Chapter Twenty-Eight: Treasure Appreciation
Tagu is composed of two towns, the inner and outer towns. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The outer town is divided into three parts, located on three banks at the confluence of the Tiskan and Yunchu rivers, enclosing the inner town in the middle. It is mainly used to store some goods and manpower.
And the inner town built on top of the soul array seemed to be really suspended in mid-air, and you could vaguely see the relatively turbulent river under your feet. It's just that the sense of substance that comes from your feet reminds people that you are not hanging in the air. The inner town is the center of gravity of Tagu, and the only condition for entering the inner town is an identity card. It is for this reason that an outtown will be established, after all, even if you are the richest man in the world, you will not spend 500 gold coins for each person to buy an identity card that only has a one-time expiration date. In the inner town, it is divided into the outer building and the central Black Castle, which mainly provides accommodation for those who come to Tagu to do some business, and the Black Castle is the location of the auction venue. Blackcastle has two floors, the first floor providing seventy-two areas for merchants or groups of merchants to buy and sell strange things. On the second floor, there is the venue for the bi-monthly auction meeting, where the most valuable ones are exhibited.
At this moment, Leng Chifeng and Abbas were walking on a street in the outer building. Abbas, who was walking in front, raised his head and looked around, as if looking for something, while Leng Chifeng followed behind him with a slight numbness, his eyes looking at the identity card in his hand.
This ID card is made of low-level engrams, and can only record the identity of its owner, and has no other use. But it was such a low-grade crystal with a size of two inches that could only be purchased for 500 gold coins. The purpose of that record is to check the authenticity of the auction floor only when they enter it, like the guards who will let it go just by seeing the ID card.
However, this is not what attracts Leng Chifeng's attention. On both sides of the card, different patterns are engraved: on one side is a long sword made of flames, and on the other side is eighteen wings with nine pairs on the left and right.
"Abbas, what's engraved on this card?" Leng Chifeng, who thought about it for a long time, still couldn't think of any clue, so he could only open his mouth and ask Abbas.
"I don't know," Abbas didn't look back, and gave the answer directly, "The purple flame of the national emblem of the Fire Empire, the Temple of Light is a cross sword, but these two are not like them, I don't know." ”
"Huh, is Tagu related to the Fire Empire and the Temple of Light?"
"Hmm. Abbas nodded and said, "Actually, these are the two who are secretly manipulating Tagu's operations. As for the reason, you should be able to guess it. ”
Hearing the news, Leng Chifeng was stunned for a while, but after thinking about it for a while, he came to his senses. Although the Temple of Light is located in the fertile plains, it is surrounded by enemies, and even if it has the wealth accumulated for thousands of years, it may not be able to support the attrition of armies for a long time, especially the legions composed of Souls, while the Fire Empire is mainly located in the volcanic zone in the southern part of the continent, and is short of resources and unable to maintain an army. It wasn't until the discovery of the Tagu Soul Array hundreds of years ago, coupled with the fact that it was at the junction of the two parties, so the two parties cooperated, and this Tagu was established.
Thinking of this, Leng Chifeng's attention returned to the card, but when he caught a glimpse of Abbas still looking left and right in front of him, he asked out loud, "What are you looking for?"
"Of course it's—ah, it's here!" After saying that, Abbas didn't care about Leng Chifeng's feelings, and directly pulled the latter into a house.
When Abbas stopped, the cold wind looked around. The walls are inlaid with illuminated hedrons, but the light emitted by the hedrons is dim, making the room unreal, and in the center is a stone table with no other ornaments on the table, only the word "Jian" engraved on it. An old man in a black robe sat at the table, looking at the two young men who had entered the room.
Abbas walked directly to the other side of the table, opposite the black-robed old man, and said, "We want to sell something." ”
"What?" a hoarse voice came out of the old man's mouth, as if without a trace of emotion.
Abbas didn't answer, but nodded to Leng Chifeng. Seeing this, Leng Chifeng could only take out the piece of liquid magic crystal in his arms and put it on the stone table.
As soon as he saw the liquid magic crystal on the table, a trace of essence flashed in the old man's eyes, he took it in his hand, and asked Leng Chifeng: "The liquid magic crystal, and it is a dual attribute of darkness and space, not bad." What level?"
"Twelve. ”
"Yes, that's good. You two, come with me. So saying, the old man stood up and walked aside.
Only at this moment did Leng Chifeng see that there were four doors on the opposite side of the wall opposite the door they had entered, and the old man would lead them into the rightmost one. The room behind this door was slightly narrow, with a stone platform in the center with a small soul array carved on it, and huge wooden cabinets on either side. As soon as the old man entered, he put the liquid magic crystal in the soul array on the stage, pressed the corner of the soul array with his right hand, and closed his eyes to feel the soul power contained in the liquid magic crystal.
Soon, the old man opened his eyes, stared at Leng Chifeng and said, "It's indeed level twelve, but the shape is a bit small." ”
"Hehe, this is a little small, but it's genuine, isn't it?" Hearing the other party's question, Abbas quickly replied.
The old man nodded and said, "Okay, we'll take this goods." Give me your ID card. ”
Hearing this, Leng Chifeng couldn't help but be a little nervous, but seeing that Abbas gave the card to the other party without hesitation, he had no choice but to hand it over. As soon as the old man got the identity card, he gave a light "huh" and glanced at the two strangely, but he didn't say anything. After putting away the black identity card, the old man handed over two purple crystal cards, which were no different from the black crystal cards except for the color. Watching the two of them take the crystal card, the old man continued, "Engrave your soul mark on it. The auction will take place three days later, during which your food, clothing, housing and transportation will be free, but you must not leave Tagu, otherwise the new ID card will be invalid. Alright, you can leave. ”
Listening to the old man's eviction order, Leng Chifeng and Abbas left the room without hesitation and returned to the street. It was only then that Leng Chifeng saw clearly that what they had entered turned out to be Black Castle. There are only two entrances and exits to Black Castle, one is the main entrance to the east and the other is the back entrance to the west. And Leng Chifeng and they walked through the West Gate, which is also the place to prepare for the auction.
"All right," Abbas said, as soon as he walked out, "we'll wait three days." Find a place to live first, and then, hey, it's free, it's good. Ha ha. ”
After speaking, Abbas led Leng Chifeng to find a hotel near Blackcastle directly, anyway, there was an amethyst card there, and he didn't worry about the room money.