Chapter 32: The City of Annan
The Annan Mountains are located in the northwest direction of Langya County, Chuzhou, hundreds of miles in length and width, surrounded by high peaks and ravines, the mountains are often infested with poisonous insects and beasts, coupled with the perennial clouds and mist in the mountains, the direction is difficult to distinguish, there are few human tracks, Annan City is built in the Annan Mountains. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
In essence, Annan City is a fang city, a place dedicated to providing various services for cultivators, and only some of the people in the city are cultivators, and these people are the rulers of the city.
The resources of the Annan Mountains are not rich, there are some low-level demon beasts living in the depths of the mountain range, and there are some low-level elixirs, some of the great forces of cultivation naturally look down on here, but the local people regard it as a treasure, and the establishment of Annan City in the mountain range, for the past cultivators to rest and trade, after more than a hundred years of development, Annan City is also a little famous within a radius of five hundred miles.
After several rounds of fighting and elimination, there are four Xiuzhen families that stand out, namely Li, Liu, Wang, and Lin, all of which have foundation building monks, and Annan City is jointly controlled by these four families.
"It's huge!"
At the first glance of Annan City, Wang Changsheng couldn't help but exclaim.
In the place dozens of meters away in front of Wang Changsheng, there is a city, the city wall is dozens of zhang high, made of hard black iron stone, the whole city wall is black, the city gate is wide open, people enter and exit from time to time, there are several monks wearing uniform clothes on the city wall, these monks on duty are the children of the four Xiuzhen families.
"What is this, there are bigger cities you haven't seen before," Seeing this, Wang Mingyuan said with a smile, but he forgot that his reaction to seeing this city for the first time was not much better than that of his son.
"Let's go, let's go in too!" With that, Wang Mingyuan took the lead in front, and Wang Changsheng hurriedly followed.
After entering the city, Wang Changsheng was once again shocked by the prosperity and liveliness in the city, although it was early in the morning, the street was full of people, and it was very lively.
Wang Chang vividly observed with his divine sense, most of these people were cultivators, and what shocked him the most was that among these people, most of them were masters of the eighth or ninth layer of qi refining, and there were very few people like him who were refining five layers of qi, in addition, he also found that only a small number of monks had storage bags, and most of these monks were masters of the eighth or ninth layer, which made him feel like an initiation, his father was right, the fifth layer of qi refining, it was still a very small existence when put outside.
Suddenly, several powerful divine senses passed over Wang Changsheng's body, Wang Changsheng subconsciously looked at it, one of them was the ninth-layer master he had peeped at with his divine sense before, it was estimated that he used his divine sense to check the other party's cultivation, which annoyed the other party, at this moment, Wang Changsheng only felt that his heart was beating to his throat, but fortunately, after the other party saw Wang Mingyuan, a companion of the eighth layer of qi refining, he just snorted lightly and did not delve into it, which also gave Wang Changsheng a warning, don't easily use your divine sense to probe cultivators who are higher than you, this is very impolite and dangerousγ
Qingyuan City extends in all directions, there are many shops, these shops are distributed in tic-tac-toe, different sizes, different decoration styles, from time to time there are cultivators passing by, it looks good or not.
In addition to the shops with storefronts, on the left side of the city gate, there is a large square with many stalls.
"The Qi Gathering Pill only needs two spirit stones and one stone, and the price is fair. β
"A hundred years of Ganoderma lucidum grass, don't miss it!"
"A good medium-grade magic weapon only costs eighty low-rank stones. β
From time to time, stall owners shout loudly to solicit business, but most of them still sit in front of the stalls, just putting a sign next to what they are selling, marking the price.
"Most of these stalls are scattered and furnished, as long as you pay a certain amount of spirit stones to the managers here, you can set up stalls here," Wang Mingyuan took Wang Changsheng to take a look and introduced.
"Administrator, are we at home?"
Hearing this, Wang Mingyuan smiled bitterly and explained: "How is it possible? The four families have their own stores in the city, and this square does not belong to any of them, I remember that it seems that the four major families will hold a ring competition every year to decide the management of this place." β
"The right to manage the competition?" Wang Changsheng heard of it for the first time.
"Each family sends several children to participate in the fighting, and the first family will get the right to manage the square for one year, and the spirit stones paid for the loose cultivation will naturally be handed over to this family, but this ring match is too dangerous, and someone fell in the ring last time," Wang Mingyuan seemed to remember something terrible, shook his head, his face was not very good-looking, but he then added:
"But you don't have to worry, the people who participate in the fighting are all from the older generation, and the family will not send a hairy boy like you to appear. β
After seeing so many masters in the city, the arrogance in Wang Changsheng's heart was gone, and after hearing about the ring, he was a little worried that he would be sent by his family to fight with the masters of other families, after hearing this, Wang Changsheng's heart was a little calm.
"Goo," as he walked, Wang Changsheng's stomach suddenly screamed.
Wang Mingyuan, who was explaining to Wang Changsheng, naturally heard it, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Hungry, Dad will take you to eat something delicious." β
Soon, Wang Mingyuan took Wang Changsheng and walked into a restaurant called Juxian Lou.
"Two guest officers, it's better to stay in the hotel!" As soon as Wang Mingyuan's father and son walked into Juxian Building, a young man in a green shirt greeted him, his face full of humility and flattery.
Wang Changsheng took a look with his divine sense, and sure enough, the little man in the green shirt had no mana fluctuations on his body, and he was a mortal.
"Find us a quiet location, good wine and good food can be served," Wang Mingyuan threw a small piece of broken silver to the shopkeeper and ordered.
"Well, please go here," After receiving a piece of broken silver, the joy on the face of the shopkeeper became even stronger, and he hurriedly led the way in front.
The shopkeeper took the two of them up to the second floor and sat down next to the window, and there was no one around, but it was convenient to talk.
"Dad, you need a lot of spirit stones to eat in this kind of place!" As soon as the shopkeeper left, Wang Changsheng couldn't help but ask, Wang Changsheng has always lived a savage-like life and has never seen the outside world, while the mortals of the Wang family are self-sufficient and uniformly distributed, which creates an illusion for Wang Changsheng, he thinks that everything in the world needs to spend spirit stones.
Hearing this, Wang Mingyuan felt a little guilty, he had been busy earning spirit stones all these years, and he had very little time to spend with his son, many things had to be understood by himself, and he had never talked much about things other than cultivation, Wang Changsheng's understanding of the outside world could be said to be very, very little.
"It can't cost a spirit stone, and it can be paid with gold and silver," Wang Mingyuan took out a piece of gold and silver and threw it to Wang Changsheng.
"Gold and silver?" Wang Changsheng put the gold and silver in his hand and observed it carefully, it was a little heavy.
"Well, this thing is the currency of mortals, which is equivalent to the spirit stone used by our cultivators, a spirit stone can be exchanged for a thousand taels of gold, a meal here is a few dozen taels of silver, and a tael of gold can be exchanged for a dozen taels of silver," Wang Mingyuan patiently explained.
"Even so, according to this way of eating, a spirit stone will not last long. β
"If you just eat some meals made of ordinary ingredients, you will never be able to eat a spirit stone, because gold will never run out," Wang Mingyuan shook his head.
"Can't use it up?" Wang Changsheng didn't understand a little, even if a spirit stone could be exchanged for a thousand taels of gold, how could it be used for an endless day.
At this time, the shopkeeper brought the dishes up, and after the shopkeeper left, Wang Mingyuan picked up the chopsticks, ate a mouthful of food, and then said: "It's very simple, go to the secular world to grab a few more rich people, and ten thousand taels of gold will be easily available." β
"You may feel uncomfortable listening to it, but you have to understand that no matter where you are, the weak will always be slaughtered," Wang Mingyuan did not tell Wang Changsheng about even more cruel things, it is light for cultivators to rob mortals of their money, and it is common for people to be killed.
Hearing this, Wang Changsheng's heart was a little uncomfortable, but he understood that what his father said was the truth, thinking about half a year ago, he was beaten by Wang Changqing and his nose was blue and his face was swollen, and now what about the latter?
Thinking about this, Wang Changsheng let go of his hands and feet, picked up chopsticks, and ate and drank.
After eating and drinking, the father and son wandered around the city for a while and did not leave until dusk.