"Is this the purpose of our trip? Didn't we agree to survey the terrain?"
"Oh, things always have to happen step by step."
Looking at a long street full of stalls in front of her, the woman in a black cloak slowly lowered her head to cover her confused face. However, the question she asked was quickly answered by Duan Qing.
The confusion was over: "Updating equipment is an integral part of maintaining our competitiveness. Of course, it can also be called preparations before the war. You see... we can't let a player who has lost his weapon go on the field with bare hands.
Then hold us back, right?"
"..."
Xue Ling Huan Bing, who did not answer, remained silent as expected, but her eyes wandered towards the smiling chatter beside her, while the blue-haired woman walking behind with her arms folded looked proud.
The look on his face completely lost the cynicism he had during last night's conversation: "My requirements are not high at all, as long as they are usable weapons..."
"Ordinary weapons will not only not affect your performance, but will also highlight your strength... Is this what you want to say?"
"Sigh...hasn't anyone told you that you are boring?"
"So you really think so? Wow, I haven't seen you for a long time, and your confidence index has increased by two points..."
"...Huh, since you don't agree, then I'll choose something of epic quality. But when it comes to paying the bill...don't blink your eyelids."
With completely new clothes and attire, Enyu Ninglan lowered her head and covered her mouth, quietly hiding her snickering in the familiar daily quarrels between the two people in front of her, while Xue Ling Huan Bing, who was originally frowning, also
Sighing, he relaxed his face, turned to Liu Qingniu, who was at the front of the team, and asked, "How long until we arrive?"
"Well... the length of Oaks Street is actually no different from other streets."
The short-haired young man scratched his head again and pointed to the front of the narrow street: "It's morning now, and the popularity here is much worse than at night. As long as there are no other groups to cause trouble, we can get there soon.
Destination..."
"We just experienced a big battle last night. Even the players... shouldn't be so energetic, right?"
Duan Qing, who was arguing with the blue-haired woman, stretched out his head and asked: "Instead of worrying about your enemies from the Dongcheng Society coming to cause trouble, we should worry about the stalls around us delaying our schedule..."
"They? They won't."
As if he had touched a certain nerve, Liu Qingniu immediately showed a stern expression: "How dare you make trouble for the Dongcheng Society... They probably don't want to hang out anymore! As long as I, Liu Qingniu, am here, there is no one who doesn't have eyesight..."
"That's not what I meant."
Interrupting the other party's words lightly, Duan Qing stopped helplessly and pointed at a woman who had stopped on the roadside and squatted in front of a vendor: "Shopping is a woman's unique nature."
"If there are too many things in front of them...sooner or later they will stop and look."
Several players walking in front also noticed the anomaly in the rear. They looked at the direction where the chatter stopped and then gathered around a stall filled with all kinds of goods in the increasingly lively street.
In front of him, the owner of the stall seemed to be an ordinary player. There was nothing outstanding about his appearance or equipment. However, he was picking the blue-haired woman in front of the stall and did not pay attention to this stall.
On the Lord: "I didn't expect this black market street that the Free City is famous for..."
"There are actually really good things."
【Hand of Judgment (Epic)】
[Protective ability: General]
[Equipment requirements: Strength 32, Agility 15, Intelligence 10, Spirit 10]
[Strength +2, Agility +1]
[Equipment special effect: Fruit of Sin, whenever your normal attack hits a target, the damage of your next skill will be increased by 5%, lasting 5 seconds. This effect can be superimposed.]
[Equipment special effect: Convict, judge your enemy, and cause it 50% of the total damage you have caused in the past period, with a cooling time of 1 hour. 】
[Almost few pieces of the standard equipment of the "Magic Swordsmen", a unique unit of the ancient Magic Empire Corps, can be seen again, and the ancient magic patterns and complicated carvings engraved on them cannot be pinpointed even by current magicians.
Principles and uses.]
[After a long period of erosion, the magic-filled attire has long lost the powerful power attached to it. However, even compared to the existing ordinary equipment, the power contained in this arm armor can be said to be...
It can be regarded as a flawless and handed down item.】
"It's something from the ancient magic empire again..."
Looking at the dark arm armor in Xu Yu Liushang's hand, Duan Qing's voice contained a hint of involuntary surprise: "Can this kind of thing... also be called a street vendor?"
"...You." Liu Qingniu on the side turned around, with a rather unkind tone in his voice: "Which group are you in?"
"...Which group am I in?"
The stall owner named Fen Kunwei Er looked up at the other party, then lowered his eyelids expressionlessly: "Are you in charge? If you want to buy, just buy. If you don't want to buy, just leave."
"What did you say? Do you know that I am..."
"Hey, hey, don't say such tasteless words, okay?"
Reaching out to interrupt Liu Qingniu's blurted words, Duan Qing pinched his brows helplessly: "Although I also have doubts about the source of these things, this is a place called a black market, and all kinds of things of unknown origin appear there.
Is that normal? If you have any questions about his origins, you can resolve them yourself later. Now... I mean, are you really interested in something like this? "
"Well... although I also have an arm armor, it was from a long time ago." Xuyu Liushang tilted his head and replied: "In addition, the quality of this thing is very good... How about it? Do you want to buy it for me?
?”
"Me? What?" Duan Qing's sigh became deeper: "How much does this thing cost?"
"Twelve thousand gold coins."
The stall owner opposite the stall replied bluntly: "...No negotiation, fixed price."
"..."
A wordless silence suddenly appeared around this roadside stall, as if the several traders were completely isolated from the surrounding streets. Facing the stall owner, Duan Qing, the expression on his face also changed.
A real bitter face: "This, this... your black market seems to be much darker than ours."
"Have you forgotten the goods you once bet on? That is the crystallization of our adventure group's reserves for countless days."
Looking sideways at Duan Qing's face, he whispered and said unceremoniously: "If our relationship with that old black camel hadn't been better, he wouldn't have known how much money he had to cheat us. In the end, you still
I gave you the only crystal..."
"Cough cough, cough cough..."
Blocking the opponent's sight towards Xueling Huanbing, Duan Qing coughed twice awkwardly, while touching his pocket, he looked at the player opposite: "No bargaining, no bargaining... Well, isn't there?
Any other payment methods? For example, credit or barter or something like that..."
"Okay, okay, stop pretending to be fat."
Looking at Duan Qing's bulging cheeks, the blue-haired woman finally stopped her secret smile: "Forget it if you don't have money, do you really want to jump into this obvious pit? Anyway, I
I'm not here to buy armor, don't waste your time here..."
"Who, who said that? It's still possible if we all join together! Besides, the trophies from Brother Zhou Zhou haven't been sold yet, and there are still two-fifths of us in there..."
"Who said I want your money? Go away. I don't want to use the kind of money that was secretly received from other women..."
"What, why bring something else... What is secret money? Isn't it okay to make extra money? Even that little girl Mengzhu often encourages us to find ways to make money, not to mention it is our own money now...
…right Ninglan?”
"Yes, sir, but...the leader has said before that Ninglan is responsible for reviewing all the accounts of our operation..."
"Twelve thousand gold coins, right? I'm out."
A dull sound suddenly appeared behind several people, blocking Duan Qing's voice of wanting to vomit blood. When he turned his head, what he saw was a familiar figure he had just seen last night: "
……you?"
"That's it, isn't it?"
The man with the words "angry madman" on his head ignored Duan Qing's question, stretched out his hand to push his body away, and then walked to the stall owner with two big swords crossed behind his back.
: "Twelve thousand gold coins...deal."
"...He is the second best instructor in the world."
The stall owner who lowered his head smiled inexplicably, then looked at the two-sword warrior in front of him and nodded: "Okay, it's rare to see people from your guild so generous... Then I'll sell it to you."
"Hey hey..."
Before Duan Qing could utter a word of protest, the figure covered by the huge sword hilt threw a heavy bag in front of the other party, then picked up the arm armor on the stall and handed it to the person next to him.
Blue-haired woman: "We met in a hurry last night and didn't even have time to say hello..."
"Let this be a gift for us to meet again."
"...Instructor, you are really generous."
The blue-haired woman took the arm armor with a smile, her eyes wandered over Duan Qing behind him, and then she turned her head charmingly, leaving her mature back to everyone present: "
Since you are so polite..."
"Then I'll accept it without mercy."
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"Isn't it just that you have money? Why are you dragging me?"
It was close to noon in the middle of Oaks Street. Duan Qing, who was walking among passers-by on the side of the bustling street, was looking at the man and woman walking together in front of him with a look of "I don't accept it."
Money bag...do you have to hold so much money just to hold X..."
"That's a fact, don't complain." Xue Ling Huan Bing, who was walking beside him, lowered his head and replied, but the corners of his mouth under the hood kept rising: "As another guild... no, another
As a member of the adventure group, no matter what... your assets and worth are incomparable."
"That...that's my noble moral character. I don't use the public property of the guild to pick up girls." Duan Qing retorted unwillingly: "What kind of ability does he use the public for personal gain?"
"Today's coaches are all very well paid." Ninglan's voice from behind sounded at the right time, giving Duan Qing his second head-on blow: "As far as Ninglan knows, the second-best coaching staff in the world is currently
The best among the league's coaching staff can also act as players to win championships at critical moments, so whether in the game or in reality, the value given to them by the club is very high..."
"I don't believe it, I don't believe it! It's all a lie!" Duan Qing, who was covering his head, began to shake his head desperately: "A total of twelve thousand gold coins, how much does it cost when converted into Chinese currency! And it only uses a money bag.
Can you pretend to be here? I'm afraid you're trying to fool the stall owner with a bag of rocks, right?"
"...That's it, Brother Qingshan." This time, Liu Qingniu, who was responsible for leading the way and being a bodyguard, also stood up: "You also know the boundaries of the Free City. Both black and white transactions and large-scale transactions are very frequent, so you should be local
At the request of the residents, the Lord of the City of Freedom specially issued something called a freedom coin to be used as a new currency to replace large gold coins..."
"I bet you are all the second best sect in the world to play with me, right? Why do you say everything so logically and well-founded..."
Duan Qing, who looked helpless, finally jumped up from where he was, and pointed at others and said: "Even independent currencies like free coins have come out, why don't they cancel all the principal coins and empire coins, and then go
Unify the Free Continent? And there are so many underworlds here, aren't they afraid that their currency will be counterfeited... eh."
The noisy street was silent for a moment because of his shouting. It seemed that everyone around him who heard him cast their eyes over him. However, what stopped Duan Qing from venting his behavior was that he was having a conversation with the angry madman in front of him.
The smiling woman turned her head, blinked her eyes at Duan Qing, and then in a burst of naughty laughter, she put a deliberately raised middle finger to her lips: "Shh...
…”
"That... behind the Liberty Coin is the Lord of the City of Liberty."
Looking at the people around him, Liu Qingniu shrank his neck slightly in embarrassment, and at the same time answered Duan Qing's question in a low voice: "Not to mention how difficult it is to forge, the strength of that city lord is very strong, as strong as heaven.
It is said that anyone who dared to provoke him has died in the sea of freedom behind us, not even a whole body was left..."
"well……"
Waving his hands weakly towards his side, Duan Qing finally stopped his inexplicable teasing, and then looked away from the woman who looked back with drooping eyelids: "Forget it, forget it, no need.
Explained...that auction house, haven't we arrived yet?"
"We're here, right in front."
After reacting, Liu Qingniu hurriedly pointed ahead. At the entrance of an alley next to Oaks Street, families were coming and going. A shop that looked like it was doing a lot of business was standing on the corner there, welcoming people with an unassuming doorway.
The arrival of businessmen from all walks of life: "That's it...Oxon Auction House."
After gesturing to the others, Liu Qingniu also showed a hint of admiration in his introduction: "The most prosperous store in the city..."
"Even the name of this street comes from the name of this shop."
This chapter has been completed!