"This piece of equipment... is indeed not as good as imagined. Tianlai Novel WWW.⒉"
In the unique hut, Duan Qing was holding a set of standard armor, placing it under the white light above his head, pretending to make a critical investigation: "Probably because of the standard, this thing is made of ordinary iron ore, and it provides The attributes...oh no, the defense is very good, but the effect is very poor..."
"Not bad, not bad! Brother, you are discerning." The hunchbacked old man sitting behind the closed counter nodded with satisfaction: "That's what I mean! So this girl is being unreasonable, asking for so many gold coins..."
"Hello!"
Before he could finish speaking, the little girl standing aside angrily pulled Duan Qing behind her: "What are you doing? I asked you to negotiate the price, not to smash the price! What you are smashing is still mine. Price……"
At the previous moment, before Duan Qing, who had just pushed the door open, could react, the overjoyed little girl took her hand and ran to the front, and then, like an aggrieved little girl, begged for permission. He continued to talk with the old man who had had a business relationship before, and used the equipment she collected to develop a new brand for their adventure group. But what she didn't expect was that what the man said next was to destroy his own brand: "Captain, sir, my eldest sister! This equipment is so bad, and I am not a business person. Of course I had something to say..."
"Well, then you can't say that!" The little girl pulled Duan Qing's ear and shouted in a low voice: "At least you should talk about the advantages of this equipment first, praise its strengths and so on... …”
"No advantages, no strengths."
Duan Qing glanced at the other party expressionlessly: "Let me ask you first, did you go to Cabinburg to shop for goods?"
"Uh...yes, yes." Mengzhu's voice became a little hesitant: "We have a cooperative relationship with them..."
"If you have a cooperative relationship, you can't be taken advantage of!" Duan Qing gritted his teeth and whispered: "Stop focusing on the quality of those items, pay a little attention to whether they are useful before buying them? What are the extraordinary properties of that armor? None, just add 'reduce melee damage taken by 5%' at the end... Who would want it except a fool like you!"
"...Having this attribute is already very good." The little girl pursed her lips and muttered: "It was Connelly who recommended it to me..."
"You dare to believe what a congressman says." Duan Qing shook his head helplessly: "And...if they are all good goods, why can't they be sold in other stores? You can't think about it with your little head. Do you want to?"
"Isn't it just a bit tasteless... But will Cabin Castle also have a backlog of such goods?"
"As long as there are players in the world, there will be such goods." Duan Qing explained: "There will always be players who will dispose of the scraps they have produced or discarded equipment. Except for some special crafts, they There is no use in holding it... Where do you think all these waste products go? Of course it is the NPC store! The free world just highlights this point on the shelves, but the result? You bought them all!"
"But, but..." the little girl scratched her head and thought for a while: "The things Cabin Castle usually sells are very good, and the players also applaud it."
"This is where people do business." Duan Qing started to explain: "Take this armor as an example. Regardless of its attributes, it is at least of high quality and looks good in the store every day. ...The same goes for other things, such as...well, how many things did you bring today?"
"I brought seven items." The little girl whispered, and pointed at Qian Zhihe who was sitting in the corner with a bored look on her face: "She also helped me carry two items..."
"Are they all of high quality?"
"Yes." The golden ponytail swayed up and down as Mengzhu nodded: "If it's too low, I don't dare to bring it to sell, if it's too high, I won't let it go..."
"Look, this is one way." Duan Qing said: "No store can guarantee that all the items it sells are high-quality and above, let alone epic-level equipment... If you can open a store, Then to achieve this, either you have reached a certain level of strength, or... you just use some useless equipment, just like this one."
"...But in a place as big as Cabin Castle, how could they have so much sophisticated equipment?" Mengzhu asked doubtfully: "Even if it is mixed with so much water..."
"There must be something fishy here that we don't know about." Duan Qing pinched his chin: "A way to produce equipment may be manufacturing, it may be recasting, or it may be just a universal system It’s a prank…it’s still something we don’t know about anyway.”
"...Is that why there are such useless attributes?" Mengzhu also lowered his voice: "Then what should I do? I bought a lot, and now they are all in the Adventurers Association..."
"...how much did you buy?"
Raising his head and sighing, Duan Qing looked back at the innocent-looking old man: "This old man must know something about such a magical place like the black market. If you want to make money from him on this, the possibility is ridiculously low... …”
"Alas..." Then the little girl became a little downcast: "Are you going to lose it in your own hands? That's all hard-earned money..."
"Take out all the equipment and show it to me." Duan Qing stretched out a hand: "And Xiao Qian's... I'll take a look at it first and then think about what to do. Maybe..."
"We can get something out of here."
"Okay." The little girl responded, and then took off the large backpack behind her that was completely inconsistent with her petite body: "This is the arcanist's cloak, with a little more spiritual value... This is the elite leader's cloak." The sword has the effect of increasing the thrust distance... This is a bright silver dagger. It is said that the special effect on it can pierce any magic type of defense..."
"Why don't you keep this dagger for yourself?"
"I don't specialize in fighting, so it would be nice to have a similar dagger." The little girl muttered: "The properties of this dagger are not high, so it shouldn't be much different... Well, there is also this ax... …Wow!"
A strange-looking helmet suddenly inserted into the line of sight of the two people, startling Mengzhu who was still concentrating on flipping through the equipment: "You, you, you... Huh? Xiao Hongchen?"
"This ax is very good!" The man ignored her cry because all his attention was on the ax: "Can you give it to me?"
"Laughing at Hongchen!" The little girl who came back to her senses jumped up again: "Where have you been during this time? You don't do tasks or participate in activities. You, you... take your dirty hands away!"
"Captain, please let me change my weapon. I haven't changed my weapon for a long time." The shirtless man climbed up with a smile, and then scratched his head in embarrassment: "My spear is still fresh. Broken off..."
"No! These are all goods bought with the adventure group's money, and they are to be sold! Can you afford so much money... You, you, you! Where did you get so much money? Please explain!"
"Sigh... It seems that I won't be able to tell clearly for a while."
Looking at the lively scene over there, Duan Qing shook his head with helplessness and looked away. Then, under the smiling eyes of a maid at the door, he took another package from the red girl's hand: "I'm sorry, Brother Qingshan, I have little strength and can only carry so much..."
"Don't feel inferior. That girl is willing to risk her life just to make money. Her strength is not that great." With these words, Duan Qing unwrapped the package and began to check everything: "And... from Judging from the current situation, it would be better to bring two less items."
"Did...encountered some problem?"
"It's a small problem, don't worry." After carefully reading the description of the item and checking it over and over again for a long time, Duan Qing gradually showed a smile on his face: "There are...nine items in total, right? Okay..."
He stood up and walked up to the sleepy old man amidst the commotion behind him: "Hey, hey, old man!"
"Call me Black Camel." The hunchbacked old man raised his eyelids: "Although I don't care about this, you still don't use such casual names..."
"Okay, Mr. Black Camel..." Duan Qing bowed slightly: "I will be in charge of the next transaction, you..."
"If you call what you just did a deal..." The old man raised his hand to interrupt Duan Qing: "Then you'd better pack up and go home as soon as possible, and don't waste each other's time anymore."
"...Okay, then I'll tell you the truth." Duan Qing smiled slightly and slowly placed his hands on the outer wall of the closed counter: "Nine pieces of sophisticated equipment, a total of 3,500 gold coins, how about ?”
"Three thousand five hundred gold coins? Why don't you grab it?" Like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, the old man immediately jumped up from his seat: "Don't tell me you don't know the value of these equipments. They don't even have ordinary protective equipment." Worse than anything!"
"They are all excellent level, excellent level." Duan Qing lowered his head and smiled: "In total, I only charge 400 gold coins for one piece of equipment..."
"Just like there is a gap between you adventurers, there is also a gap between the sophisticated and the excellent." The old man squinted his eyes and said: "Any piece of the equipment I have here is worth more than the sum of these, why should I pay for it?" So many gold coins for this pile of junk from you..."
"This is a black market."
Duan Qing suddenly lowered his voice: "It is the darkest place in the whole principality."
"Since Connelly has a way to turn those bad waste products into good weapons, your black market...must have a way too, right?"
With a strange look in his eyes, the old man raised his head and looked at Duan Qing's face, but said nothing.
"It seems I guessed it right...right?"
Picking up a pair of iron boots in his hand, Duan Qing lit up an inconspicuous sword and shield logo at the base of the soles: "Can you explain to me... what does this thing mean?"
"...Have you seen this sign?"
"Although it has not appeared in the Walia Tavern, I have seen this thing in other places." Cleverly hiding the information he found from the Internet in his words, Duan Qing showed a strange smile again: "When will...the warrior house also make equipment? And also sell it?"
"The Warrior House is good at making equipment. Everyone in the continent knows this..."
"But they are all in the name of individuals and have never sold in bulk." Duan Qing shook his head and said: "And... Tania's Warrior Home branch is only owned by Hank's family. I have never heard that they also Running something like a blacksmith shop..."
"Why is there such a sign in such an inconspicuous place?"
"..."
Seeing that the old man was silent again, Duan Qing put down the hand holding the iron boots, and then pointed to his feet: "I have also checked the other equipment. Some of them have nothing, and some... but there is nothing." There are other signs left in those invisible corners. Although I don’t recognize them, I can probably think that they are representatives of other forces...right?"
"So many people are producing equipment..." Duan Qing smiled and spread his hands: "No wonder Tania's blacksmith shop is going to close down."
"...Okay." The hunchbacked old man sighed and shook his head: "These things...some of them do come from this way. But..."
"What does that have to do with me?"
"Of course." Duan Qing whispered: "Because... you are also a member of the black market."
"I've been to the black market twice. There are very few people who open a shop here, and even fewer people like you who open a shop alone..." Looking at the left and right of the hut, Duan Qing looked in the direction where the old man was sitting. He gestured: "No one comes to rob me like this. I can think that this is a proof that you are very clever...right?"
"You don't know how to change equipment like this..." Duan Qing's fingers circled around his head: "It seems a bit unreasonable, right?"
"..."
The old man did not speak, but looked at him with steady eyes, and a smile gradually appeared on his lips: "You are very smart, adventurer."
"What are they?" Duan Qing asked immediately.
"It's raw materials."
The old man replied in a low voice: "We... have a way to transform them into better items. Although the process is uncontrollable, it is at least much stronger than the ones in front of us."
"...could such a magical technology be created behind the scenes by the Council of Mages?"
"How is that possible?" The old man shook his head: "Probably...it's a legacy left by the ancient magic empire."
"It's really fascinating." Duan Qing's eyes shone with curiosity: "I don't know..."
"Don't ask, I can't tell you." The old man shook his head and said, "For Hank's sake, two thousand gold coins... just take the money and leave."
"Two thousand? Are you calling a beggar? Three thousand gold coins."
"...Two thousand five hundred gold coins."
"Three thousand, this is the lowest price, not a penny less."
"...Adventurer, you have to know that the transformation of these things involves losses, and the final results are unpredictable..." The old man raised his eyelids: "Stop being greedy."
"Okay, okay." Duan Qing immediately withdrew his gaze: "Then I just need... two thousand gold coins."
"Um?"
"In addition... add a chance to gamble."
"What?" the old man screamed and stood up again: "What are you thinking? You don't really think... gambling is a thousand gold coins a time, right? It was for Hank's sake the day before yesterday..."
"Hey, don't get excited." Looking at the old man dancing, Duan Qing hurriedly pushed his hands across the window: "We are also taking risks. After all, what we can get... is completely uncertain, right? ? This kind of thing depends on luck..."
"Luck? I don't want to test your luck. Your luck has already been tested that day..."
"Luck is conserved... In this way, plus the long-term supply of materials in the future." Duan Qing took out his last trump card: "How about it?"
"Well……"
The old man who stood up hesitated for a long time, grinning, and finally sat back down slowly: "Okay... okay."
"Two thousand gold coins, plus one gambling item." He whispered: "Deal?"
"Deal." Duan Qing nodded with a smile, gave the old man a thumbs up, then turned to the others and clapped his hands: "Okay, comrades, please be quiet for a moment."
"The time has come again to test your pedigree."
