Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Nine Tiankeng Going to the Market
After the instructor left, Bai Xiaomi said, "Don't your conscience hurt when you lie?"
"Do you think I have a conscience?"
Bai Xiaomi shook his head.
"Stupid!"
Bai Xiaomi also pulled up a chair and sat down next to him. He finally had the opportunity to watch the training from the perspective of a bystander. Not to mention it felt really good. He reached out and grabbed a handful of melon seeds from Zhangchi's pocket. This was the first time since he came to the Tiankeng.
So enjoy it.
"Bai Xiaomi..."
"Keep your voice down!" Bai Xiaomi glared at him fiercely.
Zhang Chi said: "Mi Xiaobai, what are you afraid of? Are you afraid that those ghosts will come to catch you again?"
Bai Xiaomi concentrated on eating melon seeds and didn't want to talk to him.
Zhang Chi said: "We can go back in one week."
Bai Xiaomi curled his lips, knowing what this guy was thinking.
"Miss your girlfriend?"
"I'm not a child-loving person."
"cut!"
Bai Xiaomi stuffed the melon seed shells into the garbage bag on Zhang Chi and grabbed a handful of melon seeds from his pocket. The melon seeds were quite fragrant.
Zhang Chi said: "Why are they arresting you? What secrets do you have? Share, share."
Bai Xiaomi said: "I don't know. I'm not Tang Monk, so why do I attract monsters like that?"
Zhang Chi said: "Tang Monk looks much whiter than you."
Bai Xiaomi has gotten a little tanned these days. When he heard what he said, a handful of melon seeds were thrown directly into his face.
"What qualities!"
Bai Xiaomi stood up and said, "I really have nothing in common with people like you." He turned around, walked two steps, and came back, taking out two more handfuls of melon seeds from Zhang Chi's pocket.
Zhang Daxian looked at the female robber who was brazenly robbing, and said a little aggrievedly: "You eat my food and drink my food, but you still bully me."
Bai Xiaomi said confidently: "In this remote place, I can't bully others even if I want to!"
Not long after Bai Xiaomi left, Wang Xiangyang appeared at the door of the office and waved to Zhang Chi: "Classmate Zhang Chi!"
Zhang Chi pretended to be asleep and ignored him. Wang Xiangyang sighed and could only come to Zhang Chi and patted his shoulder. Zhang Chi opened his eyes and pretended to be awake: "Teacher Wang, I am having an erotic dream."
Wang Xiangyang's face was a little green. This kid had a problem with his thinking. He slapped Zhang Chi on the head and said, "Stop dreaming and get ready to buy goods from the canteen."
"I dont go."
Wang Xiangyang said: "The base is short of manpower today. The grocery store owner Li is sick. The chef has asked you to come with me to help."
Recently, Zhang Chi and a few people from the cafeteria got together to crack eggs every night, and they got along quite well. I heard that the chef Qian asked him by name, so it was hard to offend him. When he came to the kitchen, he saw Lao Qian's huge butt.
He is sitting on a small bench recording the dishes he needs to buy. It looks like the bench is wedged in his butt. The scene is very funny.
Zhang Chi walked over and called Brother Qian, and Lao Qian smiled and said, "Don't you often say you want to go out for a walk? If you have a chance, I will take you to the market."
Zhang Chi smiled and said: "Okay!" After staying in the base for more than two weeks, it was extremely boring to do nothing but eat and sleep. Finally, I had a chance to go out for some fun.
At this time, I saw Xue Hongguang coming with a subordinate. The two of them will go together and be responsible for their safety along the way. This is also stipulated in the rules for base personnel to go out.
Xue Hongguang didn't have a good impression of Zhang Chi, and he regretted letting this idle guy into the base. The base has never seen such an idle person since its establishment. Xue Hongguang is an upright person, and he can't get rid of the dirt in his eyes.
What people hate the most is a bastard like Zhang Chi who is not diligent in all aspects of his life.
"Can you ride a horse?" Xue Hongguang's attitude was a bit arrogant.
Zhang Chixin said that you were not even a cell when I was helping you in Tianma Garden. He nodded and said, "You know a little bit."
Xue Hongguang said: "The horses in Tiankeng are different from the outside world. They have very strong tempers."
Lao Qian said: "You can take a carriage."
Xue Hongguang said: "The carriage still has to pull goods!"
After getting ready, they went to the stables. Lao Qian drove a two-passenger carriage. Xue Hongguang and his subordinate Xiao Zhao had their own exclusive mounts. There were more than thirty horses in the stable, most of which were exclusive mounts.
There are more than ten horses, some are public and some are being tamed. The public has a relatively docile temperament and no one will lose his temper when riding it. The horses that are being tamed are much more violent. Not to mention novices, even veterans like Xue Hongguang are not angry.
Dare to ride out now.
Zhang Daxian took a fancy to a black horse that was isolated in isolation. This black horse was completely black and shiny. It was recently captured from the sinkhole for a month. Because this black horse has a violent and aggressive temperament, it started to stir up trouble when it was first locked up with other horses.
After a dispute, he kicked the front legs of a horse off. During the taming process, he threw the horse trainer off his back on the spot, causing multiple fractures in the body. Therefore, no one would be happy to feed the horse in isolation.
touch it.
Zhang Chi happily walked towards the horse, but Lao Qian quickly stopped him and said, "Zhang Chi, you can't touch that black horse, it's too wild."
Zhang Chi said: "I just like wild ones, they are so tasty!"
When he came to the black horse, he reached out and touched the horse's face.
"Be careful it bites you!" Old Qian said.
But the black horse didn't react violently. Zhang Zai touched its face a few times, held its ears as if saying something to it, and then asked Lao Qian to get the bridle and saddle.
Everyone was stunned. This violent black horse was as docile as a little sheep in front of Zhang Chi. Could it be that this guy understands horse language?
Zhang Chi put a bridle on the black horse, took him aside and pulled out a leather tube to bathe the horse. He also used the heat in his palms to heat the water to prevent the black horse from getting sick due to too cold water. He washed it clean, put on the saddle, and turned over.
Bai Xiaomi was eating an apple at the door of the dormitory and watching her classmates train. She saw three knights guarding a carriage heading towards the gate. She couldn't help but take a few more glances. When she discovered that one of the knights riding on a big black horse and showing off his power was actually
I was so relaxed that I forgot to swallow the apple in my mouth.
The eight trainees who had been training hard on the training ground also saw the scene in front of them. The unbalanced anger in their hearts suddenly burst into flames. They felt that their hard work had been ignored. The sinkhole and outside
Same thing, it doesn't mean that if you have the strength, you will definitely be able to enjoy it. Some people try to win honors with a hard-working and positive attitude, but some people find another way and get benefits from the beginning by cutting themselves off from the people.
Before coming to the base, everyone thought that failure to pass was a great shame, but now everyone's views have changed. Failure does not mean the destruction of the world, and there are also benefits to failure.
Immortal Zhang was riding on a shiny black horse, his body was bumping up and down triumphantly, and he looked like he was full of the playboy temperament of a landlord and a bad boy. To put it simply, he was very much in need of a beating.
Xue Hongguang and Xiao Zhao stood on either side of him, feeling like two followers.
Xue Hongguang, who was the first to sense this, accelerated his horse and came to the front to lead the way, and Xiao Zhao also followed.
Zhang Chi fell to the end and sang loudly.
"You carry the burden and I hold the horse, welcome the sunrise and bid farewell to the sunset, smooth out the bumps and turn them into a highway, overcome the difficulties and dangers and set off again... set off again... Disciples, the four of us, master and disciple, are going to buy groceries.
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Lao Qian laughed loudly, whipped his horsewhip, and praised: "Singing is really good!"
Xue Hongguang said: "To please others by grandstanding!"
Zhang Chi said: "Instructor Xue, the base certification system is sometimes not working well. Will you deny me again?"
Xue Hongguang said: "That's too much. Do you still know who you are?"
Zhang Chi patted the dark horse on the head: "Tiankeng, tiankeng, what a big pit!"
The Tiankeng market is mobile. It was first formed spontaneously by the Tiankeng refugees as a place for bartering. As time goes by, more and more people come, and even the base sends people there to shop. Although the base has unified distribution of materials,
But I still go out from time to time to buy some Tiankeng specialties.
Today's market is located at Baishitan in the southeast of the base. It opens at 11 noon. Not far from Baishitan is the Earth Center Forest.
The road from the base to Baishitan is very flat. When the market was first formed, it was very small and the location was not fixed. In recent years, it has become relatively fixed. It is basically all in Baishitan. One of the reasons is that the purchase volume of the base is very large. Of course, the market
Choose a place closer to the base.
They arrived at the market at twelve o'clock, which was the sunniest time of the day in Tiankeng and the time when there were the most people. There were hundreds of people at the scene.
Seeing the situation in front of him, Zhang Chi secretly thought that there were a lot of refugees in the sinkhole, and it was estimated that there were thousands of people accumulated over the years. Most of these people had contributed to the base, and their bodies were affected by the spiritual energy.
They have to be trapped in this place and can never go back to their normal life. The base is not loyal enough to them.
The horses were tied outside and the four of them entered the market on foot. The market was not big, but the Tiankeng was already quite lively. After Laoqian purchased the goods, the owner would deliver the goods to the parking area, and the service was quite attentive.
The supplies Lao Qian bought were mainly fruits, wild vegetables and herbs. Xue Hongguang was not only responsible for safety. As soon as he appeared, many refugees gathered around and handed bags of spirit stones to him.
The quality and weight are registered separately, and purchase vouchers are then distributed to the refugees.
Zhang Chi bumped the old money with his arm and said, "Are you queuing up to pay the public grain?"
Lao Qian said: "No, just buy the spirit stones and give them corresponding points. According to the number of spirit stones, they can be exchanged for items and medicines of equal value." The carriage did not come empty, there were a lot of medicines and medicines in the carriage.
Living supplies.
Zhang Chi said: "Have you always done this?"
Lao Qian said: "There are also middlemen. We only buy some when we come to the market, but most of them rely on middlemen."
Zhang Chi thought of Cao Chengguang, who had been thinking about his Bee Royal Crystal. He looked around, but luckily he didn't see the shadow of the profiteer.
Zhang Chi was also walking around. He didn't bring any spiritual stones with him. In this market, spiritual stones are almost as useful as currency. But fortunately, he could barter. He took out his saber, telescope, and watch to exchange them.
, these things can be found everywhere after he returns, but they are considered rare items in the Tiankeng, and these three things were actually exchanged for 200g of spiritual stones.
When I came to the stall of an old lady, I fell in love with a piece of jadeite, which was full of water, glass, and green. When I asked about the price, it was only 50g of spiritual stone. Zhang Chi bought it without even telling me the price. I couldn’t bring this piece of jade back home alone.
Sold it for millions and made huge profits!
After stuffing the jadeite into his backpack, he walked a few steps and saw someone selling old wild ginseng. The price for a long-foot-long old wild ginseng was only 10g. Zhang Chi saw that the seller looked like a profiteer, so he cut him off and offered 5g.
Two ginseng sticks. Unexpectedly, the profiteer handed him two ginseng sticks smoothly.
Later, Zhang Chi realized that wild ginseng here is not valuable, just like white radish outside, you can dig it up everywhere. 5g of spiritual stones can buy a big bundle, so he spent 5g more to replenish his stock. After all, this thing is easy to give away when he returns home.
, I know many elderly people, so it is more appropriate to give ginseng as a gift.
The market is not very big, so I basically looked at the products from beginning to end. After all, the space is limited, and these are the products in the tiankeng, so many people sell similar things. I was pleasantly surprised at first, but after seeing too much, I became tired.
Zhang Chi also saw someone selling the Queen Bee Crystal, and a circle of people gathered around to look at it. A Queen Bee Crystal the size of a mung bean was priced at 3000g of spiritual stone. When Zhang Daxian compared it in his mind, he knew how valuable his King Bee Crystal was.
It was already a priceless treasure in the sinkhole. Although there were many people watching, no one could offer a high price.
Zhang Chi didn't join in the fun and came to a blacksmith's stall where he was sharpening scissors and cutting knives. The blacksmith was also a dwarf, but he was short, fat and stout, much bigger than Cao Chengguang. Especially his two bare arms, which were thicker than the thighs of ordinary people.
Thick, body proportions are very uncoordinated.
Zhang Chi took out his Zizai Tiangong Sword and asked him to help him sharpen it. The blacksmith took Zhang Chi's ancient sword and glanced at it and said, "Your sword is cracked!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chi knew that the other party was an expert. He nodded, raised his thumb and said, "Master's eyes are really poisonous!"
The blacksmith asked: "How many spiritual stones did you get in exchange for it?"
"30g!"
The blacksmith grinned and said: "Cao Chengguang sold it to you, right? He is really dark. This is not an ancient sword, it is an antique, and the steel is not good. Although it looks bright and sharp, it has insufficient rigidity and toughness.
Once it is used in actual combat, it is easy to break. Who did you ask to repair it for you before? I stuffed some spiritual stones into the sword, but the spiritual stones melted. The two materials are not so easy to be compatible, just like cooking.
, you put two very good ingredients together, but they conflict with each other and spoil the ingredients."
Zhang Chi heard what he said so eloquently and said with a smile: "Master, do you think my sword can still be repaired?"
The blacksmith looked up at him and said, "Are you from the base?"
Zhang Chi nodded: "I came here as a trainee and will go back soon."
"Then you don't know the rules of the base. You can't take any spiritual stones out. In fact, it's useless if you take them out. Once you leave the boundary of the Tiankeng, the spiritual stones will automatically disintegrate immediately."
"Is this ancient sword of mine useless?"
The blacksmith said: "It has to be remade. It will take about an hour. If you decide, I will accept 10g of spiritual stones."
Zhang Chi couldn't bear to bargain when he heard that he was asking for it so cheaply. He nodded and handed the ancient sword to him. The blacksmith untied the hemp rope on the handle and said: "From the palace..."
"There's more on the back."
"The palace is in the sky!"
"Zizaitangong!" Immortal Zhang quickly corrected.
The blacksmith smiled and said, "Well, I'll wrap the hilt of the sword for you, and you just need to give me 15g of spiritual stones."
"20g, any extra is a tip." Zhang Daxian is a cheerful person.
The blacksmith nodded. Before starting work, he broke his wrist with Zhang Chi to test Zhang Chi's wrist strength before starting to work. His sword-making furnace was also fueled by spiritual stones. He put in rice-sized spiritual stones and poured in pink alkaline solution.
The heat of the liquid immediately rose. When the antique sword was thrown into the furnace, the sword quickly turned red.
Zhang Chi soon discovered that the blacksmith was not repairing it for him, but actually reforging it. In addition to the material of the sword itself, he also added more than twice the amount of various metals. Zhang Chi secretly sighed that this dwarf was kind and kind.
Cao Chengguang and Cao Chengguang are two extremes. It seems that there are good people and bad people everywhere.
The big sword was beginning to take shape. The blacksmith picked up the hammer and began to forge it. Even though he was less than 1.4 meters tall, he was indeed very powerful. He picked up the hammer and used all his strength to forge it against the big sword.
Above, Mars is everywhere.
Looking at Zhang Chi from the side, he felt excited.
Lao Qian also wandered over to sharpen his sword. When he saw Zhang Chi forging a sword, he smiled and said, "You must have found the right person. Master Hong is the most powerful blacksmith in our tiankeng."
Blacksmith Hong said: "Old Qian, you haven't patronized my business for a while."
Lao Qian said: "You can forge kitchen knives so well that you can use them for a year without sharpening them. How can you make a fortune by doing this business?"
Blacksmith Hong chuckled and said, "Even if you make a fortune in this sinkhole, you won't have anywhere to spend it."
Lao Qian sighed, left a few kitchen knives, and went shopping.
Blacksmith Hong spent an hour helping Zhang Chi rebuild the sword. He also helped him erase the four characters Zizai Tiangong and re-engraved two characters Tiankeng on it according to Zhang Chi's request, one on each side. Zhang Chi actually thought in his mind
It is a sword from the sky, and those who don’t know it think it is a sword from the sky, but it is actually a sword from the sky.
The shape of this sword is a bit like the sword of Yue King Goujian during the Warring States Period. The sword is very heavy in the hand. The sword is covered with fish scale-like forged patterns, even and dense, with the same density. The sword looks dark and dull, but
The edge of the blade is sharp.
Blacksmith Hong pulled a piece of hair, blew it gently, and broke the hair into two pieces. He then struck the pebble with his sword, and the pebble was divided into two parts, and the cut surface was as smooth as a mirror.
Immortal Zhang was overjoyed. This Kengtian Sword was many times stronger than the previous Zigong Sword. He was so happy that he tipped Blacksmith Hong 10g more. Blacksmith Hong felt a little embarrassed: "How can I charge you more?"
Well, if not, I'll help you sharpen some kitchen knives for free."
Zhang Chi quickly waved his hand: "Don't worry, they use public funds to sharpen their knives. I pay for it myself. We have to distinguish between public and private, right?"
Blacksmith Hong laughed honestly: "But I still can't charge you more. What other work do you want me to do? Otherwise, I will feel very guilty."
This was the first time Zhang Chi met such a kind person. He thought about it and asked Blacksmith Hong to help him build a shield. Blacksmith Hong banged for a while and carefully crafted a multi-functional shield for him. The shield looked like a
It looks like a flat pot, with a detachable handle. When the handle is turned over, it becomes a soup pot and a frying pan on the front. The shield is composed of more than 20 parts. It can be folded up for easy portability when not in use, and can be opened again when needed.
It unfolds like a fan, and the price is not high, only 50g of spiritual stones.
Immortal Zhang was full of praise for Blacksmith Hong's craftsmanship, and this guy was inspired. He really wanted to take these things back. The shield was okay, but the sword was too obvious. He had to carry it when he returned to school.
With a big sword, others are not allowed to report him for carrying controlled knives with him, and a big sword reforged with a lot of money cannot be left in the base.
After hearing what he said, Blacksmith Hong said with a smile: "You didn't tell me earlier, it turns out that you want to transform into a combination sword."
Zhang Chi said: "Yes, it's transformation. It's just like Transformers. You can't see it at ordinary times, but when you press it, a sword will pop out."
Blacksmith Hong said: "The process is a bit more complicated. It may take half a month to cast a sword like this."
Zhang Chi couldn't help but feel disappointed when he heard that. After all, his time in the tiankeng was only a week, and he couldn't wait a month.
Blacksmith Hong changed the subject and said, "I have a knife like this, but it's a bit expensive and requires 500g of spirit stones." He took out a metal object like a flashlight from the wooden box, pressed it on it, and heard a ding.
There was a clanking sound of metal biting, and soon a black long knife appeared in front of Zhang Chi. Only when he got closer could he see the thin seams between the metals, which were like the patterns on the sword body. Blacksmith Hong waved it,
It was also a knife that split the cobblestones. The sharpness was no less than that of the relaxed Kengtian Sword. After cutting, the blade was not damaged at all. When I pressed the switch to retract the sword, I only heard the ding ding ding ding. The internal mechanism started to fold, and in an instant it was retracted.
It turned into a flashlight, and Immortal Zhang secretly sighed that Blacksmith Hong's craftsmanship was so ingenious.
500g of spirit stones does sound a bit expensive, but it is well worth the money. After all, this Transformer knife is composed of nearly a thousand parts.
Zhang Chi now only has 60g of spirit stones left in total, but he loves this transforming knife so much that he has nothing to sell today, so he can only bite the bullet and go find Lao Qian, who doesn't have that many spirit stones. I suggest
He went to find Xue Hongguang. After all, Xue Hongguang had just purchased a large amount.
Xue Hongguang ignored Zhang Chi and was disgusted with this guy in the first place, but he had never been able to deal with him. Now that he heard that he wanted to borrow the spirit stone, he still took the opportunity to make things difficult for him.
"I have spiritual stones. 2000g is fine. But they are all public. If I lend them to you, what do you want to pay back?"
Zhang Chi said: "I will pay it back to you when I get back and give you 10% interest." Ma Da has some spirit stones there. He estimates that he can get enough by asking other classmates to join in. At worst, he can go out to fight some monsters tomorrow. Yes.
He said that the spirit stone was of no use, but that Transformer knife was so awesome that it had to be taken away.
Xue Hongguang said: "I can't trust you! You'd better give up on this idea."
Immortal Zhang just missed beating this bastard. Now he understands what it means to be a hero. A penny cannot kill a hero. He touched his body and found nothing valuable. He also didn’t bring out the Honey Bee Crystal. He knew that things were precious, so
Before going out, I gave it to Bai Xiaomi for safekeeping.
Blacksmith Hong was an honest man, and Zhang Chi was embarrassed to bargain with others. When he was in trouble, he suddenly saw a mess in front of him.
