Five days later, Qi An had already left Gushan County and entered Zhengwu County.

In the past five days, Qi An has been feeding Mo Lingru Italian Nail with essence blood every day, and the effect is very significant, and now Mo Lingru Italian Nail is a little bigger than an egg, and the luster is more translucent, and it can be extended to cover both arms and chest and back, and it is marching towards the abdominal position, which is much better than when Qi An first got it.

On the seventh day, Qi An came to a prosperous county seat, this county actually covers an area of not large, the scale is even small, the local residents are no more than 50,000 people, but the streets in the county are densely populated, there are many shops, it seems to be particularly prosperous, and the proportion of cultivators is very high, obviously a lot more than other counties, not only the Innate Martial Sect can be seen everywhere, and even there are often Qi Condensation cultivators.

Qi An has no divine sense, and he can't detect the specific cultivation of others, but he is a monk after all, and his perception is much sharper than that of martial artists and mortals, and he can roughly judge whether it is a mortal or a martial artist, or a martial sect, or even a monk who passes in front of him. Of course, this perception is not necessarily reliable, it is completely intuitive, and it is not accurate.

Qi An saw that there were many shops on a street, and there was a three-story building called Qianbao Pavilion, which was full of weather, and even directly claimed that there were magic weapons for sale, so his heart moved, and he couldn't help but go in and take a look.

Sure enough, this business did not lie, just downstairs, the shelves were full of dazzling items, and each one was a magic weapon used by the monks, and even a booklet was attached next to each magic weapon, detailing the name, rank, function, power, and most importantly, the price of the magic weapon.

Qi An casually strolled around, and found that there are many types of magic weapons, the most common is the attack class in the form of weapons, followed by the talisman class in the shape of various protective gears, and then there are some different shapes and varies, which can be subdivided into exploration classes, auxiliary classes, space classes, special classes, etc., but without exception, all the magic weapons sold here are low-level magic weapons, not a single medium-level one, and the price is not a common coin of the Daqian Dynasty, but a thing called Yuan Zhu.

Qi An grabbed a shopkeeper and asked, "Dare to ask what this Yuanzhu is?"

The shopkeeper glanced at Qi An, and asked a little arrogantly: "The guest officer is not a monk, right? The goods sold in this shop are for the use of monks, if you need a martial weapon, you can go to the ironware shop on the next street." ”

Qi An couldn't help but laugh and said, "How do you know that I'm not a monk?"

The shopkeeper replied confidently: "If it is a monk, you won't know Yuanzhu!"

Qi An Zhengse said: "I really don't know this, I won't tell you, I have been practicing penance in the Qianqing Academy, and I have just advanced to the Condensation Qi Realm. ”

The shopkeeper took a serious look at Qi An, and found that although the other party was young and light, he had a dusty temperament that was difficult for ordinary people to reach, so he couldn't help but believe it a little, and explained: "The four coins of copper, silver, gold and jade are circulated in the mortal world, and are usually used by mortals and martial artists, while in the cultivation realm, jade beads are used as the circulating currency. ”

As he spoke, the shopkeeper wiped the storage bag on his waist, took out something very similar to a pearl, held it in his palm and showed it to Qi An: "This is the jade bead, it is actually a very special natural jade, there are many in the deep sea, this kind of thing itself has little value, the point is that it can perfectly store the true yuan of the monk, and the monk can pour the true yuan of his cultivation into the jade bead, until it can no longer be accommodated, the jade bead will show its light, so it has value, and it can be circulated as the currency of the cultivation world." Similarly, if you have a jade bead, you can also absorb the true essence of others in the jade bead for cultivation, which is much faster than meditating and spitting yourself. ”

Qi An took a closer look at the jade bead in the shopkeeper's palm, and found that it was white and translucent, and there was a white air flow visible to the naked eye in it that was slowly rotating, and it was shining brightly, which was very beautiful.

"This is a jade bead filled with real yuan, which can be used as currency, but this is an empty shell, which has little value, and you need to fill it with real yuan before you can use it. ”

While speaking, the shopkeeper took out another jade bead and put it together with the previous one, the second one was dark gray, translucent, hollow inside, and there was no light.

Qi An suddenly realized, but when he remembered something, he asked with some doubts: "But I learned from the ancient books that the circulating currency of the cultivation realm is not called spirit stones? ”

Shopkeeper Er rolled his eyes and said angrily: "You said it was an ancient book, I don't know how many thousands of years ago happened, the spirit stone mine has long been excavated, and the spirit stone has been extinct for a long time, and now in the whole world, it is estimated that there is no spirit stone." ”

Qi An said "oh": "I see!"

Shopkeeper said again: "Think about it, so many people in the world are cultivating, everyone has to use spirit stones, and the spirit stones consumed every day can be piled up into a big mountain, how many mountains are there in the whole world? And this spirit stone is a non-renewable resource, how can it be used by tens of thousands of generations without restrictions? So later, someone came up with a way to replace the spirit stone with Yuan Zhu, so that the cultivators can produce and sell themselves, they are not only the makers of Yuan Zhu, but also the consumers of Yuan Zhu, which can be used indefinitely and circulated indefinitely. So this yuan bead is like a coin in the mundane, if the money is not enough, you spend time and energy to work, to earn, and when you earn the money, you can use it to enjoy!"

After hearing this, Qi An praised again and again: "Gao Ming! Gao Ming!"

However, Qi An thought of a very critical question and asked, "In that case, everyone has to absorb the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi every day when they meditate and cultivate, but where do these Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi come from? Why can't they all be used up?"

The shopkeeper replied angrily: "How do I know this? I'm just a little monk in the early stage of condensation! But I have seen it mentioned in an ancient book before, saying that where there is vegetation, sunlight, and water sources, there will be a large amount of spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy is likely to be transformed by these plant life, so the more lush the plant, the more intense the spiritual energy. You see those beast demons, they usually appear in the inaccessible deep mountains and old forests, it is because those places are rich in spiritual energy that beasts can evolve into demons, and those cultivation sects, most of them build mountain gates in high mountains and valleys, not because those places have strong spiritual energy and are suitable for cultivation!"

"Yes, why didn't I think of it?" Qi An couldn't help but admire the knowledgeable second child of this shop.

Thinking about it, Qi An himself can feel that in densely populated towns, the vitality of heaven and earth is often very thin, and in the inaccessible mountains and old forests, the vitality of heaven and earth is much stronger, so what Dian Xiaoer said is likely to be true, humans and beasts consume aura, and plants produce aura, so circulating, the energy of heaven and earth is endless, and it will never be exhausted.

The aura in the town is thin, because there are more consumers and fewer makers, and vice versa, the forest valley has more makers and fewer consumers, so it causes differences in the concentration of aura.

However, the establishment of towns and cities is mainly for the convenience of people, and it is necessary to consider the convenience of transportation, so it is inevitable that they cannot be built in the deep mountains and old forests, and it is very inconvenient to enter and exit! However, those cultivators rarely interact with the mortal world, and they are built in the mountains and valleys with rich spiritual energy, which is conducive to cultivation.

In this way, Qi An knew why there were usually not many high-level cultivators in the towns, such as the county town, usually the most powerful cultivator was the Qi Condensing Cultivator, and the county town was more prosperous, there were more cultivators, and the level was higher, but the highest was only the realm of refining gods. For example, at the last Jian family's wedding banquet, the so-called distinguished guests were at most the strength of the early and middle stages of the God Refining Realm, and I don't know if there were any great cultivators in the late stage of God Refining or the peak of God Refining in the entire Fufeng City, and it was estimated that most of the high-level cultivators were living in seclusion in a place with rich spiritual energy.

Qi An pointed to the palm of the shopkeeper and asked, "Where can I get an empty shell sub-yuan bead like this?"

The shopkeeper pointed to the door with his backhand: "You see the Wantong Money Village on the opposite side, right? You can take out the magic weapons, pills, talismans, materials, etc. that you don't need to exchange, not only empty shells, but even Yuan beads filled with true qi can also be exchanged." That one is the same as us, it is a time-honored brand, the price is fair, and the children are not bullied, if it is a refining material, we will also accept it here. ”

Qi An thanked him, and was about to go out, when he suddenly remembered that he was a body refining cultivator, even if he had an empty shell Ziyuan Bead, he couldn't infuse his true qi, so what could he do?

In fact, Qi An didn't know that Qi refining monks could make Yuan Zhu, and body refining monks could also condense essence blood, which could also become the circulating currency of the cultivation realm, and the value of essence blood was even much higher than that of Yuan Zhu, but in today's world, there are many Qi refiners and few body refiners, and the body refining monks are almost extinct, so it is almost difficult to see the circulation of essence blood on the market, and the shop Xiaoer does not mention it at all.

Qi An was hesitating when he heard someone say, "This son, I just accidentally overheard the conversation between Your Excellency and the shopkeeper, but you are worried about Yuanzhu?"

Qi An followed the prestige, and saw two men and a woman coming from the other side of the store, the leader was a man in his early forties, who looked a little bold and decent, and a man and a woman behind him were much younger, the man's face was honest, twenty-seven or eighteen, and the woman was delicate and lovely, and she was in her twenties.

Qi An clenched his fists slightly and asked out loud: "I don't know how many people are ......?"

The middle-aged man returned the salute and replied, "Under Yan Biao, this is my apprentice Bao Tong, and my little daughter Yan Suqing." ”