Chapter XVII. Entrance Fee
In the yellow sand, an oasis suddenly appeared, like a miracle.
Among them, there is a huge city. From a distance, you can see that the entire oasis is shrouded in a looming halo, as if it is a small world that has gone out of its own way.
"What a clever formation. ”
Jing Han was sincerely amazed, it was already a miracle to be able to set up a formation in such a desolate yellow sand and create such a fairyland-like oasis.
"That's Xuanbing City. ”
Li Dou pointed to the giant city in the oasis and said, "It is said that it was originally just a small stronghold to resist the demons, and then the Xuanbing Palace came, and the city was built. ”
Jing Han asked, "What is the origin of the Xuanbing Palace?"
Li Dou shook his head and said, "No one knows, but it is rumored that Xuanbing Palace is a force divided by Jiuding Mountain. Whether it's true or not, no one will delve into it, as long as the Xuanbing Palace leads us to fight against the demon invasion. ”
Jing Han nodded, it seems that the hidden danger of the demon clan is very big here, and the prestige of the Xuanbing Palace is also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
"Look, a lot of people are queuing up to enter the city. Ying Ning suddenly whispered.
Jing Han also saw that there was a dragon of people lined up on the road in front of the city gate, not to mention hundreds of people, who were waiting to enter the city, so he turned around and asked Li Dou: "I need to check when I enter the city?"
Li Dou nodded, as if he was a little afraid, lowered his voice, and said cautiously: "That's right, it is said to prevent demons from sneaking into the city and stealing information, anyone who enters the city needs to be interrogated and register their identity information, and they also need to enter the city." ”
"Entrance fee?" Jing Han frowned slightly, thinking that the hustle and bustle of the world is driven by profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is all profit, and sure enough, when interests are involved, the cultivation realm is not exempt from vulgarity.
"We don't have any money for how much money is needed to enter the city. Ying Ning said in a low voice.
Li Dou blinked strangely, frowned, and said, "Only spirit stones, or other pocket items are accepted here, such as talismans, weapons, pills, etc., and gold and silver are not accepted, why don't you even know about these." ”
Jing Han smiled and said, "Ying Ning has never been far away, I don't know this, Brother Li Dou, I don't know how many spirit stones you need to pay for this entrance fee?"
Li Dou said: "Generally, when you enter the city for the first time, you need to pay five spirit stones, and when you get a city citizen certificate in the city, you don't need to pay spirit stones when you enter and leave the city." ”
When Jing Han heard this, he thought about it in his heart. He and Ying Ning didn't have any spirit stones on them, and they hadn't even seen spirit stones, but he thought it should be something similar to demon crystals. He dug a lot of things in the pit of the Demon Mountain, plus the old man of Qingfeng, at this time, the most in his ring were talismans, weapons and pills.
So, he took out a spiritual fire talisman, handed it to Li Dou, and said, "Brother Li Dou, do you see how many spirit stones can you exchange for this talisman if it is in Xuanbing City?"
"This, this is a yellow-level low-level spiritual fire talisman!"
Li Dou obviously had a lot of knowledge, and he recognized the level of the spiritual fire talisman at a glance, his eyes flashed with excitement, and he said in a deep voice: "Brother Jing Han, are you a talisman master?"
Jing Han didn't expect Li Dou's reaction to be so big, and wondered if the talisman was very popular in Xuanbing City, so he shook his head and said, "I'm not a talisman master, this is what I brought out from home, what's the matter, can't this spiritual fire talisman be sold for money in the city?"
Li Dou shook his head, with an unconcealed excitement on his face, and said: "It's not that it can't be sold, it's too valuable, do you know how scarce talismans are here? Especially adventurers who plan to enter the sea of demon suppression to hunt for treasures, as well as monks who purely go in to kill demons, like to buy all kinds of talismans, especially this kind of talismans with strong offensive nature, which are almost in short supply, and sometimes the price will be speculated very high." ”
Jing Han hurriedly asked, "Then how many spirit stones do you think this spiritual fire talisman can be sold for?"
Li Dou stretched out a slap and said with a smile: "At least fifty spirit stones." ”
Hearing this, Jing Han and Ying Ning both looked calm, the two had dug thousands of demon crystals.
Li Dou frowned, thinking that Jing Han and Ying Ning looked down on fifty spirit stones, so he said: "Don't think that fifty spirit stones are less, in Xuanbing City, it is enough to rent an ordinary house for a month, and besides, ordinary monks go out on an adventure every day, and they can only earn those twenty or thirty spirit stones, like the sand crocodile I helped kill today, I can only sell three or four spirit stones." ”
In the words, there are a lot of spirit stones that are difficult to earn, and life is sad.
Jing Han hurriedly smiled and said: "Brother Li Dou misunderstood, we are not too little, if you don't dislike it, this spiritual fire talisman will be given to you, and the right should be a reward for leading the way." ”
When Li Dou heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and happily put away the spiritual fire talisman in his hand.
The three of them quickly walked to the back of the group waiting to enter the city, and slowly moved along with the procession.
Jing Han asked Li Dou to find someone to change the spirit stone, but he asked a few people, but there was no result.
By this time they had gone under the gates.
After Li Dou reported his name, the monk guarding the door glanced at him coldly, and then waved his hand to let him go.
Li Dou didn't walk over immediately, but pointed at Jing Han and Ying Ning, and smiled at the monk guarding the door, and said, "Master Jun, these two are my friends, and it's the first time they have come to Xuanbing City. ”
"New here?" The monk guarding the door raised his eyebrows, his eyes swept towards Jing Han and Ying Ning, his chin was raised, and he said coldly: "Ten spirit stones per person to enter the city, and the two of you need to pay a total of fifty spirit stones." ”
Li Dou's face changed, and he was about to nod in agreement.
Jing Han frowned and spoke, "Didn't you say that the first time you enter the city, you only need to pay five spirit stones per person? How did it become ten spirit stones per person? Moreover, even if there are ten spirit stones per person, the two of us only need to pay twenty spirit stones, where did you say that fifty spirit stones came from?"
Li Dou thought badly, Brother Jing Han didn't understand the world too much.
Sure enough, after hearing Jing Han's words, the monk guarding the door looked cold, and said in a deep voice: "This is a new regulation, what's the matter, you don't want to pay the spirit stone?"
Li Dou knew that these military masters liked to blackmail newcomers, this kind of thing often happened, ordinary people choose to spend money to eliminate disasters, and they don't want to provoke right and wrong, at this time, he was afraid that Jing Han would not know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth again, so he hurriedly spoke first: "Deliver, of course hand, since it is a new regulation, then it must be handed over, Master Jun, this is a small accident to get a spiritual fire talisman, you can do it conveniently." ”
As he spoke, he sent the spiritual fire talisman that Jing Han had given him to the monk guarding the door.
"Yellow-level low-level spiritual fire talismans?"
The monk's eyes lit up and flashed with joy, and he turned his hand and put away the spiritual fire talisman, and then said expressionlessly: "Let's go in after registration." ”
"Yes, yes, thank you!"
Li Dou nodded again and again, pulled Jing Han and Ying Ning forward to register, and then hurriedly walked through the city gate.
"Wait!"
Suddenly, a deep voice came from the cave in the city gate.
When the monk who had already let him go, his expression suddenly changed, and he waved his hand to stop Jing Han and the others, and shouted, "Stop!"
Li Dou's face turned pale, and he didn't know what was going on.
Jing Han raised his eyes to look at the city gate, and saw a tall figure in armor coming out of it, exuding a fierce murderous aura from all over his body, as if he had just come down from the battlefield, and only a pair of eyes as sharp as arrows could be seen under the helmet.
"Your Excellency!" the monk who was guarding the door stepped forward and saluted, respectfully.
"Tomorrow you will go to the front line!" the man in armor said coldly, and when the monk guarding the door heard this, his face was like ashes, but he said respectfully: "My subordinates take orders!"
Jing Han found that since the appearance of this person, all the people held their breath and looked trembling.
Obviously, this person is a high-ranking figure in Xuanbing City.
"You have a slave talisman on you, you can't enter the city!" The man in armor suddenly pointed at Ying Ning and snorted coldly.