Chapter 20: The Dog (1)
Qingzhoufang is worthy of being the largest fang market within a radius of thousands of miles, although the sun has turned west at this time, but the fang market is still lively.
There are no red brick and green tile buildings in Qingzhoufang, some of them are shops made of rough whole logs, or pavilions made of wood and tenon.
There are many shops on both sides of the street, there are no abrupt cornices, only triangular or rectangular shop signs, which outline the main business of the store in a few simple strokes.
The superscript knife and axe are wrongly patterned in the armory, the superscript wine pot is the tavern, and there is also a superscript shop with a beautiful woman scratching his head, and the male monk will always smile when passing by the door, or flash in, and not come out for a long time.
The streets are full of the faces of demon cultivators who are either blue, or rough, or hideous, or strange, and even some of the demon cultivators are leading camel beasts taller than themselves to walk slowly on the road.
The camel beast is full of all kinds of fur goods, after all, the proportion of demon cultivators with storage magic weapons is not high, and raising camel beasts can greatly reduce the burden of demon cultivators themselves.
There are many streets in the square, Ah Li walked along the road in front of the Qingzhou Inn, trying to walk on both sides of the road, close to the front of the shop, she didn't dare to go to the middle of the road, for fear of being stepped on by the tall demon cultivator.
The street was too long to see at a glance, and Ah Li wanted to jump on top of the rooftops on both sides, so that the view would be more open, and the prosperous scene of the fang market would be in full view.
But seeing that even the fowl demon cultivators obediently folded their wings one by one and paced slowly on the road, Ah Li dispelled this idea, thinking that there is a ban on space in Qingzhoufang, otherwise the monks flying around in the sky will only cause panic, and it is better for everyone to walk in an orderly manner.
The whole street is like a scene of sparkling cars and horses, and demons (people) flow like weaving.
If it weren't for the strange spirits passing by from time to time, someone would have mistaken this place for a lively city of the Terrans.
At the beginning of the establishment of Qingzhoufang, in order to improve the service level and build the brand of the first fang city in the demon world, the main force of Qingzhoufang overrode public opinion and used a large number of Terrans as service personnel.
Why Terran?
Terrans have a great physical advantage, with a moderate body shape, standing upright, flexible arms and fingers, suitable for more complex work, and a gentle and hard-working personality.
Except for a small number of ape and monkey clans, the rest of the demon cultivators were basically incapable of complex service work with their original forms before they transformed into shapes.
But after the transformation (Jindan period), the demon cultivators are all characters who call themselves kings and ancestors in their own clan, so how can they surrender their identities and become service personnel?
Another important reason is that Terran servants are very easy to recruit, as long as the Terran Chamber of Commerce pays enough gold and silver, the Terran Chamber of Commerce will naturally entrust the Terran Tooth Store to buy slaves, and then the Terran merchants will sell them to the Demon Clan.
The Terran servants who were sold to the demon clan were not only mortals, but there were also some monks who had committed serious crimes, but their rank generally did not exceed the foundation building period.
Mortal servants are responsible for the lowest level of service work, and Terran monk servants with outstanding performance will be entrusted with the positions of steward, treasurer and other positions, which are counted as junior managers, and middle and high management personnel are naturally held by demon cultivators.
It can be said that the prosperity of Qingzhoufang for thousands of years, the human race has contributed a lot to it.
In recent years, there have been years of wars between the major powers of the Terran in Dongshengzhou, and natural disasters have been repeated, internal land annexation has intensified, and the exploitation between classes has intensified, and many human races can only sell themselves as slaves and servants, many of which have been resold to various parts of the demon clan by tooth shops and merchants.
And as the style and living habits of the demon clan over the years have become more and more imitating the human race, the use of human servants has gradually become popular among the demon clan.
As a result, the demand for Terran servants grew, and the sale of Terran servants became the main business of the caravan, accounting for at least one-fifth of the total trade volume of the two clans.
And with the shortage of Terran servants, there was even a situation where supply exceeded demand for a time. Some cultivated servants can't trade gold and silver at all, and they need to sell them in pills, spirit stones, elixirs, etc.
Most of the service personnel in Qingzhoufang are Terrans, in addition to the Terran servants purchased through normal channels, there are not a few who have been captured by the demon clan, and there are even some people who voluntarily take refuge in the demon clan, which in a certain way has also accelerated the integration of the human race and the demon race.
The Terran guys in the shops on both sides of the road are shouting at the door, relying on their own experience and eyesight to attract customers passing by.
Some very shrewd Terran guys, even know multiple demon languages, and when they see suspected big customers passing by, they will shout twice in the language of the big customers themselves, which often makes the big customers smile happily and really turn around and enter the store.
Most demon cultivators are still relatively simple-minded, anyway, where to consume is not consumption, this human race guy is pleasing to the eye, so consume in this store.
The trading method of Qingzhoufang City is different from that of Terran Fang City, and the trading of Terran monks is generally carried out with standard spirit stones, while the Demon Race Market is more chaotic and has no specific general equivalents.
The spirit stone is in ancient times, when the heaven and earth were first determined, and the chaotic qi was rich, and it was formed by merging and depositing with minerals after turning into spiritual energy, and it spread throughout the entire earth world.
Most of the spirit stone mines are controlled by the top sects of the human race and the great powers of the human race, and they are polished to a uniform size after mining, and the lower grade spirit stone is half an inch square, the middle grade spirit stone is eight minutes square, and the upper grade spirit stone is one and a half inches square, which is convenient for counting and conducive to transportation.
The lower grade spirit stone is white with gray, and there is no attribute difference.
Medium-grade and above spirit stones are divided into no attributes, five element attributes and mutation attributes.
The non-attributed medium-grade spirit stone is ivory-white, and the non-attribute-free high-grade spirit stone is silvery-white.
The Five Elements Attribute Spirit Stone will display the attribute colors: metallic gold, wood attribute cyan, water attribute blue, fire attribute red, earth attribute yellow.
The best spirit stone is bright and colorless or transparent blood-colored.
The spiritual power condensed by a lower-grade spirit stone can withstand the amount of spiritual energy absorbed by a monk in the Qi refining period using basic exercises and meditating in ten days of retreat.
The condensed spiritual power of a medium-grade spirit stone (part of the attributes) can be worth 100 lower-grade spirit stones, but the price of a medium-grade spirit stone without attributes is two hundred times that of a lower-grade spirit stone.
The price of the five-element attribute mid-grade spirit stone is twice that of the non-attribute-grade spirit stone, and the price of the mutated spirit stone is negotiable.
The spiritual power condensed by a high-grade spirit stone can be worth 100 medium-grade spirit stones, and the price of a non-attribute high-grade spirit stone is also two hundred times that of a medium-grade spirit stone.
And the Five Elements Attribute Upper Grade Spirit Stone is also twice the price of the non-attribute Upper Grade Spirit Stone, and the price of the mutated Spirit Stone is also negotiable.
And the best spirit stone has another wonderful use, and it cannot be simply converted with the top grade spirit stone.
The reason for such a price difference is that all spirit stones are not divided into grades, and the absorption rate of monks is the same.
That is to say, the time to absorb a lower-grade spirit stone is the same as the time of a high-grade spirit stone, of course, because of each person's talent, exercises, and levels, the speed of absorbing the spirit stone aura is different between individuals;
Therefore, the lower-grade spirit stone is mainly used for cultivating exercises, the middle-grade spirit stone is used for cultivating exercises, fighting, fighting, arranging arrays, alchemy, and refining tools, and the high-grade spirit stone is basically only used for fighting, and no one will waste the high-grade spirit stone to do things that have nothing to do with saving life.
The best spirit stone is used to advance to break through, arrange the top array, improve the innate spirit weapon, refine the immortal weapon and other purposes, at least the power above the god transformation period will be used.
Although the demon clan also has a spirit stone mine, it is not easy to mine, and no one specializes in polishing it.
Therefore, the transaction is mainly based on elixir, followed by elixir and refining materials, and occasionally there are spirit stones, which are also whole uncut spirit stone rough stones. The more advanced cultivation materials will be traded, and spiritual weapons, storage magic weapons, etc. will be used.
As for the Demon Pill and the Golden Pill, at least in the ground trading in the Fang City, they will not appear, and the only semi-official institutions in the Demon Realm that can abide by the five precepts of the Demon Clan are the Fang City.
Because the demon clan does not have a real equivalent currency, a special profession has also been born in the demon clan's market - appraiser, which is a profession that is specifically responsible for helping demon cultivators to evaluate items, complete transactions, and extract commissions.
Appraisers must have the evaluation qualifications issued by the city to help others evaluate, and large chambers of commerce have their own trained appraisers, so the appraisers are basically individual customers.
In addition to the basic evaluation, the appraiser will also do some other livelihoods, the beginner appraiser will also be a tour guide, shopping guide, the intermediate appraiser will introduce multiple buyers or sellers for customers, and even hold a small auction, especially powerful appraisers can also help people to carry out high-level treasure identification, and strictly abide by the principle of confidentiality.
At least ninety percent of the people in the evaluation division are cultivated, because they have their own teachers, and they have more work experience in the chamber of commerce, and they are more knowledgeable than ordinary demon cultivators, so they can be qualified for this kind of work.
Ah Li was very interested in the appraiser, and said to Tianhuo: "Tianhuo, if your master comes to the demon clan, he will definitely be able to become a senior appraiser." ”
Tianhuo said disdainfully: "My master is here, the demon cultivators will definitely treat him as a guest, and they can't wait to offer him up, begging him to open the furnace refining or alchemy immediately, so that he doesn't have to earn all this hard-earned money." ”
Ah Li said: "Well, Tianhuo, why don't you have a spirit stone in your Qiankun bag, Qingzhoufang City is too big, I don't know where to go, I want to hire an evaluator to take us around." ”
Tianhuo smiled embarrassedly: "My master said that I went down the mountain this time, mainly to practice in the world, and I don't need spirit stones, as long as I bring enough pills, charms, and gold and silver, so I didn't bring spirit stones." ”
When Tianhuo and Ah Li were arguing boringly, they suddenly heard a quarrel from a restaurant in front of them, followed by a loud bang, and a Terran guy was thrown out of the restaurant, smashed a door panel, and fell heavily into the middle of the street.
The Terran guy lay on the ground and convulsed, gulps of blood spurting out of his mouth, and passers-by on the street were so frightened that they hurried to dodge.
Immediately after a leopard roar, a big man with a leopard head kicked off half of the broken door panel, jumped out of the store with a drunken body, lifted the celebrity guy from the ground and said: "The leopard master has not eaten human flesh for two hundred years, you dare to snub the leopard master today, then the leopard master is welcome, I will open the meat with you today!"
After speaking, the leopard-headed man opened his bloody mouth and bit on the throat of the Terran guy, Sen Sen's white teeth directly bit through the throat and carotid artery, blood splashed everywhere, and the demon cultivator who had retreated to the side continued to retreat and dodge, while the nearby Terrans were so frightened that they were silent and trembling.
The leopard-headed man bit off the man's throat and didn't stop, grabbed the head of the Terran guy and threw it on the ground, tore off one of the guy's arms, and sat down on the corpse to feast.
While praising the deliciousness of human flesh, he invited the demon cultivators who were familiar with him to enjoy it together, and most of the demon cultivators shook their heads to avoid the leopard-headed man.
But no one stepped forward to stop the evil deeds of the leopard-headed man, and the Terran guys in the nearby shops were so frightened that they cowered in the store and did not dare to come out.
Ah Li was completely stunned by the blood in front of him, and the heavenly fire on the stone platform was even more wide-popped, his eyes were bloodshot, and he roared angrily: "Ah Li, go out for me, I will kill this thug!"
"No, our strength is too far apart, and if we go up, we will be sent to death. Isn't there a famous saying in your human race, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, let's go first. ”
Ah Li was afraid that Tianhuo would be impulsive, so he chose a random direction to run, and he couldn't let the tragic situation in front of him stimulate Tianhuo.
At this time, someone suddenly shouted: "Look, the people from the inspection camp are coming!" The crowd of onlookers hurriedly dispersed to make way for the inspection camp.
The inspection camp is a department specially set up by the owner of the Qingzhou workshop and personally managed, responsible for maintaining order in the workshop and dealing with contradictions and conflicts.
"Ah Li, stop. I'd like to see how the patrol camp handles this. Tianhuo said coldly.
Ah Li had no choice but to stop and stand far behind the crowd.
Smoke and dust billowed in, and at least twenty people from the inspection battalion were dispatched to the scene of the incident.
The leading battalion officer turned out to be the tanuki Daxian they met earlier, but at this time, the tanuki Daxian had already changed the soldier's shirt on his body into a yaxi outfit embroidered with the word 'ya' on the front and back of the chest.
The tanuki fairy is holding a water and fire killing stick, his back is straight, his head is high, his chest is shy, and he can't see a trace of yesterday's philistine aura on his body, but there is an inviolable momentum, even the originally funny face, at this time, it actually reveals a sense of squareness and perseverance.
Such a strong contrast made Tianhuo and Ah Li feel a sense of jaw-dropping.
The tanuki fairy rushed to the scene and coldly glanced at the crowd next to him, and the demon cultivators who were watching avoided his gaze and retreated a little again, but still surrounded the scene of the crime.
The tanuki fairy waved his hands, and seven or eight people ran out from behind him, and began to disperse the crowd with water and fire killing sticks, and soon there were no people within five feet of the leopard-headed man.
As if he hadn't seen the inspection camp, the leopard spirit quickly finished eating one of his arms and ripped off one of his guys' legs.
The tanuki Daxian took four of his subordinates to a stop outside the leopard-headed man, and shouted: "Villain, the inspection camp is here, don't stop quickly, lie on the ground, and be arrested." ”
The leopard spirit raised his head and glanced at the tanuki fairy contemptuously: "What crime are you taking me for?"
"Commit violence in the streets, disturb the peace, and intimidate pedestrians!"
"I'm dining! I want you to be nosy!" the leopard spirit threw away the half-eaten human leg and stood up.
"Taverns and inns all provide meals, but you are abusing the human race here, and you are still quibbling about eating!"
The leopard spirit raised his head and laughed: "Do you stinky civet cat have to get along with the leopard master?" For the sake of the face of the owner of the Qingzhou workshop, the leopard master will not do anything today, and will reason with you.
The first article of the ban on the demon ancestor can hunt and kill demon beasts and beasts in the spirit gathering period and below for consumption. This human race is not a monk, in my eyes he is a beast, just food, what is my fault for eating?"
"Well said!"
"Makes sense!"
"The leopard is good!"
Many onlookers were very hostile to the human race, and agreed with the views of the leopard-headed man, and they followed suit.
The tanuki Daxian looked around coldly: "The person you killed is a staff member hired by Qingzhoufang City, and you dare to quibble!
The leopard spirit tore off his shirt, revealing his knotted muscles and roared angrily: "Is it important for your patrol camp to safeguard the interests of the human race, or is it important to safeguard the interests of the demon race! Every year, the human race slaughters more than 10 million of my demon clan monks, and if I eat someone here today, you don't want to, there is a kind of leopard master!"
At this time, more people in the demon cultivators who were watching deeply felt that the leopard spirit's rhetoric was reasonable, and they clamored with the psychology of hatred and hatred, and the patrol battalion officials who maintained law and order in the periphery gradually showed signs of being unable to resist.
The tanuki fairy looked at the leopard spirit with a gloomy face, and his hand that clenched the water, fire and water killing rod gradually began to glow blue and white.
"Your Excellency. A subordinate with a goatee behind the tanuki Daisen stepped forward and whispered:
"My lord, the situation is a little chaotic today, and my subordinates suggest that we disperse the crowd for the time being, and don't detain the leopard spirit, so as not to arouse public anger and be unable to control the scene. ”
The tanuki Daxian stared straight at this Jinyan's subordinate, did not speak, looked at the goatee in embarrassment, and finally retreated to the back stupidly.
The tanuki Daxian snorted coldly, waved his hand and said:
"Take it!"