Fishermen make a living by luck. No one knows what they will catch when they go out today. Whether they get more or less depends on fate.
Ning Zhishui didn’t know what their previous harvests were like, but as for today’s, it was really not that good.
"Eighth-grade Sea Pearl, 30 crystals."
"Green-lipped clam, damaged, 10 crystals."
"Swirl of water snail, 25 crystals."
The guy skillfully took the things in the basket and quoted a price for each one he picked up.
Jiaqing stared intently, and her eyes only showed fluctuations when she heard the price.
Ning Zhishui frowned as he watched——
The price reduction is really harsh.
For example, the eighth-grade Hairong Pearl was sold at a price of at least 50 crystals in the store, but only 30 was given upon receipt.
However, this is the norm in the industry, so naturally there's a big difference between the purchase price and the selling price. Shops already have operating costs, so if the goods don't sell, they bear the risk.
For fishermen, life is one day at a time. No one knows when they will encounter a difficult-to-deal-with monster in the sea and die in its mouth.
So if you have something, sell it on the same day. The crystals you sell are yours, and the goods cannot be left in stock.
Ning Zhishui knew all this, so even though he thought the price was low, he didn't interrupt.
Until she heard the three words "whirlpool snail".
"Wait."
Seeing that the waiter was about to put the snail away, Ning Zhishui quickly grabbed the waiter's hand and put it on the table.
"What are you doing?"
The clerk shouted, thinking that the man was trying to steal the goods.
Hua Zhaoxing and Jiaqing looked at Ning Zhishui in confusion, and even the other fishermen looked over.
The three of them were settling the price with other guys and had no idea what was happening here. They only heard the guy's shouting.
"This isn't a water snail." Ning Zhishui released his hand and pointed at it. "This is a blue-striped cat's-eye snail."
When the five words "blue-striped cat's eye snail" were uttered, everyone in the store who heard the name looked over at the same time.
Jiaqing was stunned. She looked at Ning Zhishui in confusion, then at the snail, feeling a little dazed.
Hua Zhaoxing is similar.
"Well, Fellow Daoist Ning, this is indeed a whirlpool snail. Look, it's blue and has whirlpools." He hurriedly said to Ning Zhishui.
Jiaqing also nodded beside her.
"Although they look similar, they are not the same thing. The water snail is more pointed and has thicker walls... Hey, buddy, you have other water snails here, why not compare them?" Ning Zhishui said.
The guy looked skeptical, but seeing how determined she was, he did as she asked. As he took it out, he said, "You must have made a mistake, but if you want to see it, I'll compare it for you."
Just by looking at the price, you can tell that the whirlpool snail is not a high-end item, and there are naturally quite a few of them in the store.
After the guy took it out, he put it together with Jiaqing's.
"Huh... seems to be a little different?"
They seem the same when viewed individually, but when compared, it is discovered that there are indeed small differences.
The most obvious thing is that the real whirlpool snail is more pointed and a bit prickly to the touch, but the other one appears to be rounder.
"Look at the pattern on it. The real water snail is pure blue, but Jiaqing's is a little yellow in the middle." Ning Zhishui pointed out the difference between the two. "So this is the blue-striped cat's eye snail."
When it comes to eyesight, no one is better than a weapon refiner. Their observation and memory are even better than that of an alchemist.
Because the materials used for refining instruments are far more numerous than those for refining pills, and many of them are very similar, it all depends on the instrument refiner's excellent eyesight to distinguish the varieties and their quality.
Not to mention that Ning Zhishui is not only an alchemist and weapon refiner, but also a leader among them.
She could tell even the slightest difference.
For example, that transparent jade silk, Ning Zhishui had never seen it in its true form before it became transparent in his previous life, but because he knew its characteristics by heart, he recognized it the moment he saw it.
Ning Zhishui was certain of what he said, and the others listened, their eyes wide open, trying to find the difference between the two. After searching for a long time, they vaguely felt that there seemed to be a slight difference...
I've been staring at it for so long that my eyes are getting dizzy!
The patterns above are so dense that my brain is almost turned into a mess after comparing them over and over again!
"How could it be a blue-striped cat's-eye snail... It's the aristocrat among conchs. We in Fisherman's Song City can only catch a few of them in a year." A fisherman said in disbelief.
"That's right. Blue-striped cat's-eye snails aren't common in our waters. My grandmother worked as a fisherman all her life, and she only saw one once."
"She's just talking nonsense, right? She's obviously not a fisherman, how could she know more than us?"
Ning Zhishui looked fair and clean, and her skin was obviously different from that of the fishermen. She even didn't look like a local.
At her age and status, her words were hard for anyone to believe.
"Shopkeeper, look..."
The clerk was unsure, so he wanted to go to the shopkeeper with the blue-striped cat's-eye snail.
But Ning Zhishui snatched the blue-striped cat's eye snail away and said to the waiter when he glared at him, "It's too valuable. Let's keep it ourselves."
Then he handed it back to Jiaqing.
Jiaqing didn't know whether it was true or not, but she still subconsciously held the blue-striped cat's eye snail in both hands, as if she was holding some rare treasure.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but I always feel that it is so heavy in my hands that I can hardly hold it with both hands.
Blue-striped cat's-eye snail... Jiaqing had heard of its great name a long time ago, but had never had the chance to see it.
But this did not prevent her from knowing its price. If it was really a blue-veined cat's-eye snail, it would be worth at least tens of thousands of crystals!
The wall of this snail can be ground into powder, which is an excellent material for refining weapons. I heard that the main ingredient of the Void Realm is made from it!
An ordinary Qiankun space is just an area, but the virtual domain is different. It can be simply understood as a large palace that can be folded and stored!
Living things cannot enter the Qiankun space, but they can enter the Void Realm!
However, because the main materials are rare and have extremely high requirements on the level of the weapon refiner, the number of virtual domains in the world can be counted on one hand and two feet, and almost all of them are in the hands of those top families and sects.
As for the price, it is truly priceless, because no matter how much it costs, there will always be someone willing to buy it. The problem is that no one is willing to sell it!
A rough estimate shows that selling it for hundreds of thousands or even millions of crystals is not a problem at all!
If this is really a blue-striped cat's-eye snail... Jiaqing swallowed her saliva and her eyes widened.
Ning Zhishui had been watching her expression, and couldn't help but smile when he saw this.
This was probably the moment when her expression showed the most extreme since she met Jiaqing.
Sure enough, only the crystal could arouse her excitement and make her mood fluctuate.
The shopkeeper was originally introducing new merchandise to an old customer and hadn't been paying attention to what was happening here, but now he can't stand it any longer.
He ran over, shaking his fat body. "Hey, young man, can I take a look?"
He was asking about Jiaqing.
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