CHAPTER 348: CHAPTER 348: I JUST LIKE IT THIS WAY

Talking about this, Miss Hu Jiu pouted and thought to herself that if it weren’t for the last time when the young master’s general store opened and started selling talismans, and she was having fun watching the excitement at the auction house and missed it, would it have fallen to the second-hand dealers to snatch it first?

However, recalling the situation she saw when she went to watch the excitement after hearing the news last time, a smile returned to her lips, and she immediately gossiped: "I even went to the black market to observe it once. A Teleportation Talisman was sold for 120 Spirit Stones, and not only did no one buy it, but soon the auction house’s leopard cultivator personally intervened.

Hehehe... Anyway, after the second-hand dealers who wanted to buy with their left hand and sell for double with their right hand ran away, there hasn’t been anyone selling talismans on Cyan Fish Mountain’s market black market.

"I see, so you disrupted the auction house’s business, huh." The other person had a "so annoying" expression and muttered in a low voice: "A Teleportation Talisman can sell for 150 at the auction house! Truly ruthless and greedy, but who can blame them for always getting rare items?"

He paused and asked, "Does Miss Hu Jiu have any Teleportation Talismans? What’s the price?"

The other party slowly blew out a smoke ring and took out a talisman from the Storage Bag, shaking it in front of him, "Look, a fine beginner’s talisman, 70 Spirit Stones each, cheaper by more than half compared to the auction house."

"Wow! How many do you have, miss?" The neighboring shop owner indeed brightened up, as the price wasn’t particularly cheap, but who says Cyan Fish Mountain’s market has demand without fixed prices?

If you don’t want to be slaughtered by the auction house, you can only go with the flow.

If you’re lucky and meet someone selling a few, you can buy them at a lower price; if unlucky, you might wait for three or five years without anyone selling them on the black market.

The shop owners and patrons in Cyan Fish Mountain’s market all have low realms and no channels to obtain such items, they either don’t buy them, rely on luck, or just let the auction house make money.

"How many do you want?" Miss Hu Jiu’s eyes twinkled mischievously as she smiled and said, "I first came to you after getting something good, Boss Hao, don’t sell me out."

Saying this, she glanced at the auction house.

The other party immediately understood, patting his chest and laughing, "We’ve been old neighbors for so many years, would I do something so lacking in virtue? As for Teleportation Talismans..."

He thought about it, 70 Spirit Stones each, keep three for personal use and give two to family. If he spends some effort, adds a few Spirit Stones, and sells them to recoup the cost... Of course, it can’t be sold in the market, first because he couldn’t compete with the little fox’s business connections; second, it would easily attract the auction house’s attention, selling to friends or old patrons should succeed.

"I want twenty Teleportation Talismans, what else do you have that’s good quality and affordable? Can you show me, miss?"

"Of course, no problem!" She replied crisply, and took out several different talismans from the Storage Bag to introduce the prices.

After leaving the first shop, her Storage Bag was already filled with Spirit Stones.

Using her outstanding beauty and the network built from years of gossip, within less than three hours, Miss Hu Jiu efficiently sold all the talismans, counted the Spirit Stones, and took out the Communication Stone to leave a message for her third sister asking for an introduction to negotiate with the young master.

"The venerable family is busy somewhere, I can’t enter the general store either..." Hu Zhile received her little sister’s message and was pleased to know she found a way to help the venerable family earn more money.

But the problem is not knowing where the venerable family is, with the seasonal rotation after Cloud Prairie distance to Cyan Fish Mountain’s market unknown, and using a precious Teleportation Talisman for this isn’t necessary. She could only first praise her little sister for doing well and then tell her to wait patiently for her message.

"That’s good, our little sister can take her time selling goods; the venerable family can also earn more profit. More importantly: our little sister can do business and help promote sales, allowing more contact with the venerable family. She always thinks about the young master, as her elder sister I really should help create opportunities." Hu Zhile put away the Communication Stone with a sigh, just not sure what kind of dual cultivation partner the venerable family likes?

"Hey, I just like it this way!" Jiang Yuan stood on the hill shrouded in Poisonous Miasma and pulled up two contaminated Spirit Medicines.

Don’t underestimate them just because now they emit dark Poisonous Miasma, once purified by the Earth Seal, they’ll be directly usable for Alchemy, who wouldn’t like finding such freebies?

However, exploring the new dungeon has taken a while, needing to chop, mine, level pits, pick and gather... moving forward smoothly from the edge, he seemed to have swept the first map block clean, yet didn’t find any trace of the Earth Seal.

"Is something dropped in a corner or crevice?" Jiang Yuan furrowed his brows while pulling Spirit Medicines, considering if there were any spots he missed.

This new dungeon is quite interesting, occasionally small bowl-sized caves can be found, needing to be dug open with a hoe.

Sometimes they’re filled with trash, sometimes special materials can be extracted, as the caves are small and blend with the poisonous miasma-diffusing dark land, they’re hard to notice.

What if there’s a cave in a neglected corner or crevice, which when dug open with a hoe reveals the Earth Seal, then it would be wasted effort, forcing a thorough search...

[Attacked by Poisonous Miasma, Health -0]

[Great Wilderness Heart Method Experience +2]

[Great Wilderness Heart Method skill leveled up to Level Three, Poison Resistance +200; Willpower +200]

After silently enduring countless attacks, the poison resistance skill finally reached Level Three, making the poison concern unnecessary. Jiang Yuan cleared the last patch of weeds and discovered a bowl-sized cave beneath the grass on the barren hillside.

Suddenly, he had a premonition—the Earth Seal is inside!

He couldn’t wait, took out his hoe and began digging, hearing a "thud" and soil falling, the cave expanded from bowl-sized to a diameter of approximately one meter.

[Mysterious Cave: Deep and unfathomable, its existence in the underground unknown, may contain heaps of treasure or lurking monsters, please explore cautiously]

"Interesting, could this be the hiding place of the boss?" It’s the first time Jiang Yuan encountered such a situation after digging many caves. He immediately put away the hoe and took out the Blade, gripping the vines at the cave’s mouth and slowly descended.

"Drip! Drop!"

The Mysterious Cave is at least thirty or forty meters deep, cold and damp with echoes of unknown water drops somewhere.

[Contaminated Vermilion Heart Fruit]

[Contaminated Nine Bends Vine]

...

While climbing down the vines, he occasionally picked contaminated Spirit Medicines from the stone walls.

Jiang Yuan feared a large presence below for a surprise attack, barely dared to breathe and mentally praised the new dungeon as indeed a rich mountain ridge, once purified it would be a portable treasure trove.

"Bam!" Skillfully jumped onto the moist, stone ground, the Earth Mirror Book skill let him survey the dark cave thoroughly.

[Contaminated Red Thunder Deer: Intermediate Monster]

The system’s hint remained concise, yet he immediately spotted such a long and thick health bar, thinking the system’s assessment of intermediate seemed a bit off, the previous Mutated Golden-winged Phoenix was also intermediate, but far inferior to this Red Thunder Deer!

"Squeal~"

Noticing an intruder, the contaminated Red Thunder Deer stood up and let out a hollow and lingering call, walking with steps from the depths of the cave, its crimson eyes fixed on the invader;

Meanwhile, Jiang Yuan also widened his eyes staring at it, the deer was so beautiful!