Strange mountains and rivers

Both red dragons chose to come to Tongtianbo at the same time, and one of them came from the vast sea thousands of miles away, which can't help but make people suspicious and curious.

Tongtianbo didn't appear in a day or two. It has stood here for thousands of years. Why didn't the red dragons come here before?

The appearance of the two red dragons brought a huge shock to the entire Dongyuan Town and Tongtianbo. People were swarming everywhere.

According to the innkeeper, the number of guests in the town has increased by more than 50% compared with this time of year in previous years.

Although business is booming here at ordinary times, there are a constant stream of businessmen and travelers, but basically the number of foreign guests is kept at around 2,000, and there will be some vacancies in the inn.

But now the inns in the entire Dongyuan Town are full, and even many mortals in the town have rented out their courtyards to make a profit.

From this perspective, the number of foreign guests gathered in Dongyuan Town is at least more than 3,000.

That is to say, compared with previous years, there are at least more than 1,000 people, and the key is that these more than 1,000 people are all cultivators and their followers.

Such changes have also brought pressure to all industries in Dongyuan Town. Just for food, a large amount of purchases are needed from various places.

The current situation of Dongyuan Town and Tongtianbo also makes Chen Huaisheng very embarrassed.

He originally wanted to spend two days in Tongtianbo to check the situation of spiritual plants and spiritual fish, and also understand the trade situation in Dongyuan Town, but now he has encountered such a thing.

Although he has not met the strong men of Tianhe Sect and Yuelu Sect, nor the big men of Beirong, Canghai, Dazhao, and Xitang, he can feel from the conversations of these casual cultivators in the restaurant that what they said is true.

However, Chen Huaisheng still feels that the appearance of two red dragons alone is not enough to form such a big momentum. There must be some reason behind this. Whether it is the appearance of a secret realm is just a guess of his own, and he has to investigate it carefully.

It’s just that in Dongyuan Town, his personal connections are too thin. If Gou Yiwei comes, he can ask him to come forward to inquire about it, but now he can only rely on himself.

It is impossible to get deeper information in places like restaurants and teahouses. Hearsay can only serve as clues. Real and profound insider information must be obtained through other reliable channels.

Chen Huaisheng simply took a good stroll in Dongyuan Town, which suddenly became much more lively.

There is also a fish market here, but the situation here is completely different from that of Donghe Fish Market.

Donghe Fish Market mainly sells medium and high-quality spiritual fish such as blue-headed snow bream, silver-fire black sturgeon, golden-backed naked carp, and low-quality spiritual fish such as bright-flowered blue carp, eight-bearded thorny silver carp, and white-headed crucian carp.

The production of these spiritual fish is relatively large, and both wild and farmed ones are relatively concentrated, so the production is large and can supply the needs of the sects and families in the surrounding areas.

The scale and production of Dongyuan Fish Market are much smaller, but the types of spiritual fish it produces are much richer, with as many as thirty or forty varieties sold every day.

There are fishmongers selling fish, and there are also fishermen selling fish by the lake. The daily amount of these spiritual fish is only 100 to 200 kilograms, and the minimum is only 20 to 30 kilograms, or even less. The types are also different, and the main focus is on a variety.

Next to the Dongyuan Fish Market is a Cao Market, which is a market for selling aquatic spiritual plants.

This market is different from the Dongyuan Fish Market. It is much larger in scale. The aquatic spiritual plants sold every day are not only very rich in variety, but also have a large output. Some rare and difficult-to-grow aquatic spiritual plants can be encountered from time to time, all of which are obtained by fishermen when catching fish in the lake.

Of course, there are more fishermen who specialize in planting along the lake. They not only grow various aquatic spiritual plants, but also raise some spiritual fish of lower grade but easy to raise. However, this is all incidental, because spiritual fish breeding is very difficult, especially large-scale breeding is more difficult, so they mainly make a living by growing aquatic spiritual plants.

This also makes the transaction volume of Cao Market larger and more stable than that of the fish market.

In addition to these two major markets, Dongyuan Town has more medicine shops and drug stores.

In addition to the Cao family's medicine store here, Chen Huaisheng even saw the Shi family medicine store in Bianjing and the Qingmu medicine store of the Tianyun Sect's deputy sect all have stores here, which is enough to show that Dongyuan Town has a considerable status in the elixir industry.

The reason why so many medicine shops and drug stores choose to open stores here is that Chen Huaisheng knows that they are not only selling elixirs, but more of them are purchasing spiritual plants, that is, they specialize in purchasing spiritual plants and medicines in Caoshi.

In addition, there are many medicine vendors in Jinnan Tianjing Road and the Hanshan Road in the south who bring local spiritual plants and animal bones to sell, so this has gradually formed a medicinal material trading market with medicines as the main purchase, and medicine shops and drug stores as the main purchasers.

After walking around for a long time, Chen Huaisheng also went into several medicine stores to inquire about the situation.

Some water-based spiritual plants that I had planted in Yunzhong Mountain, such as Taiyin Baizhi, Binggu, Lanyin Moss, Fusongyuan Fungus, Chili Moss, etc., can be seen, and some higher-grade ones such as Yuding Xuezhi and Shengyuan Qingmei can also be seen, of course, they are expensive.

Chen Huaisheng is also quite interested in some elixirs made by famous artists. Some elixirs are more targeted. Although they are not as good as Lingbao, they are much stronger than many spiritual plants. From the perspective of cost performance alone, they are still worth it.

"How much is this Jinkui Tongmai Pill?" Qingmu Medicine Store is the one Chen Huaisheng wants to see.

He has been an apprentice in Qingmumen for more than a year and nearly two years, but apart from learning the most common farming methods such as planting Lingsu and Yumai, he has not even learned the basics of spiritual plant planting.

Qingmu Sect is also very strict in keeping the secrets of spiritual planting skills. Ordinary Dao seed apprentices will not let you touch the core secrets. This is probably the style of Tianyun Sect that has maintained its position as the first sect in Dazhao for hundreds of years.

The waiter in the store took a look at Chen Huaisheng, and realized Chen Huaisheng's spiritual realm strength. He said seriously: "One bottle contains ten pills, and each bottle contains eight spiritual sands. If it is taken daily, one pill each morning and evening, but if it is for specific use, you can determine it yourself, but it is best not to exceed five pills per day. There is a Xuanqing in it, which is particularly precious..."

Looking at the medicinal effect introduction of Jinkui Tongmai Pills, you will know that this medicine is specially used to dredge the meridians. It has a strengthening effect on weak and blocked meridians, but it needs to be taken for a long time.

But how many ordinary cultivators can afford it? Two pills a day, six bottles of forty-eight spiritual sands and more than 1,500 spiritual stones are needed in a month. Not to mention taking it for a year, taking it for three months will cost more than 4,000 spiritual stones.

But this kind of elixir basically takes at least half a year to take, and it can take two or three years at most. Not to mention casual cultivators, even if it is a sect disciple, few can afford it.

Chen Huaisheng didn't know the cost of this bottle of Jinkui Tongmai Pills. Even if Xuanqing was not easy to harvest, it was estimated that the cost would not exceed Wulingsha.

Unlike some things from pharmacies, the cost is only 10% to 20%, and the profit is more than 70% to 80%. Tianyun Sect and Qingmu Sect are still relatively honest in this regard, which is also the basis for their reputation.

But even so, the profit of each bottle of Sanlingsha is quite lucrative.

This kind of elixir has a large sales volume. If 10,000 bottles are exported annually, the profit is a million spirit stones.

"How much is Baozhi Sandang Pill?" Chen Huaisheng pointed to the other end.

This is also a masterpiece of Qingmu Sect. It is expensive and used to strengthen the Taoist bones, but it is also a pill that needs to be taken all year round.

"One bottle of twelve spirit sands, twelve pills in each bottle." The waiter felt that this person should be a good customer, and said enthusiastically: "Depending on the condition of each person's Taoist bone, you can take three pills a day, or two pills a day. This medicine is strong but has no impurities. It can be taken for a long time. The effect of short-term use is not obvious..."

The implication is that if you are short of money, it is best not to consider this thing. It costs 30,000 to 40,000 spirit stones a year. Even ordinary foundation-building cultivators in the sect cannot afford it, unless they have a very rich family background.

But the waiter saw that Chen Huaisheng should not be short of spirit stones, so he deliberately used this method to provoke and induce him.

"Isn't it a little too expensive?" Chen Huaisheng couldn't help but sigh. This thing needs to be taken for a long time. Even if he eats it this way, he can't bear it.

"It's not cheap, but it's worth it." The waiter said indifferently. It was obvious that this set of rhetoric had been used countless times. "Spiritual roots and Taoist bones, spiritual roots are determined by heaven, and Taoist bones are respected by people. If you can have the opportunity to improve the true nature of Taoist bones, you can save a lot of time when breaking through the realm and advancing. You can save on everything, but you can't save on this thing."

"Worth it?" A weak voice sounded next to him, "You Qingmu Medicine Store is too shady, this thing costs at most five spiritual sands, and you can't even get it. Four spiritual sands are more than enough. It's nothing more than that the main medicine is better and the refining furnace is more special. How can it increase so much?"

The waiter glanced at the side, his face unchanged, and he had long been accustomed to this situation.

It's expensive, don't buy it if you think it's expensive.

Whether it costs four spiritual sands or three spiritual sands, you can also refine it yourself.

Each family has their own prescriptions, and the main medicines are similar, but they have their own merits, and the furnaces used to refine them are even more different. Without these things, can you refine such a pure and thick medicine?

"Sir, the Cao's Pharmacy next door, Taiyi Pharmacy, and Sanyuan Pharmacy opposite all sell Baozhidan. Their prices are cheaper. You can buy from them. No one can force you to buy or sell. Why do you have to say these hurtful words here?"

The waiter's light and unworldly words made the sick man next to Chen Huaisheng gasp, but he couldn't find the right words to retort.

Yes, they didn't invite you in. The price has long been clearly marked, and there is no deception. If you want to buy, buy it, and if you don't want to buy, just leave.

Chen Huaisheng's spiritual consciousness moved around the other person. This person's bones were extremely weak, but it was unclear whether he had been injured or had some disease. No wonder he was hesitating here. He probably wanted to buy the Baozhi Santang Dan, but felt that the price was too expensive, so he was angry and scolded.