Sword from the Immortal Mountain

Chapter 58: No Incense in the Market
Wangcai spread his four legs and ran very fast, faster than a galloping horse. After catching up, he barked wildly at the two strong horses pulling the cart.

Jianma was suddenly frightened and rushed out of the road, almost overturning the car.

Fortunately, the sturdy driver was quick-witted and strong enough to tighten the reins so hard that his knuckles were bleeding.

Before he could recover from the shock, an old man walked out of the carriage and slapped him in the face: "Zhao Wu, how did you drive the carriage? If you startle the young master, I'll kill you."

Facing the old man, Zhao Wu hurriedly explained: "Just now a dog suddenly ran over and barked at the horse, which frightened the horse."

The old man also heard the dog barking in the carriage, but when he looked up, he saw only a donkey cart moving slowly forward on the road, and no dog was visible at all.

"Butler, I suspect that the dog jumped out from the donkey cart."

"Did you see it with your own eyes?"

Zhao Wu replied: "No, but there is no one else on the road except this donkey cart."

The butler's sinister eyes kept looking at the donkey cart, flickering.

The donkey cart was plain and ordinary, and the donkey pulling the cart was strong and plump, but no matter how you looked at it, it was just a country farmer's cart.

The problem is that this place is outside Yunshan Market.

Yunshan Market has always been a place where hidden talents are gathered, and many extraordinary people come and go.

Although as a member of the Zhao family, I am not afraid of those things, but at least I have to find out the details first.

After all, the two strong horses pulling the cart were not ordinary horses, but well-trained and strong horses that could be compared with war horses.

How can an ordinary dog scare them?
"Butler, do you want me to rush over and search? If we don't take action now, they will go into the market."

Zhao Wu said.

In Yunshan Market, the master of Yunshan Temple has rules and order, and many things cannot be done.

Just as the butler was about to speak, an impatient voice came from inside the carriage: "Why did the carriage stop? And what happened just now? I almost fell down."

"Young Master, you're awake. It's okay. The carriage will leave soon."

The butler quickly winked at Zhao Wu.

Zhao Wu didn't dare to say more and whipped the carriage to drive.

Unexpectedly, the two horses were so frightened that one wanted to go east and the other wanted to go west, and they were pulling each other and in a mess.

Over there, the donkey cart had arrived at the tall stone archway outside the market.

This archway is obviously modeled after the Juren Archway, with three doors and four pillars, all carved from stone.

On the lintel of the main gate, the four big characters "Yunshanfangshi" are written in a flamboyant style.

There are couplets engraved on the stone pillars on both sides:

There is no incense in the market town;
There are immortals in the deep mountains and clouds.

This couplet belongs to the category of "embedded word couplet" and is written a bit deliberately.

So what the first couplet means is that when running a business in the market, the main principle is to make money through harmony, without any disputes over incense?

Or it can be understood as business is business, no need to talk about family relationships.

Chen Jin was too lazy to study the details and hurried in.

I had thought that this market would have checkpoints or something restricting entry and exit, but now I see that it is open and everyone, whether cultivators or ordinary people, can enter and exit.

It seems that the master of Yunshan Temple still has some magnanimity.

But because of this, the market is very large and is mainly divided into two major areas, east and west. Different areas have different businesses, and if you want to visit them all, it will take at least a day.

Chen Jin brought Chen Min here not for strolling, but for the Yunshan Temple halfway up the mountain.

However, considering the location of Yunshan, it should be quite a distance from the market town.

It was getting late. He decided to spend the night in the market.

Although it was night, the market seemed to be getting more and more lively, with a tendency to become a night market.

As you pass by, you can see fixed shops, temporary stalls, etc. The things for sale are even more diverse, including food, daily necessities, and all kinds of things.

Sitting on the donkey cart, Chen Min felt as if he had entered the city. He was dazzled and felt very curious.

In fact, it was the first time that Chen Jin had seen such a market. He stopped occasionally to chat with the stall owner and learn about the relevant situation.

It was soon determined that the goods normally sold were also sold in currencies such as copper coins, gold and silver.

As for things related to spiritual practice, that is different. There is another set of transaction process standards that people outside do not understand very well.

Chen Jin himself has a complete set of cultivation methods, and he does not rely on others in this regard. But it does not mean that he can be completely self-sufficient, which is impossible.

In the path of cultivation, as your level of cultivation improves, the resources required will also increase significantly.

Now Chen Jin is in the middle stage of refining essence into qi, at this stage, the main thing is the supply and demand of food. After breaking through to the third level, he will enter the stage of "refining qi into spirit", and the way of cultivation will change greatly, and it will be very different.

Naturally, he had to plan ahead and make preparations in advance.

In addition, Chen Jin also wanted to refine a sword.

A real sword!
According to his vision, unless it is not refined, once the furnace is opened, it should be a high-quality sword.

Of course, it would be even better if we could get the real finished product directly.

However, such things are hard to come by, and Chen Jin would not think about it until he had definite news.

So he really has a lot of things to do next, but he can arrange them in an orderly manner and there is no need to rush.

This time, in addition to sending Chen Min to Yunshan Temple, Chen Jin himself also had needs.

It is too inefficient and not cost-effective for one person to find and buy a large amount of cultivation resources alone.

For example, the materials used to refine the Kuixing Wenhuo Deng, how could they be easily refined unless the temple master delivered them to the door?
After their last dealings, Chen Jin believed that the Master of Yunshan Temple would be a very good partner.

As long as you put forward a condition that the other party cannot refuse, I believe that the reasonable master will readily agree to it.

Moreover, looking at the high and steep mountains and the pressing situation, it seems that there are hidden dragon veins here. It is indeed a good place.

Even if it is not a real paradise, it is pretty close.

A quarter of an hour later, Chen Jin found an inn in the market town with a very down-to-earth name: Yuelai Inn.

Obviously a national chain.

The inn is in good condition and the price is reasonable.

When Chen Min heard the price for one night's stay, he was stunned and shocked.

Chen Jin didn't care. After receiving the thank-you gift from Mr. Hu, he didn't dare to say that he was rich, but a thousand coins would be no problem.

Stay in an inn and book two upper rooms, no pressure at all.

After they settled down, after a while, the Zhao family's carriage arrived.

After asking the butler and the young master to get off the carriage, Zhao Wu drove the carriage to a shed in the side yard of the inn and parked it.

He recognized the donkey cart at a glance and became immediately furious. Seeing that there was no one around, he was about to kick the donkey.

Unexpectedly, the donkey was very alert. When it saw a stranger trying to approach its butt, it suddenly kicked its hind legs.

Zhao Wu was kicked and almost fell to the ground. He was furious and was about to explode, but he saw the waiter who was in charge of taking care of the livestock coming over with a load of fodder.

Zhao Wu had no choice but to suffer in silence and ran to complain to the steward angrily.

The butler stroked his beard and said, "Those who can live in the inn are not ordinary country folk. We must not act rashly. Let's wait until we meet the people tomorrow before we talk."

(End of this chapter)