"Brother Qiyan, I've been meaning to ask. Aren't you afraid someone will steal your train if you just leave it at that church?"
They made their way among the stalls in the square.
Hearing Zhao Lin's question, Ye Qiyan answered without looking up from the silver-white Desert Eagle pistol he was examining.
"It's fine. I've been watching it the whole time."
"Watching it?"
Zhao Lin was puzzled. She couldn't see Ye Qiyan's system Light Screen.
So she also had no idea that the footage transmitted by the Watcher running aboard Ye Qiyan's train remained under his control the entire time.
"This gun is only level 2, right? Do you have anything higher-level?"
Wanderer stared with a pair of dead-fish eyes and answered in a voice so languid it made one wonder whether he might fall asleep standing up.
"You're new, aren't you?"
"What if I am?"
"Oh, no wonder. You don't know the rules of the City of a Thousand Stars yet."
Wanderer yawned and reached inside his clothes to scratch himself a few times.
"The highest-level items the City of a Thousand Stars sells to the public are level 3. If you want higher-level items, you have to join the Great Guild to buy them. Selling items above level 3 anywhere outside those guilds is illegal."
"Why would they have a rule like that? Level 3 items aren't that hard to get, are they?"
Wanderer paused in his scratching and gave Ye Qiyan a strange look.
"You must be pretty lucky, kid. You actually think level 3 items are easy to get? Forget it. Are you buying or not? Buy this gun, and I'll pass on some advice from a veteran."
"How much?"
"Four Train Coins. That's cheap."
Money changed hands, and so did the goods. A hint of