Chen Li's biggest feeling from that night's display of strength was that his network of contacts suddenly expanded several times.
Neighborhood relations have become much more harmonious.
Before that night, Chen Li took the initiative to greet people, but many of them were indifferent and had a perfunctory attitude. But after that night, everyone became smiling faces and enthusiastic, and even greetings changed from active to passive.
Everyone in this street knows him, or at least has heard of him.
With such a large amount of valuable but unmarketable goods, Chen Li would naturally not think of setting up a stall in a market or selling door to door. The former would easily be targeted by people who don't return the favor, and the latter would be time-consuming, laborious and troublesome.
Early the next morning, Chen Li came to visit Qiao Guanyuan.
"What, Fellow Daoist Chen, you want to transfer a batch of light body amulets and amulets?" Qiao Guanyuan looked happy when he heard this. As his territory gradually became more stable, he was preparing to expand to the surrounding areas during this period, and there was a huge demand for such amulets.
"Yes, they are all high-quality goods from the store, but there are a little too many goods. I wonder if Qiao Daoyou can eat them." Chen Li said.
"As much as you want, I will never treat fellow Taoists badly in terms of price. The current market price of the light body amulet and the amulet are seven and eleven low-grade spiritual stones respectively. I will increase the price by one..."
Just one day later, the price of the talisman increased again.
"Friend Qiao, you are really grand." Chen Li smiled.
Qiao Guanyuan was indeed very wealthy. When faced with the more than 120 talismans that Chen Li took out, his expression remained unchanged.
Both sides carefully counted the items.
Total price: 12 medium-grade spiritual stones and 36 low-grade spiritual stones.
After the transaction was successful, both of them relaxed and chatted for a few words.
Chen Li once again declined Qiao Guanyuan's attempts to win over him.
In fact, he knew clearly in his heart that the other party was just making a gesture and showing off.
If the other party had no selfish motives, he should have been invited to join the night watch team when he first came to visit a week ago, instead of waiting for a few days until his influence was fully fermented and he could no longer be ignored before trying to win over him.
As the saying goes, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers.
How could the other party really want to drag him into the night watch team?
After holding this huge sum of money and walking out of the gate of Qiao Guanyuan's mansion, Chen Li looked back and saw that the gate was extremely busy with people coming in and out.
"Power is so charming!" He shook his head and walked briskly towards his home.
As soon as he got home, Chen Li closed the door and sprinkled the spiritual stones in his wallet on the table.
“Really making a lot of money!”
This time I bought and resold, deducted the cost and removed the odds and ends, and made a total of 8 medium-grade spiritual stones.
Two hundred percent profit.
Chen Li was excited but also regretted that he had been too conservative at the time. If he had used all the three middle-grade spiritual stones he had on hand to buy talismans, he would have made as much as 14 medium-grade spiritual stones this time.
"It's a pity, it's a pity. Alas, I won't be able to make any big fortune after all!"
…
At the end of the day, Chen Li went straight to Fangshi.
"You, a monk, have looked and looked, come and gone, and only asked the price without negotiating. Should you buy it or not? Or are you here just to entertain me?"
When the shopkeeper of Fangshi's robe shop saw Chen Li coming in hesitantly, he got a little angry and got angry.
"Of course I want to buy it, but the things you have here are too expensive!" Chen Li said with a smile on his face.
"The price of robes has always been this. During this period, other stores have increased their prices, but our store has not yet increased its prices." The shopkeeper suddenly looked much better and said.
"If you raise the price, no one will buy it. You said that a first-level low-grade robe like yours only has the function of avoiding dust and concentrating, but it requires six middle-grade spiritual stones. It is better to buy one at this price."
It’s a first-level medium-grade magic weapon.” Chen Lixiao reasoned.
"Oh, you casual cultivators think about fighting and taking risks all day long. Most of the materials for the robes are spiritual silk, and the output is very small. Every step from reeling, spinning, weaving, printing and dyeing, to embroidering and carving formations is a delicate work.
, time-consuming and labor-intensive.
How can those crude magical instruments be compared with the robes? Putting on a robe, you are both stylish and can reflect your identity. Isn't that enough? What other functions do you need?" the shopkeeper said helplessly.
"But it's not practical. Look at the current situation. No monks from outside are here anymore. There are only casual monks who are still here. Who else would buy it?"
The shopkeeper was struck by what he was saying, so he sighed and fell silent.
The business of this robe shop in Green River Square has always been poor, and now it has become even worse. Since the utensil gate was evacuated, he has not done a single business for three days.
"Forget it, forget it, whichever one you like, I'll make it cheaper for you."
Chen Li pointed at a dusty and inconspicuous robe: "This one, eight middle-grade spiritual stones, I want it!"
"What, it's impossible, this is a first-level mid-level robe..."
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Ten minutes later.
Chen Li wiped the sweat from his forehead and walked out of the robe shop.
The gray robe is already on.
After grinding for a long time, he finally bought a robe that originally cost twelve middle-grade spiritual stones at the price of ten middle-grade spiritual stones.
"Alas, there are only five middle-grade spiritual stones left. No matter how much money you have, it won't be worth spending."
Chen Li felt his wealth plummet, and sighed in his heart, and then he touched the robe on his body happily. The robe was as smooth as forged, and it was as light as nothing when wearing it. Compared with his previous Taoist robe, Chen Li's wearing experience was simple and heavenly.
underground.
As a first-level mid-level robe, its basic function is to be invulnerable to water and fire. At the same time, it is embroidered with the three magic circles of avoiding dust, gathering spirits, and transforming wind. The only drawback is that it does not have much defensive power.
But don't expect any defensive power from a first-level mid-grade robe.
What Chen Li values most is the function of the robe in gathering spirits and transforming wind.
Gathering Spirits: Gather the surrounding spiritual energy to form a small area of spiritual gathering place.
Transform the wind: turn the strong wind into a gentle breeze.
The former is used to meditate and practice Qi, and the latter is used to reduce wind resistance when running.
He is now running faster and faster, and the impact of wind resistance on him is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. With this robe, he... will probably be able to escape faster.
"Gray seems a bit old-fashioned, and I don't know if it will make me look older when I wear it?"
He didn't want to buy any other color, but it would cost one or two medium-grade spiritual stones.
Perhaps it is due to the scarcity of dyes. For the same robes and the same style, the brighter and richer the colors, the more expensive they are. Gray and black are the cheapest among them.
He couldn't bear to waste spiritual stones, and he didn't like wearing black, so he had to choose gray.
However, he was not someone who cared about this, and he quickly forgot about the minor flaws in this robe.
After leaving the robe shop, Chen Li continued to wander around.
The market is now more popular than it was some time ago. There are already sporadic stalls set up, but the business doesn't look very good. Chen Li looked around and couldn't find anyone selling monster meat, so he bought a bunch of them.
After eating a lot of ordinary food, he turned around and returned.