Chapter 1785: Making a Deal with the Trading Brothers
Seeing that the two of them were about to starve, Gu Yuan planned to go to the black market in Scarlet Flame City to sell a few Qi-boosting pills in exchange for some gold and silver for emergencies.
The black market in Scarlet Flame City is not a secret. The two brothers Yi Wen and Yi Wu, who lived in the same inn as Gu Yuan, wanted to try their luck in the black market and buy some talismans for self-defense. The three of them went together.
After arriving at the black market, Gu Yuan randomly found a place to set up a stall. The two brothers Yi Wen and Yi Wu were going to find the magic talisman they wanted. The three of them made an appointment to meet at the entrance of the black market and go back together two hours later.
It's not peaceful in the city of Scarlet Flame, especially since this is a black market. Someone might be coveting Gu Yuan's elixirs, so it's better to be careful if they have any bad intentions.
The few pills Gu Yuan took out this time were the most common low-level Qi-replenishing pills, Qi-Gathering Pills. This Qi-Gathering Pills are more suitable for monks in the early and middle stages of Qi refining.
By the time you reach the peak of your Qi refining period, its effect will be minimal.
It can also be said that before the foundation building stage, Qi Gathering Pills were relatively rare and common pills, and almost every monk would have one or two pills ready for emergency use.
Gu Yuan chose the Qi Gathering Pill because there are a large number of Qi Refining Stage monks gathered in Scarlet Flame City, and the Qi Gathering Pill is currently the best pill to use.
Gu Yuan did not dare to sell more, and only placed three Qi Gathering Pills and one Detoxification Pill for detoxification.
No matter what time it is, pills are hard currency for monks. In less than half an hour, these four pills have been sold out.
Seeing that it was still early, Gu Yuan closed the stall and went to look for the two brothers Yi Wen and Yi Wu.
Not far away, I saw a group of monks gathered together to watch the fun. Two brothers, Yi Wen and Yi Wu, were quarreling with someone.
Brother Yi Wen pointed to a magic talisman on the stall and said to a dark-skinned fat man standing next to him: "This poisonous fire centipede ferocious beast talisman was obviously our brothers' first sight.
I’ve already paid for it, why should I give it to you?”
In addition to selling your things for gold and silver on the black market, you can also barter them for anything you want.
Gu Yuan understood at a glance that Yi Wen had exchanged the elixir for the stall owner's ferocious beast charm.
The owner of this stall is a sloppy little old man, with a pair of small eyes that sparkle with the greed of a businessman.
Yi Wen's elixir was still next to the ferocious beast talisman. Seeing the quarrel between the two parties, the little old man did not put away the elixir, but slowly spoke:
"Two young heroes, it was hard to get the poisonous beast talisman of my poisonous fire centipede.
I think you two should stop arguing. The one with the highest price will get it."
Yi Wen was furious when he heard this, "We just agreed on five Qi Gathering Pills, and I've given them to you. How can you go back on your promise?"
The little old man rolled his eyes and said, "Little brother, what you said is wrong. Although you said you had taken out the elixir, it is still at this stall and you didn't give it to me, right?"
The fat black man standing next to Yi Wen immediately said proudly: "Stall owner, I have six Qi Gathering Pills. No matter how good the poisonous fire centipede is, it is only a one-star vicious beast. Six Qi Gathering Pills are not a lot.
How about selling it to me?"
The little old man raised his eyes and looked at Yi Wen, as if waiting for him to bid, but Yi Wen looked ugly and did not speak.
Gu Yuan guessed that these five Qi Gathering Pills might be his limit.
Compared to Yi Wen, Yi Wu had a hot temper. He whipped out his sword and wanted to charge forward.
Yi Wen quickly took his brother's hand and said, "This is Scarlet Flame City. It's not as good as our hometown. Don't be impulsive."
The fat black man who was fighting for the ferocious beast talisman with Yi Wen looked at Yi Wen and Yi Wu up and down, with a look of disdain on his face: "What, you want to join our True Fire Hall?
Just these two of you, you still want to come to our True Fire Hall’s apprenticeship ceremony, so go home and feed yourself, our True Fire Hall is not the place you should come to.”
Yi Wen was stunned, "Are you from Zhenhuo Hall?"
The fat black man puffed up his chest proudly and said nothing. At this moment, Yi Wu saw Gu Yuan and immediately said happily: "Gu Yuan, have you sold out all the Qi Gathering Pills?
If they haven’t been sold out yet, you can lend me a few first and I’ll return them to you when we get back to the inn.”
Gu Yuan frowned. Yi Wu really didn't know the importance of what he said. He and Yi Wen and Yi Wu just lived in the same inn and had no friendship.
Hearing Yi Wu's words, the surrounding monks all turned their eyes to Gu Yuan, and the fat black man immediately turned to look at Gu Yuan, his eyes narrowed slightly, not knowing what he was thinking of writing.
Frankly speaking, Gu Yuan didn't want to care about this matter. Gu Yuan was about to tell Yi Wu that he had sold out all his elixirs and there was no extra elixirs left.
But before he could speak, the fat black man immediately said in a threatening tone: "Boy, I advise you not to meddle in other people's business."
This sentence was very rude. Gu Yuan felt unhappy and immediately said, "What if I just want to take care of it?"
Unexpectedly, Yi Wen said: "Forget it Gu Yuan, I don't really want this ferocious beast charm, let's go."
Seeing Yi Wen's surrender, the fat man laughed heartily and immediately stepped forward to collect the ferocious beast talisman on the stall.
When passing by Gu Yuan, he deliberately bumped Gu Yuan hard. In Fatty Hei's impression, Gu Yuan was just a young man in the early stage of Qi training. If he hit him like this, he would definitely hit him very far.
Okay, let’s teach Gu Yuan a lesson by the way.
But the fat black man didn't think of himself. After turning around, he seemed to have hit an iron plate. Not only did he not knock Gu Yuan away, but he was bounced away by the force of the shock on Gu Yuan's body, causing pain all over his body.
Under this collision, the fat man took three steps back and became honest on the spot. He knew that he was no match for Gu Yuan, but he was a little unwilling to do so and could only glare at Gu Yuan with angry eyes.
Of course, Gu Yuan couldn't pay attention to him, so he turned around and walked away, followed closely by the two brothers Yi Wen and Yi Wu.
On the way back, Yi Wen kept looking for opportunities to chat with Gu Yuan, because when Gu Yuan wanted to help him just now, Yi Wen got cold feet when he heard that he was from Zhenhuotang, and Yi Wen felt very sorry.
After all, Gu Yuan will probably be targeted by the fat man just now.
After chatting for a while, Yi Wen sheepishly told Gu Yuan that he actually still had some elixirs, but he wanted to keep them because the initiation ceremony was coming soon.
When Gu Yuan heard this, he asked curiously, "Do I need to take care of the entrance?
Can’t you become an entry-level disciple if you pass the competition?”
Yi Wen nodded and said: "Of course it is necessary. Unless you are extremely talented and are favored by an elder and accepted as a disciple, otherwise you will have to start as an outer disciple.
For the True Fire Hall, outer disciples are equivalent to higher-level handymen.
If you are willing to do some work, you can get some profitable chores.