Chapter 34 Monk's Workshop
After Liao's head left, Zhang Yan sat in the carriage and meditated. After a moment, he took out the storage bag and his consciousness dispersed. He saw 300 sparkling spiritual stones neatly in one piece, and casually took out one in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully.
"This is the lower spiritual stone. The aura in it is abundant and pure, but it is very rare." Zhang Yan looked at the spiritual stone only a quarter the size of his palm and muttered to himself.
Zhang Yan knows that spiritual stones are generally divided into five grades: ordinary, lower, middle, upper and best. On the one hand, practitioners need to absorb the aura of spiritual stones, and on the other hand, they can take them out and exchange them for items, just like secular currency. Therefore, the amount of spiritual stone is also one of the criteria to measure the strength of a sect or family. After all, there is a lack of aura in the cultivation world. Most monks, including some sects, must rely on spiritual stones to practice. The importance of spiritual stones is self-evident. Many practitioners' wars are aimed at robbing a spiritual vein for better reproduction.
The exchange of spiritual stones is the standard of ten to one. Ten ordinary spiritual stones can be exchanged for one lower spiritual stone, and so on, ten medium-grade spiritual stones can also be exchanged for one superior spiritual stone. However, except for the best spiritual stones, one excellent spiritual stone is enough to exchange thousands of top spiritual stones, or even more. The reason is that the best spiritual stone is not only dense and pure, but also contains one of the five elements attributes.
Those who practice should practice according to their own five elements attributes, such as monks whose body fire attributes are prominent, and those who practice the skills of fire attributes, and the progress of cultivation will become fast and abnormal. Almost all sects and families have methods to test the five elements of the body, which is indispensable for disciples to choose to practice skills. Even once the attributes of the practice are contrary to yourself, the result is that the entry is slow and the cultivation is hopeless for life.
The precious spirit stone is that it is divided into five lines and has a great auxiliary effect on the higher realm.
Zhang Yan has never known which attribute of his body is better, and he also knows nothing about the test of the five-e elements attribute of the gate. Lianbao and the devil didn't say anything when they taught him Buddha's magic skills. Naturally, he didn't care about it and looked at it lightly.
I looked at the crystal and put it in the storage bag and put it away. Zhang Yan closed his eyes and practiced again.
Longyuan City, the capital of Liangwu Kingdom in northern Xinjiang.
At this time, it was afternoon. After entering the city in the morning, after the motorcade stopped at a large inn, Zhang Yan went out with a happy face. He met Yue Shiyun, who was about to go out. At Zhang Baocai's plea, the three of them walked together.
Longyuan City is centered on tall buildings, and there are many houses on both sides, including teahouses, restaurants, foot shops, butcher shops, temples, public houses and so on. In addition, there are medical clinics, car repair, fortune-telling, and all walks of life. There are pedestrians, shoulder-to-shoulder, endless streams, merchants who do business, gentry who see street scenes, officials who ride horses, hawkers, family members in sedan chairs, outland tourists who ask for directions, children in the streets and alleys who have heard about books, children of rich families who drink in restaurants, men, women and children, farmers, industry and commerce, three teaching and nine Flow, everything is unprepared. The traffic is full of traffic, bustling, and a prosperous situation.
Zhang Baocai was dazzling, eating a sugar-coated haws specially bought by Yue Shiyun in his mouth. His little head looked around and looked overwhelmed with excitement.
"Taoist friends, let's go to Xiuzhen Square, where there are some shops specially set up for monks. There are a lot of things that monks need. Yue Yunshi wore a sleeve dress with broken flowers and clouds today. The black green silk was coiled behind her head by a green jade phoenix head hairpin, revealing a bright and beautiful jade face, swaying style and beautiful face, which attracted the attention of pedestrians on the street.
As early as when she went out, Zhang Yan learned from Yue Yunshi that she had been to Longyuan City several times before and was quite familiar with this city, but she volunteered to be the guide of Zhang Yan and Zhang Baocai.
At this time, Zhang Yan heard that there was a market specially set up for monks, and he was surprised and said, "Is there such a good place?"
Yue Yunshi stared at Zhang Yan with beautiful eyes and said with a smile, "Taoist friends are rare and strange. These workshops are almost available in northern Xinjiang or in the East China Sea, and they are very loose and common. However, after all, this Longyuan City Xiuzhen Square is the largest in northern Xinjiang. Many precious things are sold here.
Her explanation is very detailed and her attitude is also very good. At least in Zhang Yan's eyes, Yue Yunshi's current performance is simply different from her previous cognition. The alert in her heart is unconsciously relaxed, but the alert still exists. The feeling of being coveted by a monk is uncomfortable, and it will also leave an unconscious guard. Reason.
The three of them crossed the street and walked straight to a place with few pedestrians and a secluded environment.
Yue Yunshi pointed to a wall made of green brick three feet away and said, "That's the entrance. This wall is a small illusion to prevent mortals from stepping in. As long as you enter a true element, you can enter through the wall."
Zhang Yan's eyes flashed with a look of thought. He glanced at Zhang Baocai and said, "Can mortals not enter here?"
Yue Yunshi smiled and said, "Bao Cai is taken by us. Of course, we can go in." With a touch of the jade hand, a deep blue light flashed away and disappeared on the green brick wall.
Like a stone hitting the lake, the green brick wall suddenly rippled violently, and then a door covered with light appeared on the wall.
Zhang Baocai was about to be the first to run inside. Zhang Yan grabbed his lead and said in a low voice, "Baocai! Follow me."
Zhang Baocai looked reluctant and curled his lips and said, "Okay, okay, let you be the first." He was still a child and didn't understand Zhang Yan's intention to do this. He mistook it for a great opportunity to compete for the first place.
Yue Yunshi understood this and knew that Zhang Yan was still on guard against himself. Although he wanted to smile and ease the atmosphere, his beautiful eyes were dull, and his heart turned into useless. He couldn't laugh again: "I'll go in first, and you follow me." With that, he waved his waist gently and walked into the door.
No wonder Zhang Yan is so vigilant that Zhang Yan dared not listen to her arrangement rashly. Even if she tried to ease her relationship with Zhang Baocai, she was still on guard, but she could no longer trust her. In the final analysis, it is still the word people's hearts.
Zhang Yan pulled Zhang Baocai, looked around, and then walked to the light gate. The darkness in front of the eyes immediately lit up, and the amazing scenery came into my eyes. In front of a bluestone street, the well-shaped street is neatly staggered with dense temple attices. Each attic is colorful and shiny, as if it were exquisitely carved by jade. And there are many monks on the street who set up stalls to sell and exchange their belongings. There are many monks on the street, but there is no secular noise, and the atmosphere is quiet and pleasant.
And the sky here is also blue and bright, and from time to time, a white crane flaps its wings and soars in the air. The environment is quiet and beautiful as a picture scroll.
After Yue Yunshi came in, she stood next to the street, with a bright and calm expression. After Zhang Yan looked at it, he whispered, "Taoist friends, this Xiuzhen workshop was jointly built by several major sects in northern Xinjiang for monks to buy and exchange their needs. Naturally, provocative fighting is strictly prohibited. There are Gao Xiu in the workshop. Don't be afraid that you will encounter danger here.
Zhang Yan let go of Zhang Baocai's hand and nodded slightly, "This place is really good. The environment is quiet and not as noisy as the secular world. Taoist friend, let's come forward and have a look.
Yue Yunshi smiled lightly and took Zhang Baocai's hand and walked forward. Zhang Yan's eyesight did not tell whether she was still angry about what had just happened. It can be seen that if a woman wants to hide her emotions, it is difficult for a man to find a trace of abnormality, not to mention that Zhang Yan is still a young child...
Zhang Yan didn't care, followed behind and wandered around leisurely. Along the way, I saw the things placed by the monk on the stall, and I couldn't help smacking my tongue secretly. There are all kinds of skills, elixir, runes, and animal bones. There are countless magic weapons of various styles. Some brands even say that they want to buy certain elixir materials, waiting for the seller to appear.
Yue Yunshi introduced as he walked: "Most of the stalls are set up by scattered repairs. Although there are many kinds of items, there are very few treasures, which are only suitable for novices who have just stepped into the world of cultivation to find out. It is not suitable for high cultivation like Taoist friends. But there are often..."
She was talking endlessly. She turned her head and saw Zhang Yan squatting in front of a stall holding a small bottle. Her face was stunned, and then sighed and pulled Bao Cai towards Zhang Yan.
However, he said that Zhang Yan was walking, but he was pulled forward by a stall man and enthusiastically introduced his belongings. This scattered face is waxy yellow, as thin as a bamboo pole, a pair of hanging triangular eyes, and a mouth of black and yellow teeth. He looks obscene, and it's hard to imagine that he is also a monk. Hearing his self-introduction as Wu Batian, Zhang Yan couldn't help twitching at the corners of his mouth. Looking at Wu Batian in the middle of the light, thinking about his name, and even suspected the pseudonym he used.
Wu Batian smiled, then turned his face and said proudly, "This is my father's name. Which one in my town doesn't know me, Wu Batian?" With that, he also patted his thin and dry chest twice.
Immediately, his face became flattering again: "Taoist friends, Taoist friends, let's take a look at the elixir made by Wu himself. I know that Taoist friends can't use it, but you just take a look. You can buy my elixir back, and it may be useful for your relatives and friends. What's more, even if you throw it to mortals, you can prolong your life and strengthen your health. It's a good thing!"
Speaking of mortals, Zhang Yan thought of Baocai and his second uncle. Since he can prolong his life, he might as well take a look. Except for a small piece of fragmentary things on the stall of Wuba Tiandi, other places are all the same Dan bottles. These elixir bottles are made of white jade and are the size of a palm.
Zhang Yan picked up a bottle and opened it, and a fragrant fragrance suddenly dispersed. Wu Batian next to him quickly introduced: "Taoist friend, the condensation elixir in this bottle was made by Wu, who spent several years collecting orchid grass, gold thread flowers and other materials, and refining it in the elixir furnace for 77 and 49 days. Although the grade is only one product, the elixir is round and full of medicine, but Wu took painstaking efforts to refine good things. Ah, if Taoist friends want it, how about selling you a bottle of 30 yuan of low-grade spiritual stone?
"The condensation elixir of Yipin, others only sell five low-grade spiritual stones, but you dare to sell 30 low-grade spiritual stones. Are you intentionally blackmailing people!" Yue Shiyun, who came to Zhang Yan's side, said coldly.
Zhang Yan was stunned and looked at Wu Batian with a smile. He put down the Dan bottle in his hand and was about to leave.
Wu Ba Tianshen shouted in a panic and shouted, "Taoist friend, slow down. This female Taoist friend is right, but the condensed elixir in my bottle is several times more than others. How dare I cheat Taoist friends?"
Seeing Zhang Yan stop, Wu Batian quickly said, "I think the Taoist friend misunderstood. That's all. How about I sell you 20 pieces of low-grade spiritual stone in a bottle and attach another item?"
"Brother Yan, I want this stone!" But Zhang Baocai crawled on the stall and picked up a dark jade slip.
Zhang Yan looked at the dark jade Jane in Baocai's hand and frowned and asked, "This thing is not a stone. What do you want him to do? I'll buy you something else later."
Zhang Baocai said, and was about to put it down. Zhang Yan quickly grabbed Yu Jian and put it in front of him and looked at it carefully. The surprise on his face flashed away.