Chapter 70 – The Merchant Caravan Arrives II

The merchant caravan arrived at the boundaries of Qing Mao Mountain in the early morning, and by afternoon they were stationed in the Gu Yue Village. When it was dusk, the surroundings of the village had formed into a widespread area of temporary shops and stores. All kinds of red, blue, yellow, and green lofty tents were built and every inch between the tents was squeezed with numerous little street stalls.

The night was descending, yet it was brightly lit in the area.

An endless stream of pedestrians spilled into the area from the village. There were mortals as well as Gu Masters.

Fang Yuan moved along with the crowd, he was followed by his six lackeys.

The crowd was bustling with activity, groups of people either surrounding the stalls or endlessly pouring in and out of the entrance of the tents.

The surroundings were filled with the shouts of merchants hawking their wares.

"Brute Force Longhorn Beetle Gu, a Gu Master who uses this Gu will be able to burst out with the strength of a cow. You can walk away, but don't regret it!"

"Intimate Grass, high-quality Intimate Grass. Everyone look at this quality, it's as fresh as if a newly picked one. One catty for two pieces of primeval stones, very cheap price…"

When Fang Yuan heard this he ordered one of his lackeys to go over and purchase as many Intimate Grass as possible. The Intimate Grass was one of a Gu worm's supplementary food types, its worth was stemmed from the fact that it could be used to pair up with a few other foods to feed a Gu worm.

For example, if Fang Yuan mixed a blade of Intimate Grass when feeding his Moonlight Gu, then instead of feeding it two pieces of flower petals every meal it would be full from just eating one petal.

This was very cost-effective as the moon orchid petal cost a primeval stone for every ten pieces. And the Intimate Grass only costs two pieces of primeval stones per catty.

Even though Fang Yuan didn't need to consider this bit of primeval stones as he had more than a thousand primeval stones now, he still decided to save whenever he could.

The five hundred primeval stones award he got from the village, the four hundred and fifty primeval stones he got from the Mo family, and the balance of three hundred and twenty primeval stones in the system. He kept this money separately.

He only uses the money his lackey earned for him last week, by challenging the other students in the academy, for his daily expenses and his Gu's food expenses. Fifty students in total come up to fifty primeval stones minus three stones per lackey are thirty-two primeval stones.

His daily expenses had drastically reduced ever since Mo Meili became his lackey. She would cook food for Fang Yuan herself and deliver it to him too. And as he was living in the academy dorm he didn't have to pay anything to the academy.

As for his cultivation, since he had the system which provided him with a 99% aperture, he didn't need to use primeval stones for his cultivation either. As such the only time he used primeval stones was to buy food for his Gu worms and during the refinement of new Gu worms.

Hence why he didn't touch the primeval stones which he received as a reward and kept them separately as he would need them when he refines higher Rank Gu worms in the future.

And now he had come to partake in this caravan was naturally it was to get the Mudskin Toad from rock gambling as he had read in the novel. This will increase his reserves. And also there was another thing which he wanted to try out today since he had gotten this chance.

Fang Yuan kept walking searching for the rock gambling den. The small street vendors lessened while large tents increased in number the further one walked.

There were all sorts of large tents to be seen – red, blue, green, yellow, in different shapes and sizes, several being a cylindrical shape. Fang Yuan observed his surroundings as he walked.

'Found it.' He stopped in front of a grey-colored tenet. The tent had two pillars at the entrance.

Fang Yuan and his group walked inside. Inside the tent, there were three rows of counters on one side. On the counter were pieces of amber or fossils. They were in all shapes and sizes.

This was the rock gambling den.

In the Gu world, there were all types of Gu, coming with different shapes and sizes and all sorts of effects. Gu worms have their respective food to consume. Without food, they can only last a short amount of time before dying. But if they lacked food, the Gu worms still have a chance of survival. That was to hibernate, undergoing self-sealing. Of course, this situation of sealing and hibernating may no happen to every Gu worm. It has a small chance of occurrence, and in most cases, the Gu worm will not fall into hibernation but instead starve to death. Only a small number of Gu worms may, under specific situations undergo self-sealing.

A few Gu Masters who accidentally obtain these sealed Gu worms rocks or cocoons would awaken the Gu worms that were slumbering within. Thus they would have a stroke of fortune. The source of the idea behind this rock gambling den originated from this.

Fang Yuan took a glance around him before slowly walking to the counter on the left side.

Behind the counter, there was a shop assistant every few meters, on their waist, hung a green-colored belt, showing that they were not ordinary people but Rank one Gu Masters.

Seeing Fang Yuan before a counter, a female Gu Master who was nearest by walked towards him and smiled, softly saying, "Young master, what Gu worm do you need? Every rock on this counter is sold at ten primeval stones each. The rocks on the right counter are sold at five primeval stones and the rocks on the high-end counter at the middle are sold at twenty primeval stones each."

This was an experienced female Gu Master, having worked at the rock gambling den for quite some time already. She looked at Fang Yuan who entered and determined that he was a student from his appearance, age, and height, etc. Students like this most only bought the cheapest fossil.

Thus, the female Gu Master had no expectations towards how many rocks Fang Yuan could buy.

Fang Yuan simply nodded towards the female Gu Master. He swept his eyes across the tent.

'Okay. Then let's test it out.'

Taking a deep breath, Fang Yuan called out the Gu System.

'System, Scan.'