Qu Jianlei and the other two chose to browse the stalls outside purely because they had already finished looking through the exchange fair.
Aside from the swordplay manual they had bought, there were also some items that interested them, but notarization was far too inconvenient.
Fortunately, they had basically noted down the forces selling those items and planned to seek them out after the exchange fair ended.
Since they had nothing else to do, they might as well see what else was being sold nearby.
This stroll truly broadened their horizons. The surrounding area looked like an enormous flea market.
Xiangyuan City also had flea markets, and more than one at that, but how should they put it? The feeling was truly different.
Simply put, the flea markets within the city had operated for years, and their order had basically solidified. They felt like Panjiayuan on Blue Star.
But this flea market was different. It had sprung up spontaneously on the spot, and the people selling goods came from all walks of life.
For example, while smugglers also appeared in Xiangyuan City's flea markets, they were generally familiar faces.
If outside smugglers wanted to enter the market, never mind safety concerns—those with vested interests would set up all kinds of barriers first.
But in this market, not only could smugglers enter freely, there were also all sorts of items that looked highly suspicious.
Never mind things that might have been obtained through fraud or swindling; even stolen goods from murder and robbery were not impossible.
What was especially rare was that the market outside was actually no smaller than the one inside.
It was just that more than half the items had nothing to do with Heavenly Demons—the sellers simply wanted to ride the wave of traffic.
But for Qu