Chapter 136: Shocking Changes in Prices

Looking at the bustling streets, the bald man Huang Long couldn't help but sigh and said: "With so many monks pouring in here, it will definitely bring about better development. Maybe Baihefang City can develop into a medium-sized city!"

Hearing this, Meng Yueshan shook his head and said unoptimistically: "Development is inevitable, but the increase in the number of monks also means that disputes and conflicts will inevitably increase. It is better to be careful."

Lin Yuan didn't care about this, "Whatever, with our strength, ordinary families and sects don't dare to provoke us easily."

"Don't be careless. The increase in the number of monks may not be good for us."

Meng Yueshan's worries were entirely from the perspective of casual cultivators.

The benefits brought by development are often only for powerful forces. For casual cultivators, they cannot get a share of the benefits at all.

While they were talking, there was a sudden quarrel in front of them, and everyone couldn't help but frown and look over.

"What? This is a complete Earth Scale Beast's back armor. It can be sold for 200 spirit stones at least. You are only willing to pay 120 spirit stones?" The middle-aged casual cultivator's eyes were fierce and his face was red.

The shopkeeper in front looked calmly and said coldly: "That's the price. If you want to sell it or not, even if you ask all over Baihefang City, you will only get 120 spirit stones."

"You fart! I don't believe that no store would be willing to accept such rare materials?"

After saying that, the middle-aged casual cultivator grabbed the monster material back, cursed and turned around to leave.

The shopkeeper behind him showed a disdainful sneer.

And this phenomenon does not seem to be an isolated case. Meng Yueshan and others have seen this phenomenon many times while walking through many shops.

Meng Yueshan and Lin Yuan looked at each other with confusion in their eyes.

The bald Huanglong also scratched his head and asked in confusion: "What's going on? Why did the price suddenly drop so much?"

As senior casual cultivators, we all know very well that the material used by the middle-aged casual cultivator just now is the back armor of a first-order high-grade demon beast, the Earth Scale Beast, and it is in complete condition and can be sold for more than 180 at least.

Even in normal times, when the price is 200, a large number of shops are rushing to get it. Unexpectedly, the price is so low now, which is simply unimaginable to them.

Meng Yueshan frowned and said calmly: "Let's take a look at the situation first."

After saying that, he walked forward, took out the materials from his storage bag, handed them to a regular grocery store, and said, "Fellow Taoist, help me see how many spiritual stones these materials are worth."

The shop owner just looked at it briefly and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Poison velvet flowers, the poison sacs of the fishy poison frog, the core of the withered silkworm tree... Is Fellow Daoist Meng going to the Hundred Insect Poison Swamp?"

Meng Yueshan waved his hand and said: "With my strength, I would never dare to go to the Poison Poison Swamp of Hundreds of Insects. At most, I would just wander around the Poisonous Thorn Mountains."

The Hundred Insect Poison Swamp that this person is talking about is a terrifying area further east of the Poisonous Thorn Mountains. The terrain is complex and changeable, with a large number of swamps and wetlands, completely shrouded in poisonous miasma, and there are also many second-level monsters surviving. The environment is much harsher than the Poison Thorn Mountains.

The shop owner nodded in realization, checked the materials in his hand, and said with satisfaction: "The things are pretty good. We'll take them in the store, so I'll give you 350 spiritual stones."

As soon as the shop owner told him the price, Meng Yueshan immediately frowned and stopped the shop owner's hand.

"What do you mean by this, fellow Taoist?" the shopkeeper asked with a frown.

Meng Yueshan said with a bad look: "The materials I took out are conservatively estimated to be worth more than 500 spirit stones. You only want to buy them for 350 spirit stones. Isn't it a little too dark?"

"Black?" The shop owner sneered: "You haven't been back to Baihefang City recently, have you? If you think it's black, don't sell it. The price is the same in the whole market now. You can go out and ask."

Meng Yueshan's face was gloomy and uncertain: "Are you thinking that Meng and I are easy to bully? 500 spirit stones, not one less."

"Haha." The shopkeeper pushed back the materials and just looked at Meng Yueshan coldly.

Seeing that the other party refused to give in at all, Meng Yueshan said no more, took back the materials, turned around and left, and at the same time he was full of confusion.

The shopkeeper behind him glanced at the materials with a slightly reluctant look, as if he was a little reluctant to part with them, but then he laughed at himself and said: "Haha, there are not many others in Baihefang City, but there are so many casual cultivators. Is it possible that they are afraid of collecting them?" Don’t have the materials?”

Behind him, the clerk on the other side also echoed: "Hey, shopkeeper, don't worry, the war situation is turbulent now, and the prices in the entire market are like this. After asking around, he will have to come over sooner or later to sell."

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After Meng Yueshan left, he continued to ask several other stores, but the answer he received was still the same.

For materials that could originally be sold for 500 spirit stones, most shops are only willing to sell them for 300 to 350 spirit stones, which is a discount of more than half.

"What is going on? The price of materials has dropped so much, almost half!" Lin Yuan asked slightly confused.

Meng Yueshan also shook his head. This was something that had never happened before.

Hua Niang speculated: "Could it be because of the impact of the war?"

"It should be very possible. That's all. Just keep these materials. Selling them at this price is really a loss."

Although Meng Yueshan was dissatisfied, he did not intend to dwell too much on it. Instead, he got up and went to Baiyun Pavilion, intending to buy some training materials, such as elixirs and talismans, to prepare for the next hunt for monsters.

As soon as we arrived in front of Baiyun Pavilion, many monks had already gathered in front.

Just by taking a glance, Meng Yueshan saw many familiar faces.

Many of them were casual cultivators from the nearby area, and there were even two ninth-level Qi Refining cultivators.

"A bottle of Qi and Blood Pill costs 100 Spirit Stones? Why don't you guys go and rob it?"

"A first-level inferior blood coagulation pill costs 30 Spirit Stones? Isn't that a bit too much?"

"A stack of first-level inferior fireball talismans costs 40 Spirit Stones. Isn't that simply robbing?!"

"Damn, these bastards, the purchase price of monster materials has dropped by more than 40%, but the price of pills and talismans has increased by 50%. Do they really think we are fools?"

"That's right, the materials obtained from hunting monsters are not as good as the Spirit Stones spent on buying talismans and pills. Do you really think we are easy to bully?"

"..."

The store owner responded to everyone with a slightly sarcastic voice: "Expensive? Where is it expensive? Don't talk nonsense with your eyes open. When you have time, find out the reason for yourself. Have you practiced well? Have you worked hard to hunt monsters?"

"Say it again!" A casual cultivator was so angry that he wanted to step forward to argue.

But the next moment, the store owner showed the aura of the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining, which immediately made everyone speechless.

The casual cultivators blushed, but in the end they could only be indignant. Some chose to leave directly, while others gritted their teeth and bought a small amount of pills and talismans.

Although the faces of several casual cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining were livid, they did not rashly conflict with the store owner.

Although the other party only had one ninth-level Qi Refining strongman, his strength should not be underestimated, and there were even more powerful forces behind him. If provoked, the consequences would be disastrous.

So the casual cultivators could only swallow their anger and leave.

However, when they turned around, they saw Meng Yueshan and Lin Yuan, and couldn't help but exclaimed, obviously aware of their strength.