On the way to Juntianfu City, Ji Yuan also thought about a question, why he couldn't see the great catastrophe of heaven and earth when he first came to this world, but had to wait until the time before Yanqi.
When Ji Yuan couldn't figure it out, he made a hypothesis, and then he found that if this incident happened when he just arrived in this world, he would have no chance of survival.
And that previous juncture was exactly the moment when Ji Yuan felt that his cultivation had come to fruition. It was also the time when he felt that a stage had been completed. His body and mind were in harmony with nature, and he also had the Qingteng Sword on him.
Perhaps it was just reaching a point that he could bear, and some mysterious Dharma triggered Ji Yuanguan's catastrophe, allowing him to know many things that were previously unknown.
As it turned out, it was a close call.
In fact, Ji Yuan had already had a vague sense of this a long time ago. The experience of the chess pieces in two lifetimes also made him mentally prepared. However, at that time he thought that it would probably take the chess pieces to be completely solidified before the opportunity came. He didn't expect that it would depend on his own endurance.
As for who the powerful person was who set up the chess game, why the chess game on Niutou Mountain was so bleak, whether they were dead or alive, and why they needed someone like him to play chess, it was not something that Ji Yuan could figure out now.
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As autumn approaches, the items sold on Juntianfu Street become more diverse.
Because of the season, fruits and vegetables were abundant in the city at this moment. Before Ji Yuan entered Juntian City, he could already hear the lively hawking sounds from inside.
You can smell the aroma of fruit and hear the hawking of fruits almost every once in a while, including pomegranates, oranges, persimmons, etc.
Having had this experience once, Ji Yuan naturally would not show up in tattered clothes this time. Instead, he used an illusion to blur his vision and went straight into the city to the clothing store.
There were only a few magic tricks that Ji knew, and he almost made a lot of them. Especially the improvement in his state of mind and spirit brought about by the chess game had a qualitative impact on the use of magic tricks.
Ji Yuan followed the sound and found a decent clothing store in the city and went in. There happened to be two women looking at clothes in the store. Ji Yuan smelled a faint scent of rouge and powder before he even entered the store. It was estimated that they were not from ordinary people. After all, which girl from an ordinary family would spray this stuff on a daily basis.
"Sir, do you want to look at fabrics or clothes? Do you want to have them tailor-made or buy ready-made? I see that you have a well-proportioned figure, and many of the clothes in the store will fit you!"
There was only one waiter in the shop, the boss. When he saw Ji Yuan, who was dressed simply and elegantly, come in, he immediately greeted him. Although he could not see Ji Yuan's tattered clothes, he caught a glimpse of the strange "hairpin" on his head, which looked like a crooked branch no matter how he looked at it. His eyes suddenly became a little strange.
The woman next to her seemed to have just seen something she liked and called out to the shopkeeper.
"Shopkeeper, this peach-red silk is really nice. How much is it per piece? How much is it for making clothes?"
The shopkeeper was immediately happy when he saw that the mouth was not asking for a few feet but a whole horse.
"Hey, you two girls have really good taste. These pieces of pink silk were shipped all the way from Wanzhou. They are made of silk. Feel them and feel how smooth they are. They will definitely be comfortable and beautiful when made into clothes!"
"Hey, I'm asking you how you calculate the price!"
One of the women said impatiently.
"Oh, haha, this is the finest silk shipped from Wanzhou after all, so the price will naturally be higher. This piece... ten taels of silver!"
Ten taels
Before the two women spoke, Ji Yuan was a little surprised. Silk was indeed more valuable than gold. One piece of cloth could only make a few sets of clothes, but it was equivalent to the consumption of an ordinary family for one or two years. No wonder ordinary people could not afford it.
"Okay, we'll take this one. Wrap it up for me. We'll find someone to make the clothes ourselves!"
"Hey, okay, I'll wrap it up right away!"
The shopkeeper was beaming with joy. The two girls didn't even bargain for the price. He really made a good deal today. While he was still picking up the silk, he saw Ji Yuan also imitating the two girls' just now, reaching out to touch the various silks and satins hanging on the wall.
"Sir, sir, uh, this... our shop is a small business, and here are all silk, silk, and satin, that..."
The shopkeeper expressed his concerns as tactfully as possible.
Ji Yuan retracted his hand and smiled at him.
"Okay, I just want to feel it to see how different the silk is now. Shopkeeper, how about helping me pick out two, no, three sets of clothes?"
In order to avoid trouble, Ji Yuan took out a silver ingot from his arms while speaking, which immediately made the shopkeeper even happier.
"Okay, okay, wait a moment, sir. I'll wrap the silk for these two girls first!"
The two women were also secretly observing Ji Yuan at this time. After all, there were only four people in the store.
The visitor never even glanced at them, or if he did, he just glanced at them.
They were not angry about their beauty being ignored, but they were surprised that the visitor seemed to have no clear vision at all. He touched the cloth just now just by feel and did not look at the cloth at all.
Besides, the clothes are fine, but the hair bun is so untidy yet I don't feel disgusted. Using a tree branch as a hairpin should be very funny, but I can't laugh when I see it.
As Ji Yuan entered the store, he glanced at the two women. Their auras could not be described as rich, but they did have strong blood and energy. From their long breathing, he knew that they were probably martial artists, but he did not want to pay too much attention to them.
"My two ladies, the peach blossom silk has been wrapped, and the silver..."
"Hey, it's yours!"
"Hey hey good!"
The shopkeeper hurried to the front of the counter and picked up a small scale to weigh the silk. After confirming the weight, he handed the silk to the two people. After watching the two women leave, he immediately entertained Ji Yuan.
"Sir, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. What style do you want? We have all the styles you want, such as Confucian robes, long coats with front opening, tights and casual clothes!"
"Well, bring me one set of blue shirt, one set of white shirt, and one set of gray shirt. They all need to be long robes with wide sleeves. Oh, and bring the lining too. Both clothes and pants are needed."
"Okay, I'll do a whole body scan from the inside out. Got it, got it. I'll measure your body first."
The shopkeeper took a wooden ruler from the counter and measured for Ji Yuan. He got the value in no time. He just felt that the touch of the customer's clothes was a little strange, but he didn't think much about it.
As if to ease the rashness of his previous words, he chatted with Ji Yuan while picking clothes for him.
"Those two female guests just now were really weird. They were obviously not ugly, but they insisted on putting makeup on their faces. I don't know if they really don't know how to do makeup or if they did it on purpose."
"Hehe... maybe they really don't understand, but why didn't the shopkeeper remind them just now?"
Ji Yuan also smiled when he heard this, since he couldn't see clearly anyway.
The shopkeeper looked outside.
"How can that be possible? Rich and powerful ladies are the ones that you should not mess with, especially because of their looks. When I say that, will they know whether it's good words or bad words?"
"Hahahaha... That makes sense. The shopkeeper is a wise man!"
Ji Yuan was also happy, and his previous depression was slightly relieved. He had a rare feeling as if he was hearing a joke from his previous life.
"Hey, yeah, come on, sir, try these ones, they'll definitely fit you!"
During the conversation, the shopkeeper had already picked out a coat for Ji Yuan...
About a quarter of an hour later, Ji Yuan came out of the clothing shop, wearing a brand new white shirt. He was also carrying a cloth bag bought from the store, which contained two other sets of clothes. In total, he spent only six hundred coins, which was a perfect match with the piece of peach blossom silk.
As for the bunch of tattered clothes in his hands, Ji Yuan put his hands together and gathered them together. The tattered clothes turned into powder in his palms and floated under the street gutter.
The direction Ji Yuan was heading at this moment was exactly the street where the chessboard was stolen. Vendors generally don't like to change the place where they sell things unless it is necessary, so it is very likely that the vendor is still in the same place.
I was just chatting with the owner of the clothing store, and I learned indirectly that it is already the fifteenth year of Yuande, which is not much different from Ji Yuan's original vague estimate.
He bought a new pair of shoes on the way and after walking for less than two minutes, Ji Yuan found the street he had been on before by feeling, and sure enough, he heard the hawker's voice again.
"Jade jewelry, newly arrived jade jewelry, jade bracelets, jade pendants, jade rings, all are good jade~~~~"
The hawker was shouting loudly, but not many people stopped to look at his stall. Just as I was thirsty and picked up a bamboo jar to drink some water, I found a man in a white shirt standing in front of the stall.
The vendor perked up and hurried to greet him.
"Sir, you must be a learned man. Why don't you buy a piece of jade? Scholars always say that a gentleman loves jade and is like jade. Look at these jade ornaments I have here. They are so green!"
Although Ji Yuan couldn't see the specific styles of these jade pieces, jade is a special thing. Good jade has its own aura, like the jade given by Wei Wuwei. As for these on the stall, let alone the aura, he just reached out and touched them to feel the spiritual energy and he knew that not only the workmanship was poor, but the jade quality was also inferior.
Ji Yuan ignored the green ones and picked out a hairpin that was grayish black and asked the vendor.
"How much is this hairpin?"
The peddler took a look and thought that these coarse-grained lily hairpins were the worst of the ones on his stall. He looked at Ji Yuan's expression, hesitated for a moment, and quoted a price.
"Thirty cents!"
"Hehe... a jade hairpin is only thirty coins? I don't think it's enough, not enough, I think it's... worth one or two ounces!"
Ji Yuan talked to himself, plucked the branch above his head, inserted the jade hairpin directly into his bun, and then took out a small handful of silver from his bosom, which was only one or two taels more and not less.
"Here, this jade hairpin is worth the price! No need to change it, hehe... Not bad, not bad, this jade hairpin is really good..."
The peddler held the change handed over by Ji Yuan in his hands blankly, looked at the man in white shirt with wide sleeves talking to himself in a daze, and left without looking back.
"This person, just left like that?"
When Ji Yuan had almost walked twenty steps, the peddler seemed to come to his senses and looked at the silver in his hand.
'This will probably take two or three months to make a profit...'
After hesitating for a long time, the vendor finally gritted his teeth.
"Hey~~~~ Sir~~~ Sir~~~ That jade hairpin is not worth so much~~~ I really don't need it!"
Ji Yuan stopped, with a smile on his face, and looked back meaningfully at the vendor over there.