Fire Monster

Chapter 16 The Second Pot of Gold
In the evening, there is still about half an hour before the roosters crow, marking the end of school and get off work.

At this moment, Zhao Guanshan's figure appeared again at the junction of the civilian area and the slums.

Yes, that's right, he skipped school again.

After parting with Song Xiaopang, he left the Taoist temple directly.

The Taoist temple does not restrict this, just like he skipped a day of class yesterday and no one pursued the matter, because everyone is responsible for their own destiny.

The twenty or so small workshops and shops on the street here are still busy. Occasionally, you can see some residents from civilian areas or slums coming in and out of them to buy some daily necessities.

For example, food, water and so on.

So it looks a bit unusually lively.

This time, Zhao Guanshan went straight to the ninth workshop shop, which was the one where he bought the marrow cleansing liquid last time. It was the only shop qualified to deal in various hazardous materials.

Moreover, he had already paid protection money last time, and he didn't want to go to other stores and be blackmailed again.

One has to admit that the owners of these workshops and shops are all extremely shrewd.

They can guess the result without even seeing the process.

When I entered the door, it was a bit crowded, with seven or eight customers. The ferocious-looking proprietress was greeting them, and even had a rare smile on her face, but this only made her look even more ferocious.

So Zhao Guanshan waited quietly at the door, but his ears and eyes never stopped, madly and greedily grabbing every detail in the workshop.

The importance of intelligence information is beyond doubt.

Because these seemingly trivial, complicated and useless information can provide him with so much useful information.

Then he can refer to and compare based on what he has learned, and at the same time use reasoning and imagination to perfect the results he wants.

Of course, to be honest, it’s not that high-end.

Based on what he had learned, he was able to roughly determine in just a few minutes the types of goods in the workshop and shop, the apparent inventory, the types with the highest sales, and how many types of orders had been accumulated.

As well as, more models of psychic weapons, more types of hazardous materials, and related storage containers, which are difficult to access in the Taoist temple.

Just like an internship, if you don’t do it on the front line, you won’t be able to understand some of the small details that are not in the books and the teachers won’t explain.

At this moment, Zhao Guanshan was not impatient at all. He really hoped that there would be more and more customers in this store.

Apart from anything else, just observing and watching the various operations performed by the seniors on the operating table is a great way to make money!
In just a dozen minutes, he actually felt as if he had comprehended the ultimate truth.

The gain is too great.

"Hey! What are you daydreaming about, kid? I'm telling you, once the goods in our store are sold, they are not returnable or exchangeable."

A scolding woke Zhao Guanshan up. It turned out that the proprietress had finally sent away all the customers. She looked at him with a cold and unfriendly expression, obviously she had not forgotten him.

"Shopkeeper, you misunderstood. I just wanted to buy something else."

Zhao Guanshan quickly put on a smile and was extremely respectful.

What's wrong with giving in? If possible, he can transform into a little puppy at any time.

Moreover, as the only workshop he could get access to in the area that could sell potions, he had to build a good relationship with it, as this was related to many of his future plans.

"What are you buying? Or do you want the marrow cleansing solution?"

The proprietress's expression softened slightly when she heard this. Customers always need to be treated differently.

In addition, she was also somewhat curious. How come an apprentice to the quasi-Qi-refining master who came to sell practical materials yesterday had already bought a portion of marrow cleansing elixir at a high price, and still had extra money to buy other things today?
So how many private jobs did this kid take on outside?
"It's not the marrow cleansing spirit liquid. This time I bought it for a friend of mine. His name is Song Lique, and he is a ninth-level student in the Taoist Academy's martial arts department. He was supposed to come in person, but tomorrow he will be accepting a bounty, and he has some important things to deal with, so he doesn't have time for the moment, so he asked me to run an errand. I'm sure the shopkeeper knows that he is about to graduate, and time is precious."

Zhao Guanshan still had a humble smile on his face, with a little shyness typical of a teenager, and spoke these words in a voice that was not very confident but still clear.

Well, the character needs to be created well.

The wool should be plucked.

In order to achieve the goal, male beauty can be sacrificed.

Sure enough, the lady boss's eyes flickered when she heard this, and her expression softened a little, but she still clearly didn't believe it. "Tell me, what do you want to buy?"

"One portion of 50th grade Red Essence Powder, one portion of 50th grade Cold Crystal Ore, two boxes of crude Mane Fire Oil, three ounces and three cents of low-grade Dry Bone Marrow, three unfiltered Soul Devouring Mushrooms, three portions of Twilight Dust Moth's remaining exuviae, and finally three pairs of animal leather gloves, five small-sized Wood Demon Gourds, and a set of jade bottles."

After Zhao Guanshan finished speaking, he handed over the two remaining Taoist coins he had.

These were the prices of various related materials that he had found out after questioning Song Xiaopang for a long time this afternoon and using various indirect methods.

Now it happened to be needed by Zhao Guanshan, and the price of the materials he quoted was neither more nor less than two Taoist coins.

Moreover, these materials can theoretically be used by military science students.

Of course, these are the cheapest raw materials, and they require several preparations to synthesize.

However, basically no martial arts students would prepare it themselves. Even if they have the conditions, they would ask their family members for help.

"Oh, are the martial arts students so awesome nowadays? They can prepare synthetic test materials by themselves? Where is his parents?"

At this moment, the proprietress was obviously a little surprised.

Zhao Guanshan didn't say anything. Even if he answered, it would be useless as it would only make things more obvious.

What he was betting on was that this proprietress was running a business and she could look down on the liberal arts Qigong apprentice, but she didn't want to offend a future martial artist.

Besides, she had nothing to lose.

Such scattered, inferior, and low-quality hazardous materials are not prohibited from being sold.

Many martial artists in civilian areas would also buy these materials to prepare synthetic testing materials for their children. Although this was rare, it did not mean that they did not exist. At least Fatty Song had mentioned this.

Otherwise, Zhao Guanshan would not have come here to borrow Song Xiaopang's name to bully others.

Everything is backed up by real information.

At this moment, the proprietress sneered and looked at Zhao Guanshan meaningfully.

This little brat is so petty.

There are rules for doing business. You deserve to be punished if you solicit private business outside.

But who will take care of you after you are punished?

Using the title of a military science student, tsk tsk, you really think too much.

But then again, why would a liberal arts student like him buy so many military science test materials?
Is it really as he said?

Forget it, just open a business, who cares what you do.

At that moment, the proprietress did not ask any more questions. She took the two Taoist coins, took out the relevant materials neatly, and even gave a protective jade box with a seven-day expiration date for free.

Zhao Guanshan thanked him and walked out of the workshop expressionlessly, running all the way home. He had got his second pot of gold.

Although these materials still need to be taken to the Taoist Academy and prepared and synthesized in the practical room through three practical opportunities, the most critical and important link has been solved.

Together with the practical materials given to him by the Taoist Academy, he can prepare at least ten portions of marrow cleansing spiritual liquid that is no less than grade 60, and at least five portions of testing materials for his natal talisman.

When I returned to the entrance of Slum Alley, it was neither too early nor too late, just in time for the Five Spirits Train to arrive. Students from the Taoist Academy and Qi-refining apprentices who were off work poured in like a tide.

Just as Zhao Guanshan was about to blend in, Yang Mao's big hand pressed his shoulder. Liu Erya was also standing next to him. It seemed that these two had started living together since some time ago.

"Zhao Guanshan, what are you doing? You skipped class yesterday and are playing hooky today. Why do I feel like you are causing trouble?"

Yang Mao's face was a little gloomy. He was not a fool. After all, he was one of the best students in the School of Martial Arts. How could he not see it?

The day before yesterday, Zhao Guanshan's life was really in danger and he would not live long.

As a result, after two days, not only did this kid's breath stabilize and his life fire recover, he even seemed to have completed a cycle of Qi refining.

Are you just making fun of me?

(End of this chapter)