After half a month of galloping, the carriage finally arrived at the gate of Dongyang City.
Lu Yu lifted the curtain of the car and looked at the majestic city wall, feeling a little emotional. This ordinary small city in Broken Star Lake is much bigger than the so-called majestic city that Lu Yu saw on Jiangshan Star. Moreover, the flow of people is very large, and the mortals queuing up to enter the city are also densely packed.
A few feet above the lower city gate, there is a slightly smaller city gate. Many cultivators Yu Jian lined up here, waiting to enter Dongyang City. Guarding this door are two monks in armor, and their realms are also at the seventh or eighth level of swordsmen.
As soon as Yun Tian saw Lu Yu get off the carriage, he quickly came over and saluted, "Greetings, senior!"
Lu Yu waved his hand and said with a smile, "You don't have to be polite. I've always had a question along the way, and I need to trouble Nephew Yunxian to explain it."
Yun Tian didn't dare to say anything, and said respectfully: "I will know everything."
Lu Yu pointed to the mortals under the city gate, then pointed to the cultivators in the air, and asked, "Accordingly, these mortals should be separated from the immortal cultivators. But why doesn't there seem to be much difference between the cultivators of Broken Star Lake and mortals?"
"Predecessors don't know. Our Broken Star Lake not only has a large population of mortals, but also a lot of monsters. Therefore, if a mortal city does not have the protection of monks, it will soon be destroyed by monsters. Therefore, mortals must rely on monks to survive. For the same reason, there are constant battles among the monks of our Broken Star Lake. Without such a large population, the monks have no way to get a steady stream of supplies." Yun Tian explained in detail.
After hearing this, Lu Yu suddenly realized, and asked again: "Then how many mortals are there in this Dongyang City?"
Yun Tian blurted out, "There are at least a million people."
Lu Yu was stunned when he heard this, the number of mortals in any small city in Broken Star Lake was equivalent to the total population of an empire on Jiangshan Star.
Lu Yu thought for a moment, and said straight to the point: "No wonder there will be wars for years, otherwise, how can such a huge population base be consumed?"
After hearing this, Yun Tian smiled wryly: "Yes, resources are limited. Cultivators want to live better, so they can only practice hard. Ordinary people want to live better, they can only hope that they have spiritual roots. "
Lu Yu smiled casually: "Actually, mortals and monks have the same goal, just to make themselves stronger."
After speaking, Lu Yu greeted Yun Tian, and the two of them flew towards the gate of the second floor city. As for the members of the Yun family motorcade, they could only look at the two with envious eyes. Then he drove the carriage and drove towards the main city gate.
At this time, on the second floor of the city gate, there were still several monks queuing up, waiting for the guards to investigate and collect the spiritual stones for entering the city.
Lu Yu did not stand obediently in the queue at the back, but exuded his mid-stage sword spirit and flew directly to the front of the line.
Most of the reason why Lu Yu entered the city this time was to borrow the teleportation array in Dongyang City. Due to the successive years of wars in the Broken Star Lake, the principle of respecting the strong is even more prominent here. So the stronger the performance, the more likely to borrow this teleportation array.
The monks who were queuing at first were angry when they saw that the two were going to jump in line, and they were eager to teach these two short-sighted guys a lesson.
But the moment Lu Yu let out his breath, these people suddenly became quiet, and they didn't even dare to breathe out, for fear of offending this senior and causing death.
The guard's expression is quite calm, after all, this is not the first time we have seen this scene. Although this senior has never met before, Yuntian and the others know each other. So it's not too tense.
A middle-aged guard hurriedly bowed to Lu Yu and said: "I have seen my senior, according to the rules of this city, I have to..."
Before he could say anything, Lu Yu casually threw a middle-grade spirit stone, ignored the guards, and took Yun Tianfei directly into the city.
The middle-aged guard stared blankly at the mid-grade spirit stone in his hand, with an expression of disbelief. Although he also has one or two middle-grade spirit stones, they are all savings accumulated over the past ten years. He has been on duty at this city gate for so many years, and has seen many sword spirit seniors, but he has never seen such a generous one.
The middle-aged guard suddenly came to his senses. He looked up and saw that everyone around him looked greedy. Seeing this, the middle-aged guard quickly put away the mid-grade spirit stone, and said to a young guard next to him, "Quickly report to the city lord that Yuntian has brought a senior sword spirit with unfathomable strength."
This "unfathomable" was completely guessed by the middle-aged guard based on the opponent's generous shots.
Entering the city, Lu Yu felt that the eyes suddenly opened up, and the bustling crowds were constantly flowing in the streets of the city.
"Senior, here is a detailed map of Dongyang City. It shows the location of some monks' squares and the specific location of our Yun family in Dongyang City." Yun Tian took out a jade slip from his storage bag and handed it to him. To Lu Yu.
Lu Yuzheng had the intention of visiting the market here, so he accepted the jade slips bluntly.
Seeing that Lu Yu had accepted the jade slip, Yuntian was overjoyed, and said respectfully: "If senior is free, why not come to our Yun's house, and I will thank you very much. Maybe I can help senior use the teleportation array."
Lu Yu nodded and agreed. After all, since I just came to Dongyang City, I am not familiar with some things, and I still have to rely on the Yun family for some things. Especially after Yuntian hinted repeatedly that they might have a way to send him to Cangyue City. Therefore, this Yun family has to go again.
After a while, Yun Tian politely bid farewell and left. Lu Yu stayed in the air for a while, looked at the jade slips carefully, and then flew towards Fangshi in the city.
An hour later, Lu Yu came to a market closest to him. According to the jade slips, this is also the largest market in the city.
As soon as Lu Yu entered Fangshi, he felt that Fangshi here was several times larger than Lianhefangshi. The shop can't be seen at a glance, and there are people who set up stalls directly beside the shop, which is quite a lively scene.
However, after casually visiting more than a dozen stores, Lu Yu couldn't help being disappointed. Although there are many shops here, they don't have the things needed for the sword spirit realm, they are all things for swordsmen.
"It seems that we really have to go to a bigger city. Especially Cangyue City, we have to go no matter what." Lu Yu whispered to himself.
Afterwards, Lu Yu casually wandered around the market, wanting to know how the market of Broken Star Lake is. Turning around in a circle, Lu Yu was a little surprised. The weapons, armors, and elixirs here are all ridiculously expensive, equivalent to several times the price of Jiangshan Star. Strangely, these raw materials are very cheap. This made Lu Yu a little puzzled.
Until Lu Yu released the breath of the sword spirit, ran to a shop, and asked the boss directly what the reason was. When the boss saw Lu Yu's aura, his legs became weak, and he quickly told Lu Yu everything he knew.
It turns out that the reason why the weapons, armor, and elixirs are so expensive is partly because of years of wars. Everyone wants to be stronger and have a higher realm in fighting skills. So it led to the shortage of pills and weapons. The other part is that Broken Star Lake has a large population, so there are naturally many monks, but the resources are limited and cannot supply all the monks. In this case, it is natural that the one with the highest price wins, which makes prices rise again and again.
As for why the price of raw materials is cheap, it is also because of the large number of monks. The more monks, the more monsters will be killed, the more spiritual mines will be mined, and the more spiritual medicines will be discovered. It stands to reason that if these raw materials are cheap, things should be cheaper. However, because the monks here have been fighting for years, most of the monks are busy practicing to improve their strength. As a result, there was a serious shortage of refiners and pharmacists.
After Lu Yu heard these things, although his face was expressionless. But the heart has long been happy. Finished things are expensive and materials are cheap. Isn't this what I have been dreaming of for a long time
However, Lu Yu also knew in his heart that the more this happened, the more careful he had to be. The rarer the item, the more compelling the sale. "Make a move and then make a decision" Lu Yu always kept Xia Lao's words in his heart.
It wasn't until night fell that Lu Yu left Fangshi with the escape light, and flew in the direction of Yun's house...
At this time, in the hall of Yun's house, two people, one old and one young, were sitting in it and talking about certain things. The young man was Yun Tian whom Lu Yu knew. The old man is Yun Tian's father, named Yun Hexuan.
"Father, can this senior take part in the competition instead of our Yun family?" Yun Lin asked.
Yun Hexuan listened to his son's words, thought for a moment, and said hesitantly: "Listen to you, this senior knows the art of puppet. Moreover, the puppet looks very realistic, and its strength is higher than ordinary puppets. It shows that this person is good at refining weapons. The methods are definitely not weak. It's just that why did they help our Yun family?"
Yun Tian smiled and said: "This senior wants to use the teleportation array in the city to go to Cangyue City. But this teleportation array is generally not usable, and even the city lord only has the right to use it once. How can the city lord lend it to others so easily. But , if this senior is willing to represent our Yun family and go to Cangyue City to participate in the competition. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone?"
Hearing this, Yun Hexuan shook his head and smiled wryly: "Tian'er, you still don't know how to understand the world! Even if this senior agreed to represent us in the competition, he would definitely think that we blackmailed and used him. It's perfunctory. This is still the best result. If this person is small-minded, has hatred in his heart, and wants to kill us, then what should we do?"
After listening to his father's analysis, Yun Tian suddenly felt that he was reckless, and his back broke out in cold sweat. He didn't expect that his unintentional actions would almost bring disaster to the family.
"But... But if there is no help from this senior this time, our position may be replaced by other families, and we will completely lose the military power of the last few cities. If this is the case, our Yun family will completely decline. "Yun Tian still said unwillingly.
Yun Hexuan stood up, looked up at the sky, was silent for a long time, and then slowly said: "If this senior is really talented in refining weapons, then you might as well take the thing from our clan give him."
When Yun Tian heard this, his face changed drastically, and he said: "How can this be done, that thing is..."
Before he finished speaking, the second half of the sentence was blocked by Yun Hexuan's sharp eyes.
Yun Hexuan stroked his beard with his hands, and said calmly: "Our Yun family has been obsessed with the way of refining weapons for thousands of years. But that thing is too far away for us. If this person can really help us take back Seventeen City Armament rights, what's the point of giving him this thing?"
"Seventeen cities? Isn't that to enter the top 100?" Yun Tian said in surprise.
Yun Hexuan nodded, did not speak, looked at the sky, a look of expectation flashed in his eyes...