Night fell again, and Shangjing City was ablaze with lights.
Most of the people had already returned home after a hard day's work, but even more people came out when night fell.
"We've arrived at Tianyuan Bridge Station … Passengers who want to get off, quickly get off from the back door. Don't waste time …" The aunty conductor on the small bus train shook the bell in her hand and shouted to the passengers in the train.
The aunty conductor spoke a little hurriedly, and the bell in her hand kept ringing, as if she was urging the passengers.
Hearing that she was eager to return home, Xia Pingan pulled his collar, got up, and walked down from the small bus train in a few steps. The few commuters waiting on the platform also quickly squeezed into the train. The door of the small bus train quickly closed, and the train quickly left in the puffing steam.
Xia Pingan looked at Tianyuan Bridge.
There was no bridge on Tianyuan Bridge. At the intersection 100 meters away from where he got off, there was a tall stone archway with brilliant lights. The words "Tianyuan Bridge" were written on the archway. Behind the archway, there was a lively night market.
However, this night market was not open to ordinary people, so it was not as crowded as ordinary people's night markets.
Most of the people who came to this night market were summoners, and a small number of people from all walks of life in Shangjing City came here to exchange and sell various kinds of resources or information.
For ordinary people in Shangjing City, these people were dangerous "Jianghu people", so naturally, no one was willing to come to this night market.
During the day, Tianyuan Bridge was deserted, and there were not many people. Only at night did it become lively.
After being in Shangjing City for so many days, this was Xia Pingan's first time here.
No one knew when the Tianyuan Bridge had become a gathering place for summoners and all kinds of Jianghu people. However, it was said that the police station in Shang Jing City wanted to ban the night market on the Tianyuan Bridge, but they were stopped by a big shot. Banning the night market on the Tianyuan Bridge would not make the summoners and Jianghu people in Shang Jing City give up on trading and gathering. It would only make them more secretive. Keeping the Tianyuan Bridge would make it easier to control.
Xia Pingan walked to the entrance of the night market and saw a sign under the archway at the entrance of the night market, "Fair Trading, Harmony Breeds Wealth". Next to the sign stood two people in black uniforms with swords at their waists. They were wearing single-horned Xiezhi masks of the members of the Judgment Army. Their faces could not be seen clearly. Both of them had a lamp in their hands.
Yes, the lamps in their hands were the lamps of the lamplighters. This was a silent warning — don't make trouble here.
There were lamplighters in Shangjing City. The Judgment Army was the lamplighters in Shangjing City. The two men were from the Judgment Army.
As a former lamplighter, Xia Pingan felt a little strange when he saw someone else lamplighting in this world. He glanced at the two Judgment Army soldiers standing under the archway and stepped into the night market.
There were bars, restaurants, brothels, various workshops, pawnshops, and auction houses in the night market. However, there were more people who set up stalls on both sides of the road in the night market.
Realm beads, magic weapons, rune bullets, various elixirs, medicinal herbs, and so on were for sale in those stalls.
There were also many summoners who were taking jobs. Those summoners had a paper sign beside them, like workers waiting for customers on the roadside. They were chatting while waiting for others to hire them …
On those signs were written the jobs they could do and the price of hiring them.
"Soul Pacifying Banner to pacify souls. Two gold coins per use. Prices can be negotiated in person …"
"Renting Level One Pharmacist, 58 Wisdom, price negotiable …"
"Renting Farmer, Craftsman, accepts all kinds of dirty and tiring jobs, quantity negotiable …"
"Gold-ranked Bodyguard, keep you safe!"
"Summoning Spirit Dog to search for lost items …"
The night market was filled with the smoke and fire of the marketplace. When one came here and saw the summoners looking for jobs, one would be stunned at first. However, one would soon realize that this was life.
There were many summoners in this world. Those summoners at the bottom could only use their abilities to provide services for others in exchange for some resources if they wanted to survive and eat. The landlords and mantle-selling peddlers in Shangjing City would not give you a few copper coins just because you were a summoner.
Xia Pingan looked around and saw that most of the summoners who were looking for jobs and earning money were reserve summoners below the One-Sun realm. When a summoner reached the One-Sun realm, there would be more choices and more ways to earn money. There were not many people who set up stalls like this. For any profession, the lower the level, the greater the competition and the harder it was to earn money.
There was a dazzling array of Realm Pearls by the roadside. Occasionally, there were some Divine Sense Crystals, but the price of those Divine Sense Crystals far exceeded that of Realm Pearls.
Those Realm Pearls and Divine Sense Crystals were not cheap. None of them were below 100 gold coins.
Xia Pingan saw many Realm Pearls that he had yet to integrate. They came in all shapes and sizes, and they were all strange. His eyes lit up. If he had the money, he would buy all the Realm Pearls that he had yet to integrate. That way, it would only be a matter of time before he advanced to the Two or Three Sun Realm. However, when he looked at the few gold coins in his spatial warehouse, he could only suppress this thought.
He did not have much money to use now. He had come here tonight to cash in on the Divine Sense Crystal from Sun Bin's Horse Racing and see if he could exchange it for a good Realm Pearl.
Because he did not have money, he could only choose carefully here to maximize the value of the Divine Sense Crystal from Sun Bin's Horse Racing.
Apart from his identity as a Shadow Guard, he had to think of a way to earn money in Shang Jing City. Only with money would he have resources and Realm Pearls!
Xia Pingan looked at the things on the street and swallowed his saliva as he thought to himself.
The reward given to him by the Shadow Guard was not low, but it was still a drop in the bucket in front of those Realm Pearls. It was not enough at all.
He was still poor!
Just as Xia Pingan was strolling around the night market, looking for Realm Pearls that he could make a move on, a voice from a nearby street stall suddenly attracted Xia Pingan's attention.
"Heh, it's been a long time since I've seen the Illusory Child's Realm Pearl appear …"
"The success rate of fusing with the Illusory Child's Realm Pearl is too low, and the mortality rate is too high. Without the cooperation of the Illusory Child's Divine Sense Crystal, fusing with this Realm Pearl alone has a death rate of more than seventy percent, and the success rate is less than one percent. Even if I gave you the Illusory Child's Realm Pearl, would you have the guts to fuse with it?"
"Sigh, if I had the Illusory Child's Divine Sense Crystal, I would definitely buy this Realm Pearl. If I could summon the Illusory Child, that would be awesome. The Illusory Child is unpredictable and has endless changes. Even if I met those experts above the Four Sun Realm or Five Sun Realm, they would still think highly of him …"
Illusory Child, what Illusory Child?
The conversation made Xia Pingan's heart skip a beat, and he walked straight to the place where the voice came from.
In front of a stall, there were two Summoners strolling through the night market. They were commenting on the Realm Beads placed on the stall.
Behind the stall was a burly man with a beard. At a glance, one could tell that he was not to be trifled with.
Xia Pingan walked over and glanced at the Realm Pearls on the stall. He was immediately attracted by one of the Realm Pearls.
There were a few Foundation Establishment Realm Pearls on the stall, as well as a Slave Soldier Realm Pearl, a Realm Pearl that drew a prison, a Realm Pearl that opened three sides of the net, and a "Bianque" Realm Pearl. What attracted Xia Pingan's attention was a pale golden Realm Pearl among the Realm Pearls. The Realm Pearl's light was restrained, and the words "Fortune God Yang City" were faintly discernible in the Realm Pearl.
If the Realm Pearl only had the two words "Yang City", Xia Pingan might have to make some guesses and think carefully about the meaning of Yang City. If Yang City was a place name, it referred to the Shunyu Capital of the early Xia Dynasty. If it referred to a person's name, there were two directions. One was the Lord of Yang City during the Warring States Period, and the other was the Yang City of the Tang Dynasty.
With the addition of the two words "Fortune God", the direction of this Realm Pearl was very clear. This Realm Pearl pointed to the Yang City of the Tang Dynasty.
Yang City was the person who was titled as the Fortune God by the people of Huaxia.
The deeds of Yang City flashed through Xia Pingan's mind instantly.
The illusionary child, could it be …
"Brother, how much is this illusionary child's Realm Pearl for?" Xia Pingan pointed to the "Fortune God Yang City" Realm Pearl and asked calmly.
The burly man with the beard glanced at Xia Pingan and said gruffly, "360 gold coins …"
Before Xia Pingan could speak, one of the two people who were shopping at the stall next to him said, "360 gold coins is a little too expensive. Although this illusionary child's Realm Pearl is rare, how many people would dare to fuse without the cooperation of a Spiritual Sense Crystal? Isn't that courting death? This Realm Pearl is similar to poison!"
The burly man stared and argued, "Although this Realm Pearl is difficult to fuse, it is not an ordinary Realm Pearl. It summons the illusionary child. You don't know what abilities the illusionary child has. The illusionary child is ever-changing and silent. Only the summoner who summoned him can see and sense the illusionary child's existence. Even many Five Sun Realm and Six Sun Realm experts are afraid of the illusionary child. How is 360 gold coins expensive? If there was really an illusionary child's Spiritual Sense Crystal, I would have fused with it myself. Why would I be willing to sell it …"
The burly man waved his casserole sized fist. "I killed hundreds of sea monsters before I found this illusionary child's Realm Pearl. How is it expensive? If you don't want to buy it, hurry up and leave. Don't disturb my business here. Be careful or I'll beat you up!"
The burly man chased them away directly. The two people snorted and left when they saw that the burly man was not to be trifled with.
"Brother, how much is this Realm Pearl?" Xia Pingan pointed to the Realm Pearl with the word "Bianque" on it again.
"This Realm Pearl is difficult to fuse without the cooperation of a Spiritual Sense Crystal. It's only 150 gold coins …" the burly man replied.
Xia Pingan smiled and pretended to reach into his pocket. Then, he took out his "Sun Bin's Horse Racing" Spiritual Sense Crystal. "Brother, look, I saw this Spiritual Sense Crystal in the shop over there just now. It's worth about 540 gold coins. How about I use this Spiritual Sense Crystal to exchange for your two Realm Pearls?"
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