In the early morning, Heyang City is full of vitality. The straight city road running from north to south and east to west is covered with bluestone slabs mined from Dushan.
The two stone lions at the gate of the city lord's palace are said to be the most famous stonemason in the city. He personally went to the mountain to select a thousand kilograms of mysterious jade, and it took him a year to carve them out to celebrate the current city lord Mu Suifeng's taking office.
As you look around the streets and alleys, you can see they are full of peddlers, sorcerers, knights from all directions and young men from aristocratic families.
The Chamber of Commerce is in the east of the city, the mercenary gathering place is in the west of the city, the north of the city is the territory of the city lord's palace, and the south of the city is stationed with the Heyang City garrison.
The moat sparkles in the morning sun, and the ancient and grand hook-railed buildings of the city and the low tile-roofed houses of the slums are intertwined, forming the layout of the city.
"Selling swords, selling swords!" The Taoist Priest with strange bones carried a sword box and hawked along the street. "The best Qinggang sword! It can kill demons and eliminate demons, and it can cook sheep and slaughter cows for fun. Take a look. Take a look! Don’t miss it if you’re passing by!”
"Foresight and fortune telling! He knows astronomy from above and geography from below. Heyang's best divine fortune teller can find marriages and calculate fortunes and misfortunes!" The street magician carried a cloth flag and shouted loudly, "One hexagram is worth ten taels! Twelve taels, I can teach you how to dream of a brothel, but I can’t teach you how to date a beautiful girl under a willow tree! For ten taels of money, you can eat drunken shrimps and abalones, but you can’t live a smooth life! Telling fortunes, passing by, missing, never coming, how lonely life is!”
Bai Ze enjoyed it along the way. Not to mention the skills of these magic sticks, if he were not short of money, he would definitely reward them for their clever mouth.
The further you go to the east of the city, the more lively the streets of Heyang City become. Swordsmen in groups and swordsmen walking alone are overwhelmed, and it's a great experience in the world of Jiuzhou!
As they approached the Chamber of Commerce, the crowd behind them suddenly became restless. When Bai Ze heard this, the sound of horse hooves from far and near shook the ground. There were at least ten horses riding on them, and they were all excellent horses.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" The vanguard who opened the way was wearing the city lord's palace standard armor, shining with silver, and he stood on horseback with a horizontal sword and a powerful horse.
Pedestrians on the street gave way.
"Who is so arrogant?" A young ranger shouted dissatisfied, "A horse racing in the city?"
"Hush! You don't want to die." An old man beside him quickly pulled him and said, "How many horse racers are there in Heyang City? Either you are noble or you are noble!"
Bai Ze stood on the side of the city road with his sword behind his back. He turned his eyes and saw a white horse with red tassels roaring towards him not far away. The horse's hooves hit the ground, making a sound like a drum beat. Immediately, a girl in red clothes had long flowing hair, a delicate face, and a body-hugging soft armor, which outlined her budding figure in a mesmerizing way.
The green smoke of the long sword lies across the horse, and the girl is charming with a valiant and heroic posture, coming against the light, just like a fairy from the world.
"Sure enough, it's her!" Bai Ze smiled calmly. She was so arrogant and protected by the guards of the City Lord's Mansion. If not Mu Qingling, the daughter of Heyang City Lord Mu Suifeng, who could Heyang Princess Mu Qingling be?
The girl in red walked away, followed by more than ten cavalry and personal guards, she was so grand!
After Mu Qingling passed by, the crowd became bustling again. Bai Ze followed the crowd and remembered the scene when he first came to Heyang City.
That day in Zuixian Tower, Xie Xuan was drinking alone, when the city lord's palace suddenly sent someone to deliver a greeting card. City lord Mu Suifeng asked Xie Xuan to enter the palace and grant him three sword moves.
At that time, the whole Zuixian Tower was in a sensation. Xie Xuan took a sip of wine and did not answer the post. He said bluntly: "If you want to ask for a sword, ask your city lord to come and worship in person."
"What's the background of this old man? The city lord is paying homage to the sword, which is already a great gift from our country of Yan, but he actually wants the city lord to go there in person!?" The VIPs present at the time were all shocked by Xie Xuan's words of "come to worship in person".
However, what was even worse was yet to come. Within a moment, Mu Suifeng actually came to worship the sword in person!
"Hiss!" The whole Zuixian Tower gasped.
Bai Ze and Xie Xuan entered the city lord's palace like this, and then the two of them made an appointment to go to Dushan together. They invited three swords, regardless of life or death, until the point was reached.
"Hey, what's your relationship with that old man?" Bai Ze was left by Xie Xuan in the city lord's mansion. Late at night, the two of them headed to Dushan with Yu Qi. Apart from the guards, only he and Mu Qingling were left in the huge courtyard.
"I don't say hello, I have a name." Bai Ze snorted and was too lazy to talk to Mu Qingling, "That's my master."
"You kid, you have quite a temper!" Mu Qingling laughed, pulled Bai Ze to sit in the lotus pond, took out her treasured Furonglou snacks, bribed Bai Ze, and said, "Then tell me, your name is What? My name is Mu Qingling, and the person who just went to Dushan with your master to ask for a sword is my father, who is also the guardian of this Heyang City, Mu Suifeng!"
The words were quite proud.
Bai Ze was a greedy person, and he couldn't walk when he saw food. He ate without ceremony in the ancient courtyard, under the moonlight of the lotus pond outside Xuan Xie, and while eating, he said: "I, Bai Ze ! The flawless whiteness of white jade is the beauty of the world!"
"You're not that big, but your tone is not small. What about your master?" Mu Qingling lay on the carved white jade table, poked Bai Ze's bun face, thought it was cute, chuckled, and said, "Don't tell me yet. You look like a hamster when you eat, so cute!”
"Cuteness is an insult to a man!" Bai Ze angrily slapped Mu Qingling's slender jade fingers away, and said angrily: "My master? I'll scare you to death if I say it! My surname is Xie Mingxuan, my name is Daoxuan!"
The fourteen-year-old girl was painfully slapped by Bai Ze. She frowned and snorted, "Xie Daoxuan? Have you never heard of him? Is he more powerful than my father?"
"Haha!" Bai Ze suddenly laughed and gloated, no longer angry, and said, "I didn't expect that some people don't know this old man's name! Interesting, interesting!"
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Pulling back his thoughts, Bai Ze smiled and fascinated a young girl he passed by. He bumped into an oncoming warlock before he realized what he was doing. He screamed in surprise and ran away quickly. open.
"The red-clothed angry horse flows into Yangchen, old friends meet and you don't recognize them." Bai Ze recited a poem to Mu Qingling's retreating back, striding like a star, "Qingling didn't understand Ze Tianzhi, so he smiled and asked, who is Xuan?"
"What a poem, what a poem!" The troubadour passing by clapped his hands and praised, "He is a Confucian knight with a wonderful demeanor!"
Bai Ze laughed three times and walked away.
"Confucian knight, what is the name of this poem?" the troubadour asked loudly.
"Let's call it "Heyang Qingling Song"!" Bai Ze replied without looking back.
"He Yang Qing Ling Song?" The troubadour pondered, and when he looked up again, Bai Ze had disappeared into the crowd.
"Why does this song sound like it was written to Princess Mu Qingling?" the troubadour thought to himself, "What is the relationship between that young man just now and Princess Heyang?"
Soon, the boundary of the Chamber of Commerce was reached. Rather than talking about the Chamber of Commerce, it is better to say that it is a gorgeous building with three floors and painted railings. The whole building, just the main building, is more than a hundred feet in circumference. It has a deep inner courtyard and its own ornamental lake. The Xie Pavilion in the center of the lake has a unique style, with many rockeries and exotic flowers. It is a wonderful scene.
The word "Chamber of Commerce" is said to have been bestowed by Zhao Heng, the current Emperor of Yan. The strokes of dragons and phoenixes are majestic and majestic, making it a calligraphy treasure.
When Bai Ze came to the door of the Chamber of Commerce building, there was an endless stream of people coming and going, either coming to hand over tasks, or going to the Baibao Pavilion to find the desired items, looking for a suitable spiritual sword artifact, or buying an extremely small quantity. A panacea that comes at an extremely high price.
"So the purpose of her trip is also the Chamber of Commerce?" Bai Ze saw the team of guards of the City Lord's Mansion in front of the main building of the Chamber of Commerce, and said to himself, "The dignified Princess of Heyang City also came to the Chamber of Commerce to accept the mission in person?"
In the main building of the Chamber of Commerce, the first floor is the building dedicated to task announcements, the second floor is the auction venue, and the third floor is the VIP reception area.
Bai Ze entered the door of the Chamber of Commerce. There were many people coming and going inside, all of them monks, either carrying swords or holding knives. He took a quick look and saw that the task list consisted of three parts. The first part of the tasks were mostly about collecting elixirs or capturing exotic animals. The second part of tasks were mostly about escorting goods from the chamber of commerce. The third part of tasks were mostly about private individuals entrusting the chamber of commerce to release the list. The content is private. If accepted, the Chamber of Commerce will be directly responsible for the meeting between the recipient and the customer.
"Elixir and elixir." Bai Ze muttered, squeezed into the crowd, and looked for the name of the elixir that Xie Xuan asked to pick in the first part of the list. As expected, he found two types, namely Earth Spirit Root and Lingyuan. fruit.
"The purchase price of the Chamber of Commerce is one hundred taels of silver!" Bai Ze secretly exclaimed, "My dear, if I collect more elixirs and sell them to the Chamber of Commerce, wouldn't I be able to make a small fortune and buy myself some weapons and equipment?"
Seeing the spiritual armor and spiritual swords worn by the monks coming and going, Bai Ze couldn't help but be envious. The willow sword in his hand is made of willow spirit gathered from willow branches. If he fights against a monk of the same level, if the opponent uses the spirit sword, there is a high probability that it will be broken on the spot!
After all, it is not made of black iron, so it has no advantages other than the beautiful willow pattern.
Spiritual weapons are also divided into four levels: heaven, earth, black and yellow. The willow sword in his hand can't even be touched by the buttocks of the yellow level. To put it mildly, it is only slightly better than a pure wooden sword.
You must know that the Green Smoke Spiritual Sword in Mu Qingling's hand is a Xuan-level spiritual sword. Although it is only low-grade, it is still quite impressive.
"Nine-color spirit deer!" A stout man shouted in the crowd, "The spiritual beast nine-color spirit deer suddenly appeared in Dushan, and the Chamber of Commerce rewarded nine spirit stones! Spirit stones are precious jade that have been nourished by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. It takes thousands of years to condense. The essence of heaven and earth! Even if it is a low-grade spiritual stone, one is worth a thousand taels of silver! Nine spiritual stones are equivalent to a thousand taels of gold!"
"What, Lao Jin, are you interested?" the elegant monk next to him waved his fan and said, "It's a pity that the aristocratic families in Heyang City are all staring at this nine-color spiritual deer. After all, with such a spiritual beast as a mount, it is also majestic when walking. Eight sides!”
"What's there!" Lao Jin didn't care, "What about the big families? This nine-color spirit deer belongs to whoever captures it? It all depends on strength, and more importantly, luck! Anyway, I'm doing this task, is there anyone who can form a team?" When the time comes, the spirit deer will be caught, the spirit stone will be obtained, and the money will be easy to talk about, and everyone will share it equally!"
"Take me one!"
"I'll team up with you!"
The crowd suddenly became lively.
