From a carp to a dragon god

Chapter 25 Beifang Market Grocery Store

Beifang Market is located in the northwest of the forest farm. It was built in the style of human market, imitating the layout of outer market and inner market.

The outer market is full of mobile stalls selling goods, which are arranged in a staggered manner according to the plan. The scene is very lively, with shouts coming one after another.

These vendors are shrimp spirits whose cultivation level does not exceed the eighth level. Logically, they are all disciples of Xia Jueming, and they all practice the merchant methods of the God of Wealth.

Yu Shuyang found out after returning home yesterday that the shrimp spirits and clam girls in the blessed land are all vassal families of Madam Wushuang.

Madam Wushuang is a dragon girl from a water palace somewhere in the South China Sea. Her parents died early, and she has lived with two groups of servants in her maternal uncle's home on the Huai River since she was a child.

Speaking of which, Yu Shuyang's family is related by marriage to Madam Wushuang's maternal uncle's family. His eighth sister married into a family from the Huaishui Zhe clan of the Red Chain Snake.

The Zhe family is the main clan of the Red Chain Snake clan. There is an ancestor in the family who has reached the early third-grade cultivation level. He is Madam Wushuang's maternal uncle.

The Zhe clan and the Xiyu clan had very close relations. Back then, the great immortal Xiyu married his wife Wushuang from his uncle's family in Huaishui.

Also because the two tribes are closely connected, Yu Shuyang's eighth sister knows her eighth brother-in-law. The Huai River is also close to Taiping Lake. In the past, the eighth sister often visited her parents' home. Now she is pregnant and is resting at home to take care of the baby.

Yu Shuyang likes the hustle and bustle of other cities. He thinks this is the only fun place in the entire blessed land, so he brought Li Zhen here to play last time.

As we walked along, we saw all kinds of things being sold at the stalls, including edible fruits and vegetables, useful talismans and spiritual water, and some worthless little things.

This business is the livelihood of Beifang Market, and all profits and losses are borne by Beifang. The merchants of the Shrimp Spirit Sect do not rely on selling for a living, but rather practice the way of business.

Not long ago, Xia Jueming cried and begged for an increase in the products of East China Sea trade. He longed for the resources for cultivation and did not want to be stuck at the eighth level until he died of old age.

He had come to Beifang Market before to have fun and have fun. He liked the hustle and bustle of the city. This time he also paid close attention and indeed found many problems.

The shrimp spirits practiced the way of merchants, that is, buying and selling for profit, while Xia Jueming practiced the way of money. The two seemed to complement each other, but in fact they were very different.

The Beifang market is too small. The total number of demons practicing Taoism in the blessed land may not exceed five thousand. Places like Baiziyuan and Qiansunyuan are all supported by the blessed land, so there is no need to go out to buy.

These shrewd people are selling the talisman money here and don't care about the circulation of the talisman money at all. Some of them are cunning and use barter instead of talisman money to make more profits.

The two seek different spiritual resources, and the market is too small to support both kinds of resources. Xia Jueming should be aware of this, so he wanted to take advantage of the East China Sea trade route.

The Great Immortal Xiyu was worried that his mortal enemy would do something bad in secret, so he used the evil method of using his life to fish. Therefore, the blessed land was isolated and sealed off most of the time, and the entire clan stayed in the inner house of the blessed land.

For this reason, the Beifang Market can only entertain itself, and trading is limited to the blessed land. Xia Jueming is also trapped here and can only wait for death and endure the days.

After walking around the outer market, I didn't find any utensils related to incense. I picked up a lot of random things and bought them. I felt relaxed and happy. Shopping really makes people happy.

Since it is not available in the outer market, you can only look for it in the inner market. This is a personal transaction, different from the official sale in the outer market, and the price is much higher.

As soon as you come in, you will see rows of shops that imitate the wooden buildings of the human race. They look ancient and the things they sell seem to be very expensive.

The first street in Neifang is full of workshops. There is a container door at the entrance, and inside are the workshops that sell the most common daily necessities.

Yu Shuyang didn't stop and went straight to the Beifang Grocery Store. If you want to find something rare, this is the right place to come. Most of the things here are not from Xiyu Fudi.

This shop is run by the grandson of Xiyu Daxian. It replenishes its stock within fifteen days after the Spring Festival every year. At that time, the legal restrictions in the blessed land are completely lifted, making it convenient for goods to be transported in and out.

The grocery store is not small. Four stores were connected to form one, with eight doors open. Four clam spirits and sixteen shrimp spirits are always on hand to help check and find goods.

The shopkeeper is an eighth-rank fish demon, a descendant of the Great Immortal Xiyu, and one of the fifth-generation grandchildren. He is not qualified to live in Baiziyuan.

They lived in the same fish demon village as Yu Shuyang's family, but the difference was that Yu's father and mother were qualified to move into Qiansun Courtyard, having both reached the seventh level of cultivation. Previously, they had many children to take care of, and later, when Yu Shuyang went to Dongtian to study, he got used to living there and was too lazy to move in.

"Uncle Wen, I hope your business is booming." Yu Shuyang said politely as he entered the room.

Yu Jiuwen spends all day in the store and doesn't have much impression of Yu Shuyang from the same village. He is too lazy to think about it. All the fish monsters in the blessed land are relatives.

"You're welcome. What do you want today? I'll ask the guys to find it for you."

"I wonder if there are any utensils contaminated by incense?"

Don't expect to find a bargain when you go to a big store to buy things. There is a shopkeeper sitting in the store, and there are master chefs in charge of the incoming and outgoing goods. They are all professionals in appraising treasures.

Some products that are difficult to understand and price will only be received into the warehouse and sent back to the owner, and will never flow out.

“Incense utensils are not expensive, but we sell very few of them here. We haven’t seen them in the store for several years.

Please wait a moment. I'll ask my clerk to check the inventory in the warehouse to see if there is any stock.

If you’re not in a hurry, come back and check it out after the New Year when the stock is replenished.”

Yu Jiuwen knew the goods in the store very well and had some impression that there might be a backlog of goods from previous years, but he wondered if they were still there.

About a quarter of an hour later, a green-skinned shrimp spirit came running over holding a candlestick.

"Boss, I've checked and there's only one wedding candlestick." The shrimp spirit replied as he placed the candlestick on the table.

The candlestick is a large one, the kind used for dragon and phoenix candles, with a four-legged Sumeru pedestal and a copper rod with a six-inch round base at the top.

This thing is a festive one. The dragon and phoenix candles are lit on the wedding night and are said to be candles that are lit only once in a lifetime.

"This is an old item. I remember it was bought twenty years ago..." Yu Jiuwen stopped talking and turned to look at Yu Shuyang.

"Sir, please take a look at this thing to see if it suits your taste and whether it is suitable for your use."

Yu Jiuwen is indeed the head shopkeeper, as cunning as an old ghost. The longer the utensils that are contaminated with incense are used, the stronger the incense smell will be.

This wedding candlestick had been gathering dust in the warehouse for twenty years, and it was unclear whether it could be used. He couldn't possibly ruin the sale, so he told the customer to see for himself.

Yu Shuyang does not practice Taoism, so naturally he cannot tell good from evil, but he has an image of the Rat God in his spirit altar, so he can try to "reside the spirit" there and see.

“Shopkeeper, I don’t understand it either. Let me ask you the price first. If it’s cheap, I’ll buy it now.

If it's expensive, try casting a spell here to see if it works."

"Incense utensils are not expensive. Take them for two coins." Yu Jiuwen took a look at the list of goods and casually quoted a price.

The longer this thing is kept, the more useless it becomes. I'll lose money no matter how I sell it. I'd be lucky if I could get rid of it.

　I'm a bit stuck in my writing. Yesterday, a reader gave me feedback about the protagonist wandering around everywhere. I was confused for a moment and wrote it over and over again for a long time before I finally finished it.

　　What do you think of the current narrative? I'm a little unsure.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)