Chapter 7 A Bustling City
In the early morning of mid-autumn, as soon as the sun showed half of its head, it was dyed with the morning glow in the east. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The Xu family, the three of them were eating breakfast. It is nothing more than corn dregs porridge, corn steamed buns, and two plates of small pickles. But the three of them ate with relish, and Old Man Xu drank even more.
Li Xiangliu has been here for more than a month, and he is grateful for the old lady's careful care and meticulous care, as well as the thick and inseparable maternal love, he finally revealed his thoughts about staying.
This made the old lady very happy, and she laughed all day long, and was very happy. You know, she's never laughed since she couldn't come.
For Li Xiang, after a month of human experience, he was fascinated as if he was taking drugs, and he longed for this kind of family warmth more and more, and seemed to gradually forget his identity as a powerful immortal. At the same time, he found that his star core had returned to the size of a pigeon's egg when the foundation was built, which was a surprise, which made him cherish Song Shu's inseparable maternal love.
In the past ten days, Li Xiang has gradually replaced Xu Chuanzhi's family status. This made the old man very jealous, and after getting along for a long time, he gradually let go of his sense of awe of the "immortals".
And he also knew that this kid's cultivation of immortal arts was just beginning, his Taoism was low, and his kung fu was not as high, and he gradually regained the unique heroism of an iron-blooded soldier, and he dared to joke with Li Xiang.
I only heard him say: "Boy, after eating, how about fishing with me?"
Li Xiang shook his head and responded, "I'm sorry, uncle, I'm going to the city." ”
The old couple was stunned, but the old man was quick and said, "What are you doing?"
"I'm going to find a computer and look up some information on the Internet. ”
In fact, he had wanted to go for a long time, but he had been suffering from the fact that his body had not recovered after the catastrophe, and it was not suitable for him to travel. Now that he was well and his body was recovering, he urgently needed to go and learn more about this new world.
In fact, there are many books at home, but they are basically Buddhist classics, and he has read a lot, most of which are secretive and ambiguous words. 10,000 years ago, hundreds of schools of thought in the immortal cultivation world contended, of course, there were also Buddhist cultivators, and he also dabbled in this aspect, but this is not the case at all, I believe that if anyone really dares to cultivate according to the above theory, there is only one end - go mad and go into ashes. As for the books of the Taoist and Confucian families, they are even more made up.
These books were of little help to his understanding of the world, and there were very few books on history, geography, and the knowledge system of modern society.
However, there is a book called "Broad Things" is a bit useful, the author Xu Hongzu, Ming Dynasty, although he is an ordinary mortal, at that time, he actually traveled all over the Shenzhou Continent, collecting strange objects and recording them, some of them are still full of spiritual monsters, but it is not much help for him now, after all, he has just built the foundation of cultivation, what kind of demon beasts can't be beaten, let alone hunting and killing Neidan, who will eat who doesn't know who will eat it at that time.
So he urgently needed to go to the city, and he also wanted to see what the human settlement would look like in 10,000 years. As for the old Xu family, needless to say, except for the electric lights and telephone, which are a bit strange, and the dilapidated tractor is a bit weird, nothing else is surprising. You must know that in the Xuan Immortal Realm back then, the starlight lamp was never extinguished, and the messenger was much more convenient than the telephone.
So in some bargaining, Li Xiang refused Xu Chuanzhi's escort, accepted five hundred yuan, and set off immediately.
Who would have thought that this would be more than a month.
From Ji Gang's memory, he generally knew the value of five hundred yuan, and he knew that for the Xu family, which was not wealthy, this amount of money was not a small amount.
Of course, he is no stranger to money, and in the Xuan Immortal Realm 10,000 years ago, there were still spars of various attributes and different grades as currency. In fact, he has another idea, to see if he can rely on his own means to improve the family conditions, which can be regarded as a reward for the meticulous care of the second elder.
In a month's time, Li has already learned seven-seven-eighty-eight compared to simplified characters, although he has just begun to rebuild, and this body is only mediocre in qualifications, but learning this kind of thing, compared to ordinary mortals, his level can be described as a genius, and the star soul in the foundation building period has the ability to never forget.
In addition, the original owner of this body was a precocious and sensible child, who had studied in elementary and junior high school, and had a whole set of modern city life experiences in his mind.
Therefore, Li Xiang passed by a small shop, bought a traffic map of Tiannan Province, browsed at will, and then poured three buses to Hecheng Hegang District, Tiannan Province is located in the southwest of China, belongs to the inland provinces, the overall economic level is underdeveloped, but Hecheng is a famous resource capital, with huge reserves of copper, steel and coal resources, especially the country's largest iron ore - Longgang Iron Mine, large reserves, ore quality. In the past two years, the construction market has been hot, and Hecheng City has achieved economic take-off by virtue of its resource advantages. Although it is not a provincial capital, its economic status in Tien Nam Province can be seen from its top secretary being a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee.
In order to further promote investment promotion, in recent years, Hecheng City has made great efforts, and high-rise buildings have risen one after another, and its urban image is no less than that of some coastal cities.
After this trip, the immortal Li Xiang on the "soil bun" can be regarded as an insight, what earth-shaking changes have occurred in human beings after 10,000 years of development!
The wide asphalt roads, the towering skyscrapers, the rows of shops, the speeding cars, and the crowds of people rubbing shoulders, the bustling scene is really full of traffic, and almost all of them dazzled him.
Casually get off the train at a commercial district platform, the towering commercial office building just covers the noon sun, looking up, Li Xiang actually feels a sense of oppression, this feeling is familiar and unfamiliar, in memory of not yet cultivating, in the face of the awe of the super master, since the ascension into the Xuan Immortal Realm, there is no longer the existence that can make him feel coerced.
Now, alone in such a strange world, and his cultivation is completely ruined, the instinct of human nature makes him feel lonely. In fact, awe is a good thing, only awe can promote upward feelings even more, because at this moment, his star core is rotating at a high speed, although the road is full of exhaust pollution, but he feels that the speed of absorbing, filtering and transforming star power is obviously a little faster.
However, the aura in the city was not as strong as that in the small mountain village, which made him very helpless, and the idea of establishing a star gathering array became more and more intense.
Li Xiang bought a sugar gourd at random on the side of the road and walked slowly along the commercial street, thanks to the fact that Ji Gang had a good skin, which attracted many girls of the same age to watch secretly. He is tall and tall, with an angular face and a sunny and handsome face, but because the foundation has just been built, after the thunderstorm, all the impurities in his body have been tempered out, and he looks very thin.
However, it may be the reason for Xuan Ming's water body, but his skin is ridiculously dark, a little more intense than the sun-exposed complexion of the migrant worker master on the construction site.
And because the foundation has just been built, it can't cover the edge, and there is a sense of domineering.
Of course, the clothes on his body detracted a lot from him, it was a coarse cloth trouser gown that didn't fit well, and he was carrying an old-fashioned rucksack. This coarse cloth trouser gown was modified by Song Shu with Xu Chuanzhi's old clothes, and the purpose of giving so much money today is to let him buy a good outfit.
But Li Xiang won't do it at all, who cares about the clothes and the eyes of others?
The commercial street is at the peak of the flow of people at this time, and there are many people shopping for leisure, walking in it, Li Xiang has a feeling that he can't show it, there are so many people, he really doesn't apply. Suppressing the discomfort in his heart, he slowed down further, seriously understanding the "human" flavor diffused in the city.
Wasn't the reason why he decided to stay in Xu Chuanzhi's house was to integrate into this world? In order to eliminate the sharpness and superior "immortal energy" on his body, Li Xiang slowly buried himself in the crowd.
Suddenly, a shop with a golden plaque in front of him attracted him.
"Xia's Jewelry", is it selling jade? Li Xiang decided to go in and have a look. As soon as I entered the door, I affirmed my thoughts, and it was indeed jewelry and jade. The store is very large, with several mouth-shaped glass counters, divided into a jewelry area, a jade area, a gold jewelry area and a jade area, each of which is filled with jewelry, dazzling under the special lighting.
At first glance, Li Xiang was overjoyed, it was the starlight treasure jade he was looking for. After browsing a few counters, especially the last jade area, he saw the wood attribute, which made him instantly happy. But after careful observation, he was disappointed again, these things are a little richer than the aura in the valley, and they are all impurities, not to mention the formation eye, whether it can be absorbed or not, it is better to go back to the valley and meditate for a few hours.
It wasn't until he slipped to the last position against the wall that he saw something that lit up his eyes. This is a black wooden counter, more than one meter high, with four large gilt characters in the center - the treasure of the town store. On the counter is a heavy glass cover, and on a black flannel base, there is a green hill.
The hill was only the size of a fist, and its eyes were full of green, looking like a pool of spring water, and the emerald green oil on the surface seemed to be about to flow out. Looking at the nameplate introduction, it is called the Mountain of Light, the old pit in Myanmar is full of green glass species, and the shape of the hill is completely primitive, just stripped of a thin layer of weathered leather. No matter from the shape, color, texture, etc., it is a rare gem in jadeite, second only to the imperial species.
Looking at the essence through the phenomenon, in Li Xiang's eyes, according to the grade, this is a low-grade wood attribute star stone. Although the grade was not very good, it was enough to set up a small star-gathering array, which was just right for a cultivator at his stage.
His heart was eager, and with this small star gathering array, he was confident that he would cross the tribulation again within half a year, break through the foundation building period, and enter the refining stage.
I was really sleepy and came to the pillow, and in my heart was surging, I didn't notice the appraisal price sign on the side of the rough stone, and stretched out my hand to greet the waiter who thought he was sweet-looking.
I don't know if it's because of the high quality of the person, or because the jewelry store is well managed, the little girl didn't show a disgusted expression because he was poorly dressed and a child, but walked forward enthusiastically, smiled sweetly, and said, "Hello sir, my name is Xia Xin, can I help you?"
Li Xiang pointed to the jade and said, "This piece of starlight... No... How do you sell gemstones?"
Xia Xin took a look at the treasure of his town store, guessed whether the kid was here to make trouble, and said softly: "Sir, I'm sorry, this is the treasure of our store, and it is not for sale!"
Li Xiang frowned slightly, and asked rhetorically: "How much money is not sold?"
The little girl was stunned for a moment, then regained her smile, pointed to the appraisal card on the side, and said, "I'm sorry, sir, we have a price appraisal card here, if it is higher than this price, our store can consider it!"
Although her voice was still as sweet as ever, she couldn't help but bring a little anger in her tone, she was sure that this guy was here to make trouble, and she had characterized this handsome boy as persona non grata in her heart.
Li Xiang, who was in the foundation building period, could not see through people's hearts, and followed her fingers to see an inconspicuous small sign on the side of the jadeite, followed by a series of numbers of Arabic numerals, and counted for a long time before it was determined, 180 million.
Momentarily stunned, he touched the pitiful five banknotes in his pocket, he was speechless for a long time, just such a broken thing, it needs nearly two million banknotes?
Back then, in Xuantian Palace, this texture of starlight stone was used to pave the road. Needless to say, in the Xuan Immortal Realm, even in the Great Thousand Mortal Realm, it is also everywhere, no matter how poor the immortal cultivators are, they will not use this kind of starlight stone, of course, the aura at that time is richer than this kind of stone.
Li Xiangxin's mood instantly dropped after a morning, he had been rich for three thousand years, and he had never thought that "money" was so important. Although this thing is a "treasure of the town", it must be at a much higher price, at least more than double.
But no matter how it shrinks, it is a world away from the five hundred dollars in your pocket.
Of course, with his ability, if he uses a small means such as stealing, he can also get his hands on it, and he can do it without knowing it, and he can't even see the so-called "camera".
But he is proud all his life, and he will not do this.
Whispering a thank you, Lee Sang-sang was about to leave. Xia Xin, who was next to her, saw that the child was hit and couldn't bear it. Although such a delicate teenager is a little darker, it is really rare.
I saw that he didn't come to make trouble, he seemed to really like this piece of jadeite, but he was a little too ambitious, and couldn't help but say: "Little brother, you must be down-to-earth, if you really like it, I have a book here, which has a detailed introduction to all kinds of gemstones, and I gave it to you, I hope it will help you." ”
As he spoke, he took out a thick color page hardcover book "Gem Classification Notes" from the counter, and saw that the signature was Xia Rongqing.
After taking the book and flipping through it roughly, they are all starstones that introduce various attributes, among which the best jadeite emperor species is equivalent to the inferior starstone. Looking at the identification techniques in it is really crude, but the evaluation of the price is what he needs.
Li Xiang was not in the mood to speak, and when he saw the price of ninety-eight yuan on the back, he silently put down one hundred yuan at the counter, went out with the book, and crossed the road. Only Xia Xin's stunned eyes were left again.
Because, before coming in, Li Xiang noticed that there was an Internet café called "Fantasy World" diagonally opposite.
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Chapter 7 (End)