Chapter 859

After double confirmation, Zhao Xing's heart jumped violently. He didn't expect that he could really find a good item at a small stall selling fakes.

This Sea Demon Bead is a good thing; holding it in hand can hide one's energy aura.

And in the water, it can exert its maximum function, allowing energy aura to be completely hidden.

However, although he was very excited inside, he didn't show it at all on the surface.

Even so, the stall owner's merchant sense perceived his subtle change. Seeing this, he hurriedly said:

"This blue bead is extraordinary. I traded it from a traveling merchant. According to him, this is a Sea-Stabilizing Divine Bead from the sea, a God-level treasure."

"This treasure can absorb endless seawater and then slowly condense it into rule power to deal with enemies!"

The more he spoke, the stall owner's tone gradually became more impassioned.

But Zhao Xing had no ripples in his heart regarding what the stall owner said. This was not just because he had clearly realized this was a scam after Hearing Hearing Zhuyue's incident.

More importantly, he already knew that this blue treasure was a Sea Demon Bead, so he looked at the stall owner's expression as if looking at a fool.

So Zhao Xing pretended to cooperate and said: "Oh, what you said sounds good, but what is the price?"

Upon hearing this, the stall owner thought there was a chance and said without hesitation: "This is a God-level item, so it requires a few more energy stones."

"It needs... one million energy stones!"

Hearing this, a flash of light shone deep in Zhao Xing's eyes.

This Sea Demon Bead is priceless and has no market; its value could be estimated at 100 million energy stones. But this stall owner clearly knew nothing and was just making up the effects of the treasure here.

After Zhao Xing learned this, he knew there was still room for bargaining, so he pretended to be disgusted and put the blue bead back in its original place.

"You say it's God-level, so it's God-level? I didn't feel any God-level aura on it at all."

After saying this, Zhao Xing turned his head to look at other items.

But unfortunately, the other things on the stall were very ordinary, or they were items with energy, but the fluctuations were not very strong.

At most, they were Tier-level auras. The only advantage might be that there were more things here.

Seeing that Zhao Xing seemed a bit uninterested in picking items, the stall owner hurriedly said: "This fellow Daoist, I can see you have an extraordinary bearing."

"How about this, I have a few more items at the bottom of the box, take a look and see how they are."

As he spoke, the stall owner took out some items containing strong energy from his body.

Among them were medicinal herbs of heavenly materials and earthly treasures, as well as weapons and secret techniques. However, Zhao Xing only glanced at them and lost interest in checking.

Because he saw that although these things contained more energy than those on the stall, their quality was average.

However, in order to obtain the Sea Demon Bead, Zhao Xing still pretended to observe them seriously.

"I'm not interested in the few you took out. How about this, pack this... this... and this for me."

Zhao Xing pointed at a few jade hairpins and a few medicinal herbs at random, then looked at the 'Sea Demon Bead' and said: "Also, I'm not someone who doesn't know the business."

"As for that blue bead, it's worth at most 100,000 energy stones. This is only because I think it looks good and I'm planning to give it to someone that I'm offering this price. If you think it's okay, I can pay now."

"This... customer, you've pressed the price of that bead too hard." After thinking for a few seconds, the stall owner quoted: "How about this, I'll sell it to you for 200,000!"

"150,000, no more. If not, I won't take the others either. You stall owner are not very honest!"

The stall owner pretended to have a look of regret, but in fact, he was overjoyed in his heart: "Fine, fine, fine, take it, take it. It's 320,000 energy stones in total. Eh... you really made a profit. This blue bead is indeed a God-level item!"

Zhao Xing smiled and didn't speak, but in fact, he was also overjoyed in his heart. He really didn't expect to have such a big harvest from coming out today.

He bought a Sea Demon Bead worth over 100 million for only 150,000 energy stones, and it was a very precious treasure.

And although Yan Qi and Gong Jian didn't see the reality of this bead, they both knew Zhao Xing's temper and knew that he would definitely not do things that would damage his own interests.

However, even so, Zhao Xing didn't choose to let this stall owner go. After all, one thing is one thing, and he still had to make him pay the price for Hearing Hearing Zhuyue's matter.

So Zhao Xing put away the treasures he bought, and then sent a secret divine thought to Hearing Hearing Zhuyue.

Just when the stall owner was wondering why these people didn't leave after buying things, Hearing Hearing Zhuyue walked over with vigorous steps.

After arriving here, Hearing Hearing Zhuyue pointed at the stall owner and said: "Big Brother, it's him, it's this stall owner who sold me a fake!"

The stall owner, who was originally full of confusion, changed his face instantly upon hearing this voice and hurriedly explained: "I didn't... how could I sell fakes? The things I sell are all genuine!"

"You're still lying. I've already shown it to my big brother. You said the jade hairpin beautifies and nourishes, but it has no effect at all. You're purely scamming people!"

"I didn't. This jade hairpin is nurtured by heaven and earth. The essence of heaven and earth contained in it is extremely beneficial to the human body and can achieve the effect of prolonging life and ensuring appearance."

Seeing him still quibbling, Zhao Xing said slowly: "If you sold this jade hairpin to an ordinary person, it would indeed have a little effect. But selling it to a Lord with cultivation is purely scamming. To a Lord, the beneficial substances in it can't have any effect at all."

The stall owner's eyes flashed, and he responded with panic: "That... I... she didn't say she was using it at the time, I thought it was a gift for a mortal!"

Hearing this sentence from the stall owner, Zhao Xing showed a faint smile and said: "Oh, so you admit the true effect of this jade hairpin. That's easy to handle, hurry up and refund the money."

Looking at Zhao Xing's expression, the stall owner hardened his heart, gritted his teeth and said: "No refund. Once sold, no returns are accepted. This is the rule of the black market. Are you trying to break the rules?"

What a joke.

The money was already in his hands, so how could there be a refund? Moreover, the black market did have this rule, and he was just taking advantage of it now.

Upon hearing that the stall owner had successfully taken the bait and even talked about the rules of the black market, Gong Jian, who had been prepared, took two steps forward and said: "Interesting. Since you want to talk about rules, then I will have a good chat with you. If someone in the black market maliciously sells fakes..."

"Not only will they have to pay double the energy stones, but they will also be expelled from the black market. Most importantly, they will be blacklisted by the black market and never allowed to enter again."

"I believe you should know these rules, so I advise you to refund the energy stones now. I won't go to the black market enforcers, otherwise, you'll have a hard time!"

"Uh... I'll refund, I'll refund, okay?"

The stall owner clearly didn't expect that someone would know the business. He responded with unwillingness, then took out the purchase fee for this jade hairpin from his body.

Afterward, he looked at Zhao Xing and said: "This big brother has good eyesight. Are you interested in joining us and becoming a member of our Treasure Appraisal Association?"

"Not interested~"

Zhao Xing directly ignored the invitation of this swindling stall owner. This person was unreliable, let alone this organization.

And these people didn't even see what this Sea Demon Bead was. One can imagine that this must be an unknown small organization.

And Zhao Xing now had his mind full of going home after improving his strength, and didn't want to join any gangs or the like.

"Alright then... what a pity. As long as you join, I can pay you one million energy stones a year, plus ten treasures of your choice."

Who knew that Zhao Xing was not moved at all and turned directly to the group and said: "Not interested, let's go."

Yes.

Among the stall owner's treasures, only this 'Sea Demon Bead' was real, and the rest were all fakes. It is estimated that this bead was also acquired by them by chance, and it is highly likely that it had not been tested by the black market.

Otherwise, with the strength of the black market, they would have been able to see the value of this treasure and would definitely have pretended it was just an ordinary treasure to keep it for themselves.

"Eh... big brother, our association is called the Heaven-Sent Association. If you are interested, you can find us in Donghuangcheng!" Seeing that Zhao Xing was really going to leave after he stated the benefits, he hurriedly said the name of his organization.

And Zhao Xing didn't respond at all, just walking toward other stalls on his own.

Because he still remembered the purpose of coming this time, which was to collect a secret technique for disguise, but he unexpectedly harvested a Sea Demon Bead.

As a result, Zhao Xing searched around the black market and did find a secret technique for disguise.

But after a rough look at the introduction, and then letting the Time God Tree take a look, they were all secret techniques that didn't meet his selection criteria.

After circling around, the group passed by the stall just now again, and the stall owner also observed everything Zhao Xing did.

He observed that Zhao Xing usually stayed for a long time mainly in places selling secret techniques, and coupled with the recent situation, he roughly guessed what Zhao Xing was looking for.

So he mysteriously called out to Zhao Xing: "A few big brothers, please stay. Are you looking for a secret technique for disguise?"

Hearing this, Zhao Xing's eyes narrowed, and at the same time, an invisible fluctuation radiated from his body and spread toward him.

Feeling this surging energy aura, the stall owner hurriedly said: "You don't need to be so cautious. Because the matter of the Purple Light Tokens has already spread in the last few days, many people are looking for this type of secret technique, so I just made a bold guess."

Seeing that the momentum coming toward him had subsided a bit, the stall owner breathed a sigh of relief. The moment he was enveloped just now.

He felt like he saw a scene of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, which scared him into a cold sweat. Only then did he muster the courage to say:

"If you have this need, I really suggest you join our Heaven-Sent Treasure Appraisal Association. We have a large collection of secret techniques waiting for those with destiny to open."

"Hehe, if there were really good secret techniques inside, you would definitely sell them or cultivate them yourselves. How could you keep good things and give them away to others?" Zhao Xing looked at the stall owner with an expression like looking at a fool.

Although the stall owner couldn't see Zhao Xing's expression, he still understood his meaning from his tone.

"So you are worried about this. It's like this: the secret techniques we collect are all sealed. Some sealed techniques require knowledgeable people to open them, so you don't need to worry about this."

Just when Zhao Xing was half-believing, the World God Tree in his inner world sent a divine thought at the right time.

"What he said is indeed correct. Some secret techniques left over from ancient times do require certain methods to be unlocked."

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"If you don't open it according to the rules, the magic array sealing the secret technique will be triggered, thereby destroying the entire secret technique."

"They should be that kind of treasure appraisal association that stores this type in large quantities. As long as they recruit people who know the business, they can use this to earn a large sum of money."

Listening to the World God Tree's explanation, Zhao Xing gradually understood the whole picture of this matter.

However, such an organization inexplicably reminded him of the commercial means of opening blind boxes in the Great Desolate Star Domain, where most of the things put inside were cheap goods.

Although he was now on an alien continent, there was no guarantee that there was no possibility of fraud here.

And this was a relatively high-level blind box. In this way, both the buying side and the stocking side were gambling.

One side was gambling on their own luck, and the other side was gambling on how they could make this thing look more perfect so that people wouldn't discover it.

However, all of this was floating clouds to Zhao Xing. If that were the case, Zhao Xing's job after joining this organization would be to try his luck at opening blind boxes.