As soon as she entered the town, a tattered old book appeared in front of Gu Qing Shan.
It observed Gu Qing Shan and spoke with a hoarse voice: 「 All VIPs can enter the black market directly, only newcomers like you will need this old man to explain and guide you 」
"Then I'll have to trouble you" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The old book swayed a bit and replied: 「 This is my job, so you don't need to thank me — — now, let us begin 」
It cleared its throat and asked: 「 Which organization do you come from? 」
"… I don't belong to anyone"
「 I already know what happened at the gate just now 」 the old book clicked its tongue: 「 In other words, you're a person without any backing, and an unlucky one at that — — how pitiful 」
"…"
「 Then, as a person who came to the black market alone, what number coin did you bring with you? 」
"I — — -"
Gu Qing Shan stopped.
What money do I have?
The only thing I have is a box of # 7 coins, which I even paid for the boat fare.
I'm basically penniless right now.
It felt good to throw that box of coins away at the time, but now I'm in an awkward situation.
From the way the book is acting, if I say I don't have any money, I'll probably be kicked out.
Gu Qing Shan braced herself and said: "I use # 7 coins, hm, I have a box of them"
The old book sighed and scoffed: 「 The # 7 coin? You're already so old, yet you're still using such low-level coins, how pitiful 」
"Can't help it, so I came to the black market to look for opportunities" Gu Qing Shan followed up.
The old book continued: 「 I'll give you two suggestions. Firstly, you can just walk around the town, buying anything you want will cost you all of your money 」
「 Secondly, walk to your left, about 600 meters away is our black market's labor center, you can find some profitable jobs there — — - but we don't accept solo work. Because this world is too big, there are many jobs that progress very slowly, so we hope that those who accept the jobs will be highly efficient 」
「 Because of that, if you're willing to work for money, it's best that you find a few people there, form a group, and accept the black market's jobs together 」
Gu Qing Shan asked doubtfully, "Why don't you agree to fight one-on-one? Normally, those powerful professions can accomplish many things by themselves. "
The old book asked in return: "Do those powerful Professions still need to obtain meager rewards from these simple quests?"
"…"
Gu Qing Shan was rendered speechless.
"In this small town, there is no such powerful person," the old book continued to explain, "Unless you can earn enough money or complete the corresponding mission to gain the qualification to enter the black market — some of the missions there are specifically for a single person to complete. The reward is not cheap, but the requirements are also very high."
Gu Qing Shan sighed and said, "Alright, thank you. I'll go take a look."
"Go. Since you've read so many books along the way, I'll give you a piece of advice."
"Please go ahead."
"Don't trust anyone."
"Understood. Thank you."
Gu Qing Shan turned around and walked towards the labor dispatch center of the black market.
At this moment, his heart was already somewhat anxious.
Yun Ji is currently relying on the power of the Divine Crystal to temporarily maintain her vitality.
There's no telling when she'll die.
I need to enter the black market as soon as possible to find a way to cure her.
But now, he was poor and had nothing.
According to Wang Cheng's memories, within the infinite worlds, only widely recognized treasures have the possibility of being exchanged for coins.
The spirit stones I have on me aren't even enough to be exchanged for coins.
To earn enough money, I can sell the black tree branch, but unfortunately, I don't have the money to appraise it.
This black tree branch came from my karmic adversity, so Gu Qing Shan doesn't want to touch it with my own hands. Otherwise, if something happens, it'll be too late for regrets.
Without touching it, the War God UI won't be able to identify it.
So I'm still broke.
Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but sigh again.
How did I end up like this?
While he was thinking, he had already reached the labor dispatch center.
Everything here is very clear — — - everything is written on the wall outside the center.
Gu Qing Shan carefully read through it.
It's exactly as the old book said, but it's even more specific.
There are no solo Quests.
Only temporary parties can receive a few simple Quests.
Regular party Quests are a bit harder, but the pay is also a lot better.
But as a newcomer, you must complete a temporary party Quest to be qualified to join a regular party.
This is a test for newcomers.
— — -if you can't even complete a simple temporary party Quest, then don't even think about anything else, just go home.
While Gu Qing Shan was reading, a voice came from next to his ear.
"Hello, are you a newcomer?"
He turned around.
He saw a handsome young man looking at him with a smile.
"How did you know?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"Because other than newcomers, no one else would read this labor dispatch guide" the young man replied.
"And so?"
"And so, we're also looking for people to form a temporary party to do a few Quests in exchange for pay"
"How many people do you have?"
"Three"
"Three should be enough, with three people, we can form a party to accept a Quest"
"We want the Quest to be a bit more efficient, so we're looking for one more person"
"What Quest?"
"Surface material collection"
Gu Qing Shan looked at another wall.
That wall was filled with people, all of them staring at the Quests that kept popping up on the wall.
Gu Qing Shan's gaze passed through these people and looked around the wall.
He quickly found the Surface material collection Quest.
Even among the temporary Quests, this was one of the simpler ones.
It wasn't dangerous, but it took a bit of effort.
The pay was also meager.
So even a temporary party wouldn't be willing to accept such a Quest.
Gu Qing Shan thought for a bit and quickly made his decision.
… very well, since it's the first Quest, I might as well do it.
A temporary party Quest can help me quickly familiarize myself with the Quest flow.
This way, I won't have any conflicts with other temporary parties, and I'll be able to quickly complete the Quest.
After I'm done, I'll have the qualifications to join a regular party. Using my own fighting prowess, I'll be able to find a regular party and participate in some of the most difficult Quests to obtain relatively generous pay.
With money, I'll be able to quickly enter the black market.
"Where are your companions?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
The young man gestured to the group of people.
Soon, a beautiful girl and a young man with an imposing appearance walked over.
They stood in front of Gu Qing Shan.
Looking at them, Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but gasp.
They looked too young, like 18-19 year old kids — — which was in fact their age.
They probably don't have much strength to back them up, otherwise they wouldn't have accepted such a simple Quest.
"You're too young" Gu Qing Shan hesitantly said.
Hearing that, the three young men looked at him strangely, as if they were looking at an idiot.
"Why do you think we're too young? You're clearly the same age as us "
The beautiful girl didn't understand and asked.
Gu Qing Shan facepalmed.
That's right, he completely forgot that due to his reincarnation, he was only a young man around 20 years old.
The two men and one woman seemed to notice the meaning in his eyes.
The other young man said: "Don't look down on us, we're actually quite strong, but this Quest requires four people to complete it faster, that's why we came to you"
"Alright, I'll join" Gu Qing Shan said.
The two men and one woman exchanged looks of joy.
They immediately brought Gu Qing Shan with them to register as a temporary party, then accepted the mission.
Very quickly, the four of them finished packing up and set off.
At first, they wanted to rent a cheap flying vehicle, only after Gu Qing Shan pointed out that the Quest's reward wasn't enough to rent a flying vehicle did they give up.
After that, the young men and women wanted to have a meal together first.
It was only when Gu Qing Shan showed them the time limit on the Quest's description that they understood — — -so this was a Quest with a limited time limit!
Before they left, the beautiful girl suddenly noticed that her scimitar was missing.
Everyone tried to help her recall and analyze, only to find that she casually left the scimitar next to a tree behind them.
In short, the four of them hurriedly left the town and headed towards the Quest's destination.
At this point, Gu Qing Shan was already regretting his decision.
But he had already accepted the Quest, if he gave up halfway, he would be marked as an untrustworthy newcomer.
So he could only lead the group forward.
— — -indeed, after the imposing young man led everyone for about 20 minutes, Gu Qing Shan noticed that something wasn't right.
The group stopped, carefully analyzed the map, and found that they were going in the opposite direction.
Following that, everyone agreed that Gu Qing Shan would lead the group.
Finally, they reached the destination.
Fortunately, the Quest was very simple.
The labor center gave them four Resource Cards, each of them had to take one of the cards and search around four fixed areas to collect materials.
When a person's Quest is completed, the Resource Card in their hand will give off a light chime.
Once the four Resource Cards have collected the materials, the Quest is complete and they can return.
Gu Qing Shan held the Resource Card in his hand and followed the Quest's requirements to walk through a vast desert.
When he reached the destination, the Resource Card in his hand gave off a light chime.
Gu Qing Shan turned the Resource Card over and carefully observed it.
A sand dune appeared on top of the originally blank Resource Card.
Two lines of text appeared at the bottom of the sand dune:
[Eastern Hills, 22nd district, Northeast, 5th district]
[Geographical features of this area have been collected]
A few moments later.
The others also finished collecting.
The four of them gathered together and gave their Resource Cards to Gu Qing Shan.
When Gu Qing Shan was about to lead the group back, he noticed that three of the four Resource Cards were still blank.
After some careful questioning, he found out that the three of them took a shortcut.
Their reasoning was that it would be much more efficient this way.
Gu Qing Shan didn't show any signs of being tired, only pointed at the Quest description and patiently explained why they couldn't take a shortcut to the other three.
The three of them finally understood.
By the time they hurriedly finished the Quest, the sky had already turned dark.
The Quest's time limit had passed.
The Quest failed.
Gu Qing Shan was stunned.
He didn't think such a simple Quest would end up like this.
Seeing how dejected everyone was, Gu Qing Shan calmed himself down and encouraged them: "That's right, everyone has now perfectly completed the Quest, as long as we learn from our mistakes, we'll definitely be able to do better next time"
After that, he said a lot more encouraging words to help the three of them get rid of their disappointment.
Finally, it's time to return.
Gu Qing Shan silently sighed in his mind and led the way back.
After a few steps, he didn't see anything behind him.
He turned around.
Only to see the three young people standing still, silently looking at him.
"What is it now?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
At this point, he had already let go of his previous failure and smiled warmly.
Among the three of them, the prettiest and pure-looking girl came forward.
She sneaked a glance at Gu Qing Shan, her expression was full of fear and anxiety.
"I …" the girl wanted to say something but stopped.
Gu Qing Shan encouraged her: "It's ok, you can tell me directly if you have any questions"
"Really?" the girl looked at him expectantly.
"Hm, you need to be a bit braver, if there's anything, you need to communicate it in time, otherwise if you don't say anything, I won't know what you're up to" Gu Qing Shan slowed down his voice and continued.
After a while — — -
The girl finally gathered her courage.
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