Chapter 22: Nebula City
That night, Zhao Xuan picked some ripe herbs, put them in a storage bag, changed into black clothes, and headed towards Shanxiafang City. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Nebula Fang City belongs to Nebula Gate. It is a relatively well-known market around, and it is a good place for all the monks below the Zhudan Realm.
The Nebula Gate is the only sect at the level of the Zhudan Realm along the Dragon Snake Mountain Range to the northwest. To the northeast and due east are the two famous big cities of the Chenlong Empire, to the south across the Tianshui River is Chenxing City, and to the southwest is Qitianzong.
Therefore, on the entire west side of the Nebula Gate, most of the monks will come here.
Xingyunfang City has always been relatively lively, and many things that are obtained from casual cultivation around will be sold here. After all, the asking price of Chenxing City is too high, and the people inside are also high-minded. There are also some commercial buildings here, where they rent space and carry out alchemy refining services.
There are two entrances to the east and west of the market, the east side is the entrance and exit of outsiders, and the west side is the Xingyun Sect disciples can enter and exit.
The person in charge of the inspection at the east gate of Fang City was also a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall, and when he saw Zhao Xuan, he naturally would not slack off, so he let him go without asking anything. When the disciples of the Nebula Sect entered the Fang Market, each of them had to charge five gold coins, and those disciples did not collect it.
Although Zhao Xuan is not short of money, he is used to living a poor life, and he still has to save it, so he doesn't have to be polite. If there is no money at any time, it will be miserable.
The four elders of the Xingyun Gate, Chen Lieri is in retreat, one is in the Treasure Pavilion, the eldest Taishang sits in the sect and rarely goes out, and the other stays in Xingyunfang City all the year round. Generally speaking, there is no one to make trouble in the market.
The entire Nebula Fang City is not big, but it is very long. A cross-shaped street, the north and south streets are only more than three miles, but the east and west are about ten miles. Basically, they are small two-story buildings, some with large courtyards, and some are simple shops.
The largest number of people and the most concentrated are still the north and south streets, which are just like the vegetable market. Here, you only need a low-grade spirit crystal, and you can stay for three days. It is for those who have a short lease period and want to set up a stall to sell items temporarily, or sell low-priced items. In the place known as Taobao Street, there are many people with good eyesight who can engage in things that no one knows the value of.
Of course, the East and West Long Street is also quite lively. The shops have been in business for a long time, with weapons, pills, formations, basic exercises, etc., as well as hotels and inns.
Zhao Xuan planned to exchange medicinal herbs for spirit crystals first, and then ask someone to refine the machete, although the machete was only mortal iron, he was reluctant to put it down. Then browse the shops, buy some things that look good, and finally go to the north and south Taobao Street to see if there are any noteworthy things, and also get a few.
"White Dragon Refining Pavilion"
"Luolong Alchemy Pavilion"
"Blue Dragon Five Elements Pavilion"
"Nebula Weapon"
"Tianfu Wanke comes"
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Zhao Xuan walked along the east and west streets, carefully observing the process of other people's buying and selling, as well as the items operated by the shops, and kept them in mind. The other sects were excluded first, and the Nebula Gate's own place was also counted, and Tianfu Wanke, which was large in scale and small in traffic, was selected.
As soon as he entered the shop, before Zhao Xuan could observe, a young man dressed in black greeted him with a warm face, "Distinguished guests, welcome to Tianfu Wanke." What treasures do you want to see, do you need a small introduction for you? ”
Zhao Xuan took a cursory look, and there were two young men dressed similarly to young people in the hall, who were talking to the other two guests, and a few attendants in black were staring at the door in the corner of the hall, and they understood.
"Huh...... Then I'll trouble you, take me to the place where the herbs are sold. However, I suggest that you still ask your steward to come over, and I guess you will not be able to be the master. Zhao Xuan just said lightly, and his eyes fell on the entrance to the second floor.
"Uh, okay, please come here, I'll go and ask the steward to come." The attendant suspiciously took Zhao Xuan to a VIP room on the second floor, poured a cup of tea, and left.
The VIP room is not large, only about 20 square meters, and the layout is extremely simple, but it gives people a comfortable feeling.
A coffee table, I don't know what is emitting heat underneath, warming the tea on the coffee table. A faint mist of water emanates from the teapot, and it is very fragrant. There is also a hollowed-out log in the corner, and wisps of incense emanate from the hollow, giving people the illusion of clarity when they smell it.
There is not much decoration on the surrounding walls, only a landscape painting of flowing water around the mountain. Zhao Xuan stood up involuntarily and browsed the scroll on the wall with his hands down. The painting is good, and if you look closely, you have a refreshing feeling of being in it and the water vapor blowing on your face.
"Haha...... Little Friendly Yaxing, in the next 10,000 guests to come to the second shopkeeper Liu Nian, I don't know the name of Xiaoyou? ”
When Zhao Xuan was looking at the scroll, he heard a hearty laugh coming from the door behind him. Turning his head, a fat middle-aged man, wiping his sweat, arched his hands, looked at himself with a smile. That look, it's a big winter melon on top of a stone pier, it's simple!
"The shopkeeper is invited, in Xia Wang Shun." The corners of Zhao Xuan's mouth twitched, and he hurriedly clasped his fists and looked at Liu Nian curiously.
"Come on, come on, Xiaoyou hurry up and sit down. Go and bring my Biluochun and make a good pot of tea for Xiaoyou. Liu Nian took small steps, walked to the chair inside step by step, wiped his sweat, and turned around with difficulty and commanded.
As Liu Nian walked, he could clearly hear the creaking of wooden planks. Zhao Xuan is really a little worried, will the plank collapse, how does Liu Nian usually live?
After the two sides sat down, Liu Nian smiled bitterly and said, "Little friend, don't make fun of us, I can't help it!" I was injured a few years ago, and my weight started to rise, but hey, I'm used to it. By the way, this is the first time Xiaoyou has come to me, right? ”
The shopkeeper laughed, people who cultivate immortals don't have to care about their appearance and shape, just have a heart for the Tao. Besides, the shopkeeper can also borrow oil at home, and rest more! Zhao Xuan said half-jokingly and half-seriously, which made Liu Nian laugh too.
"Haha...... Xiaoyou, don't really say it, since I gained this fat body, the work of tossing back and forth, there has been no arrangement above. Don't talk about this, I heard the little guy in this building say that Xiaoyou has a lot of good herbs? Liu Nian poured a cup of tea for Zhao Xuan, held the teacup himself, blew a breath, and said slowly.
"Oh, I do have some herbs, but I don't know if you can eat them in one go?"
Hearing Zhao Xuan say this, Liu Nian laughed twice, "In this Xingyunfang City, if I can't eat ten thousand guests, then Xiaoyou doesn't have to go to other shops, even the shops opened by a few major sects." ”
"Hehe, then I'll rest assured, please take a look at the shopkeeper." Zhao Xuan took out a jade box from the storage bag, pushed it directly in front of Liu Nian, and then picked up the teacup and tasted the tea in a good time.
The jade box is worth dozens of silver coins! Originally, I didn't have it, but I still wanted to pack it well, so it would be more valuable, so I bought a few with heartache. Anyway, when the time comes, just sell more money and earn it back.
Liu Nian coughed, took the jade box in disbelief, glanced at Zhao Xuan, and then opened it unhurriedly, revealing the things lying in the box.
"Uh, Xiaoyou, forgive me for being clumsy, if I'm not mistaken, this is a century-old yellow ginseng, right?" Liu Nian looked at it and said with a frown.
Hundred-year-old yellow ginseng is indeed a good elixir in the secular world, but for the cultivation world, it is really not a precious thing. Renhuang ginseng is less than 300 years old, and even the most basic Renyuan Dan cannot be used in medicine.
Although Liu Nian still had some smiles, he was extremely reluctant, and it was already very face-saving to ask like this, otherwise, it would be a blast of thousands of customers.
"Huh...... What is the difference between the 100-year-old people and the 500-year-old people, I think the shopkeeper can always distinguish it, right? Zhao Xuan replied calmly, not impressed at all.
Liu Nian took the yellow ginseng in his hand, suppressed the anger in his heart, and looked at it again. Human yellow ginseng is very strange, the appearance will change every 100 years, and the 500-year-old will become the 100-year-old appearance, and then change every 300 years, until the 1,000-year-old will return to its original appearance, and then it will not change again.
But it can still be distinguished from the subtleties. For example, when the skin is peeled off, the color is completely different. When Zhao Xuan dug up the human yellow ginseng, he also thought it was a hundred years old, but he carefully identified it for his confidence in Xiao Lingjing.
"Well, it's true that I was wrong, Xiaoyou's human yellow ginseng is indeed five hundred years old, and it is very sufficient. It's worth a lot of money, I don't know how much Xiaoyou has in his hands? Liu Nian breathed a sigh of relief, but for five hundred years, the value was only twenty lower-grade spirit crystals, if it was only one, it was really not worth the trip.
"The shopkeeper's good knowledge, this is indeed a five-hundred-year-old human yellow ginseng, but well, I don't know if there is an alchemist or herb in your building to identify?" If it was really an ordinary five-hundred-year-old yellow ginseng, Zhao Xuan was really hard to say, but this was cultivated by Xiao Lingjing, how could it be ordinary!
"Oh? Since Xiaoyou is so confident, then I will ask someone to appraise it. Come on, go and invite Song Lao to come, and trouble him if you have something. Hehe, Xiaoyou, Song Lao is the chief appraiser of our Wankelai, who is responsible for the identification of medicinal herbs, and in addition, Song Lao is also an alchemy master. "Liu Nian mentioned Song Lao, he was very confident, after all, not all the strength of the Zhudan Realm has an alchemy master.
The profession of alchemy is divided into several levels. An alchemist can refine the Eliza Realm elixir, regardless of grade; Alchemists, who can be refined into liquid realm pills, are divided into three grades; The alchemy master can refine the pills of the Zhudan Realm and the Star Realm level, which are also divided into three grades; An alchemy grandmaster can refine Xingyang Realm-level pills, regardless of grade.
As soon as Liu Nian finished telling Zhao Xuan about this, a white-bearded old man with a withered description came to the VIP room. No one paid attention to it, and picked up the man's yellow ginseng without saying a word and looked at it.
"Huh"
After a few breaths, the old Song gasped and took the human yellow ginseng to take a closer look. After that, he tore off a root and put it in his mouth to taste it. Zhao Xuan and Liu Nian, who were watching, were inexplicable for a while.