Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Capital of the Fish and Dragon Kingdom
On March 20, Chu Lan came to the Hongyun Chamber of Commerce to meet Xia Jingyan as agreed.
Xia Jingyan didn't dress as glamorously and seductively as last time.
He was only wearing a plain green gown with a white belt around his waist, but even so, he still outlined the beautiful lines to the extreme, and tied a ponytail, which looked very energetic.
After a simple hello, there were already several carriages waiting at the back door in advance, Xia Jingyan explained a few times, with a natural leadership temperament, she was completely different from the auction at this moment, with an irreversible demeanor in her words.
Chu Lan got into a carriage as required, and after the car started, he ran towards the main city of the Fish Dragon Country.
Let's not press the table here, if you want to talk about Chu Lan's assassination activities on the full moon night a few days ago, it was unfortunate that they met Chu Teng, Chu Xuan, and Chu Feng, but they didn't find Chu Lan. After all, Chu Lan's divine sense was amazing, he had discovered them earlier, and when he saw the three of them wearing grimace masks and running around like the wind, he had a rough idea in his heart.
A warm current crossed in the bottom of his heart, and he thought that the second child had told the rest of the people his identity, so he followed behind them.
saw Chu Teng knock over a secret intelligence agency of the Jin family with a silver gun, and saw the third brother holding a folding fan, and several hidden weapons flew out of his hand, killing a group of foreign traffickers who abducted and sold children.
Chu Lan was relieved, his body was amazing, and he saw that the strength of the two of them had improved a lot back and forth, and he could already be the backbone of the Chu family.
Then he unfolded his body and went to find Chu Feng.
If you want to say why Chu Lan was able to accurately find the location of a few people, one is that he is too familiar with Silver Moon City, and now because of their existence, there are very few people who dare to do evil here, and there are few extremely vicious people, Chu Lan has already counted them in his heart, and they are not very far away, according to the cultivation level of several people, so their location can be roughly inferred.
Chu Lan rushed ahead of Chu Feng this time, came to the family in advance, used a pigeon through the curtain, and silently placed a nine-ring ghost head big knife that was snatched in the hands of the Yunxiao Sword Master on the side of the person. After Chu Feng killed that person, he unexpectedly discovered this big knife that he was thinking about, and his mouth was almost grinning to the root of his ears for a while
The temperament of these people, Chu Teng and Chu Xuan, is precocious, and the fourth brother is naïve, which is completely inconsistent with the appearance, and after all, he is young, and now he laughs, like a child who has got sugar, he has a straightforward temperament, so he naturally does not consider the mystery.
Chu Lan didn't do anything today, with the three of them here, it was enough, and it was better not to show up now.
Just thinking about it, the carriage was shaking, Chu Lan had been cultivating very hard in the past few days, and his body was under a lot of load, so he fell asleep deeply.
When he woke up again, he only felt that there was a fragrant wind coming, and when Chu Lan opened his eyes, he saw the eyes that had brought disaster to the country and the people.
Hurriedly sat up straight, the woman in front of him really made him a little unable to see through, it was likely that he was carrying a secret treasure that could avoid the detection of divine sense, and now he came to Chu Lan's carriage without making a sound, and he didn't even notice it at all.
After stabilizing his mind, he sat up, tidied himself up briefly, and stared at the other party, waiting for her to speak
"Hahaha, little brother Chu don't be nervous, look at you sleeping like a dead pig, if I have malicious intentions towards you, can you still sit now?"
Chu Lan smiled and was noncommittal.
Xia Jingyan stroked her hair with her slender white fingers, and the ring flashed lightly between her fingers. Take out a mask.
"This is a spirit fox mask, you can change your appearance according to your own requirements, and you can also disguise your qi, aren't you not suitable for exposure now, although there may not be anyone you know in the capital, but it's still to be on the safe side"
Chu Lan did not refuse, and received it, guessing that this was Xia Jingyan to show her sincerity.
If he was someone else, he was treated like this, and he was also given a baby, he had to work hard for the Hongyun Chamber of Commerce, but he saw it thoroughly, and he would not be bought stupidly, and now he can't die easily, but when the time comes, he will do more to help Xia Jingyan achieve a satisfactory result, and it is better to run away as soon as possible if he really threatens his life.
Xia Jingyan smiled, explained the simple use method and left the carriage.
"You're almost in the capital, are you sure to take a look at the scenery along the way?"
Chu Lan didn't say anything and put the mask on his face.
This mask as thin as a cicada's wings can be described as beautifully made, and when applied to his face, it directly seems to be rooted, fitting his face, and the corners and corners blend with his face.
According to the method Xia Jingyan said, Chu Lan modified her appearance and changed her face to an ordinary face.
He drew the curtains, what a bustling capital.
Now just the periphery, it is far from being comparable to Silvermoon City, the streets are wide enough to allow three carriages to go side by side. There are many vendors on both sides selling items, and the shouting is getting louder, some are selling second-order demon beast meat, some are selling martial arts, and some say that the ordinary iron sword in their hands is the best spiritual weapon.
Chu Lan was stunned, this was also dark, his eyesight was outstanding, and he naturally saw at a glance that most of them were dry and sold dog meat on sheep's heads, which were basically all fakes. Even foreign tourists who have just come to the capital, those who really know how will never believe it.
At this time, there was a scholar who fell in love with the exquisite scabbard, but the sword was not as strange as the merchant touted the "best spirit sword", this scholar felt that the saber was very prominent, and it was good to defend himself when he met a person with bad intentions, but he had just come to the capital of the Fish and Dragon Kingdom, and there was not much money on his body, and his face was entangled for a while.
Obviously, the bag is shy, the seller is active and sees it thoroughly, and the scabbard of this sword is worth a few taels of silver. At that moment, he bargained with this scholar.
"I see that this son is a talent, I really don't want this sword to be dusty, like this, I will give you a twenty percent discount, eighty taels of silver, you take it!"
The seller looked heartbroken, revealing a look like cutting meat. But the scholar obviously didn't have enough money and things in his hands. With a look of shame, I whispered:
"But big brother, I went out just to enter Beijing to catch the exam, and I only brought twenty-five taels of silver, and I spent five taels of silver on the way, and now there are only twenty taels of silver left."
The scholar looked reluctant, so he could only turn around and leave, and just took two steps, the seller hurriedly grabbed him
"Scholars are honored as confidants, twenty taels is twenty taels, but the son must not let this sword be dusted"
The scholar's eyes flashed, and he agreed without hesitation, and bowed to the seller gratefully.
After he left, the seller immediately took out the same sword and shouted as hard as he could.
"Take a look, take a look, the ancestral sword of the old man Taishang, the only one in the world... ”
Chu Lan thought it was funny, but after all, it was Zhou Yu who beat Huang Gai, one was willing to fight, the other was willing to suffer, and it was not easy for him to come forward to expose it.
Looking at the scholar's proud look, it seems that he has a big treasure, rubbing between his fingers non-stop, it should be regarded as giving him an insight.
Isn't going out is just spending money to buy lessons and grow up slowly?
It's just that the scholar has no entanglement, although he has the "treasure" of his heart, let alone rushing to take the exam, even eating and drinking has become a problem.
Chu Lan flicked his fingers, and dozens of pieces of broken silver, fluttering lightly, and accurately fell into his book, and the scholar didn't know it.
Money was already something outside the body for cultivators, and Chu Lan didn't feel that he had done a good deed, but just did it.
Since Chu Lan spent three months alone in Tianyajian, he felt even more cuteness in the red dust, and the streets that were originally bustling and noisy had become interesting?
The scenery along the way became more and more prosperous, and Chu Lan saw a huge city wall more than ten meters high from a distance, presumably almost to the inner city of the Fish Dragon Kingdom.
Seven or eight officers and soldiers at the gate of the city saw the carriage of the Hongyun Chamber of Commerce, and hurriedly came up to greet them, you know, although the branch of the Hongyun Chamber of Commerce is only the third-ranked force in Yinyue City, but it is a behemoth in this fish and dragon country, and even the lord of the country has to give them face.
Several officers and soldiers stepped forward to lead the carriage into the city, and they dared to check where they were, and sent them all the way out before continuing to go back to guard the city gates. Sure enough, no matter where you are, strength is the capital that others respect you.
Entering the city, the surrounding luxury buildings came into Chu Lan's eyes, and Chu Lan seemed to have come to the Grand View Garden as if Grandma Liu, constantly smacking her tongue. All of them are magnificent, even if they are not ranked in the name, they are far more luxurious than the Chu family's main mansion, and the phoenix eaves are silver. At the door stands a square bronze fish tripod of unknown age. There are also two beautifully crafted marble beasts at the door.
There are snow maple trees planted on both sides of the street, one every five steps, and the middle is mixed with strange flowers and plants, although it is in the market, bustling and noisy, it is like coming to a paradise, and the greening is excellent.
The structure of the entire capital city is full of ingenuity. Natural is beautiful.
Now the growth of the snow maple tree is gratifying, this kind of maple tree is different from the ordinary, there are snow-white small ball fruits, the leaves are now verdant, once in autumn, the leaves all turn white, when the thousands of snow maple trees sway at the same time, like falling snow, it is the only beautiful scenery of the fish and dragon country.
The speed of the carriage to the city was obviously slowed down a lot, and it took about half an hour.
Chu Lan poked his head out and saw the majestic mansion of the lord at a glance. Glazed tile heavy eaves roof, vermilion lacquer gate. Under the clear blue sky, the bright yellow golden silk nanmu plaque of the main mansion of the fish and dragon country is very atmospheric. It is carved with the accompanying picture of the dragonfish, the carp crosses the door into a golden dragon, lifelike as if to really jump out of the general, the dragon flying and the phoenix dance on it are engraved with several big characters from everyone's handwriting "fish and dragon country"
And the destination that Chu Lan has arrived at now is the Fish Dragon Country Branch of the Hongyun Chamber of Commerce, which is next to the Lord's Mansion and is only slightly inferior in size.
A few horse-drawn carriages entered it slowly, and it was a manor, imposing and large-scale, with rows of houses, and I don't know how many there were.
After turning a few pavilions in front of him, the carriage stopped, and Chu Lan jumped down from the carriage, this was actually Chu Lan's first carriage, he felt that compared to finding something to travel, it was far less comfortable than walking by himself, but Silver Moon City was a long distance away from the Fish Dragon Country after all, and in order to conserve his strength, he had to arrive with the carriage.
Xia Jingyan jumped down from a carriage led by Xia Jingyan, explained a few words, all the carriages and horses left neatly, and the carriages and horses with goods and silver taels went to the warehouse in the back mountain.
Now only Xia Jingyan remains, and Chu Lan and the others stay in place.
Xia Jingyan did not find someone to guide Chu Lan to go out of the house, but took Nana with him personally, and briefly introduced some information on the way.
Xia Jingyan looked at her face, which had become plain and ordinary now due to wearing a mask, and nodded with satisfaction, Chu Lan didn't know anything about this conference, and it was a good thing to listen to her explain it now.
While walking, Xia Jingyan said, "There are dozens of forces participating in this conference, a total of one hundred and twenty-five people, the organizer is the deacon of the Hongyun Chamber of Commerce, the venue is in a dilapidated small world, which suppresses the cultivation of monks, and now it is only suitable for monks in the Spirit Wheel realm!"
Chu Lan saw her pause, knowing that it was the other party who left him the opportunity to ask questions, and wondered, "Broken small world, what kind of power do you need to reclaim the small world?"
Xia Jingyan smiled. The laughter was like a silver bell, "Giggles, how can it be the world that you have cultivated, even if there are many guests in the Hongyun Chamber of Commerce, but the reclamation space at least has the strength above the Holy Realm." We just found an entrance, and when the time comes, a few masters who have surpassed the realm of the Collar Wheel will open the entrance and send us in."
Chu Lan knew that if the Hongyun Chamber of Commerce had the strength to reclaim the other world, it would be too terrifying.
Seeing that Chu Lan didn't speak, she continued, "There are five people in our team, we can meet them on the day we start, and I'll introduce them to you when the time comes." ”
"The competition is scheduled to be held the day after tomorrow, you can walk around the city tomorrow, of course, you can also practice and adjust by yourself, this is up to you. I'll have to say hello to the steward here when I'm dropping you off, and you'll be careful not to make any noise these two days."
Chu Lan stood at the door, watching Xia Jingyan leave, but when she just turned around, she suddenly asked
"Why do you want to win so much?"
Xia Jingyan smiled bitterly and didn't look back, but Chu Lan heard the helplessness in the laughter.
"Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and my father hopes to train me to be the next president, but how can there be a reason for a woman to be in a high position in the past generations?"
It turns out that this is a trial that will determine the future of the Hongyun Chamber of Commerce, and it is just a cover to let future generations go in to find opportunities!