On the second day, before dawn, I got up to practice at a good time. I performed the exercises for twelve weeks. A trace of cool air slowly condensed in the limbs and acupuncture points, and finally slowly gathered into a drop of nectar and fell into the Dantian.
Liangchen seemed to feel that his magic power had increased a little, but he was not happy at all.
Because he knew that this little magic power that he had worked so hard to cultivate would disappear completely without even realizing it!
He also once thought, "Since practice increases mana, then as long as we keep practicing, can we prevent mana from disappearing?"
So he practiced day and night for four days and three nights, and it did have some effects.
But when he fell into a deep sleep from exhaustion and woke up, all the magic power he had worked hard to cultivate over the past few days had disappeared!
This made him very discouraged!
But after years of exploration, he discovered a pattern,
If you don't practice, your mana will disappear faster. If you practice more frequently, your level will not increase, but your mana will disappear slightly.
So in the past few years, he has never given up on cultivation, and has gradually shortened his rest time deliberately, from three hours before to only two hours now.
Otherwise, he would probably have become like a mortal by now, without any magic power at all!
When I got up on a good day, the sky outside was slightly bright, and the peach trees, stone tables, and roof eaves were all shadowy, and they were all green and black.
He took out his light green long sword and began to practice the sword skills he had learned before in the small yard.
Because of his mana, many of the more advanced moves were useless and had no lethality, but he still managed to dance all the moves he knew.
After practicing several sets of sword skills, a ray of golden sunlight slowly shone on the eaves of the two-story building, and it was already bright.
The sound of footsteps coming down the street, the sound of store doors opening, greetings from neighbors, the barking of domestic dogs, the roars of pet animals, and the chirping of birds can gradually be heard.
The quiet streets slowly began to come alive.
"Creak-" With a sound, Ahu, who lives in the east end, pushed open the door and saw Liangchen who had just sheathed his sword. He smiled and said hello.
"You woke up so early. Did you not sleep well yesterday?"
"I slept okay, but I was looking forward to walking around today, so I got up early." Liangchen also answered with a smile.
"I was like you when I first came here. I couldn't sleep well. But after living for a long time, it's the same everywhere!" Ahu said as he walked to the front room, opened the store door, and started to arrange some items.
While they were chatting, the door to the second floor opened. Uncle Ye slowly went downstairs, looked at Liangchen in the center of the yard and asked:
"Are you still used to living with your nephew?"
"Uncle Ye, my living habits are fresh everywhere young people go. There's nothing I'm not used to." Liangchen replied after greeting him.
"Just get used to it! I'll tell you the general situation of the Demon Dragon Village first, and then take you out for a walk." Uncle Ye said with a smile.
Under the peach tree, they brewed a pot of spiritual tea. Uncle Ye and Ye Liangchen briefly talked about the situation in Magic Dragon City.
The Magic Dragon City is oval-shaped, with seven main streets, three horizontal and four vertical, dozens of other side streets, and thousands of shops, large and small.
There is a nine-story bluestone castle in the center of the city, which is where the city lord lives and is also the tallest building in Demon Dragon Village.
The master of Demon Dragon City is called Chou Cangqiong. His cultivation in the Nascent Soul stage is unfathomable and he has unfathomable magical powers. He is an all-rounder and is nicknamed Old Monster Cangqiong. It is said that he has huge power behind him.
He has a group of silver-armored troops under his command, responsible for the security of the city. Most of them are desperadoes and wanted criminals who have absconded here and were recruited by the old monster Cang Qiong for his own use.
Most of the shops in the central part are inextricably linked to the city owner. Most of the streets in the southeast of the city are shops owned by the Chamber of Commerce. The northeast is the sphere of influence of the Yunmeng Kingdom, the northwest is the sphere of influence of the Ling Sect, and the southwest is the sphere of the Jian Sect.
There are many tent areas around the city wall of the gate, inhabited by some exaggerated aliens with unique living habits.
In the southeast wall section, there is also an area for casual cultivators or rangers to set up stalls.
If you feel that the price given by the store for your goods is unfair, you can go directly to the guard here and give a few pieces of spiritual gold, and then set up a stall to bid for the goods yourself. Therefore, many shrewd businessmen often gather here to search for treasures.
After Uncle Ye finished explaining the general situation, he took Liangchen out of the store.
The Ye family's weapons shop is in the southwest, belonging to the Sword Sect area. Most of the surrounding areas are mainly weapons, and the weapons are divided into magic weapons, spiritual treasures, and mysterious treasures.
Magic weapons are the most commonly used weapons for immortal cultivators. They possess various powers through the infusion of mana. Due to different qualities, they are divided into three categories: high-grade, medium-grade, and low-grade.
Spiritual treasures are different. This kind of treasure has some unique spirituality, such as amplification, acceleration, space, transformation and other strange attributes. Because of its different power, it can be divided into high-grade, medium-grade and low-grade.
Generally, high-level immortal cultivators choose this type of weapon based on the characteristics of their own skills.
Xuanbao, regardless of grade, usually has the ability to communicate with nature and immortal cultivators. Because of its complex craftsmanship and rare materials, it is extremely rare in the world. Many weapon refining masters spend their entire lives unable to refine one.
Any weapon refiner who can produce mysterious treasures is called a master by the world. There are only a few dozen famous masters in this world, and only a few are still alive. All the mysterious treasures that have been refined have great power to create the world. Of course, these mysterious treasures are also in the hands of major forces.
Most of the weapons of the Ye family are magic weapons, and there are also a few low-grade spiritual treasures used as store treasures, but the main customers are mostly low-level immortal cultivators.
There are many weapon shops surrounding the Ye family's shop, with many masters of weapon refining and a complete range of magic weapons.
However, the Ye Family Weapon Shop has a good reputation among many low-level monks because of its cheap prices, so business has been pretty good.
Turn right when you go out, and you will see a street with people coming and going. On both sides there are most swords and weapons. There are also other armor stores and elixir material stores occasionally.
As we walked, the number of elixir and material stores gradually increased, and the types of weapons became more diverse.
"This is the area of the Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce has influence across all continents and is well-informed. They usually cooperate and form alliances to transport magic weapon materials from various places, and then purchase scarce materials from elsewhere and transport them out.
On the one hand, it provides convenience, but on the other hand, it also monopolizes the prices of most commonly used materials.
Because of this, some people get rare materials and buy and sell them themselves in the small square of the city wall, or directly sell them elsewhere. "Uncle Ye introduced as he walked.
....
"Look at that shop."
Liangchen looked in the direction of Uncle Ye's finger, and saw a six-story pavilion with magnificent carved beams and painted beams.
There are two sapphire lions on both sides of the door, and a couplet hangs on the pillar beside the door.
The words on the right are "Collect all things on earth", and the words on the left are "Sell the treasures of the world".
On the horizontal plaque on the top of the building, three big characters "Wanbao Pavilion" were scrawled in gold!
"What a loud tone!" Liangchen couldn't help but sigh.
"We have three major chambers of commerce in the Zhongzhou Continent, namely Wanbao Pavilion, Immortal Tower and Ludao Guild. Their influence is spread all over the place, and they even have branches in the Southern Wilderness. Wanbao Pavilion is one of the three major chambers of commerce.
Wanbao Pavilion enshrines many masters of weapon refining. According to legend, as long as you can prepare enough materials and pay the starting price, Xuanbao can be made for you! "
"Xuan Bao can also be made?! No way!" Liangchen exclaimed!
"This is also a slogan they brag to the outside world. Whether they can actually make it happen is unknown to outsiders."
"Besides, how can the materials for refining Xuan Bao be easily obtained?" Uncle Ye explained.
The two of them walked and talked, and soon they came to another small building shaped like an octagonal pagoda.
The building has seven floors. The first floor is higher, and each floor decreases as you go up. The door on the first floor has three silver seal characters "Immortal Building" written on it!
"This is the Immortal Building, one of the three major chambers of commerce in Zhongzhou that I told you. It is especially famous in the mainland for selling elixirs. All kinds of elixirs can be bought, but they are expensive and sometimes require the exchange of special items.
Most of the elders in the Chamber of Commerce are alchemy masters, and they basically have transactions with all major forces.
Another Ludao Association started on a small island in the west. The island is full of egrets and is known as Ludao. Most people on the island have been doing business for generations. Later, the business grew bigger and bigger, and the Ludao Chamber of Commerce was gradually formed.
The Chamber of Commerce sells everything. Although it is not as professional as the other two chambers of commerce in terms of refining weapons and alchemy, it is superior to the Immortal Tower and Wanbao Pavilion in collecting various precious materials and exercises. "Uncle Ye said slowly.
"The store of Ludao Club is right in front."
As he said this, he saw a three-story wooden building appearing at the corner. There was a bronze plate above the door with a small island embossed on it and several long-legged egrets standing there.
A large piece of animal skin at the door reads: "We collect and sell various medicinal materials, minerals, monster materials, and we also collect venomous scorpion tails and colorful spider teeth at high prices for a long time."
"Uncle Ye, why do you have to write down the names of two separate materials after you have already written about collecting various materials in the front?" Liangchen asked.
"In situations like this, usually someone is refining elixirs, magic weapons, or practicing certain exercises. If they need a few materials urgently, they entrust the chamber of commerce to collect them at a high price. If you have such materials in your hand, you can get them and sell them at a high price. It should be several percent higher than usual, or even several times higher!" Uncle Ye explained.
"That's it!" Liangchen suddenly realized.
"Turn right ahead and you will reach the small square of the city wall. Let's go to the small square to have a look."
Liangchen followed Uncle Ye around a corner, passed two more intersections, and came to a wider place.
Along the city wall, one piece after another of black animal skins was seen, forming a long snake that stretched for several miles. Next to the animal skins are the sellers, either sitting on the ground or standing against the wall.
Some of the pieces of animal skin were surrounded by a group of people bargaining, while others were ignored.
"The stalls here are all items for which the price has not been negotiated in the store, or the store does not accept them. They pay a few pieces of spiritual gold at the guard office in exchange for a numbered animal skin, and they can put it here for a day." Ye Uncle said as he walked.
Ye Liangchen stared at the animal skins as he walked. Some put three or two items, some put a bunch of things, and some just put one thing.
Most of the items placed on the hides are strange and bizarre items.
Some were a few unknown medicinal herbs, some were incomplete bronze medals, and some were a few strange-shaped animal bones, as well as magic weapons, elixirs, books, and even a human-faced monkey and several animals squatting on an animal skin. Spotted spider!
Basically, they are all strange things that I have never heard of or seen before!
So many rare things made him stop and go.
Sometimes I stopped to watch, sometimes I squatted down to ask a few questions. It took more than an hour to reach the end!
"Uncle Ye, this is really an eye-opener. I used to only know how to practice, but now I know that the world is full of wonders!" Liangchen sighed.
"My nephew, I'm taking you on this trip. On the one hand, I want you to familiarize yourself with the environment. On the other hand, I want to broaden your horizons. I hope you don't lose confidence. You must know that in this world, there is not only one way to achieve greatness through cultivation, or refining weapons. Refining elixirs and taming animals, even if you do business to the extreme, you can dominate a party and achieve great success." Uncle Ye said slowly, and Liangchen was greatly moved by the sincerity of his words.
"Nephew, I understand. Thank you Uncle Ye for your advice." Liangchen responded gratefully.
Next, the two of them visited some other places until the sun set in the west and the colorful clouds filled the sky before heading back.
