The Dockside Market

Bone Spike!

Holding the Cold Wind Staff, Gu Xi unleashed a barrage of Bone Spike at the sea, finally confirming that the 3 points of attack power he received this time not only increased the value of his summoned creatures but also his own attack skills.

At this moment, Luna floated back again.

"Grown ups."

"Alright, let's go, Kane. I'll leave this to you."

After greeting Kane, Gu Xi jumped onto the Evil Coffin and headed towards the next dock.

The next dock is the Haunted Dock of the three docks. There is also a ship docked here, but it is different from the ship at the Weird Dock. The ship docked here is obviously a Ghost Ship.

The sailors on the ship had disembarked and were loitering around the dock.

Gu Xi glanced at the sailors and noticed that most of them looked like Skeleton.

When they saw Gu Xi passing by the dock, the sailors would take off their hats and greet Gu Xi.

Since the other party showed no hostility, Gu Xi naturally wouldn't have any conflict with them. After glancing at them, Gu Xi headed towards the Evil Dock.

What kind of ship is coming out of Evil Dock this week?

"The Smuggling Ship has been confirmed by someone in the market. They brought a boatload of liquor, but we didn't take it. The liquor was just ordinary quality, and their asking price was too high."

Luna spends all her time in the Aryadovi City, and she knows everything about the changes in the city.

As soon as Gu Xi asked, she immediately responded.

Upon hearing this, Gu Xi decided against going to the Evil Dock. "Let's go straight to the Dock Market. We still have to go to the tavern later; we have a lot to do today."

Luna didn't say much, and immediately caused a disturbance in front of her.

They bypassed the Evil Dock and the Haunted Dock and soon arrived at the Dock Market, located at the other end of the Dock Area.

This Dock Market is larger than the Dock Warehouse, but it is arranged in a more cluttered manner.

In the market, there are many stalls that are temporarily unoccupied. A chubby Zombie is sitting in front of one of the stalls, idly swatting flies.

Upon seeing Luna leading Gu Xi over, the chubby Zombie immediately stood up.

"My lord, you've arrived."

"Hmm, I came to check. Are you the manager of the Dock Market?"

"Yes, sir, I am the tax collector at the Dock Market. You may call me Darosning."

Gu Xi looked up and glanced at it, while Darosning glanced at the Dock Market in front of him, and the information automatically appeared in front of him.

Building Name: Dock Market

Level: 1 (upgradeable) Features: Resources can be bought and sold in the market (exchange rate depends on market level and quantity).

The Black Market opens every night from 2 a. m. to 4 a. m., where Black Market can buy some different items.

It is permissible to sell treasures for half the purchase price.

Prioritize purchasing Smuggling Ship to transport goods.

[Dock Market Tax Officer: Darosning (Level 1) Characteristic Influence: Money String: Possesses accounting skills and can quickly calculate the highest and lowest price points.

Excellent communication skills: During transactions, you can automatically increase the selling price by 10% and decrease the buying price by 10%.

Black Hand: The chance of dangerous items appearing on the Black Market increases by 35%.

[Note: Darosning's level is equivalent to that of the Dock Market, and he has no combat ability. However, he is immune to attacks within the Dock Market, even if he angers enemies.]

"What an amazing tax officer!"

Gu Xi's eyes lit up when he saw Darosning's attributes.

With his skill level, Gu Xi would definitely be the one taking advantage during the transaction.

"Thank you for the compliment, sir."

"Here, take this. Please change it to Negative Energy for me."

Gu Xi stretched out his hand and pulled out the gold coins he had obtained from the Weird Ship.

While waiting for Luna, Gu Xi examined the gold coins, but they didn't seem to have any effect on communication.

These can only be considered as some pirates' collections.

It's fine as an antique, but it's really not very useful for trading.

Darosning's eyes lit up as he accepted the gold coins Gu Xi offered.

"Sir, are you planning to sell them as a package, or separately?"

"Let's sell them separately. I know we can get a better price if we sell them separately. I only need the Negative Energy right now. You can handle the rest."

Gu Xi immediately saw through Darosning's thoughts.

"Sir, rest assured, leave this matter to me. These are exactly the kinds of things that smugglers love. I'll handle it and get the results today."

As he spoke, Darosning carried the gold coins to a nearby stall.

Without him making any move, all the gold coins were laid out on the stall and put up for sale. A Zombie sat behind the stall, staring blankly at everything in front of him.

Gu Xi walked over and saw that in just a moment, all 317 gold coins had been appraised and their prices had been set. The cheapest gold coin could be exchanged for 3 points of Negative Energy.

The most expensive gold coins can even be sold for 500 points of Negative Energy.

This is almost half a day's worth of Negative Energy income for Aryadovi City.

This price really surprised Gu Xi.

However, he also began to worry whether anyone would be willing to buy it at such a high price.

But Gu Xi didn't expect that after he had only looked around for a few moments, several drunken smuggling sailors and merchants staggered over from the Smuggling Pier.

Upon arriving in Darosning, they exclaimed, "Hey buddy, can't you just lift a finger? We brought a whole ship full of liquor; you can't expect us to come all this way for nothing."

"It's not that we don't want your things, but your price for these drinks is too high. And you've seen for yourself what kind of people we have here—the dead."

"Your wine is not for the dead. If you brought a boatload of corpses, I'd buy it all without a second thought, but not this wine, understand?"

Darosning also looked helpless; he had spoken to these smugglers countless times.

The wine they brought was unsuitable for the dead, but why wouldn't they believe it?

The smugglers were about to say something more when suddenly their eyes lit up.

"Huh, are these gold coins for sale?"

"For sale, do you want it?"

"Of course I want them. These gold coins are of good quality. But look, I've brought so much liquor over, and I don't have much spare cash. Could you perhaps lower the price of these gold coins a bit?"

"How could that be? Let me tell you, I didn't overcharge these gold coins at all. Look at this one, it's a gold coin from the Arotu Empire. You should know very well what that represents."

The Arotu Empire, Sea Ghost Empire —perhaps this is the key to entering the Ghost empire. The price really isn't high.