Xingcheng, located in the northeast of Yuanzhou, is the largest city in its territory and the only large city in the Great Xia Dynasty that can rival the Imperial City.
It is nearly 5,200 miles away from Yangyan City, with long mountains and long roads.
There are hundreds of millions of Yuan practitioners in the city plus ordinary people who cannot cultivate Yuan.
Xingcheng faces the sea and is built along the coast.
But the shadow of the sea cannot be seen from the city, because there is a 600-mile-long city wall built on the seaside, and the lowest part is as high as 200 feet.
The long city wall was built 100,000 years ago to resist attacks by monsters in Xiaoxing Mountain.
Daxia stationed 30 million troops in Xingcheng to guard it.
Xiaoxing Mountain is surrounded by the sea on three sides. No one knows how big it is.
Xingcheng is close to Xiaoxing Mountain, so there are many mercenaries here.
If you want to enter Xiaoxing Mountain, you can only pass through the Zhengdong Gate of Xingcheng.
Outside the Zhengdong Gate, there is a land corridor about thirty miles wide connecting Xiaoxing Mountain.
The closer you get to Xiaoxing Mountain, the wider the land corridor becomes.
After traveling for three thousand miles along the land corridor, you can truly enter the edge of Xiaoxing Mountain.
The monsters in Xiaoxing Mountain will launch a wave of monsters every few decades and come to Xingcheng through the land corridor.
Although Xiaoxing Mountain is full of dangers, there are many natural and earthly treasures inside, especially many high-end materials.
Most of the things on rare monsters can be found in the mountains.
Therefore, many Yuan people entered Xiaoxing Mountain to collect materials, dig out treasures from heaven and earth, and hunt monsters and beasts.
As your cultivation level improves, the cultivation resources required are expensive.
If you are lucky, if you enter Xiaoxing Mountain and get something, you can practice safely for many years.
………
At noon.
The scorching sun in the sky is like fire, baking the earth.
In the woods a hundred miles away from the west gate of Xingcheng, the largest place, two figures, one blue and one green, rose and fell among the towering trees.
They are a pair of young men and women. Judging from the life breath emanating from the two figures, they are only twenty-seven or eighty years old.
The man was like a monkey walking through a big tree, exuding a bit of bohemian flavor. There seemed to be thunder and lightning flashing in his eyes. His angular face was extremely handsome.
The woman raised her jade hand lightly, and shot out a burst of cyan Yuanli, instantly shattering the branches blocking the way and blasting a path through the big tree.
Under her black hair that was fluttering in the wind, she had a breathtakingly beautiful face, with skin as white as snow.
Seeing that the branches in front were blocking the way again, the woman waved her palm again, then used her jade finger to stroke a strand of black hair beside her eyes, looked at the man jumping up and down not far away, and asked: "Xiao Yuanzi, are we really Want to go to Xingcheng?"
Li Yuan looked back, smiled slightly, and said: "Didn't you hear what the people in the town said, Xingcheng is a prosperous place. After recovering from the injury, I barely rested and continued to refine the elixir for several months. Just to go to Xingcheng to find some treasures. Maybe we can encounter some good opportunities."
Now, more than half a year has passed since Li Yuan left Linxing City.
He has been recuperating in the nearby forests and mountains, wandering around, refining medicine, and avoiding the pursuit of Dongtian Jiao.
Now that the wind has almost passed, we have come out to do some activities.
"I wonder how long it will take to reach Xingcheng?" Li Yunqing looked forward and murmured.
"It's almost there. If the map is correct, it should still be a hundred miles away. At our current speed, we can get there in two hours." Li Yuandao.
………
at dusk.
Li Yuan and Li Yunqing finally arrived at Xingcheng.
Xingcheng is much larger and more prosperous than Yangyan City.
The two of them walked onto the wide street, with busy traffic and people passing by.
Patrolling soldiers can be seen everywhere to maintain order in Xingcheng.
Some teams are all composed of Tao Void Realm cultivation, and some teams are all Yuanli Realm.
Each patrol team has at least a hundred people.
In the Great Xia Dynasty, anyone who reaches the age of sixteen and reaches the third level of Qi Refining Realm can apply to join the army and receive training resources.
Here, you can occasionally see teams led by Yuan Danjing.
Not only were there more soldiers on the street, but there were also many mercenary teams gathered together, which was equally powerful.
After walking for a while, Li Yunqing asked: "Xiao Yuanzi, where are we going now?"
Li Yuan shrugged, smiled, and said helplessly: "I don't know either. In the past few months, I have only eaten some monster flesh and blood occasionally, and the food is not very processed, and the taste is not good.
"How about we find a restaurant, have a good meal first and enjoy ourselves, and then find an inn to stay and stay there."
"Yes." Li Yunqing nodded lightly.
It was her first time coming to Xingcheng and she was still unfamiliar with it.
Xingcheng is not like other small towns. If you are not careful, you may provoke some powerful forces.
The two found a good restaurant, and business was booming.
There are no empty seats in the VIP room upstairs.
They could only find a seat in the lobby and order some good food.
The hall was too noisy, so the two finished eating quickly and asked the waiter at the restaurant for a better inn nearby.
Following the directions, it didn't take long to find the inn the restaurant boy told me about.
The main building of the inn has ten floors, and there are several five-story annex buildings adjacent to it.
There is a plaque at least three feet high hanging on the main building, with two simple characters "Guangxuan" written on it.
Walking into the inn and looking around, the hall is full of various decorations carved from fine wood.
The seats placed in the hall are engraved with different primitive patterns.
The entire hall exudes a relaxing atmosphere, and the environment is particularly elegant and unique.
Li Yuan walked to the lobby counter.
The maid behind the counter asked with a standard service smile: "Sir, do you need a guest room, a training room, a treasure refining room, or a medicine refining room..."
"Alchemy room? Is there any difference?" Li Yuan was slightly startled when he heard this and asked.
The maid explained: "In the alchemy room, there are good furnaces and cauldrons, as well as excellent fire earth spirits.
"Furthermore, the medicine refining room is specially made with unique materials. The medicinal fragrance emitted by the refined medicine is processed by a special device so that it cannot be smelled outside. It is very safe and cannot be spied on by outsiders."
Li Yuan asked: "Are there rooms with guest rooms and alchemy rooms?"
The maid nodded and said: "Yes, this kind of room is on the tenth floor at the top, and the price is relatively expensive. Master, are you sure you want one?"
"Open one for me." Li Yuandao, and then added, "The furnace cauldron is not needed, nor is the fire earth spirit."
Soon, the maid completed the procedures for Li Yuan.
"Is it Young Master Yuan?"
Li Yuan and Li Yunqing were about to go upstairs when a sudden strong man's voice stopped them.
The voice seemed familiar, as if I had heard it somewhere.
The two of them turned around and looked over at the same time.
I saw a big man in a brocade with cloud patterns, smiling warmly at them and being respectful.
"You are really Mr. Yuan. I thought I recognized the wrong person. We haven't seen each other for seven years." The big man grinned.
Li Yuan tried to recall and asked uncertainly: "You are Zhou Xuwen, President Zhou?"
"Well, I didn't expect Mr. Yuan to still remember me. Come to our Guangxuan, how can I accept your yuan stones? Mr. Yuan, you can stay as long as you want. You don't have to pay any yuan stones." Zhou Xuwen nodded.
A few years ago, Li Yuan had dealings with Zhou Xuwen when he was in Yanyan City.
At that time, Zhou Xuwen was dressed in coarse linen clothes, and he looked like a rough man at first glance.
Then with the brocade clothes on his body like this now, and dressed like this, he still looks a bit rich.
Zhou Xuwen brought Li Yuan and Li Yunqing to the VIP reception room.
Li Yuan had a good impression of Zhou Xuwen and had some favorable impressions, so he didn't refuse, not to mention it was rare to meet an acquaintance in Xingcheng.
According to Zhou Xuwen's story, Guangxuan Inn is the property of Yunliu Chamber of Commerce in Xingcheng.
When he was in Yanyan City, the Yunliu Chamber of Commerce became popular in Yanyan City due to the elixir given by Li Yuan, and Zhou Xuwen was later transferred to Xingcheng.
The medicine refining materials market in Xingcheng is hundreds of times larger than that in Yanyan City, and Zhou Xuwen is now the shopkeeper of one of the materials stores.
Now, although his cultivation has reached the early stage of Tuxu Realm, in Xingcheng, the early stage of Tuxu Realm is nothing.
Zhou Xuwen relied on his experience in materials to gain a foothold in the Xingcheng Branch of the Yunliu Chamber of Commerce.
The shop he manages is not far from Guangxuan Inn, so he often walks here.
Li Yuan and Li Yunqing didn't talk much, and they kept listening to Zhou Xuwen talk about his development in the past few years.
Finally, Li Yuan also briefly said a few words about his experiences in the past few years. Except for the fact that his cultivation level was real, the rest was all nonsense.
After talking about his experiences, Zhou Xuwen explained the situation in Xingcheng to Li Yuan in detail.
In Xingcheng, the people and the place are unfamiliar, so Li and Yuan were willing to listen to this information.
For more than half a year, a large number of elixirs have been refined, and when I was worried about how to get rid of them, I didn't expect Zhou Xuwen to take the initiative to deliver them to my door.
The Yunliu Chamber of Commerce wants to enter the elixir market, but has been suppressed by the Wanmeng Chamber of Commerce. Li Yuan also wants to dampen the momentum of the Wanmeng Chamber of Commerce.
He knocked on the table and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Zhou, after listening to what you said, it seems that your chamber of commerce is not developing very well in the elixir market in Xingcheng."
Zhou Xu Wen smiled wryly: "The Wanmeng Chamber of Commerce has Wan Xianyun, a king-level alchemist, in charge, and their chamber has many condensing-level alchemists. Our disadvantage is quite obvious."
"What? Are you still supplying them with materials in large quantities?" Li Yuan asked with a raised brow.
"Alas... I can't help it. They have large quantities and have suppressed the price of materials very hard in the past two years. If this continues, our chamber of commerce will always be a head lower than them." Zhou Xuwen frowned and sighed, adding a few wrinkles to his usually honest face. Very melancholy.
Li Yuan looked at the moonlight outside the window: "Shopkeeper Zhou, you have been chatting with us for so long, it's not just a casual chat."
Hearing this, Zhou Xuwen smiled awkwardly and said, "I know the power behind Mr. Yuan. There are many high-level alchemists. I wonder if they can cooperate with our Chamber of Commerce."
"Cooperation?" Li Yuan smiled slightly, "It's not impossible. It's just that we can only cooperate for a short time. Because there are not many people coming to Xingcheng with me this time, and it won't be too long.
"You can ask the person in charge of your Chamber of Commerce and Xingcheng to come here tomorrow and talk about it in detail. I dare not say anything else, but in the Xingcheng elixir market, I guarantee that you will beat the Wanmeng Chamber of Commerce until it can't get up. "
Hearing this, Zhou Xuwen was overjoyed and nodded without thinking: "No matter how long the cooperation lasts, as long as we can cooperate with Yuan Shao, we will be happy.
"I'll go tell President Yun right now. You guys have a good rest tonight. Early tomorrow morning, President Yun and I will wait here for the two distinguished guests."
After Zhou Xuwen left, Li Yuan and Li Yunqing went back to their rooms to rest.
After a day's journey, my body was exhausted.
After living in the forests and mountains for more than half a year, it’s time to relax in a spacious and comfortable place.
The decoration of Guangxuan Inn is simple and elegant. The materials used, bonsais and green plants all release a relaxing atmosphere.
The two walked to the tenth floor and saw the house number of the room they were in on the innermost side, which read "Tiantian No. 1".
Looking down from the corridor at the door of the room, you can clearly see the entrance to the lobby on the first floor.
Without stopping in the corridor, Li Yuan opened the door and pushed in. Li Yunqing followed behind him and walked into the room.
This is a suite, and you need two middle-grade Yuan stones to stay there for one day.
Yuan Shi Li Yuan doesn't care, not to mention they don't need to pay the fee now.
The room was larger than expected, with tall bonsai plants placed on both sides of the door.
Entering the door is the living room, which is at least eight feet square.
The furniture in the living room is all high-quality wooden furniture, carved with exquisite and simple patterns, and the floor is carpeted.
Through the curtain door on the right is the bedroom. There is a round table in the center of the room that can seat six people.
Further inside, bypassing the huge partition, is a super large, somewhat quaint dark red bed with a gauze curtain hanging on it.
The supplies on the bed are all of the highest quality.
When the bedroom window is opened, you can have a panoramic view of the night view of Xingcheng.
Passing through a relatively low door with a curtain is the bathroom.
Opposite the bedroom is a study room. There are several pieces of rice paper placed on the fine black pear wood table, and various calligraphy brushes are hung on the pen holder not far from the table.
There is a stone door connected to the study room. Open the stone door and you will find the alchemy room inside.
The light in the alchemy room is relatively dim, the area is about the same as the living room, and the height is more than two feet.
The entire alchemy room has only a few fist-sized windows, and the surrounding walls are made of special stones.
Although it is not as good as the material used for the Duel Stage, it is still a high-quality stone and has no problem resisting attacks from the Nirvana Realm.
After carefully checking the room, Li Yuanrang Ling engraved a three-dimensional space-locking array in the bedroom for safety, and then he and Li Yunqing fell asleep peacefully.
………
late at night.
Yunliu Chamber of Commerce Xingcheng Headquarters.
A white-haired old woman wearing a purple moiré dress sat at the top of the hall. She gently picked up the teacup, took a sip, and slowly put the teacup down.
"Zhou Xuwen, it's so late and you have to meet me in person. What do you mean?"
The white-haired old woman looked at Zhou Xuwen standing in the middle of the empty hall with a hint of anger.
If Zhou Xuwen hadn't severely suppressed the Wanmeng Chamber of Commerce in Yanyan City, with his early cultivation in the Void Realm, he would never have met this old woman with the peak cultivation of the Yuan Dan Realm.
Zhou Xuwen wiped the sweat from his forehead, bowed and said, "President Yun, this is not an urgent matter. Even if I have the courage, I don't dare to disturb the president's rest."
"Is it urgent?" President Yun frowned slightly when he heard this and asked, "Did you get into any trouble?"
"No." After hearing this, Zhou Xuwen quickly shook his head, "President Yun, the young man who sold me the elixir in Yanyan City seven years ago came to Xingcheng.
"I'm staying in Guangxuan today, so I can meet him. I proposed to him my intention to cooperate with our Chamber of Commerce, and he didn't refuse. But I asked the person in charge of Xingcheng, the Chamber of Commerce, to talk to him."
"This is Xingcheng, not that little Yanyan City. Don't let that little kid fool you." President Yun sighed softly, then picked up the teacup and sipped it.
Hearing this, Zhou Xuwen was startled, and then said: "He said it was only a short-term cooperation, but it could defeat the Wanmeng Chamber of Commerce in the elixir market in Xingcheng."
Hearing this, President Yun spit out the tea he had not swallowed, coughed twice, and said hurriedly: "Did he say it himself?"
Zhou Xuwen nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "Yes. That's why I disturb you so late. Regardless of whether it is true or not, you will meet him tomorrow."
(End of chapter)
