Chapter 803: Chapter 803: Exotic Treasures Market
Chen Guan was puzzled, and he did not imdiately head towards that market. Instead, he used his Sharp-Hearing Ear and Thousand-Mile Eye to observe from a distance.
Soon, Chen Guan discovered sothing suspicious about this market. Although the stall owners selling things were all humans.
Even when they sold their goods, they still showed no expression of joy, looking rather troubled even.
And the people buying their stuff likewise showed no affection towards the items or happiness after purchasing.
"What’s going on with these people? The buyers and sellers hardly say a word, enquiring, haggling, and dealing like robots with none of the expected atmosphere of a market; their emotions seem off," Chen Guan frowned slightly as he failed to catch any useful information from their conversations.
He felt like these people weren’t alive doing business, more like the dead from ghost movies trading.
But from Chen Guan’s point of view, these people absolutely weren’t dead; there were no issues with the living aura on them.
"What is really happening here? Where did these people co from?" Chen Guan felt puzzled.
One thing was certain: this place was under the territory of the Asura Without Tears. Having such a bizarre human market here couldn’t be unrelated to the Asura Without Tears or its subordinates.
Hundred Herbs Valley belonged to the Hundred Herbs Monk, but the market was just outside the valley entrance. Theoretically, it didn’t seem like Hundred Herbs Monk’s domain, and it could also be under the rule of the Evil Luo King. The location was sowhat sensitive, arguably a no-man’s land, making it hard to say which side it belonged to.
Since he couldn’t see any issues with the people, Chen Guan decided to observe the goods they were trading.
The stall owners weren’t just selling; they were also buying. People strolling the market weren’t all buyers; so brought items for the stall owners to appraise for sale.
After observing for a while, Chen Guan noticed that whether buying or selling, the goods were all of a single category.
"Having such a Heavenly and Earthly Treasures market here, and the treasures up for trade don’t look like ordinary stuff, it’s hard not to suspect these treasures might co from the Hundred Herbs Valley."
Chen Guan pondered silently, "Yet the Heavenly and Earthly Treasures in the Hundred Herbs Valley are under the managent of the Hundred Herbs Monk. Who could have gotten so many treasures from him unless he’s stealing from himself?"
With this line of thought clear, Chen Guan continued to think and observed various behaviors of the humans trading, leading to so new hypotheses.
"If these Heavenly and Earthly Treasures have shady origins, and both buyers and sellers don’t want their involvent known, they’d have to use others to buy for them. This ans both buyers and sellers are re puppets, possibly even forced into it, explaining their expressions," Chen Guan reasoned.
"I wonder who’s behind this market. Is it humans or Secret Spirits? Being able to create this in such a place, it doesn’t seem like the handiwork of an average Secret Spirit. Such high-level trickery requires extre intelligence," Chen Guan leaned towards believing humans were involved, as Secret Spirits, even if intelligent, rarely sched so deeply, unlike humans."
Chen Guan felt that even if the mastermind here wasn’t human, there must be human involvent.
He continued observing from a distance for a while, further confirming his suspicions.
This market had no managers, only human brokers, with people coming and going ignoring each other. Once they sold or bought their goods, they’d quietly leave the market without delay.
"The sellers and buyers here don’t wish to reveal their identities, which gives
a chance. I just need to disguise myself as a human broker to enter the market and select so useful Heavenly Treasures," Chen Guan had already spotted a few items while observing.
Many of these Heavenly Treasures were rare objects even he hadn’t seen before.
After all, this was the Great Cave Heaven. Even in Spirit Devouring God’s garden, the variety wasn’t as abundant as here.
So Heavenly Treasures couldn’t be grown in the soil of a Grotto Heaven since the Spirit Devouring God couldn’t be solely attending to a single Heavenly Treasure.
Due to the Spirit Devouring God, Chen Guan specifically studied how to identify Secret Realm treasures. Although human knowledge of Heavenly and Earthly Treasures was just a small part of the entire Secret Realm plant system, it was already imnse.
At those stalls, Chen Guan had seen many varieties recognized as top-notch treasures by humans.
For instance, a single stalk of Silver Star Blue Spine Vine could sell for an astronomical price on the human side.
To Secret Spirits, these Heavenly Treasures have singular effects, but for humans, alchemy and potion-making can maximize their benefits.
Silver Star Blue Spine Vine is one of the materials for the Star Soul Pill, and the Star Soul Pill is a divine elixir for refining pet talent.
If you’re dissatisfied with a pet’s talent, yet its inherent talent is extraordinarily amazing, the Star Soul Pill can alter a pet’s talent.
Of course, changing talent doesn’t an turning a bug’s talent into that of a dragon, just so optimization based on its existing talent.
Like turning speed talent into super speed talent, though improvents might not always occur, sotis talent worsens after the Star Soul Pill.
But you can use the Star Soul Pill again to re-refine the pet’s talent.
Currently, using the Star Soul Pill on a Level 1 pet yields the best results; the higher the level, the lesser the effect.
The single Silver Star Blue Spine Vine, while the main material for the Star Soul Pill, doesn’t possess this effect on its own.
This ans the thing’s effects are limited for Secret Spirits, only in human hands can its full value be realized, making it truly valuable.
And at this market, Silver Star Blue Spine Vines weren’t sold per stalk but by the bundle, with each bundle having at least ten or more stalks; that stall had three or four bundles.
There were quite a few similar Heavenly Treasures at this market.
This was only what Chen Guan recognized and knew the use of, leaving countless unknowns about how many great things there were.
"The Zhang Family surely has a compendium of Heavenly Treasures. I’ll have to ask Zhang Chunxiang and the others for a copy. The material available on the market is outdated, covering only the basics of the Heavenly Treasures." Chen Guan planned secretly.
Chen Guan changed clothes, donned a hat and mask, slightly altered his physique, and headed towards the market.
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