EBE Chapter 400 It’s Not Our Turn
Chapter 400 It’s Not Our Turn
Su Yanqing said, "Also, we should consider whether we should immediately head to the teleportation array and return to our original city."
Shui Lian'er was so engrossed in asking for advice from several "seniors" that she almost forgot about this matter.
Now that they had drunk some water and rested their feet, it was time to set off for the teleportation array. They were originally going to the Ye family, so there was no point in delaying here.
Jiang Liqian originally wanted to look for the couple again, but they delayed for some time at the city gate, and she couldn't see them when she came in. Although she had doubts in her heart, she thought it had nothing to do with them, so she let it go.
She stood up and said, "Without further delay, let's go to the teleportation array in the southeast corner to avoid any complications."
Others agreed with her.
Only the stone seemed to want to say something, but in the end said nothing.
When a few people packed up and prepared to pay for tea, they were told that only gold and silver were circulated in the city and spirit stones could not be used to pay.
A few people were confused for a moment. They had all been out there before, but this was the first time they had encountered a situation where they couldn't use spirit stones.
Shui Lian'er was even more confused.
Gold and silver? What are gold and silver?
Qin Beiyao explained to her in a low voice before she realized what was going on.
But those golden and silver stones are everywhere in the northern wilderness, and apart from being beautiful, they are useless. How can they be circulated as currency in this Changle City?
She couldn't figure it out.
Jiang Liqian and the others couldn't figure it out either.
For people in the mortal realm, gold and silver are common things that everyone is eager to get. But in the world of cultivation, not only can they not be found everywhere, but you can also have as much as you want. The key is that no one wants them.
Only when a cultivator has to go to the mortal realm to do some special tasks will he exchange some.
One low-grade spirit stone can be exchanged for one hundred taels of gold.
This exchange rate is achieved through the joint regulation of several major auction venues and Shengxiaolou.
But it's their territory, and they have the final say. Jiang Liqian asked the waiter where to exchange gold and silver, and then planned to go alone to exchange some gold and come back to settle the bill.
Shui Lian'er insisted on going with her, so Jiang Liqian had to compromise.
The two of them left the inn together and followed the route given by the waiter. They soon found a very tall and magnificent gold and silver building in the northwest corner.
The entire Gold and Silver Building is made of gold. It is smooth and shining with golden light, almost blinding people's eyes. The carvings, hollows and tiles on it are all made of pure gold.
I wish everyone who comes here could recognize what kind of building this is at a glance.
Shui Lian'er was rarely speechless. She felt that even when she threw spirit stones at people, it was not as speechless as this.
"Let's go in." Jiang Liqian was still calm. After all, she had seen many more speechless things. Compared with those, this was nothing.
The two entered the gold and silver shop and were immediately warmly received.
The servants of the gold and silver shop wrote the exchange amount and various supporting services on a beautiful piece of floral paper for the guests to choose.
Jiang Liqian took the flowery paper, read it carefully from beginning to end, and then slammed the table angrily.
"Are you taking advantage of us because we don't understand the gold-silver exchange rate? Are you deliberately using this ridiculous thing to trick us?"
The receptionist's smile remained unchanged, as if he was accustomed to this kind of scene. "Sir, this is the exchange policy of our gold and silver shop. If you do not wish to exchange, I can send you two out now."
"What do you mean? Are you trying to chase us away?" Shui Lian'er took the flowery paper from Jiang Liqian's hand and took a look at it, and was immediately startled.
Outside, one low-grade spirit stone can be exchanged for one hundred taels of gold, but here, it can only be exchanged for ten taels of silver. How can this exchange be possible?
What's even more ridiculous is that in Changle City, one can only exchange gold and silver with special marks at the Gold and Silver House. Otherwise, one will be "penniless" and unable to move forward.
Where do they get this authority?
The servant was not at all panicked by the questioning. On the contrary, he was very humble. However, the words he said were enough to make people angry to death.
"If the two guests do not have enough spirit stones, we also provide loan and pawn services." As he said this, he was about to take out two more pieces of flowery paper to show them.
Shui Lian'er became annoyed when she heard this.
In her entire life, no one has ever dared to mock her for being poor!
But she wasn't one to be taken advantage of. She immediately pulled Jiang Liqian to sit down and said forcefully, "Call your shopkeeper out. I want to ask him why the exchange rate, which is customary in the cultivation world, has changed so much when it comes to him, and why it's so outrageous!"
Isn't this obviously using worthless things to get other people's spirit stones and slaughtering them like "pigs"?
It's really a business that makes a lot of money with no investment. It's unbelievable that such a thing can become so big in Changle City.
The city lord here doesn't care? The people don't object?
Shui Lian'er's face looked very bad, but the servant still had a smile on his face and spoke very politely word by word, which shocked Jiang Liqian and Shui Lian'er on the spot.
"Excuse me, my dear guests, our shopkeeper is the Lord Mayor of Changle City. He is currently handling government affairs in the Lord's Mansion and is afraid he cannot come to see you.
"You two, is there anything else?"
Jiang Liqian grabbed the angry Shui Lian'er and shook her head at her.
They weren't local residents, so it wasn't appropriate for them to interfere in Changle City's internal affairs. Since that was the rule in Changle City, and they were just passing through, there was no need to offend.
Shui Lian'er understood what Jiang Liqian meant. Although she was still unhappy, she took out a bag of spirit stones and placed them in front of the servant, exchanging them for one hundred taels of silver and one hundred taels of gold.
When he turned to leave, he was hurriedly stopped by his servant.
Shui Lian'er turned back impatiently: "What? Did you calculate the money wrong?"
The attendant held up the storage bag in his hand and said, "Sir, you haven't taken your storage bag yet."
It turns out it was for this little thing.
Shui Lian'er waved her hand and pulled Jiang Liqian away without looking back: "No, it's up to you."
Upon hearing this, the attendant stuffed the storage bag into his arms and muttered, "Ten low-grade spirit stones? You actually just said you don't want them..."
Shui Lian'er returned to the inn, paid for her tea, and immediately recounted the incident in great detail, angrily shaking her fist at the end: "Isn't this clearly a rip-off? They're also exploiting the people below. To those outside the city, all this gold and silver is no different from scrap metal."
Seeing that she was truly furious, Xu Youan tried to appease her, saying, "We're only concerned with slaying demons and monsters, not with the mundane affairs of our respective cities. Besides, this place isn't under our jurisdiction, and getting angry will only embarrass ourselves. If anything serious were to happen here, the sects or families in charge would have to intervene. It wouldn't be our turn."