Volume 2 That World Chapter 53: Dark Clouds
Qi Ji really didn't expect that Sword Saint Master Yu would also be interested in hanging out with them.
Yu Chengen led the way, turned around and said with a smile: "I have been a referee for so many days in a row. Don't say you are tired. I am also annoyed. To be honest, I have never had a good visit to Jiandu in all these years. It's a good opportunity to join you."
"Master Sword Saint, haven't you stayed in the outer realm for many years? How come you haven't been here before?" Shangquan Yiren asked curiously.
Yu Chengen smiled slightly, his expression seemed to be a little sighing: "I have been seeking the Tao for more than thirty years, and now I have achieved it. How can I have the heart to think about anything else? I just practice."
Qin Zijin and Qi Ji walked shoulder to shoulder, following Qi Ji's steps closely, and now he also said with a smile: "Mr. Yu was well-known in the Sword Pavilion for his single-minded devotion to the Tao. After he arrived in the outer domain and obtained the Transcendent Realm, he spent all his time cultivating and going to the front lines to kill foreign demons. It only took him ten years to cultivate to the fourth level of Transcendent Realm. Those who can achieve this level are all peerless figures at the level of Mr. Yangming."
She paused and continued, "Even my master said that he couldn't achieve the same level of accomplishment as Sword Master Yu back then."
Qi Ji nodded. Yu Jiansheng was originally well-known as a "sword maniac" on their planet. It was very reasonable for him to have such achievements in the outside world.
The group chatted as they walked, and soon arrived at the weapons shop directly operated by Jiange.
The name is - Sword House.
This is a large multi-story pavilion with five floors. The building has a majestic appearance and is full of the ancient style of Daxia.
Qin Zijin smiled slightly: "This is the weapon manufacturing industry directly managed by Jiange, called Jianfang. It has branches in major cities in Donghua Continent and is famous for its high-quality swords and blades."
She tilted her head and thought for a while, then smiled and said, "The swords of the Sword House are roughly equivalent to the fruit phones on our planet for the warriors on the East China Continent."
This girl's descriptions are always very vivid!
As they were talking, several people walked into the busy gate of the sword workshop.
The interior of the sword workshop was also bustling with people, and countless warriors in tight-fitting clothes with swords hanging from their waists were walking and staying here.
A male clerk who was obviously dressed in a uniform style immediately came over when he saw Qi Ji and his group.
"Hello, Elder Yu, Hello, Qin Xingxing, Hello, Senior Sister Su. I am the outer disciple Sun Siye. I have received the instructions from Qin Xingxing. I will be the one to introduce you to each other this time."
Qi Ji looked at Qin Zijin, who in turn raised her eyebrows at him, as if to say, "What do you think, sister is very proud, right?"
Sun Siye led the way in front, introducing swiftly, "This is the first floor of the sword shop, which mainly sells some common weapons with high consumption. Naturally, the brothers and sisters will not be interested in them. Shall we go upstairs?"
Qi Ji looked around and felt that the sword workshop covered an area of at least one thousand square meters. The venue was divided into several areas, and each area displayed the same type of weapons. The whole place was flashing with cold light, which made people's blood boil.
However, since Sun Siye said that these were just some ordinary consumable weapons, Qi Ji no longer wasted energy observing them. He followed the others and obediently went up the stairs on the inside of the first floor.
Arriving at the second floor, Sun Siye quickly said, "The weapons on the second floor are all made by experienced masters. The forging method has been greatly optimized. The quality is basically better than that on the first floor. Of course, the price is much more expensive than that on the first floor."
He smiled slightly, turned around and continued to lead everyone up the stairs: "However, since the material used is still ordinary iron, it is inevitable that it will be damaged when it collides with other weapons. After using it for a long time, it will become difficult to repair and become scrapped. It can no longer be called a precious sword."
Finally, several people came to the third floor together.
The third floor is much smaller than the first and second floors. Although the area of several hundred square meters is divided by weapon type like the first and second floors, the weapons here are obviously completely different in shape and material, and the number of each weapon is also greatly reduced.
"Each weapon on the third floor is made of a special ore combined with 'hard gold'. Both the hardness and toughness are far superior to ordinary weapons. It is very unlikely that the edge will break or break during normal use. Of course, the price of the weapons here is ten or even dozens of times higher than the ones below."
Qi Ji approached Qin Zijin and asked, "I forgot to ask, how are the prices in the outer domains calculated?"
"Similar to the gold standard." Qin Zijin smiled, and then she explained: "The only difference is that the cash equivalent in the foreign land is a metal called 'hard gold'. This metal is an indispensable material for many creations at the technological level here."
Qin Zijin thought for a moment and added, "Or to put it in the most common terms, as the young man just said, once 'hard gold' is used as the material when forging a weapon, the performance of this weapon will far exceed that of weapons cast from ordinary metals. This is the most intuitive value of hard gold."
Qi Ji nodded: "So the currency value here is mainly based on this 'hard gold'?"
Qin Zijin nodded, then took out three coins of different colors and the size of bottle caps from her pocket, and said with a smile: "This most beautiful pale blue coin is made of hard gold. You can think of one as 10,000 yuan over there." She pointed to the remaining bright gold and silver coins: "This gold one is equivalent to 100 yuan, and this silver one is equivalent to one yuan, which can buy about a kilogram of rice."
Qi Ji stroked his chin thoughtfully and asked, "How much do the ordinary weapons downstairs usually sell for?"
Sun Siye, who had been paying attention to the conversation between Qi Ji and the other man, immediately replied: "The price of weapons on the first floor is about five to ten gold coins, and on the second floor it will cost thirty to fifty gold coins."
"So what's the price of the weapons on the third floor?" Qi Ji looked at the other party.
Sun Siye smiled slightly: "At least three blue coins."
Wow! What a luxury item!
The trio from the inner domain immediately became interested. Of course, originally the three of them were not short of money in the inner domain, although they were now paupers here.
The problem is that this is Jiange’s industry, and it has a financial sponsor to pay for it, so it’s not a big deal at all!
Sun Siye stood where he was, raised his hand and said, "I will wait here, please choose the appropriate weapons."
Bai Tianhe was the first to leave the team after asking Yu Chengen for permission, and walked towards the two-handed sword area with a clear goal. Then Shangquan Yiren could not help but say goodbye to the others, and walked quickly to the exotic weapons area that had been attracting his attention just now. There were several cold and sharp Japanese swords on the shelves there.
Su Jingqiu turned to look at the remaining Qi Ji and Qin Zijin and asked, "Why, Qi Ji isn't going to pick a weapon?"
Qi Ji and Qin Zijin smiled at each other, then turned around and told Su Jingqiu: "Actually, the reason we came here today is because I mentioned this morning that I wanted some weapons."
"Some?" Su Jingqiu accurately grasped the quantifier in Qi Ji's words.
Qin Zijin smiled and said, "Qi Ji asked me to help him find four weapons, so I just brought him here."
Yu Chengen, who was listening nearby, couldn't help but feel curious: "Although you have always been unconventional and have been using weapons indiscriminately, it is a bit strange that you want to find four different weapons at once."
Qi Ji scratched his head and said, "I just want to see it for myself. I've never touched a real sharp-edged weapon on a planet in the inner domain."
As they were talking, a few more people came up the stairs from the third floor. When they saw Yu Chengen, they immediately came over happily.
"Sword Master, why are you here too!"
Yu Chengen looked over and smiled brightly: "Wuchuan, why are you here too? The sword workshop shouldn't be worthy of your Longchang's attention, right?"
The group on the opposite side was an elegant middle-aged man with four young men, who were none other than the geniuses from Longchang that had been seen on the field before.
Wuchuan signaled to the handsome young man who was leading the group, and the young man immediately stepped forward and said politely, "Hello, Mr. Jian. I am the representative of Longchang this time, Wang Zhige, and I am a disciple of Mr. Yangming."
Yu Chengen smiled and nodded: "You are Wang Zhige, you are really a young talent. How is Mr. Yangming?"
Wang Zhige nodded, his politeness naturally showing nobility: "Master is in very good health. He is currently at the forefront of the northern border to defend against the demons. It is inconvenient for him to come back."
Yu Chengen nodded, his face slightly solemn: "Did you know that your brother was assassinated by a high-level outer demon in the inner domain some time ago?"
Wang Zhige nodded, frowning: "Yihang was frightened that time, and is now under strict protection at home."
Yu Chengen looked at him and said softly, "You should know that the real target of the foreign demon is actually your father."
Qi Ji and the other two were listening nearby.
Then he realized that he was the only one who didn't understand what Yu Chengen and Wang Zhige were saying, so he secretly touched Qin Zijin and gave her a questioning look.
Qin Zijin understood what he meant at a glance, leaned over to his ear and whispered, "This man is Wang Yixing's brother. Both of them are the direct descendants of the head of the 'Northern Border Wang Family'. The old head of the Northern Border Wang Family is a close friend of Mr. Yangming, and Mr. Yangming is from our Inner Domain, so the Wang Family currently belongs to the 'pro-inner faction'."
"Why did the Northern Border Wang family appear again?" Qi Ji asked in a low voice: "Didn't you say that the seven major forces are the largest forces on this continent?"
Qin Zijin pursed his lips and whispered, "The seven major forces are similar to the sects in the martial arts novels we have read. In addition to the sects, there are also super families like the 'Northern Border Royal Family'. They have a lot of resources and population and dominate one side. Most of the time, they live in peace with the sects and even send their own descendants to various sects to study and train."
After a pause, Qin Zijin added: "For example, Wang Zhige and Wang Yixing followed Mr. Yangming and practiced in Longchang."
"Does this count as snatching food from a tiger's mouth?" Qi Ji asked, "Can we, the big brothers of our sect, watch other forces rise?"
Qin Zijin covered her mouth and laughed softly, "It is indeed like snatching food from a tiger's mouth, but we are the ones who are taking the food from others."
