Chapter 47: Poor Resources
After Amilia left, she mentioned not to reveal her fingertips in the main temple, but she made Zhang Ziqiang fall into deep thought alone.
He was thinking that he had inexplicably obtained the ring in his hand three years ago and opened the door to this space. After entering, he couldn't go back until now. What is this space? Today, he got this new memory, and it seems that the dimensional space was mentioned in the middle. Is this a large dimensional space?
What's going on with the Artifact Temple? What's going on with the Temple? Where do the other four gates of the Artifact Temple lead? How do you find a way to go home? Is it really like Amilia guessing that you can go back as long as you reach the Golden Pill stage?
How can this ring gather energy? How can it contain the memory of the array symbol? Others have limited cultivation when using the teleportation array, and they also consume a lot of true energy. Why do I have no restrictions when using it, and don’t consume true energy. Just touch it with the ring?
Do rings have other functions besides these? It seems that I remember that when I first started to refine Qi, rings became able to gather qi. Now that I have just arrived at the foundation-building stage, a memory leaks out of the ring. Will there be new changes in the Dan-Cultivation stage?
Also, who is the statue in the Artifact Temple? This ring is obviously his, but how did it appear on the earth? This person has not been mentioned in myths and legends since ancient times. However, the statues, a creature in Chinese legend, have also been seen here. What is the connection between the two?
I don’t know how my parents are doing now? What is my wife doing now? My son should go to the kindergarten. If I can meet at that time, I wonder if I will recognize myself as a father I have never met before? There are also father-in-law, mother-in-law, relatives, friends, classmates and colleagues... I am my purpose of going home, but for three years, I have not dared to go out. The temple is obviously related to the Temple of Artifacts, but there are so many experts in the Golden Elixir Stage. Now I am in the Foundation Establishment Stage. If I let them know the ring on my hand, I am afraid I can’t even keep the bones and scum! I can only rely on opportunities to get news from the temple. Maybe I should search for some legends about the gods in this world among the people. Maybe there will be clues, but in this war-torn world, the Kingdom of Al is still the smallest country in the world. If I want to rely on some discoveries on this, I hope it is too slim.
These questions made Zhang Ziqiang feel a headache. Now he has no other way. He can only believe that Amilia has worked hard to achieve the Golden Elixir stage and then slowly find the answer.
Zhang Ziqiang had a habit of doing research before. When he found that the problem could not be solved for the moment, he would never get into a stubborn way. He often looked for another solution. For example, when he was calculating the answer to the question like 1+2+3+...100, if he could not summarize the formula, he would add the number one by one and finally get the answer, and would not think about summarizing this kind of calculation method. This is actually not a good habit. If he does not change this habit, he will be destined to not achieve great success.
But modern enterprises pursue benefits. When problems occur, the boss will not have the patience to let you figure out the principle first, then summarize the experience, and then publish a book to explain the problem. What the boss requires is to solve the problem as soon as possible and ensure that your contract is completed on schedule. As for whether you use formulas to calculate the results or add them one by one, the boss does not care about it, as long as there is a result! Only when the same problem occurs many times will the boss organize manpower to find a simpler solution, or simply ask an expert to solve it. It is Zhang Ziqiang who has developed such a habit of not seeking deep understanding in such a working environment, which is also a helpless life.
The same is true now. The temple is too strong and he dares not take risks, but the ring gave him surprises from time to time. Since he can fully master this so-called artifact when he reaches the Golden Elixir stage, then he can refine it to the Golden Elixir stage as soon as possible. After using this artifact, there will always be some special functions. At that time, Isn’t it much safer to go to the temple to find the answers than now?
The most important thing is that the inheritance memory he got today was that he guessed that he came because of the ring. If he wanted to go back in the end, he would definitely fall on the ring. At this time, he became superstitious about the magic of the ring, and he also felt that Amilia's guess was correct. If the ring had not given the formation symbol tutorial this time, he would not dare to ignore everything given by the ring and insisted on forcing him to learn the method of making talismans. He probably would have stayed in Zhangzhuang to practice until the Golden Pill stage!
...The next morning, Zhang Ziqiang took Amilia and Kalyn out of the village, followed by Xiao Cui, Owen and Gurok. Zhang Ziqiang could not be sure whether Owen and Gurok were the king's spies, nor did he want to figure it out, but among all the guards, these two skills were the highest, so they took them with them today.
Turn left from the main entrance and look at the shops in Zhangzhuang one by one. When the shop owners saw Zhang Ziqiang's family, they all came out to greet him. Inns and restaurants, many people dressed up were also going out and then entered the transportation service. Soon, they came out inside, holding a sign in their hands, and hurried into Zhangzhuang.
"These are people in the Foundation Establishment Period. They are fixedly registered in a certain transportation station. Every morning is the peak period for cargo transportation. They rush to pick up the goods. Basically, they run between two teleportation arrays. The goods are coordinated by transportation stations to transport to the destination. Many of them have carriages on both sides of the teleportation arrays that they often run. After the teleportation arrays, the transportation stations will distribute goods for their carriages, and they use carriages to deliver goods in the county. Those who are determined to run transportation have bought or rented houses on both sides, like these people who live in inns are often civilians who have just reached the Foundation Establishment Period." Amilia explained to Zhang Ziqiang.
Zhang Ziqiang looked at the crowds coming and going, all of whom were in the foundation building period, but was running for transportation as a driver. Thinking about how he broke through to the foundation building period yesterday, he couldn't help but feel speechless for a while. He also understood why Amilia had a special liking for land. For example, who had just passed the foundation building period, she became a driver for a month and only earned ten gold coins. That is, she only had ten gold coins per month when she reached the seventh floor, which was slightly higher than Lao Zhuangzi's income. But it was difficult for a civilian to practice to the seventh floor of the foundation building period.
Then he went forward and saw a blacksmith shop. He saw some farming tools hanging inside, and one or two swords. Zhang Ziqiang entered the shop. When the boss saw that the landlord and his family were coming, he hurried out to greet him. The "ding-dang" sound came from the backyard so early. It seemed that the gold-control craftsmanship here was still very backward.
"Boss, how much does this sword cost?" Zhang Ziqiang took off the sword hanging on the wall. The sword was covered with a layer of shiny oil to prevent rust. He shook it with his hand and felt that the weight was a little light.
"This sword costs 220 gold. If you want it, Mr. Zhang, what if the store collects a capital, how about you 200 gold?"
"Ah, so expensive?" Zhang Ziqiang was startled.
Amilia hurriedly explained to the boss: "The master has never gone out, and the price of these things is not clear, so don't be surprised by the boss."
The shop owner looked a little unhappy just now, and Amilia said it to open, so he explained to Zhang Ziqiang: "This sword is really not expensive, two hundred gold is just an iron cost. When you hit this sword, you just show off to prove the strength of the shop."
Seeing that Zhang Ziqiang was still confused, Amilia also helped explain: "The kingdom now has only two iron ores that can mine new ores. Those ores have been refined into weapons and used for the army. Iron used by the people is used for the broken scraps, and most of them are recycled and reused." Then she whispered to Zhang Ziqiang in her ear: "The minerals in the entire continent have almost all been burned."
"Oh, so that's how it is." Zhang Ziqiang sighed in his heart. After so long, this world has no renewable resources and basically has been exploited. If the gold control industry wants to develop, there is no raw material development. If the earth does not go to the universe, it will be like this in many years, and there will be no resources available!
"Haha" the shop owner smiled and said, "It's not that a wealthy family like you, you won't buy these weapons. After joining the army, the quality is better than this one. But after serving in the military, it will hand over again. Even if the sword and weapon is broken, the broken ones must be handed over. We ordinary people are not very useful, and we mostly make decorations."
"I have a shallow understanding and offended me, boss, don't blame me." Zhang Ziqiang bowed.
"You're welcome, no one can be born to know it, right? The guest official is obsessed with practicing, that's the right way."
When we left the blacksmith shop, we walked along the road to the teleportation array. The shops next to us were similar. In this area, the most common ones were inns and transportation services, and the others were for the service of these transportation drivers during the foundation-building period.
The teleportation square is at its peak, and it is packed with people. Most of the goods are packed in wooden boxes. Thanks to the strong manpower here, such a large wooden box will be left on your back and shoulders. Zhang Ziqiang can carry nearly two thousand kilograms now. If this is placed on the earth, everything will be so incredible. Of course, if the people here see cars and trains, they will definitely feel incredible. It is a waste! So much iron is making such a thing!
The teleportation in the middle is very fast. From a distance, it looks like a crowd of people queuing from all directions, entering a vortex and disappearing. The outer edge of the teleportation array, from time to time, transport drivers carrying large wooden boxes appeared out of thin air, and then found the right direction and quickly walked out of the teleportation array range.
Zhang Ziqiang turned around and asked Amilia with interest, "If it is full of people here, where will the opposite side appear if they want to teleport over?" It turned out that he was thinking of traffic jams... "If it is full of people, the people on the opposite side will not be able to transmit and will wait there. As long as you input enough true energy into the teleportation array and do not leave the teleportation array, the teleportation array will definitely transmit you to the destination. Seeing that there is no one there? There are a few soldiers, and when there are many people, the soldiers will be guarding there. If anyone teleports over and doesn't leave, he will be severely punished."
Chapter completed!