Chapter 10: The City of Knowledge
"Knowing the City" is a city called "Inner Domain" by the people of the Great Wilderness. As a place where the wilderness and the five continents converge together, its prosperity is unparalleled.
It is a transit station on five continents, and it is also a place where countless people in the great wilderness are looking for treasures, hidden dragons, and crouching tigers.
In this city, it is definitely not a wise thing to publicize it, and no one will be stupid enough to easily offend anyone here, especially outsiders, because of a trivial matter.
Because almost all outsiders in this city have their faces covered, you don't know who the person standing in front of you will be, and what his status is in the Great Wilderness.
I once heard that a small family offended a city lord here, and it was wiped out in less than half a moon. And these are all things that Thirteen heard from his brothers and sisters when he was in the academy.
It is even rumored that the city lord here has hired the strongest mercenary group in the Great Wilderness "Wei" to guard this city all year round, and as for the truth and falsehood, it is only known at the moment of crisis in this city.
The first time they set foot in the wild land, Thirteen and Yushi Lingling were a little excited, and the life-and-death struggle in recent days had made the strength of the two of them improve a lot.
The two of them understand that when you enter the Great Wilderness, there is no such thing as an academic point-to-point exchange, and in the Great Wilderness, there is only killing and being killed, and no one will sympathize with you and pity you because of your weakness.
It also made the two of them understand how limited the ability they learned in the Five Law Mountain, I am afraid that if it weren't for being in the outer land, the Five Law Mountain would probably not be in the Great Wilderness at all.
Both of them are eager to get stronger experience when they enter the city, and only continuous experience can make the two grow up quickly and survive in the great wilderness.
The city covers a huge area, with more than 30 "heavy towns" combined, and is lined with taverns, pawnshops, workshops and auction houses on both sides of the street.
In the open space on both sides, there are many small traders with animal skins. The streets extend from east to west, north and south, with an endless stream of pedestrians on the streets, and a few pairs of flying horses passing by in the sky from time to time.
Flying horses are extremely rare in the Outlands and are usually only possessed by armies, but in the "City of Knowing" it is like a fowl, and people ignore it.
(Thirteen also learned later that this was just a defense and reconnaissance soldier of "Knowing City")
Here, brute coins are hard currency, so when Thirteen entered the city, he took Yushi Lingling to find a pawnshop, but he picked a lot of rare medicinal materials from under the "Fallen Wolf Cliff".
And when he left, the wolf king also generously gave a lot. Although Thirteen doesn't know how to refine medicine, he still knows how valuable these herbs are, and he is going to sell one or two first, and how can he do it if he has no money when he arrives in "Knowing City".
As soon as the two entered the pawnshop, they heard a ragged man shouting at the door: "You black merchants with eyes and no beads, you don't want a good treasure knife from Lao Tzu, blind your dog's eyes." ”
Before the man could finish speaking, a fierce-looking man with two thugs dragged the yelling man out of the door.
The guy spoke: "Lai Maosan, if you can't pay back the money today, don't blame grandpa for making it impossible for you to get out of this street." ”
When the man heard this, he begged the guy: "He Ye, He Ye... Give me accommodation, and in a few days, I will definitely have the money to pay you back. The man almost knelt down with his words.
The man was silent, and the man shouted at the pawnshop, "You eyeless, you eyeless... The real treasure is given to you, and you say it's scrap metal. ”
While calling the man, he sat on the ground and played a scoundrel. The guy said, "Do you have anything valuable at home, hurry up and get a few more to see."
The man said: "Master He, you have to believe me, the most precious thing my grandfather left is this thing, and he never showed him to others during his lifetime." ”
When the guy heard this, he was furious and kicked the man down, and scolded in his mouth: "Who are you fooling with scrap iron? ”
Saying that a few thugs were about to start beating, the man pulled the corner of the guy's clothes and begged for mercy: "Master He, Grandpa He, don't beat, don't beat me... Three days guarantee to pay it back in three days. ”
Thirteen knew that this must be the man who owed money and did not pay it back, and was brought by the people of the gambling house to sell things at the pawnshop, and this kind of thing seems to happen often in this "city of knowing", and people who come and go are rare and do not stay.
Seeing this, the guy kicked the man away without mercy, and signaled a few thugs to do something to the man, but the man was pulled by several thugs and hit on the ground, and the things in his arms fell.
Thirteen's mind fluttered, and the things in the man's arms made his soul fluctuate faintly. I vaguely felt that I seemed to have some kind of connection with this thing, could this be the soul weapon?
But the thing that fell was strangely shaped, like a knife, not a knife, like a sword, not a sword, and the rusty appearance was even more weird.
The rain master spirit was born chivalrous, and a spiritual power dissolved them separately.
Seeing this, the guy looked at the thirteen and twelve people and said, "Cultivators, the two of you look at the eyes, and the two of you are new to the city of knowledge? I advise you not to worry about this idle matter? Be careful of annoying me He family told you that you can't leave the city today." ”
Thirteen hurriedly said: "Don't get me wrong, we have no malicious intentions, how much does he owe you?" I bought this young man's knife. ”
Saying that, Thirteen helped the man up and said deliberately: "I can't bear to see him being bullied, you don't look down on his knife, so I bought it for him." ”
Seeing this, the guy looked at Thirteen Bu's fierce appearance as before, and said in a somewhat domineering tone: "How much are you going to pay, this guy owes us 3,000 barbarian pearls for gambling and doesn't pay it back,
It is said that there is a treasure knife at home that has been passed down from generation to generation, and since you are cultivators, you naturally understand the usefulness of this thing, so I won't do it without it. ”
The ragged man pulled the thirteen and said: "Shaoxia save me, Shaoxia save me, I have a good knife, these ordinary people don't know treasures, you know best." ”
Thirteen didn't talk nonsense and said directly: "I just can't bear to see him beaten, no one wants this thing, it's just 3,000 barbarian beads, what do you think." ”
Yushi Lingling looked at Thirteen and hurriedly said, "Are you crazy, where is this broken iron worth the price?"
Thirteen tugged at the corner of her clothes, signaling Master Yu Lingling not to speak, he had his own measure, and the guy who was collecting the debt hurriedly agreed when he heard that someone had solved the account for this poor ghost: "Okay, just 3,000 barbarian pearls, pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other." ”
Thirteen looked at the guy and said, "You go in with me, I'll get some money for you." ”
Saying that, Thirteen walked like a pawnshop, and the thugs looked at the ragged boy at the door without saying a word. Rain Master Lingling didn't understand why Thirteen did this,
3000 barbarian pearls, which is enough for a wild ordinary family to spend a year, and I feel that thirteen is a bad person's unjust head, and his heart is directly blocked.
As soon as he entered the pawnshop, Thirteen took out the two "Blood Lotus Fruit" and "Wolf Tooth Flower", and Thirteen knew in his heart that these two things were placed in any pawnshop, and each of them was treated as a W barbarian pearl.
Sure enough, when the pawnshop saw these two fruits, he directly accepted these two things with 2.1W, and the shopkeeper's care accepted these two precious medicinal materials.
Then he looked at Xia Thirteen and said softly: "Young man, don't be deceived by the person in front of you, it's just a piece of broken iron that is worthless." ”
When the guy heard this, he glanced at the shopkeeper, his eyes were full of anger, and the display cabinet was silent. Thirteen: "It's okay, I know." ”
The guy took the money and walked out of the gate and said, "I know that the road in the city is difficult to travel at night, forget about this matter today, and be careful in the future." ”
Rain Master Lingling listened to the anger and said: "What is the difficulty of walking at night, I have to teach you a lesson today."
Saying that he was about to make a move, Thirteen hurriedly pulled down, "This aunt is too hot-tempered" When she first entered this city, there was really no need to offend these people who didn't know the details.
The guy glanced back at the rain master and said, "Little sister has a bit of a temperament, I remember you today." "Said this and a few thugs laughed and left.
Seeing those people walk away, the shopkeeper walked out and said: "This is the person from He Shun's gambling house, and he is also a member of the He family, not to mention that the He family has a lot of thugs in this gambling house.
Be careful, it's best to change your clothes and face mask to avoid being recognized. ”
Thirteen "thanks" then asked: "The shopkeeper doesn't need to worry about our own methods, and I still want the shopkeeper to inquire about some things! I heard that the city is the most well-informed, I want to find my relatives, I don't know where to go to find out the news?"
The shopkeeper said: "Go straight ahead, there is a Tianxiao Building, as long as you write the news you are looking for as a sign and hang it on the public notice board, if someone looks for you within 12 hours, there will be no more.
Where to buy news from dignitaries and dignitaries, the two of you can also try it. ”
Thirteen said "thank you" again. Watching the thirteen and twelve people leave the shopkeeper, he said: "The two young heroes are careful, He Shun Gambling House is not a good stubble." ”
Master Yu Lingling turned around and said, "Don't worry, keep him one by one." The shopkeeper shook his head and sighed lowly.
The thirteen and twelve people didn't wander around this "Knowing City" too much, and walked directly to this "Tianxiao Building".
"Tianxiao Building" is built in the form of a tower, from the outside there are only three floors, the front two white jade lacquer gold doors are open, from the inside to the outside along the steps are paved with snow-white brute animal skin cushions,
There are two stunning beauties standing on the side to greet the people who come and go, it seems that there are no guests here, dignitaries, scoundrels in the market, they all welcome them with smiling faces, and the real three religions and nine streams gather together.
After entering the door, a waiter led the thirteen and twelve people through a screen to the first floor, where the decoration is extremely luxurious, and the first to third floors are all around a huge rockery.
The rockery is full of strange flowers and plants from those stone holes on the mountain, the clear water flows down from the stone cracks of the rockery, and the sound of guqin and guzheng is heard from time to time around.
A garden-shaped corridor at the bottom divides many private rooms, and at the door of each private room stands a stunning maid.
The waiter like Thirteen and Twelve introduced: "Tianxiao Building is divided into three floors: upper, middle and lower, and the price of each floor is different. The lower layer should be capped at 1000 barbarian beads from 2000,
The second layer of 2000 beads from 5000 caps, the top to 5000 beads on the cap, someone to receive the price of the news by the two sides to negotiate with each other, how many layers do you plan to go on?
After hearing this price, Thirteen and Rain Master Lingling were shocked, the price here is simply outrageously expensive, it is better to buy news here than to inquire about the news here.
Thirteen took out 1,000 beads and said, "Just give me the bottom." ”
Although Thirteen is a little rich now, I'm afraid that with the consumption here, his little money is not enough to stuff his teeth. The waiter took the money and arranged a seat for Thirteen and served tea,
Thirteen can only see the rockery from the room, and cannot see anything else, and each room is shielded by the strong, and outsiders can never see or hear the situation in the room.
The rules of "Tianxiao Building" are simple, write what you want to know on a sign and hand it to the waiter, and the waiter will hang it at the door of the room.
The next thing you have to do is wait, wait for the person who dares to take the sign.