Chapter 3: Out of the City
Tong Fei took out more than 600 spirit beads, put them on the cabinet, and said casually, "I'll buy five patches of medicine, these should be enough!"
The guy was completely stupid immediately, and the guy nodded again and again: "Enough is enough, ten stickers are enough!" In front of Lingzhu, the guy's eyes were straight. The attitude towards Tong Fei has also taken a 180-degree turn. From indifference to respect!
The spirit bead is actually a spirit stone, and the spirit stone is formed by the condensation of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and it has always been a necessary cultivation resource for the immortal sect. In the mortal world, the spirit stone is a treasure that affects the luck of a party, which is commonly known as the dragon vein. Therefore, it cannot be mined at will, and even if it can be mined, ordinary people do not have that strength. Because wherever there is aura, there are many fierce beasts, and mortals cannot approach them. Most of the spirit stone resources in the mortal world are controlled by the royal family, and sometimes the royal family will also take the spirit stone as a gift in order to reward some meritorious ministers. Therefore, in the mortal world, spirit stones have always been collected as treasures.
I don't know what year or month it was, and suddenly the fashion of spirit stone trading arose. Since then, the spirit stone has entered the homes of ordinary people. Jianghu trading also began to pass through spirit stones. This habit is popular all over the world, and sometimes gold and silver are not as popular as spirit stones.
Of course, spirit stones also have the benefit of spirit stones, that is, they do not need to be exchanged. It is important to know that the coinage price of each kingdom is different, and if you trade it, it is very troublesome to exchange. Now that there are spirit stones to trade, there is no need to exchange them.
The spirit stones circulating on the market are generally divided into three kinds, the low-level is the spirit bead, the high-level is the broken spirit stone, the high-level is the medium-grade spirit stone, and the highest level is the legendary high-grade spirit stone. In fact, the high-grade spirit stone will not pass in the city, and the medium-grade spirit stone is only limited to the transaction between the gate valves, and the circulation between ordinary people is only broken spirit stones and spirit beads.
According to the general market price, the value of six hundred spirit beads is equivalent to an inferior spirit stone. One hundred inferior spirit stones are equivalent to one medium-grade spirit stone, while one hundred medium-grade spirit stones are equivalent to one high-grade spirit stone. Of course, there will be some fluctuations in prices from place to place, but basically they are not too much different.
Tonghuan pharmacies are not as good as pharmacies in big cities. Usually, it's just a small business, and when mortals see a doctor, they are all three or five spirit beads. In case of a serious illness, it is at most a dozen spirit beads. Although there were more merchants and hunters in the past, there had never been such a generous gesture for Tong Fei. If the six hundred spirit beads are placed in the Xunxian Building, they can be eaten and lived for at least a month. Tong Fei gave it according to the price comparison of the metropolis, of course, it is different.
At this moment, the guy's attitude towards Tong Fei is of course different.
If you have money, you are the master. This principle is applicable to any world and era. Businessmen are inherently snobbish, and there is nothing wrong with that.
The guy couldn't help but think: "Who is this? What kind of family is it, Weifu private visit? I don't know if he is alone or has a companion, if he is alone, then can I take the opportunity to make a fortune?"
Alas, the shopkeeper seemed to see through the guy on the side, sighed and returned to the table, and continued to read and drink tea.
Tong Fei saw the shopkeeper holding a book and reading, but he came up and asked. "Sir, I would like to ask, is there a bookstore in the city?"
"Oh, you want to buy books?" asked the shopkeeper
Tong Fei replied: "Yes, I am interested in the scenery of various places, and I always want to find some scenery and things to see everywhere!"
The shopkeeper put down the number in his hand, glanced at Tong Fei and said, "We are a poor country here, but there is no bookstore." However, I have lived here for a long time, and I know a little about the surrounding scenery, and I usually have nothing to do to make some notes, if you don't dislike it, I can give you a copy!"
"Thank you, sir. Tong Fei showed a rare smile on his face.
"Don't thank me, this was originally recorded casually. The shopkeeper said and said, "I see that you seem to know some of the ways of Qihuang, who did you learn from?" Tong Fei replied: "I am self-taught!" The old man couldn't help but praise: "It's really smart, there is potential, I still have a few notes on medical skills here, if you are interested, I might as well send it to you!"
"Thank you so much!" Tong Fei nodded, but he didn't twist it, he accepted it together, and then bowed deeply to the shopkeeper and thanked him.
The shopkeeper glanced at Tong Fei with admiration and said, "I don't know who your name is, where are you going." ”
Tong Fei replied crisply: "My name is Tong Fei, and I follow my mother to run a single gang, and I am going to go west from here!"
"Oh Tong Fei! good name!" The shopkeeper bowed his head slightly, looking at Tong Fei. There seemed to be a mixed emotion in his expression.
At this moment, the guy had already wrapped the medicine, and Tong Fei thanked the shopkeeper again, but the guy sent Tong Fei out of the door respectfully.
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Walking out of the door of the pharmacy, Tong Fei turned his head to look at the shopkeeper, and for some reason, he felt that there was an inexplicable connection between the shopkeeper and yourself. Tong Fei didn't know, and the shopkeeper was also quite surprised. He looked at Tong Fei's distant figure, and seemed to have a familiar feeling. Of course, unlike Tong Fei, the old man muttered to himself, "How can there be that world breath?"
Tong Fei left the pharmacy and didn't think much about it, after all, he had only followed his mother to this Qianxun City for two days, and he was sure that he would have nothing to do with this shopkeeper. I thought it was just a fate.
When he went out, Tong Fei withdrew his gaze, but when he was about to leave, he found that there were two more strong men hanging out outside the pharmacy.
It's not the first time Tong Fei has gone to the rivers and lakes, for these two people, they know that they are not good. The two of them, one fat and one thin, did not see a doctor or buy medicine, but just hung around outside the pharmacy.
Who are they? What do they do?
Tong Fei was thinking in his mind, when he suddenly heard the guy come out and shouted to the two, "Two big brothers, the good days are gone, why don't you enter the door!"
Tong Fei looked at it and suddenly realized that it was the guy who was familiar with him, so he didn't care about anything else, and walked towards the Xunxian Tower opposite.
The Xunxian Building was still lively, Tong Fei did not enter the door, but stood under the wall outside the door, he seemed to be waiting for something.
Since there was nothing to do, Tong Fei squinted against the wall. For some reason, when he squinted his eyes, his perception of the outside world became much more sensitive. Tong Fei didn't know what was going on, anyway, it was like that when he was young. At this time, Tong Fei suddenly felt like he was being watched.
Tong Fei opened his eyes and subconsciously searched for the nearby corner, although he didn't find anything, but he saw two shadows in the sun. This time, Tong Fei's face became gloomy.
"Who is this, isn't he spying on me?" Tong Fei thought to himself. At this moment, there was a shouting from the street corner.
"Selling baked cakes, traditional craftsmanship, you are satisfied with ......"
Tong Fei looked at it, and it turned out to be an old man pushing a wheelbarrow to sell baked cakes along the road, and the words "Zhang Ji braised pork baked cakes" were written on the wheelbarrow, which smelled so fragrant.
I heard the clamour, and a guy ran out of the Xunxian Building, beckoning to the old man from afar: "Zhang Laohan, come thirty, you want to sandwich the meat!
The old man began to knead the dough and make the baked cakes.
Tong Fei watched the old man make cakes, as if he had thought of something, stood up from the base of the wall, and walked towards the old man's baked cake stall. When the old man saw Tong Fei coming over, he asked with a smile. "Little brother, do you buy baked cakes?"
Tong Fei glanced at the baked yellow baked cakes and the fragrant braised pork, swallowed his saliva, but did not answer whether to buy it or not.
"Let's have a baked cake! you still want to eat it!" the old man repeated.
Tong Fei didn't look at the baked cakes again, but pointed to the dry flour on the side and asked, "Dad, can I buy some noodles if I want?" ”
Zhang Laohan felt strange, he had opened a baked cake stall for some years, and he only bought baked cakes, but he didn't hear about buying noodles. Buy noodles at the grain store. How did you go to my pancake stall to buy noodles? However, Zhang Laohan was easy-going, so he asked with a smile: "Little brother, what are you buying noodles for?"
Tong Fei showed a row of white teeth, and seemed to smile innocently: "Dad, that's the case, my mother likes to eat the little spicy cakes I baked for him, so I want some noodles to make for her." I don't want much, just three handfuls, I can give it to you at the price of baked cakes!" Tong Fei said, took out a handful of spirit beads and handed them over.
Zhang Laohan saw Tong Fei take out the spirit bead, but shook his head and smiled: "Seeing that you are a filial child, filial piety, this spirit bead is still taken back, this flour is given to you, you can take a few handfuls if you want to, go." ”
Tong Fei is not polite. put away the spirit beads, and took out a small cloth bag from the bulging baggage, and then filled it with three handfuls of flour.
In a blink of an eye, he saw the seasoning bowl with chili noodles, and Tong Fei said again: "Dad, I still want some chili noodles." ”
Zhang Laohan smiled: "If you want, take it!" Tong Fei nodded, loaded two more handfuls of chili noodles, and then left the baked cake stall and continued to squat at the base of the wall.
At this time, I could hear that in the Xunxian Building, all kinds of discussions were still continuing.
"Hey, everyone, guess why this thousand poisonous women want to kill the Wei City Lord so quickly?"
"Didn't you listen to what Manager Lu said? The city lord participated in the extermination of the Demon Sect back then, so this witch naturally wanted to take revenge. ”
"I don't think it's that simple, you said that there were many generals who participated in the year, why didn't he look for others, but only for Lord Wei? I think there's something else going on here."
"Well, who knows, maybe the City Lord of Wei provoked this female killer. ”
"I think that there are only two kinds of hatred for this woman, one is hatred, and the other is love. I think the city lord of Wei was just a general back then, and he was not a master of the Xianmen, and he was just a small role back then, if he said that there was a hatred, it would not be that the hatred was as deep as the sea, and it was unlikely that he would seek revenge, I think there was only one left......
"Haha, that's what I'm talking about, if you want me to say, maybe the city lord of Wei abandoned that thousand poisonous women from the beginning, which caused this woman to hate her so much......"
As soon as these words came out, obscene words and debauched laughter suddenly stopped
Tong Fei shrank at the base of the wall, hearing the foul language of the people inside, he couldn't help frowning, gritted his teeth and spat out: "These damn guys! Sooner or later, they should die!"
At this moment, a voice came from Tong Fei's ear: "Let's go, wait for me at the mountain temple outside the city." ”
Tong Fei's heart jumped: "This is a signal from his mother! She must have something to do, I have to leave immediately!" Thinking of this, Tong Fei didn't wait any longer, stood up and walked towards the city gate.
In the Xunxian Building, after everyone laughed wildly, someone suddenly noticed that the middle-aged woman who was sitting in front of the window was gone! There were few women in the store, and now there was only one middle-aged woman, who was originally very eye-catching and mysterious, but now she suddenly disappeared, which inevitably made people suspicious.
"Hey, where's the man?" someone said loudly, "What about the woman who sat here just now?"
The people on the side were also confused, as if they couldn't remember when the woman left, just like they didn't know when she appeared.
The big guy thought about it, and shouted that it was bad!"Oh no! This is a thousand poisonous girl! She must be a thousand poisonous girl?" It didn't matter what he shouted, someone immediately pulled out his weapon and asked left and right, "Where is the Thousand Poisonous Girl?" The people in the restaurant suddenly changed color. Now this thousand poisonous women have become a sensitive signal, and they will explode at every move.
In the end, everyone found the source and asked the cause, and the person by the window said: "There was a woman here just now, and it seems to have disappeared suddenly!"
Manager Lu also came over, looking at the empty table and the tea that had not cooled. His face became solemn: "There was indeed such a woman just now, it was very strange, could it be that she was really a thousand poisonous women?"
As soon as these words came out, a shadow of terror suddenly enveloped everyone in the wine shop. Some people began to break away under the pretext of excuses. Some of them thought about the wandering wreckage of their own front, and they were worried about being retaliated by the thousand poisonous women, and some did not dare to leave alone, looking for a safer way to follow the big guy. But the party is not mindful. Chief Lu also left, and hurriedly went to report to the city lord. A lively rally just went away silently.
Tong Fei was about to leave, but he saw one by one embarrassed people rushing out of the door in the Xunxian Building, he understood why, and the corners of his mouth showed a trace of contempt: "The misbreed of the silver-like pewter spear head!" Tong Fei didn't look back, and left expressionlessly.
Near the city gate, two strong men were hanging out. Under this city gate, in addition to the guards of the city lord's mansion, there are also wild grass outside the city, and yellow sand scraped in a grin. Whoever is full has nothing to do to wander under the city gates. If you look closely, you will see that these two men are not strolling around. It's waiting for someone.
At this moment, one of them secretly said, "The little fat sheep is here!" and the two leaned towards the city wall, as if to avoid everyone's attention. Then he stared closely in the direction of coming out of the city.
It was nearly afternoon, and there were not many people coming and going in this city, but recently because of the rumors of a thousand poisonous women, there were many people who dragged their families and small cars and horses out to avoid accidents. So there are a few pedestrians.
The rules in the city are that people enter the city to pay taxes, but no one cares when they go out of the city. Seeing the sparse people walking out, these guards were not interested in going up to take care of things, and most of them shrank in the corners of the city gate to chat, fart, gamble and brag.
After the carriage and horse, Tong Fei hurried over with his baggage. He looked very thin, and even felt that his steps were trembling, and at first glance he was a mortal child with no cultivation. It's not very shabby, but there's nothing out of the ordinary.
Someone glanced at Tong Fei, and felt that he was angry, and muttered: Strange, this child is so young, how can he go out of the city alone? What about the adults in his family? But no one goes up to take care of his affairs.
Soon Tong flew out of the city, and the two wandering strong men followed the monkey out of the city gate. When a young guard saw this, he ran to his colleague and said, "I just saw the two brothers Death Ghost and Ghost Sorrow going out of the city, what do you say they are going to do?"
The colleague was concentrating on gambling, and without raising his head, he threw a handful of dice into the bowl, and shouted in his mouth: "Great!" and then said: "I said brother, in these years, if you can live a life, even if your ancestors are virtuous, who still has the leisure to care about others! Brother teaches you, if you want to live a few more comfortable days, just take care of yourself, little brother." ”