Chapter 25 Bobo
"This is...this..."
Xu Fu stammered a little, not knowing what he wanted to say.
The dazzling array in front of him was none other than exquisite alchemy furnaces, mysterious spiritual fires, and rare elixirs. This made Xu Fu's blood more intense than the Yuntian Gang's secret vault.
"The things in Yi Baoxing are all displayed separately. This is where the alchemist should come." Yu Qinglan looked like she was familiar with the world, and after saying that, she started wandering around on her own.
Compared to the bustling hall before, this hall was not only less crowded, but also extremely quiet, with only a few people browsing there expressionlessly.
Xu Fu carefully looked at the fingers of several people in the hall. There was a fourth-grade gold star ring, three third-grade silver star rings, and two people had empty hands. He didn't know whether they didn't wear them on purpose or they were not alchemists at all.
"Brother Fu, come and see this."
Yu Qinglan's voice rang out in the hall, causing several people to look sideways, obviously dissatisfied.
Xu Fu followed the sound and saw Yu Qinglan waving to him not far away. Xu Fu hurried over and saw that what was displayed in front of Yu Qinglan turned out to be spiritual fire!
More than a dozen spiritual fires danced on their respective spiritual trees like candles, making Xu Fu a little dazzled.
"Look at this one."
Xu Fu looked in the direction pointed by Yu Qinglan and saw a light pink spiritual fire with a wooden sign placed next to it.
"Peach blossom fire, third grade."
Other than that, there is no other introduction.
A few simple words made Xu Fu lose interest immediately. His red beard fire was also a third-grade spiritual fire, and spiritual fires of the same grade were not attractive to him.
"It's just a third-grade spiritual fire. What's all the fuss about." Xu Fu was puzzled. Yu Qinglan didn't have this expression even when he saw the fifth-grade spiritual medicine.
"This spiritual fire is so beautiful!" Yu Qinglan's eyes were shining, she couldn't help but look at the peach blossom fire, and explained to Xu Fu.
"Good-looking?" Xu Fu was a little confused, "What's the use of being good-looking?" He really didn't understand the thoughts of these rich men.
"Why is it useless? The good-looking spirit fire will make you feel better when you use it. When you are in a good mood, the quality of the elixir will be better!" Yu Qinglan defended confidently.
Xu Fu ignored Yu Qinglan's reasoning and looked at the other spiritual fires. Except for this Peach Blossom Fire and another third-grade spiritual fire, the other spiritual fires are all first- and second-grade. It seems that even at Yi Baoxing, it is not easy to buy spiritual fires above fourth grade.
After looking at the spiritual fire, Xu Fu looked forward to the elixirs he was more concerned about. Unfortunately, the elixirs displayed in the hall were only five grades at most, and the prices were staggeringly high. It seemed that he wanted to spend money to get the top grades. It is difficult to find a magic pill solution.
After that, the two went to other halls, which opened Xu Fu's eyes. At the same time, his admiration for the shopkeeper of Yi Baoxing deepened.
When the two of them moved to the last hall, the style suddenly changed a lot. The displays here were stones of different sizes. It looked ordinary, but the largest number of people gathered here.
"Aren't these stones?" Xu Fu asked doubtfully. In the halls he looked at just now, they all displayed rare objects. For some reason, this hall was full of stones. They must not be ordinary stones.
"Flower! Flower! Flower..."
Before Qinglan could answer, the two heard a voice coming from a room next to the hall. When they looked closer, they saw an old man with gray hair sitting on an old wicker chair, using a chisel to carve out a piece of cow head. A young man with a flushed face shouted excitedly at the side.
"Crack!"
With a crisp sound, the stone was cut into two very flat halves, and they were suddenly separated. The inside of the stone was clearly visible. It was no different from ordinary stones, except for some black debris.
Seeing this, the young man with a flushed face seemed to have his energy sucked away all of a sudden. He knelt down on the ground slumpedly and looked at the carved stone, looking helpless.
Several people onlookers dispersed one after another, some with gloating smiles, others shaking their heads and sighing, and most of them just had expressionless faces, as if it was commonplace.
"This is called Bobo."
Yu Qinglan's voice came from the side. He knew that it was Xu Fu's first time back, so he introduced himself without waiting for Xu Fu to ask.
"It is said that these stones are specially found from the mountains with spiritual mines. If you can find gems, you will become rich overnight, but most of them are the same as his."
"Then even if they all use ordinary stones, no one would know!" Xu Fu said in surprise, it would be too easy to deceive people like this.
"I have been working in Yibaoxing for so many years, and I still have a good reputation. I heard that there was a person who was dissatisfied. He bought all the stones in a house in anger and opened them in front of everyone. As a result, he actually sold two stones. The gems, after the final calculation, I only lost a little, and then the Bobo business never stopped."
"What does he mean by calling that flower?"
"The gems carved out are all colorful, so everyone calls the gems blooming. Calling them so is considered a blessing." Yu Qinglan answered Xu Fu's questions fluently, which shows that he is very familiar with this treasure.
"This stone costs a hundred gold?" Xu Fu looked at the price of the latest stone and exclaimed on the spot.
"What's all the fuss about? One hundred gold is considered cheap." Yu Qinglan said with a rather disdainful expression.
Xu Fu walked a few more steps and found that there was really no stone less than a hundred gold. The most expensive one even cost nine hundred gold.
"This is really a place where people spend money like water." Xu Fu sighed and picked up the stone closest to him.
"strangeness!"
Xu Fu was a little surprised. The stone felt a little warm to the touch, and he could faintly feel that there was a faint power echoing in it.
Xu Fu touched the two stones next to him again, but he didn't feel the same as before.
Xu Fu looked at the price, one hundred and fifty gold.
"Bought it!"
Xu Fu hesitated for a moment, then picked up the stone and walked into the house, which made Yu Qinglan's eyes light up.
"That piece is not good, that piece is not good, you take this piece."
Yu Qinglan glanced at the stone in Xu Fu's hand and hurriedly recommended the stone she liked to Xu Fu.
Xu Fu took the stone handed over by Qing Lan without feeling anything at all. He handed it to him again casually, said "no change", and sent the stone he picked to the stone cutter.
The person who chiseled the stone was an old man with graying sideburns. He was not tall, but he was quite strong. The joints in his hands were thick, and he could tell that he often did hard work.
The old man didn't look at Xu Fu. As soon as he took the stone, he fixed the stone on the wooden table and started digging carefully.
Seeing someone coming to gamble again, many people gathered around.
"You will definitely lose this stone!"
Yu Qinglan muttered and stood aside. He knew he had no money and was embarrassed to speak before. In fact, he was already itching and unbearable. Seeing that Xu Fu picked a stone of extremely poor quality and was still complacent, he wished he could give up the stone he carefully selected. Hit Xu Fu in the face.
After chiseling a few times, the old man let out a slight sound of surprise. He took out the hammer and knocked hard a few more times. A thick stone shell broke open, and a dark red stone the size of a fist appeared in front of everyone.
"Fire jade." The old man glanced at Xu Fu expressionlessly and said softly: "Not bad."
"Is it Huoyu? Are you so lucky?"
"It's really a big profit. It seems that the stone is less than two hundred gold."
"I was optimistic about that stone just now, but it was a step too late!"
"That man spent nine hundred gold just now and got nothing out of it. He's more likely to die than anyone else!"
……
Several people onlookers talked a lot, and looked at Xu Fu with envy in their eyes. Yu Qinglan also put away her previous disdainful expression and looked at Xu Fu with some disbelief. She won the first prize, which was like a divine help!
Xu Fu happily took the piece of fire jade with some stone chips remaining from the old man's hand.
Start warm.
"Let's go."
Xu Fu stopped when he saw that it was good, called Yu Qinglan, and while walking out, asked quietly about Huo Yu.
Yu Qinglan is worthy of being a young master from a wealthy family. He is well-informed and can explain everything about Huo Yu in just a few words.
This fire jade is a kind of fire spirit stone. It has a wide range of uses. It is often embedded in weapons, armor or magic weapons. Yu Qinglan is not sure how much it is worth. After all, he has never bought such a large piece of fire jade.
The two of them walked out, and a well-dressed middle-aged man stopped in front of them from nowhere and bowed slightly.
"You two gentlemen are very polite. I, Xing Zhou, am a salesman of this Yibao store. I wonder if I can invite you two to the private room for a chat."
"The news is so fast!" Xu Fu sighed secretly, glanced at Yu Qinglan, saw Yu Qinglan nodded slightly, and nodded and agreed to follow.
"Since you two are willing to come with me, you must also know what I am thinking. I wonder if you two can sell the fire jade to Yi Baoxing, or wait until the treasure meeting tomorrow to sell it?"
As soon as the two of them sat down, Xing Zhou said straight to the point: "If it's the former, I will definitely give you a satisfactory price."
"Since tomorrow is the treasure fair, let's wait for another day! Besides, we have other treasures to sell." Yu Qinglan rushed to answer before Xu Fu could answer.
Xu Fu glanced at Yu Qinglan helplessly. Even a cowherd knew that doing business couldn't be so fun. It would be strange for such a layman not to be slaughtered.
"Okay, I wonder what treasures you two have?" Xing Zhou's eyes lit up and he said with a smile on his face.
"Quick, show it to him." Yu Qinglan urged from the side.
Xu Fu didn't know what to say, so he took out the jade bottle he had prepared and handed it over.
Xing Zhou took it with both hands, and after realizing it was the elixir, he took out a jade plate from his arms and poured the elixir on it.
The elixir was spinning on the jade plate.
"Tiedan."
Before the elixir stopped, Xing Zhou had already recognized it. This level of elixir was already common for him. He wanted to participate in the Treasure Fair just because of a mere iron pill. Xing Zhou was a little disappointed.
"I'm very sorry, gentlemen. It's just Tiepidan, I'm afraid..."
"Look carefully before speaking!" Yu Qinglan said coldly, and his condescending temperament made Xing Zhou look at him with admiration.
Yu Qinglan took out the Jiuhua box again and put the iron pill in. The light blue light immediately changed Xing Zhou's face.
"This...is this a super-grade elixir?"
Xing Zhou frowned. Even though he had handled countless treasures, this fifth-grade iron pill still made his voice tremble.
"How's it going? Can you estimate the price?" Yu Qinglan was very satisfied with Xing Zhou's surprised look, and then asked.
"This... this is difficult to estimate. Such a high-grade super-grade elixir is extremely rare. I have lived in Yi Baoxing in Shangyang City for more than ten years, and this is the first time I have seen it."
Xing Zhou carefully looked at the iron pill again, and then said: "There have been super-grade pills for sale before, but they were only second-grade at most. I don't dare to estimate this elixir randomly, but the price should not be low. In the sixth grade elixir."
"Then it'll be hard work."
When Xu Fu heard the price of the sixth-grade elixir, he was very satisfied. You must know that the sixth-grade elixir has a price but no market, so it will not be surprising how expensive it is.
"You're too polite. It's just a small thought, but I hope you'll accept it."
When Xing Zhou learned that the seller was Xu Fu, he immediately took out a copper coin from his sleeve and handed it over respectfully.
Seeing Xing Zhou's sincere face, Xu Fu couldn't refuse, but he felt a little dissatisfied. It seemed like a respectable salesman from Yibaoxing had the nerve to give away even one copper coin?
But no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still flesh. Xu Fu took the copper coin and took a look. It was not an ordinary copper plate.
In the middle of this copper coin, there is the word "Yi". When you turn it over, you can see the word "宝".
"What kind of money is this?" Xu Fu wondered.
Xing Zhou had already confessed his crime and left. Yu Qinglan glanced aside and said disdainfully: "Yibao money is not of much use. It is just that it can be used on credit at Yibaoxing. It's so stingy to give it a copper."
"Credit?"
Xu Fu was a little moved after hearing Yu Qinglan's explanation. This is a big deal. You must know that everything in Yibaoxing is not cheap. Allowing credit is a great sign of respect.
"Give it to you!"
Xu Fu saw that Yu Qinglan was happy to hang out at Yibaoxing, so he handed over the Yibao money.
"Take it, I have it."
Yu Qinglan raised his hand, and an Yibao coin appeared in his hand at some point. The words and patterns on it were the same as the one in Xu Fu's hand, but the material was made of silver, which was obviously higher quality than the one in Xu Fu's hand.
"What are you attracted to?" Xu Fu said with a smile. Since Yu Qinglan had already held Yibao's money in his hands, and he had no money himself, he obviously wanted to get something on credit.
"The stone I picked is very good. I can definitely find better gems!" Yu Qinglan said firmly, but her face was a little hesitant.
"Then let's go!" Xu Fu said.
"But if you can't get the gem, you'll have to pay on credit..."
"Here I am! Don't forget, I am a rich man now."
"If I keep relying on you, what's the difference from being at home?"
"Then you can borrow it from me first. Anyway, you can make elixirs. After you make the elixirs and sell them for money, you can pay them back to me."
"Makes sense!"
Yu Qinglan's eyes lit up, and she ran over in a flash, grabbed the stone that she had photographed before, and found someone to drive away.
With the Yibao money in hand, Xu Fu really didn't have to give the money on the spot. Xu Fu couldn't help laughing when he saw Yu Qinglan pretending to be calm. It seemed that this was the first time that this young man cared so much about whether the stone could produce gems.
The stone was chiseled, and although it had some color, it was mottled and fragmented. It was obviously not a decent gem. Even a layman could tell that it was not worth much money.
Yu Qinglan's face became ugly. She originally wanted to make a lot of money, but she didn't expect that she would have an additional foreign debt of 600 gold.
The two of them left Yibaoxing and went to the inn. Yu Qinglan didn't even have a smile on her face, and even Yuehua didn't want to tease her anymore.
"this is for you."
Xu Fu handed something to Yu Qinglan.
"Spirit fire fold? What for?"
Yu Qinglan took it in surprise.
Opening the spirit fire fold, blowing a breath, a spiritual fire slowly ignited, as pink as a newly blooming peach blossom.
"Peach Blossom Fire!" Yu Qinglan exclaimed, her face as if the sky had cleared up after the rain, unable to conceal her joy.
"This is my reward for taking care of Yuehua for me for the past two days."
Xu Fu blocked Yu Qinglan's words before she could speak.
Yu Qinglan blushed and responded with some embarrassment, saying in a voice as loud as a mosquito: "Thank you, Brother Fu!"
"We are all good brothers, no need to be polite."
Xu Fu was happy to see Yu Qinglan, and he was also happy. Although all the money he brought was spent, it didn't matter. The treasure meeting would be held in one day. Once the super-grade elixir and fire jade were sold, there was no need to worry about money at all.
Seeing Yu Qinglan fondly playing with the spiritual fire, Xu Fu suddenly remembered that there was still something important to do, so he quickly took out the note from Li Danxin from his arms and took another look.
"Fu Songgang of Qingfeng Hall in Shangyang City."