Night!

A bonfire was lit in the mountain, Xiao Qi talked about Ren Tianya's practice and swordsmanship for a night, and also demonstrated a hand of sword qi to him, in Ren Tianya's eyes, Xiao Qiyi pointed out, and a sword qi emitted a cold light to cut through the night sky, cutting out ten zhang, such as cutting a tofu plate and cutting a piece of bluestone.

The bluestone incision is neat, as if it has been cut by a divine weapon.

When the morning sun rose, Xiao Qi rose against the wind and floated away.

Ren Tianya knelt down, respectful and pious: "Juniors send off Immortal Master Xiao!"

A few days later, Xiao Qi arrived in Linhu City.

Linhu City, here is the largest city within a radius of thousands of miles, Linhu, that is, near Xiaoping Lake.

Even in the autumn rain, the city is still very lively, in the drizzle, the main road caravans are endless, Xiao Qi walked on the street, no need to play an umbrella, as if there was an invisible shield, the fine drizzle touched the side and quietly slipped down.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

A flying horse in an official uniform galloped past, and others dodged one after another, it was an official under the prefect's yamen.

There are countless kingdoms under the rule of the Immortal Lotus Sword Sect, and in the realm of mortals, in addition to the three departments and six provinces, the counties and counties are divided, and the officials of all ranks, there is also a transcendent Si Tianjian .

There are not many officials in Si Tianjian, they are not controlled by the court, and at the same time, they are not allowed to participate in the government affairs, and they have the right to see the king and not worship.

Si Tianjian's people are not ordinary people, they are all inner disciples from the Immortal Lotus Sword Sect.

When the sect felt that the potential of this inner disciple was exhausted and he could not advance to the Fa phase period, it would reduce or even stop the sect's benefits, and send them to various spiritual mines, medicine mountains, pastures, and Si Tianjian of the secular dynasty under the jurisdiction of the sect.

These disciples who have left the sect are generally not allowed to return to the sect again if they have nothing to do, they serve the sect in the new station, they can start a family, marry a wife and take concubines, and reproduce children and grandchildren, and the sect can bless three generations of his family.

This point is obviously much better than the welfare of the outer disciples, and the outer disciples are no longer involved in spending a sum of spirit stones.

Among the inner disciples, those who like the wealth of the world basically choose to go to Si Tianjian.

In addition to the center of the court, Si Tianjian has one or three or five subordinate personnel in the prefectures and cities where the scale has reached a certain level.

In Linhu City, there is an inner disciple in the Burning Sun Peak, who is under the management of Si Tianjian and is not subject to the constraints of the mortal prefect.

This person's duty is to supervise Linhu City, supervise the Shang Alliance, and prevent cultivators from disturbing the people too much, let alone killing mortals;

And normally, he has no right to meddle in the affairs of the city's management of the people, and it is taken care of by the officials among the mortals.

Xiao Qi walked a few streets, and gradually came to the prosperous area of the city, and he saw a huge mansion, like a small city within a city, a large courtyard that was more magnificent than the yamen of the city.

"Cyclamen!"

Xiao Qi used the spiritual eye technique to see that this mansion was guarded by a hall full of five-colored spiritual energy, and it was shrouded in a large array.

This is a place where monks can trade, where you can also rest, have delicious curiosities, rent caves, have messengers, and even post bounty quests.

Xiao Qi wiped his face and transformed into another appearance, although this transformation technique is not very clever, but ordinary casual cultivation still can't see it.

He stepped into the cyclamen house, which was divided into a dozen or so small buildings.

"Yingxian Building", "Baibaotang", "Duobao Pavilion", "Lingdanfang", ......

Xiao Qi's gaze swept over the dozen or so small buildings, each small building was a business, and every business, behind it was a small force, Xiao Qi's eyes fell on the Duobao Pavilion.

Duobao Pavilion is not the best merchant here, it is tied for second place along with Baibaotang.

Yingxian Lou is the number one merchant here.

A place like the Cyclamen Residence has long formed a mature business alliance, and the Immortal Lotus Sword Sect has designed a complete and reasonable and efficient mechanism to manage and operate the business alliances in various places.

Business alliances in various places are supervised by the officials of the Si Tian Jian who are on duty in the city, and the officials of the Si Tian Jian preside over it, and there is a ranking of merchants every three years, and the ranking is based on the anonymous vote of customers who have traded with each business.

Comprehensive evaluation of the total transaction volume of merchants, the quality of treasures, and the integrity of merchants in the past three years.

The grading is then based on this, and the criteria are divided into three levels.

There is one first-class student, two second-class students, and the rest are all third-class.

The weight of the customer's discourse with a large amount of transaction is high, and the discourse with a small transaction amount is lighter, and a large customer praises the merchant to the sky, and ten small customers reduce the merchant to the dust It has little impact.

Because of the existence of taxes, the fictitious transaction amount of self-buying and selling is to pay taxes to Si Tianjian, so almost no one cheats.

It's good to be the first, or the second, but if you can't do it with hard work, you can calmly lie down on the third with everyone.

The three levels are set, that is, they have inspired the merchants who have the heart to operate, and they have not made the merchants feel forced by Si Tianjian to death, if they have to discharge the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh and eighth out.

After the ranking comes out, the next few places will be closed directly, and its business will be worse, and fewer people will be willing to come to the door.

Xiao Qi stepped into the Duobao Pavilion, and a man who looked like a green-shirted attendant greeted him, and he smiled all over his face, "This Mingjunior, what do you want to buy, our store is the leading merchant in the city, the price is fair, the goods are genuine, and it will definitely make the seniors satisfied!"

"Second to none?" Xiao Qi frowned, "No, you are a second-class merchant, don't you know the rules and logos of the business alliance?"

"Oh, slip of the tongue, my chamber of commerce was originally ranked first, the small one said for many years, the mouth is used to it, it has not changed for a while, last month was the first issue of the business evaluation in March, Duobao Pavilion only by a small difference, ranked second, our owner in order to regain the first, this month's big reward, seniors, you are really timely" The green shirt waiter said with a smile.

It wasn't a slip of the tongue, but to promote the past achievements of Duobao Pavilion to Xiao Qi.

"Bring me the best elixir in your pavilion, I want the best. Xiao Qi said lightly, after Xiao Qi finished speaking, more than a dozen customers on the first floor cast strange glances, some revered, some envied.

After listening to this, the Tsing Yi attendant looked at Xiao Qi's momentum and made sure that the other party was not an ordinary person, and the smile on his face became more and more real.

"Senior, please upstairs, you came in a really timely manner, our store has just received some high-grade elixirs refined by Master Lou, I guarantee that you are satisfied!"

The man nodded and led Xiao Qi up to the VIP room on the second floor.

The VIP room is completely different from the following furnishings, there is no counter, the area is not small, and some antique tables and chairs and furniture are placed, elegant and generous, comfortable and comfortable, like a place where literati and scholars meet.

In the corner of the room, there is a crane-shaped incense burner, and a bunch of incense is slowly burning in the hearth, filling the room with a faint scent of sandalwood.

A mild-mannered middle-aged man was holding an ancient book and reading it intently.

"Uncle Tian, this senior wants to be a high-grade elixir, the best elixir. The green-shirted waiter said.

The middle-aged man put the ancient book down, glanced at Xiao Qi, and saw that Xiao Qi was just a fugue double, so he didn't pay much attention to it in his heart, and he didn't get up, so he said indifferently:

"The price of the high-grade elixir in the iQue period is not cheap, there are three kinds of fire-based elixirs, such as Fireworks Pill, Red Color Pill, and Burning Heart Pill, which one do you want!"

Xiao Qi was a little dumbfounded, this guy is like doing business, and the shelf is not small.

Xiao Qi didn't bother to greet the other party, sat down with a big appearance, and said to the waiter in Tsing Yi: "Tell this uncle, take out the best in your building, don't take out the next product and be embarrassed!"

The waiter in Tsing Yi looked embarrassed, nodded hehe, and looked at the middle-aged man, of course, he also knew the severity, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense to his uncle.