Sky Surveying Demon Hunt

Chapter 1185 Li Si’s Dream (Happy New Year)

Li Si has been looked down upon by others since he was a child!

After receiving countless eye rolls, spurns, and curses from countless people, I gradually got used to it.

In fact, even he himself has always believed that he is inferior and incompetent, and that he deserves to be bullied.

but……

What did Master Tianguan say just now?

"Let me be the city lord?!"

The most beautiful dream Li Si had ever had in his life: wearing a blue silk robe embroidered with gold threads, holding a tea bowl and sitting happily in the lobby of Yibao Tower with his legs crossed. The little maid with big pigtails and big watery eyes in the tailor shop opposite occasionally glanced shyly...

Tsk tsk, so beautiful!

This life is enough!

But... to be the Lord of Blackstone City? !

Don't even think about it!

I wouldn’t even dare to dream!

Lin Ji smiled and said: "It all depends on people. I was just a small hunter back then. Let's go and lead the way. Let's see how awesome the Five Black Stone Kings are!"

"Sir, if we go around this mountain pass, we can hire a carriage. I'll take it!" Li Si wiped his sweaty face and said in a flattering manner.

Five hills of different thicknesses rise up from the ground at equal intervals, but... what is extremely strange is that the five hills are all flat and of the same height.

Not to mention that it is difficult for vehicles to pass, even riding a horse alone is extremely difficult!

"Okay." Lin Ji looked back and nodded.

After bypassing the towering mountain in front of us, Five Fingers Peak suddenly appeared.

……

Lin Ji walked for more than fifty miles, and all he saw along the way was uneven terrain.

"The people in the city have been working hard for thousands of years before two roads were opened in succession."

"Oh?" Lin Jiqi said: "This place should be forty or fifty miles away from Black Rock City, right? Why is there a carriage?"

After walking another four or five miles, Li Si was obviously exhausted and walked slower and slower.

"What about the other way?" Lin Ji asked.

"The other one comes out from the west gate. When I was a child, my grandfather and I went to work there, and we built it for more than fifty miles. The strange thing is... The Lord of Lijie City has always sent people to watch over there, and only allowed digging The stone prevents anyone from moving forward. No one knows where the road will go or where it will end."

"But since the day Black Stone City came into being, every city lord has worked hard to collect the stones!"

But Lin Ji still walked as fast as usual.

"Sir, you have never been to Black Stone City and don't know what's going on here." Li pointed his fingers around and explained: "This large piece of black stone is slightly round. Black Stone City is careful. No matter where it leads, there will be no more or less. Exactly one hundred and eight miles."

"One road comes out from the east gate of Black Rock City and goes all the way to the official road. It will be very convenient whether you go west to Yucheng or east to Taipingguan. But now, it only goes to Wuzhi Peak in front of you. . If you think about it this way, I’m afraid it will take thousands of years to completely master it!”

"Originally, the surrounding areas were either high mountains or big pits, and it was extremely difficult to walk up and down! Even if you had both hands free, you would have to stop and rest every ten or eight miles. A long trip would take at least two or three days!"

Lin Ji turned to the west and looked far away, as if thinking.

"Yes!" Li Si saluted and hurriedly walked ahead.

"Sir..." Li Si thought that Lin Ji wanted to go there now, so his calves were trembling with fear and he quickly persuaded: "We will take a carriage and enter the city in an hour at most, and then take a carriage out of the west gate, which is about the same." An hour. It’s much faster than our legs, and it’s also very light.”

Cheng Xiao, Fang Gang, and Zhao Tiejun passed away. Seeing Lin Ji walking away, an imperceptible look flashed in Cheng Xiao's eyes, and then passed away...

It was as if someone had wiped it with a sword.

Lin Ji stared at the fractures and couldn't help but be filled with doubts!

It would be no surprise if such a strange scene were seen elsewhere. Maybe it was accomplished by a powerful senior with a single sword stroke.

But this is Black Rock City!

Regardless of the level of Taoism, once you enter it, you will become ordinary. Who could have accomplished such a feat of cutting off five peaks with one sword? !

The area under Wuzhi Peak is bustling with people, and there are even two rows of long bamboo sheds.

It can be seen from the signs that there are people selling tea and food, as well as people repairing iron pickaxes and wooden buckets.

A little further away, dozens of carriages were parked.

Some of them have just arrived with people carrying goods, while others have loaded their goods and are about to leave.

A hundred feet ahead, a dense crowd of people were vigorously waving their arms and having sex.

"Master, please wait a moment, I'll hire a carriage." Li Si said and trotted forward quickly.

Lin Ji strolled along the long shed and casually asked the price several times and couldn't help but be stunned!

A bowl of tea costs 50 yuan, and a rough steamed bun costs 100 yuan!

It’s a full fifty times more expensive than the outside world!

"Master!" It was not long before Li Si ran back with his big head shaking: "I've hired a car, let's go."

"How much money?" Lin Ji asked curiously.

"I please, I please..."

"Of course you do, I just ask you how much it costs."

"Two hundred taels!" Li Si stretched out two fingers with some pain.

"Two hundred taels?" Lin Ji glanced at the Black Stone City, which could already see the outline of the city in the distance, and couldn't help but be stunned.

"Yes!" Li Si replied: "Horses in this city are rare! The foal that has just been born has not even been weaned, and it is worth ten thousand taels of silver! The fodder, water and food are so expensive, even if it is white Give it, even ordinary people can’t afford it!”

"Most of the carriages here are for pulling goods. A trip to the city costs one hundred taels. We hired a clean carriage to pull people. Two hundred taels is a bit expensive, but it is still a fair price. ”

Fifty miles of land, two hundred taels of silver, is this a fair price? !

During the reign of the Qin Dynasty, the annual salary of a seventh-grade county magistrate was about this amount!

Although Li Si felt a little distressed, he also recognized it.

The people who bought tea and steamed buns just now had no objections.

It seems like this place is really different from the past!

Lin Ji asked casually: "How much can a civilian man earn if he works hard in a day?"

Li Si replied: "A tough guy with a strong physique who works eight hours a day can get five hundred, and a young boy and a woman can get two hundred."

Lin Ji secretly calculated that apart from food and expenses, he could barely survive.

This Black Rock City lives up to its name, it’s really dark!

Lin Ji sighed, followed Li Si through the long shed, and boarded a relatively clean-looking two-horse cart with black silk curtains.

"Drive!" The coachman, whose hair was covered with silver frost, shouted loudly and shook the riding whip in his hand fiercely, but he still refused to let go.

Two listless old bald horses snorted and walked forward slowly.

Lin Ji glanced through the curtain, and there was a carriage loaded with goods in front and behind. They also got up at the same time.

The carts were all pulled by strong horses. Only a small corner of the black stone was installed on the cart, but the wheels made a rattling sound as if they were about to fall apart at any moment.

This stone is really heavy!

But the city lords of all generations have always only collected and never sold, and they have been saving it for thousands of years. What on earth have they been used for?

(End of this chapter)