Chapter 52: South Mall

Nanshang City is the largest trading city in the southern area of ​​Nanyunzhou. It is also called the Stone Elimination Cave. In layman's terms, it is the place where spirit stones are eliminated.

It is said that once you enter this place, no matter how many spirit stones you bring, you can spend them all.

This city is also one of the few cities in the southern area that is not under the jurisdiction of Lingxian Sect and Nanshan Sect. Because this city is backed by the Nanzangbao Pavilion, a giant chamber of commerce in the southern region, and the city has the largest Nanzangbao Pavilion branch in the southern area of ​​Nanyunzhou.

It took Zhang Yun two days to get to the outside of this city.

He was stopped by a row of guards when entering the city.

Zhang Yun took out ten spirit stones and the guards let him go.

This is the rule of Nanshang City. As a trading city, you have to trade when you enter the city. Ten spirit stones are equivalent to buying a ticket to the city.

When you step into the city, you will see a gorgeous scene in front of you, and under this gorgeous city area are countless small stalls, and there are stall owners in front of each stall, selling all kinds of items.

Spiritual medicine, elixir, weapons, skills, armor...

Almost everything that a cultivator can use can be found here.

This can be regarded as the characteristic of Nanshang City. There are such trading stalls from the beginning to the end of the city, but the quality of the items sold on these stalls depends on personal eyesight.

Because anyone can spend a little spiritual stone to rent a stall, and it is up to you to decide what items to sell. There will be no special inspection for these. So you have to keep your eyes open when buying things at these stalls.

"Low-grade elixir, Snow Lotus Pill. Quality, poor quality. The efficacy is seriously lost, and it can only exert less than 30% of the efficacy!"

"Low-grade spiritual medicine, White Fire Vine. Year, 5 years. Due to improper handling during picking, the efficacy is seriously lost!"

"Sharp weapon, Water Iron Knife. Quality: General. Black iron stone is used for forging, but the knife maker's level is limited, the blade is brittle, and it may be broken in battle!"

...

Zhang Yun glanced over, and the Immortal Master's Sky Eye brought him a piece of information.

"The Immortal Master's Eye of Heaven is really omnipotent!"

With a smile on his face, he immediately stepped into the street and scanned the area with the Immortal Master's Eye of Heaven.

He could tell the quality of various things at a glance.

He bought all the good things he needed.

He swept all the way like this, and after walking two streets, Zhang Yun found that half of his spiritual stones were gone.

"Oh my God!"

You know, he now has more than 200,000 spiritual stones on him. This includes the spoils of the exchange meeting and the 110,000 spiritual stones he won from the leader of the Nanshan Sect. He has only walked two streets in the South Mall, but he has already spent more than 100,000 spiritual stones.

As an elder, his annual salary is only 2,000 spiritual stones, which is equivalent to spending decades of salary!

"No wonder it is called the Stone Cave!"

Zhang Yun exhaled.

He has to save money next, after all, he has to support two apprentices!

He went all the way to the branch of the South Treasure Pavilion in the city. Although he tried not to buy anything along the way, the things on the stalls that caught his immortal master's eye still made him unable to hold back.

After spending nearly 50,000 spirit stones, he finally reached the gate of the Nanzangbao Pavilion.

"I'll make up for it from here!"

Looking at the luxuriously decorated three-story attic in front of him, Zhang Yun thought to himself and stepped into it.

This time, in addition to buying some cultivation items that he and his two apprentices could use, he also planned to sell some of the hundred-year-old spiritual medicines he had obtained in the underground cave.

There are not many chambers of commerce that are capable of taking these hundred-year-old spiritual medicines. Zhang Yun does not know much about this, but he is sure that the Nanzangbao Pavilion must be one of them.

Although he does not like Mu Wenxuan, the young master of the Nanzangbao Pavilion, he still has to deal with the Nanzangbao Pavilion if he wants to trade in the southern region.

"Welcome!"

As soon as he entered the pavilion, he heard a clear and pleasant voice like an oriole coming from both sides.

There were two rows of young and beautiful women wearing low-cut cheongsams, all bowing and smiling at him.

Zhang Yun couldn't help but shiver at the sight of the white flowers, and walked straight inside without looking around.

"What do you need, sir?"

Just after walking between the two rows of girls, another woman wearing the same cheongsam, but more mature, came over.

Although Zhang Yun was dressed tightly, the woman didn't care, with a smile on her face that made people feel like spring breeze.

Zhang Yun glanced at the other party, "I want to sell some top-grade spiritual medicine!"

"Some top-grade spiritual medicine?"

The mature woman's eyes lit up slightly, and she quickly made a "please" gesture: "Please follow me, sir!"

Zhang Yun nodded and followed the other party inside.

There was a wide hall on the first floor of the attic, with many counters in the hall, and the flow of people coming and going was not much different from the streets outside. And every guest who came in had a cheongsam woman leading the way.

Zhang Yun looked at her and nodded slightly.

There is a reason why this Nanzangbao Pavilion can be so big, at least there is nothing wrong with the service.

The mature woman took him up the wide stairs to the second floor, and many people around were going up to the second floor.

When he arrived at the second floor, he saw that almost all of these people were led in one direction.

Zhang Yun was curious: "Where are they going?"

"Guests, they are going to the auction venue. Today is the day of our Nanshang branch's March auction!" The mature woman answered with a smile.

"Auction?"

Zhang Yun raised his eyebrows and immediately asked: "Then can my spiritual medicine be put on the auction?"

If his hundred-year spiritual medicine is auctioned, it will be much better than selling it directly. Although the organizer will take a part of the commission, the rarer and more precious the items are, the higher the price they can fetch at the auction.

For example, the market price of the Infant Pill is 100,000 spiritual stones, but if it is auctioned, it may be possible to fetch 150,000 spiritual stones, or even 200,000 spiritual stones.

The reason is simple, scarcity is king!

Needless to say, the scarcity of hundred-year spiritual medicine.

"This..."

The mature woman hesitated and said, "If the guest wants to put the item on the auction, it needs to be evaluated by our sect leader in advance. But now the auction is about to start. If it is just an ordinary high-grade spiritual medicine..."

She didn't say anything else, but her meaning was very clear.

Zhang Yun said, "What if it is a hundred-year-old high-grade spiritual medicine?"

"Hundred...hundred years?"

The mature woman's eyes suddenly widened, and she hurriedly said, "Still treat me...Dear guest, please follow me!"

She hurried forward, and her posture was obviously more respectful.

Zhang Yun didn't care, and followed her all the way to a door. The mature woman knocked on the door gently.

"Come in!"

Soon a voice came from inside.

"Dear guest, please!"

The mature woman pushed open the door and made a 'please' gesture to Zhang Yun.

Zhang Yun nodded and walked in.

The room was very spacious, with a red animal skin carpet on the floor, a coffee table and a circle of sofas inside, and a desk next to it. At this moment, standing next to the desk was a middle-aged man wearing a gorgeous robe, with a clean and neat face and meticulous appearance.

"Deacon Lin, this distinguished guest has a hundred-year-old top-grade spiritual medicine that he wants to add to this auction as an item!" The mature woman spoke immediately.

"Hundred-year-old top-grade spiritual medicine!?"

Deacon Lin, who had not paid much attention to it, had a condensed look when he heard it, and hurriedly looked at Zhang Yun, not paying attention to his tightly wrapped clothes, and asked politely: "May I know what the distinguished guest's name is?"

"Yun."

Zhang Yun said a word lightly.

"So it's Mr. Yun, please sit down!"

Deacon Lin nodded, stretched out his hand to gesture to the sofa, and glanced at the mature woman at the same time.

The latter immediately left the room after understanding.

Zhang Yun was not polite, and sat down on the sofa. Seeing that the other party wanted to make tea, he waved his hand: "Forget the tea, just take a look!"

He took out three brocade boxes from the storage ring.

"Okay!"

Deacon Lin put down the teapot and was surprised to see the three brocade boxes in front of him. Are there three hundred-year-old spiritual medicines?

He opened one of them a little.

A faint fruity fragrance came out. Seeing the earthy yellow fruit inside, Deacon Lin was refreshed: "Is this... a hundred-year-old earth spirit fruit!?"

Zhang Yun nodded. He was not too surprised that the other party could call out the name of the spiritual medicine at a glance.

To become a deacon of a large chamber of commerce like the Southern Treasure Pavilion, you basically have to master some skills. The one in front of you is probably a treasure appraiser!

"It's an earth spirit fruit, but the year is one hundred and ninety years to be exact!" Zhang Yun said lightly.

"One hundred and ninety years?"

Deacon Lin raised his eyebrows, looked at it carefully, and said apologetically, "Sorry, Mr. Yun, I am shortsighted!"

"No problem!"

Zhang Yun waved his hand: "Continue to look at the remaining two. Your auction should be about to start, right? Hurry up!"

"Okay!"

Deacon Lin nodded.

"Hundred-year-old heavenly fragrant grass? Hundred-year-old three-leaf water chestnut?"

After opening the two brocade boxes and taking a look at each, Deacon Lin couldn't help but open his mouth slightly, and soon realized something: "This... these are all nearly two hundred years old!?"

Zhang Yun nodded and said, "Let's evaluate it!"

"Mr. Yun, this auction is divided into two stages. This earth spirit fruit can be put in the finale of the first stage. What do you think?" Deacon Lin said.

Zhang Yun waved his hand: "You can arrange the auction order. Let's talk about the commission!"

"As for the commission..."

Deacon Lin pondered for a moment and raised three fingers: "I'll take 3% from you. What do you think?"

"Okay!"

Zhang Yun nodded.

The general commission for an auction is 10%, and the proportion of some high-value items will be reduced. 3%, it is considered very fair!

As for taking out only three high-quality spiritual medicines, it is because of the consideration that things are rare and valuable. The most rare thing about hundred-year-old spiritual medicines is that they are rare. If too many appear at once, the value will be suppressed.

Three, no more, no less!

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