Newspaper Boy
Chapter 88 Gamblers Never Prosper
It turned out that he had already seen Lian Sanyue in the memory fragments of Steward Pang.
But on second thought, that mobile phone that could send text messages to curse people was used by Steward Pang to assassinate his colleagues.
In this way, the origin of the item must be concealed. Normal The Way of the Extraordinary have limited ways to obtain items. The Myriad Treasure House, which has a wide variety and abundant quantity of items, as well as excellent reputation, is the best choice.
"Is the guest buying something, buying information, or wanting to go to the black market?" The woman behind the cash register looked up and leisurely exhaled a dense puff of white smoke.
Her voice was lazy and charming, matching the action of exhaling smoke, much like a wealthy woman in the old society smoking opium - lying on the couch, enjoying the tobacco, her voice lazy and pleasant.
Zhang Yuanqing didn't answer. He took off his backpack, opened the zipper, and took out three boxes of limited-edition Cuban cigars.
He put the three boxes of cigars on the cash register counter and smiled:
"A small token of appreciation."
"Oh, it's you~" Lian Sanyue's eyes lit up when she saw the three boxes of cigars. "Li Chunfeng said you are good at socializing, and he's absolutely right. This gift is right up my alley."
This "Oh" made a vivid and clear figure emerge in Zhang Yuanqing's mind -- the landlady of the Dragon Inn.
As for Lian Sanyue seeing through his identity, it was not surprising. He sent cigars to reveal his identity.
Otherwise, why bother asking Li Chunfeng what she likes.
Before Zhang Yuanqing could speak, she squinted her eyes, held a cigarette, and leaned lazily against the back of the chair, smiling:
"You seem to know me?"
Zhang Yuanqing answered truthfully: "I saw you in Steward Pang's memory. He once used that phone to assassinate me."
The woman said "Oh" and flicked the ash, saying:
"Li Chunfeng said you want a melee weapon, a top-quality weapon of the Saint realm, right?"
Zhang Yuanqing nodded.
Lian Sanyue said lazily:
"I don't have any in stock here. Top-quality items of the Saint realm are rare and hard to come by, even for Refiners. I've been lazy recently and don't have the mood or energy to create items for you. If you urgently need one, make it yourself."
Make it myself? Sounds interesting!
Zhang Yuanqing immediately said: "How to make it?"
Lian Sanyue raised the corner of her mouth and held out her hand: "Bring your hand牌."
Zhang Yuanqing took out the wooden hand牌 from his pocket and handed it to her.
"Crack!" Lian Sanyue closed her five fingers and crushed the wooden hand牌. The patterns painted on it, resembling flowers and incantations, did not break, but condensed in the air and quickly spread.
In an instant, the surrounding scenery changed rapidly, and the cluttered and crowded hardware store disappeared.
It was replaced by a bustling market like a vegetable market, except that the stalls were not filled with vegetables, but with all kinds of items, from antiques to home appliances, and from home appliances to daily necessities.
"A space of its own. Is this the internal space of the Eternal Night occupational items abroad, or an illusion created by an Illusionist?" Zhang Yuanqing asked.
"Neither," Lian Sanyue played with a cigar, answering casually:
"This is The Way of the Extraordinary I created, or more precisely, a gang dungeon."
"Oh, a gang dungeon. My horizons are too low. Lian Sanyue's level is probably higher than I imagined." Zhang Yuanqing stopped talking and looked around. Between the stalls were crisscrossing aisles, with people coming and going on the road, at least thirty or forty people.
Some of them wore Monkey King masks, some wore Ultraman masks, and some wore cloaks, a chaotic dance of demons.
The number of The Way of the Extraordinary was neither too few nor too many. There were nearly a hundred people here, including customers and stall owners.
This number has exceeded the total number of official branches in remote areas.
What shocked Zhang Yuanqing the most was that the forty or fifty stalls were filled with a dazzling array of goods, many of which looked like items.
How could a small Myriad Treasure House have so many items?
When did items become like cabbage on the street?
"So many items and materials?" He looked at Lian Sanyue's charming and beautiful face, incredulous.
Lian Sanyue heard the words and raised the corner of her mouth: "You can feel free to look around."
There's still time, the matter of items is not urgent. Zhang Yuanqing nodded and stepped forward. After a period of observation, he took a fancy to an item.
It was a palm-sized golden seal, padded with yellow silk cloth, with a square base and a lifelike golden dragon standing on it.
He curiously reached out to pick it up, but was slapped away by the stall owner:
"You can't look at the properties if you don't buy it."
The stall owner was a middle-aged man with thin cheeks, dark skin, single eyelids, and a treacherous look.
"How do I know if I want to buy it without looking at the properties?" Zhang Yuanqing chuckled. "What kind of item is this?"
"This is a top-quality item I found in the Tang Dynasty dungeon, the Imperial Seal of Emperor Taizong of Tang!" The stall owner raised his chin and said confidently: "You can't buy this item without five million."
Zhang Yuanqing was really唬住 by the words "Tang Dynasty" and "top-quality", but immediately realized something was wrong when he heard the second half. He questioned: "Is the Imperial Seal made of gold?"
The stall owner was stunned.
The atmosphere was silent for a few seconds. Zhang Yuanqing seemed to understand and turned to leave: "Alright, the Imperial Seal of Emperor Taizong of Tang, you can keep it as a family heirloom."
The stall owner hurriedly shouted: "Forget it, at a bargain price, you can take it for five hundred thousand."
But he ignored the Yuanshi Tianzun just now, and now the Yuanshi Tianzun is beyond his reach.
"Boss, let me see this vase."
"You can see it, but pay a deposit of 50,000 first."
"500, take it or leave it. This is not an item, not even a material. It's just junk you picked up in the dungeon."
"Nonsense, this is a vase used by Emperor Kangxi."
"You're awesome, you've even been to the Qing Dynasty dungeon."
"Boss, how much is this gold tray?"
"A tray used by Emperor Gaozu of Han, not a material, not an item, but an antique. One price, six million."
"They already had screws in the time of Emperor Gaozu of Han? Keep it safe, don't break such a valuable antique."
Zhang Yuanqing wandered around for half an hour, sighed, and returned to Lian Sanyue's side, annoyed:
"This is indeed a black market, everyone is a black-hearted maggot."
He understood that most of the items on the stalls were objects that were being resold from The Way of the Extraordinary, not even materials, let alone items.
That's right, how could there be so many items.
Most of the stall owners here only had a small amount of materials, and then put a lot of ordinary objects to make up the numbers, trying to scam one if they could.
In addition, neither the stall owners nor the customers concealed their aura.
After wandering around, he found that there were quite a few Saints here.
Lian Sanyue had a half-smoked cigar in her mouth, and her posture was not vulgar, but rather had an unspeakable elegance. She啧啧 said:
"Many people who come here for the first time will fall into traps and be deceived. You are very smart. Of course, intelligence is the most basic quality of a genius."
After saying that, she walked gracefully forward, crossing the black market.
Zhang Yuanqing followed behind, examining the back of this Refiner. Lian Sanyue's body proportions were excellent, thin where she should be thin, and plump where she should be plump. She walked with a particularly smoky charm.
She gave people the feeling of a landlady of an inn with rich experience in the world, always smiling, without the majesty and restraint of a Master level big shot.
But Zhang Yuanqing knew that this woman was much more dangerous than the elders of the Five Elements Alliance.
Most of the elders were still relatively upright, but she was different. She was of the chaotic neutral attribute.
Passing through the bustling market, he followed Lian Sanyue to an arena. The square broadcast platform was empty, and there were no spectators.
"The weekends are the opening hours of the arena. You can come and watch the life-and-death battles if you have time. If you need money, you can also go up and fight a few rounds." Lian Sanyue said casually.
"Is it very profitable?" Zhang Yuanqing asked.
"Winning a game rewards two million, and the deceased's items are yours. The rule is that only one person can survive." Lian Sanyue exhaled a smoke ring and smiled,
"If Yuanshi Tianzun comes here to fight, there will definitely be a lot of people betting."
While talking, they passed through the arena and stopped in front of a wooden door. Lian Sanyue turned the doorknob.
With a "Crack", as the door opened, a heart-wrenching cry came:
"Give it back to me, give me back my items, you damned thing!"
What's going on, did I enter a wolf's den? Before I came, I looked at my face, and it was clearly auspicious. Zhang Yuanqing poked his head in to look.
He saw two strong men dragging a masked man out.
The masked man shouted hoarsely, repeating: "Give me back my items, give me back my items..."
Lian Sanyue leaned lazily against the door, arms crossed, twisting a cigar, smiling:
"Admit defeat, what's there to cry about, don't be like a man. Same old rules, seal the furnace or not, one million a day."
The masked man cried: "I'm already penniless, seal your mother's furnace."
Lian Sanyue smiled and waved, letting the strong men drag the masked man out.
As the cries faded away, she looked at Zhang Yuanqing with a non-smiling expression and said, "Go in!"
Entering the room, the spacious room had no furniture, and a two-meter-high bronze tripod furnace stood in the center. The elliptical furnace belly was carved with flames, resembling the alchemy furnace of the Supreme Lord Lao.
A half-meter-high iron hammer stood beside the furnace.
Zhang Yuanqing cast an inquiring look at Lian Sanyue, who chuckled:
"It's my shop's treasure."
She motioned Zhang Yuanqing to check the item properties.
Zhang Yuanqing stepped forward and stopped beside the bronze furnace. He placed his palm on the furnace belly, and after a few seconds, the item information appeared:
【Name: Hundred Refinements Furnace】
【Type: Boiler】
【Function: Refining】
【Introduction: A furnace passed down from ancient times. It sank to the bottom of the sea due to a disaster, and was finally found. It is a furnace specially used by ancient powerhouses to refine tools. Countless well-known divine weapons were produced from the Hundred Refinements Furnace. It can decompose everything that can be stuffed into the furnace, including rules. It can also produce everything that can be produced, including rules.】
【Note 1: When using it, you need to sacrifice items or materials.】
【Note 2: 4%】
"A rule-type item?" Zhang Yuanqing hissed. The only thing that can deal with rules is rules.
"And it's the best of the rule-type items." Lian Sanyue corrected, crossing her arms and smiling:
"It can refine the item you want. Using the furnace is free, but you need to buy the firestone to activate the furnace from me, 500,000 for one."
"In addition, you need to provide the items or materials for the sacrifice yourself, or you can spend money to buy them from me."
Zhang Yuanqing frowned and asked:
"Is success guaranteed?"
Most of the items sacrificed are gone. If it's not successful, it's a big loss.
"Did you see Note 2? It needs to accumulate energy. The more items sacrificed, the more energy accumulated. But when it reaches 100%, it will definitely refine a satisfactory item." Lian Sanyue said:
"The higher the quality of the sacrificed items, the higher the points accumulated. But sometimes, an ordinary item can accumulate 50% of the energy, and sometimes an item can only accumulate a little."
"I've seen a lucky guy who refined a top-quality Transcendence realm item with two ordinary Transcendence realm items. So many people like to gamble here, just like that guy just now."
Zhang Yuanqing thought that The Way of the Extraordinary really deserves to be a "game". Strengthening items is late, but it arrives.
Wasn't that masked man a strengthening dog?
"What does 'sealing the furnace' mean?" He asked, pondering.
"The furnace's energy accumulation will last for seven days, and it will be cleared after seven days. Sealing the furnace means that in the next seven days, I will not allow anyone to use it in a situation where you have not succeeded after losing all your money, so as not to make a wedding dress for others." Lian
Sanyue finished speaking, smiling playfully: "Have you thought about it, do you want to gamble?"
Zhang Yuanqing fell into deep thought.
I have many items that I can no longer use. Instead of idling them or selling them, I might as well gamble. Maybe with one or two items, I can refine a top-quality item. Hmm, I have never strengthened more than 10 before. I can't be a strengthening dog in this life. Should I just forget it?
But I really lack a top-quality melee item. The output is not enough. Even if I can sneak attack invisibly, I can't break the armor if I encounter a high defense. And I have a lucky necklace.
Zhang Yuanqing's mind was at war. After a long time, the strengthening dog instinct prevailed, and he nodded:
"I want to try."
Then, he touched the big iron hammer beside the furnace and didn't read the item information. He asked curiously, "What's this?"
Lian Sanyue raised the corner of her mouth: "You'll know its use later."
[Each furnace can only put in one item or material at a time. Each start requires a firestone. During the refining, you put your palm on the furnace and silently recite the item type you want in your heart. If you don't do it, it will randomly refine an item.]
After saying that, she spread out her palm, and a dark red stone appeared in her hand. Zhang Yuanqing first took out the "Lucky Necklace" and put it on before taking the stone. He jumped onto the furnace top, opened the furnace cover, and threw the firestone in. After thinking about it, he took out the Bloodthirsty Blade and threw it in, an item that had accompanied him for a long time, but could no longer keep up with his level.
Then he closed the furnace cover, jumped down, and put his palm against the furnace body, silently reciting in his heart:
"I want a top-quality item in the Saint realm, a melee weapon."
Soon, a hot temperature came from the furnace body, and wisps of purple smoke came out of the air holes on the furnace cover. There was a chaotic sound of "Dang dang dang" inside the furnace, as if someone was forging iron inside.
A dozen seconds later, the noise disappeared, the purple smoke disappeared, and the furnace returned to calm. Zhang Yuanqing glanced at the item properties:
【Note 2: 5%】
A Transcendence realm item only accumulates 1% of the energy? Zhang Yuanqing's face darkened. "Continue!"
This time, he invested the "Observer" glasses. After everything calmed down, he quickly looked at the item properties:
【Note 2: 7%】
"Again!" Zhang Yuanqing was not discouraged.
Beast Speaker.
【Note 2: 15%】
Swordsmanship Master.
【Note 2: 24%】
Hypnosis Box.
【Note 2: 38%】
Two Transcendence realm items and three Saint quality items were exchanged for 34% of the energy.
Zhang Yuanqing opened the item bar. His items included the Yin-Yang Robe, Houtu Boots, Perfect Human Skin, Great Luo Star Disk, Mountain God Scepter, Unyielding Mirror, Sliding Shoes, Swift Gauntlets, and Little Red Riding Hood.
As well as the disguise ring and lucky necklace he was wearing.
Each of these items had a special purpose and could not be sacrificed.
He was silent, silent, and suddenly his expression became ferocious. He picked up the big iron hammer beside him and smashed it on the bronze furnace:
"Damn it, what kind of crap ancient magic weapon is this? It was clearly produced by Tencent. Give me back my items, give me back my items!"
Lian Sanyue didn't stop him, but said gloatingly: "It seems that you have understood the correct use of the hammer."
After a round of crazy hammering, Zhang Yuanqing took a deep breath and looked at the glamorous landlady in the leather jacket, saying: "I want to buy items and materials."
Next, he spent 70 million to buy three Saint realm medium-quality items and a large amount of spiritually rich materials from Lian Sanyue.
He also spent 5 million to buy ten firestones.
The furnace's energy reached 85%.
"Very good, it's 85%." Zhang Yuanqing smiled.
While smiling, he suddenly twisted his face and wielded the iron hammer, outputting a barrage of blows on the furnace: "You damn it, you damn it, I'm going to scrap you today, even Jesus can't save you!!"
At this rate of increase, even if he lost everything, he couldn't reach 100%.
Tears almost flowed out.
Lian Sanyue walked to the furnace and pressed her palm on the furnace belly. After reading the energy storage, she frowned.
"That's not right. So many items and materials were thrown in. Even a Master level item is possible. I've never seen someone as unlucky as you." She looked at Yuanshi Tianzun with pity.
"Bullshit, I'm also wearing a lucky necklace. One more firestone, I'm going to sacrifice this thing." Zhang Yuanqing tore off the necklace with red eyes.
"Lucky necklace." Lian Sanyue raised her eyebrows and smiled, "So that's how it is. Congratulations, congratulations."
Zhang Yuanqing was stunned: "What do you mean?"
Lian Sanyue啧 said: "Sometimes, high cost is also a kind of luck."
Zhang Yuanqing calmed down when he heard this, and thought for a few seconds, understanding what she meant.
It was precisely because of the blessing of the lucky necklace that the furnace's energy accumulation was so slow. This was not bad luck, but a kind of luck.
The Hundred Refinements Furnace was nurturing an extraordinary item.
Lian Sanyue took a sip of the cigar, exhaling dense white smoke, and said, "If you have more money, you can continue. If you don't have money, I suggest you seal the furnace."
Zhang Yuanqing turned from anger to joy and quickly weighed the pros and cons.
He only had more than 10 million left. At most, he could buy another Saint realm item of ordinary quality, and it was impossible to continue the energy to 100%. It was better to keep the money to seal the furnace. It was not good to ask for the items sent to Guan Ya and the others back, too embarrassing.
Seven days, work hard, use Little Doubi's treasure hunting function to collect the items scattered outside by the president of the Merchant Guild. If it doesn't work, I can ask Fu Qingyang for help. Qian Gongzi has nothing but money, at worst, I'll pay my respects.
Thinking of this, he had made a decision and said in a deep voice: "Seal the furnace!"
"Two million a day, seven days, fourteen million." Lian Sanyue's smile was unspeakably charming and moving: "Boss, come again next time."
After paying the furnace sealing fee, Zhang Yuanqing bought another hand牌 from Lian Sanyue, not expensive, 100,000.
He left the Myriad Treasure House with a complicated mood, exhaled a mouthful of Yin energy, and landed to transform into a round and lovely infant with sparse lanugo.