Henry explained all the necessary rules to Gu Shi in detail, and finally concluded: "In short, this is the mermaids' territory after all, so we humans should be cautious in everything we do here.

That's all I have to say. You don't need me to accompany you anymore, right?"

Henry knew his situation clearly. Even if he stayed with Gu Shi from then on, he wouldn't be able to play a big role. With his vision and background, it was impossible for him to help Gu Shi choose something. At most, he could help bargain for a price.

So Henry chose to propose separate actions on his own.

Gu Shi nodded, "Well, let's go shopping separately here."

Gu Shi also didn't like having an unfamiliar person following him while shopping. After all, he and Henry had only known each other for a few days.

"Okay, then I'll wait for you here. Have fun."

Henry didn't plan to go to the market with them. Anyway, his home was in the small town, and he would have many opportunities to attend the market in the future. The most important thing for him now was to serve Gu Shi, the big customer, well.

"Then I'll be leaving first."

Gu Shi waved to Henry, turned around and walked into the market.

Gu Shi didn't know much about pearls, so after looking at them for a long time, he could only see one thing, that is, the pearls cultivated by mermaids were all very large and shiny.

Fortunately, there were a lot of people coming and going in the market. Gu Shi mingled in the crowd, walking and watching, listening to the conversations between buyers and sellers, and the signs on the stalls. After a while, he gained a lot of knowledge.

Although mermaids look like they are not of this world, they are not inferior to humans in marketing.

In order to allow customers to quickly understand the functions of the pearls they sell, mermaid stall owners will put up a sign next to their store to clearly and intuitively describe the functions of pearls.

After that, they would add various decorations to the signs according to the characteristics of their own stores. Gu Shi even saw a store with a sign that looked like a neon sign.

The mermaids in this world are not as innocent as described in fairy tales. Gu Shi has seen two or three humans being cheated by mermaids along the way. Some mermaid stall owners even deliberately use their beauty to increase the prices of their goods.

After realizing that they had been cheated, those people dared not speak out and were forced by the situation to swallow their anger and leave.

After walking around the entire street, Gu Shi started buying all the pearls that interested him.

White pearls that can be ground into powder and soaked in water to increase magic power reserves, pink pearls that can be used as ingredients for potions, and orange pearls that can be ground into powder and applied to the body to increase physical strength...

With the intention of buying local specialties, Gu Shi went on a large shopping spree. Because he was generous, the mermaids were happy to trade with him, so every transaction went quite smoothly.

Soon, a small mountain of pearls piled up in Gu Shi’s space ring.

But after walking around for so long, he still hadn't come across the good stuff that Henry said would be used to show off. Maybe he was just unlucky.

But Gu Shi didn't care much about it. He had gained enough today.

"Hmm? That's?"

As he walked, Gu Shi suddenly saw an unusual stall. Next to it stood a sign with large characters written on it: "Unprecedented, Exploding Pearls!"

As soon as Gu Shi saw the slogan, he immediately became interested. He didn't expect that there were so many talented people in the mermaid tribe. There were even mermaids who could grow pearls into bombs.

Gu Shi walked to the stall in just a few steps. Because of the sign of the stall, many people had gathered around to find out what was going on.

Gu Shi didn't think about squeezing to the front, he just stood by and listened for a while, and quickly understood the specific details of this exploding pearl.

According to the stall owner, this special purple pearl will explode when it is hit, bringing out a puff of purple smoke.

The explosion power of each pearl is different. The darker the pearl, the stronger the explosion power and the larger the area covered by the smoke.

Gu Shi thought silently: "It feels a bit like a smoke bomb. It's quite interesting. I might as well buy some and put them in my space. Maybe they will come in handy someday."

The group of people surrounding the stall were obviously also very interested in these exploding pearls and expressed their willingness to buy them, but the stall owner stopped them at this time.

The mermaid youth standing behind the stall raised his voice and said loudly, "Everyone, please be quiet for a moment and listen to me.

Although this pearl is quite powerful, it also has some flaws. You should listen to me first before deciding whether to continue purchasing it."

"First of all, the storage conditions must be such that they cannot be subjected to violent collisions. Secondly, these pearls must be immersed in seawater when stored, otherwise they may explode even without being hit.

If one pearl explodes in bulk, all the remaining pearls will explode as well."

"Secondly, if humans are exposed to even a small amount of smoke and dust from the pearl explosion, they will experience certain negative effects, including but not limited to coughing, tearing, sneezing, etc.

So far, we haven't found a way to suppress this negative impact, so using this pearl could easily lead to a lose-lose situation."

“Third, although the triggering condition for these pearls to explode is uniformly collision, the explosion requirements for each pearl are different.

Specifically, some pearls may explode with just a light touch, while some pearls need to be pressed very hard before they explode.

We don't have a good way to identify this yet, so the explosion conditions of each pearl here are uncertain before they are actually used."

"To be honest, we brought out this batch of pearls with many defects just to test the waters. We will continue to cultivate this type of pearl to make its characteristics more stable.

If you are interested, we will bring out even better explosive purple pearls at the next pearl fair, and you are welcome to come and buy them then."

Gu Shi understood. It turned out that these pearls were used to test the waters. Since the exploding purple pearls were still an unfinished experiment, they had many flaws that needed to be improved.

If many people are interested, then spend more time on the exploding purple pearls. If few people are interested, they can also stop losses in advance.