One coin is 10,000 taels or 100,000 taels. Whenever a clerk quotes this exchange rate, people who hear it for the first time are all amazed and questioning. This kind of exclamation and questioning seems a bit ridiculous to them.
The exchange rate is high just because the value of one is small. In a world where monks are everywhere, poultry, farmers and plants all contain spiritual energy, so what does this small spiritual bead mean?
Of course, it's impossible for the guy to say this. How can he sell the spirit beads if he does? Their pawn shop is still waiting for Gold and Silver to set up shop in the mortal world.
However, this young master seemed to be too rational, and he immediately solved the problem of value, making the transaction difficult to handle.
"Young master, do you want to cash in or not?" The waiter is also a big shop owner who is not afraid of customers.
"Let's redeem ten spirit beads first."
Now gold and silver are not as valuable as ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum. I guess it will depreciate even more when you go to Zangyun Stream. You should spend your money first.
"Okay." The clerk counted out ten spirit beads with a smile and put them in the purse bag. "I'll give you a free purse."
Zhan Changfeng completed the transaction and continued looking for a bookstore, and finally she found one. The facade looks very impressive, and the content inside should be comprehensive.
"Shop, do you have any books on cultivation and pharmacology?"
"That's a lot. What do you want specifically?"
"Can I see for myself?"
"Okay." The store owner pointed to two bookshelves, "Go and look for it, but you can't open a book with a seal, you can only read its introduction."
Zhan Changfeng took a casual look and saw that the books on the other shelves could be used in one, two or three ways. On these two shelves, there were directly one spirit bead and three spirit beads, which were completely different.
This shelf of books was said to be related to cultivation, but all they looked at were specious reference books such as "The Importance of Finding a Good Master", "A Summary of the Whole Sect", "Inspiring Casual Cultivation", etc. Zhan Changfeng picked it up directly The most expensive book has the most reliable name - "Detailed Explanation of Basic Cultivation Knowledge".
"You have a good eye, little friend. This is the best-selling book in my store. It is guaranteed to be genuine. I just got it from Zangyun Stream last year. Many monks use it to enlighten the younger generation! It is very practical!" the store owner said with a smile.
"Is it related to realm?"
"Yes, yes, the basic knowledge of cultivation is in it. If you add another spirit bead, I can give you a boxing technique for free."
"Well? We'll talk about this later." Zhan Changfeng asked again, "Is there any medical scriptures or something like that?"
The shopkeeper shook his head, "The mortal world will not sell the secrets of medical skills, let alone the monks. The medicinal scriptures and medical scriptures are the secrets of the sects and families, and are on the same level of confidentiality as the cultivation techniques."
"That's true," Zhan Changfeng picked up a book "Herbal Identification", "I have been yearning for the monastic world for a long time, and I have also heard about the flesh and bones of the living dead. I don't know if this is true or false."
The store owner became interested and said, "My little friend, it's better not to be gullible."
"So it's gone?"
"Yes," the store owner pointed to the sky, "I've heard that a pill can revive the dead, and I've also heard that a pool of water can turn flesh and bones into white bones. But those are all matters of the upper world. We should keep our feet on the ground and don't always think about disappearing. To prevent the spiritual platform from being covered in dust."
"What is the upper world?"
"Hidden outside the cloud stream."
"What kind of elixir is that, what kind of water is that?"
The storekeeper secretly said that the child was really curious. He raised his hand and pulled out a book called "Collection of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures", "There are no less than ten kinds of things that can bring human flesh and white bones to life. It's a pity that there are 230,000 kinds of things in it, and I can't do the same." I haven’t seen it before, take it back and have a look, it would be a good idea to gain some insights.”
Zhan Changfeng took "Detailed Explanation of Basic Cultivation Knowledge" and "Collection of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures", "By the way, store owner, is there any book introducing the customs and landforms of Zangyunjian?"
"Of course, it's only ten taels. If you add another tael, I'll give you a full map." Recently, there have been so many people buying maps of Zangyunjian. The store's stack of maps is almost gone, and they are planning to print more. One hundred copies.
"Take it."
The driver paid the bill and had just used up the ten spirit beads he had just exchanged. He held the things he bought, lowered his head and whispered: "Your Highness, we have fifty taels left."
"Um."
"..." The coachman said with a grimace, "The most ordinary room in an inn usually costs two taels."
The coachman also felt that the books in the bookstore were ridiculously expensive, and it was simply robbery, but he didn't know the prices in the so-called monastic world, so he didn't say anything.
But he knew that fifty taels was definitely not enough for them to live here for more than half a month.
Zhan Changfeng has a very light concept of money. When buying something, you can only judge whether it is worth it or not. If the money is gone... then make money. "Find a place to live first."
She was not in a hurry, and neither could the coachman. She thought that if things didn't work out, she could go hunting in the mountains and survive.
After walking around the town and seeing most of the scenes of life, they entered an inn.
"Shopkeeper, is there any room available?"
"Yes." The shopkeeper fiddled with his abacus, raised his head and smiled.
"Two rooms," the coachman said.
"Two rooms, two spirit beads."
"..."
No wonder this store is so deserted.
The coachman was angry and said, "Shopkeeper, what kind of room is this in your house? It's so expensive."
"There are cheap ones too. You can go outside the town and make your own mattress." The shopkeeper lowered his head to settle the accounts, obviously not wanting to answer the question.
"Sir, this person's attitude is too bad. Let's go look elsewhere."
As a result, the price of the second house was the same again. "You don't want to live there. There are so many people who want to live there. You have to know that the envoys from Zangyunjian in the past years lived here. A spiritual bead will give you a chance to see the envoys." It’s cheaper!”
Zhan Changfeng asked humbly: "What did the Zangyunjian envoy do?"
The shopkeeper glanced at the book held in the coachman's arms and replied with a smile: "This year coincides with the lunar calendar in the yin year, and a ghost town will appear in the middle of July. There are many opportunities in the ghost town, whether it is our monks or Zangyun Stream All the monks will come."
“Where is the ghost town?”
"Just follow Baigui and we'll be there." The shopkeeper said speciously.
"Thank you."
Zhan Changfeng knew that he couldn't ask any more questions, so he simply left with the driver.
"Your Highness, how about I go hunting for some money?"
"No need, go outside the town."
"You don't really want to sleep in the open air." The coachman blamed himself.
She felt the cool and moist wind in the forest and shook her head, "Go to Wuhe Village to buy some building tools, and find a carpenter on the way."
There are indeed many tents outside the town, some of which are for those who have no money to stay. Most of them are people who come to seek immortality but cannot see the town in their mortal bodies. They are crowded together one by one.
When Zhan Changfeng walked out of the town, he attracted the attention of many people. Because they only saw people disappear suddenly and few people came out.
Even those who came out looked distant and did not say a word to them.
They thought Zhan Changfeng was like this, but they didn't expect her to sit down directly on a clean stone, with two books and a map lined up, and she also held a book in her hand, and read it with relish.
A fierce-looking man stood guarding the side with a knife, which made people stay away.
"What are you doing? Could it be that the little fairy boy came out to test people?"
"Did you see it? There really are gods!"
Of course, some people sneered, "They are all poor people who can't afford to live in an inn. What's there to show off?"
"Isn't that right? Look at the book in her hand. I saw it in a bookstore. It requires seven spiritual beads. If you have the money to buy the book, can you still not afford to live in an inn? Isn't it really some senior who came here to test people on purpose? "
"Perhaps the envoy from Zangyunjian wants to take this opportunity to select a few disciples to go back in advance."
Those who are eager to seek Taoism have a lot of ripples in their hearts. On the way to seek immortality, they may not let go at all.
