Different World Card Master: Change the World with Cards

129: Buy ’Stone’When they reached the entrance of the commercial street, they didn’t expect there to be guards outside.

At this moment, Wu Zijin took out two cardss from his pocket, and then retrieved three cloaks and two masks.

After handing two cloaks and one mask to Xu Bai, he put his own on.

Xu Bai was dumbfounded, but he quickly came to his senses and, mimicking Wu Zijin, put on his cloak and mask.

Xu Le didn’t need to wear a mask; three holes were cut into the hood of his cloak so he could clearly see outside and breathe easily.

Through his mask, Wu Zijin’s voice came out muffled and slightly distorted.

“Not everyone buying things on this commercial street is a Card Maker; there are also some mercenary groups or ordinary people who sneak in. They come in through other entrances.

However, this commercial street is different from a black market. Everything sold here is legal and compliant. As for whether the buyers can use the items, we don’t concern ourselves with that.

Here, it’s best if we use pseudonyms to avoid others knowing if we buy something good.

There was once an incident where someone bought a good item, and another buyer, feeling resentful, hired someone to steal it.”

“Okay, I’ll be careful.”

...Once all three were properly dressed, they walked in through the entrance, which led them out of a hidden alleyway and into the commercial street.

It was bustling with people. While it was originally cooler in the mountains, it was a bit warm here due to the crowd, though still cooler than outside.

Just by their physiques, there were people of all ages inside, including many children the size of Xu Le, but all were wrapped in large cloaks, making their faces unidentifiable.

Wu Zijin walked along, introducing him to the situation here.

“The items in the shops here are all kinds of strange things, and you can use money to buy them.

However, there are some good items that all Card Makers know about, which can only be exchanged with points. At most, two points can buy one, which is why I told you to save two points, just in case you see a cards you want to buy but don’t have enough points.

Shop signs with black lettering are temporary shops, while those with gold lettering are long-term.

If you ever want to sell cardss you accidentally made during your experiments, you can rent a shop. The rent is 1000 yuan a day, which is quite cheap.

I prefer to browse the temporary shops; you can often find useful items at a relatively low price.”

The two browsed the shops, examining various cardss, and chatted with each other.

Xu Bai had wanted to ask a question before, but he forgot about it due to the assessment. Now that they were here, he remembered it again.

“Wu Bai, why do many shopkeepers say that cardss cannot be replicated and are unique?”

“Because many of these cardss are experimental pieces by Card Makers. Some don’t even know the ideas and theories behind their creation, making it impossible to produce a second one.

At the same time, they don’t have the time and energy to research the making of these cardss. After all, researching these things takes time, and they don’t have it, so they package them and sell them to others, which also helps them raise some research funds.”

“Can’t they be auctioned? Don’t auctions yield more?”

“You also need to know what you’ve made to auction it, and not everything can be put up for auction.

Many people have had these cardss appraised, but if the appraisers can’t identify them, they can’t be put up for auction.”

“Okay, I understand. So, there are many things worth researching.”

Hearing Xu Bai’s words, Wu Zijin shook his head.

“It’s better to buy things you’re confident about, otherwise, research will drag you down. As your senior, I’ll remind you that in research, you must learn to give up.”

Giving up!

Giving up is sometimes a very difficult thing.

It’s easy to advise others, but when it comes to yourself, it’s hard to make a decision... The two walked along and arrived at a shop filled with various ’stones’.

Both were drawn to the items displayed inside. Xu Bai and Wu Zijin exchanged glances, stopped, and walked closer to examine them.

Xu Bai looked around and found that there were wood, ores, and other items. The seller probably wasn’t sure, so he collectively called them ’stones’.

Neither of them paid attention to this designation and began to examine the items on their own.

These were all made with cardss. Each ’stone’ had a corresponding cards pressed underneath it. The descriptions on the cards faces were very brief, making it impossible to know the actual properties of the item.

The ’stones’ were divided into two piles by the boss. The boss said the pile on their left was newly arrived, and the pile on the right was from before.

Both Xu Bai and Wu Zijin were very interested and carefully examined them.

Xu Bai first picked up the newly arrived ’stones’ one by one to observe, but couldn’t discern anything. Then he checked their corresponding cardss. The cards faces showed the melting point of the ’stone’, but not its quality.

So, Xu Bai slowly moved from the left pile to the right pile.

Suddenly, Xu Bai paused. He saw two ’stones’ that felt very familiar to him.

His heart pounded, but he tried hard to remain calm, not letting others notice his excitement.

Although the boss said the pile on the right would be cheaper, there was no guarantee the boss wouldn’t see how much he wanted them and immediately raise the price.

Therefore, when buying things, you always need to be mindful and not let others detect your particular fondness for an item.

Xu Bai pretended as before, picking up the ’stone’ he was interested in, observing it for a moment. He felt that the ’stone’s’ appearance, luster, and the tactile sensation in his hand were very similar to the ore specimens he had collected previously.

He would need to research and purify it to see if it was what he thought it was.

But whether it was or not, he now had only one thought in his mind: to buy them.

After looking through all the items on the right, Xu Bai quickly asked, “Boss, how much are these cardss?”

The boss didn’t notice anything from their actions and pulled out a price list from underneath.

Although the boss tried to act as if there was only one price list underneath, Xu Bai still noticed a clue.

The boss had at least three price lists underneath, likely giving different price lists to different customers.

Xu Bai was able to notice this because Wu Zijin had warned him earlier, so he paid extra attention to the boss’s movements.

When the boss reached down, he moved his hand a few times, pulling out a price list from below.

Never mind, let’s see the prices first. Xu Bai lowered his head and began to examine them.

’cards No. 130 — 62,000 yuan’

’cards No. 953 — 90,000 yuan’

’cards No. 14 — 43,000 yuan’

...’cards No. 610 — 10,000 yuan’

’cards No. 342 — 16,000 yuan’

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