When the Talent Users saw Chen Luo and the others arriving near the Void Gate on a flying carpet—an exceptionally eye-catching mode of transportation—they were surprised that they had come from the newbie village, but still showed a certain degree of enthusiasm.
First, because Chen Luo had generously given every one of them a Healing Cocoon.
Second, because teams made up of S-rank Talent Users were usually quite lavish spenders.
Big (sucker) (fat) (sheep)!
"Hey, Traveler, want to buy a can? Pick one and take a look. I guarantee none of them are empty."
A beautiful young girl with the words "unscrupulous merchant" practically written across her head jumped up and called out to them.
Abyss Channel: Chen Luo, You Abyss Profanity!
Following the rule that protagonists always found hidden treasures at street stalls, Chen Luo chose to inspect that unscrupulous merchant's cans.
But...
"Are you sure none of these cans are empty?"
"Of course."
"...Forget it. Goodbye."
"Hey, customer, don't go."
"Did you see something?" Yun Lian'er asked. She had already been waiting atop a structure resembling an altar at the edge of the Void Gate.
"Maybe not nine empty cans out of ten, but at least one-fifth of them are empty. Another three-fifths won't produce anything valuable, and the last one-fifth only contain emergency supplies. I could make a small profit by buying that remaining one-fifth, but there's no need." Chen Luo shook his head.
The cans that unscrupulous merchant had mentioned were called Misty Canned Food. No one knew what was inside; it was completely random, a little prank of the Abyss Channel.
Although it was impossible to get an artifact from a can, people had genuinely opened high-level items from them before.
But even Liu Huaixi's talent could see through those cans, so Chen Luo could