First Visit to the Black Market, Spirit Stone Blind Boxes, and Narration Bullet Comments Reactivated!
10 PM.
At the corner of the entrance to the underground parking garage of the Ninety-Five Commercial Building in Dafeng City, two figures, one fat and one thin, were furtively looking around.
They were both wearing hooded Black Wind; one wore a black Batman mask, and the other wore a dark red Death God mask.
These two people were Wang Daquan and Ling Yi.
The one wearing the Batman mask is Wang Daquan, and the one wearing the dark red Grim Death God mask is Ling Yi.
"Are there really that many people?" Wang Daquan muttered, watching the figures continuously entering the underground parking garage.
"Shall we go back?"
Ling Yi whispered, "Try to speak as little as possible and stay close to me!"
We've come this far, how could we possibly go back?
Seeing Ling Yi walk out from around the corner and quickly blend into the crowd, Wang Daquan hurriedly followed.
Fortunately, everyone was dressed in strange costumes and wearing masks, so Ling Yi and his companions' attire didn't seem out of place.
Throughout the day, Ling Yi also kept gathering as much information as possible about the black market.
There isn't much information about the black market online. After all, the black market isn't a legitimate place, and the authorities wouldn't allow too much information about it to circulate online.
But you can always find some related posts.
However, these kinds of posts are generally not on those major platforms, and they don't get much attention, or rather, they are all subject to traffic restrictions.
Ling Yi painstakingly found several articles introducing the black market, but many of them only briefly mentioned it without providing detailed explanations.
Even so, it's still better than knowing nothing at all.
For example, blind gambling in the black market is a major highlight of all black markets.
Gamble on Spirit Stone, elixirs, equipment, and cultivation techniques.
He can gamble on almost anything.
Blind gambling, also known as gamble, is simply guessing and relying on luck.
For example, when gambling on Spirit Stone, the shop owner will bring out a bunch of boxes that can block Spiritual Sense.
You spend Spirit Stone to buy boxes, and the boxes contain Spirit Stone in varying amounts or are empty, just like opening a blind box.
However, without even thinking about it, there must Daodao a lot of intricacies involved.
The customer may win, but the boss will never lose.
Other forms of blind gambling also follow a similar pattern.
Ling Yi, on the other hand, was aiming for blind gambling.
Whether or not it will succeed depends on how powerful your luck is.
Following the crowd, the two soon arrived at a load-bearing column in an underground parking garage.
Then you see people lining up, walking one by one toward the load-bearing pillar.
Ling Yi carefully observed the movements of the person in front of him, trying not to miss any details.
When someone approaches the load-bearing column, the side facing the group will Light Emission faintly.
Then, the person took out Spirit Stone, pressed it onto the supporting pillar, and the next moment, the person's figure quickly merged into the supporting pillar and disappeared.
The whole process was not much different from the method of entering the black market that Wang Daquan had overheard.
The only difference is the step involving Spirit Stone.
Ling Yi nudged Wang Daquan, signaling him to pay attention to the details.
Unexpectedly, Wang Daquan was trembling with nervousness.
This left Ling Yi speechless. Was it really necessary to be so afraid?
Then, Wang Daquan looked at Ling Yi, slowly shook his head, and then put his only two Spirit Stone into Ling Yi's hand. He nodded to Ling Yi again, turned around and walked outside.
Ling Yi was taken aback for a moment, then he understood what Wang Daquan meant.
He had clearly seen the process of others pressing Spirit Stone as well.
He didn't want the two of them to waste two Spirit Stone, so he chose not to enter.
After all, a Spirit Stone is worth 100,000.
Of course, there's another point: this guy is a bit of a coward. After all, he's just a seventeen-year-old boy.
The oppressive atmosphere at the scene, coupled with the unfamiliarity and unknown he was about to face, made it unbearable for him.
Ling Yi shook his head slightly, muttering to himself, "Perhaps, it's not such a bad thing for Wang Daquan to be an ordinary person."
Without strong mental fortitude, one cannot go far on the path of cultivation.
People entered the black market quickly, after all, it only took a few seconds to pay with Spirit Stone.
Soon it was Ling Yi's turn.
Following the example of the person in front of him, Ling Yi took out Spirit Stone and placed it on the slightly Light Emission load-bearing pillar.
The next moment, a slight pulling force acted on Ling Yi.
Ling Yi did not resist, and following the pulling force, stepped into the supporting pillar.
Immediately following was a slight dizziness. When Ling Yi came to his senses, he found himself in a bustling street that resembled a night market.
"Take a look! Fresh spirit grass from the Ten Thousand Snakes Secret Realm, two Spirit Stone a bundle! That's two Spirit Stone a bundle!"
"Meat of Foundation Establishment Stage Demonic Beast, 1 Spirit Stone for two catties, limited quantity, first come first served."
"New loot from the Ruins and Secret Realms, those in the know, come get it!"
The sudden noise caught Ling Yi off guard. "Damn, this is so unlike cultivation!"
It just feels like it lowers the overall image of the black market.
This instantly dispelled the tension that had been lingering in Ling Yi's Central Plains.
I looked up at the sky; the night sky was beautiful, dotted with Fanxing, and a huge Milky Way stretched across it from north to south.
But this starry sky is unfamiliar.
It is clearly not the Blue Star sky of Earth.
Is this the secret realm?
Ling Yi had memories related to the secret realm in his mind.
The school has specialized teachers who teach about the secret realm.
Secret realms are mainly divided into three categories: ruins secret realms, cave secret realms, and world secret realms.
The Ruins and Secret Realms are ancient ruins of an ancient cultivation sect in an independent space. However, this "ancient" is not the ancient of Blue Star, but the ancient of another world.
As for which world it is, that's unknown.
Although humanity now understands the secret realm quite well, it does not know its origin or why it appeared on Blue Star.
Generally speaking, the ruins and secret realms are the most valuable secret realms.
Most of the martial arts techniques known to humankind originated from ancient ruins and secret realms.
"Hidden realms and secret realms" refers to those blessed lands that produce various cultivation resources.
For example, Spirit Stone come from those hidden grottoes and secret realms.
A hidden world refers to a secret realm, a small world within a small world.
Take, for example, the secret realm where this black market is located.
Ling Yi wandered around the street, dazzled by the sights, and discovered that the black market was actually not very large.
Or rather, this small secret realm itself is not very large.
It's only about the size of a small mountain village.
The surrounding areas were shrouded in a thick, dark fog, and no one knew what lay within.
Of course, Ling Yi wouldn't be foolish enough to test the waters.
After all, there are warning signs at the edge of the secret realm that read "Danger: Black Mist - Do Not Approach, or You Will Bear the Consequences!"
Ling Yi wandered around again, this time examining the Ling Yi more closely.
Ling Yi paid special attention to the stalls where blind betting was conducted.
There are three stalls where you gamble on Spirit Stone, one stall where you gamble on elixirs, and five stalls where you gamble on cultivation techniques.
Of the three stalls where Spirit Stone were gambled on, Ling Yi passed on two of them, mainly because they were too expensive. It cost 10 Spirit Stone to open a blind box, which Ling Yi couldn't afford.
The remaining Spirit Stone gambling stall was much cheaper; one Spirit Stone was enough to open a blind box.
Ling Yi knew the saying "you get what you pay for," but he had no choice.
As for the stalls where you can gamble on elixirs and cultivation techniques, Ling Yi has even less of a chance now.
The minimum bet for elixirs is 50 Spirit Stone, while the minimum bet for cultivation techniques is 100 Spirit Stone.
Ling Yi is currently broke and can't afford to open a car.
At this moment, Ling Yi was already standing in front of a stall where people were betting on Spirit Stone.
The boss was a middle-aged man who looked somewhat thin but had an honest and kind face.
This honest-looking face is very deceptive.
Ling Yi knew very well that anyone who dared to set up a gambling stall was a shrewd businessman.
This person isn't wearing a mask?
Yes, I wasn't wearing one.
Not wearing a mask means either someone has a powerful background or someone no one dares to offend.
Or, his face is fake.
"Boss, this blind box costs 1 Spirit Stone, are they all empty?" Ling Yi asked, glancing at the other party, while simultaneously activating the Narration Bullet Comments.
"Buy if you want, get lost if you don't." The honest-looking middle-aged man glanced at Ling Yi and said coldly.
At that moment, Narration Bullet Comments popped up next to the middle-aged man, and at the same time, a magnetic middle-aged man's voice automatically read the Narration Bullet Comments in Ling Yi's mind in a broadcasting tone.
[ Narration Bullet Comments 10: Hu Bin immediately discerned the cultivation level of the person before him. A youth who wasn't even at the Qi Refining Realm —he didn't think this youth had much potential.]
This Narration Bullet Comments was completely useless and wasted its potential.
[ Narration Bullet Comments 9: Although Hu Bin is a shrewd businessman, he knows that if all the blind boxes are empty, this business won't last long. So, out of these one hundred blind boxes, two contain Spirit Stone.]
After hearing these two Narration Bullet Comments, Ling Yi's brows relaxed a little.
Thankfully, it's not completely empty.
[ Narration Bullet Comments 8: Of these one hundred blind boxes, only the first and second ones in the top left corner contain Spirit Stone. The first one has three Spirit Stone, and the second one has Spirit Stone. However, these two blind boxes are for paid promoters.]
Finally hearing some valuable comments, Ling Yi quickly turned off the Narration Bullet Comments.
Ling Yi bent over, pretending to be carefully examining the blind box.
These blind boxes all have the same design.
The black cesium had a smooth surface, suggesting it was some kind of wood, but Ling Yi naturally didn't know exactly what kind.
Moreover, Ling Yi discovered that it wasn't just this blind gambling stall that had these kinds of blind boxes.
The blind boxes at other blind gambling stalls all look the same.
Clearly, these blind boxes must have a unified supplier.
However, this has nothing to do with Ling Yi.
"Can I choose for myself?" Ling Yi straightened up, glanced at the other person, and asked.
"Whatever!" The middle-aged man shrugged indifferently.
Can I take the blind box with me?
"Okay!" Seeing that Ling Yi was indeed interested in buying blind boxes, the middle-aged man's attitude softened slightly.
Ling Yi took out three Low-Grade Spirit Stone and handed them over, saying, "I'm terrible at choosing things, so I'll just pick the three in the top left corner."
Hearing Ling Yi's words, the middle-aged man was visibly taken aback and asked, "Are you sure?"
"Yeah, choosing things is the most troublesome thing, so these three."
The middle-aged man's lips twitched visibly. He never expected to encounter such a strange person so soon after opening his stall.
Who chooses blind boxes in order of 1, 2, 3?
The reason he placed the blind boxes with Spirit Stone in the first two positions is that very few people choose the blind boxes that are placed earlier.
But this kid doesn't play by the rules!
Damn, we're losing money on our first day of business?
"Kid, you're obviously a newbie. That's not how you choose blind boxes!" Just then, a voice rang out from beside Ling Yi.