box.
When he saw that the box was full of ashes, there was a burst of boos from the surroundings. Senior Brother Jiang deliberately regretted, "Oh, this junior brother is not in a good mood today. He didn't choose Hundred Refining Pills and Hardware Stones. Would you like another plate?"
Jing Yue smiled and said, "No need, there is nothing better than stars and sand."
Senior Brother Jiang was startled: "Stars and gravel?"
"Yes indeed."
Jing Yue picked out a black stone, chanted a mantra, and then crushed the stone with force, revealing the jade with a silvery white light inside.
"Isn't that what it is?"
It turned out that Jing Yue noticed from the very beginning that there was a black stone on the box, which was wrapped with a star sandstone.
The so-called star sandstone is actually a kind of extraterrestrial meteorite, which is rich in spiritual energy and can be refined into cinnabar, which is specially used for drawing talismans.
In a previous life, a piece of star sandstone the size of a fingernail sold for tens of thousands of spiritual stones, enough to depict 10,000 talismans. The star sandstone in the black stone is the size of a fist, and the price is comparable to a treasure.
However, there is a restriction on the black stone, which obscures the aura of the stars and sandstones, making the pearl dusty.
"Stars and gravel? What is that?"
Many onlookers had never heard of the name.
Jing Yue explained it in detail, looking at Senior Brother Jiang with a smile all the time during the process, which was so exciting that he turned away slightly.
Zheng Bai swallowed his saliva, "That is to say, Patriarch, you used a hundred spirit stones and bought a million spirit stones?"
He was so surprised that he even gave him his customary title.
Jingyue: "I would like to thank Senior Brother Jiang."
Seeing Senior Brother Jiang's eyes turning red, he gave Wang Xiaoli another hand of spirit stones in a wicked way: "It's really hard for you today."
"Thank, thank you..." Wang Xiaoli was so excited that his tongue was knotted, Mr.
Gu Xia and Zheng Bai were also very excited, looking at Jing Yue with eyes that almost flashed stars - the old ancestor really had vision, the old ancestor is worthy of being the old ancestor!
"Huh? Is he the elder brother Jing from the Cold Cloud Sect?"
"It's him. I saw him on the day of the admission examination. It was really spectacular! With him in the Cold Cloud Sect, his status can be stabilized for several generations.
"Hehe, some sects are just whimsical."
"It turned out to be him, no wonder."
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Many people understood the word Jingyue as soon as they heard it. Nowadays, there are very few people in the cultivation world who don't know the name, but most of the outside world still doesn't know it.
Everyone's discussion was not small, Jing Yue was a little ashamed, and hurriedly led people to try to retreat.
At this time, Senior Brother Jiang suddenly realized, and gave Wang Xiaoli a stern look, and he knew that the latter was wronged!
Brother Jiang wanted to stop Jingyue, but the stall was instantly surrounded by crowds, all clamoring to buy the remaining boxes from him.
Everyone expects to be able to pick up the big leak like Jingyue - the stars and sand, what if there are still
Brother Jiang wanted to cry without tears. Although his business was unprecedentedly good, why was he so aggrieved
After that, because Jingyue was followed by a group of people who wanted to pick up bargains, he was really in no mood to go shopping, so he simply asked Wang Xiaoli to take him to the market management guild.
After Jingyue registered, he spent five spirit stones to be listed on the collection list, and the product description he filled in was: Lightweight Talisman, ten feet off the ground, ten feet in one step, available tomorrow night.
The female nun in charge of registration first glanced at random, then raised her head suddenly, with a strange expression: "We have rules here, if the items you sell are not as described on the collection list, the guests can complain about you. Not only do you have to pay the guests compensation, but you also have to accept the guild’s punishment.”
In the first years of the market's establishment, some stall owners made gimmicks and described their products indiscriminately in order to attract people, which led to confusion in the management of the market. Later, the guild established this rule.
The female cultivator thought that Jingyue was the same, so she reminded him beforehand.
"I see, thank you." Jing Yue said, "Don't worry, I didn't lie or exaggerate."
Seeing that he insisted on doing this, the female nun shook her head, gave him the number plate of the rental booth, and entered the light body amulet into the collection list. When she looked up again, Jingyue was gone.
"Really, don't listen to what you say, I will punish you severely tomorrow."
She murmured, and someone next to her asked, "What's the matter?"
The nun pointed at the information just entered, and the other party looked at it and sneered: "Let him go, he will regret it."
Another fat cultivator also came over to look at it and said, "Maybe it's true?"
The first two sneered, "How is it possible? Either he has the intention to make trouble, or he has hysteria, there is no other possibility."
The fat cultivator said, "But the one who just registered was the ancestor Jing of the Cold Cloud Sect, you don't know each other?"
The two suddenly choked up and dared not speak.
At the same time, a new piece of news appeared on the collection list, which caused a burst of ridicule from the melon-eating crowd.
"Hey, ten feet off the ground, one step per step? Is this still a light body amulet? Isn't it Feiyan Xiaobu of the Xuanyue Nine Palaces School?"
"Is it a mistake in registration or is someone bragging about it? How dare you come here and kidnap him? Tomorrow I'll expose him!"
"If you go to the other party, you will succeed. They just want to deceive you. The light body amulet is just a gimmick. It is estimated that what he wants to sell is something else. Let's attract customers first."
"It makes sense, don't go! Don't go! Let him be smart, White Flower Wuling Stone!"
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In short, no one took it seriously.
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