Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite NextPage

Chapter 11: Crossing the Mountains(1/2)

Most of Nanshan's markets are in the city, but Chuanshan Market is different.

Chuanshanji is mostly built on smaller hills and in the valley where the two mountains are connected. The cave directly penetrates the mountain without collapse. Dozens of vents are drilled along the cave wall for ventilation.

The city is called Chuanshan Market.

When doing business in Chuanshanji, you are not afraid of wind, rain, or fire, let alone tyrants with ulterior motives and miscreants who are looking for trouble.

Anyone who can organize the excavation of the mountain is not a good person. As long as he has a group of fierce orcs to patrol through the mountain, and a few evil beasts to guard the entrance of the cave, no matter how tough the troublemakers are, they will not be able to escape.

Zhuo Zhan and his party were making jokes along the way, and unknowingly they had arrived at the foot of the largest mountain pass in the Queshan Mountain System.

The cave door of Chuanshanji was not as grand as imagined, it was just an ordinary cave, but the two evil beasts at the door really shocked everyone.

The evil beast is called Luan, and its shape is like a lynx. It is hermaphrodite, extremely ferocious in appearance, and is as tall as three people. It has a green face and fangs, red hair and a red beard. Its round copper bell-like eyes shine with a faint green light, and its sharp claws keep moving.

Plowing the ground.

Both animals have thick iron chains tied around their necks. Standing next to them are two white ape orcs who are their breeders and the guards of the cave. They are holding bronze forks and glaring at Zhuo Zhan in "fancy clothes".

A group of people.

"Brother, I'm afraid." Duan Yue felt uncomfortable being stared at by the white ape orcs, and subconsciously hid behind Duan Fei.

"Don't be afraid, as long as we don't cause trouble, nothing will happen to them." Jiang Xueyan comforted.

The group of people carefully passed through the cave door and walked forward along the dark corridor. There were torches for lighting on the cave walls on both sides, but the cave was too wide and the light was too weak, so the torches did not do much.

effect.

At the end, there is a small archway. There is a heavy door cloth tied to the arch, and the door cloth has been drilled out of cotton wool. It looks like it has been around for a while.

Everyone looked at each other, Jiang Xueyan nodded, and Zhuangzi stepped forward and opened the door cloth.

Suddenly, bright lights and bustling hawking sounds came towards them, and everyone was stunned by the spectacular sight in front of them.

There are three floors of shops on both sides of the cave wall, which are all carved into the wall. Red lanterns hang high at the door of each house, making the cave brightly lit.

This time is not the busiest time of Chuanshan Market. The buyers are all individual tourists in twos and threes. Zhuo Zhan and his friends are quite crowded. But for Zhuo Zhan and his friends, who are new to Chuanshan Market, the scene in front of them is already lively enough.

Yes.

There is also a row of small vendors setting up stalls in front of the shops along the wall. Judging from the costumes of the stall owners, they are all low-class people with strange looks.

There are graceful women with sharp-nosed vipers wrapped around their bodies, selling snake skins and snake galls; there are one-eyed men with full lip rings, earrings, and nose rings selling weapons, bows, crossbows, guns, sticks, knives, swords, spears, and shields.

, very complete; there is also a white-haired old man selling deer skin, a masked orc selling tomb spoils, a scar-faced couple selling animal blood...

Chuanshanji is built on a mountain in the wild and is not subject to any city feudal control. It is equivalent to a lawless land. Here, as long as you abide by the rules, any business is allowed, even selling orcs and humans.

slave.

However, the rules here are strict and cannot be broken. You cannot cheat customers, buy or sell by force, make or sell fake goods, and do not allow theft or robbery. Therefore, it is easy to buy things here.

Don't worry, the premise is that buyers must also abide by the rules.

Everyone was dazzled at this moment, and even the usually talkative Zhuangzi was so surprised that he forgot to speak.

"This place is really big. I have only been to the single-story Chuanshan Market with my grandfather before. This is the first time I have been to such a three-story Chuanshan Market." Jiang Xueyan was also shocked by the sight in front of him, with excitement in his tone:

"Let's go buy clothes first."

Everyone entered a clothing store that Jiang Xueyan pointed out. Behind the counter stood a very beautiful woman. Her clothes were also very luxurious. When the woman saw the guests coming, she quickly came over to greet them. Her slender waist was graceful with her light steps.

Hire Ting.

"You can take a look at whatever you like. You can try them on." The woman greeted the guests with a smile and was very sophisticated.

"Please shopkeeper, please help me find some clothes suitable for us." Jiang Xueyan said with a slight smile.

The woman looked them up and down, and in the blink of an eye, she took out a handful of clothes from the shelves in the back and distributed them to everyone quickly.

What stands out is a navy blue plain linen robe with a dark blue girdle. It has no excessive decoration, is simple and low-key, clean and neat, which is in line with his usual style.

Zhuangzi wears a brown short shirt and trousers with brocade trim, which is convenient for movement, low-key luxury, and is also the tone of his usual clothes.

Jiang Xueyan chose a black tight-fitting sleeved dress, which looked very much like an ancient female agent. It was very suitable for fighting. The main color of black also matched her cool temperament.

Duan Yue was very excited. He tried on one item after another with the woman, not forgetting to add some small accessories to each outfit. After planning for a long time, he finally chose an orange-pink smoked gauze skirt, embroidered with peony flowers.

The satin girdle wraps the small waist in a particularly graceful manner.

She also asked the woman to help her style her hair and put beads on it. She was so beautiful that she walked around in front of the bronze mirror several times, and passed in front of Zhuo Zhan several times intentionally or unintentionally.

Looking at Duan Fei again, he had put on a black and red satin embroidered dress. The cuffs were brocade-edged and embroidered with a chilong pattern in the same color as the background. Duan Fei was already tall and handsome, so he put on this dress.

, he looks like a prince and grandson with a beautiful tree facing the wind.

From the way the Duan brothers and sisters choose their clothes, it can be seen that these two people are really biological. Their love of beauty and publicity are the genes brought from their mother's womb. Zhuo Zhan couldn't help but think this in his heart.

Everyone admired the woman's eye for choosing clothes. She could pick out clothes that fit everyone's personal taste with just a few glances. It was really amazing. It seemed that anyone who could open an ordinary clothing store in Chuanshanji would have to have two.

brush.

After paying and leaving the store, everyone changed their clothes and continued walking deeper into Chuanshanji.

"Sister Xueyan, where should we go next?" Zhuo Zhan turned around and asked Jiang Xueyan.

"The most expensive place here is the magic weapon shop." Jiang Xueyan's expression suddenly became serious.

"What is a magic weapon? Is it the kind of magic weapon in anime that can control wind and rain?" Zhuangzi suddenly became interested when he heard about the magic weapon.

"That's right or wrong, the magic weapon is just a medium that can strengthen one's own spiritual energy, attract the fairy energy in the earth's energy, and achieve the effect of strengthening the witchcraft power." Jiang Xueyan explained.

"By the way, Sister Xueyan, I remember you said before that you have the witchcraft power of Wenjian Tree. How come I haven't seen you use it before?" Duan Fei asked.

"Witch power is generated after absorbing the immortal energy. When we first come here, we don't have much immortal energy in our bodies. We can only use it when the immortal energy accumulates to a certain level. I should be able to use it by now.

But not here. If we use witchcraft here, the patrolling orcs will definitely come and arrest us as rioters. We will wait until we enter the store. Well, this is the store. Judging from the appearance, it should be the largest magic weapon store here.

.”

Everyone followed Jiang Xueyan's guidance and walked into the magical artifact shop. There was a dazzling array of magical artifacts made of tin, gold, silver, copper, and jade. Stacks of carefully wrapped dried tortoise shells covered an entire shelf.

Buckets of blood from an unknown beast were hanging by the window, and a big bird stood on the bronze lampstand at the door.

This bird has three heads, six eyes, six legs, and three wings. Its deformed appearance is very human. Zhuo Zhan has seen this bird in the drawings of his father and Mr. Jiang. It screams. It is said that eating its meat will make you happy.

I don’t want to sleep anymore and I don’t feel sleepy.

There is a huge crystal ball placed in the middle of the magic weapon shop. What is rare is that such a large piece of crystal is clear and translucent without any cracks or impurities.

Crystals have been considered the most spiritual stone throughout the ages. Medieval witches in the West used crystal balls for divination, and ancient tribes in the East also used crystals to communicate with gods and ancestors when performing sacrifices.

But crystals as big and clean as those in the magic weapon shop are very rare in ancient and modern times.

Jiang Xueyan called Zhuo Zhan and the others to come to the crystal ball, and gently placed his hands on the crystal ball. A green light suddenly appeared in the crystal ball.

"Look, this is the witchcraft crystal. Put your hand on it, and the color of your witchcraft will appear according to the attribute of your witchcraft. The plant witchcraft is like mine, which is green. The intensity of the light is based on what is present in your body.

No matter how powerful you are, come and try it and see if you have it."

As Jiang Xueyan spoke, she grabbed Duan Yue's little hand and placed it on the crystal ball. The green light suddenly turned into a mercury-like liquid ball, swirling and surging.

"Oh? You're a wizard? No, you're not a wizard!"

A hoarse, surprised voice sounded, and a hunchbacked old man suddenly appeared from behind the counter. His dark face was covered with deep wrinkles, like a shriveled old walnut. The old man was so short that he stood on the counter

No one saw him from behind.

"Xiao Yue! It's incredible, you have the power of a wizard, which is rare. Come on, let me see the color of your pupils." Jiang Xueyan quickly held up Duan Yue's face and stared at Duan Yue's big eyes.

His eyes were very confused: "Hey, why not?"

"Although she has the eyes of a wizard, her witchcraft power is too weak. She has more than enough spiritual power but not enough fairy energy." The old man Walnut clasped his hands behind his back and slowly walked over: "Try wearing this."

What Old Man Walnut handed Duan Yue was a pair of silver earrings inlaid with purple gems. The drop-shaped gems were wrapped in spiral silver wire, which was very delicate.

Fortunately, Duan Yue had her ears pierced when she was a child. She quickly put on her earrings and placed her hands on the crystal ball again.

The faint little silver ball before the call suddenly turned into a large silver vortex, rolling rapidly in the crystal ball. Duan Yue's black pupils also gradually turned into a faint silver, making her wearing a smoke gauze skirt

It looks like an elf.

"This is the 'Eye of the Netherworld'!" Old Man Walnut was also very excited. "This pair of pendants has been lying here for seven or eight years before I met the owner. I haven't seen the Eye of the Netherworld for many years."

Seeing Duan Yue's change, Zhuangzi quickly put his two fat hands on the crystal ball to see his witchcraft power.

The crystal seemed to flash a yellow light at a certain moment, but it quickly disappeared again.

"Hahaha, this one just doesn't have enough spiritual power and fairy energy." The old man Walnut stroked his beard and laughed, "Yellow, animal-type witchcraft, try wearing this." After saying that, he took the box from the wooden shelf.

He took out a copper collar inlaid with obsidian and handed it to Zhuangzi.

However, when Zhuangzi put on the collar, his witchcraft power was not as enhanced as Duan Yue's. A trace of yellow light in the crystal ball shone for a moment and then disappeared.

"Damn! I thought I was going to be strong this time. It has always been my long-cherished wish to possess supernatural powers. I thought it would come true, but I am so weak. Why am I pretending to be a big-tailed wolf? Boss, give it to me.

Isn't this magic weapon worthless? Get a better one, the most expensive one!" Zhuangzi was obviously very dissatisfied with his weak witchcraft power, and he was going to pull the collar as he spoke.

"Hey! Wait a minute, little warrior. The better the magic weapon, the stronger the magic weapon will be. You have to choose the magic weapon that suits you best according to the characteristics and attributes of the magic power. Don't worry, I will guard this magic weapon for five seconds.

It has been more than ten years, and my eyes are very accurate. Your spiritual power is weak. This ring-shaped collar can stabilize and enhance your spiritual power to the maximum extent after absorbing the fairy energy. Don't be impatient. In the future, through your own cultivation of witchcraft and

If you cultivate yourself, your witchcraft power will gradually increase."
To be continued...
Prev Index    Favorite NextPage