C2754 Shopkeeper Deceiver
C2754 Shopkeeper Deceiver
After hearing this, Lee Yifann felt helpless. He could imagine how much pressure Yuan Shitian and the others were under.
However, the fact that they were able to mediate the situation proved that the situation wasn't particularly bad. At the very least, there was still some room for breathing. At least, it was many times better than those lower realms that had already been annexed by the Immortal World.
Earth was lucky. There was a group of people who were willing to risk their lives for them who were working hard.
"If it's the Jade Dragon Immortal City, are there only the few of you?" Lee Yifann frowned.
"How many more can there be?"
Ge Hong smiled bitterly and sighed, "There are at least five million Immortal City in the Immortal World. Even if we occupy one of them, it's not enough. Therefore, we can only choose to stay in the Immortal City where we can survive, and for the sake of our safety. If too many people gathered in the Immortal City, it would be easy for us to expose ourselves. Therefore, there are at most five or six people in the Immortal City. "
Lee Yifann nodded his head, indicating that he understood.
In the Jade Dragon Immortal City, there were only Zhang Daoling, Ge Hong, Wen Qiong and Zhao Gongming. Including him and Lee Xuanwu, there were only six people who were on their side.
To be honest, it was very difficult to survive in such a huge Immortal City with just six people.
However, Lee Yifann had always felt that it was man's doing.
He might not be able to do things that others could not. Besides, there was an advantage that many people did not have, which was that he was an alchemist, Artifact Refining Master, a talisman master, and so on.
Artifact Spirit of Xuanyuan Sword had once reminded him that Immortal Artifact and Immortal Pill were very precious items in the Immortal World. Therefore, Immortal Pill Master and Immortal Artifact Masters were existences that could be treated with respect by the Immortal City's City Lord. He could make use of this point.
He looked at Ge Hong and said in a puzzled tone, "There's one thing I don't quite understand. Senior Ge is an alchemist, right?"
In history, Ge Hong was not only an alchemist, he was also a very famous alchemist.
"I know what you want to say. I have been able to concoct immortal pills for a long time, but due to some factors, I can't do it," Ge Hong said with a sigh.
Lee Yifann immediately understood what he meant, "Because if Senior Ge reveals his Immortal Pill Master identity, some Immortal Kings will take him seriously. However, because our side is too weak, it will increase the risk of us exposing ourselves, right?"
"That's right. In terms of strength, I'm only a Heavenly Immortal Stage. Buying a mansion in Jade Dragon Immortal City would allow him to gain a foothold. However, once my identity as an Immortal Pill Master is exposed, I'll definitely be targeted by many people. At that time, Gongming and the others wouldn't be able to hide anymore."
Therefore, for the sake of everyone's safety, Ge Hong had no choice but to hide.
This was also purely a helpless action.
Lee Yifann frowned and thought for a moment. "But Senior Ge can also disguise his identity and then go to some places where medicinal pills can be sold to sell medicinal pills. In this way, you don't have to worry about exposing your identity, right? Selling pills can be exchanged for a certain amount of resources. It's also very helpful for your cultivation."
These words were exchanged for Ge Hong's bitter smile, "It's not as simple as you think."
" Oh? "
"___ nodded and said, Under normal circumstances, this idea of yours is actually not a problem. In the Immortal World, immortal pills are considered to be in demand. The higher the grade of immortal pills, the more popular they are. The more popular they are, the more ordinary spirit pills and divine pills they are. It also makes a lot of people go for it. Thus, they would sell the medicinal pills to some medicinal stores or let the auction house auction them off. Not only could it reduce the risk of exposing one's identity, it could also be exchanged for sufficient resources. However, the problem is that this is the Immortal Dimension. "
Lee Yifann was stunned on the spot." What's the difference? "
" Of course it's different. "
Zhang Daoling explained helplessly, "I've said it before. The Immortal World follows the trend of the strong and follows the strong. The strong prey on the weak. Therefore, like on Earth, you can give the pills to the Auction for auction. This rule won't work. "
Lee Yifann was stunned. Then, he frowned and said in disbelief, "Don't tell me that the auction house has designs on the seller?"
"You are right!"
Zhang Daoling sighed deeply, "The auction houses in Immortal City are basically controlled by the City Lord's Mansion. The city lord of Immortal City is actually equivalent to a local emperor here. It is still alright to have a benevolent city lord. But in fact, most of the city lords in the Immortal City are ruthless, greedy, and selfish people. They controlled the auction house, and when they encountered a seller who entrusted the auction house to sell things, they would do so. If the seller did not have a strong enough background or strength, they would test the seller. Then they will snatch things by force, and only then will they obediently follow the normal procedure. "
Hearing this, Lee Yifann felt his scalp go numb, and he almost knelt down.
This wasn't an auction house, it was a complete bandit!
"Are the auction houses in Immortal City all dishonest?"
"Sincerity?"
The four of them looked at each other, then shook their heads at the same time.
Lee Yifann was speechless, "That means that the auction house will attack the seller first. If the seller doesn't have some ability, not only will the item be stolen, he might even lose his life?"
What the hell was this?
No wonder Zhang Daoling had told him that there was no benevolence and morality in the Immortal World. Although his words were absolute, judging from the auction house's actions of attacking the seller, the killings that happened in the Auction on Earth were child's play.
"Yes!" Zhang Daoling nodded slightly, "Previously, Old Man Ge was preparing to go to an auction house in Jade Dragon Immortal City to auction off medicinal pills. However, just as he was about to go there, he met a very unlucky fellow. The Immortal Pill was stolen, and the man died a violent death. After that, the Immortal Pill openly appeared on the auction list. After that, we went to investigate and found out that this matter was something that all the auction houses had a tacit understanding of."
..." "
Lee Yifann was flabbergasted and covered his forehead with his hand. "They did this to prepare to get a ticket and leave? Don't they plan on doing this for a long time? Don't worry about making a move on the seller. No one will sell anything to them in the long run? "
" Do you think they will do this if they care about it? "
Zhang Daoling's words made Lee Yifann silent.
That's right. According to normal logic, the auction house would target all the sellers. As long as this matter was spread out, the auction house should be able to close down.
However, judging from Zhang Daoling and the others' words, those auction houses weren't affected at all. They should be operating normally.
It could be seen that credibility and whatnot were all nonsense.
This could prove that such an auction house should be based on a certain factor to continue existing without any credibility.
"It's because these auction houses all have the support of the City Lords, right? The big shops are deceiving the customers, and there's no choice."
Lee Yifann immediately understood the crux of the problem. In the end, it should be these auction houses that had the support of the Immortal City's City Lord, which was a huge tree. That was why it didn't affect them at all.
To put it bluntly, they relied on their monopoly position to buy whatever they wanted. If they didn't buy anything, they would just get lost.