Chapter 49: Monk Currency
The bookstore and the street are not lit with electrical appliances, but on a chandelier stand in the middle of the roof of the bookstore, three protruding lamp trays are placed in each of the fist-sized items emitting a glowing white light, and the white light emitted converges along the light holder to the middle of the chandelier in the middle of the hanging position, forming a cloud of light that has obviously increased a lot, and the light is emitted from here, and then forms a transparent cover, covering the entire chandelier inside.
The light emitted by the chandelier of the famous hall is not even weaker than that of the 100-watt fluorescent lamp, which illuminates every corner of the bookstore. This lamp is obviously so bright, but it gives people a very soft feeling, or even a little cold, which is really an eye-opener for Xiaobai.
In fact, after practicing qi, as long as there is still a faint light, it will not affect Xiaobai's vision at all. Thinking about other people, it is similar, but lighting the lamp after dark seems to have become an instinct that has long been engraved into people's bones, regardless of whether this light works or not, everyone will subconsciously feel that it is brighter and more appropriate to light the lamp.
It's also interesting to think about, that is, the big devil in the novel story, who is obviously gloomy, likes to light some braziers and torches in the lair.
It seems that yearning for the light does not distinguish between good and evil, good and evil.
When the night got darker and he was the only one left in the bookstore, Xiaobai reluctantly left.
Out of the bookstore, Xiaobai looked at the brightly lit streets, and suddenly felt a little lonely and didn't know where to go. The stomach was also gurgling, but Xiaobai didn't know whether the restaurants in this place accepted coins, he seemed to be hungry, and he couldn't care so much, so he followed his memory and walked to a restaurant he saw earlier.
This restaurant is on the edge of the souk, and the façade is much smaller than the others, and it is only a few steps away.
Xiaobai didn't have the courage to eat overlord meals in this strange place, first asked people if they accepted currency, fortunately, he was not the only one who ate the fireworks in the world, and then asked about the price, and fortunately, although it was ridiculously expensive, it was enough to ask for a piece of green vegetables and rice.
Or because of the late time, except for Xiaobai, there is only one man who looks like he is in his forties. Xiaobai chose a corner against the wall, ordered a meal, and waited quietly.
The waitress of the restaurant is a sixteen or seventeen little girl, with a fair and ruddy face, full of youthful vitality, and two round dimples are exposed in a smile, and then lined with a small and straight nose, which looks very cute.
Not to mention, this green vegetable rice is more expensive, it is really sweet to eat in the innermost, and I understand while eating Xiaobai, my God, these meals can actually replenish the inner body aura, every bite of food into the abdomen, there is a warm current that spreads into the meridians, which makes people feel refreshed.
At first, he thought it was an illusion that he was hungry and panicked, but after eating a few bites, the speed of the meal slowed down, and he only looked at the rice in the bowl and the dishes on the plate in a daze.
Can you take this thing with a big bag?
When you go outside, this meal is sold at a sky-high price, even if it is a sky-high price, it must be people rushing to give money as if they were rushing to the game.
Xiaobai had just eaten less than half of it, and Dahan had already finished drinking the tea in his hand and stood up to check out, which was no different from the world. The big man took out a small silver coin from his pocket, put it on the counter, and left.
Seeing Xiaobai looking at it burningly, the little girl who received the money was slightly surprised at first, then tilted her brain, as if she remembered something, and then looked at Xiaobai with a sudden realization, and there was envy in the bright Danfeng's eyes, and there was cunning.
Xiaobai was shocked in his heart, and secretly asked for bad dishes, this little girl shouldn't see that she was a junior brother, and she wanted to take the opportunity to blackmail herself. A face suddenly drooped down with sorrow, such a person who is unfamiliar with the land is still a much stronger existence than himself, even if he slanders himself, he doesn't reason, he can only bear it.
Resist, don't even think about it, Xiaobai doesn't want to die when he is just starting out.
I was thinking about how to worry about it, and the little girl over there came over.
"Are you new here?" asked the little girl, curious.
"Yes"
There is nothing to hide, not to mention that it can't be hidden, Xiaobai replied with a little shortness of breath.
The little girl was not surprised to hear this, with an expression that I guessed correctly, and then sat opposite Xiaobai, took out the silver coin paid by the big man and put it on the table, flipped it with her index finger, and looked at Xiaobai's expression while playing.
Anyway, it's all in the end, what else is there to scruple about, and it's really curious, and a silver coin the size of a 5-cent coin issued outside, how can it be worth so much money, Xiaobai can see it clearly, the big man asked for two dishes, and drank a big cup of tea after eating.
Saying that this is a silver coin, he can't believe it if he is killed, no one is stupid in this world, there is really such a price difference, it is estimated that the silver mines in the world will all be moved to the real world.
"Can you show me?"
In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore, and Xiaobai opened his mouth to speak, ignoring even the blackmail that might come.
The little girl simply laughed, and rolled the silver coin towards Xiaobai's side.
Xiaobai hurriedly grabbed it, and stopped eating for the time being, grabbed the silver coin in his left hand and brought it to his eyes to distinguish it carefully, but after looking at it for a long time, he didn't see any fame, and he couldn't even tell if it was silver, and he wanted to put it in his mouth to bite, but he still endured it when he thought about it, and if it was bitten, it would directly give the other party a reason to lie to himself.
In the depression of Xiaobai's face, the little girl took back the silver coin, still playing on the table, just didn't speak, it seemed that the curiosity in Xiaobai's expression and the expression of wanting to ask but not opening her mouth were very interesting, Yingying looked at it and smiled.
Probably to add another fire, the little girl went to the counter and came back, and there was an extra copper-colored coin in her hand, which was placed side by side on the table. She didn't look at Xiaobai either, and muttered to herself with her fingers.
"This is equivalent to 10 of these."
After that, he said with a look of yearning and regret, "There is also a golden one, top a thousand of this."
The last one in her mouth was a copper-colored coin.
Because he had no concept of the coin in the little girl's hand, he only knew that it was definitely not circulated in the world, Xiaobai converted it in his heart, although he was a little surprised and very curious, but he didn't know how to answer it.
Fortunately, the other party didn't continue to make difficulties, glanced at Xiaobai, and explained.
"The silver-white ones are made of iron, the red copper ones are copper, and the golden-yellow ones are made of gold, which are very expensive."
Then the little girl looked up at the door of the store, and then at the wall clock hanging on the wall, thinking that there were no customers coming, and there were not many opportunities to talk to people like this, so she opened the clip and chatted with Xiao Bai Kankan.
Unlike what Xiaobai thought at first, the currency in circulation in this market is not a spirit stone, but mainly coins minted by iron and copper essence, and only when a large amount of transactions occurs, gold essence coins will appear.
Iron refining is not refined from worldly steel, but from raw iron ore, which is manual work, of course, this person refers to the qi practitioner, and the gong refers to the qi training instrument.
It's not that people who practice qi are stupid and don't know how to be lazy and slippery, but it's actually the steel obtained by the worldly smelting method that dissipates the heaven and earth aura contained in the ore, and the iron obtained can't withstand the infusion of spiritual power at all, and in the qi training world, it is a waste material.
Although I really want to know more from the other party's mouth, there is always a time when a small bowl of rice is finished, not to mention that the night is dark, and there are no guests from the side, no matter how thick-skinned it is, it is not good to continue to rub it on.
Even if it is difficult, the idea of getting out of the valley now is not at all.
The manager of the fang city issued a jade plate that was forbidden to enter and exit, the cheapest 100 iron coins, and the validity period was 1 year. With this jade plaque, not only can you enter and exit the ban at will, but you can also live in the residence built in the north of Fang City without spending money.
That person welcomed Xiaobai in before, because he was a new face, and next time he came in, it wouldn't be so easy if he didn't have a jade plate.
After thinking about it, Xiao Bai walked through the small building built around the lake, and walked to the northeast corner of the valley.
This is a group of buildings clinging to the mountain wall, the tallest building is only three floors, antique, hidden in the lush and tall trees, in the night quietly look, occasionally one or two figures, are in a hurry and disappear into the small building.
According to the little girl's prompt, sure enough, the person in charge of this residential area was found in a small building that was open to prohibition, and after explaining the situation, the other party was not embarrassed, so he arranged a place for Xiaobai to live for free.
It is a small three-story building, similar in layout to a secular hotel. Walking through the brightly lit hall and corridor, Xiao Bai looked at the house number, and then took out a jade plate and injected it with aura, and the originally white jade plate suddenly gave birth to a soft white light, wrapping the jade card inside. In response, the door made of unknown wood also diffuses a halo of light.
Paste the jade card on the light mask, the hand is light, the jade card is gone, and the door is also opened at this time, through the open door, everything in the room can be seen through at a glance.
The large transparent glass window, without curtains, can even see the branches in front of the opposite building in the early Qing Dynasty, and there is a pot of unknown grass on the windowsill, with pointed leaves and green green.
There is a bed on the left side of the room, with a white scarf and a white scarf, which is no different from a secular hotel. On the right is a table and a chair, on which is placed a brush holder and an inkstone, but nothing else.
After being stunned, Xiaobai walked into the room, closed the door gently, put the backpack on the table, took out the sea of mineral water and poured it, and then smashed himself on the bed.
What I saw and heard this day is too novel for Xiaobai, who has lived for almost 20 years, since he entered the market, people have been dizzy, and everything he has seen and heard is unheard of.
Although since the beginning of Qi practice, whether it is in the novel story or the new sensory experience, it tells him that this is a novel world, for which he has repeatedly thought about how he will be when he meets other Qi practitioners, but when he stepped into the market, people were enlightened, and all the ideas were not applied, only until now there is a feeling of sleepwalking.
I also thought about getting up after a while, thinking about what to do next, but after a while, the person fell asleep.