Wang Daoyuan glanced at the stall and saw seven or eight Qingling grasses placed on the stall, and asked: "I wonder how to sell these Qingling grasses?"
Qing Ling Grass is the main ingredient in refining Qing Ling Dan. He planted this elixir when he first discovered the Ling Bead Space.
The reason why he didn't ask about the cinnabar ore, but the least valuable Qingling grass, was to hide his true intention and facilitate bargaining.
When the stall owner saw him asking about the cheapest Qing Ling Cao, he felt a little disappointed and replied: "One Ling Stone, three plants, these Qing Ling Cao, two Ling Stones, fellow Taoist, please take them all."
Wang Daoyuan bought the Qingling grass, paid for the spiritual stones, and glanced at the stall again, sighing: "My fellow Taoist, the spiritual things here are really complete, mutton-fat jade, hematite, lapis lazuli... if
If I read it correctly, this red stone should be cinnabar ore, right?"
After that, he picked up the cinnabar ore and weighed it in his hands. It was heavier than previously estimated, weighing one hundred and fifty kilograms.
With this purity and this weight, the spirit ink produced can produce about one hundred kilograms of ink.
When the stall owner saw that he was interested in other things, he immediately became energetic and said: "Taoist friends have good eyesight, and the names of these spiritual creatures are accurate.
This piece of cinnabar ore is a second-level spiritual object. If it is sold to Qinglifang City, it will cost three to five thousand spiritual stones."
Wang Daoyuan smiled and said: "If it is sold to Qinglifang City, it is indeed worth the price, but this is Lvliuzhou. How many of us in Lvliuzhou dare to go to Qinglifang City?
Besides, this cinnabar ore cannot be eaten or drunk, and it cannot be used to refine magic weapons. It is only used to refine magical talismans, but it must be made into spiritual ink.
Many foundation-building families don't know how to make spiritual ink, let alone us casual cultivators.
I think this piece of ore of yours is just a piece of cake."
The stall owner sighed and said, "Who says it's not the case?
Those of us who either committed crimes outside and escaped here don't dare to go out at all.
Either he was born in Green Liuzhou, lived here since he was a child, and never went out at all.
No matter which kind, thinking about selling spiritual objects in Qinglifang City is full of difficulties and dangers.
Besides, if you leave Baichuan Lake, there will be no spiritual boats. Monsters are rampant along the way. With my little cultivation, wouldn’t I be willing to die if I go out?
It's a pity that this piece of ore can be mined. If I could get it out, I would make a lot of money.
Fellow Taoist, I see that at your young age, you have already reached the advanced stages of Qi training and have a bright future.
You should be able to go out in the future, why don't you buy this piece of ore and I'll make it cheaper for you."
Wang Daoyuan felt excited in his heart, but a look of embarrassment appeared on his face: "I have no idea of going out for the time being, and it's useless for me to bring this thing.
I heard that some forces outside the Tianzhan Mountain Range also have shops in our Green Liuzhou, why don’t fellow Taoists sell to them?"
The stall owner snorted and said dissatisfiedly: "Those people who opened the shop are not good people. They bullied customers and kept the prices too low. They even robbed many Taoist friends' items directly.
Unless you are introduced by a broker, you can avoid being cheated. But those brokers are not good people. If you let them help introduce buyers, you will charge an agency fee.
Some time ago, I asked that old boy Gao Yuan to help me find a buyer for the cinnabar ore, but he actually asked for half of the price as agency fee.
He also threatened me that if I didn't go through him, the ore would fall into my hands and it wouldn't even be worth a piece of spiritual stone.
Can I bear this anger?
I would rather throw it into the river than let this piece of shit like him take advantage of me."
The stall owner's face turned red with anger, and Wang Daoyuan couldn't tell whether he was really angry or just acting.
Wang Daoyuan fell into deep thought, and he heard unusual information from the stall owner's words.
These brokers have really become a phenomenon, and they have some secret agreements with shops opened by external forces.
If casual cultivators do not go through the broker's channel, the store will hack their spiritual items.
Through the broker's channel, let the broker earn agency fees, and the store will not deal with them.
The stores of foreign forces are cooperating with the brokers. There is a shady secret behind this!
In Lvliuzhou, who has the ability to subdue external forces?
There is no doubt that there are only those few foundation-building monks who founded Luliuzhoufang City.
It is very likely that the senior officials of Luliuzhou were involved in this matter. Otherwise, just a few brokers would not be able to suppress ordinary cultivators and external forces and make them cooperate obediently.
These brokers are likely to be the spokesmen for the senior officials of Luliuzhou.
It seems that when I purchased Snow Lingzhi before, I wanted to bypass the broker, which was a bit of a bad rule.
Doing this is damaging the interests of the top management of Luliuzhou. Fortunately, the clues were discovered early. If you keep doing this, you will be punished sooner or later.
Fortunately, Gao Yuan did not suffer a loss from the purchase of Xue Ganoderma last time, and Gao Yuan did not report such a trivial matter, so there would be no future troubles.
Of course, even if you report it, such a trivial matter is not worth going to war.
Although these are just speculations, it is better to believe that they exist than to believe that they do not exist.
If the broker is really the spokesperson for the senior management of Green Liuzhou, and he continues to bypass the broker to do business, he will be killed by the foundation-building monks sooner or later.
He dared to bypass Gao Yuan before because he was absolutely sure to capture Gao Yuan. But if there was a foundation-building monk behind Gao Yuan, he would be seeking death by doing this.
We can no longer use such tactics in the future, or we might be too old to make trouble.
The stall owner saw Wang Daoyuan stunned for a long time and asked: "Fellow Taoist, what do you think? Do you want to buy this piece of cinnabar ore?"
Wang Daoyuan came back to his senses and said with a smile: "I have no plans to go out now. I will buy this piece of ore and sell it in Qinglifang market in the future. Maybe I will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse.
We monks take cultivation as our top priority, so what does it mean to smash a spiritual stone on a broken rock?"
When the stall owner heard this, he was a little anxious. Finally, someone was interested in cinnabar ore. If the business failed, he would have to wait for the next buyer, not necessarily when.
He hurriedly said: "Fellow Taoist, let's do this. I think you are also a loyal person. I will sell you this cinnabar ore at a cheap price, and I will treat it as my friend."
Wang Daoyuan pretended to be embarrassed and said: "How many spiritual stones do you sell for this ore, fellow Taoist?"
As soon as he heard this, the stall owner knew that he was interested in buying it, and immediately offered a price: "How about five hundred spirit stones?"
This was the price Gao Yuan gave him, so he took it out to test the water first.
Wang Daoyuan was very excited, but he still pretended to be angry.
When the stall owner saw that the other party was dissatisfied, he immediately changed his mind and said: "Forget it, I am destined to be a Taoist friend, so I will sell the three hundred spirit stones to the Taoist friend."
Wang Daoyuan put away his angry expression and turned to look embarrassed.
Seeing that he was still dissatisfied, the stall owner said, "Let me tell you the truth, fellow Taoist, I have collected two hundred spiritual stones, which have been in my hands for several years. At least two hundred spiritual stones cannot be lower."
Wang Daoyuan reluctantly replied: "Okay, just two hundred spirit stones. However, my fellow Taoist must come up with some good things to sell to me.
Otherwise, I spent a lot of spiritual stones to bring back such a stone, and the elders in the family would have to beat me to death."
He took the cinnabar ore, put it into the spirit bead space, and handed the two hundred spirit stones to the stall owner.
After selling the cinnabar ore, the stall owner took out a mutton-fat jade box with a smile on his face and said: "My fellow Taoist, it was just a coincidence. I happened to receive some good things, but I don't know how many spiritual stones they are worth.
My Taoist friends are also knowledgeable, please help me.”
The stall owner closed the jade box and opened the jade box a crack, and a fresh fragrance came out.