Chapter Twenty-Five: A Small Stroke
Chapter 25 is a small stroke
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After entering this city, Lei Dong can be regarded as an eye-opener. The market is not big, but there are many antique stores, and each store sells a variety of dazzling magic weapons and pills, talisman props. Some shops sell everything, like a commissary. Some stores specialize in pills or magic weapons. In addition, there is a street dedicated to monks who set up their own stalls to sell goods, and they can set up a day on that street for only a stall fee of one spirit stone.
Lei Dong never dreamed that there would be so many monks gathered here. Not to mention the crowds like the crowds in the hometown town when the market is rushed, but it can be regarded as a sensational crowd. After walking quietly for a long time, I gradually understood. It's good to do everything in a store, but it's hard to buy a boutique product because you do everything.
Specialty stores sell things very formally, and for the sake of long-term planning, they are usually very credibility. But for the same small things, the price of the franchise store is one or two percent more expensive than the outside, but the quality is more guaranteed. As for those miscellaneous stalls, they are all set up by individuals, from a small yin mushroom to a magic weapon used by Jindan monks, there are really everything. Of course, it's hard to say about the quality of what was on the stall. In order to be cheap, many people have the intention of spending a small amount of money to pick up big leaks, and they often suffer losses in the stalls.
According to Lei Dong's observations, the vast majority of stall owners are old fritters who practice here all year round, and each stall seems to have formed a tacit alliance with each other, dominating those monks with fresh faces and low cultivation. However, there are also a small number of people who are not satisfied with the purchase price in the store when they come to sell things, so they are willing to set up a stall here in the hope of selling at a good price.
Even for the latter type of stall holders, Lei Dong does not dare to believe it easily. God knows if he's pretended to be some old fritter?
spent a spirit stone and rented a room in an inconspicuous inn for a month. Every night, I practice qi and meditate in my room. During the day, I continued to wander around, and from time to time I chatted casually with those clerks and stall owners. Lei Dong is a person in two lives, although he is not practiced, he knows more than his peers, and he takes advantage of the fact that others are not busy, says a few auspicious and good words, and quietly pats some sycophants. As a result, although he refuses to spend money on things, he is not annoying. What I heard, what I seemed, I remembered it in my heart one by one. Secretly ponder for yourself.
More than 20 days later, Lei Dong confidently stepped into a store specializing in the sale of spirits and ghosts, but the scale was not large. Since this place is still within the sphere of influence of the Yin Demon Sect, most of the people gathered are evil sects, and the market for spirits and ghosts here is still not small. Relying on hearsay, secretly inquiring, and comparing several similar stores with each other. It can be concluded that this ghost shop has a good reputation, the price is reasonable, and it does not deceive customers. In the end, Lei Dong confirmed that he wanted to sell medium-grade spirit ghosts in this store.
After listening carefully to Lei Dong's intentions, Xiao Er, a mortal who had not cultivated himself, politely invited him into the private room, knowing that the acquisition of the middle grade spirit ghost was not something he could call the shots, so he went to invite the shopkeeper to come after beating a thousand.
Later, two palace maids who were only seventeen or eighteen years old came to pour tea and deliver water, and their delicate and astringent appearance was also quite beautiful. However, Lei Dong, who has been in the Ten Thousand Ghost Cave for a long time, is not very interested in them. After all, in the Ten Thousand Ghost Caves, there are many kinds of mortal maids. Second, Lei Dong realized that he was still young, and he should focus more on cultivation.
After a while, the shopkeeper, dressed amiably and looking middle-aged, walked in with a smile and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was entangled in something important just now, but I made my little brother wait for a long time." The contemptible person is the third shopkeeper of this Spirit Ghost Pavilion, surnamed Li, and the little brother can call me Lao Li. I don't know what to call the little brother?"
"Senior Li is polite, and the junior is surnamed Chen Minghua. Lei Dong stood up calmly, and saluted back: "Senior Li's cultivation far surpasses that of the juniors, how dare the juniors trespass?" When you meet a high-ranking monk who is stronger than yourself, it is better to be humble and low-key. Otherwise, if one accidentally says the wrong thing and offends the other party, he doesn't know how he died. This self-proclaimed Lao Li's third shopkeeper, Lei Dong can't see through his cultivation at a glance, where dare he really call him Lao Li.
After a few words of greeting, the shopkeeper Li also tasted tea and said with a smile: "I heard Xiao Er say that Brother Chen has a medium-grade spirit ghost that he wants to sell to this pavilion." Here, Li also thanked the little brother for his trust in the store. Brother Chen must have inquired about the reputation of this pavilion before he came. Here, Li can assure the little brother that as long as he is a customer of the Pavilion, the Cabinet guarantees that he will never leak any of his information to the outside world, and at the same time, he can also ensure that the transaction between the two parties is fair and just, and the little brother will not suffer losses. ”
Lei Dong nodded, doing business, especially long-term business, will indeed pay great attention to reputation. But he also understands that once they take out something that will make them feel very red, and they can easily destroy themselves quietly, they will not mind looking for an opportunity to make a cameo appearance as a robber. Among them, there is a bottom-line problem. There is a good saying, it's not that you don't betray, it's just that the chips for betrayal are too few and the cost is too great.
However, according to the strength and reputation of the Spirit Ghost Pavilion, the risks and benefits of taking risks and killing themselves for the sake of a medium-grade spirit ghost are not proportional. As a result, Lei Dong is also more relieved. Of course, it is also necessary to keep an eye on it and be vigilant. After all, his strength is too weak now.
"That's a middle-grade spirit ghost that the junior caught by chance when he was doing the master's mission. The reason why it was sold was because the juniors were not majoring in ghost control, and secondly, they didn't want to be too angry with the juniors. Lei said a few words quietly, explaining why he wanted to sell it, and vaguely pointed out that he was a disciple of the sect, not a low-level casual cultivator that could be seen everywhere outside.
When Shopkeeper Li heard this, he was a little more enthusiastic, after all, sect disciples and scattered cultivators were indeed very different. However, if a sect disciple, even the lowest-ranking disciple, suffers a loss while walking outside, the sect will definitely take revenge. This is a kind of sect's survival rule, if your own disciples are bullied and don't pay attention to it, and become a turtle with a shrunken head, over time, the centripetal force of the sect will gradually dissipate. If the hearts of the people are strong, the sect will naturally weaken day by day.
Especially since this place is still within the sphere of influence of the Yin Demon Sect. The rest of the nearest one of the other sects seems to be tens of thousands of miles away. It can be seen from this that if this little brother's words are true, he should be a disciple of the Yin Sha Sect. For the behemoth of the Yin Demon Sect, Shopkeeper Li would not even have the intention of offending.
"Brother Chen, please rest assured that the content of this transaction will not be leaked to the outside world. Shopkeeper Li said solemnly: "As for the shopkeeper, the contemptible person will personally deal with it." ”
Lei Dong was slightly stunned, and couldn't help laughing: "Then there is no need, things are not as exaggerated as Shopkeeper Li imagined, just don't publicize it to the outside world." "But in his heart, he secretly wondered, presumably this shopkeeper Li also guessed that he was a disciple of the Yin Sha Sect, otherwise he would not be so cautious. But it doesn't matter, there are more caves in the Yin Sha Sect, and no one will be bored enough to track down themselves for a medium-grade spirit ghost.
Shopkeeper Li was also slightly relieved, after all, it would take a lot of thought to cultivate a smart and clever junior second, and after a little contemplation, he said, "I don't know what price the little brother wants to sell us?"
Before coming, Lei Dong had also carefully explored the price of medium-grade spirit ghosts, and in regular franchise stores like Linggui Pavilion, medium-grade spirit ghosts are also relatively rare things, because they are rare, they usually sell for 1,300 or 400 spirits externally, and they are quite in demand. Lei Dong, who had already thought about the price, said steadily: "One thousand two hundred spirits." ”
Shopkeeper Li's face froze slightly, and he smiled bitterly: "The price of the little brother is a little higher." Although we can get a price of about 1,340 for takeaway, our store is here, and the store rent, taxes, and head expenses are not low. A thousand spirits, the little brother wants to agree to sell, and we will close the deal immediately. ”
"You can't say that, medium-grade spirit ghosts are rare items, and they are in demand. Shopkeeper Li, you took it, and you made it as soon as you sold it for 200 spirits. If you don't do this business, won't you need rent and other expenses for your store? Lei Dong drank tea and talked eloquently. It's not that he's willing to negotiate the price, it's just that such a big deal, coming and going can easily cost dozens of hundreds of spirit stones, which is not a small amount. Although he has the Soul Devouring Tower in his hand and can make medium-grade spirit ghosts, if he sells medium-grade spirit ghosts everywhere without restraint, then his death will not be far away.
You said a word, I said a word, and in the end, the thunderbolt who gritted his teeth and sold 1,100 spirits. This is already four hundred souls more than the estimate before Lei Dong came to this city. I couldn't hold back a little refreshment in my heart, and my spirit stone assets finally reached a thousand.
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