"Buzz"
After talking to the gossipy little girl Jasmine, Jiang Xia gently rubbed the communication stone, and the scratches on it lit up in the dark room.
It lit up Jiang Xia and Ruyue's eyes.
This thing is amazing.
It must be some kind of magical weapon, but it does not require spiritual power to activate.
Jiang Xia quickly confirmed it by comparing the marks on the communication stone with the Mohist talismans recorded in the "Heavenly Secret Ink Book" in his chip data.
On the communication stone in front of you, there is a small magic circle that can automatically absorb spiritual energy from the outside world.
However, the knowledge of Mohist talismans was ten or a hundred times more complicated than the imprint of the Red Moon World's Spirit Possession Technique that Jiang Xia had just obtained, so Jiang Xia could only distinguish the magic circle, but it was difficult for him to analyze and understand its principles.
But that doesn't matter.
After he went to Mo Shuang Mountain, he had plenty of time to slowly learn this obscure and complex knowledge.
Jiang Xia placed the activated communication stone on the cut desk in front of him.
He said nothing.
Just staring at it, waiting for the connection and response.
Ten seconds later, an angry and hoarse voice that could not be distinguished between male and female came from the vibrating communication stone.
"Who is this? Do you still have any sense of public morality? It's late at night, can't you let me rest? Do you understand the rules? We still have to practice tomorrow, you bastard!"
"Hello."
Jiang Xia deliberately raised his voice and said:
"Excuse me, are you doing business here?"
"nonsense!"
The message stone said rudely:
"You can get the communication stone, don't you know what we do? Stop talking nonsense, do you want to buy or sell?"
"Liu Bao is dead."
Jiang Xia answered the question irrelevantly:
"I snatched this stone from you. Is that okay?"
"Who is Liu Bao? Does his life or death have anything to do with us?"
The person on the other end was probably woken up from sleep or meditation. Every word he said was filled with anger, and he looked like a real argumentative person.
He or she said in an angry voice:
“I don’t know how many of these broken stones have been given away over the years. When we do business with you, we never ask who you are, let alone how you got the broken stones.
You look like a newbie.
I'm just going to tell you the rules, listen carefully."
The voice on the other end of the communication stone calmed down a little, probably recovering from her morning grumpiness. She said in a formal, emotionless tone, like a stick reading:
"The first rule of the Hongyan Society is that the existence of the Hongyan Society must not be mentioned under any circumstances."
"Second, the Hongyan Society does not exist."
"Third rule, time is precious, don't ask too many questions, if you want to make money or have something you want, just be pure, understand?"
"Um."
Jiang Xia really appreciated this straightforward style. He nodded and immediately got into character, saying:
"I have some very hot things that cannot be seen in public..."
"Is it for mortals or for monks?"
The man rudely interrupted Jiang Xia and said impatiently:
"If it's something that mortals use, go to the capitals of your respective countries. There are black markets and ghost markets open regularly . Don't waste my time."
"Of course it's used by monks. Uh, mortals can use it, too."
Jiang Xia was not angry.
He said slowly;
"I don't want to reveal my identity, nor do I want to be targeted by the Immortal Alliance. Can you, the Hongyan Association, guarantee the safety of the transaction?"
This sentence is actually nonsense.
The fact that Liu Baoneng, as a mortal, was able to buy a monster from the "Hongyan Society" to help him in the battle actually shows how powerful this organization is.
They dare to openly violate the principles of the Immortal Alliance. From what they said, this business has been going on for a long time and has not been eradicated by the Immortal Alliance, which shows that they have ways to hide themselves.
Or maybe he is from a very powerful background, with connections everywhere.
Jiang Xia's procedural inquiry immediately attracted ridicule from the other party.
"Haha, you newcomers are all like this, so annoying, always thinking that the things you have can be sold at a high price.
Little do people know that there are so many natural treasures in this world!
You frogs in the well are so stupid that I have to explain myself every time. When the Immortal Alliance didn't even exist, we were already familiar with the black market business.
Let me tell you this.
The Immortal Alliance was established right under our noses, do you understand?
We will take the treasures promised by the Immortal Alliance.
We also accept treasures that the Immortal Alliance does not allow.
No matter whether you are committing murder or robbery, as long as you are willing to do it, no one will ask any questions. Of course, I also know that there are many self-willed fools in this world.
So it's up to you to decide.
I don't have time to persuade you.
Also, these explanations are not given in vain. Regardless of whether you sell anything or not, I will charge you ten immortal coins for these words!"
"So domineering?"
Jiang Xia replied with great interest:
"What if I disobey your rules and spread your affairs everywhere?"
"hehe"
The person on the other side laughed maliciously twice but did not answer.
Obviously.
They are not afraid.
“Okay, no more jokes.
I really have something to sell, but this thing has never appeared before in Kumu Realm. I can tell you that it is a really good thing, but I can’t tell you the price.”
Jiang Xia took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, lit it with a lighter, and asked in the smoke-filled dark room with only one lamp.
"What should we do in this situation?"
There was no immediate answer from the other side. In the silence, Lao Jiang glanced at Ruyue who was sitting in the corner of the room. The latter was already a little restless.
The boss said these things without hiding anything from her.
Kisaragi is a very smart woman.
She knows.
When a person doesn't hide his secrets in front of you, it means that he thinks you are in the same group with him.
It's certainly a good thing that the boss treats her as one of his own.
But as a prostitute, Ruyue's mother instilled in her a cautious concept since childhood, that is, as a servant, the less she knew about the secrets of the master's family, the better.
Ruyue didn’t know what her boss was going to do tonight, but it was obvious that after her boss finished his work, she would also face some “choices”.
There are only two kinds of people who won't reveal secrets.
One of our own.
And... dead people.
Jiang Xia didn't know that his casual glance could cause such waves in Ruyue's heart. Seeing Ruyue's face getting paler and paler, he wondered if he had scared the girl.
No way.
Is this prostitute so timid?
"Send a sample over so I can take a look."
The person on the other side of the communication stone was in a bad mood just now when he heard that there was business to be done, but in just a few breaths, he immediately became gentle and enthusiastic.
She said:
“We have a professional appraisal craftsman here who can definitely give you a fair price, but you have to pay for the first appraisal.
You also have to pay for transportation.
Tell me the location."
"Eastern Land, Fengming Country."
Jiang Xia gave the location, flicked the ash off his cigarette, and said:
"I'm telling you in advance, that thing is special. When you identify it, it's best to find someone in good health. I don't want to cause a lawsuit involving a murder.
Also, who is the contact person?
How can I give you things?"
"Hold the message stone."
The other side said:
"Don't use spells or magic weapons to conceal your aura. Relax your guard and don't be afraid. We are just doing business, not bad people.
Then count to three...
Three, two, one, done!
Turn your head and look to the left!"
Jiang Xia turned his head and looked. A few meters away from him, a circular funnel-shaped light circle was quietly expanding in the darkness, emitting a faint blue light.
It's amazing.
"Throw something in here."
The man opposite yawned and said:
"Hurry up, I need to catch up on some sleep."
"Your communication stone can locate."
Jiang Xia stood up, walked around the circle of light a few times, and said in amazement:
"No wonder you're not afraid of me revealing the secret. If I don't know what's best for me, will a bolt of lightning fall from the sky and smash me into dust?"
"Yes~"
The person on the other side laughed and said:
“We could do that, but we don’t have to.
In business, harmony brings wealth. We, as practitioners, are all reasonable. Under normal circumstances, we don’t use this method, and it is also used to bluff people.”
The man said directly:
“As long as you spread your divine consciousness and conceal yourself a little, the communication stone will not be able to detect your location and aura, so don’t be afraid, we will not use this method to harm our guests.
That would do us no good except to damage our reputation.
Hurry up and bring the goods in, and by the way, settle the fees, including the introduction fee, transportation fee, and appraisal fee, a total of fifty-five ten-degree immortal coins."
"Wait a mininute."
Jiang Xia rubbed his left ear.
After a few breaths, the silly monster rubbed his eyes and jumped into the yard with a bag of ashes. Liu Hui was still wearing a long cloak, and it stood outside the window.
He looked at Jiang Xia curiously, and became more and more nervous at the edge of the room. He scared himself, and his face became paler and paler, with sweat oozing from Ruyue's forehead.
And the blue hole-shaped halo around Lao Jiang.
It threw its paw and the ashes were thrown into Jiang Xia's arms. The silly monster seemed to have no interest in the halo. It waved its paws, yawned loudly, and turned back to rest.
"I'm short of money."
Jiang Xia tossed the ashes in his hand and said to the communication stone:
"These fees can be deducted from the payment for this bag of goods. I think your business is so big that you shouldn't take my sample for free."
After saying that, he threw the ashes into the funnel of the aperture.
A dissatisfied snort came from the communication stone, saying:
"Wait, it will be ready soon."
Jiang Xia shrugged and watched the aperture of the funnel close.
He leaned back comfortably on the armchair, put his feet on the edge of the desk, and retrieved the information about the spirit possession technique in the Red Moon World from the chip data, and began to study it carefully.
At the same time, he stretched out his finger and hooked it at Ruyue who was almost scared to death.
The latter jumped up suddenly as if he was equipped with a spring.
"come over."
"I have something to say to you. Don't be nervous. I'm not attracted to your body. You look innocent, but what are you thinking about all day long?
Down to business!
Do you understand?
I want to talk to you about business."
——
Thousands of miles away, in a sect located in a fairy mountain under the moon.
The towering suspended tower is quietly bathed in the moonlight. The nine-story tower, which is full of fairy air, is suspended in the air on all sides with thick chains and connected to the four side peaks.
Looking down from the clouds, you can see a flattened floating island with endless ancient buildings standing on it.
Built on the mountain, it is quiet and illuminated by lights.
And further down, there is a pool of dark water.
Like a three thousand feet long rolling silver light, it rushes down from under the floating island in the shape of a waterfall and falls around the fairy mountain. The whole place is filled with rippling clouds and mist under the night sky, making this place look like a fairyland.
"Sly and cunning."
In a room at the bottom of a high tower in the black clouds, a fairy wearing a fairy dress was complaining while lazily leaning against the headboard.
Next to him was a dimmed communication stone.
Looking closely, there were nearly a hundred identical communication stones densely packed on the seven-layer wooden cabinet next to her.
This scene looks very much like an operator's workbench.
The fairy, who looked young and had chubby cheeks, yawned loudly and took an antique funnel from her hand, which was obviously a magic weapon.
Judging from the aura it exudes, it might even be a magic weapon.
She reached in, took out the bag of ashes from the funnel, opened it and took a look, then immediately frowned.
That person is a big boaster, saying that everything he says is definitely a good thing.
But this pile of ashes before my eyes...
Although it has spiritual energy attached to it, its appearance is really average. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a top-quality treasure. I am really unlucky. I guess I have met another newcomer who is ignorant of the immensity of the world.
well.
I have been really unlucky in the past few years.
I have not been able to discover a potential big client. If this continues, my contribution to the ancient organization of Hongyan Society will be embarrassing.
There are many ambitious junior brothers and sisters in my own sect who are trying their best to get into this group. If I don't work hard, I'm afraid I will be expelled.
That would be so embarrassing.
"Senior Sister Qiuli, are you asleep?"
The fairy looked out the window sadly.
But the work that needed to be done still had to be done. She got up and walked out of the room, knocked on the door of the next room. The door opened, and a tall woman in a loose white dress and a Taoist bun appeared in front of her.
With a gentle smile on her face, she asked:
"Xiao Ya'er, what's the matter?"
"There's a new person here, and he brought some samples that I can't price. Please trouble me again, Senior Sister."
Junior Sister Xiao Yaer with a round face smiled apologetically and handed the ashes in her hand to Senior Sister Qiuli, who took it and looked at it, frowning and said:
"This thing is very strange, how do you use it?"
"The man said to burn it with fire and then touch it."
Junior Sister Xiao Yaer followed her gentle, beautiful and charming senior sister into the room.
The senior sister has an exquisite family-inherited skill in identifying treasures. Unlike her junior sister who has just joined the Hongyan Society and is still in the probation period, the senior sister has already been a formal member of the society.
I am highly valued by the senior sister.
"Wait a moment."
Senior Sister Qiuli has a gentle personality.
She picked up the gauze gloves used for treasure appraisal, and then picked up a few defensive magic weapons, put them on, and observed the ashes very professionally.
He stretched out his hand, and a string of flames popped out, igniting the ashes.
As the red light rose, the expression on the senior sister's face became more and more serious. She activated her defensive magic weapon, stretched out her hand, and touched the embers for an instant, and her face turned red.
"ah!"
The senior sister clenched her teeth and her slender body trembled, obviously enduring great pain. This scene frightened Xiao Yaer, and she immediately went forward to help.
But he was stopped by his senior sister.
"Don't come over here!"
Sister Qiuli had beads of sweat on her white forehead and said:
"This ash is strange. It doesn't kill, but its pain affects both the soul and the body. Even a cultivator like me can't resist it. Don't come over...
Huh?
wrong……"
Senior Sister Qiuli is a cultivator in the divine realm and has a magic weapon to protect her, so the pain came and went quickly. After only ten breaths, Senior Sister's expression became strange.
She looked at the ashes dissipating before her eyes, then glanced at Xiao Yaer who had a confused look on her face, and then stretched out her slender jade fingers.
"boom"
A ball of fire bloomed in the hands of the senior sister.
It also changed with her mood, transforming into a horse, a flying eagle, and a flaming phoenix, circling around her vividly, and finally turned into flames and dissipated.
She picked up the bag of ashes, on which were written three words in ink: Swiftness, Many Eyes, and Fire Control.
"This should refer to the three magical powers that can be obtained from this precious medicine. It seems that I am lucky and got the most useful fire control magical power...
It is very weak, the flames are not even as powerful as the Qi training realm, and its magical power is not very stable, so it will take a lot of time to adapt and practice. "
Senior Sister raised her head, her beautiful eyes full of solemnity, and said to Junior Sister Xiao Yaer who looked surprised:
"But even so, magical powers are still magical powers, and they are still extremely rare."
"You really found a treasure this time, Junior Sister."