Jing Wen sang: "Come and go, the fields will be barren, and the wild animals will not return. I regard my heart as a servant, and I am sad and melancholy. I understand that there is no admonishment for the past, and I know that those who are coming can be pursued. In fact, the lost path is not far away. Today is what it is today, but yesterday was not. The boat is swaying lightly, and the wind is blowing and the clothes are blowing. I asked Zheng husband about the way forward, and I hated the faint dawn."
"I looked at the house, and ran away with joy. The servants welcomed me, and the young children waited for the door. The three paths were deserted, and the pines and chrysanthemums were still there. When I brought my children into the house, there was a bottle full of wine."
"Introduce the cup to drink by yourself, look at the court to enjoy your face. Lean against the south to show your pride, and look at your appearance and make your knees rest easily. The garden is wading in the sun to make it interesting. Although the door is set up, it is always closed. We help the elderly to rest and straighten their heads at times. And travel and watch. The clouds have no intention to come out of Xiu, and the birds know when they are tired of flying. The scenery is about to enter, caressing the solitary pine and lingering."
"Come back and come back, please leave me with me for a long time. I have left you behind in the world, and I will come back to say something. How can I ask for it? Love words from relatives, music and music to calm down worries. Farmers say to me that spring will come, and there will be something going on in the west. .”
"It may be a chariot or a solitary boat. Sometimes it is a graceful journey to find ravines, but it is also rugged as it passes through hills. The trees are flourishing and flourishing, and the springs are trickling and beginning to flow. When I find good things in all things, I feel that my journey in life is over. It's over. , How long will it take to stay in Xingyu, and I will not leave or stay regardless of my heart."
"Why don't you forget what you want? Wealth and honor are not my wish, and the emperor can't expect it. If you have good times, go alone, or plant a staff and work hard. Climb to Donggao to soothe your whistle, and write poems near the clear stream. Talk about Chenghua. To return to the end, Lefu's destiny will return to ridicule doubt."
At the end of the song, Jingwen took her curtain call, and the audience was excited.
A fat young man cried loudly: "This encore is given to me, and I will reward you with a thousand taels of silver!"
But some people say that this song is dedicated to him.
Zhao Chuan called Xiao Si in, put a thousand taels of silver notes into the plate, and said, "Anonymous!"
Others also received some silver rewards.
Tian Xiancheng also placed a thousand taels of silver notes and said: "These two private rooms are not registered, private reward!"
The silver reward must be shared with the boss. Tian Xiancheng said that the private reward would be given directly to Jingwen, and the boss would not take a commission.
Then, everyone followed Tian Xiancheng to sit in the living room for a while.
Tian Xiancheng was very sorry that Jingwen terminated the contract and left.
Others didn't know what was going on, so Tian Xiancheng began to briefly describe Jing Wen's wishes.
Zhao Chuan had no intention of paying attention to this, he just said hello to everyone and left.
Tian Xiancheng hurriedly stood up and sent it away, and whispered: "Brother Zhao Xian, please take a step to speak."
Zhao Chuan and Tian Xiancheng came to a small living room. Tian Xiancheng said in a low voice: "Brother Xian, don't you want to meet Miss Jingwen?"
"Why should I see her?" Zhao Chuan shrugged his shoulders with an indifferent attitude.
"Don't you think...Miss Jingwen's change has something to do with you?" Tian Xiancheng looked into Zhao Chuan's eyes and said.
"Tch, I only listened to the performance twice and didn't exchange even a few words. How could it have anything to do with me?" Zhao Chuan rolled his eyes at him and tilted his head to one side, as if he didn't want to touch me.
"I feel it should be right..." Tian Xiancheng smiled.
Zhao Chuan sighed and said, "Whether you feel right or wrong, Brother Tian, let me tell you that I almost died in an assassination a month ago. The killer came from the capital. Someone paid me to kill me. It was a death contract but it is irrevocable. This time If we don't succeed, another killer will come again. Why should I cause trouble again if my life is not guaranteed?"
"That's it... then why not make it clear when we meet?" Tian Xiancheng thought.
"This is my own business, what does it have to do with others? It's better not to bother others!" Zhao Chuan snorted and raised his feet to go out.
Tian Xiancheng had no choice but to let Zhao Chuan go.
Zhao Chuan returned to Zhao Mansion.
Ice comes in the evening.
It turned out that Han Bing had seen that Zhao Chuan was unable to deliver the elixirs in time in recent months, and he was worried, so he came to take a look.
This time she brought another batch of sixth-grade elixir materials and asked if they could be made quickly.
Zhao Chuan thought for a while and finally decided to let Han Bing wait for a few days to get the pills out before going.
Since Zhao Chuan processed the elixirs, he also accumulated dozens of fifth- and sixth-level elixirs with excess materials.
Most of the low-level elixirs are sold in elixirs, and I don’t know what to do with the fifth- and sixth-level elixirs. This time I went to Taiyue City to see if I could exchange them for some spiritual stones.
Han Bing used to take two days to get to Taiyue City, but this time he and Zhao Chuan got up early and traveled through the night, arriving in one day.
In the past, Han Bing always stayed in small inns to save money. This time, he stayed in a high-end hotel and stayed at the Xianlai Inn, where he had two guest rooms.
After settling in, the waiter brought tea and Zhao Chuan gave him a few taels of silver. The waiter understood and immediately leaned over and asked quietly: "What are your orders?"
Zhao Chuan said directly: "I am a casual cultivator. I came to Taiyue City for the first time and wanted to inquire about the situation."
The waiter then smiled confidently and said flatteringly: "You must have asked the right person!"
Zhao Chuan hummed and signaled to speak quickly.
"The difference in Taiyue City is that there is a cultivation market nearby. The area near our store is a community specifically for casual cultivators. There are inns, restaurants, shopping malls, and money exchanges for spiritual stones. The reason is that it is nearby There is an entrance to Xianlin Town..."
"Xianlin Town?" Zhao Chuan became interested.
"Xianlin Town is a cultivation market established by the five major cultivation families in the Central Plains. There are many cultivation organizations and shops selling items needed for cultivation. It has a permanent population of 40,000 to 50,000. Each of the five major families has its own entrance and exit portal, and the import and export of casual cultivators is Not far to the left of our store, follow the path in the middle of the bamboo forest and turn right when you see a huge boulder. There is a pond at the end of the road, which is the entrance."
The waiter looked at Zhao Chuan and said worriedly, "However, the entrance is restricted. Monks below the foundation-building stage cannot open it. Of course, others can enter, but they will bear a certain amount of pressure. Most of the people living in our store are casual cultivators. There will be many people going there after breakfast tomorrow, I can follow them."
Zhao Chuan felt a little uneasy after hearing this.
Seeing Zhao Chuan's expression, the waiter paused and said, "If you have anything you want to know, just ask."
Zhao Chuan waved his hand and said, "Thank you. I'll ask you if I don't understand."
The next day, Zhao Chuan and Han Bing followed the casual cultivators along the bamboo forest path to the pond.
Thick fog filled the pond. I saw men and women in their 20s and 30s who were in the Danzhu period. They bowed casually in front of the fog. The fog immediately receded. A small bridge appeared. The two people crossed the bridge and entered, and the fog closed.
Zhao Chuan looked at it, then stepped forward, and with a palm strike, the mist retreated, revealing a corner of the bridge. Just as he was about to step in, the mist closed again.
Zhao Chuan used the Five Elements Mysterious Qi to gently rub and push it away. The fog rolled away and the small bridge appeared in front of him again.
Zhao Chuan pulled Han Bing and hurriedly stepped onto the small bridge, feeling a little stressed.
After entering, the world inside is wonderful, and the sun is brighter than outside.
Han Bing also entered Xianlin Town for the first time.
This place is all about spiritual stone trading. It doesn’t matter whether you can enter or not. You can’t buy anything without spiritual stones. You can only hand over orders in the casual cultivator service area, where there are people who specialize in this business, similar to intermediaries.
Xianlin Town is no different from other market towns, and not all of them are cultivators. Most of the shop operators don't have much cultivation.
There are very few people walking on the street who have the cultivation level of pill formation or above, but there are quite a few men and women who are together, mostly men and women in their twenties and thirties who are about the same age.
The combination of Zhao Chuan and Han Bing is rare, and it attracts strange looks from time to time.
Not long after, a sloppy casual cultivator whispered, "The taste is quite strong!" Han Bing's face turned red with embarrassment. Zhao Chuan pretended not to hear. It was better to be careful and low-key when he came in for the first time. The masters from the five major families here are no better than outside. Gather.
The shops here operate in a variety of ways, with some from the outside and some from the inside.
Han Bing and Zhao Chuan mainly looked at the elixirs.
Generally, stores basically sell first- to third-grade elixirs, with prices ranging from ten to eighty low-grade spiritual stones.
Huayang Pavilion, Yueyang Pavilion, and Yunxiu Pavilion have fourth to seventh-grade elixirs, but the price is one hundred to five thousand lower-grade spiritual stones.
However, the quantity is not large, and the varieties are not complete. Most of them are said to be out of stock.
The price is also frighteningly high. A sixth-grade elixir costs about 800 spiritual stones, a seventh-grade elixir costs about 5,000 spiritual stones, and one spiritual stone costs 200 taels of silver.
A seventh-grade elixir is worth one million taels of silver, and a sixth-grade elixir is worth 160,000 taels.
The price of the ninth-grade golden elixir is 100,000 medium-grade spiritual stones. Of course, it is out of stock. Even the emperor may not be able to afford it.
Zhao Chuan and Han Bing were so shocked that their jaws dropped.
Zhao Chuan actually used the remaining materials to accumulate more than forty sixth-grade pills and more than sixty fifth-grade elixirs.
Zhao Chuan exchanged twenty fifth-grade elixirs for less than 8,000 lower-grade spiritual stones.
Zhao Chuan thought about Uncle Han Bing's hard work for more than a year, and bought Han Bing two kinds of skill jade slips, a pair of cloud-climbing boots, several movement talismans, and two city return jade slips to increase the speed of skills and add some A means of escape in case of danger.
In this way, nearly five thousand low-grade spiritual stones were spent.
At noon, the two of them came to a teahouse, drank tea, had a rest and had some snacks.
Han Bing said: "Zhao Chuan, if you don't take jobs outside from now on, it will be a big loss."
Zhao Chuan smiled and said: "Uncle Master, in fact, it is not too much of a disadvantage. I buy the materials to process and exchange for elixirs. The materials account for more than 20%. The elixirs are exchanged for spiritual stones, and others charge 20% of the price difference. The other people also exchange the spiritual stones for banknotes." If we add 10% of the fee, our profit is actually only more than 40%. If we process it for others, although the profit is less than 20%, we still have more than 30% of the remaining pills, which is also more than 20% of the profit. It is almost the same, so we decided to finally : I will continue to take orders, and I will also buy materials and process them in exchange for spiritual stones."
Went to Jubao Pavilion in the afternoon.
This is a shop run by the Chen family, one of the five major families.
Its scale is huge, its products are relatively complete, and its financial resources are strong.
Zhao Chuan exchanged all the remaining pills for spiritual stones and obtained 260 medium-grade spiritual stones and 16,000 low-grade spiritual stones.
Zhao Chuan decided to try out the seventh-grade elixir, bought twenty more materials, visited many shops, and bought several jade slips for communication, a city return talisman, an escape talisman, a teleportation talisman, thunder and fire beads and other preventive equipment.
When the two were about to leave, Shopkeeper Chen, the shopkeeper of Jubao Pavilion, hurried over with a young man in the adult stage. He smiled and said hello: "My little friend, please stay."
Zhao Chuan was stunned and asked warily: "What's wrong with Shopkeeper Chen?"
"This is our Young Master Chen. I would like to ask for help." Shopkeeper Chen still had a smile on his face and pointed at the young man next to him.
"Chen Xiang, could you please lend me a moment?" The young man introduced himself.
Zhao Chuan looked at them and didn't feel like they had any malicious intent, so he nodded and followed them back to Treasure Judgment Pavilion.
After sitting down, Chen Xiang said directly: "Excuse me, what is your surname?"
"My surname is Zhao, I wonder what Brother Zhao wants from Zhao?" Zhao Chuan said.
Chen Xiang said: "I saw Brother Zhao shooting dozens of sixth-grade elixirs today. I wonder who refined these elixirs?"
Hearing this, Zhao Chuan asked carefully: "Is there anything wrong with Brother Chen's pill?"
