There is no need to mention eating and drinking.
After the reception banquet prepared for Heijia and Axiang was over, Sheng Shenghuan, who had been waiting for a long time, found an opening and handed over the report in his hand.
"Mr. Chen, this is the estimated payment. Take a look."
"How much is the deviation?"
"It is difficult to determine the fluctuation of market prices, but it should be within 5%."
"That's okay."
Chen Ziyan briefly flipped through the report in his hand, looked at the total price at the end, and nodded lightly.
Hu Bayi told him about this at that time, and there was no huge disparity in the amount.
"Master Chen, we are almost ready for the equipment to go to the snowy region. We are only missing some ginger." Seeing this, he continued in a slow voice.
"Ginger? Why are you bringing that thing? If it's to keep out the cold, why not bring more spirits." Wang Kaixuan heard this and immediately asked his doubts.
Hu Bayi understood this and explained beside him: "Fat man, if you have never been to the snowy mountains, you don't know. When we were constructing there before, we encountered black ice that had existed for an unknown number of years. Its strength was definitely beyond your imagination. Mou Swinging the manuscript with all its strength can only produce a white spot, and ordinary tools can't do anything about it."
"Then how did you do the construction?" Wang Kaixuan asked.
"Hey, just like rice vinegar can corrode the rammed earth layer, all things in this world have their own growth and development. It happens that there is something that can restrain this black ice. You can just apply ginger juice on the tools and you can get rid of it. Although It’s not as easy as cutting tofu cubes, but it definitely saves a lot of effort,” Hu Bayi explained.
"Then we need to get more ginger juice, so we don't run out when the time comes." After hearing Hu Bayi's explanation, Wang Kaixuan immediately understood the importance of ginger juice and said quickly.
"Don't worry, our preparations this time are definitely sufficient." Chen Ziyan knew that he was saying this to himself, and immediately gave an answer.
Then, he looked at the man beside him and asked, "This place will be taken over by the joint archaeological team in a few days. If you have anything to do, you can leave first."
Now that the statements have been released, this transaction is coming to an end, which is why Chen Ziyan said this.
In fact, this can be regarded as a reminder. After all, the Crescent Hotel also sells antiquities, and most likely will not get along well with the upcoming joint archaeological team, so it is better for the two parties not to meet.
But he said in a slow voice: "Master Chen, how about we work together again?"
"Oh?" Chen Ziyan looked sideways at her and asked, "The place in the snowy area is different from here. There may not be many ancient objects, but there are definitely very few gold and jade objects."
Shengsheng slowly smiled slightly: "Master Chen, you also know the current situation. We can't return to the capital yet. In this case, we might as well go with you to experience it."
She knew that the person in front of her was not easy to deal with, so she did not give any excuses and directly expressed her true thoughts in a subtle way.
According to their plan before coming here, after completing the business here, they would go directly to the area close to the border to wait for news.
But after seeing the abilities of Chen Ziyan and his group, Sheng Shengman suddenly changed her mind. She felt that it might be better to follow Chen Ziyan and the others.
She knew that the traces of herself and others were no secret, and there might be a lot of prying eyes around now, so it was better to set up a trap to deal with those with evil intentions.
And the place of Snowy Land is an excellent choice, both for her and those who are secretly there.
Speaking of which, this is the same as Chen Ziyan's use of Longling Cave to create a game. It can be seen that many things lead to the same goal through different paths.
"It's okay if you...you can. This will give you an extra guarantee." Chen Ziyan paused for a moment and then agreed directly.
The reason why he agreed to the slow-voiced proposal was because when Chen Ziyan was about to refuse, the system's selection was triggered.
【Ding! Choose to trigger! 】
[Choice 1: Agree to the slow-voiced proposal. Reward: Ten Thousand Years Ancient Ginseng]
[Option 2: Reject the slow-voiced proposal. Reward: Thousand-year-old Ginseng]
This time the choice given by the system is very simple, there are only two options: yes or no.
And the level of difficulty can also be seen from the rewards. The rewards are all ginseng. The only difference is the age.
Needless to say, there is no need to mention the reward after rejection. Although thousand-year-old ginseng is considered a treasure, it is often found in the remote mountains and forests that are inaccessible. It can only be said to be priceless, but it is not a peerless thing.
But the ten thousand-year-old ancient ginseng is different. Just by looking at its age, it can be regarded as a unique thing. Looking at the wood root that has been secretly transplanted, you know that this kind of thing is already on the verge of crossing into another realm. .
Plants are no different than animals. It is as difficult as climbing to the sky to cross that hurdle.
Chen Ziyan has never forgotten the characteristics of his own bloodline. Although he has been eating continuously, how can those available on the market be compared with such a peerless thing.
So after briefly understanding the situation, Chen Ziyan chose the first option without hesitation.
Of the two choices given by the system this time, although the latter can get a thousand-year-old ginseng without doing anything, the effect on him is only that much, and it is difficult to give an immediate prompt.
But the ancient ginseng given as the first choice can definitely do this. Chen Ziyan even guessed that after taking this ancient ginseng completely, his physical strength is likely to exceed that of Wushuang Ghost.
The only thing he had to do was take the people from the Crescent Hotel to the snowy region, which was nothing to him.
Looking at others, Chen Ziyan could probably guess Sheng Shengluo's plan, but it had nothing to do with him.
After all, if he waited patiently for the people from the Crescent Hotel to follow him, he would not follow them to Kunlun. Instead, he would wait in the settlement below, which would not interfere with their movements at all.
The only thing that might have an impact on them is that it would attract some unnecessary attention.
But while waiting for the outside world to react, Chen Ziyan and the others had already started taking action. Even if someone wanted to get involved, it was too late.
"Mr. Chen, we can..." Shen Sheng said slowly and thought that Chen Ziyan would refuse, so he tried to lure him. However, halfway through the words, he realized that Chen Ziyan had made a mistake and couldn't help but feel deeply surprised.
"Why, is it difficult to accept?" Chen Ziyan asked with a smile.
It stands to reason that he should really rip off the money and then reluctantly agree. This is the best choice for them.
In fact, he originally planned to do this, but after thinking about his guess, Chen Ziyan suddenly changed his mind.
Although ten thousand-year-old ginseng is good, thousand-year-old ginseng is also good.
Crescent Hotel probably has a lot of expensive tonics that are old, but these things are definitely not for sale. Occasionally, one or two items are put up for auction, and the price has to be many times higher to get them.
Although Chen Ziyan didn't know how long it would take him to completely digest the ancient ginseng, he knew that he would need a steady stream of precious medicinal materials in the future, so he set his sights on the Crescent Hotel.
"How could it be?" Sheng Sheng said quickly with a smile.
This is a good thing for her, only a fool would object to it.
However, she vaguely felt in her heart that there must be some conspiracy behind Chen Ziyan's willingness to agree so readily, but she couldn't figure it out for a while.
"Arrange reliable manpower to send the equipment and materials to Gazebuqing near Karamir first. We will set off there at that time." Chen Ziyan did not stay too long on this topic and said softly to Sheng Shengsheng.
Now that I have decided to take them with me, let the people from the Crescent Hotel prepare a temporary camp in Gazebuqing as if it were here. Moreover, that place is sparsely populated and there are mostly wastelands and no-man's land nearby, which is perfect for slow-sounding people. Develop your own plan.
"Okay." The voice slowly agreed happily.
She understood what Chen Ziyan meant, which was to use the early covert actions to create an information gap, which would be beneficial to both of them.
As for being able to see her inner plan, she was not surprised, because she was able to come up with this idea to some extent because of Chen Ziyan's inspiration.
After Sheng Sheng left slowly, Hu Bayi thought for a while and said, "Master Chen, should we really take them there with us?"
"Don't worry, they won't be able to harm us if they don't enter the mountain," Chen Ziyan said.
Gazebuqing seems to be close to Karamir, but in fact there is a constant distance between the two. It can be said that no one can hinder the other.
As for whether the slow-talking side can succeed, Chen Ziyan is not sure, but what is certain is that even if it fails to get what it wants, the Crescent Hotel will not suffer.
Wang Kaixuan saw Hu Bayi looking thoughtful and said, "Old Hu, why do you think so much? We have encountered few ups and downs. Even if there is an accident, just keep your head high and move forward." .”
The guy with black glasses also joined in: "What Fatty said makes sense. How can there be any place in this world that can trap us all?"
His words were not out of ignorance, but his true thoughts after understanding the abilities of Chen Ziyan and others.
"While we have time, let's take a look at the relevant information first." Chen Ziyan seemed to be getting further and further away from the topic, so he took the backpack next to him and distributed the information inside to everyone.
No matter what, it’s time to start taking action. There’s no harm in getting familiar with it.
Several people took the information and studied it for a while. Hu Bayi said: "Master Chen, I read here that the only record about the Demonic Kingdom is the "Poetry of the Enemy-Conquering Orb King Wu Xun" spoken by Tibetan singers. I used to I happen to know a gifted singer, should we ask him for help?"
Only after seeing this information did he realize that although the so-called Demon Kingdom was mentioned many times, there was no real record in history.
So I couldn't help but think of the Tiebang Lama Ak, whom I met at the beginning, and came up with the idea of seeking help from him.
And if he wants to successfully find his destination, he must find a reliable guide, and Lama Ake is his favorite target candidate.
"God-given singers..."
Hearing Hu Bayi mention Tiebang Lama, Chen Ziyan pondered subconsciously.
Because an idea suddenly occurred to him, that is, whether this so-called heavenly gift of singing poets was related to the Zhang family's heavenly gift.
However, he had never had close contact with either of them, so he didn't know much about them, so this thought just passed through his mind.
After thinking about it, Chen Ziyan felt that it was best not to take Lama Ake with him. The water here in the snowy area was not at all like Zhongyuan Qian, especially when it came to sects. He didn't want to mess with it at all.
In fact, in his previous life, Chen Ziyan felt that something was wrong with Lama Ake. You must know that this is an iron lama who has protected many Buddhas. His status is definitely not simple. It makes no sense to be so easily involved with Hu Bayi and the others.
Therefore, based on the principle that more things are worse than less things, Chen Ziyan thought it would be better not to trouble the master. Anyway, he roughly knew the specific route. When the time came, he would find a local senior guide to lead the way. There was no need to trouble the master. .
Thinking of this, Chen Ziyan said to Hu Bayi: "There is no need to trouble the master. The specific positions are all on the Guge Silver Eye. The Feng Shui in the Snowy Region is completely different from that in the Central Plains, but there is no obvious change. You are enough Lead the way, and a guide will be enough when the time comes.”
Wang Kaixuan stood by Chen Ziyan this time and said: "Yes, I think Mr. Chen is right. I remember you told me about the Iron Bar Lama. He is already so old. Going to the snow mountain at this time How dangerous."
Obviously, the real reason why this guy took sides with Chen Ziyan was that he felt that Tiebang Lama was too old and subconsciously thought that the other party was a drag and did not want to cause trouble for himself.
When Hu Bayi heard what the two said, he nodded slightly: "That's true, there is no need to trouble Ake about this matter."
It was only after Wang Kaixuan reminded him that he remembered that Tiebang Lama was no longer young back then. Now, after so many years, it would be simply difficult for the old man to be taken into the crisis-ridden Kunlun Mountains.
Moreover, what Chen Ziyan said is not unreasonable. Since it can be located according to the Guge Silver Eyes, when the time comes, bring a guide who is familiar with the local terrain, and the role of Tiebang Lama can be replaced.
It can be said that at this point, the team composition in the original plot has been completely changed by Chen Ziyan.
However, it is conceivable that this more refined and professional team will definitely not lose to the original plot.
Black Glasses suddenly said: "Mr. Chen, we need to think about weapons."
He also suddenly remembered that Kunlun Mountain is no joke. Sometimes cold weapons are more suitable. After all, shooting can cause an avalanche.
Chen Ziyan heard this and said: "This time we mainly focus on crossbows and cold weapons. We will bring some firearms, but they cannot be used unless absolutely necessary."
Naturally, he had thought about this a long time ago, but he had no good solution and could only make such compromise preparations.
As for the firearms that were completely discarded in order to prevent triggering an avalanche, Chen Ziyan never even thought about it.
Just for those things that appeared in the original plot, there are many things that cannot be dealt with by cold weapons, and no one knows now whether there will be any unexpected changes, so it is even more difficult to give up the firearms that are handy.
Not to mention that Chen Ziyan also knew very well that they would probably have to go to the so-called underground world, where there would be no avalanches caused by the sound of gunfire, so the number of guns and ammunition he prepared was no less than this time.
