Dragon Hidden in the Sky

The city center wasn't too far away, and soon the two arrived at a bustling street where the buildings were much better than those outside.

Moreover, Ye Qing could see a huge castle at the end of the street from the other side of the street!

"Is that the place where Van Guiss lived?" Ye Qing asked.

Upon hearing Ye Qing's words, Wang Chaoyin was startled and quickly looked around, saying, "Holy crap, you're incredibly bold! How dare you address the person above by their name!"

"Ah!" Ye Qing asked in confusion, "Is there... something wrong with this?"

Wang Chaoyin cursed and said, "You don't know the rules of our city. In our city, you can't call the person above you by their first name. You have to call them the City Lord. Calling them by their first name is a crime!"

Ye Qing said speechlessly, "This is too outrageous!"

"Anyway, be careful! Luckily, no one heard!" Wang Chaoyin said, "That person is the true king of our city!"

Ye Qing's heart stirred.

The high status of Van Guis in this city of exile was somewhat beyond his expectations.

Wang Chaoyin patted his chest, then led Ye Qing along the street forward!

"This street is the safest street in our city. It belongs to the City Lord. All the industries are located here, and all the high-end goods are here!" Wang Chaoyin said. "Our supplies are distributed through the City Lord, and supplies from outside also pass through here!"

At this point, Wang Chaoyin said, "Do you know what's the most valuable thing on our island?"

Ye Qing's expression shifted slightly as he said, "I have heard of that before, jade!"

“Yes, jade!” Wang Chaoyin said, “However, the mining rights for jade are all in the hands of the person above, and his shop is also located here.”

In fact, Ye Qing had always been puzzled by this.

The island has many rare jade stones, but during his time in the city, he didn't see any jade shops, or even places to gamble on jade stones.

So it all came to be in Van Guise's hands, which makes sense now.

Van Guis only does high-end business; the shops on both sides are quite luxurious, carrying high-end brands, including 4S stores!

This street is very long and encompasses a wide variety of things.

Not long after Ye Qing left, he saw some jade shops with some stones piled up at the entrance.

"Brother Ye, have you ever gambled on stones?" Wang Chaoyin asked.

Ye Qing shook his head and said, "I've never gambled on this before."

"Never touch this stuff," Wang Chaoyin warned.

Ye Qing looked at the stones with great interest!

At this moment, a beautiful woman in a cheongsam gave Ye Qing and Wang Chaoyin a disdainful look and said, "If you can't afford it, don't look!"

Ye Qing was taken aback. Wang Chaoyin smiled awkwardly and quickly pulled Ye Qing forward.

Ye Qing frowned and said, "That woman is a bit arrogant in running her business!"

“The people in these shops on both sides are all from the City Lord’s Mansion. Of course they’re arrogant. They have the City Lord behind them. No one dares to cause trouble here!” Wang Chaoyin said.

Ye Qing was speechless, but he didn't pay too much attention to it.

After walking for a while, he saw a furniture store. Ye Qing glanced at it and found that the items inside seemed pretty good. He decided that after selling Lan Jing, he would come over and get three mattresses!

It seems the bed needs to be replaced too!

I don't know if one blue crystal is enough.

Soon, Wang Chaoyin led Ye Qing to the entrance of a pawnshop.

It's more of an antique shop than a pawn shop.

Inside the shop, a middle-aged man was drinking tea and chatting with another person with a smile.

When Ye Qing and Wang Chaoyin walked over, the boss just glanced at them indifferently and didn't look at them much!

Wang Chaoyin said, "This person is called Chen Ye. He is a capable assistant under the City Lord's Mansion and is said to have the strength of one of the top ten on the Earth Ranking."

Ye Qing's expression shifted slightly.

At this moment, a woman walked up. When she saw Ye Qing and Wang Chaoyin, her face, like the previous woman's, showed disgust as she said, "What are you doing here? If you have nothing to do, get out!"

Ye Qingren is numb!

As expected, even in monopolistic industries, the service attitude is terrible.

Wang Chaoyin said politely, "Hello, we're here to deliver something!"

"What do you have that you can get from us?" the woman said, somewhat displeased.

To be honest, if it weren't for making some money, Ye Qingzhen would have turned around and left.

They say the customer is king!

On this street, customers are treated like complete bastards!

Making money off these bastards and then getting humiliated by them—who can stand that?

"Blue crystal, how much is one piece?" Ye Qing's tone became somewhat stiff.

Wang Chaoyin was startled by Ye Qing's tone, but he didn't dare to say anything more.

Upon hearing the words "blue crystal," the woman's expression shifted slightly as she asked, "You're offering blue crystal?"

“Yes!” Ye Qing said.

The woman's expression calmed down again, and she resumed her indifferent demeanor, saying, "Fifteen thousand!"

Ye Qing frowned.

Fifteen thousand—this is completely different from what they learned yesterday.

Yesterday, I learned from Liu Wudi that each one costs twenty to thirty thousand yuan. There's a price to be paid, but no market for them!

However, in this city, under the pressure of Van Guise, this was the price Ye Qing couldn't find anywhere else to pay!

Ye Qing sized up the woman!

He even felt that these people might have a fixed price for collecting this stuff.

For example, if a piece costs 30,000, Van Guis will offer them 30,000, but they will say 15,000, and the remaining 15,000 will be in their own pockets.

"Could you add a little?" Wang Chaoyin asked.

"I won't add it, take it or leave it!" the woman said impatiently.

Wang Chaoyin's expression suddenly turned awkward.

After saying that, the woman turned around.

Wang Chaoyin looked at Ye Qing awkwardly.

"Fifteen thousand..." Ye Qing said to himself, "I'd rather feed it to the dogs!"

After saying that, Ye Qing said calmly, "Let's go!"

The two walked straight out the door!

"Twenty thousand!" Just then, the woman quickly turned around and looked at Ye Qing, saying, "Twenty thousand!"

Seeing him raise the price, Ye Qing was pretty sure that this guy probably thought he had gotten lucky and got a blue crystal because he and Wang Chaoyin's clothes were a bit shabby, so he deliberately lowered the price!

Ye Qing continued walking outside!

"You two kids!" Chen Ye said from not far away, "Twenty thousand is about right, don't be greedy!"

"Don't even mention 20,000, even if you give me 200,000, I won't pay you back now!" Ye Qing smiled.

Although he was short of money, the people in this shop were really disgusting.

They want to make money off him, yet they treat him like a grandson? Ye Qing has no intention of putting up with this!

"Oh?" Chen Ye said with a half-smile, "Young man, you've got guts! Believe me or not, if I say you have blue crystal on you as soon as you step out of this door, you might lose your life as soon as you leave this street!"

Wang Chaoyin's expression changed slightly.

This is forced buying and selling!

Ye Qing grinned and turned to look at Chen Ye, saying, "I don't believe that!"

Chen Ye's expression shifted.

After saying that, Ye Qing walked out without looking back!

Clearly, Chen Ye had just said that casually, and they didn't encounter any trouble after they walked out of the street!

"Brother Ye, you're really not going out anymore?" Wang Chaoyin asked as they walked out of the street.

Ye Qing pondered for a moment and said, "I've always had a question: they bought this blue crystal for 20,000 or 30,000 yuan, so how much did they sell it for?"

"I don't know!" Wang Chaoyin said.

Yes, in this city, people with exoskeleton devices are not only from the City Lord's Mansion, but also from various major forces outside, including the Qingyu Sect!

They also need blue crystals for support.

Ye Qing pondered for a moment, then looked at Wang Chaoyin and said, "This thing is definitely sold privately. Do you know the address of the Great Hero Club?"

"You're going to the Hero Club?" Wang Chaoyin asked with a look of delight and excitement.

"Let's go take a look and ask them if they need any blue crystals," Ye Qing said.