After leaving the second floor of the Three Star Cave Gu House, Fang Ming did not immediately return to the first floor.
Instead, he walked out of the treehouse.
The caravan had only just settled, and the market outside was still growing livelier. Tents were being opened one after another, merchants were arranging goods, servants were carrying boxes, and Gu Masters from Gu Yue Village moved through the crowd, looking for useful materials, weapons, recipes, Gu food, or gambling rocks.
Fang Ming's gaze swept across the market.
The Three Star Cave Gu House was the most prestigious Gu house in the caravan, but it was not the only one. Around the caravan market, there were several smaller Gu houses belonging to other caravan merchants. Most of them were Rank 2 Gu houses, and although they could not compare with Jia Fu's personal Three Star Cave Gu House in variety or rare stock, they were still proper places for buying and selling Gu.
Fang Ming did not plan to sell everything in one place.
That would be too eye-catching.
He chose one of the smaller Gu houses and entered.
This Gu house was shaped like a squat wooden hut. Its walls had a faint green texture, as if the wood was still alive. The interior was much smaller than the Three Star Cave Gu House, but the counters were still properly arranged, and several caravan Gu Masters were stationed inside.
Fang Ming did not waste time.
He sold White Boar Gu and Brown Boar Gu there.
White Boar Gu sold for 530 primeval stones.
Brown Boar Gu also sold for 530 primeval stones.
These 2 Gu had already served their purpose for him. Keeping them would only continue increasing feeding costs. Turning them into primeval stones was more useful.
After receiving the stones, Fang Ming did not stay.
He left directly and headed toward another Gu house.
The second Gu house had more customers. Several Gu Masters were bargaining with the caravan merchants, and some were examining Gu displayed behind protective counters.
Fang Ming waited briefly, then sold Black Boar Gu and Black Boar King Strength Gu.
Black Boar Gu sold for 550 primeval stones.
Black Boar King Strength Gu sold for 1,800 primeval stones.
Compared with the Rank 1 boar strength Gu, Black Boar King Strength Gu was naturally much more valuable. It was a Rank 2 strength Gu and had given Fang Ming a large increase in foundation. But now that its value to him had already been extracted, holding onto it only made feeding more troublesome.
Fang Ming kept the primeval stones and left.
He then went to a third Gu house.
This one was quieter.
The merchant inside seemed more focused on special and support-type Gu rather than common combat Gu. Fang Ming looked around briefly before taking out Snow Larva Gu and Vitality Leaf Gu.
Snow Larva Gu sold for 340 primeval stones.
Vitality Leaf Gu sold for 6,800 primeval stones.
Fang Ming considered selling Vitality Leaf Gu for only 6,800 primeval stones a huge loss.
This Gu could generate around 400 primeval stones a day through vitality leaves. If he had a proper channel, a safe identity, and a justifiable source of income, its value would be much higher than this.
Unfortunately, he was too tightly monitored inside Gu Yue Village.
He had failed to strike the deal with Fang Yuan, and without Fang Yuan's vitality leaf business as cover, Fang Ming could not sell his own vitality leaves by mixing them with Fang Yuan's stock. If he suddenly produced a large number of vitality leaves himself, it would only invite suspicion.
So he could only get rid of Vitality Leaf Gu at this price.
A loss was still better than a hidden danger sitting in his aperture and eating resources.
After leaving the third Gu house, Fang Ming counted his gains.
White Boar Gu, 530.
Brown Boar Gu, 530.
Black Boar Gu, 550.
Black Boar King Strength Gu, 1,800.
Snow Larva Gu, 340.
Vitality Leaf Gu, 6,800.
In total, he had gained 10,550 primeval stones.
This was a large sum.
But Fang Ming did not feel rich.
The money already had uses.
5,040 primeval stones were reserved for Essence Storage Gu.
650 primeval stones would be used to bid for Grey Wolf Strength Gu.
640 primeval stones would be used to bid for Bear Strength Gu.
After allocating these amounts, he would still have 4,220 primeval stones left.
That amount was not small, but Fang Ming did not intend to spend it carelessly.
This was only the first day of the caravan.
The Three Star Cave Gu House's stock would continue rotating, and more Gu would appear in the following days. If he spent all his primeval stones immediately, he might regret it when something more suitable appeared later.
Fang Ming returned to the Three Star Cave Gu House.
On the first floor, the Liquor Worm still attracted many gazes, but Fang Ming ignored it and went toward the counters he had noticed earlier.
Grey Wolf Strength Gu.
Bear Strength Gu.
Both were still displayed.
Fang Ming took 2 pieces of bamboo paper.
On the first, he wrote 650 primeval stones.
Gu Yue Fang Ming.
He folded the paper and placed it into the bidding hole for Grey Wolf Strength Gu.
On the second, he wrote 640 primeval stones.
Gu Yue Fang Ming.
He folded it and placed it into the bidding hole for Bear Strength Gu.
After doing this, Fang Ming did not linger.
Strength Gu were useful, but these 2 were only Rank 1 Gu. He was willing to obtain them, but he would not waste too much attention on them.
The Essence Storage Gu was the important one.
If he obtained it, his ability to fight alone would rise greatly. With a second reserve of primeval essence, he could endure longer missions, longer fights, and more dangerous accidents.
As for Red Steel Relic Gu, Fang Ming had already left his copy chance for it.
That was not something he could miss.
He walked out of the first floor once more and looked at the bustling caravan market outside.
The merchants had just begun opening their goods.
The first day was only the beginning.
Fang Ming still had 4,220 primeval stones left, and for now, his attitude was simple.
Wait and see.
The best things might not have appeared yet.