Chapter 365: Unexpected Fortune
"This flying ship will land in the last city of the East Seven Stars. The twenty-eight cities are divided into different levels according to the stars. The lower the ranking, the more people there are..."
Tian Yunong enthusiastically introduced the situation of Weicheng to Gao Xian, and it was obvious that he knew Weicheng very well.
"The Tail City is divided into 17 floors. The cost of food and lodging on the upper floors is huge, and outsiders can't afford it. We and Shengtang are on the 12th floor. We earn our money through hard work, but we have a good reputation and everyone trusts us..."
Gao Xian listened quietly to Tian Yunong's bragging, occasionally nodding slightly to show his agreement.
Tian Yunong talked for a long time, but Gao Xian remained silent, which made him feel a little awkward and a little uneasy.
People with such deep thoughts are more difficult to deal with. Looking at Gao Xian's appearance, there is a sense of pride between his eyebrows, and he should be of some status.
However, this is Wanfeng City. Not to mention a foundation-building person, even a Jindan Zhenren is not considered a very powerful figure here.
Entering Wanfeng City alone is like a woman taking off all her clothes and running around at night.
The other party claimed that he wanted to buy the Nine-transformation Qianyuan Transformation Refining Spirit Pill. You should know that this kind of elixir costs at least two to three million low-grade spirit stones.
For a foundation-building cultivator, this amount of money is too much, enough to crush him to death.
Tian Yunong started to say hello, but it was just a test and he didn't have to do anything.
Knowing the other party's intention, his greed could not be suppressed.
In his opinion, such a large sum of money was simply a windfall, prepared just for him.
As long as the other party returns to him and becomes prosperous, the money will be his. Well, the other party's robes and swords are also very good, worth 100,000 or 200,000 spirit stones.
Tian Yunong felt that he still needed to get more information, so he asked politely, "I haven't asked for your name yet, fellow Taoist?"
"Wuji." Gao Xian had already thought of a pseudonym, and he took the word Wuji from the Wuji Tianxiang Sword Technique.
Tian Yunong thought that this name should be fake. As a small foundation-building cultivator, "Wuji" is also something he can call himself. Of course, it is also possible that his last name is Wu, but that should not be called this name.
In this world, whether you are a mortal or a cultivator, you cannot use random names.
If they don't even dare to say the name, there must be no history! Tian Yunong was relieved. If there is a real origin, there is no reason to hide it.
While the two were chatting, the huge Aoki flying ship had slowly landed on the hillside of a high mountain.
This is an open platform, which seems to be specially used for landing spaceships.
The platform faces a wide and flat road on the mountainside, leading straight into the depths of the mountain.
After getting off the flying ship, everyone walked forward along the passage. In front of the huge entrance that looked like a city gate, a team of monks were checking everyone's identity badges one by one.
Practitioners without bronze medals need to pay one hundred low-grade spirit stones before entering.
Gao Xian had just heard from Tian Yunong that outsiders must pay an entrance fee of 100 spirit stones and will be given a temporary identity bronze medal, allowing them to stay in Wanfeng City for half a year.
You have to pay the fee again after half a year. Those who don’t pay will be sent to underground mines to mine if caught, and there is no chance of them coming out alive.
Gao Xian paid one hundred spirit stones and received a temporary bronze identity plate with his features imprinted on it using magic, to prevent others from impersonating him.
Tian Yunong led the way in front, and the two of them entered the tail city together.
After passing through a passage of more than 100 meters, the front suddenly opened up. The sky was sunny, with light clouds flowing, and the summer breeze blew towards me, bringing a slight coolness.
Various buildings were lined up on both sides of the long road, most of them were wooden houses with attics, and they were simple in style. There were many stalls on the street, selling some low-level magic tools and elixirs, and mainly various daily necessities.
This city in the mountain seems to cover a very large area and is well planned. Most importantly, you can see the sunshine and white clouds, which is no different from the outside world.
Gao Xian could see that the sunlight and white clouds actually covered an arc-shaped water mirror dozens of feet in the sky, projecting the scene of the sky outside onto it, thus creating the blue sky and white clouds.
Gao Xian was a little confused at first. It would be much better to just build the city outside. Why did he spend so much effort to build a city inside the mountain? He didn't know how much spiritual energy would be consumed just to run the magic array illusion.
But he soon realized that the spiritual energy here was very rich and very stable.
The Taoist who had attained the state of transformation into a god used a mountain to make a huge barrel, and after the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was drawn in, it could no longer flow out.
Although large sects such as Qingyun Sect and Tongtian Sword Sect use magic arrays to guide and restrain spiritual energy, at least 50% to 60% of the spiritual energy will dissipate.
The city in the belly of the mountain before us retained at least 90% of the spiritual energy. This efficient operation of spiritual energy completely offset the inconveniences of building a city in the belly of the mountain.
Even though Gao Xian was not proficient in magic arrays, with the illumination of the first-grade golden elixir that could illuminate the mysteries inside and outside, and with his spiritual awareness that was so powerful that it far exceeded the golden elixir level, he quickly understood the mystery of this city.
For practitioners, spiritual energy is the most important foundation.
Well, Reiki is the modern equivalent of oil.
With spiritual energy, you can practice, refine pills and weapons, and do all kinds of things.
When a cultivator establishes a sect, the first thing he needs to do is to choose a blessed land with abundant spiritual energy.
Aura is never evenly distributed in all directions. Different terrains and different ground veins will have a huge impact on aura.
Yue Wanfeng, the Taoist master who had attained divine power, used his peerless magical power to hollow out the twenty-eight peaks in order to gather spiritual energy efficiently.
Gao Xian understood the methods of Huashen Daojun and admired his courage.
Tian Yunong was still chattering away, and Gao Xian had been introducing various situations in Weicheng. However, he was talking about this and that, and was deliberately speaking in a disorganized manner, making it difficult for people to understand what he was saying.
Led by Tian Yunong, Gao Xian followed him and took the elevator to the next floor.
This level of city is larger and has more people, but it looks a bit messy and is not as orderly as the previous level.
The people here were dressed casually, many were barefoot or shirtless, and they looked at people like hungry wild dogs, greedy and fierce.
Gao Xian felt it was very familiar, this was exactly the flavor of Pegasus, loose, chaotic and dangerous.
Tian Yunong also held the hilt of the sword with a serious face, and he looked at everyone who approached with a stern look.
Seeing his appearance, people around him consciously kept their distance from him.
"There are a lot of scoundrels on this floor. They have nothing to do and just think about stealing and robbing every day..."
Tian Yunong added: "Just follow me and you'll be fine. On this floor, no one dares to touch us and Sheng Xing."
Gao Xian naturally didn't believe Tian Yunong's nonsense. The urban area on this level was very large, but the houses were densely packed and messy, and it looked like there were at least tens of thousands of people living there.
If it was at Pegasus, one foundation-building cultivator would be enough to shock the crowd. But this was Wanfeng City, and according to normal calculations, there were at least a thousand Jindan cultivators here.
Although Wanfeng City is large, it has at most 10 to 20 million cultivators. On average, there is one Jindan for every 10,000 cultivators.
In such a big place, it would never be Tian Yunong's turn to be the boss.
Gao Xian followed Tian Yunong silently. He just let the other party blow whatever the other party wanted to say. There was no need to worry about the details.
After turning two streets, Tian Yunong brought Gao Xian to a wide and busy street. People here were obviously dressed much cleaner and there was no naked person to be seen.
The shops on both sides of the long street all had clean and imposing facades. This was obviously the main street, the commercial center of this floor.
He Shengxing is located in the center of the main street, with double doors. There are many spiritual objects and elixirs on the shelves inside. There is a group of customers inside, and among them there are a few guys in green clothes and small hats. It seems that the business is quite good.
Please...collect 6...9...books...!
As soon as Gao Xian saw the familiar and popular store, he knew that this store definitely did not have the Nine-Transformation Transformation Spirit Refining Pill.
Tian Yunong was a little surprised when he saw Gao Xian suddenly stop walking. He said, "Daoyou, we are already here. Please come in. I will ask someone to prepare some wine and food, and we can eat and chat at the same time."
"No."
Gao Xian rejected the invitation directly. He said, "Go find the Nine Transformation Spirit Refining Pill first. Once you have the correct information, we can talk about it later."
Tian Yunong was a little anxious: "Daoyou, this place is not safe, where are you going?"
Gao Xian turned around and pointed to the corner of the street, "When I came here, I saw an Anfu Inn. I will wait for your letter there."
"This..." Tian Yunong's expression was a little complicated. As long as Gao Xian entered the backyard, he could always keep Gao Xian by any means.
There were people coming and going at the gate of Heshengxing. Even if they were shameless, they couldn't do it so openly. After all, they still had to do business here.
Tian Yunong was a little unsure of Gao Xian's true character and did not dare to persuade him any further.
He said, "Okay, I will have news in one day at the earliest and two or three days at the latest."
As he spoke, he enthusiastically followed Gao Xian, "I know the owner of Anfu Inn. Tell him and I can arrange a good room for you, and it will be cheaper..."
Tian Yunong sent Gao Xian to Anfu Inn and then to his room, and only then did he feel at ease to return to Heshengxing.
He ignored the waiter's polite greeting and walked straight across the lobby to the backyard.
A disheveled man was lying on a recliner, reading a book. There was wine and some snacks on the table to his left.
The man had a broad face and thick lips, and a strong and sturdy body. He was lying there with his chest and abdomen exposed. There were some oil and wine stains on his body, and he looked quite sloppy.
"Brother, you are here. I should have just dragged that guy in here!"
Tian Yunong muttered something, then he sat down on the chair opposite naturally, picked up the wine jug and took two sips.
He and Xiang Shouyi had been together for decades and had a close relationship. In addition, Xiang Shouyi was rough and did not like to pay attention to etiquette, so he was very casual in front of Xiang Shouyi.
The burly man glanced at Tian Yunong from Xiang Shouyi, "What's wrong?"
Tian Yunong hurriedly told the story again. He finally said, "That guy wanted to buy the Nine-Transformation Qianyuan Transformation Refining Spirit Pill. How come he has several hundred high-quality spirit stones on him? This is a big deal."
“It’s really a big deal.”
Xiang Shouyi had no mood to read anymore. A few hundred high-quality spirit stones was such a huge sum of money that even a Jindan would be jealous.
If they could get it, it would be enough to support them in their old age.
Xiang Shouyi asked, "Have you found out the origins?"
"This guy is very tight-lipped. He didn't say a word the whole way."
Tian Yunong said nonchalantly, "If he really had connections, he wouldn't have failed to get the Nine-Transformation Qianyuan Transformation Refining Pill. It's even more impossible for him to run to Wanfeng City in the dark. He could be an elder of a small sect or something!
"Who cares? These outsiders mean nothing in Wanfeng City!"
Xiang Shouyi may look rough, but he is actually quite careful. The other party brought a large sum of money and told everyone he met. He felt something was wrong.
Don’t tell me that guy is trying to play dumb and deliberately lure them into the trap!
He asked seriously, "What if he hides his cultivation and is actually a golden elixir?"
"ah?"
Tian Yunong was a little confused, and he didn't dare to say that he wouldn't make a mistake. After all, there were so many invisible and energy-gathering methods, and it was normal for Jindan to pretend to be a foundation-building method.
He was stunned for a moment and said reluctantly: "Should we ask the ancestor for help?"
The ancestor is the Golden Elixir Master Xiang Zhengye, who manages this large area. Xiang Shouyi is considered his descendant, and it is precisely because of this relationship that they can open a black shop here and do all kinds of fraud, deception and robbery.
It is safe to ask Xiang Zhengye to come, but Xiang Zhengye is so greedy that they may not even get a bowl of soup.
"The ancestor has a third-level spiritual artifact, the Calming Mirror, which can reflect a person's magical power and can also shock the soul."
Xiang Shouyi said, "Borrow the Ding Shen Mirror and use it, and you will know the true strength of that guy. If he is really building a foundation, this windfall will be ours!"
(End of this chapter)