Chapter Seven Hundred and One – The City Market (1/2)
Chapter Seven Hundred and One – The City Market
When Zuo Mo thought about how the average looking woman could have possibly been from before when his memories had been erased and his appearance changed, his mind could not remain calm.
Because he was going to start forging mo weaons three days later, the Tang Family’s “protection” eased off greatly. Other than a few guards, Zuo Mo only had A Gui with him most of the time.
Zuo Mo was someone all of Bu Zhou City knew, especially when he had announced in such a flamboyant fashion that he was about to forge mo weapons. He was the population topic of discussion.
Consequently, when Zuo Mo walked on the street, people continued to greet him. Of course, there were also people that were pointing at him in secret.
Zuo Mo’s mind was full of his own thoughts.
Maybe he could find a chance to probe this woman’s origins?
Suddenly, a guard said, “Daren, this is the biggest materials market in Bu Zhou City. However, the majority of the items here are normal materials.” He was puzzled. It was mostly low level mo weapon masters that came to these markets for normal materials. They did not have enough mobei to buy rare and expensive materials.
Good mo weapons usually required good materials.
Even the best mo weapon master could not forge an earth mo weapon with normal materials. He felt very puzzled when Grandmaster Xiao Yun Hai had requested for them to take him to visit a market for normal materials. In his view, what the Grandmaster needed was the top kind of materials. Didn’t he want to forge earth mo weapons?
But the higher-ups had ordered for them to unconditionally cooperate with Grandmaster’s request if it was possible.
Zuo Mo’s stray thoughts faded. He nodded. “Let’s go in.”
When they walked into the market, a wave of noise came at them. The stalls were organized neatly with large amounts of materials on display. The sound of bargaining, arguing, and cursing filled the air. It was possible to see the flushed faces everywhere.
The guard couldn’t help but freeze. As one of the best among the Tang Family guards, the places he visited were usually elegant ones. It had been a long time since he had come to such a dirty and chaotic place.
He glanced at Grandmaster out of the corner of his eyes. He saw that Grandmaster’s expression was composed and without any unease.
In reality, Zuo Mo wasn’t just at ease, he was slightly excited when he saw such a familiar scene. His stray thoughts were thrown away.
It was like he was fired up, his eyes red, and his fighting spirit rose.
The surroundings were filled with the sound of bargaining! Again! Bargain bargain bargain!
“One hundred and eighty mobei? Are you joking? The quality is normal, oh, and there are three flaws. The quality can only be considered above average, you dare to ask for one hundred and eighty mobei? One hundred? Don’t joke, I’ll give you eighty at most … …”
“Fifteen mobei, I want one hundred, are you going to sell? No? Let’s go!”
“I just said so. You still make a profit, don’t think that I don’t know … …”
The guard leader gaped. Grandmaster was invincible as he bargained his way down.He felt that everything that was happening in front of him was incomprehensible. A great grandmaster was arguing furiously with other people for just a few mobei, this this this … …
Shouldn’t grandmasters sit in the private rooms, drink the best wine, and elegantly pick the treasures surrounded by beautiful females?
Zuo Mo forgot himself in bargaining and felt great pleasure.
But gradually, he found the situation wasn’t quite right.
“Ten mobei, sell?”
“Sell sell sell!”
Zuo Mo looked with puzzlement at the shop owner. The shop owner’s expression was excited as though he wanted to sell immediately. This wasn’t right, ten mobei was definitely just above cost. He had given the other one mobei above. He hadn’t expected the shop owner to agree immediately. Something was strange!
Was there something wrong with the wares?
Zuo Mo flipped it over and inspected it for a long time. He was even more puzzled. There were no problems!
Suppressing the bewilderment he felt, he took two hundred of the material. His gaze landed on another kind of material. “Will you sell for seven mobei?”
“Sell sell sell!” The shop owner nodded repeatedly.
Zuo Mo raised his head and couldn’t help but curse, “How can you do business like this? Sell for seven mobei? Are you crazy? This costs at least ten mobei, is something wrong with your head?”
The shop owner nodded with a dumb smile.
Zuo Mo stilled. Was this person really stupid? He raised his head and the excitement quickly receded. He immediately discovered the strangeness in the surroundings. The noisy market was silent.
What was this … …
Zuo Mo hurriedly looked around. When he saw everyone’s gazes were on him, he understood. Cough cough cough, he hurriedly raised his head and puffed out his chest. He pointed at the things he had bought and said to the guard, “Oh, put these away.”
“Yes!” The guard leader’s face was burning. Today was really a great embarrassment! He raised his head and glanced at Grandmaster. Grandmaster’s expression was normal as though nothing had happened. As expected of Grandmaster, his face was thicker than normal people!
Suddenly, a middle-aged person walked forward with an excited expression. “Respected Grandmaster! Welcome! We feel honored by your arrival!”
“Hello hello!” Zuo Mo smiled.
“Please give us a list for what Grandmaster requires. We do not have anything good, but the quality of our low- level materials is not bad!” the middle-aged person said respectfully.
Zuo Mo had come because he needed to use low-level materials. He had prepared a list before coming but hadn’t expected that he would use it at this time. While he could not experience the pleasure of bargaining, it would save him effort. Zuo Mo handed the list to the middle-aged person.
The middle-aged person seemed to have a reputation here. He handed the list to the servant behind him and the servant went away to gather materials.
“Does Grandmaster need assistants?” the middle-aged person inquired.