Chapter 19: The Silver City
Zhiyuan Post Station, said to be a post station, is more like a small village and town, with nearly 200 households, not only the official yamen of other villages and towns, but also the military camps specially stationed nearby.
I came here without incident, just chasing the moonlight, and when I approached the town, I was asked by a middle-aged man who claimed to be a monk with the army, and asked where he went.
Chengyun told truthfully, "Luofeng Pass? But are you going to Sang Ling Country? What are you going to do? Although he asked, the monk had already returned Du Mu to Cheng Yun.
Putting away the degree, Cheng Yun said the reason why he had been prepared for a long time.
The elders of the family were separated during the war earlier, and I heard that someone had seen them in Sang Lingguo, and as a junior, they needed to go over to find out the reason.
The middle-aged man nodded, seeing that Cheng Yun was dressed plainly, and said kindly: "It's so late that only the Jianglai Inn in the southeast is open, but it's tight to kill people, if you plan to live there, just say that it is a distant nephew of Chen Xiang, and it will be cheaper for you." ”
Cheng ran thanked him and took out a small bag of spices, which was cheap, but he prepared it himself, calming his nerves and calming his breath, and the fragrance lasted for a long time.
Chen didn't plan to accept it, looking at the young man's eyes under the reflection of the moonlight, he thanked him and took the sachet and smelled it on the tip of his nose, there was a smell of honeysuckle.
When I arrived at the inn where the door was still open, I woke up Xiao Er, who was dozing off, softly, and said that he was recommended by Chen Xiang, an elder from afar, to stay here, and the price was fair.
Hearing this, Xiao Er accepted half of the money marked on the board, and entered the room with Chengyun.
Hearing that the guest still had a cow outside, he drove the little green cow into the backyard shed and stuffed some more forage.
The little green cow doesn't need to eat this forage at all, it's all for the sake of acting like a cow, and now it seems that the luck is serious, so that it can only be eaten in the future, and the taste is still good, just dry some.
When he went to the official mansion, he stamped Du Mu, explained the purpose of the place he went, recorded it, handed over the six spirit stones, and followed the soldiers to the colosseum.
A deer-shaped beast with four horns, gray hair, rings on its forked horns, armor on its four hooves, faintly visible runes, and a saddle on its back.
Cheng Yun has read "Walking Beast Map", this beast is rumored to be a descendant of the ancient Fu Zhu, named Baijiang Deer, as big as a cow, good at running, and can also walk on the water.
Seeing Chengyun staring at Bai Jianglu, the soldier was not surprised, and greeted the leader of the convoy, "The last one has also arrived, and there is a calf, which is counted as the size and weight of the goods, bundled up and put on the last car." ”
The leading sergeant nodded, and saw that Chengyun got into the car, and the little green cow looked at Chengyun's back, and was obediently tied up and stuffed into the last car.
Entering the car, there were about ten people, each with a seat, about one person at a distance from each other, there was no imaginary crowding, no windows, but there was a formation at the top, and there was a cool wind blowing in from time to time.
I remember seeing it before, after the war, the country of Shisu took out a part of the war riding beasts and driving cars for civilian use to promote people's livelihood, and Chengyun sat on one of them this time.
From this post station to Luofeng Pass, ordinary horses have to run for 20 days without sleep, and this kind of frame only takes half a day.
Of course, there is still a lot of difference between the official road and the military road, the military road is almost straight, but the official road has to be twisted and wound to connect the towns, and the route is more than twice as long.
There is a lamp hanging on the roof of every three seats in the car, Chengyun closed his eyes and couldn't calm down, seeing someone in the same car holding a book to read, taking out a book and barely reading quietly.
At intervals, the convoy will stop, some people get on the bus and some people get off, and those who have not yet gotten on the seats can only wait for the next trip, but it is not slow, one trip every half an hour.
This will be lucky, get out of the car to look at the scenery, and want to find the little green cow, but the last truck is seven planes away from his own.
After stopping about six times in the middle, the convoy finally arrived at the Luofeng Pass, dragged the sleeping little green ox, and registered in the register under the leadership of the sergeant, before entering the Luofeng Pass.
I didn't have time to take care of the hustle and bustle in the city, so I asked for directions and came to the gate of Luofeng City, the inner city wall is like in Tianguan City, there are portals for people to enter and exit on the wall, attic houses, all of which are military camp buildings, all of which are shrouded by the formation.
Cheng Yun was amazed, he only felt strange when he read it from the book, and when he saw it with his own eyes, he didn't exaggerate his feeling in Tianguan City.
I went to the letter bureau on the city wall to register my name, and the origin was changed to Runcun, the identity given by the butcher Zhang, and every three months Lin Lao would go to the village to practice medicine, and by the way, I took the letter.
Everything is in order here, Cheng Yun took a deep breath and rode the green ox out of the Luofeng Pass.
This goes to the Sang Ling country to burn the fire pass, from the tent original, out of the green mountains and forests, over the pass of the ear mountain, into the fire pass.
After riding for more than a month, there are many spirit bandits.
After receiving the records in the book, he no longer recalled the records in the book, and the book written by the people of the Zisu country was to intimidate his own citizens not to go to the Sangling country.
Of course, there are also demon beasts flying in the sky that can carry people, and there are also people with high cultivation who can protect them, but a hundred spirit stones are really embarrassed by themselves, Lin Lao doesn't give it, and Master Bai doesn't owe it, what should I do, I have to ride a bull.
When I looked up, I saw a huge black eagle roaring past, and there were more than a dozen people standing on it, and it was estimated that there were more than a thousand spirit stones in one trip.
It's a pity that the little green cow can't fly, otherwise he will pull two or three people to squeeze and sit down, not much, one person fifty can also solve a burning urgency.
I couldn't find an entourage, first, I saw that my cultivation was low, and second, I was mixed with people and snakes, and there didn't seem to be many kind-hearted people.
Of course, I still have to blame myself for being poorly dressed, and the mount is a cow, and at a glance it is not even a demon beast, and it is estimated that it is carried with others as rations.
After walking a little way, I looked back at the city wall of Luofeng Pass and the mountains on both sides of it, which were high, and the whole was red, about 200 zhang high.
felt that no one could see him here, so he changed his back to a bull's mouth sword, put on a magic robe, changed his face, and was a thin young man with a face full of stubble.
There was a small town on the original tabernacle, and though there was no one to take care of the chaos, it was better to see if there was anyone with him to replenish the supplies, for there would be an elbow.
Don't think about it anymore, from this to Wuyincheng, he should be able to barely cope, and pinched the little green cow to make him sober, only knowing that the little green cow's strength was damaged, and he didn't know what realm he was equivalent to now.
I asked before, and I vaguely said that I had built a foundation, but I hadn't heard it, and the literal meaning should be similar to myself.
Although it is a plain, there are various terrains such as mountains and forests, and there are also a variety of monsters, but most of them prey on each other, and they do not often hunt humans without provoking them.
In addition, this side is close to the country of Shiso, and there are often monks who come here to clean up to prevent the demon beasts that have cultivated into essence from not knowing the rules.
So Cheng Yun has come all the way, more of a knowledge, occasionally a few hungry and crazy demon beasts, all of which have been taken down by Cheng Yun The size of a demon pill, which can be regarded as a bit of gain.
It's very easy, one move and one style.
About three or four hours, it was late, and Cheng Yun vaguely saw countless lights lit up.
Approaching, there is a broken stone tablet that says the east of the silverless city, not the kind of city planned and built in the country of Shiso, more like a huge village spliced together by more than a dozen villages, the periphery is simply lost a few array of early warnings, and the city wall is also an improvisable adobe.
Walking over the stone monument, there was no loud noise, and most people either found a dilapidated house to live in at random, put a sign at the door to indicate that there were people, or sat on the ground and closed their eyes to set up a stall.
Coming and going, the conversation is only whispering or even condensing into silk, the city is basically full of monks of all sizes, the purpose of the exchange is clear, and few people cause trouble.
In this place where no one can take care of it, it is much easier to watch the excitement than to cause trouble.
glanced at the goods on the stall, it may be because of the outside of the city, the goods are uneven, they are all ordinary goods, similar to a few demon pills in their hands.
I asked if anyone was able to collect the demon beast materials cheaply, and they were all indifferent and let them get out of the way and don't disturb Lao Tzu to do business, but it's a pity that such a good thing, when you go out of the city and receive the Xianfa Li, you can't afford to lose it.
These houses on the edge of the city don't look at ease, but they don't want money.
Go inside and see what else there is, at least find a place to buy a map, the map I found from the Shisu country only reached the Silver City, and there was only an approximate way to go back.
After a long walk, it turned out to be a mountain.
Before, I could only see the building towering outside, and I thought it was built on a high slope.
When you get closer, you need to walk into a smaller city gate, and there is a charge for people with standard armor at the door, one spirit stone for one person, and one spirit stone for one demon beast.
I gave two of them in distress, got a brand, and only the ten spirit stones I had stolen when I left home were left.
There are no stairs leading up the hill in my impression, but pavilions and buildings one after another, and you can vaguely see platforms rising and descending.
Looking at the scene completely different from the outside in amazement, an old man with a hook came up, "Senior, this is the first time to come to the Silver City?" Does it not fit in with the outside? ”
was called senior by a person who looked as old as Lin Lao, Cheng Yun immediately thought that he had the wrong dough, and pretended not to care and touched his chin, which was not mistaken.
Suppressed the discomfort, and motioned to the old man to continue.
The old man comprehended, hunching his waist.
"The predecessors have not been here, so they will naturally feel amazed, in fact, this silverless city was originally prepared by the three kingdoms of Sangling, Zisu, and Lianyuan for the Jilong territory in the north, but it was not used in the end, and because there were more materials invested in this mountain, they were unwilling to let go, so they had to send some chambers of commerce, non-governmental organizations and the like to settle in and manage each other."
The old man asked Chengyun to go to the front railing station, looking down, the mountain seemed to be hollowed out, and there were also many buildings, the old man saw that the senior's face no longer changed, and the money was not easy to make this trip.
Inadvertently fell behind Cheng Yun, and left a position, ensuring that the seniors could hear their voices, and not letting the seniors feel that they were an eyesore, Xiao Qingniu learned a lot in the back.
"There are five floors below, three floors on top, and nine floors including the entry floor. The inner city is built on the basis of Zhuanyun Mountain, and there is a fire source at the bottom of the mountain for the operation of the entire city formation, and the last layer is also a good place for alchemy refiners. It's just that the fees are expensive, and most of them are only affordable if they are above the third order. ”
"The Chamber of Commerce acquired, where is the group of people partnering?"
The old man pointed, it was on this level.
Chengyun signaled to lead the way, and went to the place of acquisition first.