Chapter 276 Maple City, Spiritual Crystal (two in one)
After entering the city, Song Changming and others' original thoughts of exploring novelties quickly calmed down.
"How come the buildings in the city of Guyuan Kingdom are similar to that of Yunling City?" Song Ping'an scratched his head, walking on the wide long street, looking at the style of the houses on both sides, and couldn't help but said.
He had visited Yunling City, the imperial capital of Dalai, several times in the early years.
Comparing it with Maple City in Ancient Yuan Kingdom, apart from the different layout and design of the city, many architectural styles are very similar.
So much so that he once thought he was back in the Imperial Capital of Dalai.
Li Jinyu on the side nodded and said: "It should be so."
"The ancestors of Dahan in the past were originally from the Ancient Abyss Kingdom. When they arrived on the other side of the abyss, the first city they built thousands of years ago was the Yunling City. It is normal that they would retain the construction style of the Ancient Abyss City State. ”
When Song Pingan heard this, he suddenly realized.
"This also shows that the history of this Maple City is probably quite long." Song Changming said.
After entering the city, he quickly felt the city's extremely ancient and profound sense of history.
This wonderful feeling of being immersed in the history books of the years was something that neither Dahan nor the later Da Lai Dynasty could feel.
"Do you feel that the aura in the city is more intense?" Li Jinyu suddenly asked.
Although he is not proficient in martial arts, he can also keenly sense changes in the aura of the surrounding environment.
The intensity of spiritual energy inside the city was obviously inconsistent with that outside the city. More spiritual energy gathered inside the city.
"Well, it must have been caused by some means, man-made." Song Changming nodded and looked up at the empty sky above his head.
He also noticed the change in spiritual energy early on.
It was even more obvious that these scattered natural auras had been swirling around since they floated into the city from the outside, as if they were locked in the city by an invisible cover and would no longer flow out.
This is also the main reason for the strong aura in the city.
These spiritual energy will gradually be absorbed unconsciously by a large number of ordinary people in the city, and will also be consumed by a large number of warriors practicing.
Faintly, balance is maintained.
"Awesome. In this way, practicing in the city will be like practicing in the paradise of cave heaven?" Song Ping'an couldn't help but exclaimed. He also vaguely felt the difference between the inside and outside of the city.
"That's not as good as the Cave Heaven Blessed Land, but in comparison, the ordinary wild places are not as good as the city." Song Changming shook his head.
If the Cave Heaven Blessed Land could be created so easily, treasured lands such as the Three Thousand Spirit Mountains and the Thirty-Six Cave Heavens in Southern Border would not be so valuable, leaving countless sects struggling to occupy a place.
Seeing Song Changming shaking his head, Song Pingan smiled, thinking about it, it should be the same.
Then, the four of them walked around the city.
Generally speaking, ordinary people still account for the vast majority in the city. After all, there is a huge population base in front of us.
But in comparison, most of these ordinary people are strong and healthy people, nourished by the spiritual energy in the city.
In Song Changming's previous life, I'm afraid all of them would have been strong men, capable of tearing apart bears and tigers, and running as fast as wolves and leopards.
Even women, most of them just look weak, but in reality they are quite strong, and they may not be able to uproot a weeping willow tree.
In addition, there are also many warriors in the city, who can also be seen everywhere.
However, private fights are prohibited in the city, and weapons are not even allowed to be exposed in broad daylight, so most of them keep a low profile and do not dare to make mistakes.
From time to time there are figures flying by in the sky, I guess they are Xiantian warriors.
However, if these innate warriors wanted to enter the city, they would obediently enter through the city gate instead of flying in unscrupulously.
Song Changming felt that in addition to the rules, it might also be related to the energy protection settings permeating the city wall.
The large human city of Ancient Yuan Kingdom is a no-fly zone on a daily basis. Innate beings outside who can fly may not be able to get in even if they want to!
As for these rules, except for those mentioned briefly by Meng Jianli before, Song Changming and others still need to find out the rest by themselves.
On the spacious road, a cavalry troop suddenly passed by, and pedestrians retreated to both sides.
The cavalry were wearing white cloud-patterned armor and riding unicorn-armored wildebeests. They looked like an elite troop, and all of them had a strong aura.
This white cloud pattern armor is the uniform armor of the Yunzhou officers and soldiers. It is similar to the one worn by the personal guard following Meng Jianli's carriage. At most, it is only slightly different in some details and patterns of the armor.
Moreover, the chests and shoulder armor of these cavalrymen are engraved with the word maple, which means that they are the officers and soldiers of Maple City!
The general at the head of the cavalry carries a large axe, and the armor on his body makes him even more powerful. Under his crotch is not an ordinary wildebeest, but a big yellow-spotted tiger!
"It's General Huang, it's time to go outside the city to fight against the evil spirits again!"
"No, the city lord has been killed, and the monster is rampant. If we don't suppress it completely, Maple City will be in danger."
"It means that after the death of the city lord, many people have fled recently. They feel that this city is unreliable and unsafe."
"Well, I want to leave too. This place is too remote after all. I want to go to the main city of Cuibai to develop."
"You have to think clearly. Although the main city is safe, the competition pressure is also great. If you don't have any real skills, you won't be able to find a job."
"So I'm still hesitating."
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Song Changming and four other people stopped nearby, looking at the group of cavalry passing by, and listening to the many comments around them, and got some understanding.
The previous lord of Maple City was assassinated by a demon, and the subsequent impact was really not small. People are still panicking at the moment.
It is said that the demon will come again, and it will be the day when the city is destroyed and it is time to escape.
There are even serious exaggerations, saying that the demon army will sweep across Yunzhou and completely break out into an interstate war with the human race!
Song Changming came here for the first time, and he didn’t know that some of these words were alarmist and some were worthy of reference.
"Why do I feel that this place is not peaceful? It is not a place to stay for a long time." Li Jinyu said with a smile.
He obviously heard the rumors around him.
"The Lord of a city can be killed by demons. These are not groundless rumors. Young Master, if we stay here, we must be careful." Song Ping'an said seriously.
"I know, you don't need to stay here for a long time. Let's go eat, drink and rest first, and then we'll talk about it later." Song Changming nodded.
The four of them found a restaurant, which had many novel dishes that were not available at Diners.
"This mulberry wine is sweet and delicious. It is suitable for a woman like Qingqing to drink, and this strong wine is quite refreshing to drink."
In order to try something new, several pots of different wines were served in succession. After tasting each one, Li Jinyu nodded repeatedly.
"It makes you full of praise. It seems that this wine is indeed good." Song Changming said with a faint smile.
He knew that Li Jinyu was a good drinker and ordinary drinks would not get into his eyes.
Have a great time eating and drinking.
"Sir, are you satisfied with the food and drinks?" The waiter stepped forward and asked.
"Not bad." Song Changming nodded.
"Then come here often, and I'll charge you seventy-eight yuan for this table." The waiter immediately said with a smile.
"Seventy-eight dollars?" Song Changming was stunned, and Song Ping'an and Li Jinyu also looked at each other.
When the waiter saw this, his expression changed slightly. He thought the four of them thought it was too expensive, and immediately said: "Sir, the food and wine you ordered are all the most expensive products in the store. Each item is clearly marked with a price. I never took any money from you.”
"The waiter misunderstood, but how much is the seventy-eight dollars? Forget it, is this bag of money enough?" Song Changming took out a money bag and put it on the table.
The currency of Gu Yuan Kingdom and the currency of Dalai are naturally different.
Therefore, when they first arrived in Guyuan Kingdom, they were penniless.
In the carriage, Meng Jianli accidentally learned about this and expressed his feelings immediately.
Originally, he wanted to give more, but he didn't have much money with him on this trip, so he stuffed the money bag directly into Song Changming.
That's the bag on the table now. Through Meng Jianli, Song Changming also had a general understanding of the currency system among the people of Guyuan Kingdom.
In fact, this monetary system is based on a type of spiritual crystal.
Spiritual crystals are a type of rare mineral resource. They are usually produced in spiritual veins or places with extremely strong spiritual energy. After tens of thousands of years of precipitation and cultivation, such spiritual crystals can be produced.
Its characteristic is that it is a small crystal, but it contains huge and extremely pure spiritual energy.
It can be used by warriors to refine their Qi, and can greatly accelerate the efficiency and speed of practice.
Therefore, this is considered hard currency in the martial arts world, just like the mist gold circulating in the martial arts world in Dalai.
However, compared to the sparse amount of mist gold, the total output of this type of spiritual crystal in the ancient Yuan Kingdom, a land of spiritual energy, is still quite large.
Spirit crystal first became the currency among warriors, and over time, it gradually evolved into an important currency within the entire human race.
Even now, even the demon clan has gradually become accustomed to using this kind of spiritual crystal as a simple currency exchange.
Therefore, spiritual crystals are the most mainstream currency in Ancient Yuan Kingdom.
Previously, Meng Shuxuan gave Song Changming ten crystals filled with spiritual energy. After understanding them, it became clear that it was these spiritual crystals.
Moreover, they are ten high-quality middle-grade spiritual crystals.
And in the money bag Meng Jianli gave him, there was a pile of small spiritual coins.
Most of these spirit coins are made from broken and cracked spirit crystals and recast using special manufacturing methods.
If used for cultivation, the use of these spirit coins is already very small, so they are far less valuable than spirit crystals.
But as an extension of the spiritual crystal currency system, the significance of casting spiritual coins is simply to conduct better currency transactions.
Spirit crystals can become mainstream currency and become widely used, and the existence of spirit coins is indispensable.
Basically, ten spirit coins can be exchanged for one low-grade spirit crystal.
Ten low-grade spiritual crystals can be exchanged for one medium-grade spiritual crystal.
The higher-grade spiritual crystals require one hundred mid-grade spiritual crystals to exchange for them.
From a conversion point of view, there is no doubt that high-grade spiritual crystals are extremely rare, which is why they appear so precious.
As for the third level of currency, the value of mid-grade spiritual crystals is obviously not low.
In order to feed his own horse, Meng Shuxuan was generous.
Song Changming knew about the spiritual crystal currency, but the waiter in the shop directly told him that it was seventy-eight yuan a mouthful, which made Song Changming a little confused.
Is this a commonly used unit of spirit coins?
He didn't know yet what the purchasing power of spirit coins was here, so he let the waiter misunderstand.
The money bag fell on the table, the mouth was loose, and a pure white light suddenly appeared.
This is a pile of crystal clear and exquisite spiritual coins!
"!" The waiter was shocked when he saw this. He quickly wiped the sweat off his forehead, bent down and cupped his hands, and said hurriedly.
"Don't blame me, sir. It's just the young man who is ignorant and contradicts some of the gentlemen!"
"When did you say you contradicted me? Is it enough for you to look at the money in the bag?" Song Pingan said impatiently.
"Enough, enough, one spirit coin is enough," the waiter said quickly.
"Is one enough?" Song Changming took out a spiritual coin and handed it over.
"Okay, sir, I'll give you the change now. Just wait." The waiter took the spirit coin and left in a hurry.
He came back soon and took out a stack of banknotes.
There are many small and neatly arranged ink characters printed on it, as well as the four large characters "Yunzhou Tongbao", and on the back are the notes of the government bank.
Song Changming was curious and pulled it with his hands. The paper money was made of a special material. It was thin but quite tough and not easily damaged.
Looking at the banknotes of different denominations in his hand, there is no doubt that these are the banknotes issued by the Yunzhou government.
Slightly lighter, it adds up to nine hundred and twenty-two.
This is the remaining portion of a spiritual coin after deducting the cost of the food and drinks.
Obviously, one spiritual coin can be exchanged for one thousand paper money!
"So, the purchasing power of this spiritual coin is okay." Song Changming said to himself.
With comparison and reference, the value of the bag of spirit coins given by Meng Jianli will be different.
The value of the ten middle-grade spiritual crystals that Meng Shuxuan gave him was undoubtedly higher.
It is expected that this paper money should be official money that existed before the popularity of spiritual crystal currency.
The reason why Meng Jianli didn't mention the paper money was because he rarely used paper money on weekdays, so he might have forgotten it.
Or maybe he thought that a martial artist of Song Changming's level would probably only deal with spiritual crystals in the future. Paper money, as the currency with the lowest purchasing power at present, was more suitable for consumption by the lower class, so he didn't mention it.
After a meal, everyone found a nice inn to stay temporarily.
The banknotes that have not been spent before can still be used now.
If one spirit coin was only used for daily consumption, it would be enough for the four of them to consume for several days.
Night, in the room.
Song Changming held a middle-grade spiritual crystal and tried to absorb the pure spiritual energy in it to practice the Gangqi cultivation in the innate realm.
Suddenly, he felt that the spiritual energy in the spiritual crystal was slowly flowing into his body like running water.
This spiritual energy is gentle and extremely compatible in his body, allowing him to easily refine it into innate Qi and incorporate it into the earthly martial vein he opened.
After a while, Song Changming paused his practice, looking at the spiritual crystal in his hand with surprise in his eyes.
"very nice!"
The spiritual crystal helped him practice better than he expected.
In just such a moment, he could clearly feel the growth of the innate Qi in his body.
According to this helpful effect, if he practices with this middle-grade spiritual crystal for one day, in the state of 'God rewards hard work', it is probably worth ten days and a half of daily practice!
“A middle-grade spiritual crystal is like this, but a higher-quality spiritual crystal is even more incredible.”
Thinking of this, Song Changming fell silent.
He discovered that the higher he went in cultivation, the higher his realm became, and the demand for cultivation resources did not decrease, but increased sharply!
If he is in the Xiantian realm, practicing with this spiritual crystal and practicing without spiritual crystal are completely different in terms of efficiency and progress.
How can this be cultivation? It is clearly about cultivating money and materials.
The martial artist who occupies the most resources, no matter how poor his talent and qualifications are, his martial arts strength is still stacked up by hard work.
It’s no wonder that the vast majority of warriors are willing to find a backer or force to take refuge in. Even the innate-level demon clan is willing to take refuge in a well-known big demon as a big brother.
Just like ordinary retail investors, how can they outperform the big investors?
Only by relying on one party and getting a stable way to obtain resources can your practice be as strong as a rock and your safety can be guaranteed.
"Spirit crystal"
Song Changming pinched the flawless crystal in his hand, and thoughts filled his heart.
(End of chapter)