After resting for a whole day in the inn, Lin Yi finally recovered his energy. He was eager to see Wang Xinyan and Huang Xiaotao, but he didn't head to the Morning Star Academy just like that.
After wandering around for so long, Lin Yi had a lot of experience, and he knew that he had to ask some questions first. Only by finding out the rules and the way would he be able to get twice the result with half the effort. Otherwise, with the East Continent Academy's attitude, he'd get into trouble if he rashly barged in, especially if he accidentally pissed off someone powerful. He wouldn't even know how he died.
Coming out of the inn, Lin Yi glanced at the West Mountain powerhouse in the faraway street corner with a faint smile. He was a Profound Ascension late stage evil practitioner, but now he'd almost become a beggar on the street, and there were even people giving him alms. Just thinking about it was pitiful …
After asking around for a bit, Lin Yi headed straight for the largest market in Morning Star City. There were many people here, and it was the best place to ask about all sorts of news.
Following the flow of people, they wandered in the market place. In terms of scale, this market place was not much worse than the north island's. But considering that this was just a small city in Dongzhou State, and the market place in the north island represented the highest standard in the north island, the gap between them was self-evident.
After a while, Lin Yi followed the crowd to a noticeboard. There were all kinds of announcements, and a large group of people gathered there to watch, whispering to each other.
Lin Yi glanced at it. There were all kinds of announcements, such as wanted posters, new rules of the main city, current news, and so on. The one that attracted the most attention was an announcement about an auction.
"Morning Star Auction Ceremony?" Lin Yi looked at the contents of the announcement while listening to the discussions around him. He couldn't help but feel a little moved. Since he was here, he might as well go and join in the fun.
From the looks of it, this auction was the highest standard auction in Morning Star City. He had never seen an auction in the Eastern Continent for two months, so he was sure that there would be all kinds of super high-grade rare treasures. After all, this was the Eastern Continent, and the standard couldn't be lower than the auctions on the other Heaven-Rank Islands.
Although he had this thought, it shouldn't be that easy to participate in the Morning Star Auction. Although the time and location were stated on the notice, there was no other concrete information. It also didn't say what qualifications one had to have to enter. It couldn't be that just anyone could sneak in.
It seemed that he had to find someone to investigate the specific situation! After a few glances, Lin Yi retreated and continued to stroll around the market.
From what he knew, markets in many places didn't just trade goods. In fact, there were also local tyrants who specialized in trading information. As long as one could afford the price, it was easy to find all kinds of secret information from these people.
However, many of these local tyrants had underground businesses that couldn't see the light of day. If one didn't pay attention to the special signs on the streets, it would be very difficult to find them just by strolling around. Fortunately, Lin Yi was experienced and knowledgeable. As long as he paid attention, it shouldn't be difficult to find them.
After going with the flow for a while, Lin Yi suddenly stopped in his tracks. It wasn't because he found some street signs, but because the signboard of the merchant association in front of him made him feel very familiar. Morning Star City's Hong Merchant Association.
Although he didn't plan to buy anything, and he didn't know anyone in this place, he was only an honorary vice president. Within the Hong Merchant Association, only Hong Zhong and Honest Chai were familiar with him. He hadn't even seen the others. However, Lin Yi still walked in subconsciously.
"What do you need, Sir?" A waiter immediately came up to greet him warmly. His etiquette was very on point. It could be seen that he was well-trained. Just in terms of the quality of his employees, he was better than the other branches on Heaven Island.
"Oh, nothing, I'm just looking around." Lin Yi waved his hand. He didn't plan to reveal his identity for the time being.
Although his status as the honorary vice president was considered high and mighty, not every branch would be willing to give in to him. If he rashly went to the branch manager here to inquire about information, it might instead cause unexpected problems. Who knew if it would be another Wei Zhaotong?
"That's good. Sir, if you need anything, feel free to call me." The waiter smiled and left tactfully.
Looking along the rows of goods, Lin Yi's eyes couldn't help but light up. He actually saw some sixth and even seventh grade elixirs, and there were quite a few of them!
This greatly surprised Lin Yi. These were rare goods that were rarely seen on the market. Although there were no heaven-defying seventh grade elixirs like the Thunder Xuan Pill or the Beauty Pill among them, they were still sixth and seventh grade elixirs.
Lin Yi had never seen such high-grade elixirs in the northern island branch. Even if there were, they would not be publicly displayed on the first floor, and there would not be so many of them. If these elixirs were to be auctioned in the middle island, north island, or even the extreme north island, it would definitely be an unimaginable astronomical figure!
The prices here weren't low either, but they couldn't be compared to the prices on the other Sky class islands. Lin Yi realized a huge loophole- if someone were to specifically buy the sixth and seventh level pills here and bring them to the other Sky class islands to be auctioned, wouldn't they be able to make a huge profit off the price difference?!
However, after seeing the line of text at the bottom of these elixirs' display cabinets, Lin Yi suddenly understood that such an obvious loophole could not exist, because it was clearly written: The above elixirs are only sold in the Yellow Sea Area of the East Continent.
"These elixirs are actually sold in different regions?" Although he could figure out the reason, Lin Yi still felt a little surprised, because this method was exactly the same as those in the secular world. After all, some things in the secular world were also sold in different regions, and shopping malls were not allowed to trade goods at will. He did not expect that the same rule would be set here. Sure enough, all businessmen in the world were smart people.
The waiter had been paying attention to Lin Yi's side. Seeing this, he immediately came up and explained enthusiastically, "Hehe, sir, you may not know this, but most of the chambers of commerce in the East Continent cooperate with the alchemists of the academy. Therefore, in order to ensure the transcendent status of the East Continent, these elixirs can only be circulated in the East Continent, and are not allowed to be sold outside."
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