This street had already become quite famous since the time of the Republic of China.

The people who long-term stationed on this street included all walks of life, an assembly of numerous oddities.

Xu Fan had just walked in when he glanced around and could see groups of three to five shifty-looking fellows searching for their targets.

It wasn't an exaggeration to say that coming to this street, not to mention bartering for treasures, but just managing to leave without losing any money was exceedingly lucky.

Xu Fan wasn't worried that these pickpockets would target him; if they really made a move on him, it would serve as a perfect outlet for Gongsun Qin to vent her frustration.

You should know, this woman was currently holding back a great deal of resentment.

The materials needed for Gu refinement were diverse and not just as simple as precious medicinal herbs.

If one wanted to collect everything in the shortest amount of time, this was undoubtedly the best choice.

He wasn't the slightest bit concerned about being at a disadvantage in this street of nine-fake-one-real because, with his right pupil's golden glint, Xu Fan really didn't think anyone could deceive him.

As he sauntered and browsed, it didn't take long for Xu Fan to stop in front of a street vendor's stall.

The stall displayed various herbal medicines, and at that moment, Xu Fan crouched down and began to scrutinize the items carefully.

Gongsun Qin stood by the side, watching Xu Fan seriously picking through the selection and couldn't help but frown.

With one glance, she could tell that about seventy to eighty percent of the medicinal herbs on this stall were fakes.

Not to mention curing people, just the mere smell of them was enough to make one nauseous.

She guessed that if used on a person, one probably wouldn't even know how they died.

"Xu Fan, let's go."

Gongsun Qin tugged at Xu Fan, ready to have him leave quickly to avoid being swindled by this scammer.

But Xu Fan had no intention of leaving; he picked up a nondescript blood-colored herbal plant from the stall and said, "This one, I'll take it for a hundred thousand."

"What?"

Upon hearing Xu Fan's words, Gongsun Qin couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

A hundred thousand for such a small clump of weeds?

Had this guy lost his mind?

However, what surprised Gongsun Qin even more came afterward.

She'd thought that for a price as high as a hundred thousand, the vendor would surely hurry to sell to Xu Fan.

But the vendor didn't even bother to lift his eyelids.

"Two hundred thousand."

With a nonchalant air, he directly doubled the price.

"That swindler…"

Gongsun Qin observed and couldn't help cursing under her breath.

She figured that the swindler had seldom encountered such an easy mark as Xu Fan and wanted to fleece him for more.

"Xu Fan, two hundred thousand, you can't be serious about buying it, can you?"

Thereupon, she warned Xu Fan in a lowered voice.

"Two hundred thousand? Of course, I won't buy it," Xu Fan said with a smile, narrowing his eyes.

If he agreed to two hundred thousand now, he estimated the guy would tell him that someone else had already reserved this stalk of Blood Cold Grass.

If he didn't raise the price by another hundred thousand, he could forget about getting it from him.

Indeed, this stalk of Blood Cold Grass was worth three hundred thousand.

But to do business with such an ignorant swindler, one didn't need to waste that extra two hundred thousand.

"Let's go, we'll take a look elsewhere," said Xu Fan as he stood up and stretched, then took Gongsun Qin over to another spot.

At this point, the vendor started to get anxious.

Truth be told, he himself wasn't quite clear on the use of this item; he had just taken it to sell because it looked peculiar.

He had intended to make some extra money off the young man but didn't expect him to walk away just as he raised the price.

"Young man! Wait a moment!"

Suppressing the panic in his heart, the vendor stood up from the bench and said, "You're not going to find this item anywhere else."

"I tell you what, I'll sell it to you for a hundred and fifty thousand, just to earn a bit of labor charge."

"One hundred and fifty thousand?"

"Boss, that's quite the labor charge, isn't it?"

Seeing the stall owner's pained expression, Xu Fan couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

"Now I'm only willing to pay fifty thousand, take it or leave it."

"You! Has... has anyone ever bargained like you?"

The stall owner nearly burst into tears when he heard Xu Fan slash the price in half!

Wasn't this kid being way too ruthless?

For a moment, the stall owner couldn't help but regret. Had he known earlier, he should have just sold it when the offer was one hundred thousand.

After all, he had only spent thirty thousand on the medicinal herb himself.

"Alright then, I'll sell it to you for fifty thousand!"

If he didn't agree, the tough young man in front of him might just slash the price by half again, leaving the stall owner no choice but to nod his head in resignation and accept.

At that moment, Xu Fan squatted down and picked up two sections of a green vine.

"Boss, throw these in for me too."

"..."

The stall owner almost spit out a mouthful of blood!

This guy was really plucking the goose bare!

He was only making twenty thousand from him, and now this kid was thinking about a buy one, get two free deal?

"Then... then add ten thousand more!"

The two sections of vine that Xu Fan was holding were actually stolen from someone from Miaojiang.

He had thought they were treasures, but for a whole year no one had shown any interest.

Selling them to this unfortunate soul for ten thousand would at least allow him to get rid of them.

"One thousand."

"You! Young man, aren't you being a bit too harsh with your bargaining?"

The stall owner was so angry he could hardly stand it. One thousand? That wasn't even enough to stick between his teeth!

"At least two thousand!"

After observing and considering for a moment, the stall owner raised the price to double.

Xu Fan pursed his lips and then took out his card.

"Fine, let's do the card transaction."

After passing his card to the stall owner and completing the payment, Xu Fan collected the three items.

A stalk of Blood Cold Grass and two sections of Green Ghost Vine had cost him only fifty-two thousand, and Xu Fan felt pretty good about the deal.

You see, compared to the Blood Cold Grass, commonly used in Poison Making, the Green Ghost Vine, which can be fed to Gu to enhance its abilities, was several times more precious!

Getting it for just two thousand was pretty much like a pie falling from the sky.

"Hm?"

While he was still feeling elated, he saw Gongsun Qin looking at him with a pained expression on her face.

Xu Fan looked at her and couldn't help but chuckle.

Obviously, in her eyes, he was now the fool with more money than sense.

He didn't plan on explaining. After all, this woman had already been dealt too many blows by him.

Allowing her to regain a little psychological balance this time wasn't so bad.

With that, Xu Fan led Gongsun Qin and continued to weave through the various stalls.

Ultimately, nine out of ten were fake, and after visiting several stalls in a row, almost everything they saw was either artificially aged or counterfeit.

At incredibly high prices, if he actually spent money on such fakes, then Xu Fan would truly be the idiot with more money than brains.

He wasn't in a hurry to find a gold mine in a hurry. In a place like this, patience was exactly what was needed to find a bargain.

It wasn't even nine o'clock in the morning yet, and there was plenty of time to discover treasures that could aid in his Gu Refinement.

"Hm?"

As he wandered the streets patiently, Xu Fan soon found another interesting street stall...

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