Chapter 119: Anecdote of Meng Da's shopkeeper
But then again, because of the lack of monster materials in the three cities of Dingbei, other cities in the north of Hezhou have also taken a fancy to the huge business opportunities here, and have transported all kinds of materials here to sell, so the types of materials in the three cities of Dingbei are much more than those in other cities.
In view of this situation, Zhou Yang had the idea of going to the three cities of Dingbei to have a look.
However, in a city with a large flow of passengers, there are huge business opportunities at the same time, but also accompanied by bullying and dominating the market, killing people and seizing treasures and other dangers, a prosperous scene on weekdays, but secretly it is full of violence and killing, and even some sects and families are also involved.
Liang Sanli actually went to such a dangerous city, which surprised Zhou Yang, it is said that he cares about his own life very much. However, Mo Chenglong quickly answered his question, that is, Tongzhou Commercial Bank has a certain amount of power in the three cities of Dingbei, and Liu Menglong's success in dredging in the three cities also depends on Tongzhou Commercial Bank.
Tongzhou Commercial Bank has branches or stores in the ten northernmost cities of Hezhou mainland, the largest is the Anping Branch, and the industries of the ten cities in the extreme north are managed by the Anping Branch. In other words, the branches of the three cities in Dingbei are also subordinate to Anping Tongzhou Commercial Bank.
Take the Dingbei Branch of Tongzhou Commercial Bank as an example, the big shopkeeper is only the peak realm of Tianyuan, which is much lower than the big shopkeeper Meng Siquan of the Anping Branch, so the Dingbei Branch is not a first-class force in Dingbei City.
But even so, the other sects did not dare to plunder it, because the Dingbei branch was far behind the Tongzhou Business Alliance, and the Anping branch was the Jindan master town when it was close. Therefore, the Dingbei branch also directly controls the six mortal countries in the triangle, and it is the force that controls the most mortal countries in the three cities of Dingbei.
The goods of the comptoirs in the mortal trade in the northern part of Hezhou are all from these six countries. The high-level leaders of the Tongzhou Business Alliance and the Anping Branch also often inspected these mortal countries and did not allow other forces to get involved.
Speaking of which, Mo Chenglong also told Zhou Yang about the rank of the big shopkeeper Qingxuzi, which was widely spread in the mortal country.
Legend has it that Qing Xuzi once visited a mortal country just as the emperor of that country died. However, the crown prince of the country is weak, and the imperial uncle is strong, and this imperial uncle has been in charge of the military for a long time, and he has carried a sword and a horse, fought all his life, and made great achievements for the empire.
But there are not a few people who are loyal to the emperor, and they strongly demand that the father succeed the son for the rest of his life, and the emperor's uncle is not qualified to ascend the throne. The two factions did not give in to each other, and the country was in turmoil.
It happened that Qingxuzi was here, and the prince learned that their master was coming, and hurriedly came to the door to ask for a meeting, wanting the big shopkeeper to administer justice. But Qingxuzi closed the door and only sent someone to send a letter to the prince.
The prince opened the letter and saw that there were only a few words inside: "Thousands of people are waiting for the dragon throne, and one person is the whole world." In the spring and autumn of the mortal world for decades, uncles and nephews fought with each other and caused many troubles. Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are here in ancient and modern times, and how many emperors have become yesterday. Spring goes to autumn and comes everywhere, and one harvest and one release become a Buddha. ”
The crown prince saw it, sighed, and soon gave up the throne to the imperial uncle.
I don't know if the content of the letter moved him, or because of the pressure of Meng Da's shopkeeper, he gave up the throne.
However, judging from the content of the letter, it also has the meaning of comforting the prince. The letter was to the effect that mortal life is very short, but only a few decades, and the country will always be here, but none of the former emperors can see it. His imperial uncle is much older than the crown prince, so what's the matter with letting him sit for a few years first, he will definitely die before the prince, so why bother to fight each other and lose both.
There are also people who believe that this letter also means to be the master of the crown prince, that is, after the death of the prince's imperial uncle, he can only pass on to the crown prince, and if the throne is passed on to others, he will never agree.
And some people think that the meaning of this letter is to laugh at the short life of mortals, and they like to fight in the nest, and Qingxuzi is too lazy to pay attention to their affairs.
Thousands of people have their own understandings, each with their own reasoning, but because of this, this matter has been widely circulated.
The development of things was also as Qingxuzi expected, the imperial uncle died after eight years as emperor, and the crown prince successfully ascended the throne.
Zhou Yang couldn't help but be dumbfounded, mortals regarded cultivators as immortals, and when the immortals gave orders, how could they dare not obey.
No matter what Qing Xuzi meant in his letter, if he asked the prince to give way, he had to give way, and if he dared to be a little disobedient, the end would be very miserable.
Cultivators and mortals are people of two worlds, cultivators are high, regard mortals as mustard, ignore them, and leave them to fend for themselves, only when necessary, they recruit a large number of young and middle-aged people to be used as mining slaves, and the servants in the palace are even dragged to the slave market to be sold cheaply.
Usually cultivators don't kill mortals, and in the monastic world, this kind of behavior is regarded as a shame, and if a cultivator kills innocent people indiscriminately, then that person will not be able to gain a foothold in the monastic world.
Other Zhou Yang just listened to interesting things, what he was concerned about was whether there were three materials needed to refine the Qi Replenishing Pill, for these three materials, he was going to Dingbei City first after his injuries healed.
In the days that followed, he meditated in the ashram to recover from his injuries, and then carefully studied the recipe for chasing the wind.
This was the first intermediate technique he had obtained, and if it had been placed in the past, such a secret technique would have been unimaginable to him, so now he was very attentive to his comprehension, just like when he first cultivated the Xuangang Technique in the Ziyuan Sect, he realized it word by word.
The premise of cultivating the Ten Thousand Miles Wind Chasing Technique is that the longitudinal technique must reach a certain level, and the understanding of one's own condition and air flow must also rise to a certain level.
In other words, the Ten Thousand Miles Wind Chasing Technique is a secret technique based on the Lifting and Longitudinal Technique, and if his Lifting and Longitudinal Technique does not break through to a new level, he will not be able to cultivate this technique.
Zhou Yang secretly rejoiced that if he hadn't been cornered in the wasteland north of the city, he wouldn't have been able to break through the Lifting Technique, and even if he had obtained it, he wouldn't be able to cultivate.
However, this secret technique is much more difficult to cultivate than the Mu Xi Jue, and some of the sentences are obscure, and Zhou Yang's head is big when he sees it, and his divine consciousness hurts, and he has no choice but to stop and meditate and heal.
Alchemy requires a lot of spiritual power, and in his current state, he will never be able to refine the elixir, so he will only meditate and heal for a few days.
Recently, Yangtian Pavilion's business has really plummeted, if it weren't for the fact that you could exchange the monster materials for the items in the store, it is estimated that there would not even be a single customer. Even so, Zhou Yang did not lower the price, even if it was lowered, it was useless, the strength of Tongzhou Commercial Bank was too far behind, and there was no chance of winning the price war, so he simply let it be.
Business is not good, Mo Chenglong is also idle, in addition to comprehending the secret of chasing the wind for thousands of miles, he is using the Huang Ling Pill and the Fire Spirit Pill to concentrate on cultivation, and his cultivation is also steadily improving.
On this day, Zhou Yang called Mo Chenglong to the quiet room, handed him two pill bottles in person, and said solemnly: "One bottle is for your own use, and the other bottle can be handed over to you for fear." ”
Mo Chenglong was overjoyed, hurriedly took the pill bottle, and thanked him repeatedly.
"Brother, you also know the benefits and harms of this pill, if it leaks out, not only will your life and mine be in danger, but no one who takes this pill will survive. Therefore, you must be careful to warn and fear difficulties, this pill is his life!"
"I understand that this matter is related to the life of the family, and he is not a fool who is afraid of difficulties, and he knows the stakes. ”
"That's fine. As for the dosage, you can tell him again, and when you run out, just take it. ”
"Brother won't say anything. There is no business to do these days, so I will go back to Anping first. ”
"Okay, be careful on the road. ”
Zhou Yang understood Mo Chenglong's eagerness, so he let him go.
Before, he had seen Mo Weiyan a few times, but he didn't feel the breath of Huang Lingdan on him. Therefore, he understood that Mo Chenglong did not give this pill to his son, it seems that this Brother Mo is really a sincere person.
Giving him the pill today and allowing him to give it to Mo Weinan was also a decision made after much thought. Mo Weinan has also worked with him for a while, and Zhou Yang also knows something about him, he has completely inherited the style of his father, he is humble and cautious, and he does not cause trouble but is not afraid of things, so it should not be a problem to hand over the pill to him.
At this point, the number of people who took Huang Lingdan to improve their cultivation rose to six, and the number of people who knew about this matter increased to seven, but these seven people were all closely related to him, and he also knew these seven people very well, otherwise he would not have given the pill to these people.
In the past few days, his injuries have recovered from seventy-seven eighty-eight, and he has comprehended the trick of chasing the wind for thousands of miles during the day, and he has started the great cause of alchemy at night, until all the igneous rock grass brought from the hot spring peak is used up.
Now I have to use the fire grass purchased in the store to test the fire elixir.
The ancient alchemy technique was really wonderful, Zhou Yang felt that after each alchemy, his divine consciousness was much better, and the injury at the Shentai seemed to have improved, although the effect was not too obvious, but this was enough to surprise him.
Although the attributes of the Fire Rock Grass and the Fire Earth Grass are similar, and the medicinal effects are similar, he used up all the Fire Earth Grass in the store, and he didn't refine a Fire Spirit Pill.
Zhou Yang was deflated, wasted a lot of materials, worked for several days in vain, and did all the useless work, and the luck when he used the fire rock grass to refine the fire spirit pill was gone forever. It seems that we have to find a chance to go to Cangbeast Mountain, otherwise, the Fire Spirit Pill will be broken.
But Cangbeast Mountain is not so easy to go, especially the Hot Spring Peak, which is just in the middle of the territory of the Xuanfu Sect and the Three Holy Sects, and it is difficult to meet any of them. Coupled with the rampant monsters, you can only take one step at a time in the future.
The Fire Spirit Pill was refined by him by chance, and it belonged to the things that he got by chance, and it was a bit demanding to use the fire ground grass in the store to refine the Fire Spirit Pill.
If you lose something, you will gain it, and the understanding of chasing the wind is progressing rapidly, and the basic tips have been mastered, but it is not yet profound, and you need to experience it yourself.
Six days later, Zhou Yang's injuries healed, as if to celebrate him, Yangtian Pavilion's business actually improved, and there were more and more cultivators who exchanged demon beast materials for the required items, and Mo Chenglong couldn't keep his mouth shut.
This should be due to the fact that Tongzhou Commercial Bank restored the previous price of the items in the store, and the price at this time was the same as that of Yangtian Pavilion. But the difference is that Yangtian Pavilion can exchange demon beast materials for the required items, but Tongzhou Commercial Bank cannot, which makes many shy cultivators with money can only bring middle and low-level demon beast materials to Yangtian Pavilion to exchange for various items.