Then, Lu Chan released the five Zouwu horses that had been included in the beast-controlling ring before, and everyone got on their horses and ran forward.
There are herds of wild horses, spiritual sheep, spiritual deer, and wolves, insects, tigers and leopards on the grassland, but there are no powerful monsters.
When the sun set, they saw large tracts of farmland, where spiritual grains and wheat were grown. Village after village, smoke from cooking, birds, and the sounds of chickens and dogs could be heard.
Continuing to urge the horse on the road, after another twenty or thirty miles, mountains appeared in front of them. In the embrace of the two mountains, there was a tall city.
When I came closer, I looked up and saw three big characters above the city gate: "Golden Sheep City".
There were warriors guarding the city at the city gate, wearing armor and holding swords, watching the intruders with eager eyes.
"The entrance fee is 100 jade coins per person."
Lu Chan paid 500 jade coins before he could enter the city.
After entering the city, walking on the long street, he found that there were many shops on both sides of the street. The shops looked clean and tidy, the people coming and going were very orderly, the colors of the clothes were richer, and the materials were improved.
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Lu Chan saw the brocade robe made of silk and satin and the well-made crown, and felt as if he had entered a feudal society with relatively abundant materials from a slave society of extreme poverty and backwardness.
He thought to himself: "Could it be that by climbing over a few mountains and crossing a few rivers, I would enter the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties from the legendary late prehistoric period?"
The word "feudal" existed in ancient China, which means "conferring the land and establishing princes". Liu Zongyuan of the Tang Dynasty wrote "On Feudalism", which identified the four dynasties of Xia, Shang, Zhou and Han as "feudal".
They found a hotel to stay in, and then split up to find out the news.
Soon after, several people returned to the hotel one after another, bringing back a lot of useful information.
Lu Chan's previous guess was correct. This was equivalent to the early days of feudal society. The entire Marquis Land was hundreds of thousands of miles in radius and divided into sixty or seventy kingdoms. The kings were all Witch Kings or Martial Kings, and each kingdom had several "Marquises". ", each "Marquis" occupies a city, and these "Marquises" are all enfeoffed by the king.
The lord of the Golden Sheep City in front of him is the "Golden Sheep Marquis" who belongs to the "Broom Kingdom". He is said to be a second-level Martial King. When one reaches the level of King Wu, his skill is relatively fixed. It takes an average of five thousand years to advance to the first level.
Golden Yang City is the only medium-sized city within a thousand miles and one of the eighteen larger cities in the "Broom Kingdom".
Legend has it that tens of thousands of years ago, when King Shuyi was on the throne, this place was still a vast grassland and desolate, and people worked hard all day long to find food and clothing. One day, the sky was filled with fairy music. A wizard king, dressed in colorful clothes and riding a sheep with ears of grain in its mouth, flew to this place, left the ears of grain, and recited a spell, wishing that there would be abundant grains here every year and there would never be famine. , and then flew away, and later there was the "Golden Sheep City".
The two mountains behind Jinyang City look like two spiritual sheep from a distance. There is a river between the two mountains called "Jinshui River". The Jinshui River is rich in gold sand, so many people are fishing for gold here.
The main sources of livelihood for the people living in Jinyang City and nearby villages are farming, hunting and gold mining.
There are many Heavenly Witches, Heavenly Martial Masters, and even junior Martial Kings who traveled thousands of miles to come here and settled in Golden Sheep City in order to get a golden sword. They were unwilling to put down their bodies and go to the river to pan for gold themselves, so they asked their men to constantly search for it in the city. Because it is difficult to extract pure gold, they can only get rough alluvial gold, and then ask people to refine it repeatedly. Therefore, there are many fire-cultivating alchemy wizards in Jinyang City.
The alluvial gold dug out of the river originated from the mines. As the gold ore was exposed above the ground, after a long period of wind and rain, the rocks were weathered and cracked. The gold broke out of the veins and flowed down the river with the sand, and naturally settled in the gravel and sand at the bottom of the river. Or a gold-bearing layer is deposited under the sand and gravel, thus forming alluvial gold.
Alluvial gold particles vary in size, ranging from large ones like broad beans to small ones like fine sand, with different shapes. The color varies depending on the fineness. More than 90% is reddish yellow, 80% is pale yellow, and 70% is greenish yellow.
The next morning, Lu Chan walked around the street and found that red-yellow gold with a gold content of 90% was rarely found in shops, but greenish-yellow gold with a gold content of 70% was quite common.
Qingmei went to visit those fire alchemy wizards. It is said that it is very difficult to use fire to make gold. Many alchemy wizards have worked hard for ten years to get a pure gold sword. Therefore, once they have a good gold weapon, they often sell it. Offer extremely high prices.
Si Ping inquired about a piece of news, saying that there was an auction hall in Jinyang City, which was hosted by the son of Jinyang Hou. It specialized in auctioning gold objects and rare elixirs. Some people exchanged a golden sword for 5 drops of mountain essence; A golden dagger was exchanged for "Martial King Pill"; just two years ago, someone exchanged a golden dagger for a drop of Star Tears!
Lu Chan felt a little surprised when he heard this: "Eh? How come there are tears of stars? Didn't you say that you have to go to the stars in the sky to collect tears of stars?"
Si Ping said: "I heard that someone chased a meteor at night, found a meteorite where it fell, and cracked it open to get the Tears of the Stars."
Lu Chan became energetic: "Is there such a thing?"
Si Ping smiled and said: "Yes, Witch Master. I specifically asked the Heavenly Witch from the auction house for advice. He said that a huge star has been flying in the sky for tens of millions of years. After being burned by flames, it is finally condensed into a few drops of tears of stars. , in order to find the Tears of the Stars, two conditions must be met. One is that the meteorite that fell to the ground is large enough, and the other is that the meteorite must be found as soon as possible. If it takes more than half a stick of incense, the Tears of the Stars will escape from the meteorite. It disappeared underground."
Lu Chan was overjoyed: "This news is very valuable."
Si Ping added: "The Heavenly Witch also said that a drop of star tears entering the ground can evolve into a medium-sized spiritual vein, and falling into the lake can turn the lake water into spiritual fluid; the peak cultivator of the Heavenly Witch can swallow a few drops of stars If you swallow the tears of the stars, you can hope to advance to the witch king; if the heavenly martial artist swallows the tears of the stars, you can advance to the king of martial arts; if the demon cultivator swallows the tears of the stars, you may become the demon king. However, swallowing the tears of the stars also comes with it. Due to the risks, many people had insufficient skills and reluctantly swallowed it. As a result, they failed to open the 'Huanzhi Profound Passage', failed to advance, and unfortunately died; there were also people who failed to survive the catastrophe despite having opened the 'Huanzhi'."
Lu Chan nodded: "Very good! Thank you for your hard work." He took out some jade coins and pills and gave them to Si Ping.
Siping walked out happily and continued to inquire about information on the street, buying some nice satin clothes along the way.
In the afternoon, Yingchu came back and reported: "Master Witch, I heard that there are two to three hundred Heavenly Witches and Heavenly Martial Masters in this Golden Sheep City, and there are even two junior Martial Kings living in seclusion in the city."
Lu Chan asked: "Besides high-level monks, how many spirit wizards and spirit warriors are there? How many innate warriors are there? Are there ordinary people?"
Ying Chu replied: "I heard that there are more than 200,000 people living near Jinyang City. Because of their rich spiritual energy, they have been exposed to martial arts to some extent. Those young people who are panning for gold in the river have martial arts of six or seven. There are about 15,000 innate monks and about 3,000 spirit wizards and spirit warriors."
Lu Chan said: "You accompany Qingmei to find a suitable courtyard. I plan to stay here and wait for a while before leaving."
He believes that life is like a chess game. Every time you go to a new place, you need to lay down a foundation. With a foundation, it is easier to play chess. You can't take too big steps. If you take too big steps, you will lose your eggs.
