Chapter 21: The Spear and the Shield
Xue Ling silently held his breath and watched as the young man was foaming at the mouth as he was dragged by the red-clothed man with the flame mask towards the outside of the main hall as if he was dead.
Is ambergris scented?
Xue Ling recalled Fang Bei's previous warning, obviously Fang Fang's warning was so lightly said, how could such a serious situation happen?
Is this man dead?
"Ambergris?" Xue Ling asked.
Fang Bei nodded: "Ambergris, the ambergris here has a certain hallucinogenic effect, and it can curb the divergence of ambergris by purposefully breathing and exhaling, as well as the depth of its own skills, if the people in this hall are not instructed, or feel that the aroma is comfortable and stimulating to breathe and ingest a large amount, they will hallucinate and go crazy like this person, and then be knocked out and thrown out." β
"But even so, there is a limit to how long everyone can stay in this hall, and the longer you stay, the more profound your skills are, and the more respected you will be by others."
"But you also have to do what you can, after all, if you really go crazy for the sake of accumulating toxins for the sake of being strong, it will become a laughing stock."
"After all." Fang Bei looked at Xue Ling: "Look, if you go crazy, you will be beaten off the mask." β
Xue Ling shuddered.
Yes, that's a shame.
"Why is there such a design?" Xue Ling couldn't help asking.
Because of such a design, it would be really weird.
"Because this is the temple of the dragon king." Fang Bei replied.
"The Dragon King's Palace?" Xue Ling asked rhetorically.
Fang Bei took Xue Ling's hand and continued to move forward: "Yes, the Dragon King's Palace." β
"This is the territory of the Dragon King, everyone must act according to the will of the Dragon King, just like the Dragon King gave this place to hide their identity and trade, but no one is allowed to hide here all day long and never leave, this ambergris is also a threshold for elimination, so that the people in it are not too weak."
Xue Ling bit her lip: "This is too complicated." β
Fang Bei smiled: "Then Qinghu do you want an easier way?" β
Xue Ling didn't think of who this green fox was referring to for the first time, and then he realized that it was himself, and finally began to think about how he should achieve this effect if it was himself.
Her first reaction turned out to be an official means of registering everyone's rank and name, and making up such an official method as being registered.
At that moment, he even blushed a little, after all, if this was really the case, the anonymous transaction of the Dragon King's Hall would be meaningless.
On the other side, Fang Bei had already stopped in front of a stall: "These gloves are gold gloves?" β
Fang Bei said in a thick and mellow baritone.
Xue Ling looked around Fang Bei's body in a black cloak, and sure enough, he saw different objects being placed on the stall in front of Fang Bei, such as the glove that Fang Bei had just selected that looked like it looked golden, or the dagger that glittered with cold light, and an object that looked very delicate, which seemed to be a mechanism for firing hidden weapons.
"This big brother is really a knowledgeable person." The mask on the face of the shopkeeper opposite is a bewitching fire fox, and the voice is also light to the bone, which makes people feel that their bones are crispy by three points: "This glove is made of heavenly silk mixed with dark iron, and after wearing it, it can enter the white blade empty-handed, invulnerable, and is the best companion equipment for those who have good kung fu in their hands." β
Fang Bei remained silent: "Invulnerable? β
The red fox nodded again and again, and he very skillfully took out a piece of wrought iron and put it on the several cases in front of him, and handed it to Fang Bei: "Check it out with the guest officer, this is the best wrought iron, and there is no fraud." β
Fang Bei took it, looked at it for a while, and handed it back: "Really." β
Red Fox smiled: "The emotional big brother has extraordinary eyesight." β
With that, she put the wrought iron away, drew the dagger on the side, and after holding it down, she clicked three times like cutting a sausage, and cut out three pieces of wrought iron the size of her thumb.
"This dagger is called to chop fish, I picked it up from a fisherman, sharpening iron like clay, it can be described as a magic weapon, if you want it, big brother, then you can sell it for a thousand taels."
"But." The red fox paused as he said this, put on the soft gold gloves, flipped the slender five fingers on Fang Bei's hand, and then put his hand on the board, and at the same time took the fish chopping dagger that was as sharp as clay, and seemed to smile sideways, although the red fox mask covered her expression, but she could hear the faint crisp laughter: "Big brother, you have a good look." β
As she spoke, she held the fish dagger in her hand, swiped it lightly on her finger, and then raised her palm, only to see that there was not even a scratch on it.
"Golden silk gloves, invulnerability, empty-handed white blades, all say contradictory, but my fish dagger can't cut my gold silk gloves."
"This glove is three thousand taels, a fixed price."
Xue Ling watched from the side, and his heart was pounding.
Yes, a glove that can withstand a dagger that sharpens iron like clay actually sells for only three thousand taels.
Ifβyes, just if, Xue Ling would definitely buy it without hesitation if he had three thousand taels of silver, so that when he practiced Rolex's soft sword swordsmanship in the future, he would no longer have to worry about his fingers separating from him.
But three thousand taels, I really can only think about it.
After all, the Taishi of the Great Zhou Dynasty is only eighty-seven stone rice for a month, and one tael of silver can buy two stone rice in a good year, that is to say, the Taishi has forty-three taels of silver a month, and five hundred and twenty-two taels of silver a year, and it takes six years of saving without eating or drinking to be able to buy this gold silk glove.
Of course, a Taishi's income in a year is definitely more than these five hundred and twenty-two taels of silver, but this gold wire glove is really expensive.
Based on Xue Ling's current monthly money of four yuan of silver per month, these three thousand taels of silver will have to be bought by Xue Ling himself without eating or drinking for six hundred and twenty-five years.
Sure enough, the working class is miserable.
When Xue Ling's eyes were hot, Fang Bei himself had already spoken unhurriedly: "Can you let me try it?" β
The red fox looked at the monkey-faced guest in front of him: "No, this is a valuable item, I can't give you a trial before you pay a deposit." β
"How much is the deposit?" Don't ask.
"A deposit of five hundred taels." Red Fox replied decisively.
Well, Taishi's one-year fortune, Xue Ling said in his heart on the side.
Sure enough, everyone in the rivers and lakes is very rich?
Fang Bei smiled: "Then I won't try, I'll ask Sister Fox to give it a try." β
"You're still wearing your precious gloves."
"And then use your precious dagger, front and back, how about it?"
Fang Bei's voice was still a deep middle-aged voice, and the fox sister was also kind and lovely, but as soon as these words came out, the red fox's movements suddenly froze.
"You ......" she said just one word, and she couldn't take it anymore.