God of Pets

Chapter 803 Rare Treasures Market
Chen Guan was puzzled and did not immediately go to the market. Instead, he observed from a distance using his keen eyes and keen ears.

Chen Guan quickly discovered the strangeness of this market; although the stall owners selling things were all human.

Even after they sold their goods, they remained expressionless, showing no joy whatsoever, and their eyes even revealed deep sorrow.

The people who buy their products show no interest in the items or any joy in purchasing them.

"What's wrong with these people? The buyers and sellers don't exchange a single word. They ask for prices, haggle, and make deals like robots. There's absolutely no atmosphere that a market should have. And their emotions are really off." Chen Guan couldn't glean any useful information from their conversation, so he frowned slightly.

These people didn't seem like living people doing business; they seemed more like dead people from a ghost movie doing business.

However, in Chen Guan's eyesight, these people were definitely not dead; there was no problem with the living aura emanating from them.

"What exactly happened here? Where did these people come from?" Chen Guan was filled with doubts.

It is certain that this is the territory of the Tearless Asura. The existence of such a strange human market here must be related to the Tearless Asura or his subordinates.

Hundred Herbs Valley is the territory of Monk Hundred Herbs, but this market is outside the entrance of Hundred Herbs Valley. Theoretically, it doesn't seem to be Monk Hundred Herbs' territory. It may belong to the area ruled by King Evil. This geographical location is somewhat sensitive, and it can even be said to be a no-man's-land. It's really hard to say which side it belongs to.

Since people couldn't see the problem, Chen Guan observed the things they were buying and selling.

The stall owners at these stalls don't just sell things; they also buy things. And not all the people browsing the market are buying things; some bring items to the stall owners to ask for prices and then resell them.

Chen watched for a while and found that both the buyers and sellers were selling the same kind of goods.

"There is a market for rare and precious materials in this place, and the rare and precious materials on display for trading do not look like ordinary items. It is hard not to suspect that these rare and precious materials come from Baicao Valley."

Chen Guan pondered to himself, "But the rare and precious materials in Hundred Herbs Valley are managed by Monk Hundred Herbs. Who could have gotten so many rare and precious materials from him? Unless he stole them himself."

Having clarified his thoughts, Chen Guan continued to think along those lines, observing the various behaviors and actions of the people involved in buying and selling, and thus made some new speculations.

"If these rare and precious materials are obtained illegally, and neither the buyer nor the seller wants anyone to know that they have handled these rare and precious materials, then they can only find someone else to buy them on their behalf. In other words, these buyers and sellers are just puppets being manipulated, or even forced to do these things. No wonder they have those expressions."

"I wonder who's behind this market. Is it human or a mystic? To be able to create something like this in a place like this doesn't seem like the work of an ordinary mystic. Only someone with extremely high intelligence could do something like this." Chen Guan was more inclined to believe that the design came from a human, because even if mystic spirits were intelligent, they rarely had so many tricks up their sleeves, while humans were the most adept at these things.

Chen Guan felt that even if the mastermind behind this was not human, there must be humans involved.

He observed from a distance for a while longer, which further confirmed his guess.

There are no administrators in this market, only human brokers. People come and go without paying attention to each other. Once they have completed their task, they immediately and quietly leave the market without wasting a second.

"The sellers and buyers here don't want to reveal their identities, which gives me a perfect opportunity. I just need to impersonate a human comprador to enter the market and select some useful rare treasures." Chen Guan had already spotted a few items while he was observing.

Many of these rare treasures were things that Chen Guan had never seen before. After all, this was a great grotto-heaven, and even the vegetable garden of the Devouring Spirit God did not have as many varieties as here.

Some rare treasures of heaven and earth cannot grow in the soil of a grotto-heaven, after all, the Devouring Spirit God cannot possibly guard and take care of that one rare treasure of heaven and earth.

Because of the Devouring Spirit God, Chen Guan had specifically studied how to identify the rare treasures of the secret realm. Although the natural treasures that humans know are only a part of the entire plant system of the secret realm, they are already quite vast.

At those street stalls, Chen Guan had already seen many kinds of rare treasures that humans would call top-quality items.

For example, if one of the Silver Star Blue Ridge Vine were sold to humans, it could fetch an astronomical price.

For the spirits, the effects of these rare and precious materials are singular, but for humans, medicine making and alchemy can maximize the efficacy of these treasures.

Silver Star Blue Ridge Vine is one of the ingredients for Star Soul Pill, which is a divine-level pill for refining pet talents.

If you are not satisfied with a pet's talent, but the pet's talent is exceptionally outstanding, then the Star Soul Pill can change the pet's talent.

Of course, changing a talent doesn't mean turning an insect's talent into a dragon's talent; it simply means optimizing the talent based on its own inherent qualities.

For example, it can turn a speed talent into a super speed talent, but it's not always a positive development. Some people's talents even worsen after consuming Star Soul Pills.

However, you can use Star Soul Pills again to refine your pet's talents.

Currently, Star Soul Pills are most effective when used on level 1 pets; the higher the level, the less effective they are.

Although a single Silver Star Blue Ridge Vine is the main ingredient of Star Soul Pill, it does not possess this effect.

In other words, this thing has limited effects on spirits; it can only be truly valuable when in the hands of humans.

At this market, the Silver Star Blue Ridge Vine is sold by the bundle, not by the plant. A bundle of Silver Star Blue Ridge Vine has at least a dozen plants, and that stall had three or four bundles.

There are many other rare and precious items like these at the market.

These are the ones Chen Guan knows and understands their uses. There are many others he doesn't know or understand their uses, and Chen Guan has no idea how many good things are in them.

"The Zhang family must have an encyclopedia of rare and precious treasures. I'll ask Zhang Chunxiang and the others for a copy later. The information on rare and precious treasures that can be bought on the market is all outdated. It only covers the basics." Chen Guan thought to himself.

Chen Guan changed his clothes, put on a hat and mask, slightly altered his physique, and walked towards the market.

(End of this chapter)