Surviving on the highway, I have a best friend who was reborn.

Chapter 98 The Stall Owner's Son

Gao Leyu raised his hand and waved.

She activated the blocked game system when Cody appeared and called her.

Yuanqiao put away the cloud aircraft. The supply station was a small storefront, but now there was a whole street of stalls outside.

Yuan Qiao walked over to Gao Leyu's side, where several well-dressed, obviously wealthy people were setting up a high-tech display stand with various shapes of energy stones on it.

These energy stones were neatly stacked in exquisite velvet boxes, emitting a mysterious glow under the display stand lights.

Some of the energy stones were small and only had a faint glow. The stall owner said that these were low-grade energy stones, but they contained a lot of energy.

Those larger ones shone even more brightly, with stars seemingly twinkling inside, clearly indicating they were high-level energy stones.

Even though Yuanqiao wasn't very close, he could sense that the energy within was extremely abundant, and his eyes instantly lit up.

Even a brief moment of closeness was enough to cause the internal energy cultivation techniques within her body to begin operating automatically.

"To prevent energy leakage, we've sealed off all the energy stones on the display stand."

Seeing that the energy stones were attracting so many people, the stall owner happily said that he wanted to exchange some of the energy stones for some life-saving supplies and some high-energy purification agents.

The energy resources on the highway are energy batteries; everything needs energy batteries to start, through energy comparison.

This low-grade energy stone is equivalent to the energy of several thousand energy batteries; it must be incredibly expensive.

Gao Leyu and Shiliu discussed on the side, hesitating whether to replace a few with spares, since the energy could always be used.

Anmuya spotted a prop at another stall and was haggling with the stall owner.

Yuan Qiao looked at these energy stones, especially the largest one. He thought that if he put it in his bedroom to sleep at night, his body would probably be able to absorb it through his cultivation technique.

"What?! A low-grade energy stone costs 200 gold coins, and that's the lowest price ever!"

Gao Leyu exclaimed in surprise. Although other passersby were not as surprised, they also remarked on how expensive it was.

"We're trapped in the inner city and can't get out. It's full of corrupted monsters, and we might die any day now. Besides, it's difficult to transport supplies after the city is sealed off, so it's only natural that prices are a bit higher."

The stall owner's partner spoke up.

Gao Leyu didn't have that many gold coins, so he gave up on the idea of ​​exchanging them. An Muya also came to this stall after buying the props.

She has saved up over 800 gold coins, enough to buy two.

"Boss, you just said you need some survival supplies. What kind? If it's reasonable, I can get you some of them."

Yuanqiao gave them a look. After all, they could buy items directly from the system shop, which was more expensive than the prices for local players, but the dungeon was currently in a period of scarce resources, so it was about right.

To sum it up, after deducting the reserved gold coins, I have 2 gold coins that I can use to buy energy stones.

"Boss, we have all the items you need, with all the functions you require. Just name it, and I can get it for you, but the price..."

Shiliu had quite a few gold coins, and she intuitively felt that energy stones would be very useful in road survival, so she wanted to exchange for more.

Upon hearing this, the stall owner immediately understood what Shiliu meant. He handed the stall over to another person to take care of, while he led Yuanqiao and the other three to a secluded spot.

"You mean you can get your hands on a lot of props?"

Pomegranate: "Yes, you can make a list of the supplies you need, and if we have them, we can trade them for energy stones."

"Okay, wait a minute."

The stall owner hadn't intended to set up a stall to barter, but these people were making promises he couldn't keep. Judging from their confident demeanor, they probably were itinerant merchants.

Listing out the items one by one, Shiliu spent over a thousand gold coins to buy supplies from the system shop, and then traded energy stones, exchanging them for 7 low-level energy stones.

She was very satisfied, and after haggling with the stall owner over the price, she got an extra energy stone than she had expected.

Anmuya bought two energy stones directly with gold coins. Surprisingly, Gao Leyu didn't have many gold coins, so he could only exchange them with vendors in the shop since he couldn't buy much good stuff. However, he had once obtained a discount coupon.

You can get a 300-gold-coin discount coupon by purchasing 2000 or more items from the system shop.

Shiliu helped negotiate, and the stall owner paid 2000 gold coins to have Gao Leyu buy it on his behalf. He couldn't know about the discount for buying now.

In the end, Gao Leyu earned 300 gold coins with tears in her eyes, and was so happy that she was practically numb. She secretly offered Shiliu a share of the profits, but Shiliu said that since they were friends, she didn't want any.

With so many gold coins in hand, Gao Leyu was happy but reluctant to spend them, so he said he wouldn't buy energy stones.

The stall owner was also satisfied, as most of the items had already been replaced.

Yuan Qiao wanted that large, high-grade energy stone, but after thinking it over, he could only offer the Red Fruit, a rare and precious natural treasure.

However, it's unknown how many red fruits would be needed to equal that large, energy-rich stone.

"Boss, may I ask what you need the high-energy purification agent for?"

Yuanqiao found a way to get close to the stall owner.

Mentioning this made the stall owner hesitate, but then he remembered that Yuanqiao had asked him first, so he stared at her with bright eyes, wondering if she had any connections.

She and the other three said they wanted to talk to Yuanqiao alone about this, and that they could go to the stall to collect the energy stones for the transaction first.

Anmuya was a little worried.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I won't do anything to this young friend."

After saying that, he took out a contract scroll, which would be signed to protect both parties if a transaction was made.

The transaction hasn't even started yet, but the stall owner says we can sign the contract right now.

Yuanqiao: "..."

She didn't have that high-energy purification potion; she just wanted to find a topic to chat about and then find an opportunity to find out how many low-level energy stones the Crimson Spirit Vermilion Fruit could be exchanged for, and how many high-level large stones it would cost.

The others also assumed that Yuanqiao possessed this potion they had never even heard of. Seeing that the stall owner seemed sincere and generous during the transaction, they left with peace of mind and headed to the energy stone stall.

The Crimson Spirit Fruit was indeed not something that others should know about, not even friends, so they tacitly agreed that the stall owner should let them leave first.

"Um, boss, I don't have that high-energy purification agent you mentioned."

"I know!" the stall owner nodded.

"what?"

“I know, how could such a great potion be casually carried around by a traveling merchant like you?”

Yuanqiao: ? ? ?
"To be honest, my son was infected by the contaminated monster, with a contamination level as high as 91%. However, my family is quite wealthy and owns an energy stone mine. So, we used our wealth to try to keep a sliver of sanity in my son and prevent him from completely going berserk and becoming a contaminated monster."

At this point, the stall owner wiped his eyes with a touch of sadness.

"91%, that's already been classified as a contaminated monster."

Yuanqiao was surprised because once the infection rate is below 80%, the contamination level can still be reduced using purification agents during the first three days after infection.

After three days, it can no longer be purified; no matter how low the level of pollution, it will be judged as a polluted monster.

"Excuse me for asking, how long has your son been infected?"

Stall owner: "3 months."

Three months! That's practically monster material.

"Can this high-energy purification agent remove the pollution levels from organisms that have been contaminated for a long time?"

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