Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 651 - 652 ’Black Market’_1

Chapter 651: Chapter 652 ’Black Market’_1

"Should we give it a try? The feeling of finding a bargain is pretty nice~"

Feng Yuan took out several Gold Coins and handed them to Guo Huai, who hesitated for a while before saying,

"Are you sure you can find bargains?"

"Otherwise, how do you think this black market even works? Aside from a small amount of forbidden items, there are things whose conditions are hard to determine and some odd things that might be dangerous. In addition to that, the organizers also mix some clearly valuable items in and sell them at low prices."

"After all, there can’t be too many of those banned items. They can’t just pile up a bunch of forbidden merchandise; otherwise, the Lord wouldn’t let them off."

"Is that the game the Nobles play?"

Liu Wenli said with a sneer, and Feng Yuan shrugged and replied,

"Pretty much, but actually, everyone needs a place like this, right? For the items that are difficult to handle, slightly forbidden, as for the money those Nobles make on the side, it doesn’t really matter."

"That’s true, give me a few Gold Coins."

Liu Wenli stretched her hand out to Feng Yuan and said. Feng Yuan smiled and handed Liu Wenli a few Gold Coins, then thought for a moment and looked at Mo Li and the others and said,

"Wanna give it a shot together?"

Seeing Feng Yuan distribute all the Gold Coins he had, Mo Li asked with some confusion,

"Don’t you have anything special you need to buy?"

"I still have a little money in my pocket, remember! Don’t buy anything too expensive here."

Feng Yuan warned, noting everyone’s confusion, he lowered his voice and added,

"All the items that are a gamble can’t be too expensive, it’s a rule of the black market. As for the costly ones, they are either dangerous goods or banned items, in any case, not something you can deal with."

"Got it."

Hua Yiyou nodded, now understanding why it was so. Letting ordinary people make a small profit was probably the extent of what the Nobles would tolerate. As for the banned and dangerous goods? The frequency of their transactions definitely couldn’t be that high; otherwise, the Lord would have stepped in to eradicate them by now, after all, nobody knew what others would do with those things.

Glancing at the Mud Monsters that had been dressed up, Feng Yuan said with amusement,

"Those guys, I mean really, is it even necessary to guess who’s behind the scenes?"

"They never intended to keep it a secret, did they?"

Agunas’s phantom disdainfully said, Feng Yuan glanced at an egg-shaped rock and asked,

"What do you think about this one?"

"This looks like it’s just an ordinary rock, isn’t it?"

Agunas’s phantom said while sneakily peering at Delong Tower, who was gleefully playing with a water globe and seemed uninterested in the items here. The stall owner glanced at Feng Yuan but said nothing; the rules here were clear: no touching allowed, and the stall owners are not to introduce or falsely praise the merchandise.

After scanning the items briefly, Feng Yuan quickly lost interest. Agunas’s phantom asked with some confusion,

"You’re not interested in that rock?"

"Dead egg, no use bringing it back."

"Dead egg?"

Agunas’s phantom sounded puzzled. Feng Yuan glanced at the Mud Monster next to him, which was dressed up to the point of being barely recognizable, and said,

"What do you think?"

"Oh, if it’s theirs then it’s useless."

Guo Huai tried hard to scrutinize the item in front of him and complained to his system dissatisfiedly,

(You’re not giving me any info, how am I supposed to appraise it?)

"Ding~ You can search for data based on the appearance and other clues. If the information were directly displayed, what would be the point of the task?"

Just after getting Gold Coins from Feng Yuan, Guo Huai received a system task notification. The task was to select items in the black market whose value surpassed their purchase price, with different material rewards given out based on the completion level. Seeing the rewards that could be taken back to modern times, Guo Huai decisively chose to accept.

However, the system’s appraisal function couldn’t be used on the black market’s goods during the task, which gave Guo Huai a headache. He had thought it would be just a matter of scanning the place and buying the valuable things, but he didn’t expect the difficulty to be so high.

"Ding~ What do you think about that grass? It looks a bit like Silver Lantern Grass."

(Forget it, it’s all withered like that. Even if I bought it, what use would it be?)

"Ding~ I think it’s worth a try."

Hearing the system’s suggestion, Guo Huai was somewhat conflicted as he checked the various materials the system had found for him. He compared them without making a decision. After a while, Guo Huai sighed and muttered,

"Forget it, I really can’t understand this stuff..."

"What are you doing?"

Just then, Feng Yuan happened to pass by and saw Guo Huai’s conflicted appearance, which he found strange. After all, he had told them when he gave the money that it was purely for entertainment and it wouldn’t matter if it was all lost; he didn’t need anyone to repay him.

Guo Huai thought for a moment and then quietly told Feng Yuan about the situation with the task. After listening, Feng Yuan looked at Guo Huai with some surprise and thought for a bit before saying,

"You’re not telling me this because you want me to help you cheat, are you?"

"That..."

Guo Huai gave a sheepish smile and glanced at Feng Yuan. Feng Yuan said in annoyance,

"No chance. Since it’s your task, it’s only natural that I won’t interfere. However, it wouldn’t hurt to occasionally listen to what San Dingzi has to say. At the very least, it got that thing wrong."

"What?"

Guo Huai was startled and looked at Feng Yuan, confused. Shrugging his shoulders, Feng Yuan said,

"That thing is not Silver Lantern Grass; you better keep working at it."

With that, Feng Yuan walked away with Xiao Ji. Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Guo Huai looked at the withered ’Silver Lantern Grass’ with a speechless and helpless expression.

"You’re not planning to buy jewelry, are you?"

Encountering Liu Wenli, who was stopping in front of a jewelry stall, Feng Yuan asked with a smile. After glancing at Feng Yuan, Liu Wenli said calmly,

"No, the value of that stuff is too easy to discern, and the chances of finding anything good are too low."

"Moreover, items from ancient ruins that have dangerous curses are almost certainly jewelry."

"So what do you plan to buy?"

Looking around, Liu Wenli said,

"Just browsing casually. Whatever catches my eye is fine. After all, the money isn’t mine, so I don’t feel pained spending it."

Feng Yuan gave an embarrassed smile and, sweeping a glance at Liu Wenli, she said with some puzzlement,

"What do you plan to buy? Looking for a bargain, or?"

If there was anyone who might be able to discern the true nature of those items at a glance, it would probably only be Feng Yuan. Liu Wenli had no doubt that if Feng Yuan really wanted to find bargains, he would be capable of buying up all the valuable items here in one go.

"Forget it. I’ll just see if there’s anything interesting. As for finding bargains..."

Feng Yuan smiled and did not continue, and Liu Wenli nodded knowingly, saying,

"Right, you’re not someone who lacks that bit of money."

Seeing that Mo Ling and Mo Li were talking about something, while Hua Yiyou was hanging back at a distance, Feng Yuan wisely chose not to disturb them. When Hua Yiyou saw Feng Yuan, he smiled and waved his hand, whispering,

"Did you find anything good?"

"No, at least nothing that caught my interest."

Feng Yuan said, somewhat disappointed, and Hua Yiyou gave a faint smile, saying,

"Are you talking about those with high value, or?"

"Both, I guess. Even items of high value can be misjudged by them. Unless there’s a Divine Beast to assist, no one can be particularly accurate."

"What about Hug-a-Pig?"

After looking at Hua Yiyou, Feng Yuan smiled and said,

"If they want to gather a bunch of things that are especially useful for Hug-a-Pig, then let them."

"That’s true~"

Hua Yiyou remembered the limitations of Hug-a-Pig and laughed, but according to Feng Yuan, it seemed unlikely that any Spirit Beast without divine qualities would have the ability to appraise most items.

Looking ahead at Mo Li and Mo Ling, Feng Yuan asked in a low voice,

"Did you find anything interesting?"

"Not yet, but just being able to leisurely select items with her seems to be a valuable thing in itself."

Sighing, Hua Yiyou said helplessly,

"I really don’t know what the King of Great Li is thinking..."

"Who knows."

Feng Yuan shrugged his hands noncommittally and said, having no clue what those at the Royal Court of Great Li were actually thinking. However, it wasn’t really his concern; as long as history was maintained well without huge changes, that was sufficient.

At this thought, Feng Yuan looked at Mo Li and Mo Ling, who were examining the goods ahead. Was it a bit rash to bring the Maritime People and Aquatic People to the Omeilia Trade Convention? Feng Yuan thought about it but eventually decided not to correct them. It didn’t have a significant impact on him, and there was no need to care so much. He would help if he felt it necessary. Feng Yuan didn’t believe he would be troubled for that reason.