Chapter 311: Xuanwu Building
Everyone who enters the city has to pay the entrance fee, and Xiyue City is no exception. At this time, there is a long queue under the gate. Although the number of people, it is not crowded and noisy, and the soldiers defending the city are not blackmailed, but the investigation is very careful.
At the gate, Shen Chong saw a strange phenomenon. There were two sergeants checking at the gate. In one place, there were many people in line who could not even see the end of the queue, while in the other place, there were only a few people talking, and the inspector just asked a few words and let it go.
Shen Chong looked at it for a moment and realized that the sergeant on the left was only checked by ordinary people, while the other was a channel specially opened for martial artists with innate cultivation. All masters with martial arts were a little arrogant. Naturally, they would not surrender their status and stand with ordinary people, which was also avoided. Some disputes.
Shen Chong had restrained his breath at this time, showing only the strength of the psychic level, and went straight to the inspection sergeant of the second team. This strength is neither high nor low, nor will it attract attention.
The officer leading the team was also a psychic master. Seeing that Shen Chong's face changed slightly, he unconsciously touched his waist, but he recovered naturally in an instant. He lowered his body slightly, but it was a business attitude:
"Name, origin, what's the matter of entering the city?"
The psychic martial artist can feel the change of vitality around him. Maybe he has felt something. Shen Chong smiled and didn't care. He said truthfully, "Shen Chong, from Xiejia Town, go to the city to find people."
The officer said nothing more. He took a purple and gold waist card, wrote down Shen Chong's name, and handed it over: "Please feel free to take this waist card in the city. You need to return it when you leave."
Shen Chong took it after thanking him. After paying the entrance fee, he entered Xiyue City.
After Shen Chong left, He Baoguo breathed a sigh of relief. Unconsciously, he sweated coldly on his back.
A soldier next to him whispered, "Brother He, who is that man? How can it be worth Brother He to give him the VIP card?
"Shh, no sound!" He Baoguo looked nervous. After confirming that Shen Chong had gone far away, he whispered, "This person is not what we can discuss. Don't ask too much. I'll leave this to you. I'm going to the city lord's mansion."
The soldier was shocked. He rarely saw He Baoguo's solemn appearance. Could it be that this man was very important? He Baoguo said a few more words, and then hurriedly left and went straight to the city owner's mansion.
Although he can't see through the depth of Shen Chong, he can also feel that there is something on the other party that makes him afraid, and he has a strange treasure called the spiritual pearl, which can sense the changes of the aura of the surrounding heaven and earth, so as to detect the strength of the other party.
With this strange treasure, it can indeed seek good luck and avoid evil, and can also find out some masters who deliberately hide their breath. Today, as soon as this person approaches, this spiritual bead has been shaking. This person's cultivation has obviously reached the point of affecting the aura of heaven and earth, and it is likely to be a master of the divine soul realm.
If these characters appear, you must inform the lord of the city.
Shen Chong knew that he let the officer see some flaws, but he didn't care anymore. After entering the city, he found the way to find the pharmacy opened by the Xie family.
The location of Xiejia Pharmacy is also good, but the store is not big. It may be that it was severely suppressed by the King of Tuntian some time ago, and only operated some commonly used medicinal materials. After Shen Chong entered, someone immediately led him to the backyard.
Since Shen Chong's practice in Shouyang Mountain, Xie Lanfeng has also come to Xiyue City to take care of the business of the pharmacy. When he heard the announcement from his servants, he hurriedly greeted him. Now that Shen Chong has promised to be the elder of the Xie family, his status is still higher than his father, so after meeting, Xie Lan Just kneel down if the wind is straight.
"See the elder Taishang!"
"Okay, get up." Shen Chong is still a little unaccustomed to the person who is more than 20 years older than him kneeling in front of him: "by the way, don't call me Taishang Elder in the future. This name is awkward, and the Xie family is not a sect."
"Yes! Master Shen." Xie Lanfeng changed his words quickly and stood up and stood aside.
"Are the things I asked you to look for fruitful?" Shen Chong sat down, took a sip of the fragrant tea and asked.
Xie Lanfeng's face showed a look of shame. He quickly took out what had been prepared and handed it to Shen Chong: "I'm incompetent. I only collected blood crystals, cloud lake sea urchins, and turquoise jade. There is no news about the rest."
"Three things, it's not bad." Shen Chong was quite surprised. The ordinary materials have already been collected, and each of the rest is extremely rare. Xie Lanfeng can collect three kinds. It seems that there are also some connections in Xiyue City.
Shen Chong thought for a moment and said, "Well, you publish the list of materials I need. If there is, try to buy it. If the vitality stone is not enough, come to me."
"Yes," Xie Lanfeng answered and said, "There is an auction in Xuanwu Building tonight, which attracts many merchants and families. Someone from Lian Qingyunzong came. Maybe there will be something that Master Shen needs, but I haven't got the invitation for the auction yet."
"Afauction?" Shen Chong nodded. All the precious items will only appear in the auction, and there may be something to gain. Suddenly, Shen Chong seemed to think of something: "Wait a minute, you just said that the auction was held in Xuanwu Building?"
"Yes, Xuanwu Building can be said to be the largest chamber of commerce in Youzhou mainland. It has branches in almost every big city, and it is also the most well-informed place. Master Shen can release the requested items in Xuanwu Building." Xie Lanfeng said.
"Xuanwu, Suzaku, is this Xuanwu Building also one of the four business alliances?" Shen Chong was surprised that although he had heard of the Four Business Alliance for a long time, there was only a family of Zhuquelou in Shenzhou.
"It should be. I have also heard the name of the Four Business Alliance, but in Youzhou mainland, it is the dominant family of Xuanwu Building."
"Hmm! What kind of qualifications do I need to get an auction invitation? Shen Chong asked.
"Some big families and merchants who are often associated with Xuanwu Building will get invitations, and there are fixed seats, and some strong people will also receive invitations as long as they have enough cultivation." Xie Lanfeng said.
"If I have enough cultivation, can I get an invitation?" Shen Chong said with a faint smile.
"Naturally, you can get it if you are a god-level warrior, not to mention a master-level strongman." Xie Lanfeng said hurriedly.
Shen Chong nodded: "Well, you can take me to Xuanwu Building first, find out some information first, and take back the auction cooling invitation by the way."
"Yes!" Naturally, Xie Lanfeng has no intention. With his cultivation, he can only walk around on the first floor of Xuanwu Building. It's also good to go to the upper floor to open his eyes.
The location of Xuanwu Building is not far away. Although there is no forbidden air formation in the city, it is also inconvenient to fly. Xie Lanfeng prepared a carriage and drove in person. In less than half an hour, he arrived in front of Xuanwu Building.
This Xuanwu building is very magnificent. The stone turtles stand in front of the Xuanwu Building, carrying a pagoda on its back. Even the stone turtle belt pagoda is five feet high, but it is nothing compared with the Xuanwu Building, which is nearly 20 feet high in the back.
After bypassing the stone turtle, I came to the main gate of the Xuanwu Building. The Chamber of Commerce building covers an area of nearly ten mu. The forty-nine-level white jade paving steps in front of the building are five feet high. A total of nine gates have been opened. Each gate is nearly three feet high and two feet wide. The whole building is like a huge bunker. Although it is strong, it is arranged outside. It is magnificent and noble, and even engraved with hundreds of runes. It seems that even if it is bombarded with a weapon, it will not destroy half of it.
What a luxurious chamber of commerce! In contrast, the Zhuque Building and Duobao Pavilion in Shenzhou have some small household utensils.
Xie Lanfeng took Shen Chong to get out of the car and walked on the 49-level white jade steps before he came to the gate. There were many martial arts merchants going in and out of each gate, and many maids and handymen ushered in the delivery, and the worst of these maids and handymen also had real cultivation.
Shen Chong was slightly stunned. It seemed that the foundation of the Xuanwu Building was on the Rosefinch Building, which was not even far from the seven sects and nine sects in Youzhou.
Walking through the gate, the building can be said to be quite lively. The first floor is divided into dozens of rooms, large and small. There are jade, jewelry, elixirs, runes and other things that are used by martial artists, but they are only yellow and a small number of mysterious products.
There are a variety of items, which can be placed there at will and be selected by anyone. There is a price next to it. Some need gold, and some need to be bought with vitality stones. However, there is no one to take care of them. There are only a few articulate handymen explaining the use and characteristics of the items to the inquirer.
There are about hundreds of people choosing the whole first floor, but it is not as noisy and messy as imagined.
As soon as Shen Chong and Xie Lanfeng walked in, a girl who looked like a maid immediately greeted them.
"Mr. Xie, what do you want to buy today? Can you let Yingying accompany you to choose?
It seems that Xie Lanfeng is also a regular visitor here, and this maid is very familiar with him. Xie Lanfeng looked at Shen Chong awkwardly, pulled the girl aside, and whispered a few words to the girl.
The girl looked at Shen Chong with a surprised face, a little hesitant, and all turned around and left.
Not long after, a smiling middle-aged man came over. He was fat, which reminded Shen Chong of Chen Tianshou, the same body, the same martial arts cultivation, and more coincidentally, the same surname Chen.
"Where is the distinguished guest from? I need to come to meet him. Thank you, shopkeeper. It's not you." The fat man smiled, but there was a trace of gloomy in his eyes.
"Master Chen, how dare you do it?" Xie Lanfeng said quickly, "It's Master Shen. I'm just accompanying Master Shen."
"Master Shen?" The fat Jia was slightly shocked and looked back at Shen Chong a few times, but he couldn't see Shen Chong's cultivation. There was a feeling of depression, but he put away his consternation: "I have long heard that the Xie family has defected to a soul master. Is this one?"
Shen Chong snorted coldly and didn't say much. A trace of magic gathered in the Tianmen, turning into a virtual shadow, which was fleeting away, but Chen Guangquan saw it. It was indeed a soul. He quickly bowed his body and said, "The junior Chen Guangquan is the deputy owner of this Xuanwu Building. I have seen Master Shen, please Shen. The master went upstairs to talk.
Shen Chong nodded. He didn't want to be eye-catching here. He waved his sleeves and said, "The front leads the way."
The rules of this Xuanwu Building are similar to that of the Suzaku Building. The first floor is only open to martial arts below the psychic level, while the second floor is for martial arts and refining god-level martial arts to buy, and the third floor has real good things, but there is no divine soul cultivation, and you are not even allowed to see it.
Walking to the top of the stairs, Chen Guangquan stopped and looked at Xie Lanfeng: "Mr. Xie, I'm afraid you can't go in on the second floor. Please wait on the first floor."
Xie Lanfeng was slightly stunned, a little gloomy, and consciously took two steps back.
"Wait a minute, he will go up with me." Shen Chong suddenly said.
"This..., Master Shen, this is a little irregular."
"The rules are just set by people. Can't I take one person up?" Shen Chong said coldly, and a trace of pressure had been released, showing a tough attitude.
Shen Chong has seen that after revealing his cultivation of the divine soul realm, although Chen Guangquan is respectful to him, there is a trace of haze and cunning in his eyes, perhaps because he is young, or because of the detached status of Xuanwu Tower in Youzhou.
If it is in normal times, Shen Chong does not care much about the attitude of others, but if he is allowed to leave it alone at this time, he is afraid that he will be difficult in the transaction and be underestimated by the real person in charge of Xuanwu Building.