C163 (1/2)
After walking out of the somewhat dark passageway to the city gate, glaring sunlight poured down from the horizon, the bustling noise once again sounded out like a devil's voice piercing his ears, causing Zhou Tong to furrow his brows slightly.
Squinting his eyes slightly, Zhou Tong could see the city that was surrounded by city walls, as well as the dense human traffic on the wide streets. Zhou Tong could not help but sigh to himself, the size of this Cloud Ascension City was even larger than the Star Gauze City that the Star Gauze Sword Sect was located in, if it was compared to the Cang Lan City, who knows how big it would be.
”Where are we going next?” Why don't we first go to that Zhennan Mansion or something? ” Xiao Hanqing shifted her gaze to her surroundings and said softly.
This place should contain quite a number of rare medicinal ingredients that are rarely seen in the outside world. If one is lucky, one might be able to obtain some of the medicinal ingredients that one needs. Since he is already here, he is definitely going to prepare some gifts for the Imperial Family.
”In the end, what pill are you planning to refine?” ”I'm not asking you, but maybe I do.” Xiao Hanqing slightly shook his head, as he muttered somewhat helplessly, but he didn't say anything else and only followed behind Zhou Tong.
”We can't always trouble you and the Uncle Yu.” As he slowly walked towards the spacious street, Zhou Tong seemed to casually say, ”Oh yes, the next time we meet that kind of person, I will just help myself. In the Within the capital, no one will blame you for anything, even if there is, there is still me.”
”Isn't it just a token? Let's see if you can handle it.” Faintly startled, Xiao Hanqing gave Zhou Tong a grimace and pulled Yue Qingyao along as she quickly walked to the front. However, on her face, a faintly discernable moving smile appeared.
The three of them slowly travelled through the enormous Cloud Ascension City, finally understanding just how big the 'auction' Xue Yang had mentioned was.
On both sides of the street, there were many different sized shops standing in an orderly manner. All of these shops, without exception, had the signboard of the Yun Sheng Auction, causing almost all of the shops in the city to become subsidiary shops under the name of the Auction House. One could clearly see the frightening scale of these shops.
Zhou Tong and the other two walked along the street, their eyes constantly sweeping past the shops on the two sides of the street. On the way, they saw many medicine stores, and even went in to ask around, but these medicine stores were not considered large, so they did not encounter any of the medicinal herbs that Zhou Tong needed.
Although he did not obtain anything, Zhou Tong was not anxious because of that. The medicinal ingredients that he required were all extremely rare, even though the Cloud Auction House was huge, it was impossible to collect all of them in a short period of time.
Along the way, after passing through two streets, the footsteps of Zhou Tong and the other two finally stopped in front of an extremely large attic medicine store.
The name of the medicine shop was ”Ten Directions Pavilion” and its scale was extremely large. It could be said that it was the largest shop that Zhou Tong and the other two had seen ever since they entered the city, and the reputation of the store here seemed to be not small within the city. At the entrance, it seemed as though the flow of people was packed together.
Standing outside the Ten Directions Pavilion, Zhou Tong hesitated for a moment before bringing Xiao Hanqing and her sister into the crowd of people. The spirit energy within her body was cleverly released, and as if it was flowing through a stream of water, it silently pushed aside the person who was blocking her path and entered the Ten Directions Pavilion.
Once he entered the Ten Directions Pavilion, the clamoring sounds of cursing suddenly became much softer. A rich medicinal fragrance that was mixed with countless different medicinal ingredients assaulted his nostrils, and the richness of the medicinal fragrance almost made Zhou Tong to sneeze violently.
Rubbing his nose, Zhou Tong looked over and saw that in the incredibly spacious hall, were many transparent counters. Inside the counter, were all sorts of different medicinal ingredients, and now, in front of these counters, were many people.
The large hall was divided into the medicinal herb area and the pill area. It was obvious that there were more people in the pill area, and there were not many cultivators who were proficient in the art of alchemy, even in the Within the capital. However, to Zhou Tong, medicinal ingredients were much more precious than medicinal pellets. As long as the medicinal ingredients were in his possession, the medicinal pellet would naturally be refined out.
Holding onto Yue Qingyao who was sniffling as if she smelled the canteen food, Zhou Tong and the other two slowly walked towards a crystal counter, then swept their eyes across it. Zhou Tong scanned through all of the medicinal ingredients placed on the counter before shaking her head slightly. Even though the items here were not ordinary items, they were still far from the grade of the medicinal ingredients he needed.
”The Within the capital is different. Just these medicinal herbs, if they were placed outside, would probably be treated as the treasure of the shop. What kind of place would sell such things so casually?” As an alchemist expert himself, Xiao Hanqing was naturally quite familiar with these medicinal ingredients as well.
Zhou Tong smiled and nodded. Just as he was about to speak, a laugh came from his side: ”Guests, what ingredients would you like to order? Our Ten Directions Pavilion is the old name of the Cloud Ascension City for the past hundred years. I believe you should be able to purchase the necessary items here. ”