Chapter 735: A Trip to the Mountain
Muzhi City is located at the foot of the Zheshan Mountain, backed by the roof of the Zheshan Mountain, is a typical mountain city characteristics, but its style is completely different from the Beizhou Mountain City, the valley is surrounded by green water, the trees are shady, and the towering city wall runs through the north, south, west and east, and extends to the top of the mountain.
The buildings in the city are also built on the mountain, and I have been thinking about spreading on the hillside, and from a distance, it looks like a city has grown on the mountain, and the bustling crowd in front of the city gate looks quite prosperous.
The walls are built step by step, a bit like a mille-feuille, the color of the city skin is different, it should have been built many times, almost all the monks will consciously fall from the sky when they come here, but walk into the city.
There were no guards at the gates of the city, but there were some monks patrolling back and forth, this is the state of freedom, this city is also built by adventurers, stone and wood, the three of them quietly entered the city, and went up the street.
In order to resist the attack of demon beasts, many high platforms were set up in the city, each of which was guarded by monks, and the buildings below were mostly made of stones, and the bottom layer was extremely strong, presumably to resist the attack of birds.
The stone road led in all directions, leading to all corners of the city, and when they arrived, the sun had set, and candles began to light all around, and there were no inns or taverns, but many vacant houses for the monks to live in.
The reason why Muzhi City existed in this form was thanks to a legendary adventurer in Dongzhou at the beginning, her name was Qi Muzhi, and she was one of the original founders of the Qi family, a somewhat legendary woman.
However, legend has it that she was trapped in a certain ruin, and her life and death are still unknown, and the Qi family has not announced all this, but the city she created has continued, and it is also under the jurisdiction of the Qi family, so whoever comes here will consciously fall in front of the city, and will not rashly violate the unwritten rules here.
It is a haven for adventurers, and the monks who come and go to the mountain can enjoy free accommodation here, and the monks who come and go here will also consciously become the guards of the city while resting, and so on for thousands of years.
Today's Muzhi City is no longer what it used to be, it was only three or two wooden buildings at the foot of the mountain, and now it is a mountain city with tens of thousands of buildings, and the facilities in the city are also extremely perfect.
There is a deep passage on the mountainside, which was dug by the monks later, because here in the mountain, there are nests of birds and monsters, and looting happens from time to time, so some people think of the idea of using the mountain as a building.
They carved out an area close to the wall of Muzhi Mountain, which was specially used to build stone houses and caves, and gradually this area became the safest place in Muzhi City, but also the most lively place.
Because this is the trading area of Muzhi City, it is equivalent to an ordinary bazaar, where monks can sell their earnings at will, or barter for the resources they want.
Lou Yi took the two of them into the stone cave trading area, he didn't want to stay here, because staying here would require him to fulfill the obligation of the town guard, and he didn't have time to do so, so he could only choose to leave as soon as possible.
There is a price to pay for doing anything, free things look good, in fact, there are many additional conditions mixed in, he prefers to have a clear real price, at least so that he will not have a burden, and you and I are willing, do not owe each other.
What he lacks most now is the spirit crystal, and most of the savings over the years are here with him, except for the purchase of necessities for the Immortal Building.
Before leaving, he left most of the money to Li Dang and Kan Dong, so that the two of them were fully responsible, and he came to Dongzhou with the rest of the part, because in the Danfang given to him by Duanmuqing at the beginning, there were several medicinal materials in short supply, and although Huitong World included the land of the five states, he was unwilling to do this loss-making transaction.
Not to mention how precious things are, but in short supply, if they are forcibly purchased, the cost is too high, the Shen family is not wronged, this kind of thing is naturally unwilling to do, but these things are what he needs the most.
The three incense and purple inkstone agarwood that refined the ambergris spirit incense were naturally the medicines he urgently needed, and he also had two pills in his hand, which were far from being given to him by Duanmu Qing, but were analyzed by himself according to the pills given to him by Qi Rui at the beginning.
One of the most important ones is naturally the Awakening Elixir, but there is a medicine in it, and even Huitong World can't get it, so Lou Yi has never had the opportunity to refine it, and the other one is one of his ideas.
The Duanmu family used the dragon's blood qi to refine a spirit pill called Shenglong Dan, Qi Rui only had three in his hand at the beginning, and even he was reluctant to eat it, but he gave Lou Yi a pill, and he studied this pill inside and out.
The inside of the pill is hollow, and it is made of dragon qi to nourish the pill breath, supplemented by the essence of various elixirs, and he originally wanted to take this opportunity to calm down and improve his alchemy, after all, his cultivation was enough to support his next plan, and he also wanted to try to open up his ideas.
There are a few good ideas that have been brewing for a long time, and Kan Dong also praised this, the two can be said to hit it off, but they are suffering from the limited materials for alchemy, and Dongzhou produces precious elixirs, so he also wants to use this to make a big purchase.
However, the result was a little unsatisfactory, most of the elixirs sold here were around the fifth order, but there were also some things he needed, such as this bamboo cordyceps, which was what he needed very much.
This kind of thing only grows in the dense forests of Dongzhou, absorbs the nutrients in the forest to grow, grows very slowly, grows one section every five years, and can only be used in medicine after ten sections.
It's just that some people later discovered that the more old the bamboo cordyceps, the more precious the ingredients contained, and with the increase of the year, they will automatically drill deep into the soil, and the bamboo cordyceps that is more than 100 years old is rarely found.
But after their secrets were discovered, the monks dug up the soil in the forest and found a large number of Cordyceps sticks hidden deep underground, which also led to the endangerment of these herbs for a time, so that very few people sell Cordyceps now.
The main reason is that the number of Cordyceps has decreased dramatically due to the excavation of three feet into the ground over the years, and the damage to the environment on which they live, which is the reason for the sharp decline in its number.
But anyway, he still managed to buy a more than 100-year-old stick cordyceps, which looks like a curled up insect, and the grass body of each section is very obvious, at first glance it looks like a coiled snake.
Lou Yi found that this bamboo cordyceps, the older the grass knot, the darker the color, showing the color of green and gold, and they can faintly see the wisps of golden fine lines on it, and its most precious thing is also here.
After wandering around and collecting a lot of ordinary medicinal materials, they left Muzhi City and went all the way up along Muzhi City, and there was an exit, which was built on the top of the mountain.
When he came here, he could clearly see the signs of excavation, and it seemed that the pace of expanding Muzhi Castle had never stopped, and the next time he came here, it would be a different scene.
There are many rift valleys on the mountain, the specific reason is unknown, and this has become the only way for everyone to cross the mountain, at this time Lou Yi and they are walking in a mountain stream and canyon, the dense forests on both sides are secluded, and they look very quiet.
Before leaving, I heard the adventurers here mention that there are treasures everywhere on the mountain, but because of the rampant monsters, very few people dare to go deep into it, and Lou Yi looked at the huge canyon in front of him, and then looked up at the sky above.
This mountain is indeed very huge, at least he is now in this canyon, like an ant crawling on the ground, and the kind reminders of those adventurers, Lou Yi has all remembered them.
The land of the mountain is the world of birds, so the creatures who dare to challenge their authority will be ruthlessly hunted down, the land of the mountain stretches for tens of thousands of miles, far more huge than what you see in front of you, and this Muzhi City is just an inconspicuous small place at the foot of this mountain.
But if you want to climb over the mountain, you need to pass through this Muzhi City, otherwise it will take several months to climb over this place with your feet alone......
It's just that Lou Yi came out at the moment in a bit too hasty, walking in this canyon in the dead of night, he always felt hairy all over his body, especially the constant cry of creatures in his ears, the sound was quite terrifying.
But Lou Yi had no choice, because of the previous encounter, and the rules of Muzhi City, he had to do this, but fortunately, the canyon seemed relatively safe, at least they had not found any danger until now.
Lou Yi looked at this canyon and thought of a rumor that those adventurers had told before, according to rumors, these canyons were left behind by the Canglong clan, in order to warn those human monks who went deep into the mountain.
Some people also told him that this was the revenge of the Canglong clan that the Qi family encountered when they were looking for the dragon mound, and this was the battlefield left over from the original war.
There are many legends, but most of them can only be counted as talking points, but Lou Yi feels a little connected with the relationship between this place and the Qi family, not to mention this Qi Muzhi, just say that the dragon soul treasure jade he wears is from Qi Rui.
And Qi Rui also confessed to him, saying that this jade was obtained from the Dragon Mound, so that is to say, if the rumors are true, there is likely to be a certain branch of the Canglong clan inhabited in this mountain, and Lou Yi feels that this is very likely to be true.
And just when he connected the inextricable relationships, he suddenly felt that something was not quite right with the aura around him, he felt that the position of his chest seemed to be about to burn, it was the light emitted by the dragon soul jade, and the moment he took it out, a turquoise light rushed straight into the night sky, and transformed into a huge green dragon totem, Lou Yi's face suddenly became ugly.