Volume 1 The Beacon Rises in Troubled Times Chapter 3 The City of the Prodigal Son
The Prodigal Son is a frontier city that is often plagued by wars, frictions, and strife. Therefore, most of the people who haunt here are some fierce people and soldiers who lick blood on the knife edge, few monks are willing to risk this, cruel and barren, not to mention, the respect and status of the monks here is much less than that in the mainland, after all, they are all life-fighting people, how can you care how noble your status is?
After a day's rest, Bai Shengpu walked out of the door, informed the shopkeeper and went to the street. Walking on the not bustling streets, Bai Shengpu felt weird, the battle in front of the pass was tense and anxious, the people here lived as usual, whether it was the military that might have concealed the situation of the war or the people here had become accustomed to the atmosphere of the city's black clouds pressing the city, which time the city was not fought extremely badly, but in the end it was still defended, people have long been accustomed to it, but they ignored the cruelty of the war. On both sides of the street, there are silk and some military weapons brought from the mainland, as well as those selling daily necessities and boudoir goods. Bai Shengpu plans to buy a small dagger, which is most suitable for killing people and is not publicized.
Walking to a stall selling weapons, Bai Shengpu picked up a black short sword and asked, "How much is this?" Although it is not a dagger, it is in line with his heart, the black sword is not very gorgeous, but it is sharp. Unexpectedly, the vendor lion opened his mouth and said, "Ten taels of silver." Bai Shengpu scratched, he had some broken silver left over from staying in the hotel, how could he have ten taels of silver when he was so poor? The vendor squinted, although he missed a business, but looking at the man's poor and sour appearance, how much silver would he have? It's not that he looks down on people, how many people still have money and food in their pockets these days, bitter!
was walking, riding into the dust, seeing that he was about to bump into the little girl in the middle of the road, Bai Shengpu wanted to go up to save people, but he saw that a man had already taken the little girl away with lightning speed. The man on horseback looked back, looked surprised, and spurred his horse to gallop away. The man put the little girl down in a safe place, and without saying much, he turned to leave, only to glance at Bai Shengpu out of the corner of his eye when he turned around.
A sergeant suddenly ran out at the end of the street and shouted: "The demon clan is here again, the city lord has an order: those who are willing to go to the city to fight, afterwards the city lord's mansion will be rewarded according to the merits of the battle, now, concentrate the materials and transport them to the city! Fart, the city lord has not left the city yet, my sword domain warriors are fighting bloodily, how can my seven-foot man be afraid, everyone fights with me......!"
Suddenly, there were more than half of the people on the street, which made the street seem more and more empty. Some people packed up their things and left in a panic, and some people went to the city to fight as if they were dead. The man in black who rescued the little girl turned back, looked at Bai Shengpu and said in surprise: "Why don't you run?" Bai Shengpu Dao was really depressed, there are demons in the village, and there are demons in the prodigal son city, is he born to work hard? Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a little aggrieved and wanted to cry. It's not that he doesn't want to go to the city to fight, he thinks, he wants it more than anyone else, it's just that he has to take responsibility for his actions, he has to live for his parents, to help them see the world they haven't seen, he, he must live.
Seeing that he didn't answer, the man seemed to be in a daze, and he didn't bother, and he seemed extremely literate. When Bai Shengpu came back to his senses, he asked again, "Do you like daggers?" Bai Shengpu looked over and replied, "No, it's just because it's convenient." Then he asked, "You wanted to save the little girl? It's best to think about the consequences in the future, and don't act like a reckless man. Bai Shengpu raised his eyebrows: "Are you here to educate me?" The man smiled: "What's the matter, I finally met an interesting person, so I want to say more." And not everyone can educate me. Bai Shengpu no longer paid attention to this guy, but looked at the city and began to be in a daze again.
The man stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Bai Shengpu's eyes, and Bai Shengpu came back to his senses and smiled apologetically at the man. "I have to run away, do you want to come along?" Bai Shengpu asked. The man nodded, signaling that he could go along. Bai Shengpu returned to the hotel, took his baggage and prepared to leave. "By the way, what's your name?" asked the man standing outside the door. "Bai Shengpu" "Oh, what about me, Xu Yundu".
Xu Yundu looked at the desolate inn and then looked at Bai Shengpu's outfit, and asked, "Change clothes?" Bai Shengpu looked at him with a smile and was silent. Until Xu Yundui was embarrassed to look at it any longer, he said, "Hey! Okay, okay, I'll just pay for it." Bai Shengpu was still silent, Xu Yundu thought about it and said, "Just think I borrowed you, okay?" Bai Shengpu nodded and said, "You go and buy me a pair of shoes, these straw sandals are broken, and I have clothes." ”
Xu Yu returned at dusk, carrying a pair of white boots and a turquoise dagger in his hand. Bai Shengpu changed into a white shirt sewn by his mother, and he was also personable. Xu Yudui said: "It is said that people rely on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, and sure enough, the soil bag has become a handsome son!" Bai Shengpu laughed. Xu Yunwan said again: "This is the boots I bought for you, this is the dagger I bought just now, just let me borrow you to play for a while, don't be in a hurry to pay it back, I don't miss that money." Bai Shengpu took the thing, he could naturally see the preciousness of the dagger, its color was bright and crystalline, extremely sharp but not exposed, Shenhua was restrained, no accident should be a fairy item.
He didn't want to owe too much favor, so he hesitated to take out the stone called "Crystal Refining", saying that he was the only one who could take it all over his body. Xu Yuwan was surprised: "How can you have such a treasure, you didn't take it out earlier, so I thought you were a poor ghost!" Bai Shengpu wanted to look at him like a fool, as if he was saying that someone had got money and put it outside for someone to rob it?
Xu Yunwan elaborated in detail: "This kind of crystal is placed in the sword domain rich in weapons, and under normal circumstances, it can forge high-quality immortal weapons, and it has always been sought after by people in cultivation, and it is worth a lot of money, are you sure you want to exchange this dagger for me? Let me tell you, ten such daggers are not as valuable as one of these crystals." He looked incredulous. Bai Shengpu looked at him with a smile again. Xu Yundui said helplessly: "I know that you are an iron with an indefatigable character, Shengpu! Bai Shengpu stretched out a palm and signaled that the money after selling the crystals was fifty-fifty.
Xu Shudu was still a little surprised, he didn't know the value of refining crystals before, but now he knew why he was still fifty-five points, didn't he pretend to be atmospheric, and wanted to put a long line to catch big fish? Bai Shengpu said with a look of disdain: "Do you think I look like a greedy person for money?" Xu Yundu laughed and said, "Like!" Bai Shengpu stretched out his hand and motioned to return the crystal. Xu Yundu immediately changed his attitude and said, "How is it possible, what kind of person is Shengpu, how can he be stingy with a little profit?" Bai Shengpu looked disgusted, and Xu Yundu didn't care.
In the afternoon of the same day, Bai Shengpu finally stopped walking alone, but walked out of the Prodigal City with Xu Yundui and went deep into the Sword Domain.