Chapter 51: Yumen Wharf
For the temporary transformation of the "Five Immortals in the Spirit True Qi" into the "Red Emperor Raising Yuan True Qi", it was just an attempt by Zhao Chen on a whim.
Although after many "double cultivations" with Yan Hongxia, he already knew the practice route of "Red Emperor Cultivating Yuan True Qi", but in the absence of a visualization map and the corresponding mental method, Zhao Chen was actually not very sure, and he didn't expect to succeed in one attempt.
This shows that the so-called "Five Emperors Dynasty True Sword Technique" and "Golden Mansion Jade Room Twelve Floors Xingqi Secret Record" are indeed of the same root and origin, and the quality of the true qi cultivated by the latter is higher, so that the attributes of the former can be simulated......
"And although the quality of the 'Red Emperor Cultivating Yuan True Qi' is inferior to that of the 'Five Immortals Spiritual True Qi', it is more suitable for fighting......
"It can not only 'nourish its own yuan', but also 'eliminate the enemy's yuan', although at this stage, it can't 'burn' the enemy as a material for 'yuanqi' like Yan Hongxia's natal sword qi, but it can also make the enemy's true qi like steaming in flames, interfering with its operation......
"It's really better to use it in a fight than the 'Five Immortals Spiritual True Qi'...... After all, the main purpose of the latter is to 'not fight' and let the enemy 'kneel and lick' on his own. ”
As his thoughts turned, Zhao Chen nodded with satisfaction, and then reached out and picked up Yan Hongxia from the bed and put it in a large box that the master had prepared for him.
- In order to avoid being discovered, I had to grieve Sister Hongxia.
As soon as he finished doing this, Zhao Chen heard the whistle of the steamer about to dock, and the little maid Fengqu also walked in after knocking on the door at this time, and reported: "Young master, the ship has docked...... Fifth Master Zhan asked the young master to go to the deck to meet. ”
He was sluggish, his whole body was wilted, his steps were very vain, and he was obviously a little seasick.
Zhao Chen nodded slightly, pointed to the box containing Yan Hongxia and said, "You find a few people to carry this box, pay attention to handle it gently, it contains the treasure I got in Jinjia County." ”
If it was usual, Fengqu would definitely have to be curious about what made the young master explain so solemnly, but now he was not in the mood at all, he just wanted to get off the ship early, so he was busy.
After giving the wind song, Zhao Chen left the cabin and walked onto the deck, ostensibly no longer paying attention to the box, after all, if he cares too much, it will arouse suspicion.
Yumen County City, the city gate is majestic and tall, simple and vast.
The dock area outside the city walls was anchored with a large number of cargo ships and merchant ships.
Some of them are old schooners, others are covered in a layer of steel, and their large steam chimneys are constantly spewing out white smoke with the fragrance of flowers and plants.
The sound of the whistle is mixed with the sound of the wharf coolies and the shouts of various vendors, forming a lively and noisy scene.
Zhao Chen, who was standing on the deck, looked at it and saw that the street between the dock and the city gate was extremely prosperous, with houses lined up and full of tourists.
A short merchant carrying a burden of cooking cakes......
A hawker shouting where a shadow puppet show is performing......
Storytelling, singing, and selling artists with big stones on their chests......
Pretty girl in a strange dress and ironing curly hair......
Postman riding a bicycle with a monocle in his left eye......
Dressed openly, with her skirt slit up to the base of her thighs, a blonde or red-haired blue-eyed Tessie escort girl......
The old man who sells strong pills with long hair, tied in a bun, wearing a Taoist robe, and fairy wind bones......
They were intertwined together into a bizarre picture, which made Zhao Chen feel in a trance that he had returned to the temple fair at the beginning of his last life.
Seeing that Zhao Chen's gaze seemed to stay on the escort girls who were soliciting customers for the tavern, Zhao Zhan, who was originally directing the fire gun team to carry the goods, frowned and said with a deliberate smile:
"Haha, were you shocked by those Tessie mothers? However, none of them are really foreign women, and most of their hair is dyed with dye, but the tavern asked them to dress up like this for the sake of freshness.
"Xiao Chen, as long as you talk to them, you will know that their Daxia dialect may be better than yours."
Hearing this, Zhao Chen came back to his senses and knew that Uncle Zhan might have had a misunderstanding, but he didn't argue much, and only asked casually: "I heard that the endless desert appeared ten thousand years ago, and after cutting off the connection between the east and the west, many Taixi people were stranded in Yumen, is it true?" ”
"Xiao Chen, you are embarrassed to show your uncle, how do I know what happened ten thousand years ago?
"But even if it's true, after 10,000 years, I'm afraid it will already be integrated into my Great Xia, right?
"Those fake foreign women are the descendants of those people in your mouth.
"Well, I only know that there was originally a 'Temple of the Goddess of Light' built by the Taixi people on Lushan Mountain in the west of Yumen City, but it has long been dilapidated, and now there is a group of beggars settling there."
In the small talk with Uncle Zhan, the "Ice Spring" finally entered the port, set up the gangway, and began to unload.
And Zhao Zhan also confessed, got off the boat directly, and greeted a middle-aged man with a fat brain and a bald head, and said with a smile:
"Brother Gong, I haven't seen you for a long time, we have to have a few drinks today."
As he spoke, he slipped an envelope into the other party's hand covertly.
"When I saw the 'Ice Spring' from afar, I knew it was Brother Zhan, you were here...... But forget about drinking, I still have something to do...... Well, you give me a count, just don't make it difficult for me. After the middle-aged man surnamed Gong pinched the thickness of the envelope, he also responded enthusiastically.
It turned out to be the tax collector of the dock...... Zhao Chen, who saw everything in his eyes, nodded and began to seriously consider whether to let Yan Hongxia get him an official position.
After all, at this time, at that time, he didn't agree because he was worried that Yan Hongxia would calculate himself, but now? Sister Hongxia is already her own person.
Just as Zhao Chen was thinking, several horses galloped in the distance, and they were incomparable, and when they saw the tax official surnamed the palace, they didn't slow down at all to avoid it.
"Get out of here!"
From the top of the steed, a woman waved her whip and whipped it.
It was Zhao Zhan who pulled the tax officer surnamed Gong back, and then narrowly avoided this whip.
It wasn't until after the knights left that the tax officer surnamed Gong scolded:
"Bah...... The people of the Chai family are really getting more and more domineering, do they think that they can run rampant if they climb the Li family? Sooner or later, you will offend people who can't be messed with! ”
"It turned out to be the Chai family."
Zhao Zhan suddenly realized that the other party's concubine married the grandson of the current patriarch of the Li family a few years ago.
Of course, the fundamental reason why they are so domineering is because the Chai family produced a mana realm monk three years ago, that is, the "Ten Thousand Family Buddha" Chai Yugong, which ranked 13th on the list of Yumen people.
Zhao Chen on the deck naturally saw this scene, and because of the high position he was standing, he also saw those knights rampage all the way, heading straight for a sailboat on the No. 1 trestle, and surrounded the people who got off the ship.