Looking at the color of the crystal core in Zuo Qingya's hand, she asked, "Are you from out of town?"

Zuo Qingya nodded.

Seeing Zuo Qingya nod, the boss also nodded, "No wonder the crystal core is a different color; it turns out it's an outsider."

Zuo Qingya asked in confusion, "Different colors? How are they different?"

Upon hearing Zuo Qingya's words, the shopkeeper took a crystal core from his pocket and placed it in front of Zuo Qingya.

The crystal nucleus in front of Zuo Qingya was colorful.

"Wow, it's colorful! What a unique crystal core!"

“The crystal nuclei here are all colored; there are very few monochromatic crystal nuclei. Basically, the monochromatic crystal nuclei are all brought in from outside.”

Zuo Qingya rubbed her hands together. "Um, boss, can I take a look?"

The boss nodded. "See?"

"Okay, thank you, boss."

Zuo Qingya took the crystal core from the boss and examined it carefully. Zuo Qingya could feel that this colorful crystal core was tailor-made for her, because as soon as Zuo Qingya got the crystal core, she couldn't help but want to absorb all the energy inside it.

Are all the crystal cores here like this?

The boss nodded, "Yes, that's what all the crystal cores look like here."

"Aren't there any other colors?"

The shopkeeper shook his head. "No, we only have these colored crystal cores. I've never seen other colors. However, the crystal cores brought in from outside are all monochrome."

Where did these crystal cores come from?

"Of course it's obtained from mutated creatures, otherwise, where would it come from?"

"Hey girl, do you have any extra water-type crystal cores? You can pick any of the talismans I have."

Zuo Qingya frowned, "Why do you need so many water-type crystal cores?"

The shopkeeper shrugged and said, "My wife is a water-type ability user. She can absorb these crystal cores, but she always needs to rest for a while before she can continue to absorb energy from the crystal cores. The speed at which she can improve her abilities is too slow."

Zuo Qingya stroked her chin and said, "Yes, there is, but I'm quite curious about this colorful crystal core. Can I exchange it?"

When the boss heard what Zuo Qingya said, his first thought was that this person must be crazy, but considering that she was an outsider, he understood. As if afraid that Zuo Qingya would change her mind, he quickly said, "How many do you need? I have a thousand mid-level crystal cores and twenty thousand low-level crystal cores. Can you exchange them all?"

"??? Sorry, boss, I don't have that many."

"Alright then, I'll exchange as many as you have."

Zuo Qingya took out the crystal cores she had prepared beforehand and handed them to the shopkeeper, saying, "This is all I have."

Seeing the crystal cores that Zuo Qingya took out, the shopkeeper curled his lips. This person is really poor. Only this little bit. Well, even a mosquito bite is still meat. It's better than nothing.

“I’ve replaced all of these.”

Zuo Qingya nodded, "Okay."

"You can't go back on your word."

Seeing Zuo Qingya nod, the boss couldn't help but smile.

Zuo Qingya was very happy to receive the colored crystal core.

Unable to resist, she held the crystal core in her hand and began to absorb it. Unexpectedly, the absorption of this crystal core was very smooth, without any unpleasant sensations. But just one crystal core was not enough; Zuo Qingya needed to absorb more.

But since they were still on the street, Zuo Qingya could only use her backpack as cover to put these colorful crystal cores into her consciousness space.

This crystal core is so useful. I'll collect lots of crystal cores when I go out. This colorful crystal core really feels like it was made just for her. It's so perfect for her.

Zuo Qingya continued browsing, hoping to discover even more.

Just then, Zuo Qingya saw a stall surrounded by people. Curious, she went over to join the fun.

To Zuo Qingya's surprise, the stall was selling a skeleton, which was colorful and quite beautiful.

Just as she was wondering, Zuo Qingya heard the stall owner speak.

"I won't go into too much detail about the introduction. Everyone can see that this skeleton is a strange one, and everyone knows its purpose. So please come up here, Elder Wang."

"good."

The people in front of the stall cheered. Zuo Qingya, puzzled, tugged at someone, "Um..."

Before Zuo Qingya could ask, the man quickly waved his hand, "Go away, why are you pulling me?"

"???"

Zuo Qingya took out a few crystal cores and stuffed them into the man's hand. The man took them without hesitation.

Seeing that the man had taken the crystal core, Zuo Qingya finally asked, "Brother, could you tell me what's going on here? What's the purpose of this skeleton?"

The man looked Zuo Qingya up and down. "An outsider?"

Seeing Zuo Qingya nod, the man understood and began to say, "That skeleton is a strange skeleton. It has no other uses, but it can be used to refine pills."

"Alchemy?"

"Yes, it's alchemy."

"May I ask what kind of pill it is?"

"Healing pills".

"ah???"

"Surprised? There's more to come that will surprise you even more."

"How so?"

"Using bizarre skeletons to refine pills, you can do it without adding a single medicinal herb."

Zuo Qingya was amazed. She never expected that the strange skeleton could have such a function, allowing her to refine pills without any medicinal materials. This was too amazing!

Old Wang took out a huge alchemy furnace and began to put in strange bones. He struck a pose, and flames began to rise from the bottom of the furnace.

Before long, a fragrant aroma of medicine wafted from the alchemy furnace.

Upon smelling this scent, Zuo Qingya found it somewhat strange and immediately blocked it out.

"It's formed! It's formed!"

"Alright, now that the pill has been formed, let's start the bidding. The highest bidder wins."

In just a short while, the bidding for the pills was over, but each pill cost no more than 100 intermediate-level crystal cores.

Zuo Qingya looked at the crystal cores with envy. If she opened a shop here, she should be able to buy crystal cores, right?

With that in mind, Zuo Qingya clicked the plus sign next to the shop, successfully opened the shop, and changed the items to crystal cores instead of junk.

After doing all this, Zuo Qingya could simply wait for the crystal cores to arrive.

Just then, Zuo Qingya saw Ling Ruo. "Sister K, you're shopping too?"

"Hmm... have you found a place to stay yet?"

Zuo Qingya shook her head, "Not yet, let's wander around for a while, and then we'll go look for it later."

"If you don't have a place to stay, I have a good place to stay here."

"Really? Where is it?"

"It's just ahead, do you want to go take a look?"

Zuo Qingya had no objections and nodded, saying, "Okay, Sister K, lead the way."

Walk to the end of the street, turn the corner, and you'll arrive at your destination.

"Hotel for travelers?"

"Hmm...this is it. It's the cheapest here, only 5 low-level crystal cores are needed."

Zuo Qingya nodded, "Okay."

"Madam, one room."

"Alright, 5 crystal cores."

Zuo Qingya handed the crystal core to the proprietress.

The proprietress took the crystal core and glanced at it. "Oh, so you're an outsider. Not bad, not bad."

Here... this is the key to room 306 on the third floor.