Chapter 418 Star and Moon Pavilion of Myriad Things
"Sugar pills! Excellent sugar pills!"
"Sakura snow, cool, sweet cherry blossom snow!"
"Osmanthus cake, osmanthus cake, buy three get one free, buy six get two free, tonight only!"
"Takoyaki! Freshly made takoyaki!"
"My lord, how many will you buy for your wife?"
"Uh, no..."
The city that never sleeps is Dairakyo City, but in fact Heian-kyo of the Sakura Shogunate does not have this name, but it still has this name.
Even though it's already dark now, the streets of Heian Kyo are still brightly lit and extremely lively.
Bright yellow and bright red lanterns, as well as water-patterned fish flags fluttering in the wind, are hung all over the market. Looking around, you can see that they are all full of shogunate-style buildings and furnishings.
In this bustling market, there are many vendors pushing carts among the crowd, selling their own goods.
At this moment, a middle-aged man selling takoyaki shouted excitedly to Li Guanqi and Sophia who were passing by: "Sir, buy a few. Look at your wife, she loves to eat it!"
"Um?"
Li Guanqi originally refused, but after hearing this, he couldn't help but glance sideways at Sophia.
I saw this lioness looking longingly at the takoyaki stall. She even raised her right hand and wiped the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand to prevent drool from flowing down.
"..."
Li Guanqi was immediately speechless.
He knew that the resources of the grassland were barren, but the question was, it wouldn't be so barren, right?
A lioness who has lived for more than 170 years and is a seven-star royal lioness can do this to a takoyaki?
That's outrageous.
How miserable is the life of the grassland orcs?
"Let's have 10."
Li Guanqi shook his head and stopped thinking about these things. He took out a handful of gold coins from the space necklace and placed it on the stall.
"Hey, that's good!"
The man selling takoyaki suddenly smiled. After picking up the gold coins, he began to pick takoyaki from the boiler. He quickly packed 10 takoyakis in a paper box, inserted four skewers, and handed them to the takoyakis with both hands.
Li Guanqi.
"Sir, please take it."
"Um."
Li Guanqi took it and then handed it to Sophia beside him.
Sofia's eyes lit up, and she quickly took it, grabbed a piece of takoyaki from the paper box, put it in her mouth, and chewed it.
Li Guanqi, on the other hand, took her and continued walking forward.
The two of them just followed the flow of people, walking neither in a hurry nor slowly.
It’s not that I want to experience the fireworks in the world, the main reason is that Heian Kyo has rules. Except for the palace or law enforcement officials, no one is allowed to fly in the city, nor is it allowed to use extraordinary power to disrupt public order.
What counts as disrupting public order?
Just a one-level human of different blood running wildly through the streets of the city, causing panic among ordinary citizens due to the high-speed movement, and causing damage caused by the air flow caused by the high-speed movement. This is considered a breach of public order and will be arrested by the Law Enforcement Department.
In fact, almost all towns and cities, not just Heiankyo, have similar rules.
The previous city guard said that the ratio of cherry blossoms to foreigners in Heiankyo is now about 5:1.
But in fact, the specific performance is even more exaggerated.
After Li Guanqi walked in the market for a while, he saw more than twenty foreigners with Western faces, more than ten of whom were tulip people with blond hair and golden eyes.
And I also saw several demi-human species.
One of them was a tauren, and the others were centaurs. Li Guanqi couldn't help but think of a centaur he once knew—Misha, the adopted daughter of Master Xiahou Li.
Heian-kyo is indeed tolerant, which can be seen from its acceptance of foreigners and sub-races.
"Is the takoyaki delicious?"
Li Guanqi looked ahead and asked casually as he walked.
"Hmm... delicious."
However, Sophia's response seemed to be a little tearful.
Li Guanqi looked sideways at her in astonishment.
I saw this beautiful woman with blond hair and golden eyes, holding a paper box in her left hand, and half a takoyaki stuck on a skewer in her right hand. There were a few residues left in the corners of her mouth, and in the corners of her eyes... there were crystal tears swirling.
"What's wrong?"
Li Guanqi said in surprise: "It tastes so good that it makes you cry? Is it so exaggerated?"
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and picked up a piece of takoyaki.
"As for what?"
Li Guanqi took two bites, feeling the rich aroma in his mouth, and became more and more surprised, "Although these octopus balls taste good, they are not so delicious that they make you cry, right?"
Sophia just wiped her eyes and said no more.
"Everything in life is nothing more than touching the scene and arousing emotion."
At this time, Shunkong's voice suddenly sounded in Li Guanqi's mind, "Humans, whether they are ordinary humans or alien humans, your taste buds determine that no matter how delicious the food is, it will not cause too much emotion.
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If a food can make a person cry, then what gives it more 'taste' must not be the ingredients, but the memories...or, in other words, the emotions generated by the memories."
"Oh, Sophia is thinking of her younger siblings."
When Li Guanqi was mentioned like this by Shunkong, he immediately figured it out.
"yes."
There was a bit of emotion in Shunkora's voice, "She is a sister. How many sisters in the world don't love their younger siblings? I guess, when Sofia was eating this takoyaki, she must be thinking, it's so delicious.
How great would it be if my younger brothers and sisters could also have a taste of foreign delicacies?"
Li Guanqi was silent.
"It's a pity..."
Shunkong sighed softly, "Her younger brothers and sisters are already dead, and to a large extent, they were implicated in their deaths by her sister. Under such a mixture of emotions, she is just crying now, not wow
I cried out loud and tried hard to endure it."
"Don't be too sad."
Li Guanqi heard Shunkong's words, looked at Sophia beside him, patted her head gently, and comforted: "They will not blame you, you are their sister after all..."
"Wow!"
Before she finished speaking, tears suddenly burst out of Sophia's eyes, and she kept crying, which attracted the attention of passers-by around her.
Li Guanqi was immediately stunned.
Then he looked at Sophia who was crying and felt a little at a loss. He didn't know what to do for a while.
"Master, haven't you heard a word?"
This time it was not Shunkong who made a sound, but Xiaoxue's soft voice, and she said faintly: "Don't comfort others when they are trying not to cry, because as soon as you comfort them, they won't be able to help themselves.
Oh...and your comforting skills are really bad."
"cry?"
Immediately afterwards, the surprised voice of the magic knife suddenly sounded, "A 178-year-old lioness has lived for so many years without any spiritual growth? How can she still cry in public?"
"Lumo!"
Shunkong's voice deepened, with a hint of anger, "If you also had five younger brothers and sisters, and they were all implicated to death by yourself, you wouldn't say such sarcastic words. You should have some sympathy, Stinky Dao, even if
If you have no sympathy and don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."
"That's right, that's right... Sophia is already very pitiful."
Xiaoxue also echoed softly.
Demon Sword fell silent and did not reply.
"This man is really bad. Men who make girls cry are the worst."
"Hush!!! You prodigal bitch, what should I do if someone hears me? Dressed in a black robe, she is most likely a magician!"
"Why does wearing black robe mean you are a magician?"
"Who has nothing to do and wears a long black hooded robe? Is this standard equipment for a spellcaster?"
"Then, even if he is a conjurer, this is Heianjing, what does he dare to do?"
"Oh...how do you want me to say hello to you?"
As Sophia's crying became more intense, there were also discussions among the pedestrians around her.
"Buzz——"
In desperation, Li Guanqi had no choice but to raise his hand and cast a soundproof spiritual shield over Sophia to block her cries so as not to attract the attention of the people around her.
Then he grabbed the wrist of the crying lioness and quickly took her away from the street market.
He came to Ping'an Capital not for shopping or tourism. His main purpose was to find the boss of the Xingyue Pavilion, the seller of the bricks and tiles of the Ice Temple, and find clues to the Ice Temple.
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Ping'an Jing, XC District, in a remote alley.
The hustle and bustle outside seems to have nothing to do with this alley. The quietness, desolation, and lack of lights here are in sharp contrast to the excitement and bright lights of the night market outside.
In the shadows, two figures slowly walked out.
It was Li Guanqi who was wearing a black robe, and Sophia who was wearing white short sleeves and black tight trousers.
"Feeling better?"
Li Guanqi glanced at her.
"I'm sorry, Master..."
Sophia lowered her head, her eyes still seemed a little red.
"My words of comfort were too stupid."
Li Guanqi waved his hand, and then walked straight towards the end of the alley, "Let's not talk about those sad things. Let's go. The Xingyue Pavilion of All Things is just ahead."
"Uh-huh."
Sophia followed closely behind.
Xingyue Wanwu Pavilion.
This is a very grand name. It sounds like it is some kind of large-scale force, with minions spread throughout the shogunate, and the level of collecting endless treasures of the shogunate.
But in reality, it's just an ordinary grocery store.
"Forehead……"
Li Guanqi stopped, raised his head, and looked at the sign of the shop in front of him with a strange expression.
A plain brown wooden board with five large black characters engraved on it.
【Xingyue Wanwu Pavilion】
The writing is a bit ugly.
"Um?"
Li Guanqi stood outside the closed door and suddenly shrugged the tip of his nose.
This smell...is some kind of medicine?
But it seems to fail many times.
Because there is not just one flavor, but many flavors. They are somewhat the same, but there are also differences. For example, one flavor is stronger, while another flavor is too light.
Obviously, they are obviously derived from the same potion, but they are all unqualified and failed products. The refiners have been debugging repeatedly, but they have never succeeded.
Li Guanqi didn't know what this potion was, and his knowledge of potion was not that extensive.
But his extraordinary sense of smell, coupled with his existing knowledge of potions, still allowed him to make this judgment-the boss of Xingyue Wanwu Pavilion was making potions, but failed many times.
"Bang bang."
"Boss, why is it closed?"
Li Guanqi stood outside the door, knocked on the door, and asked aloud.
There was someone in the shop, and he could feel that person's aura, an undisguised aura of different blood, which was the same as Shinichi Kuroba of the Liuhe level of martial arts, or even slightly stronger.
Liuhe-level warriors of different blood may be the biggest "extraordinary" thing in this seemingly ordinary shop.
"Closing means closing. Didn't your mother teach you not to shout at a closed store?"
A rough male voice came from the shop.
"My mom did teach me that."
Li Guanqi smiled and said, "But she also taught me to be willing to help others. For example, right now, there is a man who has made potions many times but failed to succeed. Do you think I should help this man?"
"...can you help me?"
The man's voice was slightly hesitant.
"Who knows?"
Li Guanqi looked at the quiet streets around him and said in a calm voice, "Anyway, having a spellcaster to help will at least be of some use, right?"
"really."
After the man responded, there was soon a sound of footsteps approaching from far away.
"Squeak——"
The door of Xingyue Wanwu Pavilion is open.
A middle-aged man wearing a light blue shirt and black pants appeared in front of Li Guanqi and Sophia.
[Martial Arts Liuhe Level]
"Are you also a conjurer?"
The big man glanced at Li Guanqi, and then looked at Sophia hesitantly, "My spiritual instrument is of the sixth level, and it reacts to the man next to you. He is a four-level magician, but it doesn't react to you.
You, could it be that you are... a seven-star magician?"
"Who knows?"
Li Guanqi didn't explain much, just smiled.
Sophia said nothing.
Of course, this female lion is not a spellcaster, but as a former seven-star alien-blooded lion, even if she falls, all she loses is the ability to pull the stars.
The Seven-Star Star is able to pull the stars, so it is called the Seven-Star Star. Without this ability, she is naturally called a fallen person.
But this is all that is lost.
In fact, her understanding of the laws of space and her physical strength have not diminished at all.
In other words, in these two aspects, she is still at a seven-star level.
In fact, Sophia is in a state of [using the laws of space, condensing a space barrier, covering 1 centimeter of space around her body, and preventing others from feeling her breath] at all times.
This state is basically incomprehensible to people whose realm is lower than her, lower than seven-star level. There is no way to see the cultivation level through a layer of space barrier.
"Then do me a favor, sir?"
The Liuhe-level man did not dare to look at Sophia anymore, and turned to look at Li Guanqi.
"Are you the boss of Xingyue Wanwu Pavilion?"
Li Guanqi asked rhetorically.
"right."
The big man nodded, "My name is Kumagai Junpei, just call me Kumagai."
"My name is Takeshi Kaneshiro, and I have a favor that I need your help with."
Li Guanqi smiled, "But when it comes to helping, things come and go. I'll help you solve the problem of refining the medicine, and you can do this for me?"
"Forehead……"
Hearing this, Kumagai Junpei was slightly hesitant, "What I'm doing is not that important. It's just that my temperature controller is broken. I need you to use the fire spell to create a flame with a fixed temperature for me.
I can definitely wait two days for the guy selling magic tools on the next street to come back and ask him to repair it... So, this is just a small problem. If sir, you want me to help more than this, then I will
You have to think about it.”
"I don't have much of a problem either."
Li Guanqi took out the piece of ice from the space necklace and asked seriously: "This ice piece was bought from you by Alton, the sheep-headed man. Do you still have any impression? I want to know, what is this ice piece?
Who sold it to you?"
"..."
Kumagai Junpei looked thoughtful.
Humans of different blood have surpassed the first level and basically have photographic memory. The entire memory structure is similar to a large memory. Everything they have experienced and any pictures they have seen will be stored deep in the brain. When needed, they can be stored in the brain.
Just flip through it and you'll remember it.
So Kumagai Junpei quickly remembered the origin of this ice cube.
"First of all, I only know who sold the ice cubes. As for how the seller got it, I don't know."
Kumagai Junpei said.
"Alright."
Li Guanqi nodded and put away the Ice Temple bricks again.
"Then come in."
Kumagai Junpei turned around and walked straight into the shop.
Li Guanqi and Sophia followed closely behind, looking at the shop as they walked.
To be honest, Li Guanqi somewhat underestimated this "Xingyue Wanwu Pavilion".
He thought it was just a small shop at first, but when he came in, he realized that this so-called "small shop" turned out to be just a front hall, and the entire large building behind it belonged to Junpei Kumagai and Xingyue.
The venue area of Wanwu Pavilion.
The overall layout here is similar to a large pawn shop, filled with all kinds of interesting objects, including sacrificial artifacts and various technological products from ancient ruins, which gave Li Guanqi a lot of knowledge.
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final.
Kumagai Junpei brought Li Guanqi and Sophia to an alchemy room.
"Here, help me release a 2150°C flame. It must be stable and the temperature difference cannot exceed 20°C within 10 minutes."
Kumagai Junpei knocked on an alchemy cauldron next to him.
"Your flames are quite demanding."
Without saying a word, Li Guanqi snapped his fingers with his right hand, and a red flame rose directly from the bottom of the alchemy cauldron. He used his spiritual power to precisely control the temperature to maintain the temperature at around 2150°C required by the opponent.
"Stay steady."
Kumagai Junpei said as he began to put ingredients into the pot.
Li Guanqi looked around while controlling the fire.
There are many waste basins, and the smell he just smelled originated from here.
As for what kind of potion Kumagai Junpei wanted to refine, he couldn't tell.
After all, this kind of refining process does not have to change the temperature from beginning to end, but must deliberately maintain a fixed temperature of the medicine. Based on his knowledge, this is really unheard of.
After all, generally speaking, one of the difficulties in making potions is the flame temperature. When to raise the temperature and when to cool down are all difficulties in making potions. However, Kumagai Junpei's potion requires maintaining the temperature from beginning to end.
fixed.
"Boss Xiong Gu, what kind of potion do you have? The temperature requirements are somewhat special."
Li Guanqi couldn't help but ask.
"Homemade potion."
However, Kumagai Junpei obviously had no intention of explaining anything and just said something perfunctory.
Li Guanqi also wisely did not ask any more questions.
10 minutes later.
Refining completed.
"Well, that's what it tastes like."
Kumagai Junpei held a glass bottle, shook it, smelled the purple liquid inside, and nodded with satisfaction, "Mr. Jincheng, your temperature control is great, this batch of liquid is perfect."
"Excellent."
Li Guanqi didn't pay attention and went straight to the point: "I helped you, now it's your turn to help me."
With that said, he took out the ice temple bricks from the space necklace again and his expression became serious.
"Now, Boss Xiong Gu, it's your turn to tell me, who sold you this thing?"
