Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 20 Dragon City and Currency!

Zhu Ziyang's worries were obviously unnecessary, because the day after he returned, Zhu Changhe and his group also returned to Anyang City.

He saw Zhu Changhe, who was beaming with joy, at the academy. After reaching the Soul Venerable level, Zhu Changhe was hired by Hong Zhen as the vice dean of Anyang Academy.

To celebrate Zhu Changhe reaching the Soul Venerable level, Liang Ying specially prepared a feast at home, and Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan were both brought home by Liang Ying.

At the dinner table, Zhu Changhe boasted with pride. His third soul ring came from a thousand-year-old Blazing Ironclad Beast, and its soul skill was an amplification type, which perfectly compensated for the limitations of his first and second soul skills, which were both attack-type soul skills. Perhaps it was the result of years of accumulated experience, but Zhu Changhe's soul power also jumped to level 32.

Zhu Changhe was really excited, and he even showed off his thousand-year soul ring to Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan. He looked extremely happy and proud.

However, when Zhu Ziyang revealed his second spirit ring, Zhu Changhe was dumbfounded and almost questioned his existence.

Although Liang Ying was also very agitated, she was more inclined to blame Zhu Ziyang for his risky behavior. Only after Zhu Ziyang promised that he wouldn't do it again did she let him off the hook.

That evening, Zhu Ziyang ate the bright yellow fruit, and its medicinal effects were excellent.

His soul power reached level 23.

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the next day.

Zhu Ziyang followed Zhu Changhe to Longcheng.

Dragon City, the main city of Zhenbei Province in the Heavenly Soul Empire, is the largest trading market for soul guide materials in the northern part of the continent. Anyang City is a subordinate city under Dragon City, and its lord, Hong Zhen, needs to come here every year to report to the Dragon City Lord, Duke Lan Dian.

The reason Zhu Changhe and his son came to Longcheng was because of the forelegs of the Blazing Mantis that Zhu Ziyang had collected.

Zhu Changhe arrived at the Soul Guidance Materials Market in Dragon City with practiced ease. Without much deliberation, he went straight to a large stall, clearly having visited this stall before. Zhu Ziyang noticed that the stall's sign featured a black Tyrant's dragon head.

Earth Dragon Gate!

Zhu Ziyang immediately understood the origin of the stall; it turned out to be a business of the Earth Dragon Gate.

The Earth Dragon Sect, one of the two major powers in Dragon City, is named so because all its members possess Earth Dragon Martial Souls. Since its disciples all have sub-dragon Martial Souls, the Earth Dragon Sect's strength ranks among the top in the entire Heavenly Soul Empire. With Zhu Ziyang's Frost Tyrannosaurus Martial Soul, he would undoubtedly receive intensive training if he joined the Earth Dragon Sect. Unfortunately, Zhu Ziyang's ambitions lie elsewhere.

In contrast to the Earth Dragon Gate, another major force in Dragon City is the Heavenly Dragon Gate. The martial souls of the Heavenly Dragon Gate members are all of the Heavenly Dragon type. The Heavenly Dragon Gate's strength is definitely greater than the Earth Dragon Gate's, because Earth Dragons are generally sub-dragons, while Heavenly Dragons include true dragons! Even disregarding martial soul strength, true dragon martial souls are absolutely stronger than sub-dragon martial souls, because the bloodline suppression between martial souls is no less intense than that between soul beasts.

Legend has it that the predecessor of the Heavenly Dragon Sect was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, one of the three upper sects ten thousand years ago, and their core disciples were all Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Masters. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon is a typical True Dragon Martial Soul. It is said that Mu En, the Dragon God Douluo who dominated the continent a hundred years ago, had a mutated Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.

The Lord of Dragon City is the Lord of the Heavenly Dragon Gate. When the Heavenly Dou Empire split, the ancestors of the Heavenly Dragon Gate had made great contributions in battle and were granted the title of Duke of Blue Lightning by the royal family of the Heavenly Soul Empire. They guarded the northern border of the empire for generations.

The Heavenly Dragon Gate and the Earthly Dragon Gate have a long history. It is said that the Earthly Dragon Gate was originally an affiliated sect of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Later, it came to Dragon City with the ancestors of the Heavenly Dragon Gate. However, due to various reasons, it broke away from the Heavenly Dragon Gate and became the Earthly Dragon Gate on its own. Considering that the Heavenly Dragon Gate tacitly allowed the Earthly Dragon Gate to establish itself in Dragon City, it is likely that the Heavenly Dragon Gate was in the wrong for the Earthly Dragon Gate to become independent in the first place.

"Hey! Changhe, it's been a while! What have you been up to?" The stall owner said with a look of surprise when he saw Zhu Changhe.

"Things have been a bit calmer lately, so fewer people are coming," Zhu Changhe replied with a smile, his smile filled with satisfaction.

"That's wonderful!" The stall owner smiled happily upon hearing this, then looked at Zhu Ziyang and said, "Is this Ziyang? He's grown so much!"

"That's right! Ziyang, this is your uncle Liang Yu." Zhu Changhe said with a hint of pride when he saw the stall owner looking at Zhu Ziyang.

"Uncle Liang Yu!" Zhu Ziyang was somewhat surprised, but he didn't show it. The stall owner's surname was Liang, which meant he was obviously a relative of his mother's. However, his mother had never mentioned that he had any connection with the Earth Dragon Gate.

"Hey! Great! Just like your mother." Liang Yu exclaimed with delight, then looked at Zhu Changhe and asked, "What good stuff did you bring this time?"

"Blazing Mantis forelimbs!" Zhu Changhe laughed, then released ten huge mantis forelimbs from his storage soul tool. The appearance of so many mantis forelimbs in front of the stall immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding people, and everyone showed a shocked expression.

Liang Yu was no exception. His eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "Good heavens, Changhe, have you stirred up a mantis's nest? So many mantis legs! And if I'm not mistaken, these are all Thousand-Year Radiant Mantises!"

"Regardless of whether I disturbed the mantis nest or not, take a look at how much these mantis forelegs are worth," Zhu Changhe said with a smile.

"The price of a thousand-year-old Blazing Mantis's forelimbs is between 500 and 550 gold soul coins. Your scythes are well-preserved and rich in elemental energy. Since we're acquaintances, I'll just give you 550 each." Liang Yu examined the mantises' forelimbs and then took out a special instrument to test them again. After doing all this, he said to Zhu Changhe.

"No problem," Zhu Changhe readily agreed.

Zhu Ziyang was very satisfied with the price Liang Yu offered: 550 gold coins per animal, which was already considered a premium.

In this way, the forelegs of the ten thousand-year-old Blazing Mantises brought the Zhu family an income of 5,500 gold soul coins.

Currently, all countries on the continent use a unified currency: the lowest value is the bronze soul coin, the middle value is the silver soul coin, and the highest value is the gold soul coin. Among them, the bronze and silver soul coins are the most commonly used currencies by ordinary people, while the gold soul coin is the main hard currency circulating among soul masters.

The exchange rate between the three currencies is one to ten to one thousand, meaning one gold soul coin is equal to ten silver soul coins, which in turn equals one thousand bronze soul coins.

Taking rice as an example, the price of one kilogram of ordinary rice is between fifty and one hundred copper soul coins. An average family of three consumes about twenty-five kilograms of rice per month. Twenty-five kilograms of rice would cost at most twenty-five silver soul coins, or two and a half gold soul coins. Therefore, for an average person, five thousand five hundred gold soul coins is definitely a huge sum of money.

However, for families with Soul Masters, 5,500 gold Soul Coins are not enough.

After delivering the goods and receiving payment, Zhu Changhe and Zhu Ziyang went to purchase some more supplies before returning to Anyang City.

On his way home, Zhu Ziyang received two hundred gold soul coins as hush money, because Zhu Changhe had kept three hundred gold soul coins as his private stash, and the other five thousand gold soul coins needed to be handed over to Liang Ying.

Seeing his father's somewhat embarrassed behavior, Zhu Ziyang laughed unkindly.

Dear readers, please don't be stingy with your recommendation tickets and monthly tickets!

(End of this chapter)