Chapter Twenty-Four: First Arrival in Miaoshui City
As the only big city of the three Miao branches of the Jiuli tribe, Miaoshui City not only has a vast area, covering an area of more than 60 miles, but also has a large number of mortals, with a population of nearly 800,000, in addition, the commodities here are abundant, and most of the characteristic products of the various villages of the Jiuli tribe can be found here.
What's more important is that there are more than a dozen mountains with abundant spiritual energy around the city, and it is precisely because of these mountains with abundant spiritual energy that almost thirty percent of the Gu masters of the entire Sanmiao branch are gathered here, and the Gu masters above the foundation building period that are rare in the usual village are also common here, because it is impossible to occupy a cave on these spiritual mountains without high cultivation.
And among these spiritual mountains, the one with the strongest aura is the one that lives in the Sanmiao branch, which is loved by tens of millions of ordinary people, and the Kuaiya continues the tradition of Jiuli, and every year some Gu masters of the Gu Dan period of the Sanmiao branch will be convened here to hold a ** meeting, for the Gu masters of the three Miao and one vein to discuss the way of cultivation with each other, and at the same time, they will personally appear on the stage once every ten years.
There are many Gu masters gathered here, so the mortals here don't have to worry about being like some small villages in other places, maybe one day they will be unlucky and will be wiped out by the poisonous insects and demon beasts that come out of the mountains, and the people here live a stable and prosperous life.
At the gate of Miaoshui City, which was bustling with traffic on this day, a young man walked in, although the young man had an ordinary face and was not dressed brightly, but just by looking at the bulging storage bag on his waist, he knew that this person was a Gu Master.
Therefore, the mortal guards guarding the city gate did not dare to bow down in the slightest when they approached. However, this person didn't pay attention to these few mortal guards who saluted, at this time he was curiously watching the new things around him, sometimes frowning, sometimes nodding, it seemed that it was the first time he had come to Miaoshui City.
Seeing this, several mortals wandering around the city gate couldn't help but light up their eyes, and then immediately rushed forward as fast as they could, and the first to run in front of this young man was a thin and short mortal, and hurriedly said out of breath and respectfully: "Master Gu, is there anything I can do for you?" The mortal people still had a flush on their faces from running fast.
The young man naturally arrived here after more than 20 days of flight, from the place where the four-winged golden cicada was born to this Miaoshui City, there was no major trouble along the way, it was very safe, after all, most of the places passed along the way were on the periphery of the Jiuli Mountain Range, unlike when Wan Qingping had just teleported over, in the deep mountains and old forests, that ghost place was rampant with monsters and poisonous insects, Wan Qingping really didn't want to experience it again.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Wan Qingping's face couldn't help but show a hint of strangeness, and then he opened his mouth and smiled, no matter how he looked at it, this qiē was quite familiar! I still remember that when I was a little monk in the Qi cultivation period, I used to do the same thing, robbing a lot of mortals who lived specifically for the monks to introduce the affairs of Huafengfang, which caused those mortals to complain behind their backs.
Wan Qingping's laughter may have sounded a little gloomy to this mortal, so this thin man showed a worried look on his face, but Wan Qingping didn't talk much nonsense, he directly took out a spirit stone from the storage bag, threw it in his hand, and said to this person: "Are you familiar with the things here?"
The spirit stone radiated a seductive light under the sunlight, and the worried expression of the mortal people suddenly disappeared, his eyes widened, and his slightly dry lips couldn't help but purse, revealing his desire for this spirit stone.
However, this person is a clever person in the end, and a person who is not clever can't eat this bowl of rice, after all, it is not an easy thing to deal with various monks every day as a mortal, and he quickly woke up from the temptation of the spirit stone, rolled his eyes, and immediately said: "Master Gu, don't worry, the little one has grown up in Miaoshui City since he was a child, and he doesn't dare to say that every grass and tree here is familiar, but there is really no big thing that the small people don't know!" I forgot to tell Lord Sù that Xiaomin also has a title, called Long Ear, which means that Xiaomin is well-informed!" the man said with a swear of swearing.
"Oh-?" Wan Qingping said such a word noncommittally with a long emphasis, and he didn't know if he believed the words of this mortal.
Just when this person suspected that he was overblowing, Wan Qingping shook his hand, and a bright light flew directly into this person's arms, and then said: "Look at your long spirituality, if you are satisfied with this person, this person will reward you again, if you are not satisfied, hum!" Wan Qingping changed his words, and then snorted coldly, he has lived at the bottom since he was a child, and he is naturally well versed in the way of grace and power, and in this unfamiliar Miaoshui City, he must be cautious, so he rewards first and then beats.
"Master Gu don't worry, rest assured, Xiaomin promises to satisfy your old man! If you are not satisfied, you don't need your old man to do it, Xiaomin will find a rope to hang on the crooked neck tree!" The person caught the spirit stone with a smile, with a beaming expression, and then pointed to a long slanted willow tree next to the city gate, and swore an oath.
Wan Qingping nodded secretly, it seemed that this person was somewhat reliable, he thought about it in place and then said: "Long ears, right, find a place for Lord Ben to live first!"
"Master Gu, I don't know if you want to live for a long time or for a short time?" asked the long ear respectfully as he grabbed the spirit stone with his hand.
"What do you mean by that?" Wan Qingping wondered.
Long Ear had almost guessed that this Gu Master in front of him was coming to Miaoshui City for the first time, but now when he heard this, he was even more convinced, so he immediately explained: "Master Gu doesn't know, if you stay in Miaoshui City for a short time, you don't have to look for those spiritual places to live, because in that case, the cost is quite not small, and it is not very cost-effective, if you want to live for a long time, your lord has two ways to choose!"
When Wan Qingping heard the word aura, he immediately became interested, and then said, "Let's be careful, what are the two ways?"
The long ears were not ambiguous, and he said very familiarly: "My lord also knows that most of our Jiuli Clan's Gu masters practice Gu arts, and this Miao Water City is the same, just like a Gu farm, whoever is powerful will naturally have a comfortable life." Every year, on several nearby spiritual mountains, there are some spiritual lands that are taken out because the original Gu Master died for various reasons, for Gu masters who have not cultivated spiritual lands to compete for, and the date of competition is the third day after the Drum Festival every year!"
Long Ear paused, looked at Wan Qingping, who was pondering while listening, and waited for the story master to seem to digest what he had just said, and then continued: "There is actually a special way to fight for the spiritual land, in addition to these ownerless spiritual lands that can be fought for every year, there is also a spiritual land that Gu masters challenge each other to compete for every ten years. If a Gu Master takes a fancy to a certain Gu Master's spiritual land, he can challenge at this time, and the original owner of the spiritual land must not refuse, if he wins, the spiritual land will change hands! If he loses, he needs to pay a sum of spirit stones to the challenged Gu Master, how much is it, Xiao Min is not very clear, Xiao Min only knows that the quality of the spiritual land is different, and the number of spirit stones paid is also different. If you want to challenge, you need to go to the Gu Master Temple in Miao Shui City to apply!"
Wan Qingping nodded, the cultivation of monks by the Jiuli tribe is indeed like raising Gu, and the internal competition is very strong, but Wan Qingping has a doubt at this time: "What is the Gu Master Temple?"
Long Ear was stunned for a moment, showing a hint of discoloration, as if he felt that Wan Qingping shouldn't know this thing that almost all Gu masters knew, but he was cautious by nature and still didn't dare to ask more, the different color on his face flashed, and then he still replied respectfully: "The Gu Master Temple is the place where all Gu Master Halls are in charge, and it is said that there are several Gu Dan Stage Great Gu Masters in it!"
It turned out to be the highest-level Gu Master Palace! Wan Qingping immediately understood as soon as he heard what Chang Ear said, originally he knew that the Gu Master Hall was divided into levels, and the upper level Gu Master Hall was binding on the next level, but now he naturally understood it as soon as he heard it, so he continued: "What is the last way you said?"
"Those powerful Gu masters, the spiritual land they occupy is not only good for spiritual energy, but also has a large area, these Gu masters can't use it themselves, so some people will rent out part of the spiritual land to some other Gu masters, and these Gu masters pay spirit stones or treasures to the owner of the spiritual land in exchange for a place to live, and some Gu masters are attached to this powerful Gu master, so as to get a place to live!"
After Wan Qingping heard this method of fighting for spiritual land, he was very interested, and thought in his heart that if he waited for his own cultivation to be raised, this could be regarded as a way to reap benefits, of course, he must cultivate himself to a high level, otherwise he would be picked off the horse, and in the end, stealing chickens would not make it impossible to lose rice, so how could he talk about profits?
"How long is there until the battle for the Ownerless Spirit Land, and how long is it going to challenge the Gu Master?" Wan Qingping continued to ask.
Long Ear snapped his fingers, counted the days, and then said: "There are about two months left in this year's competition for the Ownerless Spirit Land, and as for the challenge between the Gu Master Masters, there are still more than seven years to go!
"Okay, let's take Lord Ben to an inn or something like that where the Gu masters live for a short time!" Wan Qingping watched the flow of people coming and going at the city gate, and felt that this was not the place to speak, so he immediately ordered.
"Okay, Master Gu, come with Xiaomin!" After the long ear finished speaking, he took the lead in front and led the way, and a pair of small short legs ran fast.
Wan Qingping followed him through the wide gate hole of Miaoshui City, walked on the road in the city paved with all bluestone, and then walked around and around, walking for a full two quarters of an hour, and the two came to a building that was several times larger than the usual stilted building.
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