bookbashuk Chapter 154 was quite fruitful.
Chapter 154 was quite fruitful.
Chapter 154 was quite fruitful.
"Boss, how much is this bag of seeds?" Wei Xin changed the subject. Although he intended to buy the box next to it, he couldn't give the stall owner the opportunity to raise the price, nor could he let others know.
"300, take the whole bag," the stall owner said. He explained that the daily rental fee for a stall in the antique market is 150, and a bag of seeds dug out of an ancient tomb that can't be grown is practically worthless.
"I won't haggle over the price," Wei Xin said, picking up the seed bag. "How about a free gift, boss?"
"Impossible," the stall owner said firmly. She wasn't stupid; how could she not see through such a boring, old trick?
"Then the second item is half price? There has to be some kind of discount." Wei Xin's eyes were fixed on the jade items on the stall, classic marble-colored jade.
polishing.
Laluras approached the stall, put her finger to her lips, and stared at the jade items on the stall with a curious expression.
"Look, kids like it."
"Two items for 600!"
"I'll buy three items, three items for a thousand yuan! I want to choose the third one myself!" Wei Xin insisted.
Stall owner:
"......"
Is this how you haggle?
I'm a liberal arts student, so what if I'm bad at math?
"Deal, scan the code!" As if afraid Wei Xin would realize what was happening, the stall owner immediately pulled out the payment code. The entire stall cost less than 500 yuan. "Jade and seeds, and there's one more item left. Hurry up and choose."
"Alipay payment received, 1,000 yuan."
So the boss's surname is Liu!
It wasn't until Wei Xin left with the bracelet, the seed, and the stone, satisfied, that the stall owner chuckled. He thought Wei Xin was quite capable, but it turned out he was just a fool who went to the antique market to gamble on stones. This isn't a stone gambling market; you don't expect to find imperial green jade here.
"That's hard to say," Wei Xin said, walking to the side with the things in his arms, cheering. Judging from the size of the stone, it was impossible for it to contain a Pokémon egg. Combining this with other factors, such as the way the person spoke, Wei Xin roughly guessed what was inside the stone.
Why isn't the Zygarde Core Imperial Green?
"Hey, can you hear me?" Wei Xin patted the stone and asked.
There was no response from the stone. How strange! Wei Xin clearly remembered that the sound came from the stone. His superpower was unreliable. Oh well, there were too many people around here. He'd study it again when he got back. Wei Xin put the stone in his pocket.
"Ralu!" Ralulas tugged at Wei Xin's pocket. Where was the bracelet he promised to buy for her?
"This bracelet is made of marble. If you want it, I'll buy you a real one later."
Compared to special stones that carry various energies, let alone marble for construction, even jade is just a meaningless decoration for most people and is worthless. Moreover, Wei Xin is not short of money now.
"Ralts!" Ralts shook her head. The future is the future, and the present is the present. Of course she knew that the stone wasn't worth much, but since the trainer bought it for her, it was hers.
"Alright!" Wei Xin squatted down and put the bracelet on Ralts's wrist. The little guy looked very happy, his fair face blushing.
It crawled inside the Poké Ball.
Just as Wei Xin was about to get up, Cynthia went to browse other stalls while he was haggling with the stall owner. He had to go see how many counterfeit goods Cynthia had bought. Another little guy jumped out of the Poké Ball.
"Buyi".
It's Ibrahimovic.
Ibu lay on Wei Xin's lap, gazing at him expectantly, much like a concubine who had come to the king to complain about being the emperor's favorite concubine.
Ralts got a gift, what about her? Even though she didn't do anything today, trainers can't blame each other.
"Alright, I'll take you to pick something out." Wei Xin picked up Eevee to prevent the little guy from running around and breaking other people's things. After walking around for a bit, Eevee pointed to a shop selling bells not far away.
The little guy is interested in the bell.
"Is the boss here?" Wei Xin pushed open the glass door of the shop. The wind chimes on the door jingled, and one of the wind chimes floated over and bowed to Wei Xin.
Countless bells hung from the shop's ceiling, swaying in turn with the breeze that entered the shop, extending all the way into the innermost room.
In a moment of confusion, Wei Xin heard the sounds of the monsoon and the tide.
"Coming, coming." An elderly woman with a wrinkled face and wearing reading glasses walked slowly out of the room, leaning on a cane.
"What kind of bell would you like to buy? Our best-selling items are the soothing bell and the seashell bell, available in various colors. As for other bells, we do not accept private orders at the moment."
Wei Xin placed Ibrahimovic on the table: "Are you planning to choose yourself, or should I pick one for you?"
"Booboo!" Eevee said, asking his trainer to help him choose.
"Then let's have another seashell bell," Wei Xin said. "Is there anyone else who wants a gift? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
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"Timi! Amoonguss!" Mimikyu and Samurai didn't want any gifts, Milton was not interested in anything other than food, and Spore and Tibbers jumped out.
"Take two more seashell bells."
"Timi!" Tibrim shook her head, looked up, and pointed to a bronze, grinning bell in the corner of the ceiling. She wanted the bell that could make a nice sound.
This bell appears to be a transparent bell—it's most likely a replica.
"Grandma, how much is that bell?" The old woman came out carrying three seashell bells, turned her head with difficulty, and looked at the bell.
"That's not for sale; it's my family heirloom," the old lady said with a smile.
"Then there's nothing we can do," Wei Xin said to Tibrim. Although the old man said it was a family heirloom, it was very likely genuine. He couldn't just take away someone else's family heirloom. Although he wasn't exactly a gentleman, he couldn't be like some people who would forcibly take what they wanted under some pretext.
Timmy Tibrim lowered her head in disappointment.
The old lady smiled and said, "Although it's not for sale, it's not impossible if you really want it. I have one request, but it's very difficult and most people can't fulfill it."
"Really?" Wei Xin and Tibrim's eyes lit up. Were they about to receive a mission?
"Really, it's better to give it to someone useful than let it rot here." The old woman nodded. "If you can bring me a legendary Pokémon, a Lugia feather, or a Ho-Oh feather, I'll give you the bell."
What a coincidence! He finished his task ahead of schedule. Wei Xin was overjoyed. He had put the Silver Feather in the safe at home and hadn't brought it with him. So he opened Rotom's screen and pulled up a picture of the Silver Feather from his album: "How about this feather? I can bring it with me in a bit."
The old woman pushed up her glasses, frowned, looked at the photo on the screen, rubbed her eyes, and after seeing it clearly, she trembled with excitement: "This is the Silver Feather?"
Wei Xin hummed in agreement, knowing about Silver Feather; it seemed the old man was quite knowledgeable.
The old man flipped through the old photos again, saw a flock of Lugia flapping their wings in the sky, and a group photo with Lugia. He looked up at Wei Xin: "Were you the one who rode a Lugia to Shanghai before?"
"it's me."
"Wind Chime, take that bell down."
"Ring!" Feng Lingling took a blue bell from the ceiling and handed it to the old man. The old man gently shook the bell, and the sound of the tide rang out again. Wei Xin felt that his body seemed to resonate with that bell.
"What did you hear?" the old man asked.
"Tides, monsoons, whirlpools, and underwater caves," Wei Xin said succinctly, the last of which should be the location of the Lokia tribe.
"The protection of the ocean currents, so that's it. You are the one chosen by Lugia." The old woman directed Feng Lingling to take down the transparent bell and hand it to Wei Xin, solemnly instructing him, "In that case, both of these bells are yours. Be sure to keep them safe."
"Furthermore, I have another request. If you ever obtain the Rainbow Feather in the future, please be sure to bring it to me so I can take a look."
"When I was a child, my parents told me the legend of Lugia and Ho-Oh. I always wanted to see it for myself, but Chime and I were not suited for going on adventures. We were also held back by various trivial matters. When I came to my senses, I found that I was already close to seventy years old."
"Until that day when I saw Lugia fly over Shanghai, I felt that half of my life was complete." As she said this, the old lady's cloudy eyes suddenly cleared, as if she had returned to her youth, when she and Chimeling went on a trip and stood on the endless grass, watching Lugia and Ho-Oh fly overhead.
"So, please, is that alright?"
*Ding-dong*, the main quest has been updated. Obtain the Phoenix King's Rainbow Feather. Wei Xin mentally activated a system notification.
"I will," Wei Xin replied. As a gentleman, he would not refuse a lady's reasonable request. To prevent himself from forgetting like that old monk Tang Sanzang, he wrote it down in Rotom's notebook.
"However, I have a lot of things to take care of, so it might be a long time before I can visit again. I also want to wish you a long and healthy life, Grandma. How much are all these bells?" Wei Xin joked. He had actually been planning to travel far away, but the school matters, Hunter J distracted him, and he hadn't yet resolved the issue of the Enhancement Ball.
"It's free, it's free today." The old lady was amused by Wei Xin and said with a smile.
"That won't do." Wei Xin hated the White Party the most, and he bought the Shell Bell at twice the market price.
"What a fruitful day!" Wei Xin walked out of the shop in high spirits. He planned to browse other shops around the area to see if he could trigger other plot developments.
Unfortunately, there weren't any. There weren't many hidden items in the entire mall. The shops that sold flutes didn't have the Celestial Flute, the Infinity Flute, or the Sun and Moon Flute; they only had the Pokémon Flute, which could wake up sleeping Pokémon.
The oldest person in the fossil shop is the owner's mother.
The shop selling feathers had feathers that could boost Pokémon's stats, such as Stamina, Strength, and Resistance. They weren't expensive, only 150 each. Wei Xin bought a little of each and waited for the delivery to his home so he could boost his Pokémon's stats. Even a small mosquito is still meat, except for Buzzwole, whose fleshy strands are just dead muscle and not very useful.
The lifeless gold coins in his hand transformed into tangible improvements and enjoyment, and Wei Xin suddenly understood why wealthy people love to spend money.
After buying his things, Wei Xin looked around and found Cynthia deep in thought in front of a shop selling ancient coins.
She still couldn't figure out how Wei Xin distinguished between real and fake antiques, since these things all looked pretty much the same.
Then, Wei Xin noticed a gold coin on the shop next to Cynthia.
"Wow!" Wei Xin rubbed his hands together excitedly.
Don't miss any laurel flower-shaped gold coins you see on the road; you can use them to lure away the money-guarding spirit.
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