Chapter 122: Occasional Azurite
The flow of people slowly squirmed, and after another half an hour, it was finally the turn of the caravan owner and Yue Fengyang. When the convoy reached the city gate, the caravan owner quickly handed over a large bag of gold coins for the entrance tax. Yue Fengyang clearly saw that when the big bag of gold coins was handed over to the guard, a small bag was also stuffed into the guard's arms.
The caravan owner and the guard obviously knew each other, and they smiled and talked: "My lord, this is my relative, this is my first time in Doom City today, and I ask you to be accommodating." β
The guard raised his eyes, looked at Yue Fengyang, and did not speak.
Seeing this, the caravan owner hurriedly took another step forward, and a small bag was stuffed out again.
A smile immediately appeared on the guard's face: "Turn over your wrist!"
Yue Fengyang did so and rolled up the sleeves of his arms.
"Huh, you don't have a spirit knife?" The guards didn't see the pattern of the spirit knife on Yue Fengyang's arm.
Yue Fengyang arched his hand: "My lord, I am sixteen years old this year, and I have not been summoned yet." β
"It's just that this kid is still young. The caravan owner laughed.
The guard nodded, it was possible, and it was not uncommon for many people to summon spirit knives in their twenties.
He weighed the bag of gold coins in his hand, and he didn't talk nonsense, and waved his hand and let go.
"Benefactor, don't forget to go to the City Lord's Mansion to get a road guide. The caravan owner reminded with a smile.
"Okay, I remember, is there a place to sell medicinal herbs in this city of doom?"
"Naturally, there is, the biggest one in this city is the strange medicine restaurant, where can I buy a lot of strange medicinal materials that cannot be seen on the market, but the price is also very peculiar! β
"Thank you boss, let's say goodbye, he will see you again in the future!" Yue Fengyang stepped into the flow of people.
The caravan owner watched Yue Fengyang disappear before turning to another street with the convoy.
Walking slowly along the street, it is indeed as the caravan owner introduced, the security in the city is much better, although there are also a few fights along the way, but it is the exchange of fists and feet, and there is no use of weapons.
Yue Fengyang glanced left and right at the shops on both sides of the street, turned two more streets, walked for about half an hour, and finally stood in front of a building that occupied a large area, looking up at the plaque on the door, on which were written the three quaint characters of "Qi Yao Zhai".
"It seems that this is it!" Yue Fengyang walked into this imposing pharmacy.
Suddenly, a breath mixed with the smell of a variety of medicinal herbs came to his face, which made him feel refreshed.
The area of the pharmacy is really not small, and the counters and shelves on three sides are scattered with various medicinal herbs. From time to time, someone stopped in front of the counter, pointing at some kind of medicinal herb, and the noisy conversation was endless.
Browsing the medicinal materials on the counter and shelves without hurry, Yue Fengyang couldn't help but be speechless in his heart, as the caravan boss said, there are indeed many strange and precious medicinal materials here, which are almost impossible to find on the market outside.
When he saw the price of a Wen Ling grass, he couldn't help but sigh that the boss's heart was really black! It turned out to be 10,000 gold coins a plant, you must know that Wen Ling grass is not a rare grass, no matter how expensive it is on the market outside, it is only 1,800 gold coins, and it has directly increased by as much as ten times here!
It seems that buying medicinal materials here, unless it is for urgent use, it is really not worth it! Shaking his head, Yue Fengyang was helplessly ready to leave, he had money, but he couldn't spend it in vain.
As soon as he was about to walk out of the strange medicine house, he bumped into a person head-on, Yue Fengyang's reaction flashed quickly, that person was not so good at it, and he suddenly lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground.
Yue Fengyang scribbled with one hand and grabbed the man's arm.
"I'm sorry," the man stood still, bowing and apologetically.
"Get out of here, little bunny!" the guard at the door came menacingly.
"Uncle, I'm really here to sell spars, aren't you here to collect medicinal herbs?" spoke a little boy, looking about six or seven years old.
"We do collect medicinal herbs here, but the piece of broken azumine you took was before me
I've also seen it, no one picks it up when it is thrown on the street, and I have seen a lot of people like you who want to cheat some money from Qiyaozhai!"
"Uncle, just let me in, what if someone takes a fancy to me?"
"Hmph! Just your piece of aquamarine, don't say it to the guests who know the goods, even my guard can see that it's not a good thing, can't you see the impurities in it?"
"Big brother, I..."
"Get out of here, don't affect our business. As he spoke, the guard dragged the little boy out.
This kind of conversation sounds normal to others, and Qi Yao Zhai is also the number one pharmacy in the entire Ten Thousand Evil Forest, where they not only sell medicine, but also collect medicine. The medicine sold here is expensive, but the money given for the medicine is also a price that is not available in the market. So there are always some speculators, shoddy, who want to cheat some money out of here.
But only hearing the words blue crystal and impurities in this conversation, Yue Fengyang was a little excited.
"Oh, Big Brother Guard, can I take a look at his blue crystal?" Yue Fengyang stepped forward and asked.
The guard looked at Yue Fengyang suspiciously: "Of course the guests can see it, but his blue crystal quality is really not on the table, although I am just a guard, but I have been smoked by the smell of medicine in this strange medicine for more than ten years, and I know some doorways." β
"Big brother naturally understands, I just need aquamarine, so it doesn't hurt to take a look. β
"We have very good aquamarine in our store, very pure, no impurities, why don't customers choose in the store?"
Yue Fengyang was happy in his heart, just because there were no impurities, I couldn't look down on it!
"Hehe, I want aquamarine just to make an ingredient, and I need very little, so there is no need to buy such a good one, it is a waste if you can't use it, you can buy some cheap ones." β
A look of disgust immediately appeared on the guard's face, it turned out that he had no money!
He pouted at the street outside the store: "You go over there and discuss it yourself, don't block our fortune!"
Yue Fengyang smiled and pulled the little boy to the street.
"Can you show me your aquamarine?"
The little boy blinked with a pair of big black eyes: "Big brother, do you want to buy it?"
Yue Fengyang nodded.
"Then look. β
Yue Fengyang took a paper bag handed over by his little hand, and opened several layers of paper one after another before he saw the piece of blue crystal.
The guard in front of the door smiled disdainfully: "The bag is quite tight, and I'm sorry for those pieces of paper for broken things!"
However, the broken thing in the eyes of the guards has now been given a new name in Yue Fengyang's eyesβa blue crystal containing the blood of the Purple Wing Blue Crystal Phoenix!
And there is still a lot of blood in it! Yue Fengyang's heart was overjoyed, but his face was still as calm as water.
"Your aquamarine does have impurities, but it's enough for me, how much do you want to sell it?"
The little boy thought for a moment, "Just enough to see my mother." β
"This..."Yue Fengyang doesn't know how much it costs to see a doctor?
"Has anyone ever told you how much money it will take to cure your mother's illness?"
The little boy pinched his fingers and calculated: "The doctor said that he wanted a hundred gold coins." β
The guard smirked and said in a cold voice, "Don't be deceived by him!"
Yue Fengyang also frowned, what kind of illness costs so much money?
"Big brother, I... I just want to buy more money and buy some delicious food for my mother..."
Yue Fengyang looked at the little boy's clear eyes, nodded, don't rush this piece of blue crystal, just rush this filial piety, a hundred gold coins is not much!
And the value of this piece of aquamarine is priceless for Yue Fengyang, so much so that it cannot be said that he took advantage of the little boy, such azurite is indeed worthless in the market, because no one knows the secret hidden inside. In fact, even if you know, it's useless, because Mizuhime only has one.
looked at the pedestrians coming and going on the street, and there was no shortage of thieves in them
Disciple, Yue Fengyang felt that if he gave the money to the little boy on the street, it was estimated that he would be targeted in the next second, and he might lose his life because of it.
"Okay, I'm going to have this azulite, but I'm going to see your mother. β
The little boy tilted his head and looked at Yue Fengyang: "Big brother, don't you believe me?"
"No, I'm also a doctor. β
"Great, big brother, I'll take you home!"
Looking at Yue Fengyang, who was walking away, the guard pursed his lips, thinking to himself, if you don't let my youngest son cheat people, the money is really fast!
Half an hour later, looking at the large area of shabby houses in front of me, this should be regarded as a slum, the people who come and go inside, their eyes are gloomy, their clothes are ragged, and to live is to suffer from the people here.
Circling around came to a shack with a door, and in it lay a woman on the hay-covered ground. Seeing someone coming, she struggled to get up and said weakly, "Chen'er, who is this?"
The little boy hurriedly went over to support the woman and said happily, "Mom, this is a doctor, come to see you." β
After all, the woman is an adult, and she has more thoughts, and after listening to Chen'er's words, her face did not change, but she shook her head again and again: "My family has no money to hire a doctor, this child is not sensible, don't be surprised, such a pickled place will let you run for nothing." β
After saying that, he got up and bowed hard.
Yue Fengyang stepped forward to greet each other, in his eyes, there was no distinction between high and low, there was just human affection.
Touching the storage ring, he took out one hundred and fifty gold coins, and handed the money bag to Chen'er: "You have to put it away, don't let others know that you have so much money, otherwise I am afraid of causing trouble." β
The little boy didn't answer, just counted the money, and after a while, he raised his head helplessly: "Big brother, I can't count this money, but it seems to be a lot more, I can't ask for more money." β
When the woman saw the bag of gold coins, she became nervous: "Why did this doctor give Chen'er money? I won't sell my child!"
Yue Fengyang paused for a moment and said with a wry smile: "Eldest sister misunderstood, I bought Chen'er's spar and paid him for the goods." β
"Hedrons, how can you have such a thing?" the woman looked at Dusty incredulously.
"I... Iβ" The dust is struggling.
"Say it or I'll spank you!" said the woman, raising her voice and frighteningly, where did she have the strength to hit the child now.
Chen'er cried with a sad face: "I picked it up when I went to play in the forest with my friends..."
"What! You... I'm so angry that you dare to sneak out of the city, see that I don't beat you!" the woman was very angry, looking for something to take advantage of.
"Mom, Mom, Chen'er knows that she is wrong, there will be no next time..."Chen'er begged.
Yue Fengyang's heart moved, but he didn't make a sound.
"How did you get out of the city, and didn't there be a guard to check on you?"
Chen'er shook her head and picked her nails: "There is a dog hole in the city wall on the other side of the north gate, we climbed out." β
"Eldest sister, Chen'er is a good boy, I'm not a bad person, one hand of money and one hand, I have to pay for Chen'er's things, don't blame him anymore, he is all for your medical treatment. β
The woman sighed and stroked Chen'er's head with her hand.
"Okay, we'll only take ten gold coins, and you can take back the rest. β
Yue Fengyang waved his hand: "Eldest sister, I'm a connoisseur, the spar picked up by Chen'er is indeed worth one hundred and fifty gold coins, I didn't give more, you don't shirk it, buying and selling is buying and selling." β
Yue Fengyang tried to say as much as possible, just to make the mother and son think that this was the truth, not charity.
Chen'er sent Yue Fengyang out of the slum, and asked a little reluctantly, "Big brother, can we still meet?"
Yue Fengyang touched his head: "Yes, I will come to see you." You and your mom move out of here, there's enough money for you to live on for a while. β
Chen'er nodded.
End of chapter.