Chapter 18 Qingzhoufang City (I)
One night and one night of autumn, one leaf of light boat and one leaf of sorrow.
Qianxun Bihu Qianxun wine, silk and bamboo are slow, singing endlessly,
Red faces always return to dirt.
Ten years after listening to the clock, looking at the small building through the rain, how can people turn back?
Qingzhoufang is not only the name of a region, but also the name of a city.
The original Qingzhoufang City, relying only on the geographical advantages of the Qingzhou River and the Qingzhou Bridge traffic center, was organized by the caravans and travelers to hold some small trading gatherings, without a fixed time and no fixed venue.
Later, with the increase in the number of monks and the increase in the demand for the trading of cultivation materials, the city of Qingzhoufang was fixed.
At the beginning, the Qingzhou Fang was small in scale and was jointly operated by several factions.
But as long as interests are involved, there will naturally be contradictions in the middle, intrigue and no order are the biggest characteristics of Qingzhoufang when it was first built, so the scale of the fang market has not developed.
Until 3,000 years ago, the amazing and talented owner of the Qingzhou Fang sprung up, swept away several other forces, cleaned up the order of the Qingzhou Fang with an iron and bloody hand, and promised to "provide safety and security for all the operators and guests of the Qingzhou Fang", which brought a strong opportunity for the Qingzhou Fang.
After 3,000 years of natural evolution, Qingzhoufang has developed from only a dozen government-run shops to a large-scale market with a population of more than 100,000 and more than 3,000 shops, and is one of the most famous markets within a radius of tens of thousands of miles.
In the three-regardless zone between the Heavenly Demon Forest, the Daomen Spirit Domain, and the Terran Song Kingdom, Qingzhoufang undertook most of the transactions of above-ground and underground cultivation resources.
Monks of all ethnic groups can trade elixirs, elixirs, refining materials, magic weapons, protective gear, cheats and other things related to cultivation in Qingzhoufang, and can also get the ultimate service experience here, enjoy all the delicacies in the world, and read all the best in the world.
A thousand years ago, the owner of the Qingzhou Fang broke the situation that the Qingzhou Fang had been run by the government, opened the management rights to other forces and individuals, injected new vitality into the Qingzhou Fang, and also achieved the prosperity of the Qingzhou Fang for thousands of years.
Now Qingzhoufang not only has an officially equipped inn, tavern, medicine shop, armory shop, protective gear shop and general goods shop, but also an auction event once every ten years, attracting monks from all over the world.
In the past decade, the sales of private stores have accounted for 70% of the total sales of the entire Tsinghua Fang, providing a steady stream of tax revenue for Tsinghua Fang.
Because the monks in the area served by the Qingzhou Fang are generally not of high rank, the Qingzhou Fang concentrates on trading the cultivation materials of the Demon Pill Period (Foundation Building Period), the Transformation Period (Jindan Period) and the Yuan Infant Realm.
Because these third-level monks account for more than ninety percent of the total number of middle and high-level monks, Qingzhoufang supplies a large number of common cultivation materials through the advantages of centralized service and industrial formation.
Because of the reduction of the types of materials and the reduction of procurement and circulation costs, the materials of Qingzhoufang are known for their high quality and low price, which can attract monks of all ethnic groups to trade here.
Although the unit price of the Demon Pill, Transformation and Yuan Infant Stage cultivation materials is not high, in Qingzhoufang, their sales volume is astronomical. Therefore, while bringing convenience to the monks of all ethnic groups, Qingzhoufang has also become one of the richest and most powerful forces in this area.
Around Qingzhoufang, many shops opened by foreign forces or individuals provide a variety of complete services for monks of all ethnic groups with different needs from Tiannan and Haibei, among which there are some services that are inconvenient for officials to provide, which adds a lot to Qingzhoufang.
As for whether the store is standardized, the Qingzhoufang official also turns a blind eye.
The management model of Qingzhoufang is simpler, as long as these stores do not bully customers and force them to buy and sell goods, the official does not care about other things.
And these shops only need to pay a certain amount of elixir, elixir or standard magic weapon to the owner of Qingzhou Fang every year.
The real Qingzhoufang City is concentrated in a plain area fifty miles away from the Qingzhou River, ten miles long and wide, separated from the outside world by a two-zhang high wooden wall.
Tomorrow is the ten-year auction meeting of Qingzhoufang City, and many demon and human monks have rushed to Qingzhoufang from all directions these days, and there are some masters of the Yuanying Realm.
The Qingzhou Fang is also much more lively than usual, with all kinds of strange, half-human and half-demon demon monks flooding the streets, accounting for eighty percent of all monks.
One percent of the monks are completely dressed as Terran monks, but even among the Terran monks in this appearance, there are many of them who are demon cultivators above the Jindan period, but they like to completely form a Terran dress, and less than half of the real Terran monks are full.
In the end, he became a demon cultivator, maintained a complete demon beast form, and walked swaggering in the city, not caring about other people's eyes at all.
These demon cultivators are all hardliners in the demon race, with a strong sense of self-esteem of the demon race, believing that the true body of the demon race is the most powerful form, and disdainful of the human form and the human race itself, and even hate.
Of course, there are also some demon cultivators in the demon pill stage whose strength is very poor, and if they are lucky enough to pick an elixir that they can't use or pick up a good refining material, they will also come to Qingzhoufang to try their luck and exchange for something useful for their cultivation.
Ah Li didn't want to enter Qingzhoufang City, and even avoided Fang City from a distance, because he was afraid that the tanuki Daxian would continue to entangle.
But not long after Ah Li walked out, he felt that the muscles in his body were stiff, there was a chill in the cracks of his bones, and his whole body was hot, there were signs of high fever, and the wound on his left shoulder was even more painful.
In fact, in the past two days and one night, Ah Li and Tianhuo have used Ah Li's body alternately to run nearly 500 miles in order to forcibly cross the Wolf Plain, and they have been immersed in the icy pool water for a long time in the middle.
However, it happened that the mysterious stone platform was a magic weapon to nourish the soul, allowing Tianhuo and Ah Li to maintain their strong spiritual power, so that they could not detect the abnormalities in their bodies in time.
The overdrawn body couldn't break Ah Li's will, but it seriously hurt her body.
Especially when he was attacked by the two-tailed giant wolf in the end, he not only bit Ah Li's left shoulder, but also injected the wolf venom of the green wolf clan into Ah Li's body, although the amount was not much, but it buried a deep hidden danger.
Tianhuo instructed Ah Li, tried to take several antidote, healing pills, all of which could only relieve the high fever, but could not cure the wolf venom, seeing that the right shoulder had swollen with a lump the size of a walnut, Tianhuo had no choice but to say: "Ah Li, this wolf venom is a bit tricky, if it is not treated in time, there will be big trouble, it seems that we can only go to Qingzhoufang." ”
Ah Li was a little confused, and asked, "Do you want to go to that tanuki immortal to detoxify?"
Tianhuo shook his head: "It shouldn't be necessary, Qinghuafang is close to Benwolf Plain, there must be a lot of merchants who come and go who have been bitten by the green wolf, this wolf venom should not be so difficult to solve, it's just that we don't have the right medicine at hand now." ”
Ah Li dragged his tired body and came to the front of the fang in a daze, and the fang soldier in charge of the investigation immediately changed into a deferential expression after receiving the invitation from Ah Li's mouth.
Even after the leader of the Fang soldiers saw that Ah Li was unwell, he immediately arranged for two Fang soldiers to carry Ah Li directly to the hospital in a small sedan chair.
The doctor who sat in the hall quickly prescribed the diagnosis: the body was seriously overdrawn, and he was bitten by a green wolf, and the wolf venom attacked, which needed to be treated in time.
Treatment plan: timely surgery to remove the toxin, and three days of rest after surgery to recover the body.
Diagnosis and treatment fee: one strain or equivalent of elixir during the forging period.
Ah Li took out a Guben Dan to offset the medical expenses, and the sitting physician immediately smiled.
The doctor in charge of the knife is a huge demon pill stage mantis essence, with a knife technique that is as good as lightning. Before Ah Li could feel the pain, the swollen bag on his shoulder had been cut open, and some of the stinky blood with blue spurted out.
The mantis doctor calmly picked up a shriveled leech with the thickness of his arm from the plate next to him and pressed it against Ah Li's wound.
Ah Li could even see the leech bulging visibly with the naked eye, and after only a few bites, Ah Li felt dizzy after blood loss.
The mantis doctor gently knocked the leech's body with the knife in his hand, and the blood leech immediately let go and fell into the plate below.
The mantis doctor quickly helped Ah Li treat the wound, stitches and medicine, and Ah Li did not feel too much pain during the whole treatment process.
Finally, the mantis doctor stretched out his hand to Ah Li and motioned for money.
Ah Li wanted to explain that the diagnosis and treatment fees were all given to the sitting doctor, but after seeing the mantis doctor's unkind eyes, he had to take out another Gu Ben Dan as the operation fee.
The two soldiers were still waiting outside the medical hall, and they made a special trip to the government-run Qingzhou Inn, where Ah Li was in the postoperative frailty period and was happy to enjoy this treatment.
It's just that after being sent to the place, the two Fang soldiers also stretched out their hands in the hope of rewarding, Ah Li had to grit his teeth and open another bottle of Gu Ben Dan, and rewarded each Fang soldier with a Gu Ben Dan, and the two Fang soldiers smiled and thanked each other and left.
Ah Li had to sigh that none of the original haute couture services were cheap.
The shopkeeper of the Qingzhou Inn saw the guests coming to the door, greeted them very warmly, and saw the suture part of Ah Li's shoulder at a glance, and hurriedly asked attentively: "Does the guest officer want to stay in the hotel?"
Ah Li has heard of the hot spring bath, which has a miraculous effect on recovering wounds, relieving fatigue, and dredging meridians.
Ah Li hurriedly handed over the invitation, and after the shopkeeper saw this half-new invitation, his attitude became more deferential, and he personally led the way:
"Oh, it's a little nobleman! It is a great honor for you to visit us in person.
Seeing that you are recovering from a serious illness, you must first soak in Tangyu and then stay. As long as you soak in the sulfur soup in our shop for two hours, your body will be at least 80% recovered.
Shenggui, what are you still doing standing there stupidly, quickly send the little nobleman to the No. 1 sulfur soup valley, so that you can serve it, and don't neglect the distinguished guests. ”
After arranging the service staff, the shopkeeper bowed to Ah Li and said, "Little nobleman, let them serve you in the hot spring first, and I will arrange a room and meals for you." ”
After sending Ah Li away, the shopkeeper hurriedly left for the backyard, turned around and came to a secluded and elegant courtyard in the backyard of the inn, and knocked on the door gently.
"Who? what?" asked a somewhat languid, soft female voice.
"Big boss, I'm the money shopkeeper. Just now, a little fox in the forging period came to the store with an invitation card led by the tanuki. ”
There was silence for a long time inside, and the voice came again: "The tanuki fairy is the celebrity in front of the owner, the person he shelters, you just have to wait for your life." ”
A No. 1 sulfur soup valley.
A small fiery fox with its head on a delicate wooden horse for bathing, floated in the hot spring pool, as if it had fallen asleep.
In the mysterious space, on the stone platform.
Tianhuo and Ah Li sat on their respective platforms and stared at the sky and chatted:
"Tianhuo, it's all your fault, you almost ran my body away. ”
"Ah Li, tell me a little conscience, if it weren't for me, you would have turned into wolf dung at this time, how could you have the opportunity to blame me. ”
"You're just wolf dung! If I'm gone, you're going to disappear eighty percent, you're helping yourself. Besides, as a parasite, you dare to glare at the host, you are too rampant. ”
"Uh, Ah Li, don't talk about such disgusting things, okay?" Tianhuo couldn't help but retch, thinking of the parasite.
Ah Li ignored Tianhuo and continued: "That tanuki immortal is not very good, but that invitation is really genuine, saving us a lot of trouble. ”
"Well, Ah Li, I see that the origin of that tanuki immortal is not simple, I don't know what the intention is. After a little recovery, let's go. ”
"Well, didn't the shopkeeper just now say that he was going to arrange a meal for us? After eating, I have been running on an empty stomach for a few days and nights. ”
"It's okay, recover some physical strength as soon as possible, after all, always relying on the support of pills will bring great hidden dangers to future cultivation. ”
Speaking of cultivation, Ah Li became excited: "Tianhuo, have you noticed, I have made the second turn of my forging body, and I feel that there are still signs of breaking through the third turn, and my cultivation has been effective recently." ”
Tianhuo pouted: "Don't be too happy, most of them are taken pills." My master does not recommend that monks take more pills, because it will be quick for a while, and it will be harmful for life.
Therefore, when taking pills, you still have to be temperate, you can rely on pills to break through the realm, but you can't rely on pills to consolidate the realm, you need to consolidate the realm now, not to advance again. ”
"Oh, got it. Ah Li felt a little aggrieved: "The pills were all taken when you were there, and I didn't waste the pills at all." ”
Tianhuo said angrily: "I took the pills to save my life, and if I didn't eat those pills, you wouldn't even be able to run out of the wolf plain."
Dare to say that you didn't waste the pill, it was too extravagant to reward the Gu Ben Dan if you were a person! The two Fang soldiers who carried you just now, you can give one Gathering Spirit Pill to each of you, and there is no need to give the Gu Ben Dan at all. ”
Ah Li felt a little crazy: "I didn't know the value of the Terran elixir before, and you didn't remind me, so you can't blame me, you have to remind me as soon as possible in the future, and be my military advisor." ”
Skyfire scratched his head and said, "Okay, then you have to listen to my advice." Ah Li nodded in agreement.
Tianhuo suddenly pointed to the canopy and said, "Ah Li, have you noticed, after we came in, this canopy was a little bigger." ”
Ah Li watched carefully for a long time, but he didn't see any changes.
Tianhuo pointed to the canopy and said, "At first, the diameter of this mirror was just two zhang in size, and it only took two days to grow half an inch. It took me two days to gradually see the power of this mysterious space. ”
Ah Li urged Tianhuo and asked, "Hurry up and come and listen." ”
Tianhuo first pointed to the canopy and said, "At first, I thought that the scene in this canopy was the scene seen by your real eyes, but later I found out that this is not the case.
The scene that can be seen in this canopy is at least twice as much as the area that the eye can see, except for the front and back of the eye, the other three directions can be seen clearly, right and left, do you remember the day I prompted you to look at the copper basin?
Whether it is against the enemy or fleeing for our lives, as long as the two of us cooperate well inside and outside, both the battlefield prediction and the success rate of dodging will be much greater. ”
Tianhuo pointed to the stone platform under his feet again, and continued: "This stone platform under your feet is not simple, the aura is very abundant, as long as you sit on the stone platform and practice, it will have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort." Since my body is not nearby, it is difficult to determine how much of the effect is. But you reached the second turn of forging body so quickly, in addition to the elixir, the role of this stone platform is also indispensable.
What's even more powerful is that this stone platform can help us improve our understanding when practicing, and some questions in the usual exercises, as long as we meditate on the stone platform for a while, we can immediately understand it. ”
Tianhuo got up, walked to the light curtain, stroked the light curtain with his hand and said, "The most powerful function of this space should be this light curtain." It can protect our souls at all times and continue to improve the power of our souls!
There is a consensus in the cultivation realm, 'the realm is easy to raise, but the divine soul is difficult to ascend', and the power of the soul is the most difficult part to cultivate, but here, the divine soul can be improved all the time.
At the same level, monks with strong divine souls can fight in groups without fear, and can even challenge high-level monks by leaping over levels. ”
Ah Li was deeply shocked by the effect of this mysterious space, and also walked to the light curtain and felt the mysterious power in the light curtain with his paws.
Tianhuo squatted down and looked at Ah Li, his eyes shining with dazzling brilliance:
"Ah Li, although I don't know the origin of this mysterious space. But I suspect we may already have a chance to change our fate!"