Chapter 1831 - 1811:
At this moment, Luo Qianqian saw a cute little white fluffy bunny and her eyes lit up: "How about buying this for Nianan to play with?"
Mo: "..." Are you serious? This is a spiritual beast, giving it to a baby to play with?
But it looks sickly...seems like a not-so-noticeable item.
"Uncle, can this bunny be exchanged for a box of Forget Worries Tea House’s limited edition snacks?" Luo Qianqian asked seriously.
"The snacks from Forget Worries Tea House? The one with fifty boxes a day? Alright." Who would have thought the uncle fiddling with a pile of beast cages in front of him would directly raise his head, his eyes full of sparkle. Heaven knows, he’s tried to bid for those snacks five or six times already! Yet each time, his number was already taken long before...
He woke up early, but others woke up even earlier, it’s a complete scam...
Mo was also extremely surprised, this can be exchanged too? If this has become a hard currency... will Luo Qianqian come here often in the future?
He suddenly regretted giving his identity plate to Luo Qianqian, but...since he had given it, he wouldn’t act poorly by asking for it back.
"It’s just this one." When Luo Qianqian took it out, the uncle’s eyes also lit up, but after looking at the dying bunny he frowned and said, "This bunny looks like it’s about to die, Uncle won’t dupe you, I’ll give you a little bird’s egg for free, you can play with it and come back to buy from me next time." With that, he handed a beautiful little blue egg to Luo Qianqian.
The beautiful color made Luo Qianqian like it at first sight.
Luo Qianqian sweetly thanked the uncle, carefully placed the bird egg in the box she was holding in her arms, clearly very happy.
Mo, on the side, was somewhat helplessly amused.
People say there’s no such thing as a good businessman, how can a box of food make a sly businessman so humanized? For ’returning customers,’ they really spare no effort.
But seeing how happy Luo Qianqian was, he didn’t say anything, following her around, just not seeing anything that caught their fancy.
Of course, today’s focus wasn’t the stalls outside, but the black market auction.
Meandering through turns, they arrived at an unassuming alley, Mo casually pulled Luo Qianqian inside, soon seeing what looked like a young man cooling off.
Mo casually handed over two gold coins.
The young man examined them in his hand before stepping aside to reveal a wall behind him, then he pushed open a discreet hidden door.
Luo Qianqian was stunned instantly, and exclaimed, was there a door here? She completely didn’t see it; she thought it was just a wall, what an integrated masterpiece, wasn’t it?
Mo tightened his grip on Luo Qianqian’s hand, this passage was very dark, gradually sloping down, with quite a number of stairs, and at the end of the stairs, there seemed to be bright lighting.
"Be careful." Mo cautiously held Luo Qianqian, they couldn’t take anything out for illumination, after all...let wealth not show, especially at the black market trade.
Don’t mention auction items that could lead to murder or robbery upon acquisition, even if one wanted to auction off something but didn’t get approval as ’currency’ might attract unwanted attention.
So it’s indeed fraught with danger, but in such places, many things that can’t be found outside can be traced here.
You can even disclose what you’re looking for in the final exchange, allowing everyone to trade freely.
Of course, trade is just trade, whether you can maintain ownership of items once you’ve left is unknown.
After the stairs is a sudden opening, a massive underground auction hall accommodating thousands appeared before their eyes, but besides the stage being brightly lit, other areas were dim, you couldn’t even see who was next to you.
But there weren’t many seated now, so Mo pulled Luo Qianqian to sit in the relatively rear area, surrounded by few people.
"Let me know if there’s anything you like." Mo whispered, and skillfully produced a ’carrot,’ handing it to Luo Qianqian.
Luo Qianqian calmly fed the bunny holding the carrot, giving a soft "hmm."
After all...there seemed to be few things she could offer.
Sitting together for a while, they saw a woman in a silver gown walked onto stage, twisting her slender waist, attracting many eyes.
"That’s the secondary auctioneer here, Yin Ji, it seems there are some good things today," Mo commented with familiarity.
Luo Qianqian immediately sat up straight, after all...holding the bunny cage, lying lazily was out of the question.
Soon, the first treasure was presented, to Luo Qianqian’s surprise, the first treasure was actually a woman in a cage...
Mo didn’t release her hand until the auction ended, leaving Luo Qianqian feeling helpless. Though it was a brief glance, she saw the woman wasn’t clothed.
What purpose she was bought for is obvious, women themselves are quite pitiful.
But...
"Isn’t it that many are eager to marry a cultivator? Why is there still buying and selling?" Though ordinary people, it’s surely better than being sold as commodities, right?
Mo paused, then chuckled: "What you said applies to general cultivators, but if this person has a notorious reputation? Those who people meet and then perish? Would such a person still have queues to marry?"
"..." Almost forgot where we were.
"However, there aren’t many such transactions, because first you need spiritual power to appear here, so the female cultivators sold here appear for various reasons, maybe willingly but captured by formidable individuals and not killed, then sold." Mo calmly watched the martial arts secret manual on the stage, such things, they had plenty in the academy, unnecessary for them.
"Huh? Then if bought back to kill the buyer, does it come with after-sales service?" Luo Qianqian was dumbfounded, struggling to imagine powerful individuals obediently becoming slaves.
"That...that’s naturally manageable, you know there’s a soul contract between people and spiritual beasts, right? This is also a contract, can’t betray the master, but I don’t know the specifics." Mo calmly watched the stage.
Then, he successfully bid for two medicinal herbs needed previously, allowing him to breathe a sigh of relief. At least Lin Nianan was without problem.
Subsequently, something appeared that left Luo Qianqian dumbfounded...
Who can tell her why there was a watch here?
And it looked so familiar...
"I have a bad feeling, a sense that something beyond my expectations happened," Luo Qianqian couldn’t help but say.