Chapter 338: Treasure Exchange Conference
Ishikawa looks into the distance, and the afterglow of the twilight sun is faintly sprinkled on the red bricks and green tiles or the brightly colored pavilion cornices, adding a bit of hazy and poetic to the solemn evening scene in the city in front of him. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
At the very center is a domed high-rise building, which is clearly distinguished from all the surrounding buildings in golden color. At a cursory glance, there was a crowd of people below the tall building, many monks in different clothes were talking and talking happily next to the railing outside the building, and every dozens of breaths, there would be a group of monks from the Duobao Pavilion patrolling by.
"Let's go, let's take a look around. After stopping at the gate of the city for a moment, Ishikawa walked in first, and after taking a few steps, he turned his head and asked, "Shen Shen, do you know if there is a curfew here at night, do we need to find a place to stay first?"
Zhu Yan made fun of Ishikawa once, and after listening to Ishikawa's question, she covered her mouth and smiled: "This is not an earthly city, and where does the curfew come from, many monks come and go for an uncertain time, so there are always people on duty in each building, as long as you want, even if you keep strolling around." β
Ishikawa nodded and said, "It's me who is confused, so let's start from the left first, and then go to the shop in the center of the treasure pavilion to take a look, and I am also looking forward to the treasure exchange conference that will start in two days." β
After walking a short distance, Ishikawa was surprised to find a small faΓ§ade with the sign of Tiandumen, and when he passed by the stronghold set up by Tiandumen, Ishikawa saw that it was a mess inside, only two monks who were not very high in cultivation were sitting there idlely, and their faces were like mourning, and there was no spirit at all.
Walking further inside, just as Ishikawa was about to come to the center, he unexpectedly saw a flag, the logo on it was a beautiful ice crystal snowflake, Ishikawa frowned, this thing seemed to have been seen on Ren Ningbing's robe, so this is the territory of Guanghan Palace?
Be sure to stay away from these women, but you can't let them know that they have arrived here, Ishikawa's heartstrings suddenly tensed, and he immediately pulled Zhu Yan and Shen Shen away from the station of Guanghan Palace.
In addition to these places where he couldn't show up, Ishikawa spent more than a day visiting the other places, where he purchased a flying sword for Zhu Yan and Shen Shen that were both of good material and build, and at the same time replenished himself with several bottles of elixir to heal his injuries and nourish qi, and the rest was lost.
He did find a pure heart path recipe that made him tempted by a monk who turned three times in Ning Dan, but that person opened his mouth to ask for ten crystal stones, or to exchange a set of sword formations, although Ishikawa was very enthusiastic, he could only give up, ten crystal stones he could afford, but his entire net worth added up to less than fifteen yuan, and after taking it out, his own future cultivation would become a big problem, and he didn't even have a flying sword, let alone a sword formation.
The monk lost interest in the three of Ishikawa as soon as he saw their hesitation, and it was obvious that this guy was a shy man, so as not to waste his precious time.
After coming out of this house, Ishikawa had never found a Taoist method with the same effect, so after walking around for a few more hours, he led Zhu Yan to the Duobaokaku branch in the center of the city.
The treasure exchange meeting must be indispensable to the participation of Guanghan Palace and other sects, so Ishikawa dressed himself up again before approaching the Duobao Pavilion building, although this basically does not have much effect under the consciousness of a higher level of monks, but it is better than nothing, Zhu Yan and Shen Shen did not enter with Ishikawa, this is also a measure taken in case the goal of the three of them together is too big.
There was less than half a day before the treasure exchange conference was about to start, and when Ishikawa slowly came to the door, he was stopped by a foundation building realm monk wearing a multi-treasure pavilion robe, and he asked with a smile, "Senior is going to participate in the treasure exchange conference?"
Ishikawa replied in an old, hoarse voice, "Not bad. β
The Duobao Pavilion monk smiled unchanged, and then said: "Senior, invited, to participate in the treasure exchange conference, you need to pay five crystal stones in advance to buy masks and tokens, and do you have anything that seniors need us to consign?"
Five Crystal Stones!? Why don't you go and grab them! Ishikawa's flesh was extremely painful, but he still took out the already cut Crystal Stone and held it in his hand with an expressionless face, and asked in a deep voice: "I don't have anything to consign, this time I came to see what is in it that can be bought with an eye, where are the Crystal Stones going to be handed over?"
The Duobao Pavilion monk stretched out his hand and pointed to an attic on the east side of the building, bowed down and smiled, "Senior, please see, just pay there." β
Ishikawa turned his head to look and found that there was a long line outside the attic, so he had no choice but to follow quickly, and he was at the end of the line.
After Ishikawa stood up, suddenly another middle-aged man came over and stood behind Ishikawa, he was a little different from other monks, he was not wearing a Taoist robe, but a dark color suit, and what was even more strange was that this person's clothes were sewn with at least a dozen pockets, large and small, and they bulged inside, and they didn't know what they contained.
Seeing that Ishikawa had been standing silently in front of him, the man poked his head over and said with a smile: "This senior, are you also here to participate in the treasure exchange conference?"
Ishikawa was dressed as an old man at this time, so he also looked at ease after hearing the middle-aged man call him senior, and replied casually: "Yes, the old man has been practicing in the mountains for a long time, and this time he went out of the mountains to see if he could gain anything." β
The smile on the man's face was even better: "The senior's ability to endure the loneliness of penance in the mountains is really immensely admired by the juniors, this time I wonder if the seniors have any items that they want to hand over to Duobao Pavilion for consignment?"
As he spoke, the man took out some dried fruits and wine from the pocket of his jacket and ate them, handed Ishikawa a flask, and smiled and asked Ishikawa to drink with him.
Ishikawa smiled after refusing: "I'm just a casual cultivator who cultivates alone, all my time is spent on improving the realm, I don't have the kung fu and I don't have the ability to make or find treasures that can be exchanged, and now I'm very poor with empty hands, and this time I came here to watch, even if I want to collect something, I'm afraid I don't have enough crystal stones to pay the bill." β
The man saw that Ishikawa didn't take the wine jug, so he drank it himself, "The seniors are the same as me, all I want is to open my eyes, but the five crystal stones that entered the hall are really a little painful, and the junior's surname is Zhou, and the single name is a derivation, I don't know what the seniors call it." β
Ishikawa replied without hesitation: "Little Lao'er's name is Zhao Kai, and Brother Zhou, you don't have to be so polite, just call me Lao Zhao." β
Zhou Yan shook his head and said, "Then how can it be done, etiquette cannot be abolished, so I will call Brother Zhao." (To be continued.) )