Undead Mage from a Cell

Chapter 748 746: Black Market Haul

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Unlike a normal market, in the black market, Gu Xi maintained a stern face, not wanting to be seen as a novice.

For things he didn't understand or felt unsure about judging, Gu Xi simply avoided them, refusing to be tricked here.

Because Gu Xi was selecting items related to the undead and death spirits, and since he was buying low-quality seeds in bulk,

the merchants initially surrounding him with various spirit plants quickly dispersed.

Some even glanced at Gu Xi from afar and didn't bother him further.

To them, the items Gu Xi bought were the kinds usually given away as freebies, essentially worthless.

However, one merchant who deals in large quantities was quite pleased.

Because what Gu Xi wanted was exactly what he sold.

This merchant sold Gu Xi 300 kilograms of seeds at a very low price.

The seeds included a variety of species and types.

A full 300 kilograms, if a normal person were to classify them, it might take years to find anything worthwhile.

It felt like selling copper coins by the ton in an antique market.

Everyone knows there might be some valuable items inside, but no one would verify them piece by piece.

This merchant thought the same way.

He packaged everything and sold it to Gu Xi.

Whether Gu Xi could pick out any spirit plant seeds was beyond his concern.

And Gu Xi bought them because he felt a strong life force within this large pile of seeds.

Although it was uncertain what kinds of seeds they were, one thing was certain: they would definitely grow when taken back.

As for classifying these seeds, it's not a difficult task, the White Impermanence of the Ghost Squad could handle it easily.

So, both Gu Xi and the merchant were quite satisfied with this transaction.

The merchant even discreetly told Gu Xi where to find better saplings, allowing Gu Xi to buy some high-quality ones.

Unlike spirit seeds, there is no uncertainty involved with saplings.

One can immediately see the type and quality of a sapling.

Gu Xi didn't choose any rare saplings.

Even when he saw high-quality World Tree saplings, Gu Xi wasn't tempted.

Instead, he selected a large quantity that met his needs.

This time, Gu Xi didn't choose peach trees like before.

His aim this time was solely to raise ghosts.

Gu Xi's objective for the saplings was simple, just like the Blood Maple in the magic plant district.

The goal was to rapidly gather Yin Qi in the city and attract a large number of undead.

It happened that in the black market, there were some unsellable saplings,

Gu Xi took a glance, found them suitable, and purchased all of them.

As for the sapling care manual to cultivate tree-men provided by the seller, Gu Xi didn't take it at all.

Gu Xi knew well that these saplings wouldn't have a chance to transform into tree-men in his hands.

Growing them honestly was the most suitable for Gu Xi's current needs.

For this, Gu Xi bought over a hundred saplings, all of which were types like locust, willow, pine, and cypress, with relatively high quality.

The most important part was that since Gu Xi didn't choose any top-grade saplings like Vermilion Fruit, the price wasn't too high, and the seller even gave a discount to Gu Xi, wanting such a customer to return in the future.

Besides saplings, Gu Xi also purchased some mushroom spores and special plant seeds, like vines and herbs.

In just one round, Gu Xi acquired a large quantity of desired items.

The best part was these items were quite cheap.

After sending the purchased items back to Yalidu City and having Luna plant them in the magic plant district, Gu Xi headed to another building.

This building was the place the black-robed man mentioned, where some stolen goods were sold.

As for calling it archaeology publicly, Gu Xi knew right away what it meant.

"Archaeology" was essentially grave robbing, something Gu Xi had seen many times.

So, he held some expectations for the goods brought out by this archaeology.

And he wasn't disappointed by the archaeological merchants here.

The items they presented made Gu Xi's eyes light up, and they responded to some of Gu Xi's requests.

"Customer, are you looking for some bodies?"

As he turned a half circle around the building, a black market merchant proactively approached Gu Xi.

"Bodies are truly contraband; it's not very convenient to talk here. Would you care to step aside?"

Gu Xi glanced at the black market merchant and noticed a faint corpse Qi on him.

If he weren't an Undead Mage, an ordinary person would never sense this corpse Qi.

This alone confirmed they had what Gu Xi wanted.

So, Gu Xi nodded to the black market merchant and followed him to the basement below the building.

As they led the way, the black market merchant was also probing information about Gu Xi.

But following the principle that the more you say, the more mistakes you could make; the less you say, the fewer errors there could be; and saying nothing is best, Gu Xi remained silent whenever possible.

The black market merchant couldn't extract any unique information from Gu Xi.

After entering the basement, Gu Xi discovered the scale of the black market merchant's business was immense.

Half of the basement floor was occupied by the black market merchant, with numerous corpses of all sizes stored here.

But at a glance, Gu Xi knew these corpses were not initially meant for sale to an Undead Mage.

Most of the corpses were animals, processed primarily for extracting bones and flesh for consumption.

Before him, a decomposed large serpent was obviously intended for making snake soup.

But after circling around the large serpent, Gu Xi remarked somewhat helplessly.

"I must say, boss, this serpent has been dead for hundreds of years, hasn't it?"

"If you want something fresh, you should buy from the meat market building; all I have here are dried goods, you know, they can be preserved for a long time when dried."

Gu Xi shrugged, acknowledging the black market merchant's words, but he didn't stay idle; instead, he walked further inside.

As he walked, he continued to examine the condition of these corpses.

Although these corpses were now mummified or fossilized, their quality was truly impressive.

The weakest among them had over Level 25 capability in their lifetime.

This was something Gu Xi hadn't dared to dream of before.

As he turned another half circle, Gu Xi's eyes lit up.

"Boss, how much is this one?"