Mechanical Alchemist Chapter 29: Black market

Captain Kai is a very nice person. He was probably afraid that Su Lun would take detours, so he gave a very detailed explanation.

 However, Kai didn’t know that Su Lun’s awakened talent was not D-level [Eagle Eye], but S-level dual talents; he also didn’t know that he didn’t want to advance to an ordinary profession, but already had it. The highly suitable golden employment material [Rune Puppet] is required to find the rare profession "Puppet Master".

 Hence, the career advice that applies to ordinary people is not suitable for Su Lun.

 It is true that as Kai said, choosing alchemy equipment requires a high degree of compatibility between your profession and talent, so that the combat power can achieve the effect of 1+1>2.

 In the melee system, choose physical-enhanced equipment, in the assassin system, choose agility-enhanced equipment, and in the magic system, choose various equipment that improves spell casting efficiency...

 But Su Lun is originally a career path with a dual growth of skill + agility. Planting equipment is widely applicable, but it is difficult to achieve a high degree of compatibility.

 From the current point of view, except for the silver-level [Thousand Killing Wings] plant equipment, which has a relatively high compatibility, the other available black iron plant equipment is a bit of a "waste" of its own attributes.

 But he thought, what if... there is something more suitable?

Su Lun didn’t dwell too much on this issue.

 There is no need to worry about the alchemy planting blueprints for the time being, because that is something you will face only after you become a professional.

 First of all, he has to make some preparations for his "appointment".

　In addition to exclusive inauguration materials, "professionals" also need some things to lay out and change formations. Such as magic crystal, star antimony, mercury salt... and various powder metal media such as red copper and gold.

  .....

 After a long night of work, the hustle and bustle of Green Street gradually dissipated.

 As the busiest nightclub neighborhood in Nancheng District, the early morning when the city wakes up is the nightfall here.

 It is worth mentioning that there is no sun or moon in the underground city, and the signs that distinguish day and night are the fog and lights in the city.

 At night, fog will fill the entire city, and the light source lighthouse installed by the municipal government will be extinguished to save energy. During the day, the fog will dissipate and lights will illuminate the streets.

 6:55 in the morning.

The Green Street Cross Gang members are still in Wenrou Township, but Suellen has already gone out.

 Because there are a large number of steam boilers operating in urban factories, the smoke produced by the combustion of coal mines makes the fog appear light gray, and there is a strong smell in the air.

 At this moment, there are still five minutes before the city train departs, and there are not many pedestrians on the street.

Su Lun changed into a **** trench coat and wore a round hat that covered most of his face, and he also squeezed into the queue waiting for the bus. The breeze flowed into his collar, giving him a slight chill.

 “Dingling bell~”

Not long after, after a crisp sound of copper bells, a rail steam locomotive came "woo woo".

 Just like taking a bus in the previous life, Su Lun also squeezed in.

 Arrive at the station and get off.

 The Bird Block in the North City District is the intersection of four urban districts. The X-shaped intersection where the two blocks intersect is also the boundary between the three gangs. This place does not belong to the territory of the three major gangs, and the North City Public Security Department cannot reach out. It belongs to a "three no matter" zone, where various forces are intertwined.

 And under the intersection, there is an inconspicuous alley leading to the underground - "Shadow Alley".

 There is a professional black market underground named after this alley.

 There are underground pipes extending in all directions, connecting Old Lington's complex sewer system. Even if they are surrounded by a large army, the people inside can escape from the official website.

 Hence, due to the special geographical environment, the largest underground black market in the outer city has gradually formed here.

  .....

 “Shadow Alley” is a favorite place for wilderness wanderers and explorers to gather. They will bring the harvest they brought back from outside the city to sell here, including cursed materials, alchemy scrolls, ores, rare cursed objects... and many weird ancient alchemical products.

 This is also the most popular extraordinary market for professionals from outside the city, because there are many products here that are not commonly seen on the market or even unavailable.

 Here, as long as you have money, those black market shopkeepers can always satisfy you.

 Many good things that are not visible to the public, such as the black goods that thieves wrote off, and the stolen goods that were stolen from people who committed murder, can be seen in some inconspicuous shops in Shadow Alley.

　　Famous guns, swords, high-grade potions, alchemy bullets, steam machinery, alchemy blueprints, and even military modified prosthetics flowing out of the inner city, high-grade alchemy materials that only nobles can enjoy... and top-secret information.

 Have it all here.

  .....

 Things that cannot be seen in the light are always hidden in dark corners.

 There was a dim gas lamp ten meters away, and the light was dim.

Su Lun walked through a long underground passage, probably a hundred or two hundred meters underground, and then came to a huge underground gap.

 This "Shadow Alley" is not a flat block, but a three-dimensional building complex.

 Ancient sewer pipes are neatly arranged on the rock wall. The end of the pipes leads to the endless darkness deep underground. People relied on pipes to build some small shops with steel frames. Just like the "Hanging Temple" in Su Lun's previous life, it is accessible by various simple steel structure stairs and bridges.

Su Lun stood at the intersection entering the block, looking at the endless black abyss in front of him, a flash of thought flashed in his eyes.

 Without any further delay, he headed straight to the shopping street.

Your feet make a clanging sound when you step on the steel pavement.

 Perhaps because it was still early, there were not many customers in Shadow Alley, which had just opened.

Su Lun looked over.

 Most of these shops are only a few square meters, and there are some materials hanging at the door announcing what they sell in the shop. Occasionally, several stores will write a small sign with charcoal and hang it at the door, "Black Witch's Alchemy Materials Shop", "Stars Bookstore", "Giant Machinery Shop"...

 What’s interesting is that Su Lun actually saw his “Missing Person Notice” on the street notice board.

  No, it belongs to the original owner exactly.

Although it is not a wanted notice, the photo says that if you provide clues, you can get 100,000 liso. This is already the price of a reward for a Class B wanted criminal.

 It’s very tempting.

 This is a bulletin board for posting information about purchasing materials. Half of the space is filled with information about various purchasing materials, and the code of the transaction address is also left.

 Only people who often hang out in the black market know what those codes mean.

 On the other side is the page where intelligence dealers exchange information. It's like the small advertisement area in a newspaper, densely filled with various "missing persons notices", bounties and transaction codes.

 The A-level wanted criminal "Yin Scorpion" Yabok, who died in the fighting arena yesterday, is also at the forefront. However, his photo has now been marked with a red cross.

Su Lun only glanced at it and didn’t look at it more.

 The person on the wanted list is the brown-haired boy Fike Regadi. What does his bald Suellen have to do with him?

 The appearance is born from the heart. After changing the skin of a soul, both temperament and facial features are becoming more and more different from the original owner.

  He didn't think bounty hunters would find him based on this photo alone.

  ......

 In addition to the fixed shops in "Shadow Alley", there are also some antique dealers who claim to be hunters on both sides of the narrow road.

 They randomly tore off a piece of rag and placed a few things on them, saying they were ancient treasures recovered from such-and-such ruins.

This makes Su Lun feel like visiting the Panjiayuan Antique Market in his previous life. All kinds of weird and weird gadgets look quite scary, but when the omniscient eye takes a look, they are all "fake"!

Although he had the "Eye of Omniscient", Su Lun didn't think he could pick up the leaks, and he didn't waste time identifying the fakes one by one.

 Extraordinary items have very special energy fluctuations, especially cursed materials. Even a layman can feel that things are not simple.

Furthermore, alchemist is also a very knowledgeable profession. It can be said that almost every hunting team has "appraisers" who are proficient in archeology and mysticism.

 It is possible for one person to miss it, but for everyone to miss it, the possibility is almost zero.

  There are good things in the black market, but you must pay a corresponding price. There is no need to pick up the leaks yourself. If you sincerely want to sell, just ask the store owner directly. He will mysteriously bring out the good things that are not on the counter.

  After all, his wanted notice was still hanging on the wall, and Su Lun had no intention of wandering around the market.

 His purpose of coming to the black market this time was to buy some formation materials for "inauguration".

 Kai had told him before that "Rosen's Alchemy Shop" had a good reputation and the products were of high quality.

 He walked for a few minutes and found the inconspicuous little shop in a corner of the market.

 There is a simple copper bell hanging at the door of the shop. You will bump into it no matter how you walk through the narrow shop door.

 When the jingle sounds, the shopkeeper knows that a customer has arrived.

 The store is very small, with glass counters on three sides, densely packed small grid closets on the walls, and many displayed material samples hanging from ropes in the air.

 Listening to the ringing of the bell, an old man with glasses appeared behind the counter and was arranging materials, "Guest, what materials do you need to buy?"

Su Lun glanced at him, without further ado, took out the list of materials and said: "I want six pieces of white crystal, thirty grams..."

 But as soon as it started, the old man looked surprised, as if he had heard wrongly: "You want white crystal?"

 Su Lun: "Why, don't you have it in your store?"

  The old man explained: "No, distinguished guest, I have no other meaning. I mean, advanced 'professionals' don't need high-purity crystals at all, ordinary citrine is enough."

 The shop owner sells alchemy materials, so he naturally knows that most of the crystals he buys are for setting up the inauguration alchemy transformation formation.

 He sells dozens of crystals a month here. More than 95% of the people buy citrine with impurities, and a few buy blue crystals with higher purity.

 As for high-purity white crystal? No one in the outer city could use that kind of advanced stuff.

 Not only is it expensive, but it is also a waste to use such high-grade materials to lay out ordinary inauguration conversion arrays.

  So he preconceptionally thought that the guest in front of him had made a "slip of the tongue".

 “Thank you for your kind offer, but I’m sure what I need is six white crystals.”

Su Lun said in a deep voice.

 It’s not that he is ignorant, but that he now knows a lot about alchemy and knows that he must need this material.

 For an ordinary inauguration ceremony, citrine with impurities is indeed enough.

 But the [Rune Puppet] inauguration material quality in his hand has reached the gold level, so he needs equally high-grade materials to arrange the transformation array to achieve a successful inauguration.

 “Oh, that’s it...”

 The old man glanced at him and said nothing more.

  He took out something from his personal storage ring and introduced it: "Just yesterday I received a few pieces from a group of hunters. I was originally planning to sell them to a large chamber of commerce in the inner city. You I'll sell it to you if you want. However, the price is not cheap. Six yuan, a total of twelve thousand liso."

Su Lun looked at the six palm-sized crystals on the tray and nodded with satisfaction.

Although he does not have the discerning ability to judge purity, the omniscient eye revealed that the name of this thing is [high-purity white crystal].

  The old man asked again: "What else do you need?"

 "Fifteen grams of snowflake antimony, 80 ml of mercury salt liquid of grade IV quality or above, eight parts of refined red copper powder, 200 grams of lizard powder that is at least thirty years old, green awn crystal..."

Su Lun didn’t hide anything and directly reported the list of materials he needed.

 He knew very well that there was no need to hide his purpose.

 These material merchants sold too many materials and were extremely shrewd. As soon as you opened your mouth, he actually guessed something.

 If you really have to spread out your purchases at various stores, you are more likely to be targeted.

  "They are all very high-end materials... If you go to other stores, you may not be able to get them all at once, but I still have some stock in my store."

 The old man muttered, apparently guessing that the guest in front of him was planning to set up a very advanced transformation formation.

However, professional businessmen will not inquire about the secrets of their customers. This is the rule of the black market.

 He did not hesitate, he took out various materials one by one, weighed them, and then quoted the price: "A total of forty-two thousand liso."

 Su Lun listened to the quotation and took out the unheated bonus with a blank expression, saying: "Here is the money, please click on it."

 A few hours ago, Kai told him that when he took office, he spent eight thousand liso to purchase formation materials.

 And Su Lun now spent five times as much.

 However, the good news is that now everything is ready to take office.