Chapter 75: Taiwu Prefecture

  Shen Xiang looks a bit shabby, but he dresses very plainly and doesn't wear anything that shows off his wealth, so he looks quite poor.

  "Do you know how much the Taiwu Gate costs? It's enough to make you retreat in a year." Zhu Rong said with a smirk, but he suddenly heard a "crunching" sound, like someone was biting into fruit.

  Zhu Rong was originally a good eater, he immediately turned his head to take a look, and saw that Shen Xiang was holding a purple fruit in his hand, biting and eating it mouthful by mouthful, and even spitting out some of the skin.

  Zhu Rong was stunned for a moment, then shouted: "Idiot, is this how you use the Purple Spirit Fruit? Hurry up and shut your mouth! Your mother's, these skin are expensive, and you actually spat it out..."

  Zi Ling fruit is the main medicine for refining Zhen Qi Dan, eating it as a fruit is simply a waste of heaven's gift. Zhu Rong saw this and couldn't help but want to slap Shen Xiang twice, in his opinion, directly eating Zi Ling fruit was blasphemy!

  Shen Xiang's face was nonchalant: "This Purple Spirit Fruit tastes great, sweet and refreshing. After eating it, a lot of true energy will appear in the body."

  Zhu Rong's face turned bright red with anger, although the Zi Ling fruit wasn't his, but seeing it made him heartbroken.

  "Stop eating, I'll buy it!" Zhu Rong hastily shouted. As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Xiang swallowed two or three more bites. Zhu Rong was so angry that he almost rushed up to punch Shen Xiang's chin!

  "What is the cost of entering Taiwu Gate for a year?" Shen Xiang asked with a smile.

  Zhu Rong stamped his foot and hummed angrily: "A guy like you will never enter the Taiwu Gate." Although he didn't know what Shen Xiang's identity was, he was certain that Shen Xiang was extremely rich, otherwise he wouldn't have eaten a Purple Spirit Fruit so casually.

  "Never mind, I'll ask myself." Shen Xiang said, and took out another purple spirit fruit, ready to eat.

  "Outer sect disciples get 3,000 mid-grade crystal stones per year." Zhu Rong hastily said, then took out a few thumb-sized blue stones and handed them to Shen Xiang: "Ten mid-grade crystal stones for your Purple Spirit Fruit."

  Crystal stone, like spiritual money, is a kind of mineral that contains spiritual energy. Crystal stone has more compressed pure spiritual energy inside, so it's better than spiritual money.

  Shen Xiang learned from Su Mei Yao that in this world, the main currency used for transactions is mid-grade crystal stones. One mid-grade crystal stone is equivalent to one thousand high-grade spirit stones, and ten of them would be equal to ten thousand high-grade spirit coins.

  Ten thousand spirit coins just to buy a Purple Spirit Fruit, this fatty is obviously trying to cheat Shen Xiang.

  "Brother Zhu, do you think I'm a pig? This is the main material for refining True Qi Dan, and it's only worth this much? I'd rather eat it myself." Shen Xiang said with a curl of his lip.

  "Thirty!" Zhu Rong said with an unchanged expression.

  Shen Xiang shook his head and walked forward, Zhu Rong hurriedly followed up and shouted: "Fifty!"

  Shen Xiang ignored him.

  "Sixty!"

  "One hundred!"

  "One hundred and fifty!"

  “……”

  "Two hundred!"

  Shen Xiang turned around, smiling: "Earlier you wanted to buy ten crystal stones, now it's many times more than before. You're really a cunning merchant." Shen Xiang handed over the purple spirit fruit and took that pile of crystal stones.

  "You don't know, our Zhu family is a well-known business family in Taiwu Prefecture. We've been making money since we were young, what can you do? "Zhu Rong looked at the purple spirit fruit and said honestly: "The price of the purple spirit fruit is too high, it's all because those businessmen have raised it."

  Shen Xiang suddenly felt that he might have lost, but 200,000 big spirit coins were also his bottom line.

  Although Zhu Rong is a small merchant, Shen Xiang and he get along very well and have a clearer understanding of the world here. Now the place where he is located is "Taiwu Prefecture", a large area of land under the jurisdiction of Taiwu Gate, which is very vast. All forces on this land must offer sacrifices to Taiwu Gate, and Taiwu Gate also maintains the safety of this land.

  "Shen, little brother, don't ever do something as stupid as eating the Zi Ling fruit again. If those alchemists see you, they'll definitely beat you up." Zhu Rong warned, thinking of how Shen Xiang had swallowed one earlier and feeling a pang in his heart.

  Shen Xiang didn't mind, he had Longyan Gong, if the Ziliang fruit was used up, he could still quickly induce birth.

  "Old Zhu, you think I still have a chance of entering Tai Wu Men now?" Shen Xiang asked with a smile.

  Zhu Rong smiled slyly: "Sell me a dozen or so more Purple Spirit Fruits and we might have a deal, but you'll need to pass the Taiwu Gate's assessment to truly enter; this is something every sect has."

  Shen Xiang followed Zhu Rong to a city called Tianmen City, which is the closest to Taiwu Gate and a place where many people who want to enter Taiwu Gate often stay.

  As soon as he arrived here, Zhu Rong bid farewell to Shen Xiang and said that he would return to the Men's Sect. Other idle people cannot enter Taiwu Gate at will.

  "Tiān Mén, is this the entrance of Tai Wu Men?" Shen Xiang stood under the city gate, looking at the powerful font above.

  As soon as you pass through this city, you can see a straight big road. At the end of the big road is a luxurious building complex like a city, that is Taiwu Gate!

  "Hey, little bro! This is a six-piece set of fine equipment, on sale for just 999 crystal stones!" A burly man stood at the entrance of the shop, beckoning Shen Xiang over. People like Shen Xiang who looked around curiously as soon as they entered the city were mostly country bumpkins who had just arrived in the city and were easy to swindle.

  Weapons and some defensive equipment can be divided into three categories: ordinary, spiritual, and precious. Each category has nine levels. The ordinary category is the lowest level, with average materials and craftsmanship. However, a six-level ordinary item is not bad at all, approaching the highest level of nine.

  "Hey kid, wanna buy some dan medicine? Top-grade Da Yuan Dan, just 55 crystal stones and it's yours. Two pills for 100." An old man from another dan medicine shop shouted.

  Shen Xiang saw that in this Taiwu Prefecture, dan medicine shops were everywhere, and he couldn't help but be surprised. He walked over and asked, "Do you have any Zi Ling fruit for sale?"

  "Of course, three hundred crystal stones!" The old man said.

  Shen Xiang's mouth twitched slightly, and he was indeed blackmailed by the fat man. The fat man had initially only wanted to give ten crystal stones, but Shen Xiang now knew that in this world, elixirs were sold at an even higher price than in his native Nanwu Kingdom.

  This was a good thing for him, because he was an alchemist! He could now see many white crystals, and at this time he also learned that the price of a True Qi Pill was 500 crystals, and it was still limited in quantity.

  Shen Xiang strolled around Tianmen City, selling a few True Qi Pills and quickly gathering 3,000 crystal stones, which was the tuition fee for entering Taiwu Gate. Although he had inherited Su Meiyao's and Bai Yuyao's legacies, after joining a sect, he could learn more things, master more martial arts, and participate in various competitions as a disciple of the sect, winning rewards from the sect.

  Shen Xiang walked towards the large gate in the distance, which was wide open. Many people were entering and exiting. These past few days were the time when Taiwu Gate opened its mountain gates to recruit new disciples, so many people had arrived, but the vast majority of them were just here to try their luck.

  Shen Xiang passed through the large gate and walked on a straight and spacious stone brick road. In the distance was Taiwu Gate, surrounded by walls over 20 zhang high. Shen Xiang had previously thought that Taiwu Gate was built on top of some tall mountains.

  Shen Xiang stood in front of the giant gate, looking at the three majestic characters "Tai Wu Men", and his heart surged with a heroic spirit. The main gate was closed, but a small door was open.

  In front of the small gate, a long queue was waiting to be tested for their spiritual pulse. Only those who passed the test could enter the outer gate, and of course, they also needed to have enough crystal stones.

  The method of testing the spiritual pulse is to stand on a circular disc with an array on it, which can detect the spiritual pulse inside the human body, and then light up different lights, and corresponding values will appear.