Myriad Paths

The moon shines over the city walls, and the night sky is clear.

The night view of Chang'an is fascinating, and there is no time to look at the east of the state and the west of the state.

Chang'an in the middle of the night is also a city that never sleeps. Before you know it, it's morning.

When the first ray of sunlight shone in front of Li Qi, he finished his work and raised his head to see that the sun had already risen.

Looking back, Shen Shuibi was meditating in the back.

Although I am meditating, I am actually sleeping.

But there is no difference between the two to her.

"Has it been a day?" Li Qi looked at the dense words he wrote down on the paper, which were all his sorting out and speculation about the information about the Tang Dynasty.

"Well... let's go for a walk and get something to eat." Li Qi stood up and left the room without disturbing Shen Shuibi, heading outside.

Although I don't have money, I can just exchange it. I still have a lot of Qi beads in my hand, so I can exchange supplies for silver.

but……

Just like this, the genuine air beads, which can be used in many ways and have real use value, have become worthless silver.

Invisibly, he was exploited by the Tang State, and it was voluntary.

There is really no other way. With Tang State's huge economic system and productivity base, plus its trading rules that run through countless worlds, you have to accept the other party's rules.

etc……

Accept the rules.

Yes, these... I'm afraid they are also part of 'humanity', right?

Tao is outside the body and is the rule by which everything in the world operates...

Why do many animals without spiritual wisdom naturally form organized groups like wolves, lions, and even ant colonies? That's because they coincide with a certain rule, which is the 'Tao'.

As mentioned before, alien beasts without spiritual intelligence can also possess cultivation, because they themselves are closer to a certain 'Tao', and if they continue to progress, they may even directly become the incarnation of this Tao.

Then... so many races and worlds have begun to actively or passively apply the rules of humanity...

I don’t dare to think about it anymore, I’m afraid to think too hard.

Let's honestly exchange some silver and go buy something to eat on the street.

It doesn’t take much time to exchange air beads, and you don’t even have to queue. The automated magic weapon is like an ATM machine for depositing and withdrawing money. It automatically counts and exchanges automatically. You can also choose physical silver or virtual silver in the terminal.

It's so outrageous... It feels like I've arrived in the future. Except for the antique-style decoration everywhere, it has basically surpassed the earth in terms of convenience and functionality.

There is really a strange feeling of fragmentation.

There are pavilions and pavilions on the streets, people wear long robes with long sleeves, and those who need to move wear shorts. It looks like ancient times, but it has achieved automation and standardization in a weird way.

Three thousand air beads were exchanged for one hundred and fifty taels of silver.

This exchange ratio is really amazing...

Li Qi chose to get one or two pieces of physical silver for observation, and the rest was turned into virtual currency so that it would not be lost.

After he got the one tael of silver, he took a closer look.

Very ordinary silver.

But... there is a special aura, which is very obvious, but upon closer inspection, it is extremely complicated and changes all the time, as if it was deliberately made for people to see.

Is this...an anti-counterfeiting mark?

It's really meticulous.

Weighing the one tael of silver, Li Qi came all the way to the market here.

It is said to be a market, but it is not a flat market like Qingwu City.

In fact, these are three huge high-rise buildings with a height of two to three miles. They are the commercial hub of several nearby streets, similar to a large comprehensive shopping mall. There are thread-like corridors intersecting each other between the three high-rise buildings. When walking, there will even be clouds and mist surrounding you.

At first glance, there are only four words that can describe it.

Pavilions in the clouds.

It's very beautiful. Those flying eaves and painted walls are all floating with fairy clouds, overlooking the river couplets, and looking at the scenery.

When you walk into it, you can see a lot of goods, whether groceries, clothing, or food. Looking from a distance, they are laid out one after another, and they look lively and neat.

Clothes, hats, scarves, robes, skirts, brand new terminals, and many, many foreign objects that Li Qi couldn't understand.

Made of principles and principles, with hundreds of craftsmanships, miscellaneous utensils and playthings, there is a dazzling array of things for the eyes to see.

I can’t tell what the purpose is at all, it’s just a lot of bells and whistles.

And, very cheap.

It's really cheap, and most of them can be purchased with "Deyuan Tongbao", which is counted in copper coins.

One tael of silver is worth a thousand coins.

Li Qi saw that a brand new terminal only cost less than one hundred copper coins.

A ninth-grade magic weapon only costs two or three taels.

Damn it, the price difference between it and Baiyue is so huge!

This purchasing power is not on par at all. Li Qi remembered that he could exchange Tang currency at Baiyue before, but now that he thinks about it, it is probably all fake currency, right?

Really...

Li Qi was walking in the mall, preparing to buy some food and drinks.

Buy something to drink first.

I bought some Shihua Spring water and put it in a kettle. It is said that it comes from the mountain spring of Shihua Spring. There are spiritual herbs growing in the Shihua Spring, and three drops of spiritual liquid are produced every day. When they fall into the water, they turn into water fish.

A fish is born and dies within a day. When it dies, it turns into liquid and merges into the mountain spring water.

However, the spiritual grass is protected by spiritual beasts and is difficult to pick, so some people collect the spring water downstream. It is said that this spring is as warm as wine, fragrant and sweet, and has a delicious taste. It can detoxify and relieve hangover. Just take a sip of spring water and the fragrance will instantly refresh your lungs and wake you up from a hangover.

I bought a pot for only sixteen cents, but it seemed very expensive.

I bought something to drink, and there was a meat seller next to it, but the sign was very interesting, called Fengrou.

Li Qi walked up to the door and asked, "Store, what does the Fengrou on your sign mean?"

The waiter from the store came forward and faced Li Qi with a smile: "Did your guest move nearby recently?"

"How do you know?" Li Qi asked.

The waiter raised his head proudly: "My family is famous for its local style pork. Anyone who has lived here for a period of time knows about it! The guest does not have a name, so it can be seen that he is either passing by." , or just came recently!”

As soon as he said this, Li Qi became interested and said, "Is this so? Can I try it and introduce it to you?"

But the waiter said: "This meat is made in a special way, so you can't taste it in vain, otherwise it will be salty, bitter and tasteless."

Then he continued: "To make this style pork, you need to kill a pig, cut it into eight pieces, fry each piece with four dollars of salt, and rub it carefully to make it fine. Then hang it high in a windy and sunny place, Plant Annan spirit in the meat and let it germinate and erode it. This tree is special and has a peculiar fragrance. It only takes root in the meat. After the root system is established, the quality of the meat will change. Then it is covered with sesame oil and marinated for a year before it is ready. It won’t be available until next summer.”

"When the meat is ready, the fragrance will blow into the wind and float for ten miles. If you smell the wind, you will know that the meat is ready, so it is called Fengrou."

"If you want to eat it, you must first soak it in water for one night, and then boil it. The water should not be too little. Simmer over high heat, remove the salt water twice, then add rock sugar and simmer. The aroma will be fragrant. After slicing, whether it is fried or boiled, Whether it’s stewed or fried, they’re all delicious!”

Hearing such trouble, Li Qi immediately shook his head: "There are so many processes, so forget it. I don't know how to cook, so I'm just going to buy ready-made food."

Li Qi didn't buy this thing. If he did, he didn't know how to make it. He just forgot about it and just went out to buy breakfast.

After walking for a while, I saw a shop selling cooked food. What I bought was braised fish fillets, which tasted delicious.

So he went up and asked: "Boss, what are you selling?"

Seeing Li Qi approaching, the store owner quickly shouted: "Sir, this is fresh baby fish. It is more delicious than other fish. It can be called the leader."

"Oh? What's the origin of this thing?" Li Qi was curious.

"This little fish is shaped like a catfish, with four legs and a long tail. It can climb trees and climb mountains with water in times of drought. It covers its body with grass leaves and opens its mouth. Birds come to drink water. Because it sucks the water, it makes a sound like a baby, so it is named. It tastes very delicious, but it is highly poisonous and cannot be eaten properly. It must be processed by someone who has learned the method before eating it, so we only sell cooked food. "

Li Qi nodded and said: "I see, then give me a pound, but I have a question, store owner, since your body is full of poison...how did you find out that it can be eaten? And how to cure this poison? ?”

"How did you find out that it is edible? I don't know, but there are countless gourmets in the world, and there are many people who go to the mountains and seas for a delicious bite. There is always someone who can find a way. Come on, sir, this is your fish!" Store Decoration After finishing a pound of fish fillets, he handed them to Li Qi.

Then, he explained: "As for detoxification, you must first tie the fish to a special tree and beat it with a secret herbal whip. When the white sweat on the fish's body becomes like juice, it can be eaten, otherwise it will be poisonous." ”

"It's so strange." Li Qi marveled, then took the bag packed by the other party, weighed it, and found that it was really a pound of fish fillets.

Not including the ingredients, fish soup, and a solid pound of fish fillets, with the soup, condiments, and side dishes, it probably weighs three or four pounds. It is indeed a real thing.

After paying the bill, it was only fifteen copper coins.

But think about it carefully, three thousand Qi beads are exchanged for one hundred and fifty taels, and 150,000 copper coins are equivalent to fifty coins for one Qi bead.

After all, the price is really not cheap.

But in fact, it shouldn't be that outrageous. Li Qidu bought expensive ones. These are usually only used for big dinners and banquets. There are also ordinary chicken, duck and fish.

But Li Qi just wanted to eat something good.

After shopping for about ten minutes, I bought some eight-treasure meatballs.

According to the store, you need to take good pork, half the lean meat and fat, chop it into a fine sauce, use pine nuts, mushrooms, bamboo shoot tips, water chestnuts, melon and ginger, etc. to chop into a fine sauce, add gravy and knead into a ball, put In the plate, add sweet sprinkles, autumn oil, and steam it.

Li Qi tasted one. It was crunchy and sweet, which was quite good.

I bought two sea cucumbers, soaked them three times in broth, and then simmered them with chicken and meat until they were very tender. I used fungus, fish maw, and pig's trotters as supplements. They were sticky and full of gum.

I bought another dish of shrimp oil tofu, which is made of soft tofu slices, added with mushroom shavings, pine nut shavings, melon seed shavings, chicken shavings, and ham shavings, along with golden shrimp oil, and simmered over high heat, because the tofu will loosen after simmering for a long time. Tender until the inside of the tofu forms a honeycomb shape and the accessories are soaked in the honeycomb, this is how it becomes.

The total of these is only twenty-five cents.

A breakfast that would have seemed extremely luxurious to ordinary people was ready. Li Qi bid farewell to this lively market and prepared to go to another place.

At this moment, it was only half an hour since he went out.

He was thinking, buy another one and leave.

He is going to buy a hairpin.

The hosta on her head was bought when she was in Qingwu City, and it was time to replace it with one.

The ones selling jewelry are upstairs, and those selling cooked food are incomparable.

This building is two to three miles high. It is definitely impossible to walk up it with legs. Practitioners can, but ordinary people will probably die from exhaustion.

In addition, most places in Chang'an are closed to air, and only the airways where flights are allowed can have flying instruments for normal traffic.

Even if you can fly, if you fly in a place where flying is not allowed, the consequences may be serious.

Therefore, an elevator is installed here.

No, it doesn't use electricity. It should be called a magic ladder, driven by magic.

Li Qi didn't know what it was called specifically, so he still used the terminal to search for relevant information as he walked.

By the way, this thing can actually take pictures and search for images.

Although it looks like a wooden token with iron sheets, in fact, the advanced batch is completely AR, and an interactive interface appears in front of you through illusion, which is very convenient.

It’s still the same description from the beginning.

Hidden beneath the ancient customs is an extremely advanced and automated civilization.

It is completely a science fiction society, but its essence is something else.

But that’s okay.

According to what was said in the terminal, the name of this kind of magical ladder is 'self-propelled ladder', but it is a strange name. Li Qi is more accustomed to calling it an elevator.

Following the elevator, we quickly arrived at the 600th floor. According to the magic road sign inside the market, this is the place where jade is bought and sold nearby.

He is going to buy a hosta.

Jade was extremely important in the Tang Dynasty and was also an accessory with a very special status.

Because there is a humane Confucian sage who said: "Jade is warm and lustrous, which is benevolence. It is careful and firm, which is knowing. It is honest and not prudent, which is righteousness. It hangs like a pendant, which is etiquette. Knock on it, and the clearer the sound will be, the longer it will be. , The end is joyful. Flaws do not cover up the flaws, and the virtues do not hide the flaws. Fu Yinpangda, Guizhang Teda, and virtue. Therefore, jade is used as a metaphor for a gentleman, and it is called "Yan Nian". Gentleman, treat him as warmly as jade.”

In addition, jade itself is transformed from the essence of the stone and has various magical functions. Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty, almost everyone wore jade.

Li Qi saw in the book that the highest grade jade he knew was named Xuanji and Yuheng.

That's right, three of the seven stars of the Big Dipper.

Xuan means beautiful jade.

Ji and Heng are the emperor's instruments to rectify the sky and can judge the mind of the sky.

In other words... three of the Big Dipper stars in the sky... are actually the Human Emperor's magic weapons, all of which are jade.

With so many BUFFs, it is enough to show Yu's status.

So Li Qi was prepared to bleed a lot, but there was no need for the already processed magic weapon or hairpin body, so the premium would probably be great.

He planned to buy a rough stone of good quality and then carve it himself.

Just carving it, he didn't expect to make any particularly powerful magic weapon, it was just a decoration.

Come all the way upstairs.

However... what surprised Li Qi was that the price of jade was unexpectedly low.