Where does that wicked woman get her conscience?

Chapter 223 The Trading Floor

"Thank you for teaching that ungrateful person a lesson earlier, young lady." As soon as he left the merchant guild, Zhao Gui cupped his hands in thanks.

Guan Xun didn't say anything, just casually waved his hand: "Your chamber of commerce is quite large."

"That's natural. Although the Fengyun Chamber of Commerce isn't the largest in Zhongtan Holy City, it's still considered above average."

"Hehe." Guan Xun asked with a smile, "Does your merchant guild sell any rare or unusual items?"

Zhao Gui was taken aback, then shook his head and said, "The Chamber of Commerce mainly focuses on escorting goods; buying and selling items is not within its scope."

"Is there something you're looking for, young lady? If it's convenient, please tell me, I might have heard of it."

"Something that can be disguised."

"Disguise?" Zhao Gui was a little puzzled. Who would bother with that for no reason? But then he thought that if the girl was so beautiful, she would definitely have to cover her face if she wanted to keep a low profile and not attract attention.

Presumably, wearing a veil is inconvenient, so they sought a way to disguise themselves...

He stroked his chin and said, "Disguise items are indeed rare. I have heard of such secret techniques, but they are all in the hands of experts. As for where they are... I don't know either."

"Is that so?" Guan Xun couldn't help but feel somewhat disappointed.

Zhao Gui pondered for a moment, then quickly came up with another idea: "Although I don't know where to find them, there is a place that specializes in selling rare items. You might come across all sorts of strange things there. If you're lucky, you might actually find what you're looking for."

"Oh?" Guan Xun raised an eyebrow. "Where?"

"Underground trading venues".

……

The underground trading market in Zhongtan Holy City is the largest trading area in the city.

Unlike other trading venues or auctions, which are often chaotic and of mixed quality, this trading venue could be considered top-tier if it were to be ranked in different categories.

Its location is in the heart of the holy city, with nearly a hundred entrances connecting to various areas of the city, thus attracting a large influx of people.

For this reason, the place is heavily guarded at all times, and incidents of murder, robbery, or fighting are extremely rare. Anyone who violates the rules will be permanently banned from entering.

This trading place is also unusual; it only accepts barter, and gold coins are completely useless here.

As Zhao Gui walked, he explained the various aspects of the trading market to Guan Xun.

We soon arrived at the nearest entrance.

The words "Underground Trading Market" were carved in bold, flowing characters on a wooden plaque. The entrance was heavily guarded on both sides, creating a very solemn atmosphere.

“Underground trading venue,” Guan Xun murmured, looking at the signboard.

"Hehe." Zhao Gui next to him nodded with a smile, and couldn't help but sigh, "I haven't been here for many years, and it really hasn't changed at all."

The two didn't linger for long. When they tried to go in but were stopped by the stern guards, Zhao Gui stepped forward and registered: "We are from the Fengyun Chamber of Commerce."

After seeing Zhao Gui's identification, the guards stopped stopping them and let them in.

Beyond the main gate was a spacious and brightly lit staircase passageway, where one could faintly hear a noisy and bustling atmosphere.

Continuing downhill, before long, as the lights became increasingly bright, an extremely spacious hall came into view.

The stone platforms of all sizes are crisscrossed, without any order, as if they were randomly thrown out.

The countless sellers were also lazy and didn't look like business people at all.

Even Guan Xun was somewhat surprised by this scene.

Zhao Gui seemed to see her confusion. Looking at the dense crowd, he smiled and explained, "These people are all carrying rare items they don't need, so they set up a small stall to try their luck and see if they can exchange them for what they want. They're not really vendors."

"If you, young lady, are also interested in this, you can choose any deserted stone platform and wait for the item that is destined to be yours."

I see. No wonder these people all seemed indifferent. They didn't have anything they wanted, so naturally they weren't very interested.

Guan Xun nodded slowly: "Let's go take a look."

After saying that, he began to wander among the vendors with great interest, looking for what he wanted.

Seeing that Guan Xun had taken the lead and was in high spirits, Zhao Gui swallowed back what he wanted to say and followed closely behind.

However, wandering around this crowded hall took quite a bit of time. Guan Xun spent about half an hour looking around, but not only had he not seen the whole hall, he also couldn't find anything that caught his eye.

There wasn't a single rare item among them, not even low-grade pills or potions, or common spiritual herbs.

The quality of the produce wasn't even as good as what she could pick by wandering around in the dense forest.

"This is the place you said you could find rare treasures? The stuff is really... tsk." Guan Xun's words revealed unspoken disdain.

Zhao Gui shook his head helplessly: "The underground trading market has three floors. If you want really good stuff, you have to go to the bottom two floors to find it."

"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Guan Xun was speechless.

"Hehe." Zhao Gui chuckled twice. "I didn't have a chance to say anything because I saw you were quite interested."

"Let's go, if we go a little further ahead, we can go down to the second level."

The number of people on the second basement level was less than on the first level, but it was still crowded.

Even from a distance, Guan Xun could see that the goods on the stalls were of higher quality than those on the first floor.

After what she had just experienced, she was too lazy to walk any further. She looked around and went straight to the rest area next to her to sit down.

Seeing this, Zhao Gui asked in confusion, "Miss, aren't you going to go see?"

Guan Xun waved his hand and slowly closed his eyes: "No need for that trouble."

As soon as he finished speaking, his consciousness left his physical body and walked far away.

Snow lotus seeds, exquisite crystals, immortal herbs, cashews, flame spirit leaves... all sorts of rare spiritual herbs and medicines are on display.

Many people were looking at the items they had chosen and negotiating the terms of the exchange with the stall owner.

Guan Xun's divine sense swept over it, glancing at it a couple more times with little interest.

A man in a blue robe suddenly stopped his transaction with the stall owner, turned his head to look in the direction where the divine sense had left, and frowned.

"Young master? Shall we change?" the servant beside him suggested.

The man in the blue robe then looked away and smiled as he discussed the transaction with the stall owner, but he was no longer as focused as before.

He just now... felt a powerful divine sense brush past him, and it seemed to have a strange sense of familiarity.

……

After wandering around for a while without finding what he wanted, Guan Xun was losing patience.

Just as she was about to turn back, she caught a glimpse of a snow-white figure in the narrow corner.

The flickering firelight cast a shimmering, white shadow on the ground.

Although there are monsters for sale here, such beautiful ones are extremely rare.

Is this... a ghostly white deer?

No, that's not right.

Guan Xun walked over, tilted his head to look, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Is that it?!