Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 226 Entering the City

After leaving Wandao Lake, Chu Tai passed through several Thousand Light Layer division areas and began to approach the heart of the Central Plains.

On the way, Chu Tai also encountered some rare treasures. He was not greedy. He picked some when he saw suitable ones, taking three and keeping seven, or four and keeping six, and left behind formations, moving mountains and rivers lightly, protecting elixirs, and nurturing spiritual objects without harming the natural order.

If he comes across something he really likes, or a rare treasure that has a guardian beast, Chu Tai will usually discuss it with the person, or teach him the skills, or exchange it with elixirs he has made. If it really doesn't work, he won't force it.

As time went by, Chu Tai's collection became more and more abundant. The few magic weapons in his hands that had weak foundations became more spiritual after repeated spiritual refinements. They once again kept up with Chu Tai's practice rhythm and could be used as magic weapons for his daily use.

As for the several treasures being refined, either they had achieved some legal principles or their legal principles and legal ideas had taken shape. With Chu Tai's current level of cultivation, he could only rely on slow grinding to refine them, and there would not be much change.

As he approached the heart of the Central Plains, Chu Tai's flying speed slowed down consciously. It was not because the Central Plains dynasty had any restrictions on cultivators, but because he had come to a relatively special area, Wumao County.

This county town is very special. The five hats here refer to gold, silver, copper, iron and tin. They also refer to the rich reserves of hardware here. As soon as Chu Tai entered this area, he saw green waters and green mountains.

The green mountains and clear waters here do not refer to the dense vegetation and clear water. It is simply that on the hilltop he saw, there were too many open-air ores, which were exposed and washed by rain, resulting in copper rust.

As a result, there is no grass growing here, and all you can see is gray fog.

Such an important place is naturally heavily guarded. In the golden energy rising into the sky, Chu Tai can feel the strong aura of war and killing, as well as several monks at the top of the mine who are silently inhaling and exhaling golden energy.

Feeling Chu Tai's gaze, one of the monks communicated with Chu Tai from a distance.

According to them, monks traveling here can absorb and exhale golden energy, but the daily amount is limited, and they need to help local soldiers temper the elite of five metals and assist in refining some basic weapons materials.

If you don't want to, you can also collect some hardware and metals to take back.

Chu Tai naturally didn't want to be involved in this part of the cause and effect after hearing this. He saw clearly that deep in the metal veins here there were special ores such as gold ore mother and copper ore mother, which had the magical function of transforming vital energy and condensing gold and iron.

Not to mention using the hardware materials here, even if you practice here, you may be dragged down by the other party.

Therefore, after Chu Tai briefly observed the shapes of the mountains and rivers here and felt some of the natural charm, he set off to fly towards the next town.

The more Chu Tai traveled, the more he discovered that each county in the Central Plains had its own characteristics, or in other words, most of the counties had their own ecological systems.

For example, the Wandao Lake, Wumao Mountains, and Baifang City seen later, all grow thousands of flowers. Various exotic flowers are in full bloom everywhere, and the people in the entire county mostly make a living on flowers. Chu Tai saw several special exotic flowers among them and bought them back as auxiliary materials for alchemy.

Tianzhi City is centered around textiles. Although there are people outside the city who farm or work in other industries, the top talents in the city are all in textiles. Many of the fabrics woven there are so many that even Chu Tai is amazed and believes that they are excellent materials for refining magic weapons.

In the Skill City, Chu Tai saw tens of thousands of mechanical parts. Every aspect of the mechanical parts were more sophisticated than the ones he saw when he just entered the Central Plains. However, the number of cultivators involved was very small, which was more of a manifestation of skill.

"So, the outermost part of the Central Plains developed freely, and the residents of the counties near the middle part either relied on their own geographical resources to cultivate cultivation resources, or made corresponding materials based on special craftsmanship, and then traded them in various places through caravans or countries, thus building a huge humanitarian network?"

Chu Tai's idea vanished after he entered the city.

When Chu Tai entered the city in the early morning, he was stopped by two monks in official uniforms.

The cultivation base of the two was not high, nor was they considered strong among the seventh rank ones. The only thing worthy of praise was that their aura was relatively pure, slightly better than that of Madam Qingli who had regained her memories of her past life.

"What can I do for you, fellow Taoists?" Chu Tai looked at the two of them and asked them why they were looking for him.

"I don't have any other intentions. I just saw that you have a natural aura and no signs of human destiny. I thought you just came from the outside world, so I came to tell you a few things about entering the city."

As he spoke, one of them took out a bamboo slip and spread it out in front of Chu Tai. Information flowed out of it. The densely packed words recorded more than 400 action requirements within the city.

Chu Tai took a quick look at the many details and then put them behind his mind, focusing on the first three.

"It is not allowed to fly or cast spells at will in the city. It is not allowed to use spells on anyone in the city, or to harm mortals by relying on the subsequent effects of spells. It is not allowed to damage public facilities in any form in the city. Many subsequent issues are actually expanded based on the prohibitions of these three clauses, which have a lot of overlap in meaning."

Hearing Chu Tai's doubts, the two began to explain.

To put it simply, behind every prohibited item there is a very helpless situation that has really happened.

For example, there was once a monk who felt that mortals discriminated against him, so he took advantage of the situation and deliberately ran to the mortal’s house naked, forcing the mortal to take action, and then used the excuse of counterattack to cast a spell against him.

For example, a casual cultivator once deliberately cast a spell to occupy all public toilets, resulting in very indecent conditions in some areas.

"To put it simply, as long as you regard yourself as a mortal after entering and do not treat them as superior, there will generally be no problems. If you really don't want to, you can also enter through the special activity area."

"Special activity area?"

When Chu Tai heard this, his first reaction was, "How much extra will it cost?"

"That's not necessary, but the special activity area is mostly run by government-run shops, which do not accept barter. If you want to enter to purchase resources, it's best to exchange the resources you want to exchange for the corresponding silver before entering."

As he spoke, a monk took out three special coins, which were made of gold, silver and bronze respectively.

When Chu Tai saw the coin, he frowned slightly: "Legal principle? No, it should be the solidified incomplete legal principle..."

Upon hearing this, the two cultivators showed a hint of surprise on their faces, and then said more respectfully: "Daoyou have a keen eye. These three coins were all made by the Qingli Wealth Immortal Yang Wenjing in cooperation with the government. They are imitations of the humane holy coins of the Central Plains. They have the aura of the government seal and some of the Dao fruit energy of the Qingli Wealth Immortal Yang Wenjing."

As he spoke, he handed the coin to Chu Tai for careful examination.

The gold, silver and copper contents in the three coins are actually not high. They are mostly condensed from the vital energy precipitated during the operation of the legal principles on them. When asked about the value of the coins and what they can be purchased with, and silently calculated, the value of the coins themselves is far less than their corresponding value.

The ratio of the value of a copper coin to its corresponding value is about one to ten, that of a silver coin is about one to one hundred, and that of a gold coin is close to one to one thousand.

"I heard from you that this coin is a copy of the Humanitarian Holy Coin from the Central Plains. I wonder what is so mysterious about that Humanitarian Holy Coin?"

The two monks didn't know how to respond when they heard this. At this time, a voice sounded from the city gate.

"The current Humanitarian Holy Coin is the only currency that the dynasty recognizes and allows to circulate in the Central Plains. The dynasty stipulates that all transactions must be conducted with Humanitarian Holy Coins. Whether it is personal medical treatment, buying and selling goods, or even exchanging personal property, it must first be converted into Humanitarian Holy Coins. Otherwise, it will not be recognized by the dynasty, and the dynasty has the right to interfere."

(End of this chapter)