Fairy, Please Let Me Explain

As the headquarters of Tian'an City, the No. 1 Chamber of Commerce in the world, Tian'an Chamber of Commerce is not a majestic building, but a block.

Yes, not one, but one.

In Di'an City, where every inch of land is at a premium, the Tian'an Chamber of Commerce directly occupies hundreds of acres of land.

Horse-drawn carriages were driving among them, and there were rows of shops on both sides of the block, with the Cheonan Chamber of Commerce logo hanging on each house.

From brothels to casinos, from ordinary daily necessities to high-end luxury clothing, from ordinary commoners to high-level cultivators, you can find corresponding stores here for everything you need to buy and for any place you want to consume.

The carriage of the left minister of the Ministry of War drove through the bustling streets and attracted a lot of attention, but there was no sound in the streets.

Within the boundaries of the Chamber of Commerce in Tianan, Shi Chang could see the carriages of some high-ranking court officials and high-level sects driving towards the depths of the Chamber of Commerce. Although third-grade officials were rare, they were not to the point of being silenced.

Among the bustling streets, the carriage drove slowly for about half a quarter of an hour before finally stopping in front of a three-story building.

This is a pawn shop.

The plaque has two big characters written on it: dragons and phoenixes,

Chang'an.

This is the pawnshop named after Grandma Hua Hong after his second brother passed away, and this old man has always been accustomed to handling official business in this pawnshop.

As long as Hua Hong is not in the Prime Minister's Mansion, come here to find him for sure.

Xu Yuan followed Wang Yuqian and walked slowly into the pawn shop.

The business inside is neither good nor bad. There are five pawn windows. There are only three or five people lined up in front of each window, but the atmosphere is quite lively.

There was a lot of noise in front of every window, as customers who came to pawn items and treasure appraisers argued about the price of the items to be pawned.

However, after the two stepped into the door of the pawn shop, the hall quickly became quiet at a strange speed.

Because the official robe Wang Yuqian wore was the official robe of a third-rank official.

This pawn shop is not the largest pawn shop in the Tianan Chamber of Commerce. Most of the people who come here to pawn items are wealthy businessmen or low-level cultivators. For them, third-level officials can already be regarded as heavenly officials.

Scanning his eyes, Xu Yuan even saw some guests kneeling directly towards them.

After a brief period of silence, a thin and lean young man hurriedly ran out from the background.

Wearing a shopkeeper's uniform of some vintage, he stood in front of the two of them, rubbed his hands in a hurry, and asked cautiously:

"You two distinguished guests, do you want to pledge something?"

Wang Yuqian nodded calmly and took out a rather exquisite jade pendant from his official uniform:

"Find someone with sharp eyes, don't let me miss you."

The skinny young man's pupils shrank when he saw the jade pendant, and he smiled:

"Gentlemen, please come to the second floor."

After saying that, the thin young man saluted back with both hands and shouted skillfully to the people upstairs:

"Qu'er, you two guests, prepare red and gold tea~"

After that, the thin young man quickly led Xu Yuan and Wang Yuqian upstairs.

Once on the second floor, the hustle and bustle downstairs and on the street instantly became quieter. The corners were dotted with green plants and incense. Seven or eight sandalwood tables and chairs were blocked by screens with soundproof arrays.

However, what is puzzling is that although the thin young man mentioned the second floor, there were no servants on this floor, and he did not stop going upstairs. He led Xu Yuan and Wang Yuqian directly towards the third floor. Go upstairs.

However, when approaching the third floor, the thin young man suddenly stopped, looked back at Wang Yuqian, and said with a smile:

"Dear guest, Mr. Hua only sees this young master. Please follow me to the second floor."

Wang Yuqian nodded silently without showing any dissatisfaction.

A third-grade official is very prestigious, but he is still nothing compared to the core figures of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

He saluted Xu Yuan and followed the thin young man to the second floor, leaving Xu Yuan alone at the entrance to the third floor.

Watching the two disappear at the corner of the stairs, a helpless voice came from the third floor:

"Don't look at it, you kid. Hong Jin is my confidant and your identity will not be exposed."

Xu Yuan chuckled for a lifetime, touched the Sumeru ring on his fingertips, and walked up to the third floor.

There is only one room on the third floor.

The layout is somewhat similar to that of my father's study. There are more than a dozen bookshelves filled with documents and files of various categories, and an old man with white hair and beard is sitting behind the desk.

After looking around, Xu Yuan stepped forward and took out a chair from the Sumeru Ring. He placed it on the table and sat down face to face. He looked at the old man opposite with a smile:

"Old Man Hua, long time no see. How are you lately?"

"If you kid hadn't poisoned me, I should have been able to live for more than ten years."

Hua Hong snorted angrily: "Didn't I tell you to be careful? Many people in Di'an City know that I have been living here for a long time. Although Wang Yuqian's status is not low, if I bring you here, someone may get into trouble. suspicion."

"Don't worry, I've considered this."

Xu Yuan said very relaxedly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very optimistic about my status now, so it is not conspicuous that Wang Yuqian takes me, an illegitimate son, to visit the dock everywhere."

Hua Hong stared at Xu Yuan for a few breaths with his piercing eyes, and sighed:

"Okay, tell me, why did you come to me specifically?"

Xu Yuan leaned forward slightly, knocked on the table, and said with a smile:

"This is a pawn shop. Naturally, I am here to pawn items."

"Pawn items."

Hua Hong frowned slightly, but then he relaxed and snorted: "Humph, Lou Ji took away all your money. Are you here to fight against the autumn wind?"

While talking,

Hua Hong took out a few hundred-tael bills from his arms angrily and threw them on the table:

"That's it, no more."

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After a moment of silence, Xu Yuan's expression became solemn:

"Old Man Hua, I'm serious."

Hua Hong’s face became more serious:

"I am also serious."

"."Xu Yuan.

The prejudices in people’s hearts are like a fucking mountain.

Thinking about it, Xu Yuan leaned directly on the back of the morning chair, crossed his legs, and casually threw a book of exercises from the Sumeru Precepts on the table:

"Since you don't believe it, why don't you take a look at this technique first?"

Hua Hong looked at the rogue look of the kid opposite him, casually took the paper-based technique in his hand and flipped through a few pages, then his eyes condensed and he looked at Xu Yuan:

"Changtian, where did your technique come from?"

"Picked it up."

"I was serious."

"I'm serious too."

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Hua Hong's eyes showed a trace of sullenness, and while collecting the exercises into the Sumeru Ring, he said softly:

"If you don't want to say it, forget it. This technique is good. I'll take it for thirty thousand taels."

After that, he threw out three 10,000-liang banknotes in front of Xu Yuan, and then silently took the previous 100-liang banknotes into his arms.

Seeing the stingy old man's behavior, Xu Yuan was not surprised. He glanced at the three ten thousand taels of treasure banknotes in front of him, without any sign of urgency on his face, and asked with a smile:

"Old Man Hua, are you planning to buy and sell by force again?"

When Hua Hong heard this, his face did not turn red and his heart did not beat. He made up nonsense:

"Although your technique has some skills, it can only be rated as B-level at best. It has not yet entered the A-level. Thirty thousand taels is already very high."

"Okay."

Xu Yuan grinned when he saw this, picked up the three treasure bills in front of him and turned around to go out.

When Hua Hong saw this, there was a hint of doubt in his eyes.

This kid has never been one to suffer losses since he was a child.

I think back then, when this kid had never practiced before, he dared to fight for the few thousand taels of lucky money against a strong man from the beginning. Why is he so calm now that his cultivation has improved?

"Wait." Hua Hong suddenly said.

"Huh?" Xu Yuan.

"What kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd?"

"What medicine?"

Xu Yuanban turned around and said with a smile: "Since you old man doesn't know the goods, then I can only sell it to a pawn shop."

Hua Hong's eyes widened when he heard this:

"You little bastard, this is a bad rule! If you sell your skills at both ends, you will be hunted down!"

"ah"

Xu Yuan opened his mouth and blinked at Hua Hong, slightly surprised: "Mr. Hua, are you planning to hunt me down?"

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Hua Hong's cheeks twitched, and his originally loose fists hardened little by little.

After seeing what he felt, Xu Yuan immediately smiled and said:

"Mr. Hua, it's just a joke. I know what's appropriate."

Hua Hong stood up and walked towards Xu Yuan step by step:

"You know what the heck, every time you get into trouble outside, I have to wipe your ass!"

Xu Yuanmu didn't squint, as if he didn't realize that Fat Beat was about to knock on the door, and said with a smile:

"It's just a technique,

"Besides, who told you that I only have this book of exercises in my hand?"

"." Hua Hong paused.

When Xu Yuan saw this, he immediately waved his hand and whispered:

"You don't know the goods here, so naturally I have to go to other chambers of commerce to see if they know the goods."

After saying this, Xu Yuan turned around and pushed the door open, only to find that the originally thin wooden door was now as thick as a mountain.

Seeing this scene, Xu Yuan immediately looked back and cursed in a low voice:

"Old man Hua, you are so old and want to take advantage of others?"

"Hey, Changtian, what do you say?"

The gloom on Hua Hong's face disappeared, and he smiled, not caring at all about what Xu Yuan called him: "As Xu Yinhe's son, if you have good things, you must give priority to our Tian'an Chamber of Commerce."

As he spoke, Hua Hong walked up to Xu Yuan and forcibly dragged Xu Yuan back to the desk to sit down with his wrinkled palms.

Take your seat again,

Xu Yuan stared at the stingy old man opposite him expressionlessly.

Hua Hong had a loving smile on his face and his voice was very soft:

"Changtian, let's talk behind closed doors."

"Physical closing?"

"Aren't I worried that you are going the wrong way? If this kind of skill leaks out, it will not be a good thing for our Prime Minister's Office."

"hehe."

"Let's do this. For the same skill, one hundred thousand taels per book, I will take as many as you want. You will pay first and then hand over the goods."

"hehe."

"Changtian, one hundred thousand taels is already very high. Pawn items are usually discounted by 30% to 40%."

"hehe."

"Let's do this, it's a fixed price. I've watched you grow up and I will never cheat you. A book of exercises costs 150,000 yuan."

"hehe."

"Changtian, you are going too far."

"Ah"

"Xu Changtian, if you dare to yell again, do you believe that I will beat you so hard that even Xu Yinhe can't recognize you?!"

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk."

"." Hua Hong.

With a gentle frown, Hua Hong suppressed the urge to beat the boy across from him and sighed:

"You can make your own quotation."

Hearing this, Xu Yuan finally slowly stood up and uttered:

"One copy of the technique costs five hundred thousand taels."

Hua Hong frowned slightly:

"You kid really dare to open your mouth like a lion."

Xu Yuan shook his head and whispered: "Old Man Hua, as a powerful person from the beginning, you should know the value of this technique very well. If it is exposed to the outside world, it can become a method of suppressing sects in some sects."

Hua Hong chuckled and lowered the price:

"Then the sects you mentioned should be some unpopular sects."

Hearing this, Xu Yuan spoke directly and spread his hands:

"I've quoted a price. If you don't accept it, I'll find another chamber of commerce."

Hua Hong let out a long sigh and whispered:

"Okay, five hundred thousand taels is half a million taels. How many books do you have in total?"

Xu Yuan chuckled, as if he suddenly remembered something, and reminded:

"By the way, the five hundred thousand taels I mentioned were the silver taels purchased by the prime minister's house."

"What did you say?!"

The wrinkles on Hua Hong's face trembled, and he blew his beard and stared at Xu Yuan.

The various forces under the Prime Minister's Mansion are independent of each other, but there are also some internal exchanges of interests.

For example, Gewuyuan often purchases various equipment from Tianan Chamber of Commerce, and the interval used by Gewuyuan is the so-called internal purchase price.

Although Tianan Chamber of Commerce will not lose money due to this kind of internal dealings, it will basically make no profit.

The 500,000 taels purchased internally, converted into the silver taels circulating outside, would be approximately between 700,000 taels and 900,000 taels.

Facing Hua Hong's cannibalistic gaze, Xu Yuan just looked at him calmly with a smile.

He knew the value of these exercises very well.

Whether it is a high-level staff member in the Prime Minister's Mansion as a reward for a mission, or it is used as a treasure at the auction, Hua Hong can at least double his profit with just one move.

In the end, Hua Hong shook his head and said helplessly:

"It's getting harder and harder to fool you, kid, but I have to confirm the content and type of the technique first."

"good."

Xu Yuan agreed simply this time and piled the twenty thick paper exercises secret books on the table in front of Hua Hong at once: "You take your time to confirm, I'm not in a hurry."

"." Hua Hong.

Six hours later.

Hua Hong exhaled a long breath, looking a little tired.

Confirming the technique is an extremely labor-intensive task, because the confirmer needs to guide Yuan Qi to run for a week according to the route in the technique.

In this process, it is not only necessary to study the content of the exercises, but also to make errors in the exercises from time to time, resulting in the situation of going crazy.

Even for someone like him, who has practiced for hundreds of years in the Origin Realm, confirming twenty skills at once is a bit too much for his body.

Fortunately, these twenty exercises are all correct, and there are no mistakes.

Thinking in his mind, Hua Hong glanced at the little kid over there who was already sleeping on the soft couch where he entertained guests. He hesitated for a moment whether to wake him up, and then hummed softly:

"Boy, get up."

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Xu Yuan woke up from his sleep in a daze. He subconsciously ran his skills for a moment to clear his head, and then yawned and slowly came to the desk.

Glancing at the secrets of the exercises that were divided into two piles on the desk, Xu Yuan asked slightly depressed:

"Why do you only divide these exercises into two categories?"

The exercises that Old Man Luo gave him were all kinds of weird, and if he wanted to classify them, there should be many categories.

Hua Hong pointed to the pile on the left with a cold face:

"This type is a dual cultivation method."

As he spoke, he pointed to the pile on his right:

"And this type of technique is an ordinary technique."

Xu Yuan pulled out his chair and sat down, glanced at the two piles of exercises, and asked softly:

"What's the difference between these two categories?"

"The difference is that I can only bid 200,000 for each of these seven dual cultivation techniques."

"ha?"

"Boy, don't be pretentious here."

Hua Hong's tone did not fluctuate at all, he clicked on the pile of dual cultivation techniques and said: "I know that you have already read the files and internal references in Xu Yinhe's study, so you should know very well how low the value of these dual cultivation techniques are.

"I am willing to offer you 200,000 taels per copy, purely because the other thirteen books are very important to our Prime Minister's Mansion."

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Xu Yuan opened his mouth, wanting to bargain, but in the end he smiled coquettishly.

As a good young man who once yearned for the Hehuan Sect, he was naturally curious about why there was no sect in the huge Dayan Dynasty that was based on dual cultivators.

After obtaining the status of Prince of the Prime Minister's Mansion, he also went to the Prime Minister's Mansion's father's study and library to find many various documents related to dual cultivation.

In these documents, the reasons for the decline of the dual cultivation method are recorded in detail.

There are changes in secular ethics, as well as practitioners' progress in the study of exercises, and even more man-made planning. It can be said that the decline of dual cultivation is the result of a mixture of various factors.

Since the end of the world of sects with the collapse of rituals and the collapse of music, after entering the world of dynasties, times have changed, and the world can no longer tolerate such debauchery.

Sects that establish a sect based on dual cultivation will basically be labeled as an outer sect, and may be liquidated once they become big.

However, the biggest reason why the method of dual cultivation is almost extinct in Dayan is because of a Class A Internal Reference placed in the corner of his father's study.

That one has the internal reference of age.

It was written by a staff member in the prime minister's palace, but I don't know who it was because the name on the signature had been crossed out.

But looking at the last time it was signed, this internal reference should have been handed over by the aide to his father as a political advisor after Li Yaoxuan ascended the throne during the Ninth Five-Year Plan and when he and his father were preparing for reforms to become stronger.

Thinking back then, my father must have had the idea of ​​quickly cultivating a group of cultivators through the method of dual cultivation, but this internal reference persuaded him to stop.

The disadvantages of cultivating cultivators through dual cultivation are discussed from various angles.

From a top-level perspective, the short-term benefits of the dual cultivation method outweigh the disadvantages. Once the time period is extended to more than half a year, the disadvantages outweigh the benefits.

The initial practice speed of dual cultivation method is indeed very fast, but this comes at the expense of overdrafting the practitioner's potential.

After all, the essence of dual cultivation is to use exercises to make both practitioners resonate with each other, and the body's meridians, sea of ​​consciousness, and dantian are extremely repellent to the opposite sex.

One or two times will not affect the qualifications, but over time, other people's energy will be deposited in one's own body and produce a repulsive reaction, making the cultivation speed as slow as a turtle crawling, and it is easy to become possessed.

Even the innate Taoist body cannot afford such squandering.

After all, the way of dual cultivation involves the nature of food and sex, and it is easy to attract a large number of talented people.

Over time, the top combat power will decrease.

As for promoting it among the lower-level military.

An army corrupted by lust and carnival is not easy to manage and will not be able to fight effectively.

besides,

Among the internal references, there was also a vicious plan.

Place secret agents within the sect, spread the dual cultivation method among its lower-level disciples, and even within the martial arts halls opened by the sect, in order to cut off its combat power.

Tens of thousands of words are written eloquently, and the future plans are almost completely written down.

At the end of this internal reference, his father wrote a word in his own handwriting,

Can.

This vicious plan was implemented, but the result was a failure.

There are also capable people in the sects of the world. They saw through the imperial plan and began to strictly prohibit their disciples from practicing the dual cultivation method.

Since its evolution, the method of dual cultivation has completely declined.

"Since you don't deny it, I will calculate it for you based on the method of two hundred thousand taels of one book and two cultivations."

Hua Hong put the exercises on the desk into the Sumeru Ring and said softly: "A total of 7.9 million, I remember it. You are pretending to be dead now and it is not convenient to come forward. If you need anything, just contact me directly."

"Old Man Hua, you misunderstood."

Xu Yuan smiled and interrupted Hua Hong: "This money is not prepared for myself. It can be recorded in Xinyao's name."

Hua Hong raised his eyebrows slightly, his voice a little surprised:

"Xinyao, why did you give her such a large amount of money?"

"Um"

Xu Yuan raised his eyes and looked at the inscription lamp on the ceiling, pondered slightly, and raised a smile on his lips:

"This money can be regarded as a little support from my brother to the path that that girl has been practicing.

"Even if she is destined to fail."

Happy New Year.

Thanks to the readers who are still voting and reading this month.

This month’s update is indeed a bit oh no, it’s particularly crotch-drawing, so I’d like to apologize.

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After being a shrunken turtle for a month, the turtle shell is very strong and provides three-dimensional defense ()

Well, after being in a shell for so long, it’s time to come out and make some quibbles.

Xianyu is a writer who thrives on inspiration. Compared to authors who are accustomed to using outlines and detailed outlines, if there is no inspiration, Xianyu will be extremely painful to write even if he has sorted out the details.

Of course, there is also laziness.

Old readers probably know that Xianyu will become weak when he writes a certain number of words. It is a very mysterious feeling. He can no longer find the enthusiasm for writing before, nor can he find the desire for expression before. His writing skills and plot design abilities are all gone. Decline, no matter how you write, you are not satisfied.

This situation probably appeared in the "Northern Territory" chapter. This chapter did not write the feeling I wanted to write at all. The character of the Barbarian King, the way of the Barbarian King's death, Li Qingyan, and the interaction between Li Qingyan and the protagonist were not written. The feeling I wanted, and the result was that this chapter turned into an old lady's foot-binding that was smelly and long.

This may be a shortcoming of Lian Zai's novel, but also a shortcoming of Xianyu's own ability.

This month I looked for the reason and found that I probably haven't "recharged" for a long time.

Since I started writing "Fairy", I have basically no reading accumulation. I have almost never read any books, movies, anime, and comics.

In the past two months, I have read a lot of books, anime, TV series and games.

Now it feels like this bottleneck should have been almost broken.

It should be a breakthrough.

Will update normally next month, thank you readers who can see this~

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