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Li Xiu asked for another bowl of porridge, and it was okay to just eat the steamed buns with the porridge.

By the time Li Xiu finished one bun, Chu Qi had already finished almost a plate of buns, and probably had eaten seven or eight.

By the time Li Xiu finished the second bun, there were only four buns left on the two large plates.

"I can't eat any more," Li Xiu said, putting down the bowl.

"I'll eat the rest." Chu Qi said two words succinctly, then stuffed the buns into his mouth again.

"Chu Qi, don't you care about food in the city lord's palace?" Li Xiu looked at Chu Qi and felt that he seemed to have never had enough to eat before.

"In charge of food, the buns here are not as delicious." Chu Qi replied.

Li Xiu finally understood now that these Niujia steamed buns should be Chuqi's favorite and are not a famous delicacy in Baiye City.

"Are you a magic costume master?" Li Xiu glanced at the large backpack on Chu Qi's back. It was a large mountaineering bag style, and it was packed full of stuff. This guy kept carrying it and never put it down.

Pass.

"No." Chu Qi shook his head.

Li Xiu was a little surprised. He thought Chu Qi was carrying a magic costume, but he didn't expect that since he was not a magic costume master, what he was carrying shouldn't be a magic costume.

Since it's not a magic costume, then what exactly is it that he's carrying? He doesn't leave his body for even a moment.

"What's in your backpack?" Li Xiu couldn't help but ask.

"Magic costume." Chu Qi's answer was beyond Li Xiu's expectation.

"You're not a magic costume master, so why are you carrying a magic costume?" Li Xiu became even more curious.

"Master was afraid that this magic costume would be stolen, so he asked me to carry it." Chu Qi replied.

The more Li Xiu listened, the more surprised he became. In a place like Baiye City, countless magic costumes are produced. Is there no place where the magic costumes can be placed? Chu Qi must carry them all day long?

If you are afraid that the magical equipment will be stolen, wouldn't it be easier for someone to carry it on your back?

People always fall asleep, and it is impossible to stay alert 24 hours a day. Is it really safer to carry something like this through the market than to store it in a warehouse?

"What kind of magic costume is this? Can you let me see it?" Li Xiu asked with a smile.

"No." Chu Qi simply refused.

Li Xiu said unwillingly: "Your master was afraid that the magic costume would be stolen, so he asked you to carry it. What if someone robbed the magic costume from you?"

"As long as I'm here, you can't take it away." Chu Qi stuffed the last bun into his stomach. He seemed a little unsatisfied, but he didn't eat any more. He paid the money and left Niujia Bun Shop with Li Xiu.

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"So you are a trialist?" Li Xiu asked as he walked.

"Yes." Chu Qi nodded.

"What level?" Li Xiu was a little curious. There must be trialists in Baiye City, but there shouldn't be as many as in Space City.

"S." Chu Qi was expressionless and spoke very concisely.

"Is there a trial gate in Baiye City?" Li Xiu had never heard of it. There was a trial gate in Baiye City.

"There is one more than a hundred kilometers south of the city. You can get there quickly by train." Chu Qi said.

"I am also a trialist. Can you take me to see it?" Li Xiu really wanted to know what the trial gate was like in a place like Baiye City where gem resources were scarce.

"Yes, but you have to get the gem to open the door yourself." Chu Qi said.

"No problem, what kind of gems are needed to open the door?" Li Xiu asked with a smile.

"Black Sapphire." Chu Qi replied.

"Shandong sapphire?" Li Xiu thought for a moment and suddenly knew what Chu Qi was talking about.

There are indeed very few gem resources in the Baiye City area. Most of the gem-producing places only produce gems such as aquamarine, and there are very few gem veins from the five major gem families.

Shandong sapphires are a special case. Although they are sapphires, they are darker than sapphires from other production areas. As early as the old times, Shandong sapphires were discovered by foreigners after their value and they plundered most of the high-quality rough stones.

Later, there were fewer high-quality rough stones mined. Many of them were dark in color and had poor permeability. Some even had a pure black color, so some people also called it black sapphire.

However, high-quality Shandong sapphires are very distinctive. The blue itself is very special. Some blues have green in them, which is different from those in other sapphire producing areas. People who know the industry can easily identify them.

I heard that there is also a red and blue mandarin duck sapphire, but Li Xiu had only heard of it but had never seen it.

"Is there a gem-selling shop near the Trial Gate? I don't have any black sapphires on me, so I have to buy some." Li Xiu pondered.

"Yes, buy it when you go somewhere." Chu Qi took Li Xiu to the station. After the two of them got on the transport truck, they went directly to the trial gate that Chu Qi mentioned.

On the way, Li Xiu and Chu Qi talked about some topics about the Trial Gate.

Chu Qi told Li Xiu that the trial gate is called "Devil Tower" and the trial site is a magic tower.

The trial item is very simple, that is, climbing the magic tower. The higher the difficulty of the trial, the higher the level of the magic tower needs to be climbed. However, no one knows how many floors the magic tower has, because no one has been able to reach the magic tower yet.

The top of the tower is as if the magic tower has no top at all.

Of course, it may be that there are too few trialists in White Night City. There are not many trialists at all. It is normal that no one has reached the top yet.

After leaving the station, Chu Qi called another car and drove Li Xiu along the dilapidated asphalt road for more than half an hour before finally arriving at the trial gate called the Magic Tower.

The gate of the Magic Tower is actually located in an abandoned factory compound. The factory has closed down long ago, and even the walls and factory buildings have collapsed in many places.

There was no sign of anyone nearby, and no one was guarding the trial gate. It was obvious that the people in Baiye City didn't pay much attention to this place, and they didn't know if any trialists came here.

In a shed next to the Trial Gate, a young man was leaning on a chair and playing haha. The table in front of him was covered with a rag, and a lot of gems were randomly thrown on the rag.

Most of those gems are darker in color, some are black, some are dark blue, and they don't look very transparent. There are also some blue-green gems that are slightly more transparent, but have more impurities.

The gemstones range from large to small, the smallest ones are only one or two carats, and the large ones are even dozens of carats.

Many of them are polished into the shape of pebbles and are not faceted. Generally, gemstones of poor quality are treated in this way.
Chapter completed!