Shen Hao was filled with doubts and finally got a response from Nie Yun by making some insinuations.
Guishan Monastery holds two medium-sized spiritual stone veins, one pan-spiritual mineral vein, and the management rights of the largest Monk City within hundreds of miles.
The so-called market is actually a market for cultivators. Different from auctions, there are more stalls for casual cultivators. The items sold in the market are also various and varied, and the prices are much lower than at auctions. Of course, there are also some people who fish in troubled waters and take advantage of the clutter here to sell fake goods. It depends on personal discernment to distinguish.
During this period, Nie Yun took Shen Hao to visit the market under the gate of Guishan Monastery. To be honest, the liveliness of the market was far beyond Shen Hao's expectations, and it was not inferior to the East Market in Fengli City. It was even the first time for Shen Hao to see so many monks appearing in groups in one place, tens of thousands of them.
According to Nie Yun, the reason why the market at Guishan Monastery is so lively and attracts so many people is because there are very few markets like this in Jingxi.
Not everyone is qualified to open a market. If you don't have the strength to suppress each vendor, you will have to be disturbed. Moreover, setting up a market everywhere is not allowed by the Jingjiu Dynasty, so only first-class sects and people can open a market. Super sect.
There are no super sects in Jingxi, so the largest markets are those of Guishan Monastery and Tianchan Sect. In other words, these two markets will gather most of the monks in Jingxi, including scattered monks. Xiu, as well as some disciples who are not in the first-rate or second- or third-rate sects.
This is a huge amount of income that is not inferior to that of Lingshi mines. For every transaction, Fangshi needs to pay a certain percentage of guarantee fees, and Fangshi needs to ensure the safety of both parties to the transaction.
And unlike the Lingshi mines, the profits from Fangshi do not need to be turned over to the Jingjiu Dynasty, and are exclusive to the sect. It can also be regarded as a unique business of the first-class sect.
Knowing this also made Shen Hao understand better why Guishan Monastery does not want to see the second-rate sects behind the Wang family. How much profit can it expropriate from the Fang City alone?
But regardless of the market or the spirit stone veins, these resources are obtained openly. Is it true that Guishan Monastery is not reaping the benefits behind the scenes?
"Of course there are. But it's not in the territory of Jingjiu Dynasty, but in the city of Wushuang." Nie Yun replied.
Death city in vain? ! Shen Hao was very surprised when he heard this answer.
As a result, Nie Yun continued: "Guishan Monastery has a store in Fusei City, and there is also business there. Of course, doing business in Fusei City is not the main thing. The main thing is to explore the underground palace below. And the harvest you can get from one exploration is It is comparable to the revenue of Fangshi. If you are lucky enough to get some kind of powerful spell or magic weapon, it can't be measured by resources alone, it is a gain that can improve your foundation."
Or the underground palace in the dead city?
Shen Hao had known before that the underground palace in Wusi City would open some quotas to the Jingjiu Dynasty and various sects within the Jingjiu Dynasty. The number of quotas was also determined based on the sect's rank. The higher the sect's rank, the higher the quota. The more exploration slots you have, and vice versa.
Now that he heard Nie Yun compare the income from exploring the underground palace of Fusi City to the revenue of Zongmenfang City, he had an intuitive understanding.
"What are the great benefits of exploring the underground palace?!"
"Of course. You have also explored the Sword Emperor Tomb. How many benefits have you gained from it? And even the outer periphery of the underground palace in the City of Death is not much worse than the Sword Emperor Tomb. It's just that after so many years of exploration, places with less danger have basically become There are no benefits to be found above, and the remaining benefits are in more dangerous depths. This also makes the threshold for entering the underground palace higher and higher.
I remember that twenty years ago, third-rate sects would gather people to hang out in the underground palace. But now they are almost invisible. The risk is too high for their strength. It is better to sell their spots in exchange for direct benefits.
Therefore, those who can truly benefit from the underground palace of the City of Wasted Death must at least have the strength of a second-rate sect, and only first-rate sects can explore the main areas of the underground palace of the City of Wasted Death and have the opportunity. "
Nie Yun's words once again supported Shen Hao's guess. He was even more sure that Guishan Monastery wanted to use Xuanqing Guard's help to deal with the second-rate sects behind the Wang family this time, especially those sects that were about to climb onto the threshold of first-rate sects. .
After Shen Hao found out the purpose of Guishan Monastery, he no longer had any worries. Before, he had been worried that Guishan Monastery would take malicious advantage of him by disturbing the Wang family, or that there would be some trap waiting for him. But now it seems that he is just going along with the flow, so this is not a big problem.
But Shen Hao also heard something unexpected from Nie Yun's words, so he asked curiously: "Can the quota to enter the underground palace of the City of Wasted Death be bought and sold?"
Nie Yun smiled and said: "Of course you can, you just need to hang the name of a guest minister in a qualified third-rate sect. But the price is very high, generally four to five hundred high-grade spiritual stones per quota. This price is not Most monks can afford it."
Hearing this, Shen Hao groaned. He never expected that a place to enter the underground palace of Fushou City would be so expensive. Four to five hundred high-grade spiritual stones? This is probably enough for a monk to use from scratch to the Xuanhai realm, right? How many high-grade magic weapons can I buy as currency? Even heaven-level techniques probably can’t command this price, right?
"Do you want to go to the underground palace of the City of Death?" Nie Yun knew that Shen Hao was interested in the underground palace of the City of Death when the two were chatting. Now that Shen Hao specifically asked about quota trading, he laughed and teased Shen Hao. After all, in Nie It seemed to Yun that Shen Hao was not qualified enough to enter the underground palace of the City of Wasted Death, both in terms of cultivation and magic skills.
Shen Hao nodded and said, "I'm definitely curious, but I didn't expect a place to be so expensive. I thought if it wasn't expensive, I'd save some money to buy a place so I could go and experience it."
"It's still too early. Even if you're on the periphery, with my level of cultivation, I can't say that I can completely protect myself. If you go in, you'll have a narrow escape from death. Don't aim too high. When you step into the back realm of the Yuandan Realm or reach perfection, you'll be in vain for the underground palace of the Death City. That's what you should consider.
In addition, the high price of four to five hundred high-grade spiritual stones makes you crazy to buy. In the future, if you are strong enough, you can apply to the sect. Don't forget your current status as a registered disciple. And even if you don't go through the sect, you should still be able to go through the Jingjiu Dynasty. "
Take the sect's quota? Shen Hao naturally thought of this, but he didn't think he could get it. After all, his status as a "named disciple" was not that solid.
"Senior Brother Nie, can I still take the path of the Guochao? How? Isn't the quota for the Guochao controlled by Fenghong Villa?"
"Fenghong Villa and you Xuanqing Guards are not so clearly distinguished. When I followed Master to explore the City of Death, I met two Xuanqing Guards commanders on the periphery. How to operate it is up to you. Go find out for yourself."
