Verse 62: The Inner City of the Merchant
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Fang Yuan paid two hundred yuan stones and entered the inner city with Bai Ningbing.
Although the inner city was built in the mountains, the streets were wide enough for ten horse-drawn carriages to travel side by side.
As soon as you enter here, the flow of people suddenly decreases, leaving less than half of the outer city.
But Gu masters can already be seen everywhere, one turn is all over the ground, and the second turn Gu master is mixed in, occasionally one or two three turns.
There are very few ordinary mortals, after all, to enter here, each person needs a hundred yuan stones. Even if many Gu masters have personal slaves by their side to serve, they are not willing to spend this unjust money.
The lighting of the inner city is generally made of a kind of charcoal stone.
Charcoal burns for a long time and no smoke is produced. Fang Bai and the others walked an average of 100 steps, and they would see a hole dug in the wall, and a pile of charcoal stones burning in it.
Although the heat emitted by the charcoal stone is not high, the continuous burning of so many coals still makes the air in the inner city warm and dry.
Unlike the outer city, there are all kinds of buildings, and they are very cluttered. The buildings here are uniformly constructed and similar in appearance, and they are all made of heat-resistant red rock.
Various side roads, which run from both sides of the street.
At the same time, every five hundred steps on the street, a huge column appears.
The surface of the cylinder is shaped by a stone staircase in the form of a spiral, which extends upwards around the column, and there is a guardrail on the outside of the stone staircase.
Through the guò stone staircase, one can go to the upper floor, or the next level of the street.
The inner city is not a city in the ordinary sense, but a three-dimensional one. From top to bottom, countless streets. The houses are lined up, interconnected and extend in all directions.
Fang Yuan and Bai Ningbing walked all the way towards the mountain. This is not yet their destination.
Somewhere, there was another pass.
The Gu Master with the handle is cultivated to a higher level, and the defense is more rigorous.
"Please stop, do you have a token?" the guard stopped Fang Bai and the others.
Merchants issue tokens with various permissions for people with different identities.
"It's our first time here. Fang Yuan said.
Of course he didn't have a token anymore.
"In that case, please pay two hundred yuan stones per person. "Guard.
Fang Yuan handed over the Yuan Stone. The guards let them go.
From there, the two of them came to the Fourth Inner City.
After thousands of years of operation by merchants, the entire interior of the mountain has been transformed by merchants and dug up roads. Sculptural architecture, zonal layout.
Therefore, the inner city is huge, from the inside out, divided into five outer districts.
The first inner city is also called the central inner city. It is the center of merchant power. It is also a military powerhouse.
The second inner city, also known as the home city, was only for the children of the merchant clan to live in.
The third inner city, with elegant environment and fresh air, is a high-end area.
The fourth inner city is the mid-range district. The fifth inner city is a low-end area.
Further out. It's the outer city, and the flow of people is huge. The management of cargo loading and unloading is more chaotic than that of the inner city.
This kind of building structure is like a termite mountain on the earth.
Termite Hill is four to ten meters high, and ant colonies live in it, and the small passages are interconnected, which is extremely complex and delicate.
As soon as the two entered the fourth inner city, they suddenly felt that the air was humid and the temperature was gradually dropping.
The fourth inner city is a grade higher than the fifth inner city, which is not only reflected in the double of the entrance tax, but also in all aspects.
First of all, instead of cheap charcoal stones, a kind of grass Gu was planted in large quantities.
The name is Moonlight Creeper.
This vine leaf plant, attached to the cave walls on both sides of the street, spreads and can be seen everywhere.
Their rhizomes are dark blue, and the leaves are broad and large, giving off a faint pale blue moonlight. In a passage, there are thousands of leaves, and the soft blue light is continuous.
Because of the large number of vine leaves, the air here is humid and water vapor spreads. Close to the ground, the settlement condenses into a fog.
The moonlight is refracted in the fog, forming a mist of light. Walking on the streets, there is an illusion of walking in a fairyland.
The buildings here have been carved and decorated, with artificial lawns, flower beds, and occasionally rockeries, pavilions and so on.
Pedestrians on the road are even more scarce.
The second-turn Gu master has become the mainstream, after all, for the first-turn Gu master, the two hundred yuan stones at the entrance alone are a big expense.
The most obvious feeling is that walking in the fifth inner city, the streets are still very noisy. When you get here, it's much quieter.
The two of them marched all the way to the depths and came to the gate of the city.
"Without tokens, if you want to enter the third inner city, you have to pay six hundred yuan stones. "The leader of the guard Gu Master is already a third-turn cultivator.
Fang Yuan handed over the Yuan Stone and finally came to the third district.
This is a different place than the Fourth Inner City.
All the building stones are made of star stone.
This kind of stone is a Gu refining adjunct widely used by Gu masters, and it can emit a brilliant starlight in the dark.
The entire Third Inner City is made of Star Stone. Not only the buildings, but also the streets are paved with stone slabs made of star stone.
As far as the eye can see, the starlight is continuous, the vision is clear, and there is no light and fog to obstruct it.
The air is also very refreshing, and everywhere you look, there are pavilions and pavilions, red walls and green tiles. It also transplanted bamboo forests, famous trees, created rockeries, and even seduced spring water, and the water was murmuring.
There are few pedestrians on the street, quiet and pleasant, like a star palace.
"It's really rich...... Bai Ningbing estimated slightly, just the cost of the facilities in front of him was an amount that made him dizzy.
Merchants are the richest in southern Xinjiang, and some people say that plucking leg hair is thicker than other people's waists. Although this statement is exaggerated, it is not groundless.
Merchants are as rich as mountains, and the whole merchant city is a three-dimensional mountain. Merchants and merchants are all over southern Xinjiang.
No outsider can tell how much wealth the merchant has.
But Fang Yuan at least knew that the cost of this third inner city alone could be worth the sum of the wealth of more than a dozen Guyue cottages.
At this point, even second-turn Gu masters are rare.
Occasionally, the two of them saw a Gu Master, almost all of them were three-turn progressions.
This is Fang Yuan's destination.
If you go further down, you will find the second inner city.
But to enter the second inner city. It's not a matter of Yuanshi, you also need a token issued by the merchant. And the specification of this token should be as high as a certain degree.
"Quiet shop. Fang Yuan glanced at the plaque and stepped in.
This is a shop that buys and sells Gu worms.
"Two distinguished guests. Please sit inside. A young girl in charge of the reception immediately walked over and whispered softly.
Her aura was revealed, and she turned out to be a turnaround Gu Master.
Although Fang Bai and the others were both wearing mortal clothes, one was ugly and the other was down-and-out, this Gu Master girl still had a respectful attitude. Showing excellent su zhì.
Fang Yuan and Bai Ningbing were introduced into the elegant room.
This is a separate room, with sandalwood tables and chairs, carved beams and paintings. There are calligraphy and paintings hanging on the white wall, the font dragon and phoenix dance, and the pen is strong.
Through the lattice, you can see the courtyard. Aoki saffron in the courtyard. Birds chirp.
The Gu Master Girl served two cups of fragrant tea and withdrew.
She had just left with her front foot when an old man walked in on her back foot.
"I don't know if the two distinguished guests, when they come to the shop, do you want to buy or sell?" the old man was a second-turn Gu master, with a smile on his face, and asked with his hand.
"I want to buy and I want to sell. Fang Yuan picked up the cup. He replied.
The old man laughed, and two rays of light flew out of his body. They were suspended in front of Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing.
It's two bookworms.
The bookworm is just a Gu worm, but it is quite precious, comparable to a wine worm.
As soon as it appears in the market, it will be snapped up. Therefore, there is often no market.
It is shaped like a silkworm chrysalis, although it is divided into three body segments: head, chest and abdomen, but the whole body is like a spinning gas, some round and lovely.
It was white, with a surface that seemed to be coated with a layer of enamel and had an oily glow.
When you feel it in your hand, it is smooth and smooth, as if it is a fine porcelain.
Bookworms are storage Gu, similar to Tushi flowers.
The only difference is that Tushihua stores physical objects, while bookworms store intangible knowledge and information. Even if it was self-destructive, it would only blow up into a harmless white light.
"Please take a closer look. The old man said.
Both bookworms were refined by him, and they were lent to Fang Yuan and Bai Ningbing.
Fang Bai and the others each mobilized a stream of Snow Silver True Yuan and poured it into the bookworm.
The bookworm suddenly turned into a white light, merging into the foreheads and eyebrows of the two of them.
Suddenly, Fang Yuan and Bai Ningbing's minds were filled with a wealth of information.
It's as if these contents have been deeply imprinted in my mind after repeated recitation.
Bai Ningbing smacked his tongue secretly, there were so many Gu insects sold in the Tongyou shop, it was simply thousands! There were so many kinds that it made people feel dazzled.
Among them, there are many rare Gu insects such as bookworms and wine bugs. From low to high, it covers one turn to five turns.
Of course, there is absolutely no six turns.
Each Gu worm has a detailed introduction that explains its role. The price is also marked, and some of the higher-rank, precious and rare Gu worms are also specially detailed with various token standards.
This means that Gu Masters are only eligible to purchase these Gu worms if they have tokens issued by merchants.
Fang Yuan needed to buy a large number of Gu worms, and after a cursory glance, he regained his mind, summoned the bookworms, and returned them to the old man.
Although he now has tens of thousands of Yuan Stones on his body, there is still a huge gap between him and the acquisition of these Gus.
The key is not only the question of money, some Gu that are planned to be acquired, but also the token standard.
"What does this guest like? If the purchase quantity is large, we will have a corresponding discount in Tongyou Shop. The old man smiled.
After seeing Fang Yuan and Bai Ningbing's Snow Silver True Yuan, his tone was even more polite.
Fang Yuan waved his hand: "Don't be busy, I have Gu worms to sell here." ”
With that, he summoned a bone spear Gu.
The old man was not surprised, there were many people who came to Tongyou shop to buy Gu worms, and there were also many people who sold Gu worms.
He pinched the bone spear Gu and only glanced at the ground, and his face couldn't help but show a hint of surprise.
He had never seen a bone spear Gu before.
Of course he hadn't seen it.
This is a unique Gu worm of a gray-boned genius, and it never circulates in the market.
"Please advise. The old man said with a solemn face.
Fang Yuan nodded and took a sip of tea: "It's easy to say, this is called Bone Spear Gu, and it is a clan of Gu worms. I'll lend it to you, and you'll know if you try it. ”
The old man tried it out on the spot, and muttered: "This Gu, although it is only a turn, is not very good to raise. But the attack is good and peculiar, and it is worth this number. ”
The old man stretched out his palm and compared the numbers. (To be continued)