Chapter 423: The Adventurer in the Teahouse
Many things, listening to others 10,000 times, are not as direct and profound as what I have personally seen.
Qin Si listened to Qin Guan, a local indigenous teenager, say a lot, and the more he listened, the more doubts he had, and suddenly, a new, huge, and complex "exotic" system and customs lifted a hazy veil in front of him.
The face under the veil is still blurry and hazy, uncomfortable, alarming, pins and needles - but also curious, with a strong urge to see it and touch it.
After careful consideration, with the consciousness of being a monk and the sense of mission to prevent problems before they happen, he persuaded himself that he finally walked out of the narrow psychology of "out of sight and out of mind", and decided to take a look for himself and see what this Daojun wanted to do, whether he wanted to "change with Xia", or whether there was a deeper conspiracy.
In view of the fact that the disciples under the sect are all recent, their cultivation is not high, and their knowledge is not deep, for fear of being bewitched by something, they forbade all the disciples to land in the port, and assigned strict schoolwork, and let a few old people supervise it.
On the third day of the merchant ship docking, the business matters, naturally the mortal deacons were busy, he took Qin Guan to get off the building ship for the first time, got on a small boat, and leisurely approached the port.
On the docks, the arrival of the caravan was in a state of great busyness.
Hundreds of large ships were loaded with goods from the monk world, most of which were mortal things, which were urgently needed or unable to be produced here.
The market for these goods is very good.
Often a batch of goods just appeared at the dock, it will be sold at a satisfactory price within a few hours, and the best thing is that it is sold to be mortal, but what is harvested is the kind of money that can be exchanged for spirit stones!
Qin Si was looking at the auction site in the port, when he suddenly heard a noisy sound behind him, and when he turned around, he saw that another group of merchant ships were heading towards another berth under the leadership of the guide ship.
Although these merchant ships were not as big as their own, they were also manned by monks, and the flags fluttering on the bow of the ships were actually from the open sea.
The Yunmeng River also flows into the sea, and this huge river does not know the starting point, but it has long known the end.
This group of merchant ships came from the end point.
Qin Si calculated the distance, and it was a burst of tooth soreness.
The people in the underworld are all stinky flies, and there is such a place where honey flows, and it doesn't come in groups?
Who can stop them?
The inexplicable sense of crisis seriously damaged Qin Si's mood, thinking that his family had finally found such a way to make money, and in the blink of an eye, there were hungry wolves who wanted to get involved and take most of it.
A momentary victory!
However, when I think about my own size, this murderous and evil fire disappears.
Today's Qiyun Sect is not five hundred years ago, when the Yuanying Ancestor was still there, there was a large sect, and now there are only two or three kittens left, so how can he monopolize this golden route?
It is foreseeable that more competitors will emerge in the future, not only in the open sea.
If there are many competitors, profits will inevitably decline...... The mission of the revival of this sect has just shown its dawn, and it has ushered in a thick haze.
Deep sigh!
How difficult things are in the world!
It's ridiculous that he is still worrying about the sky, he is really anxious for the people of the world, and he still wants to explore the conspiracy of Daojun, isn't it ridiculous?
It doesn't matter what he does, let's take care of myself first!
After a while, his original intention and mind changed, and he immediately turned around, thought about it again, and let the dinghy slide ashore!
It's just that the vigilance has changed, to pure profit and the expectation of discovering opportunities.
The harbor is just under the embankment and is extremely long.
The embankment is dozens of meters high, magnificent and huge, and looks like a majestic mountain peak.
The ground of the harbor was very smooth, all paved with stone polishing, and there was an endless stream of horse-drawn carriages coming and going, as well as the port personnel, because of the approaching caravan, and hundreds of people had gathered.
They drove a large camel beast and waited excitedly near the berth, and many instruments were piled up around, just waiting for the merchant ship to dock and swarmed up.
There were also many merchants, gathered in the rear, pointing at the approaching merchant ships.
The atmosphere was very warm, and there was an active atmosphere that was unfamiliar to Qin Si.
"Let's go!" Qin Si looked at it for a while and ordered Qin Guan.
"Yes, Immortal Master, please come with the little one!"
There were so many people coming and going, no less than thousands, and seeing him, the immortal master, he didn't say anything, which made Qin Si frown.
Nor is there a single practitioner stationed here.
In the distance, I saw a stone red building, like a fortress, with the gate closed.
There are all kinds of badges, altars, and flags of the Daojun.
Sacrifices, and many professionals who have seen them before, go in and out of it.
Qin Si climbed the dozens of steps of the embankment and looked over there for a while on a platform.
"What a thriving situation!"
Qin Si said to Qin Guan with a smile.
Qin Guan bowed his head and arched his hand.
Qin Si's eyes were deep, and he thought that even such a young man could advance and retreat freely in front of him, neither humble nor arrogant, one could imagine what kind of realm this place had become.
Then he came to his senses again, scolded himself, waved his hand, and walked away.
Hundreds of steps climbed the embankment, and I saw that it was extremely wide.
There is a large road in the middle, and there are many shops on both sides, bustling with pedestrians rubbing shoulders one after another.
The sound is blowing in the face, and the fresh atmosphere of the market has a freedom and enthusiasm that has never been seen before!
"Kid of the Qin family, your mother is dying, you are still hanging out here, don't go back soon!"
"Aunt Wu, please tell my mother, I took a job and want to live outside for a few days!"
"Phew, how old are you to carry customers, who is this person!?"
"Auntie, this is an immortal master, the caravan the day before yesterday!"
"Immortal Master!ah, sin, sin, the folk woman doesn't know, offended the immortal master, offended the immortal master......"
Qin Si finally saw the long-lost awe from this woman, his heart was wide, and he waved his hand and said, "That's it!"
The woman's expression was kicking, and she dared to stay in front of the immortal master for a long time, but she just glanced at Qin Guan several times before leaving, just like this immortal master was some kind of flood beast.
You know, this is normal.
It seems that this woman can't forget the difference between immortals and mortals because of these decades of indulgence.
It is also a child like Qin Guan who has no memory of the old place, so he seems to be ignorant and fearless.
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"Bell!"
"It's on the list, it's on the list!"
"Dr. Tea, let go of the shouting, upstairs is really inaudible!"
"Everyone, everyone, the first list: Fuyao Feather, the reserve price is twenty pounds, each increase is not less than one pound, anonymous auction, bid in a quarter of an hour, do not disturb if you are not sincere, Yunzi No. 6 room, if you are interested, please hurry up!"
"The second list: the scale of the snake, the fifth order of the top grade, the reserve price is one hundred and sixty pounds, each increase is not less than ten pounds, the real-name auction of the six teams of the night watchman in the port area, bid after two clocks, do not disturb if you are not sincere, the seventh room of the Son of Heaven!"
"The third list: a third-order high-grade flying sword, an authentic immortal weapon, produced by Yunzhong Pavilion, the port area has just arrived, the goods are guaranteed, Tong Su is not bullied, Lanyun Commercial Bank commissioned the auction, everyone, the fairy baby, the reserve price is three hundred pounds, each increase is not less than thirty pounds, the first room of the Son of Heaven, waiting for you!"
The hollow-shaped teahouse is noisy and multi-storey, but the middle part is surrounded by a high platform.
On the high platform, the horse-monkey-like tea doctor shouted hoarsely, and the treasures were put on the table in such a grand manner, and then they retreated like water and entered the so-called auction room.
The bizarre thing is that they are all items that can only be used by people in cultivation, and apart from Qin Si, there is not a local cultivator at the scene.
Through Qin Guan, Qin Si already understood.
The so-called one pound is a third-order spirit stone, and the same paper money is nothing more delicate and cumbersome.
The second-order spirit stone is one side, and the first-order spirit stone has already been seen.
To be honest, this piece, one side, and one pound is completely superfluous in Qin Si's opinion.
Even if there are more spirit stones, even if there are so many that mortals can use spirit stones as currency, what about replacing them with a small piece of paper?
Ordinary means, no matter how delicate they are, can be imitated in the hands of monks.
Only if each piece of paper has the mark of Daojun on it, can it be anti-counterfeiting.
But then again, with such a lot of twists and turns, it's better to trade directly with spirit stones!
"Could it be that Daojun doesn't have so many spirit stones, so he ......"
But I thought that as long as I wanted, I could use these small pieces of paper to exchange for spirit stones in some bank, which didn't look like a fraud.
Let's just say that this way, the bank's shops, but they are open everywhere.
There was an endless stream of people coming and going to exchange spirit stones, Qin Si also secretly observed for a while, and he didn't see anyone who couldn't exchange spirit stones, no matter how many they were, they were all paid for the first time!
"Maybe it's convenience?"
Qin Si felt that he had guessed the answer, and after thinking about it, he revealed this doubt, and no longer bothered to think about it.
Looking at the teahouse again, there are the same lots, there are individual treasures, there are also large quantities of goods traded, and the spirit stones involved can be called massive, just a rough estimate, let him secretly smack his tongue.
Vaguely, he felt that something was wrong.
It's not like he's never seen a bustling mortal town.
But he had never seen such frequent and active transactions, a large number of goods, a large number of spirit stones, going to the sea, coming from the clouds, in a trance, he seemed to see a black hole that was constantly swallowing and spitting out!
I can't read it, I really can't understand it.
The door of the box rang, and the shopkeeper came in and brought a few plates of spirit fruits and snacks, as well as a pot of spirit tea.
Even mortals are enjoying the things of the immortals?
Qin Si's heart was blocked, and the good spiritual tea became tasteless.
"The immortal master doesn't know, how can ordinary people have the ability to enjoy these, the people who come and go in this teahouse, but they are either rich or expensive, they are either the "franchisees" of a feudal country, or they belong to a powerful mercenary group, and the worst is also the assistant of a certain adventurer group......"
"Mercenary group, adventurers?"
"Mercenary groups are mercenary groups of professionals, registered with the Holy See, employed by the Holy See and the feudal states, going to the wilderness to perform various well-paid tasks. Recently, I heard that several trading companies have also sprung up, and several big businessmen have also begun to hire them, and their tasks are no longer limited to the wilderness, and there are also those who are ready to go to the realm of monks, saying that they are opening up trade routes!"
Qin Si was stunned.
"Adventurers are small groups of professionals who are not registered in the Holy See, they also accept tasks, but more often go on their own wild adventures, or hunt strange beasts, or pick spiritual objects, and the proceeds are sold through various means, this teahouse is a similar place, I heard that the city hall is planning what adventurer union recently, which involves task entrustment, commodity purchasing, auction, consignment, etc. ”
"Why not the Professionals' Union?"
Qin Guan smiled slightly and said, "Adventurers are not just professionals, many people here are one of the adventurers, and there are many apprentices who have not been enlightened, who are not professionals but are also adventurers. ”
"I see!" Qin Guan was a little distracted, "Exploiting the wilderness in this way is a new one. ”
"It's not!" Speaking of these, Qin Guan was really infinitely reverie and yearning, "Once you become a professional, everything immediately becomes different, and a little spiritual object is nothing." ”
As soon as the words fell, suddenly there was a shocking cheer from downstairs, Qin Si hurriedly walked out of the box and came to the corridor to look down.
I saw a team of fierce professionals stepping into the foyer on the first floor, they had obviously just returned from an "adventure", their clothes and armor were torn, and there were blood stains on their bodies.
The professional leader made Qin Si's pupils shrink.
This man...... The strength is not weak.
This pair of professionals is not arrogant, and along the way, they repeatedly salute the cheering crowd.
They also carried the carcass of a second-order bristled boar.
This wild boar weighs at least a thousand pounds, and it is not worth being unusual, but the meat is fresh and tender, and the mane can be used as a first- or second-order spiritual pen.
I saw that the professional leader waved his hand arrogantly and shouted: "Everyone, give me someone to support me, let this industry prosper, today I will be the east, please taste the taste of this second-order spiritual object!"
As soon as the words fell, the atmosphere in the teahouse was even hotter.
A shopkeeper-like man walked up to him and whispered a few words in his ear.
Then he looked up and looked upstairs in a direction.
Qin Si made contact with his gaze, smiled slightly, and nodded slightly.
This professional also had bright eyes, hugged his fists, and gave a salute from afar.
Qin Si returned to the box, tasted the spirit tea again, and waited for the professional to come up.
Unexpectedly, Qin Guan suddenly knelt in front of him with a thud, without saying a word, and kowtowed three times.
"Ask the immortal master to help me, ask the immortal master to help me!"
Qin Si put down the teacup and said in a deep voice, "What can I help you?"
"The Immortal Master recommended me to the owner of this teahouse, the professional who had just been photographed. ”
"Oh, what do you say?"
"The immortal master forgives the sins, the little one didn't join the training camp, it's not that he doesn't want to, but he can't. First, the two elders in the family can't figure it out, and secondly, there is a lack of people to take care of them, especially for professionals, and the probability of enlightenment is too low. ”
Qin Si snorted coldly in his heart, deceiving the immortal master, can he still say it so frankly, is it better to say that he is ignorant and fearless, or is it better not to know whether he is dead or alive?
It's only here that there is such a strange appearance.
"Although the small family doesn't worry about eating and drinking, they can't afford spiritual conditioning, not to mention money, and there is no medicinal bath and pill formula, so it is difficult to open the mind, so the second elder in the family is reluctant to ask the immortal master to ......."