Chapter 18: The Flame Stone
The night passed, and in the early morning, when a gentle wisp of early yang poured over the earth, Ning Xi had already left the house.
The capital of the Wu Dynasty was the center of national economic exchanges, and all kinds of merchants flocked to the city, and it was extremely prosperous.
There are all kinds of goods here, not only for ordinary mortals, but also for monks.
The capital is divided into two cities, the outer city is the area where ordinary mortals live, and the shops and stalls inside are selling the daily necessities of the common people, such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, gold, silver, cloth, and so on.
The inner city is a place that only monks can enter, and mortals are generally not allowed to enter without a special order, otherwise, they will be severely punished.
In the inner city, there are many attics of all kinds of shops, which naturally sell all kinds of monks' supplies.
It is not an exaggeration to say that all kinds of cultivation goods sold in the inner city are incomparably complete, and there is nothing you can't buy, only what you can't afford.
Because the shops settled in the inner city are not only from the Wu Dynasty, but also from the surrounding immortal cultivation countries.
Ning Xi looked at the inner city from afar, and the tall and majestic thick walls immediately came into view.
The blue brick wall was dotted with sunshine, which was a forbidden spell inscribed, and the fog in the air was faintly visible, and a thick layer of light was gathered above the inner city.
At the gate of the city, there were twenty or thirty Imperial Forest Monks guarding it, most of them cultivating between the seventh and eighth levels of Qi cultivation, and a few of them had even reached the Enlightenment Realm.
At this time, these Royal Forest Monks were looking solemn, checking the passing monks.
If the monks of the Wu Dynasty wanted to enter the inner city, they only needed to provide a registered identity card, while foreign monks needed to go to the government office to apply for a temporary identity card, and they could also enter.
Since Ning Xi had the imperial talisman, he entered the inner city very easily.
Although it is a place where monks are active, the streets are full of shouting and shouting, and people come and go, and it is very lively, and it is not much different from the area of mortal activities.
If there is a difference, it is probably the difference from a mortal to a monk.
The monks who came and went here, all of them, exuded an aura of spiritual power fluctuations.
Seeing this, one can't help but sigh that this is the world of monks!
Along the way, Ning Xi met many monks with higher cultivation than her.
This also made her clearly realize that there is a heaven outside the sky, and there are people outside the world, and she has to work harder to cultivate, because this world is very big.
The most eye-catching feature of the inner city is the tall gilded attic in the center, known as the Bell Tower.
There are nine layers of cornices on the bell tower, a big bell is built-in, the sound is loud, the whole city hears it, it has the role of warning and issuing holy orders.
Walk a distance back through the bell tower to where the Imperial Palace is located, which is heavily guarded and is absolutely forbidden.
The reason why Ning Xi came to the inner city this time was because he came here to buy a spiritual material called Flame Stone.
The so-called flame stone is a special stone that can produce spiritual fire.
Last time, she got the five rounds of Flame Sky Sword Duel from Zhao Ronghua, and to cultivate this sword duel, it must be triggered by spiritual fire, and the Flame Stone is undoubtedly the best first choice.
Ning Xi wanted to take advantage of the fact that there were still a few days left before Kui Wei and the others agreed to cultivate the next five rounds of Yankong Sword Duel and make some preparations for the next trip to Ten Thousand Caves Mountain.
Through a wide street, Ning Xi stopped in front of a tall attic.
This attic is full of red color, with five floors, full of style, and the plaque on it reads three golden characters, Treasure Pavilion.
"What do you need?"
Ning Xi had just stepped into the Treasure Pavilion, and a guy immediately greeted him with a smile.
"I want to buy some flame stones, do you have them here?"
"Hehe, you are in the right place, there is just a batch of good flame stones transported from the Great Chu Country Yanqiu Mountain, thousands of miles away, the color is bright, the fire is pure, absolutely one in a hundred, I guarantee that the guests are satisfied, and the whole city is ......."
Hearing Ning Xi ask about the precious flame stone, the young man was overjoyed, and secretly met the big customer, his eyes immediately smiled, and he introduced endlessly.
"Okay, take me over and have a look. Ning Xi was afraid that the other party would keep talking, so he couldn't help but interrupt.
At the same time, she also secretly sighed in her heart, this young man kept talking in one breath, this day's eloquence is really very comparable, this is the expert in business.
"Guests, please come with me. ”
The young man was extremely enthusiastic and hurriedly took Ning Xi to the third floor of the attic.
"Guest, these are the finest flame stones that have just been shipped, what do you think?"
In front of a counter, the young man pointed to a neatly placed row of flame stones.
Ning Xi took a closer look, thirty or forty stones of different sizes, with red lines on them, shining brightly, like dazzling red agate.
"Hey, these are good flame stones. ”
After Ning Xi glanced at it, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he picked up a few flame stones on the right side and looked at them.
"This is a three-color flame stone, which is a treasure among the flame stones in our store, and the customers really have an eye. ”
Seeing that Ning Xi had chosen the precious three-color flame stone, the young man immediately became overjoyed.
"Three-color flame stone?"
Ning Xi's eyes showed surprise, she only knew that the flame stone could produce spiritual fire, and she really didn't know the specific division between the flame stones.
"Flame stones are of high and low quality, and generally monochrome flame stones are of the lowest quality, and the spiritual fire is not pure.
And you see, there are three color patterns on the surface of these flame stones, which represent the three-color flame stones, the higher the quality, and the purer the spiritual fire. ”
Seeing the incomprehension of the guests, the young man immediately came to the spirit and explained more enthusiastically.
Ning Xi's gaze fell on the flame stone in his hand, and there were indeed three color patterns on its surface.
Then, with her other hand, she picked up another monochrome flame stone and compared it to the tricolor flame stone.
She clearly felt that the blazing aura that slowly flowed out from the surface of the monochromatic flame stone was much less than that of the tricolor flame stone.
"Then what is the price of this three-color flame stone?"
Ning Xi nodded with satisfaction, put down the flame stone in his hand and asked.
She already had the intention to buy it in her heart, and in her opinion, the spiritual fire used to cultivate the Five Rounds of Flame Sky Sword Duel was naturally as pure as possible.
"A three-color flame stone only costs six hundred spirit stones. The young man hurriedly replied.
"Why is it so expensive?"
Ning Xi's eyes widened, and he was a little surprised by such a price.
"The guests don't know that such a high-quality three-color flame stone is a rare thing, and the monthly output of Yanqiu Mountain is only a few hundred.
And in the competition between our Treasure Pavilion and many shops, we can only get a supply of dozens of pieces every month, and these have to supply the Six Nations Branch of the Treasure Pavilion, and when it comes to our Treasure Pavilion in the Wuguo Branch, it is naturally very rare.
And coupled with the cost of long road transportation, labor and other costs, the three-color flame stone can have such a price, it is a lot more affordable, guests please rest assured, the price of our store, absolutely fair!"
Seeing the doubts in the eyes of the guests, the young man continued to explain a few words, and finally even patted his chest and reassured.
Ning Xi's expression couldn't help but relax, if it was really as this guy said, such a price was indeed not expensive, and it was also within the range that she could accept.