This Crane Tower is not actually a majestic and tall building. On the contrary, this building is not big, small and exquisite, with only two floors. The Crane Tower is named after a pair of jade-carved cranes in front of the building. One cranes its neck and screams toward the sky, while the other leans next to it and lowers its head to look for food. The carvings are lifelike and lifelike. Speaking of which, this Crane Tower is actually a teahouse. Upstairs, you can spend some spiritual stones and enjoy the lake view while tasting the spiritual tea in the cup. However, most Qi refining disciples don’t have many spiritual stones in their bags, so not many people are so luxurious. .
I don’t know when, but on the sixth day of every month, the Qi Refining disciples in the sect would gather at the Crane Tower to display the various treasures they found while out in search of buyers.
This Crane Tower is located in a corner of the lake, surrounded by empty space. It is usually considered a quiet place, but at this time it will become bustling, crowded and noisy.
The five people left Mu Xiufeng and headed towards Helou. On the way, Lu Pingchuan remembered that he had lost to Qian Chao in terms of speed, so he wanted to continue competing with Qian Chao. This reminds Tang Ping that she saw Qian Chao's spiritual sword flying at an amazing speed a few days ago, so she clamored to try it herself. Qian Chao had no choice but to give it to her. After Tang Ping could control the spiritual sword smoothly, she It became a competition between Tang Ping and Lu Pingchuan, with the other three slowly chasing after them.
"Wow, there are so many people!"
Yanxuan, who saw the excitement here for the first time, sighed after falling down.
Li Jian was used to being quiet in his bamboo forest these past few months. He didn't expect to see so many people when he arrived at the Crane Tower, and he couldn't help but be startled.
Lu Pingchuan liked the excitement the most. When he saw that there were more people in Helou, whether they were doing business or hanging out, than at the market in the county before, he couldn't help but become happy. He said hello and hurried inside. .
Tang Ping had been here before, so she was not surprised. She held Yanxuan's arm and walked inside while chatting.
Qian Chao didn't care. There were several small markets in Jiuxuan that were only slightly inferior in size to Helou. However, most of the small markets in Jiuxuan mainly focused on refining weapons and materials. He from Helou counted It was my first time here, so I followed a few friends and walked inside while looking around.
Speaking of which, people from all sects hang out in Helou, but most of the people selling things here are from two sects. The first is Jiuxuan, the second is Qixiashan, and the other three sects are also here. There are not many people selling things here.
The sellers sit next to each other, placing their goodies on both sides of the road. The more elaborate ones use a few poles to set up a shelf, and then cover it with silk or blankets to make a simple shed. A wooden case is placed above the mouth, and the person sits behind the wooden case. There are various items in the shed and on the wooden case waiting for the person to choose.
The more casual way is to find a felt and spread it on the ground. People sit on the felt and several items for sale are placed around them. If someone comes to ask, they can chat or negotiate prices with them there.
Qian Chao really met a lot of acquaintances along the way. Many of the people selling things on the roadside were acquaintances in the Chengqi Hall, and they kept saying hello to each other.
"Hey, Mr. Qian, I think the spirit swords sold by your senior brothers are much more beautiful than the one you gave me." Tang Ping looked at it carefully and asked Qian Chao quietly.
Qian Chao turned around and looked at her, then whispered to her: "If you are brave, go there and try the sword I gave you. I can guarantee that you can cut off any sword that the senior brother puts out. But if someone asks you to pay for the spiritual stones, don’t get involved with me, I don’t have many spiritual stones.”
Tang Ping didn't believe it and muttered "Really or not?" She turned around and looked again, but Yanxuan got the wrong idea and took her back, saying angrily: "You really want to go? Isn’t that destroying other people’s business?”
The disciples of Qixia Mountain naturally sell elixirs here, and the stalls selling elixirs are also unique. There is either a small shed with a gourd hanging on it, or a thin pole with a gourd hanging on it. In short, if you see a gourd, it is basically a shop selling elixirs.
Although Yanxuan lives in Qixia Mountain, she is not a sociable person. Among the people she knows, except for a few people who went to Qixia Mountain together, they are a few senior brothers and sisters like Senior Sister Min. Therefore, Yanxuan doesn't know many people who sell elixirs here in Qixia Mountain.
"Yuanyuan Pill!" When Tang Ping passed by the bunk of a Qixia Mountain disciple, he suddenly saw a small jade bottle with a note with the words "Yuanyuan Pill" attached to it.
"How do you sell this Yangyuan Pill?" Tang Ping asked.
The stall owner was a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old. He glanced at Tang Ping and said, "One piece of spiritual stone."
Yanxuan was not familiar with the price of this Yuan Yang Pill, so she looked at the young man first, then quietly pulled Tang Ping's sleeves secretly.
Tang Ping naturally understood, so she said "Oh" and continued walking forward. After walking for a short distance, Tang Ping asked Yanxuan: "Sister Yan, what's wrong? Is the elixir sold by that person bad?"
"It's not bad, it's just that I can't be sure. That senior brother, like me, only carries a spiritual herb with him, not even a Baicao knot. If the elixir was refined by him, the quality is not guaranteed. If so. If another senior brother entrusts him to sell the medicine, the name of the senior brother who made it should be written on the medicine bottle. This is a rule."
"Oh" Tang Ping nodded after hearing this. Not to mention Tang Ping, Qian Chao and others also gained some knowledge.
It was strange and weird here, selling everything. Later they saw someone selling bird eggs. The seller claimed to be selling the eggs of some kind of spiritual bird that he had found outside.
Tang Ping was really interested in this thing. There were four bird eggs in total, each placed on a brocade in an exquisite wooden box. Tang Ping came closer to take a closer look, but Qian Chao winked at Yanxuan. Yanxuan understood and took Tang Ping's arm and said he wanted to continue shopping and left there.
"What's wrong?" Tang Ping asked Qian Chao after asking about Yanxuan.
"Three dead eggs. Although the last one is alive, it is definitely not the egg of a spiritual bird."
"How did you know?"
Qian Chao pointed two fingers at his eyes and whispered, "Have you forgotten? Little Lotus Lake."
Tang Ping suddenly remembered that this was not the place to talk, so she stopped asking and the few of them continued shopping.
There are also ore sellers. There are a bunch of ores of different sizes piled up in one place. The seller is tall and tall, not like Jiuxuan. The price he sells is also interesting. The bigger the ore, the higher the price, and the smaller one. Cheap. Lu Pingchuan recognized the ore seller and even greeted him and chatted for a while. It seemed that the seller was a disciple of Houtu Temple.
"Brother Lu, do you know that senior brother?" Qian Chao asked.
"Yes, that's Senior Brother Lie, a disciple of Senior Jiao from Houtu Temple."
"How's your relationship with him?"
"Senior Brother Lie is a nice person, um, a very kind person."
"Oh, Brother Lu, if you want to have a good relationship with him, you might as well tell him that he will lose money if he sells his stuff like that."
"Oh?" Lu Pingchuan was about to say it, but then he realized that he didn't know anything about the ore, so he grabbed Qian Chao's wrist and went back to the place where the ore was sold.
"Senior Brother Lie, this is my brother, his surname is Qian, and he is a weapon refiner from Jiu Xuan Xue." After saying this, Lu Pingchuan was afraid that Senior Brother Lie would not believe it, so he grabbed the Jade Pendant of Master Qian Chao and showed it to Senior Brother Na Lie, pointing to the small piece on it. Green Brand said to him, "Look, from Chengqitang, my brother said you would lose money if you sold the ore like this. Hey, I don't understand either. Let him tell you."
Since he was pulled over by Lu Pingchuan, Qian Chao had no choice but to salute and greet him.
"Oh? Brother Qian, why did I lose money selling this ore?"
"Well, some are sold cheaply, and some are sold expensively, um... I can." Qian Chao pointed at the pair of ores.
Brother Na Lie understood that Qian Chao was going to take advantage of him, so he waved his hand and said "please".
Qian Chao had already examined the ores piece by piece with his Object Control Technique when he passed by. He already knew the quality of these ores clearly.
"This piece," Qian Chao pointed to the largest piece, "is useless, there is nothing in it. You can throw it away."
"These three pieces," Qian Chao pointed to the three larger ones, "there are few things in them. The three pieces added together are probably one spiritual stone at most."
"These pieces," Qian Chao said, gathering several pieces of ore together using the Object Control Technique, "Each piece should not be less than one spiritual stone at least."
"These pieces," Qian Chao piled a few more spirit stones together, "one spirit stone for every two pieces is enough."
"Well, this piece is of the best quality." Qian Chao alone held a piece of ore the size of a human head in his hand and handed it to Senior Brother Na Lie, "If I sell it, this piece of ore must not be less than four spiritual stones. In fact, Senior Brother Lie, alone Even if you get this piece of ore from the inner hall of our Chengqi Hall and find the foundation-building brothers, they will definitely not offer less than four spiritual stones, and they will definitely be able to sell it."
After saying this, Qian Chao added: "The price I gave is the price of the ore collected by Chengqitang. It is not high. Brother Lie can make adjustments by himself so as not to suffer a loss."
"Oh, it turns out these stones have so much knowledge. Hehe, I knew they were ores, but I didn't know they were worth so much. Thanks, Brother Qian, I'll give this to you."
Brother Na Lie is a generous person. When he saw Qian Chao helping him, he picked up a piece of ore from the pile of ore that Qian Chao had priced at one spiritual stone and gave it to Qian Chao.
"How's that? I'm just doing a favor." Qian Chao quickly refused.
"Hey, Brother Qian, since Brother Lie gave it to you, he must be sincere, so you can accept it." Lu Pingchuan said, and took the piece of ore for Qian Chao. In fact, according to Lu Pingchuan's thoughts, He wanted to grab the piece of ore that Qian Chao just said was worth at least four spiritual stones.
Senior Brother Na Lie is also very happy. This pile of stones will not be sold for many days. Now someone has pointed out that even if he does not sell it now, he will go to Chengqi Hall tomorrow and only that piece of ore can be exchanged for four spiritual stones. It will not be a loss.
"How do you know the color of those ores?" Tang Ping asked curiously after walking away.
"Object Controlling Technique, when Brother Lu was talking to Senior Brother Na Lie, I used the Object Controlling Technique to test the ores piece by piece."
"But," Tang Ping didn't believe it, "you were at least two feet away from the ore at that time."
"Well, I can do it even further away. In addition to lifting objects, refining and controlling spiritual weapons, the art of controlling objects can also be used as eyes."
It was better for others to hear Qian Chao's words, but Yan Xuan was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and immediately grasped something. The art of controlling objects can be used as eyes, so wouldn't he be a little more confident when refining elixirs? After finishing shopping in a while, I want to ask Brother Qian for advice again.
There are also sellers of leather tendons and horns of various monster beasts in the back, which can be used to refine weapons and be used as medicine. Qian Chao noticed that most of the leather had been processed and could be used directly to make armor. However, he carried a lot of leather given by Lu Pingchuan, so he just looked at those.
I also saw people selling various spiritual herbs. These spiritual herbs were brought back from outside by the disciples of the sect when they went out. They were of different years. In fact, it's not just Qixia Mountain. Disciples from all sects will learn how to pick spiritual herbs as long as they can reach the third level of Qi Refining. In this way, even if they don't know how to make elixirs after picking them, they can still sell them here.
There is also a small amount of silk woven from spiritual silk. These are also materials for refining weapons. Although robes cut from this kind of silk cannot withstand the power of flying swords, they are invulnerable to water and fire. They are also very popular. However, This is an expensive thing, and several people could only be stunned when they looked at the price.
But at the end, they found that the place with the most crowds was selling beautiful dresses. Qian Chao had seen them, and they were made of ordinary silk. However, they had a wide variety of styles and bright colors, although they could not provide any defense. It is used for different purposes, but it is very popular among young female monks. Many female monks gathered around it, chatting and laughing while choosing.
There are also sellers of all kinds of jewelry, and the materials are all ordinary gold and silver jewelry, but whether it is headwear or rings and bracelets, they are all exquisitely crafted and novel in style, making people unable to put them down.
When Tang Ping and Yan Xuan saw them, their eyes widened. They looked at those beautiful dresses and jewelry and couldn't bear to move away.
"It's really hard for these senior brothers and sisters. They can come up with any idea in order to earn spiritual stones." Qian Chao sighed. His hairpins were not sold here in the end, but he paid great attention to the styles of the jewelry. , read them one by one.
"Oh, how do you say that?" Li Jian didn't understand what Qian Chao meant. He didn't know that those dresses were just ordinary clothes, but they were better in style and color.
"Brother Li, those skirts are made of ordinary clothing materials, and the jewelry is also made of gold and silver. These items are found in clothing shops and jewelry stores in the world. Those senior brothers and sisters bought them and exchanged them for spiritual stones here. Yes. Not a good deal?"
"It's actually like this!" Li Jian was a little surprised when he heard that. He thought those were spiritual weapons before.
"How's it going? Does it look good or not?"
As soon as Qian Chao finished speaking, Tang Ping and Yan Xuan, each wearing a new dress and a few accessories on their hair, were standing happily in front of Qian Chao, Li Jian and Lu Pingchuan.
"It looks good, it looks good!" Lu Pingchuan said loudly.
After listening to Qian Chao's words, Li Jian realized that those selling clothes and jewelry relied on the love of beauty of these female cultivators to earn spiritual stones. When Tang Ping asked, she also smiled and nodded.
"How many spirit stones?" Qian Chao asked.
"You can't praise me!" Tang Ping glared at Qian Chao, "It's not expensive. Sister Yan and I together can't even get a piece of spiritual stone."
"Well, that's quite a lot." Qian Chao said as he looked at the female nuns who were gathered on several floors picking up skirts. There were several curtains behind the one selling skirts and jewelry. In addition to being airtight, there were also mirrors and dressing rooms inside. The station is specially designed for female cultivators to buy dresses to change into, which is really thoughtful!
The five of them spent an afternoon shopping around the Crane Tower, and later they met a vendor selling various snacks. Tang Ping had a lot of spirit stones, so she treated them to guests. She ate a lot of delicious food with just one spirit stone. It was sour. There are all kinds of sweet things.
"Yeah!" Tang Ping was full of praise after tasting a small spoonful of the soft, glutinous and sweet soup in the bowl. "It's very similar to the one I had when I was a kid. It's delicious."
"It's really hard for these senior brothers. What do you think? These things can be exchanged for spiritual stones!" Qian Chao sighed while looking at the sweet syrup in his bowl.
"So only Qi Refining disciples come here." Tang Ping took another spoonful. "Those foundation-building brothers have long disdained to come here. If they have a greedy mind and are greedy, they can just go there themselves." He went there, pretended to be a mortal, had a big meal, left a pile of gold and silver, and then disappeared, making people exclaim that he was a god. Not only did he leave a good story behind, but the shop also became a famous store! How can it be like that? We, who originally had a few copper coins but had to spend spiritual stones to eat it, are really being exploited."
Li Jian couldn't help but smile when Tang Ping said something interesting.
After hearing this, Yanxuan thought for a while and then smiled and said: "In Caixiang City, where I live, there is really a big restaurant called Yuxian Tower. It is very famous. According to what you said, I don't know which senior brother is greedy and goes to eat there. Did you get your name after a meal?"
"Well, it's very possible!" Tang Ping nodded seriously after hearing this.
After hearing this, Lu Pingchuan suddenly thought of something fun and said, "This is a good idea. In the future we will also play gods."
After the five people finished eating, they wandered around for a while. Yanxuan had something on his mind. When there were few people around, he wanted to ask Qian Chao about the art of controlling objects. The few of them found a secluded place by the lake, and Qian Chao began to take a closer look. He told Yanxuan how he practiced the art of controlling objects. Not only Yanxuan, but the other three people also gained something from the art of controlling objects.
It was evening in a blink of an eye, and each of the five people had to go back to their respective schools. Tang Ping looked at the boats on the lake and regretted a little, and said: "Next time we come to play, let's get a boat. How about we go rowing too?" "
Lu Pingchuan immediately agreed after hearing this, and said that he would find a few fishing rods and nets, catch fish in the lake and cook it on the boat.
Qian Chao said: "I always feel that next time we get together, we will probably take a step forward in cultivation."
"Okay, Mr. Qian, let me lend you some good words. I'll see if your words are true next time."
