Chapter 8 Meeting Chaoyang
Under the warm spring sun, the carriage sped up a bit, and finally arrived at Zhaojiaji before noon.
It is indeed a famous big market with a radius of tens of miles, and it is a bit more lively than the market in Luoshui County.
Uncle Li settled the carriage in the backyard of a large tea house in the west of the market town, and went to drink tea and rest.
Recently, it has been quiet for a while, and Baiyun Tower suddenly came to this bustling market, and it feels a lot more cordial.
In the streets and alleys, crowds stand shoulder to shoulder, and the cleanliness can make people feel calm, but the bustle can also relax the mind.
Wandering slowly from West Street to East Street in Baiyun Tower, he couldn't help feeling that he was still a veteran Taoist, and his own way was indeed outside Liuyun Temple.
Look at the fried golden pot stickers, the sizzling beef coke cakes, the glazed sweet-scented osmanthus cold cakes, and the steaming wonton stalls. These are the tasteful life.
At the moment of delicious food, it is natural to feast on it. After entering the Qi Condensation period, it is really great, and even the food intake has increased a lot. The Baiyun Tower is a big feast. It seems that there are still many benefits of cultivation, and we have to explore slowly in the future.
As the old saying goes, if you can't finish eating, you have to take it with you. Baiyunlou carried a few cloth bags and paper bags of various pastries, and was satisfied.
Going back to the teahouse and passing an intersection, adults and children huddled together. It turned out that it was a group of entertainers, playing tricks in the middle of the street.
Baiyunlou also looked at it with interest for a while. An old man juggling throwing knives drew applause from all the halls. Seeing the five flying knives flying up and down as if they were spiritual, without disturbing each other, Baiyunlou moved slightly in surprise. Tianyantong checked and found that the old man did not have any fluctuations in his true energy. This technique is not a supernatural power, and he is only familiar with it.
Baiyunlou couldn't help sighing, added some rewards, and went to find Uncle Li.
Uncle Li was still drinking tea in a corner of the teahouse, listening to the storyteller in the teahouse telling stories, seeing Baiyunlou looking for him, he stood up and asked, Are you leaving now?
Bai Yunlou waved his hand: No hurry, just finish listening to this paragraph.
After coming out of the teahouse, Uncle Li took the carriage and set off. Baiyun Tower rolled up the bamboo curtain at the rear of the carriage, and sat at the rear of the carriage, leaning against the wall of the carriage.
Looking at the bustling market, Baiyunlou thought that next time he passed by Zhaojiaji, he must bring some of Auntie's favorite pastries.
The carriage moved slowly, and suddenly there was a sound of running footsteps from the street outside the carriage, and a white figure jumped onto the carriage, and even put down the bamboo curtain.
Baiyunlou turned his head and saw a young man with a flushed face, holding two buns in one hand, looking at him in a bit of embarrassment.
The boy who broke into the carriage was dressed in white, with big eyes, a handsome face, a little baby fat, half a bun stuffed in his mouth, staring blankly at Baiyun Tower, whining twice but unable to speak.
At this moment, the carriage stopped suddenly, and Bai Yunlou leaned his head to listen, and asked the young man, Are you hungry? No more money?
The boy in white nodded.
Bai Yunlou asked again: You snatched three meat buns? Throwing a stone to pay the bill?
The boy in white swallowed the steamed stuffed bun in his mouth two or three times, and said crisply: Their meat buns are delicious.
Baiyun Tower was speechless for a while.
The young man said again: The money has run out, so I can only pay with gold and fine stones. I am a little bit reluctant, but they still don't agree.
Golden Jingshi? Baiyunlou asked, seeing the young man nodded, he shouted to the front of the car: Uncle Li, ask the shop assistant to come over. The young man in white shrank back.
The clerk of the steamed stuffed bun shop ran over upon hearing the words, and Baiyunlou took out a few copper plates and handed them over, What about the stone?
Here, here. The guy handed over a stone the size of an egg, took the copper plate from Baiyunlou, thanked him, and went back.
Holding this sharp-edged stone, it was a bit heavy to start with. I had seen records of gold stones in some records of strange things before.
Gold essence stone is relatively rare, and a small amount of tempering weapons can greatly improve the strength and toughness of weapons.
Looking at this ordinary stone, apart from being a little heavy, there is nothing special about it. No wonder the guy at the bun shop dared not take it.
Baiyun Tower used Tianyantong to look at the stone intently, there was a faint golden light flashing, and I was 90% convinced that this stone should be the Golden Essence Stone.
Baiyunlou raised his head to look at the young man in white, and couldn't help being stunned. There was light flashing all over the young man. There seemed to be something on his chest that was shining with emerald green light. There was a ring on his left wrist that was shining with multicolored light. Golden light, there is also light flashing in a white silk bag thrown aside.
This is a boy with a story.
No, now Baiyun Building has opened the Celestial Eye, and his spiritual sense has become much sharper. Looking at this young man again, his demeanor, his movements, and his face shape, he is clearly a woman. It turns out that he is a woman disguised as a man.
However, Baiyun Tower did not expose it, and asked: Brother, where do you want to go? You can eat this bun with peace of mind. If there is nothing wrong, I will hurry on my way.
The girl in white said: Let's hurry, I'm going to Xinlu Academy, I see that you are also going in this direction, so just give me a ride, you are all from the Jianghu, you should not be polite. She pointed to the waist of Baiyunlou Dragon scale sword.
Baiyunlou secretly thought, I want to be polite to you, you are still reluctant to get out of the car, but I really have something to explore with this girl, so I let Uncle Li drive away.
The carriage went back on the road, Baiyunlou rolled up the bamboo curtain again, and chatted with the girl in white.
The girl in white clothes claimed that her surname was Xia and her name was Chaoyang. She had just turned fifteen years old and came from Kyoto in the north to study at Xinlu Academy.
I arrived at Zhaojiaji yesterday, and I couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food. I spent a lot of money, and even spent the last bit of money staying in the hotel.
I was looking for a horse-drawn carriage on the same road at Jidongtou early this morning, but I didn't find anyone willing to take it for a long time. I was really hungry, so I planned to exchange some steamed buns with gold essence stones, and was chased by the steamed stuffed bun shop for half a street. Fortunately, I ran into Baiyun Tower.
Bai Yunlou laughed secretly in his heart, he still called himself a person in the Jianghu, and it seemed that he was going out for the first time, and he didn't understand anything, so he really didn't know how he made it all the way here.
But looking at the gold essence stones exchanged for a few copper plates in his hand, Bai Yunlou said: It's really heroic for you to exchange these gold essence stones for a few buns.
The girl surnamed Xia waved her hand and said, I was so hungry at the time, I was hungry when I saw the steamed buns just out of the pan, brother Bai, do you recognize this golden stone? During the chat just now, I also knew the name and age of Baiyunlou.
Bai Yunlou said: Understood, but this gold essence stone is relatively rare, so it can't take advantage of you for nothing. These bags are all cakes bought at Zhaojiaji. If you are still hungry, you can eat some. In addition, if you don't have Silver, I can also give you some, save some flowers, it shouldn’t be a problem to rush to the academy.”
The girl surnamed Xia shook her head and said: That can't be done, this gold essence stone was exchanged by you and that guy, and it has helped me a lot now.