Gu Zheng smiled at the Artifact Spirit, then turned and left.
Seeing Gu Zheng leave, the stall owner immediately said, "Fellow Daoist, are you going to give up on this rare immortal grade ingredient?"
"Yes! They've already raised the price to seventy-six blue immortal coins. I don't have that many blue immortal coins, so I have to give it up, "Gu Zheng said.
"At least you know what's good for you!"
The white-haired Immortal Chef, who bid seventy-six blue immortal coins, sneered.
"I didn't want to talk to you, but you always have that unpleasant expression on your face. Do you really think this immortal grade ingredient is yours?" Gu Zheng looked at the white-haired Immortal Chef.
"Yes, I think it's mine. At least, no one can surpass my bid of seventy-six blue immortal coins!"
"Eighty blue immortal coins!"
He was obviously going against the white-haired Immortal Chef. The black-haired Immortal Chef immediately bid, adding four blue immortal coins at once.
"You're good!"
The white-haired Immortal Chef looked at the black-haired Immortal Chef and said through gritted teeth, "Eighty-two blue immortal coins!"
At this point, the price of an immortal grade ingredient, Mother Earth's Root, had been raised to eighty-two blue immortal coins by the two Immortal Chefs! Even for ordinary Immortal Chefs, the Mother Earth's Root could be used in the cooking of a food cultivator. However, as long as no one could comprehend the Dao from it, it would be a bad deal! After all, putting aside the traces of the Dao, the medicinal effects of an immortal-grade resource on a food cultivator would not be much greater than that of a rarer high-grade ingredient.
"Eighty-two blue immortal coins seems to be a lot!" Gu Zheng said with a disdainful smile.
"It is indeed a lot. Why don't you bid a little more?" the white-haired Immortal Chef said coldly.
Gu Zheng didn't bicker with the white-haired Immortal Chef anymore. He looked at the stall owner and said, "Since you're willing to trade, I'll trade with you! However, I only want to trade for the Mother Earth's Root. I won't add one more blue immortal coin! "
Gu Zheng's words made the stall owner's eyebrows twitch. He had a bad feeling.
"What exactly is it? Fellow Daoist, why don't you take it out and let me have a look first?" The stall owner said.
A rhombus-shaped multi-faceted crystal appeared in Gu Zheng's hand. It was very transparent and emitted a soft sky-blue light.
"I was wondering what kind of treasure you took out, but it turned out to be the Profound Heaven Stone! 'You want to exchange a peak grade Profound Heaven Stone for the Root of Mother Earth that's worth eighty-two blue immortal coins?' You're really daydreaming! "The white-haired Immortal Chef laughed.
"The Profound Heavenly Stone is indeed a top-grade resource, but do you have it?"
Gu Zheng's words made the white-haired Immortal Chef choke. His laughter stopped abruptly.
The Profound Heavenly Stone was indeed a top-grade resource, but it was extremely rare. The white-haired Immortal Chef really didn't have it.
"Wishful thinking …"
The white-haired Immortal Chef wanted to say something, but he saw the stall owner's face change. He looked hesitant.
The white-haired Immortal Chef widened his eyes and said, "Stall owner, don't tell me you're really going to use the Mother of Earth Root to exchange for a Profound Heaven Stone?"
"Which one of you has a Profound Heavenly Stone?"
The stall owner glanced at the white-haired Immortal Chef and the black-haired Immortal Chef. Both of them shook their heads.
Gritting his teeth, the stall owner looked at Gu Zheng. He seemed to want to do as he said, which made the white-haired Immortal Chef very unwilling.
"Although the Profound Heavenly Stone is rare, there are so many resource pavilions in the Heavenly Realm. Can't you find it? If you really can't find it, go to the News Pavilion and ask for it! One Root of Mother Earth for a Profound Heavenly Stone. This is a huge loss! "the white-haired Immortal Chef said.
"Do you think I didn't go to the resource pavilions in the Heavenly Realm? But there's no Profound Heavenly Stone for sale. What can I do? If I didn't urgently need the Profound Heavenly Stone, do you think I wouldn't know the value of the Root of Mother Earth? "the stall owner said angrily.
At this point, the stall owner felt as if he had played a good hand of cards! The other side clearly said that it was a one-to-one exchange. This was clearly a competition. They wanted to embarrass the white-haired Immortal Chef! If he didn't want to earn more and deliberately recruited the white-haired Immortal Chef and the black-haired Immortal Chef, perhaps the situation would be different!
"Looks like eighty-two blue immortal coins are still too little!" Gu Zheng shook his head and smiled.
"Crack!"
The white-haired Immortal Chef clenched his teeth. He ignored Gu Zheng and looked at the stall owner. "Wait a moment. I'll find someone to ask. Maybe my fellow daoists have a Profound Heavenly Stone!"
"Stall owner, it's now or never! If you agree to let him ask, I'll leave now. In any case, the Profound Heavenly Stone is still useful to me! "Gu Zheng said coldly.
"Fellow daoist, I was wrong before! Could it be that you really can't add more blue immortal coins? Although I urgently need the Profound Heavenly Stone, you're making a one-to-one exchange. This is a huge loss for me! I haven't opened my stall today, and the stall fees in the Eastern Sky Market are very expensive. Fellow daoist, you should know this. I hope you can loosen the price! "
Gu Zheng wasn't a ruthless person. He did this because he wanted to vent his anger. Since the stall owner had apologized and the white-haired Immortal Chef was angered, he didn't care about adding a few more blue immortal coins.
"Since the stall owner has said so, if I don't add a little more, I'll be unreasonable. In that case, I'll add five blue immortal coins!"
"Good. Fellow daoist is benevolent!"
Gu Zheng's words made the stall owner's eyes light up. Regardless of whether he was sincere or perfunctory, he was very happy. No one would complain about having more blue immortal coins.
"Sigh!"
The black-haired Immortal Chef saw that there was no hope, so he sighed and left.
The white-haired Immortal Chef clenched his teeth and looked at Gu Zheng. "Kid, which Immortal Chef Sect are you from?"
"Who told you that only people from Immortal Chef Sects are interested in immortal grade ingredients?"
Since he had already obtained the Root of Mother Earth, Gu Zheng was too lazy to say anything to the white-haired Immortal Chef. After saying that, he left.
"That guy doesn't seem to be convinced. He's just following behind you. I guess when you want to buy something, he'll most likely cause trouble!" the artifact spirit said hatefully.
"So he wants to go all out against me?" Gu Zheng asked with a smile.
"Seems like it!" the artifact spirit said.
"He's really free. If he wants to go all out, then go all out!"
Gu Zheng didn't care and continued to walk to the next stall.
There were more than ten high grade ingredients, and there were several cultivators negotiating the price. Originally, Gu Zheng didn't have much interest in these high grade ingredients. However, since the white-haired Immortal Chef was still following behind him, he made a bid.
"Thirteen high grade ingredients for twenty-one blue immortal coins!" Gu Zheng said to the stall owner.
"Alright. If no one offers a higher price, these thirteen high grade ingredients are yours," the stall owner said with a smile.
"Twenty-three blue immortal coins for thirteen high grade ingredients!"
The white-haired Immortal Chef really wanted to go all out against Gu Zheng. As soon as he arrived at the stall, he immediately made a bid.
Gu Zheng turned around and looked at the white-haired Immortal Chef with an amused expression. The white-haired Immortal Chef sneered. "Kid, let's see what you can buy today!"
"Star Picking Lou is really rich and imposing!"
Gu Zheng smiled and said to the stall owner again, "Thirteen high grade ingredients for thirty blue immortal coins!"
As soon as Gu Zheng said that, the crowd booed. Not to mention thirty blue immortal coins, even if it was twenty-three blue immortal coins, it would still be too much.
"Thirty-two blue immortal coins for thirteen high grade ingredients!"
Adding two blue immortal coins at a time seemed to be the white-haired Immortal Chef's usual method.
"Lower your head to the rich and imposing!"
Gu Zheng laughed and turned to leave. In any case, he wasn't interested in these high grade ingredients. If he could cheat the white-haired Immortal Chef, then he would.
Gu Zheng felt good, and the white-haired Immortal Chef also felt better. In his opinion, he had suppressed Gu Zheng. As for the dozens of blue immortal coins, he didn't put them in his eyes.
Gu Zheng walked towards the next stall. There were a lot of people surrounding this stall. The stall owner was selling more than a hundred items. This was also the stall with the most goods he had seen so far.
The total value of these hundred items wasn't low. No matter what kind of resource it was, they were all of the higher grade! For example, although there were only three ingredients here, these three ingredients were relatively rare among high-grade ingredients. They were the kind that could pique Gu Zheng's interest.
When Gu Zheng rushed to the front of the stall, there were already three layers of people surrounding the stall.
Naturally, there were people bidding for the three high grade ingredients Gu Zheng had his eyes on. Among them, the person with the most momentum was the black-haired Immortal Chef who had bid for the Root of Mother Earth.
The black-haired Immortal Chef didn't have any enmity towards Gu Zheng. When he saw Gu Zheng coming over, he even nodded at him. However, when he saw the white-haired Immortal Chef behind him, he frowned in disgust.
"Enemies are really bound to meet on a narrow road! Both of you want these three high grade ingredients, right? I'm sorry, but they're mine! "
The white-haired Immortal Chef smiled at Gu Zheng and the black-haired Immortal Chef. Then, he said to the stall owner, "Three high grade ingredients for sixty blue immortal coins!"
60 blue immortal coins to buy 3 rare high quality ingredients was not too outrageous in the Eastern Sky Market. After all, Gu Zheng's first deal in the market cost him 37 blue immortal coins for 2 rare high quality ingredients.
"You're really rich and imposing!"
The black-haired Immortal Chef scratched his head gloomily. The white-haired Immortal Chef's style was giving him a headache.
"Yes, I'm rich and imposing. So what?" the white-haired Immortal Chef said happily.
"Sixty-five blue immortal coins!"
The black-haired Immortal Chef ruthlessly added five blue immortal coins at once.
"Sixty-seven blue immortal coins!"
The white-haired Immortal Chef added two more as usual.
"You win!"
The black-haired Immortal Chef gritted his teeth and left in disappointment.
Like a victorious rooster, the white-haired Immortal Chef proudly looked at Gu Zheng, who was in a daze. "What? Are you scared silly? It's only sixty-seven blue immortal coins. Where's your arrogance from before? "
"Eighty blue immortal coins!" Gu Zheng said casually.
The white-haired Immortal Chef was stunned. Sixty-seven blue immortal coins was much more than the normal price! He thought that Gu Zheng wouldn't increase the price. Who would have thought that not only did Gu Zheng increase the price, but he also seemed to be absent-minded when he did so.
He had increased the price by thirteen blue immortal coins at once. This deal was definitely a loss. Even if he used these high-grade ingredients to cook the food, he might not be able to make a profit. Under normal circumstances, the white-haired Immortal Chef wouldn't increase the price anymore! Although he was rich and imposing, he had his own standards when buying ingredients. He could use these ingredients to cook the food, but he definitely couldn't make a loss, except for the immortal grade ingredients. Today, he decided to make an exception because Gu Zheng's condition wasn't normal. When he was absent-minded, he often didn't think things through!
"Eighty-five blue immortal coins!"
The white-haired Immortal Chef changed his style of increasing the price by two immortal coins at once. Now, he directly added five.
He was still determined to win, but he had made up his mind. Even if Gu Zheng increased the price by one more blue immortal coin, he wouldn't increase the price again. This way, he could take revenge for being tricked by him in the previous stall.
"Eighty-five blue immortal coins?"
The situation that the white-haired Immortal Chef didn't want to see the most happened. The muttering Gu Zheng recovered from his absent-mindedness.
"Yes, eighty-five blue immortal coins. If you have the ability, you can increase the price again! Let's see who will get these high-grade ingredients! "The white-haired Immortal Chef bluffed.
"I'm sorry. When I increased the price to eighty blue immortal coins, I was a little irrational. Now that I've sobered up, I can't increase the price again. I really want to thank you. You saved me from losing so many blue immortal coins. You're a good person! "
Looking at Gu Zheng shaking his head and sighing with emotion, the white-haired Immortal Chef was really angry. However, he had already increased the price. Since no one else increased the price, he could only use a high price to buy the three high-grade ingredients.
"Fellow Daoist, please wait a moment. Let me deal with these transactions first!"
The stall owner suddenly said to Gu Zheng. The white-haired Immortal Chef, who hadn't left yet, couldn't help but frown. He even suspected that there was something fishy about the high-grade ingredients he had bought at such a high price!
"It's okay. Stall owner, you can deal with your business first," Gu Zheng said with a smile.
The things in the stall weren't bad, and it was surrounded by three layers of people. Of course, the business wasn't limited to the ingredients. The bidding between Gu Zheng and the white-haired Immortal Chef was just one of the four transactions the stall owner had made. However, cultivators weren't like mortals. It wasn't a problem for them to deal with several transactions at the same time. While Gu Zheng and the white-haired Immortal Chef were bidding, the other transactions continued.
"Did you and the stall owner have something fishy going on? Did you team up with him to trick me?" the white-haired Immortal Chef asked Gu Zheng.
"Why are you asking me? Do I know you that well? If you want to ask, you should ask the stall owner! "Gu Zheng said with a smile.
There was nothing fishy going on between Gu Zheng and the stall owner. Previously, he was absent-minded not because he was communicating with the stall owner using his divine sense. He just felt that something in the stall owner's bosom was attracting him! When he had this feeling, the stall owner also felt it and looked at him in disbelief.
Using divine sense to probe the things in other people's bosom was an impolite thing to do. Even if Gu Zheng was curious, he didn't do it. If the stall owner hadn't taken the initiative to talk to him, he would have already left.
"Chef, what's going on?"
An old woman's voice suddenly came from outside the crowd. The white-haired Immortal Chef, who had a gloomy face, immediately became spirited.
Gu Zheng turned his head to look, and his eyes couldn't help but slightly narrow. He saw that the person who spoke was an old woman in white, and beside her was a young man.
"Tower Lord Kong, long time no see!"
"The Tower Lord also came to stroll around the Eastern Sky Market!"
"Daoist Kong, I trust you have been well since we last met!"
The crowd automatically parted, and many people greeted the old woman in white. She was the Tower Lord of Star Picking Tower, Kong Ling. She was also one of the few famous Super Immortal Chefs in the Heavenly Realm.
"Tower Lord, it's this kid. He always makes things difficult for me. The things I want, he always raises the price. Previously, he even snatched an immortal ingredient."
The white-haired Immortal Chef, who was called the Chef, immediately told Kong Ling about Gu Zheng's crimes.
Previously, when Gu Zheng snatched the Root of Mother Earth, the Chef had already found Kong Ling, who was strolling around the Eastern Sky Market, through his divine sense, and briefly told her what had happened.
After listening to the white-haired Immortal Chef's detailed explanation, Kong Ling shook her head and said, "Chef, you are infatuated with cooking and rarely go out. Now that you have become a Super Immortal Chef, you want to come out and do some activities. You are not good at the ways of the world, so it's inevitable that you will be bullied by others!"
Kong Ling's seemingly casual words caused the crowd to hiss. They didn't expect that this guy, who had been bullied by others while shopping, was actually a Super Immortal Chef! After all, Super Immortal Chefs were a special group of people. They were even rarer than Quasi-Sages.
"Kid, who is your master?"
The Chef in charge was the head chef of Star Plucking Tower. Since he had been angered by someone, Kong Ling couldn't just ignore it.
"What does buying resources have to do with who my master is?" Gu Zheng retorted.
"The temper of a youngster isn't small!"
Kong Ling shook her head and smiled. She didn't care about Gu Zheng's disrespect and didn't say anything else. On the contrary, the youngster beside her frowned and looked at Gu Zheng.
"Enemies are really bound to meet on a narrow road!"
Gu Zheng sneered in his heart. The youngster beside Kong Ling was none other than Emperor Wa's disciple, Xiao Qi.
"The Eastern Sky Market strictly forbids fights. No wonder he doesn't follow his senior sisters and be a little puppy!"
Since she dared to scheme against Gu Zheng, it could be said that the Tool Spirit hated Xiao Qi to the bone. Her words were full of ridicule.
"Follow him. When the opportunity is right, I'll make my move!" Gu Zheng said coldly.
It was unknown whether it was intentional or not, but although Kong Ling didn't say anything to Gu Zheng, she didn't leave with her people either. She just stood there and looked at the resources sold at the stall. From time to time, she would chat with acquaintances.
Kong Ling's arrival was just a small interlude. The stall owner continued to do his business, and several orders were dealt with very quickly. In just a few minutes, his busyness came to an end.
Taking out a box from his chest, the stall owner looked at Gu Zheng and said, "I've made you wait for a long time! In fact, I didn't know what was inside the box. This time, I brought it to the Eastern Sky Market, in addition to wanting to sell it, I also wanted to see if anyone knew what it was! Since Fellow Daoist is able to sense it, I hope Fellow Daoist can dispel my doubts! "
The stall owner opened the box and saw a fruit as black as ink.
The fruit was very strange. It looked real and illusory at the same time. It seemed to be made of smoke, but it also seemed to have fruit flesh. At first glance, one could tell it was an extraordinary item.
"This is …"
Curious voices sounded in the surroundings, but no one could tell what the black fruit in the box was.
"I want this thing!"
The chef's breathing was a little hurried. He, who had opened his Eye of Dao, could see that this unknown fruit, if measured according to the standard of ingredients, could be classified as a heavenly treasure! However, it was different from ordinary fruits. There was something in it that made him feel unusual, but he didn't know what it was.
The stall owner smiled at the white-haired Immortal Chef and said, "Don't worry, Fellow Daoist. Since I'm asking this Fellow Daoist, let him tell me what this thing is!"
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