txolops Chapter 11 No End
Chapter 11 No End
There are always treacherous subjects trying to harm me!
Zhou Qiuyuan hid his body behind the door of a dilapidated house, observing the Jucai Gambling House through the gaps in the door.
Two men with fierce expressions ran out of the gambling den, looking around as if searching for something.
Zhou Qiuyuan silently memorized the two people's appearances. After the two people searched the vicinity without success and returned to Jucai Gambling House, he quickly disappeared into the alley.
Being targeted so quickly, you may have escaped this time, but you might not be able to escape next time.
Gambling dens are too dangerous!
The suspected manipulation by the bookmaker makes withdrawals from gambling dens less certain. Moreover, making money can attract the attention of gamblers who are desperate to win, and a slight misstep could cost you your life.
Making money is important, but life is more important.
Zhou Qiuyuan can dream of the future and will always find a way to make money, so why put himself in danger?
Without gambling as his ATM, Zhou Qiuyuan continued his journey while pondering safe ways to make money.
Before he knew it, he had arrived at the most bustling eastern part of the city.
Just as Zhou Qiuyuan was about to head north to pay the tuition fee for becoming an apprentice, he remembered something and continued east, arriving at a shop called Huixianzhai near the entrance to the inner city.
Huixianzhai is a three-story building, far more magnificent than other shops. It is a shop in the outer city related to body refiners, selling treasures related to body refiners.
While staking out the Jucai gambling den, Zhou Qiuyuan unexpectedly learned that Huixianzhai was selling spiritual items.
Now that he's in Dongcheng, he doesn't mind taking the opportunity to learn about the market price of Thunder Spirit Tools and prepare himself mentally in advance.
The staff at Huixianzhai were not the men you usually see in shops, but beautiful women dressed in formal long skirts who warmly greeted the customers.
Zhou Qiuyuan was poorly dressed and his demeanor was completely out of place with the luxurious Huixianzhai. The maid who greeted him glanced at Zhou Qiuyuan and then turned to greet other guests.
He walked into Huixianzhai alone, his gaze sweeping over the three display cases before finally heading to the one displaying weapons with spirit patterns.
The saleswoman at the counter forced a smile when she saw a customer arrive. "What kind of magical artifact would you like to buy, sir?"
"How much are these spiritual tools priced?"
"What type of spirit tool would you like to purchase, sir? The prices vary greatly depending on the quality of the spirit tool."
The maid pointed to a golden longsword on the counter that resembled a coiled golden snake and said, "This inferior gold-type spiritual tool, the Golden Snake Sword, is priced at thirty-five taels of gold. Other-type spiritual tools are about 50% more expensive."
"The price of a low-grade spiritual tool is two to three times that of a second-grade spiritual tool. High-grade and top-grade spiritual tools are rare, and Huixianzhai doesn't have many in stock."
Black Swamp City lacks silver; its only currencies are copper coins and gold, with one tael of gold worth ten thousand coins.
Ordinary people had very little wealth and used copper coins for transactions, rarely seeing gold.
The lowest quality substandard spiritual artifact was priced at over thirty taels of gold?
The Thunder Blade is a top-grade Thunder Spirit Tool; it's estimated that it could sell for over a thousand taels of gold.
Compared to other options, the annual tuition fee of 20,000 coins doesn't seem expensive at all...
Zhou Qiuyuan made no attempt to conceal his purpose and asked, "Does Huixianzhai possess any thunder-related magical artifacts?"
A strange light flashed in the maid's eyes, and she said with a slightly helpless smile, "The Wang family has been buying Thunder Spirit Artifacts. Huixianzhai just received one ten days ago, and they bought it right away."
Zhou Qiuyuan was mentally prepared to face exorbitantly priced lightning spirit tools, but to his surprise, they were always out of stock.
Has the Wang family been buying Thunder Spirit Tools? Is this an artificial creation to make Thunder Spirit Tools scarce? Or are they trying to force those who awaken Thunder Spirits to join the Wang family?
When will it be available?
"I don't know when the goods will be available..."
Thunder Spirit Tools are closely related to precious Thunder Spirit Roots. Only contaminated Thunder Spirit Roots can be refined into True Thunder Spirit Tools, and such True Thunder Spirit Tools cannot be downgraded to ordinary Thunder Spirit Tools.
Only when a cultivator with a lightning spiritual root dies and their acquired lightning spiritual root collapses can a new one possibly appear.
Zhou Qiuyuan then asked, "How much does one Protective Breath Pill cost?"
His breathing channels were damaged yesterday while practicing the Thunderclap Breathing Technique, and they have not fully recovered yet. In order not to affect his cultivation progress, he must prepare a Breath Protection Pill.
Zhou Qiuyuan still had 34,600 coins in his pocket. Of these, 20,000 coins would be used to pay tuition, 10,000 coins would be kept as capital for making money, and the remaining 4,600 coins could be used to buy elixirs.
"The protective pills of Huixianzhai are all made by masters, and forty pills cost one tael of gold."
The Breath Protection Pill is an entry-level pill for body cultivators, so why is it so expensive?
Zhou Qiuyuan was no stranger to the word "master," as items sold at prices higher than the market price usually carried this word.
The rich pursue high quality, while the poor only care about cost-effectiveness.
The prices at Huixianzhai were too high, and transactions were conducted in gold. Zhou Qiuyuan realized he couldn't afford it, so he decisively left and traveled all the way to Baoyaotang in the north of the city.
The shop assistant glanced at Zhou Qiuyuan, then lowered his head to grind medicine and said, "Baoyaotang mainly sells finished pills related to body refinement. If you have a headache or fever, turn left and go to Renhetang for treatment."
"How much does the Breath Protection Pill cost?"
The waiter, without looking up, said, "One hundred coins per piece."
The price is much cheaper than Huixianzhai; a hundred coins for a protective pill should be the normal price.
"Give me twenty!"
"Two thousand coins in total."
Zhou Qiuyuan took out two thousand coins, feeling a pang of regret.
He carefully examined the two small ceramic jars filled with pills to confirm that the quantity of pills was correct before heading to the nearby place to learn from his master.
He had wasted a lot of time at the gambling den and Huixianzhai, and by the time he arrived, the sun was already high in the sky.
Zhou Qiuyuan knocked on the bronze ring on the door, and a handsome young man dressed in white walked out.
The young master sized up the boy, whose looks were no less striking than his own, his eyes filled with scrutiny. "Who are you looking for?"
Zhou Qiuyuan was also sizing up the slightly older young man, trying to guess his identity.
Master once said that there was another senior brother in the sect. He had a premonition that this was the senior brother he had never met.
Zhou Qiuyuan cupped his hands in greeting, showing proper etiquette, and said, "I am Zhou Qiuyuan, and I greet my second senior brother."
"Master's newest disciple?" Lu Chengping stared at Zhou Qiuyuan, nodded with a haughty air, and said, "Lu Chengping of the Lu family."
Senior Brother Luo Tong had just finished his cultivation and exhaled a faint purple aura.
He tossed the Thunder Blade to Lu Chengping, then looked at Zhou Qiuyuan who had just arrived. Seeing that Zhou Qiuyuan's arms were bulging, he realized that Zhou Qiuyuan had already raised enough money for the tuition fee for becoming an apprentice.
Luo Tong laughed heartily and said to Lu Chengping, "Since you've already greeted me, I don't need to introduce myself again."
"Junior Brother Lu, you didn't come yesterday, so you didn't see that Junior Brother Zhou just got the Thunder Blade and easily completed the synesthesia and Qi induction. Master said that he has the most outstanding ninth-grade thunder spirit aptitude, which seems to be extremely compatible with the Thunder Blade."
"Master is overjoyed to have found such a gifted successor!"
Listening to Luo Tong's flattering words about Zhou Qiuyuan, Lu Chengping's face darkened. "Junior Brother, you truly have great talent! I, your senior brother, am quite envious!"
Looking at Luo Tong, who was all smiles, and his second senior brother, who had a cold expression, Zhou Qiuyuan thought to himself: Neither of my senior brothers is easy to deal with; my days of learning martial arts will probably not be peaceful.