Market
"Brother Long, I will keep it in mind. Can you tell me where I can hire good people to build a courtyard house?"
"Brother Kong, you should go to the Heavenly Construction Pavilion. They are responsible for building and maintaining all the infrastructure inside Purple Cloud Palace."
"Heavenly Construction Pavilion?" This name reminded Lei Kongming of those incompetent constructors from his life on Earth who would have very high-profile names for their companies but all they knew was to scam their customers' money and build walls that could be drilled through with a chopstick.
"Yes, Brother Kong, they work directly under the palace master and have a branch on each peak... except the 8th peak. But Brother Kong, you can visit their branch on the 4th peak."
Lei Kongming thought for a moment and finally decided to visit this 'Heavenly Construction Pavilion', but before that he needed to sell all the pills to make money; otherwise, he might be treated like a country bumpkin who unknowingly enters an expensive mall without knowing the prices.
"Brother Long, is there any market in Purple Cloud Palace where I can sell pills?"
"Brother Kong, you can directly sell to the Alchemy Pavilion, but you might not get the best price," said Lei Longwei
"Brother Long, is there any other place? I want to get the highest price I can," said Lei Kongming. With his current financial situation, he would be foolish to sell the limited number of pills he had at a cheaper price.
"Then, Brother Kong, you should open a stall in the market. I only know the location of the outer door's market; it is operated directly by Purple Cloud Palace, so it is considered safe. There are also some black markets run by disciples, which are generally used to sell goods of unclean origin, but it is easy to get scammed there."
.....
After arriving at the outer door's market as told by Lei Longwei, the first thing Lei Kongming decided to do was get back to his old business of looking for leaks.
Looking around, Lei Kongming discovered that all the stalls here were very organized, and disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall were patrolling from time to time.
Lei Kongming frowned as he realized that all the items were very reasonably priced, making it very difficult for him to pick any leaks. He stopped in front of a stall, picked up an unknown herb, and said, "Brother, 20 spirit stones are very expensive for this. I'll buy it for 9 spirit stones."
The stall owner at first seemed happy when Lei Kongming picked up the herb, but then he became very angry and said, "Bullshit, all the items on my stall are priced according to the market rate."
"Brother, how can you say that 20 spirit stone is the market price?"
The stall owner became even more angry and said, "Are you intentionally causing trouble? Or do you think I'm stupid? Although my cultivation is not high, I can still pay a small amount of money to an appraiser to get the correct price for my items."
"Appraiser?" asked Lei Kongming in surprise.
Seeing his expression, the stall owner realized that Lei Kongming was a new disciple, which calmed his anger.
"Yes, like those alchemists and sword cultivators, there are also a lot of appraisers here in Purple Cloud Palace. We just need to pay a small fee, and they will tell us the value of our items, which is very helpful as our items are quickly sold."
"But why does everyone here go to an appraiser instead of asking for a sky-high price?" asked Lei Kongming.
The stall owner looked at Lei Kongming suspiciously, considering the reason behind Lei Kongming's many questions but still replied, "That's because here in Purple Cloud Palace, there are a lot of knowledgeable people, but it doesn't mean that they are also good people."
Saying this, the stall owner became a little sad and tearfully said, "Last year, I found an unknown herb and decided to sell it for 30 spirit stones, but a brat came and told me it was only worth around 3 spirit stones and generously purchased it for 4 spirit stones. A few days later, I found a big shop selling that herb for 400 spirit stones."
The stall owner then heaved a long sigh. "This type of thing has become the norm, which forces small stall owners like us to appraise any new items before selling."
Lei Kongming's eye twitched as he realized that his senior leak pickers had exploited the market so much that it had crashed, and now he was in trouble.
'Can I file for bankruptcy? It seems that my old business can't continue.'
"Brother, where can I find these appraisers? And if I want to open a stall, who should I contact?"
Lei Kongming decided to sell the pills first and then think of what to do with the old business.
The stall owner realized Lei Kongming was just there to ask questions and waved him off, signaling for him to leave quickly. "Go to the center of the market. There's a supervisor's office where you can submit an application and pay a small fee. You'll find appraisers' stalls in front of the supervisor's office."
Lei Kongming said goodbye to the stall owner and moved towards the supervisor's office. As for leaving some spirit stones for the stall owner for answering so many questions? Sorry, you should not expect any reward from a poverty-stricken person like me.
Upon arriving at the supervisor's office, Lei Kongming filled out the application for renting a stall and paid the 2 spirit stone fee. Throughout the process, Lei Kongming thought he would meet some bullies, as in those novels he had read in his life on Earth. Then he would show his inner disciple token and make them kneel, but sadly, the entire process went smoothly without any trouble.
'Are the disciples of Purple Cloud Palace now so well-behaved?'
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