In addition to the guards led by Liu Hu, there are five ordinary businessmen who are responsible for negotiating business.

After all, there are only a few people who know how to do business, and they still choose to become a refiner, at least there is no such business-minded refiner in Qinglong Village.

When the group saw the majestic city wall from afar, it was already sunset.

The yellow sunlight shines on the white snow that reaches the sky, gilding it with a golden hue, and the tiny snow particles reflect the dazzling light.

Although they could see the city wall at the end of the field of vision from a distance, by the time everyone approached, the sky was already dark.

"Hey, over there, hurry into the city! I'll close the door again!" shouted a guard soldier wearing leather armor and an iron sword at his waist under the gate opposite.

The crowd was obviously accustomed to the attitude of the guards, and hurriedly slapped their horses a few times, and hurried into the city gates.

The first one politely bowed his hand and said, "Thank you for this brother, otherwise it will be difficult to shut us out of the door." Approaching the end of the year, this little money should be invited to drink with the brothers. ”

As he spoke, his right hand swept to his waist, and two more pieces of broken silver appeared, which were quietly stuffed into the hands that the middle-aged guard inadvertently placed in front of him.

The broken silver of the Great Xuan Empire is all one or two heavy weights. A long time ago, some people deliberately scraped some silver powder down, so that the original two pieces of broken silver were so light that they could achieve the purpose of counterfeiting, but in this way, the scratches on the silver could not be concealed, and it was very easy to be discovered, and later, no one used this trick.

Besides, the one who took out two taels of silver casually was one of the five people in charge of purchasing goods, named Zhang Jiquan, who was a hawker who ran business outside on weekdays, and went back to the village to visit his family during the Chinese New Year. A few days ago, I heard that I was going to go into the city to purchase New Year's goods, so even if I agreed to go to the city with me, I was responsible for negotiating business with the merchants and striving to buy enough goods at the fairest price.

The guard pinched it slightly, revealing a hint of joy, and while stuffing it into his arms, he shouted loudly:

"Raise the bridge, close the door!"

The soldiers on the battlements heard the sound, and the four of them twisted and pulled the ropes of the drawbridge and lifted the drawbridge. Gao Caishun and another guard slowly closed the heavy city gate, and the huge latch lay behind the door.

Immediately, the two of them walked up to everyone with a smile on their faces, arched their hands, and said, "Brothers, are you coming into the city to buy New Year's goods, right?

"It's not like the Chinese New Year is coming soon, so the big guys have made an appointment to go into the city together to buy some necessities. In a mere Qinglong Village, there are many rituals handed down by our ancestors, and we still need to inherit them. Zhang Jiquan smiled modestly and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Fortunately, these two people are on the road, otherwise they will have a headache when they encounter the kind of soldiers who strictly abide by the rules and don't give any face. Don't look at just two ordinary city gate guards, they stand at the city gate all day at a time, and everyone who passes by here has to pass in front of the city gate guards.

Sometimes they are most afraid of the ruffians in the army finding fault with those who do business. The guards who stood at the city gate every day were the first checkpoint for them to enter the city, and they had the right to inspect the goods and temporarily seize them. And if you want to inquire about the news, the guards who are guarding the city gate every day are also the most well-informed intelligence officers.

Don't look at Liu Hu from the Qi Induction Realm in the group, and there are fourteen body refiners traveling with him, if he really gets along with two ordinary guards, it will become impossible to get along with the entire city guards. It is true that the two guards are ordinary people, but it is really too simple to find a few masters from the army.

Gao Caishun, who has stood here for a day, will not be unable to get along with the group of people in front of him. Not to mention that the person who was the leader handed him enough for a month's salary, just looking at the fluctuations of the refining realm emanating from the dozen or so people in their team, it had already made him secretive.

Even if there is an entire military department behind him, it is one thing to avenge himself, and it is another thing for him to take advantage of the present. At that moment, he greeted everyone with his companions with a smile, promising that he would naturally help the people of Qinglong Village within his ability, and the two sides inevitably exchanged pleasantries.

Not long after, Gao Caishun pretended to look at the sky and stopped the topic: "The sky is about to darken, so our brothers and sisters won't disturb you to stay." ”

took two steps forward, as if remembering something, and then turned around and said, "Oh yes, after entering the city, go south along the city wall, and there is a Wanxia Inn outside the nine streets, which is extremely affordable." Farewell!"

......

When everyone came to Wanxia Inn, it was already dark.

"Do you want to stay in a hotel? Ten copper plates for one night in a double room, and thirty copper plates for one night in the upper room. How many rooms do you want to book?" An old voice sounded.

The currency of the entire Tian Yuan Continent is one hundred copper plates for one tael of silver, one hundred taels of silver for one tael of gold, and one hundred taels of gold for one yuan crystal.

Yuan Jing, only the treasure place where the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi is extremely condensed will be born, either exposed on the surface of the earth, or buried deep in the soil, and it is also counted as a kind of mineral vein. Whenever the Yuanjing vein is discovered, it will be temporarily protected by the nearby city, and at the same time, the Great Xuanqian Village will be notified, waiting for it to send someone to mine, and at the same time, the imperial law strictly prohibits organizations or individuals other than the Great Xuanqian Village from mining the Yuanjing vein, once discovered, the Nine Clans will be destroyed!

As for the owner of the Imperial Money Village, he is an important minister of the temple who can sit on an equal footing with the head of the Astrology Division, the Minister of the Army, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites and other ministers!

After the metacrystals are mined, professionals will cut the different sizes of the metacrystals into a cubic centimeter size for trading. At the same time, its value is reflected in assisting monks in their cultivation.

Each piece of Yuan Crystal contained extremely pure Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi, and just a piece the size of a fingernail was enough for a body refiner to cultivate for two days, and one of them was as good as cultivating for three days without using Yuan Crystal.

In other words, if an ordinary body refiner uses Yuan Jing to cultivate, a small piece is worth four days.

When absorbing the vitality and not being able to turn the void into reality, the longest body refiner who can only live to be fifty years old can save four days a week, which is definitely a considerable number...... No, this can no longer be described as considerable, and it is by no means an exaggeration to say "terrible".

Because, this is a life-sustaining thing!

It's just a high price of 100 taels of gold, and not everyone can afford it. For example, a suitable guard at the city gate could only pay two taels of silver a month, and it would take forty-five years to save enough gold for one hundred taels without eating or drinking.

But at this moment, an old man with gorgeous hair was standing behind the counter, his face wrinkled like a furrow, and his spine was slightly swayed, and he just glanced at the people at the door, and a glimmer of brilliance appeared in his cloudy eyes.

Liu Hu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he carefully sensed the vitality around him, but he couldn't feel a trace of vitality fluctuations from the old man in front of him. Zhang Jiquan also tied his horse at the door, walked into the inn and looked around, and walked towards the counter.

"Sure enough, it's a fair price. In this way, the shopkeeper was bothered to take out ten house cards. ”

As he spoke, he took out another piece of broken silver and continued:

"Give each of the brothers a dish and a pot of wine, and send it to our room. Thank you very much. ”

Then everyone went upstairs, discussed with each other, and walked into the room in twos and twos.

The room is only about ten square meters, except for two beds and a long table, there are no other things. If you remove a piece of white ash from the table, it doesn't count.

"This room...... It's really small. ”

The corners of Yang Fan's mouth grinned, and he sat on the bed.

"The futon is clean, it's smaller. ”

Li Shaobai also put the Xuantie Sword on the table and sat opposite Yang Fan.

"Yes. I don't know who we're going to buy with tomorrow? I don't know what the sacrificial ceremony in the village is, but I heard that it's full of momentum!"

"This is your first year in the village, and you'll know it once you've experienced it......"

Looking at Li Shaobai's mysterious appearance, Yang Fan pursed his lips and went to bed to meditate on his heart.

......

The next day, the people dispersed in five groups and went to various parts of the city to buy the goods they were responsible for.

Yang Fan and Li Shaobai, accompanied by Liu Hu, followed Zhang Jiquan, who was in charge of purchasing "fire whale oil" and other items, to the west.

The fire whale is a reddish whale in the deep sea, and the adult fire whale can resist the existence of the fetal transformation stage without falling behind. Fire whale oil, on the other hand, is an oil extracted from the body of a fire whale. Fire whales live in the deep depths of the sea all year round, and because of their large size, they can stay in the water for a longer time, and there are not many times when they surface to breathe.

For some reason, this aquatic creature is biased towards fire, and the oil extracted is not only more durable, but also burns with a faint fragrance. Although the aroma is not as good as Long Yanxiang, it can be used for lighting, but it is already the best material.

The market price of fire whale oil is about one hundred taels of gold. Ordinary shops simply can't store such goods, and only the top shops can have this top-quality lighting grease.

Since you are going to the top shops, it is naturally the best place to go in the city.

Three streets away, in a nondescript shack, a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old, dressed in rags, led four children of about the same size, and stood in front of a boy who was also dressed but only about ten years old.

"Hey, don't hide it!

The little boy looked at his fierce gaze, and couldn't help but shrink the hand hidden behind him again, and cringed: "This is ...... This is my sister and me's food money for today, you ...... Can you ......?"

"Scared!

The eldest child seemed to feel that his majesty had been provoked, and kicked the missing black pottery bowl in front of him away, and said fiercely:

"Call me!"

The four older children standing behind him smirked and walked around the left and right, waving their thin fists at the back and head of the little boy in the middle.

I don't know how many times a day this happens, so it's natural for him to hold his head and curl up on the ground. It's just that even so, the hand that is clenched still never lets go.

When a little girl who had just walked in saw this scene, her big black and bright eyes showed a hint of anger, and she threw half of the steamed bun in her hand at the four people.

"Ouch! Which ......"

The four people who were beating the little boy suddenly screamed in pain, turned their heads and saw the girl, with a cruel look on their faces, and strode towards her.

The little boy sensed the movement, barely opened his eyes, and looked through his arm at the angry little girl standing in the doorway.

I don't know where the strength came from, he rolled forward, knocked down a pair of legs in front of him, and crawled to his feet, kicking the big kid with his back to him.

"Don't bully my sister!"

The eldest child at the head was caught off guard by him and fell down, and his heart was even more angry, and he rushed over and kicked the little boy in the back.

The little boy was kicked out without any accident, and fell in front of the little girl with a "tong".

"Brother!"

Looking at the wisps of blood flowing from the corners of his mouth, the little girl's eyes were full of tears, and she squatted down and hugged him into her arms.

The five older children on the opposite side reunited and strode towards the brother and sister.

"Who dares to come here!"

At this moment, there was a sudden explosion of thunder on the flat ground.