In the future, Earth becomes a relic of the mythical era.

Chapter 145 There is no business without treachery
"Wow~!"

Looking at the brightly lit, bustling underground space that resembled a night market, Ye Mengxiong felt both surprised and excited.

He had been to countless high-end places, but he had never seen anything like this down-to-earth atmosphere.

Not to mention him, Xie Lingxin had never even met him.

He had only seen others come and go when he used to run errands.

This should be the underground structure of the farmers' market.

The huge space was divided into individual square-shaped shops.

The market sells a wide variety of goods, but it's not much different from a regular night market.

Snacks, milk tea, clothing, shoes and hats...

It looks like an ordinary underground night market.

However, Xie Lingxin knew that this was only on the surface.

Where is the person you're talking about?

Upon hearing this, Ye Mengxiong scratched his head: "I don't know either. He said I'll know when I get there."

"..."

Xie Lingxin finally realized how unreliable this kid was.

If it weren't for him, he probably wouldn't have even found this place.

He now had some doubts about whether the black market dealer really existed, and he no longer held any hope for anything.

"What should I do?"

"keep the change."

Xie Lingxin suddenly said.

"why?"

"Na."

Xie Lingxin pointed to a shop not far away, with a large sign that read: Black Market Merchant!

"..."

Ye Mengxiong felt uneasy: "Something doesn't feel right..."

This was completely different from the mystery and excitement he had imagined.

Xie Lingxin shook her head and walked straight over.

He didn't know how Ye Mengxiong had contacted this so-called black market merchant, but he knew that this person was no longer reliable.

Once you get here, you have to rely on yourself for everything.

"Hey! Wait for me!"

"Hello, welcome to Labubu Blind Box Shop!"

The two entered the store, where a sweet-looking girl in her early twenties greeted them warmly.

Ye Mengxiong stared blankly at the store's layout: "Huh? Aren't you a black market merchant? Why are you selling blind boxes?"

The store was filled with blind boxes of all sizes, but it didn't look like a black market at all.

The girl blinked her sweet eyes, her smile unchanged: "Yes, the blind boxes sold in our store are reasonably priced, all starting from 10...!"

"No returns or exchanges after purchase! We are not responsible for any issues arising from your purchase!"

Ye Mengxiong couldn't help but exclaim, "It's too dark!"

10 is nothing to him, but he's not a sucker either!

The girl pointed at the sign and smiled sweetly: "Look! Black is the way to go! Black market merchants, honest and fair to all!"

Ye Mengxiong was dumbfounded: "No way? It's this dark?"

The girl laughed and said, "So, do you think it's dark?"

Xie Lingxin ignored their conversation at this moment.

He noticed it as soon as he came in.

None of the "blind boxes" here are simple.

Although he could see the blind boxes with his eyes, in his own mental perception, all of them were "empty".

The box is not empty.

It's as if the places where these boxes are located are empty, they are "nothingness".

It's somewhat like the chaos of an unexplored spiritual world.

There must be some special arrangement in this shop. Even someone with stronger mental abilities would have a hard time seeing what's inside these boxes.

It really is a "blind box".

Ye Mengxiong said, "No, the person who sent me said they have ancient scriptures! You're making false claims!"

"Ancient scriptures, yes, we have them!"

The girl pointed to a container on the side: "These are all ancient scriptures. But let me tell you in advance, 99% of them are already deciphered. Only a few are unknown ancient scriptures, and they are all fragments."

"what?!"

Ye Mengxiong said angrily, "That person said it's an ancient scripture that hasn't been deciphered!"

The girl laughed and said, "That's right, fragments are just undeciphered parts, provided you can buy them!"

Ye Mengxiong's face darkened. He realized that he had been fooled by false marketing.

Damn it, these days even the black market is getting more and more outrageous. Is there no integrity left?

"it is good!"

"It's just 10 each, isn't it?"

Ye Mengxiong said angrily, "I'll take them all!"

This container contains at most about 100 blind boxes.

Buying them all would only cost a little over 1 million.

It was nothing to him.

Even if only one of them is an unknown ancient scripture, that would still be a huge profit!

But he underestimated this "black" market businessman.

The girl smiled sweetly and said, "Sorry, there's a limit of three per customer! If you want to buy more, you'll have to buy three first~"

"you……!"

Ye Mengxiong's face turned red with anger, but the girl's smile remained unchanged in the face of his anger, making him unable to vent his anger.

"Fine! Three it is! You can choose whichever you like, right?"

"Pay first, then choose, customer."

"for you!"

Ye Mengxiong immediately glanced at the 30 yuan and reached out to take it.

But the girl stopped him: "I can't handle it. The customer chooses, and I'll pick it up for them."

Ye Mengxiong was furious and randomly ordered three boxes in a row.

The girls won them over one by one.

Ye Mengxiong couldn't wait to hug them all and start taking them apart one by one.

At the same time, Xie Lingxin also saw the girl take out three more boxes from under the counter and put them on top.

"..."

Damn it, what a swindler!
He couldn't help but want to curse.

"My grass!"

"Incomplete scriptures!"

Ye Mengxiong exclaimed in surprise.

"Another incomplete scripture?!"

"It's still a tattered scripture!!"

He opened three in a row, and each one contained a tattered piece of paper, bearing a similar aura to the fragment of scripture number 19 he had seen before. Moreover, two of them were intact. Xie Lingxin glanced at the smiling, unmoved girl.

He patted the excited Ye Mengxiong.

"what?"

Xie Lingxin looked at the girl and said, "Don't be too happy yet. If I'm not mistaken, these have already been deciphered, right?"

The girl smiled and said, "You're in luck, sir! These are all currently very popular! Back then, less than 70% of the 'Rakshasa Sea City' was deciphered. Most of the remaining fragments are in our shop, and you've managed to win three!"

"!?"

Looking down for a closer look, he realized that the author himself could understand most of the content without needing any deciphering.

"Holy crap! You're lying to me!?"

The girl looked completely innocent: "What are you saying, sir? Our shop is honest and fair to all, young and old. I just said that 90% of these are deciphered ancient scriptures, there's no deception involved!"

Ye Mengxiong glanced at the container and was stunned to find that the empty spaces that had just been taken away had been filled with new boxes.

No wonder it's a limited edition!
So it's impossible to buy them all!

"..."

"I don't believe it!"

Ye Mengxiong became ruthless. "It's just money, isn't it?"

I have plenty!
"Give me three more!"

"Alright, guest!"

“Tear it up~!”

"Tear it apart~"

"Tear it apart~"

In the blink of an eye, Ye Mengxiong opened three more blind boxes. One of them contained a fragment of a book titled "Rakshasa Sea City," while the other two were empty.

"Why is it empty?!"

"Guest, I forgot to tell you, there's a chance of it being empty!"

"you……!"

"Come again!"

“Tear it up~!”

Ye Mengxiong was furious and started arguing with her.

Blind boxes were torn open one after another.

The girl couldn't stop smiling.

Xie Lingxin felt extremely distressed.

Damn it, where did this landlord's stupid son come from? If we gave him so much money, how many things could he do?
Even after unpacking dozens of blind boxes, the cabinet is still full.

I have no idea where this woman got all this random stuff.

Xie Lingxin couldn't stand it anymore.

This kid is clearly blinded by defeat.

"enough!"

Xie Lingxin grabbed him, her shout carrying a hint of spiritual strength.

Ye Mengxiong was startled and regained some of his composure.

Looking at the pile of boxes in front of him, he swallowed hard.

This amount of money wasn't much to him, but he realized he had been scammed.

The girl smiled and said, "You're very lucky, sir! These are all fragments of 'Rakshasa Sea City'! You're almost there!"

"If you collect all the complete fragments, you can sell them for a good price! Would you like to continue, customer?"

Xie Lingxin frowned and said, "Aren't you guys being a bit too ruthless? Don't you know the saying 'too much of a good thing'?"

While it's true that all merchants are unscrupulous, this level of cunning is simply disgusting.

The girl still smiled and said, "You're too kind, sir. Our shop is honest and fair to all, young and old!"

"If you walk the dark road too often, you're bound to encounter a ghost."

"Ye Mengxiong, let's go!"

Xie Lingxin was too lazy to argue with her, so she pulled Ye Mengxiong away.

"and many more!"

Ye Mengxiong packed up all the dozens of tattered pages he had extracted.

He said fiercely, "They're all mine!"

Even if it's useless, we can't leave it to this unscrupulous merchant to continue harming people!

Furthermore, although the ancient scripture of the Rakshasa Sea City has been deciphered and the domain is gone, these fragments still have some research value and can make up for some of the loss.

After the two left.

A gaunt old man came out from behind the shop.

"That's Ye Ding's son. Aren't you afraid Ye Ding will come after you for this?"

The girl pouted: "And you're talking about me? You only lured him here because he's Ye Ding's son, a rich and naive guy."

"Heh! I just wanted to make a quick buck, who knew you'd be so ruthless?"

The old man said, "Don't blame me for not warning you, that kid with the guy surnamed Ye is not someone to be trifled with."

"What's there to be afraid of? We've already made our money after this one job. We'll pack our things and run tonight!"

The girl snorted: "This kid dares to curse me? Humph, even if I'm leaving, I'll make sure he gets all his underwear before I go!"

The old man said, "Alright, stop arguing and hurry up and pack your things. Ye Ding is a man with a heart as sharp as a needle. His eldest son just had bad luck and he has nowhere to vent his anger. If he finds out that his youngest son has been cheated again, he definitely won't let it go."

……

After leaving that "heartless businessman," Xie Lingxin and her companion emerged from the underground night market.

"Teacher Xie, do you think I'm very useless?"

Ye Mengxiong hugged a pile of tattered pages and said dejectedly.

Xie Lingxin nodded: "That's true to some extent."

"!"

Ye Mengxiong was both shocked and aggrieved.

According to the script, shouldn't you be comforting me?

“Every failure is a learning experience.”

Xie Lingxin continued to flatter him, saying, "It's not so bad for a fool like you to be fooled."

"..."

"I'm going home now, Teacher Xie. I'm sorry to have wasted your time today. Don't worry, I'll make it up to you."

Ye Mengxiong didn't want to say anything more and walked away dejectedly.

Xie Lingxin watched him leave, then found a quiet corner and took out the pottery jar.

Summon Wangcai, and at the same time, the Yin spirit leaves the body.

This time, it was Lei Zu's consciousness that left his body.

Together with Wangcai, they went back to the underground night market.

Xie Lingxin only enjoys being a shrewd businessman herself; if she gets swindled, she won't be able to sleep for several nights.

The Yin spirit is half real and half illusory; it can appear or disappear in an instant.

If it is hidden, it is difficult to see with the naked eye.

Wangcai is a deity, so doing this is a piece of cake for him.

He had already secretly observed that there were no mental experts in the underground night market, at least not openly.

There may be people who can see through his inner spirit, but there are definitely not many.

(End of this chapter)