The east gate of Qingyuan Town is not just a simple city gate, it is actually a square building complex similar to a barbican.
On the west side of the tall and majestic Outer City Gate, directly opposite the Outer City Gate, there is also a smaller Inner Gate. Qingyuan Town Waifang City is right between these two city gates.
Due to the birthday celebration, the two city gates had already been opened at this time. Gao Yuan and his party passed through the inner gate without any obstruction and came to the real city area.
Standing on the stone brick road that crosses the two city gates and divides the entire city into two, the distant sight extends forward along the stone brick road.
Looking around, there is no trace of snow in the huge urban area. The roads are lined with trees and colorful flags decorated with festive decorations are mixed in.
Countless buildings are neatly distributed along the stone brick road. Although these buildings are of different sizes, colors, and styles, their arrangement is not obtrusive at all, and instead highlights a grand atmosphere that embraces all rivers.
Gao Yuan saw this and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
After all, Qingyuan Town is one of the largest market towns within a thousand miles. Whether it is the scale of the city or the completeness of various facilities, it is far from being comparable to the Shilitai Town where the original owner lived before.
Although the city has been opened to casual cultivators starting today, except for Gao Yuan and the other three, there was not a single casual cultivator along the way.
This is understandable. Just look at the ghostly appearance of the shanty towns at this time and you will know what the current state of the casual cultivators is. How many of them are willing to wander into the city?
According to Zheng Song, every year on birthdays, when the Chen family distributes various gifts, casual cultivators would come in and compete for them.
Despite this, people were still coming and going on the streets at this time.
All the city dwellers coming and going were wearing brightly colored clothes, and their faces were filled with joy.
Of course, these people cannot all be from the Chen family, but the ancestor of the Chen family has been in charge of Qingyuan Town for nearly two hundred years, and this birthday celebration has been held countless times.
Over the years, the twenty-ninth day of the winter lunar month has transcended its own meaning and become a traditional festival for the residents of Qingyuan Town.
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Since Zheng Song and his sister had a lot of odds and ends to buy, not long after they arrived at the shopping area, the three of them separated and went their separate ways.
Different from the few shops in Waifang City, the shopping area in the inner city is very prosperous, with not only large and small shops, but also many inns and pubs.
In addition, Gao Yuan also saw a rather eye-catching existence.
This is a large-scale building complex. Not only does it have pink walls, green tiles, carved beams and painted buildings, but also a row of light red lanterns hanging neatly under the outer walls of the building.
In the gate area, there were several young women in gorgeous clothes, who from time to time greeted the passers-by affectionately.
Faced with the greetings of these women, passers-by had different reactions.
Some walked shyly with their heads lowered, or stopped in place with hesitant expressions on their faces. Of course, there were also many people who walked over and joked with these women for a few words, and then were welcomed into the courtyard by people inside.
Gao Yuan looked at it from a distance for a while, and gradually came back to his senses.
Damn it! This can’t be a brothel, right?
The original owner does not have this episode in his memory. Tsk, after all, it is the people from the big market town who know how to play!
After sighing for a while, he continued walking along the stone brick road in the shopping area. He soon saw the sign of a medicine store and walked straight in.
Compared with the elixir store in Waifang City, which is similar to a grocery store, the decoration of the elixir store in the city is undoubtedly several grades higher.
This elixir shop is quite large, with two storefronts, one selling patent medicines and the other selling medicinal materials.
The two facades are connected to each other but do not interfere with each other.
Therefore, although there were many customers in the store, there was no confusion at all.
Under the guidance of the clerk, Gao Yuan walked around the patent medicine area and learned a lot about the elixirs sold in this elixir store.
There are various types and quantities of elixirs sold here, and there are dozens of elixirs for Qi training realm alone.
These elixirs are divided into five categories based on their functions. Among them, the healing elixirs have the largest variety, with as many as twelve types, while the recovery elixirs have the least types, with only three types.
At the same time, Gao Yuan finally saw the goal of his trip - the Qi-Building Pill.
According to the introduction of the buddy, the Qi-Building Pill has a very strong effect, and its recovery capacity is almost three times that of the Heqi Pill. It is the main recovery pill for monks in the late stage of Qi training.
In contrast to its powerful medicinal effects, Qi-Building Pills are equally expensive. A bottle of ten pills costs as much as 60 low-level spiritual stones!
Even though Gao Yuan's family was quite wealthy at this time, he felt a little sick when he heard this.
But when I think that just one Qi Replenishing Pill can restore more than 50% of his internal Qi, it is indeed a luxury to use it for practice, but if it is used in battle, it can greatly improve his endurance.
He has never been stingy with items that can improve his combat effectiveness. He readily bought a hundred bottles of Qi-Building Pills, and then purchased two hundred bottles of Heqi Pills for daily use. Then he turned around and left without further delay.
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After coming out of the elixir store, Gao Yuan quickly turned to the talisman store.
With his eyesight at this time, ordinary talismans, even high-level talismans, were not something he could take seriously.
He came here because he wanted to buy some more powerful defensive weapons. After all, the defensive weapons used by that young man had left a deep impression on him.
Speaking of which, at this time, he not only had a master-level diamond talisman to protect himself, but also had the ice shield technique to assist him in his spells. His self-protection ability was already extremely powerful.
But as a low-level monk, every additional means of self-protection will provide an additional layer of protection for one's own safety. No one would have too much of this kind of thing.
The scale of this talisman shop is slightly smaller than the elixir shop just now, but there are many more customers inside.
Not to mention it was a bit crowded, Gao Yuan walked in and stood at the door for a long time, but there was no one to say hello.
He understood the reason after thinking about it for a moment. For the Chen family, these days were the birthdays of the ancestors, but for other people in the city, it was also a relatively important traditional festival.
During the holidays, it is normal to buy a new robe for yourself, or for the elders to buy some self-defense weapons for the younger ones.
He walked around the store with a happy face, observing the scenes of these customers bargaining with the store. He was not anxious at all, and even enjoyed it, just because he felt a long-lost fireworks from the noisy environment around him.
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Not far from him, I saw a middle-aged man wearing aqua blue robes and a shrewd face, who was haggling with a waiter on the price while spitting.
Next to him, followed a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl in red, who was staring unblinkingly at the display cabinet not far away, where there was a curved headdress with beans embedded in it.
An unusually large and bright pearl.
Countless halos of light circulated on the surface of these pearls, and the eyes of the girl reflected in them became a little misty. From time to time, she turned her head and glanced at the middle-aged man with a hopeful look on her face.
People who can be waiters are naturally smart people. The young waiter in his early thirties naturally noticed the girl's expression. The smile on his face became a little thicker and his tone of voice became more polite, but in terms of price,
But he didn't give in even half a step.
After a while, the middle-aged man in blue robe saw his granddaughter glance at him more and more frequently, and a look of impatience began to appear on his face.
Looking at the young waiter standing opposite, the smile on his face became warmer and warmer. He felt quite helpless and reluctantly negotiated a few more words.
The guy was also a sensible person, so he took a step back and erased the fragments of this headdress.
The middle-aged man accepted the price with a look of resentment. He touched his hand on his waist, and several blue-grey token-like objects that were like mahjong tiles appeared out of thin air in his hand.
Gao Yuan's eyes accidentally glanced at the middle-aged man's palm, and when he saw what was in the other person's hand, his eyes suddenly froze.