1.Tianyi building

Walking through the quiet courtyard of the back hall, around several small gardens in the cloister and Zhaobi houses and pavilions, Shen Shi walked along the cloister road with an expressionless face. He felt the sound of some lively voices coming from the front. It was the sound he was familiar with every day when he was growing up. Soon after, he went around a screen wall, and there appeared a hanging door curtain in front of him. When he got there, the noise suddenly became much louder, while Shen Shi stopped and stared at it. After a moment, he took a deep breath, bit his teeth, and then took one step. In a twinkling of an eye, a wave of noise came to his face.

The plan of a year lies in spring, and the plan of a day lies in the morning. Although it is still morning, the Tianyi building, which his old father Shen Tai has operated in Xilu city for more than ten years, has just opened, but the spacious and spacious shop is already crowded with people, and the flow of visitors is endless.

Among the Hongmeng realms, the Hongmeng realm, commonly known as the "Hongmeng Lord realm", is the most important and magnificent realm. Since ancient times, the vast majority of creatures have lived in this boundless and yet unexplored vast world. The rest of the known realms are customarily regarded as the subsidiary realms of the Lord Hongmeng, but they can only be reached through some ancient teleportation arrays left over from the mysterious ancient times.

Among all the realms, the boundary area of the Hongmeng main realm is far greater than the total of all the other realms. From the ancient days of the TIANYAO King's court tens of thousands of years ago, there was a geographical division method of "Hongmeng, one city, 90 states". It has been established by Convention. Even now it is the flourishing age of the human race, this regional division is still recognized by all people.

The so-called "one city" is naturally Yanjing Tianhong city. It is a huge city that transcends thousands of years and claims to condense the elites of Hongmeng. It stands in the middle of Hongmeng mainland and faces the East Bank of the inland sea. The city is so vast that it is unimaginable. It is said that there are two mountains in the city just because of the rolling mountains. The number of people living in the city is countless, with hundreds of millions of people. It is extremely prosperous and magnificent. It is enough to surpass all the big states with the power of a city. It is precisely the holy city Yanjing that everyone in the world yearns for. If you haven't been to Tianhong City once in your life, you will only live in vain.

The vast territory of the remaining Hongmeng mainland is divided into 90 States, large and small. It can be said that they are different in size, but in fact, Hongmeng is the smallest state, with an area of millions of miles and a population of countless. In this era of prosperity of the human race, it is a vibrant scene everywhere.

Shen Shi is located on the southwest side of Hongmeng mainland, commonly known as "Yinzhou", which is said to be named after a huge Tianyin mountain range across the state. Among the 90 states in Hongmeng City, Yinzhou is located in the southwest corner, but its area is vast. Among the several states in the southwest, it is still a thriving place.

Because of the prosperity of immortality in the world today, there are also many monastic sects in Yinzhou. In particular, one of them, named Xuanyin gate, is listed among the famous monastic sects today. It occupies Tianyin mountain, the most famous and blessed place in Yinzhou. There are many talents in the gate. It is a thriving situation. It can be said that it is the most powerful sect in the monastic world in Yinzhou.

Shen Tai was also a disciple of the Xuanyin sect in the past, but this short and fat man's natural talent in cultivation is really ordinary. After many years of practice, he is still stuck in the most basic state of Qi refining and can't make any progress. He can't even break through the state of condensing yuan, which is called the real beginning of his path of cultivation.

Shen Tai's cultivation was not successful, and he had no choice but to stop thinking about the immortal way that everyone in the world yearned for. He had no choice but to come to the foot of Tianyin mountain as an outsider disciple, in Xilu City, the largest city within a radius of ten thousand miles, to concentrate on taking care of the affiliated Tianyi building of our school. However, no one expected that Shen Tai was not good at spiritual cultivation, but unexpectedly showed a talent different from ordinary people in business. In a short period of more than a decade, he built the Tianyi floor, which was originally flat in business, into one of the two largest shops in Xilu city. Every day, he earned countless spiritual crystal wealth from those scattered monks who came and went from south to north, feeding back the Xuanyin gate. Over the years, the amount is huge, which can be described as "golden mountain and silver sea".

In recent years, Shen Tai, as an outsider disciple, has gradually gained the attention of some elders in Xuanyin sect. He has been promoted all the way to the top shopkeeper of Tianyi floor. His only son Shen Shi is also his only son. A few days ago, I heard news from Xuanyin sect. Like those aristocratic families that have been affiliated to Xuanyin sect for hundreds of years, some of his children can directly worship the mountain gate without strict screening, This can also be regarded as a means for Xuanyin gate to attract talents.

At this moment, Tianyi floor, which opened in the morning, is full of excitement. Under Shen Tai's business planning in recent years, Tianyi floor is no longer the small shop that could only sell some simple Taoist secrets thrown out of the Xuanyin gate and even despised by itself. There are dozens of large counters in the spacious shop, such as Daoism, secret collections, Pharmacopoeia, spirituals, ores, demon elixirs, talismans, and elixirs, Almost all kinds of spiritual materials involved in today's practice of truth are sold in the first floor of Tianyi, including rare and rare spiritual products. Of course, the price of these good things is also extremely expensive.

At the same time, there is a long line of counters on the west side of the shop, where Tianyi floor evaluates and buys holy materials. Tianyi floor will also be willing to buy any monk who wants to sell some holy materials for various reasons. Of course, Tianyi floor will naturally have a way to sell them at a higher price.

Anyway, there are both buying and selling, and business is booming.

Shen Shi was used to walking around with his father on the first floor of Tianyi since he was a child. Almost all the assistants on the first floor of Tianyi were born in Xuanyin gate. However, for the sake of being a waiter on the first floor of Tianyi, naturally they were all outside disciples who were unable to cultivate Taoism. Everyone knew the young master of the big shopkeeper. All they saw were greeting Shen Shi with a smile. Shen Shi looked the same as before. He smiled on his face and called his brothers and sisters all the way with a familiar smile. Although his steps were not urgent, he still walked towards the gate on the first floor of the sky.

In the spacious shop, there is light at the door, and the shadows are moving in and out, as if they are already in front of us.

Shen Shi's heart quickened somewhat uncontrollably, but he could still control his speech and behavior. As he was walking towards the door, suddenly, a woman in her early twenties appeared behind a counter on the left side in front of him. She waved to Shen Shi and said, "wait a minute, little stone."

Shen Shi's body was stiff, and it seemed that there was a voice roaring in his mind, and then he stopped. He took a deep breath, turned his head and looked over. Then a smile appeared on his face and said, "sister Xiaohong, what's up?"

The woman's name is Xiaohong, and she is wearing the same clothes as other shop assistants. At the moment, she is waving to Shen Shi and smiling: "come and help my sister, Xiaoshi. There is a guest who wants to sell lingcao, but I can't make up my mind about this."

Shen Shi hesitated for a moment, raised his eyebrows, and replied dryly: "OK." After that, he strode over to the place where the long counters were purchased.

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Tianyi floor, backyard.

Shen Tai left the quiet room. When he walked into the courtyard, he looked up at the Tianyin mountain in the distance, shrouded in dark clouds. His eyes flashed a complicated look.

Many years ago, he was also in the deep of that mountain, and with many companions of the same age, he began to cultivate immortality with the same dream and vision of the supreme immortality.

That is, at that time, he knew the gentle woman.

Later

He suddenly closed his eyes and shook his head forcefully, as if to throw an idea out of his head. When he reopened his eyes, his face had regained calm and indifference. He quietly took a final look at the mountain and then turned away.

The courtyard is quiet. Most of the people help in the busy front hall shop. Only a few people dressed as disciples of the Xuanyin gate occasionally flash in some quiet corners, which is the power to guard the first floor of heaven. For example, today's business on the first floor is booming, and a lot of soul crystals are earned every day. Xuanyin gate values it more and more.

Although Shen Tai is humble, ordinary Xuanyin disciples dare not underestimate him with the momentum on the first floor today. After all, no one wants to quarrel with such a god of wealth. Moreover, it is said that there are quite a few high-ranking elders in Xuanyin who attach great importance to Shen Tai, an outsider disciple. Under such circumstances, at least in the eyes of ordinary disciples, Shen Tai, the shopkeeper on the first floor of Tianyi, is really a freak who has broken through the practice of respecting the strength of the cultivation world. He can gain the respect of the public with his weak Taoism.

As for the actual situation in private, no one knows what is behind the scenes.

Shen Tai walked all the way. Whenever he met the disciples of the Xuanyin gate who were guarding him, they all nodded their heads. When they met someone who was slightly familiar with him, they would also laugh and talk. It seemed the same as ping Yue. The Xuanyin disciples who can guard here are basically all Taoist. At least if they step into the realm of Ningyuan, they are very different from those outside disciples in the front hall who have no hope of practicing Taoism and can only be assistants.

After walking through two courtyards, Shen Tai came to a secluded courtyard. It was obviously different from the surrounding courtyards. There were many disciples guarding the Xuanyin gate. The word "storehouse" was written outside the gate. It was an important place for storing all kinds of spiritual materials.

Seeing Shen Tai coming, several disciples of Xuanyin sect who guarded here all greeted him with a smile. There was no doubt that Shen Tai himself was the shopkeeper on the first floor of heaven. He often came here in pingyuli. What's so strange about that.

Shen Tai also said as before, laughing and laughing with the people, then went into the courtyard, took a bunch of keys from his waist, opened the library door, and walked in calmly under the eyes of the people.

The door creaked and closed slowly behind him.

The warehouse was large, but the light seemed dark because the doors and windows were closed tightly. The smile on Shen Tai's face dissipated bit by bit.

He looked coldly at the spacious room, at the mountains of valuable spiritual materials, and at the fact that they were clearly placed on shelves by category. Everything here was the result of his own creation over the years.

He knows every inch of this place so well.

But maybe he will never see these things again.

The short and fat man suddenly smiled, then stepped forward. The sound of footsteps was slow and slow, echoing among these shelves. He walked through one shelf after another and finally came to a place deep in the warehouse. There was a shelf in front of him, which was different from other shelves filled with holy materials. There were few things on the shelf, only a few jade boxes. At the same time, on the back of the shelf, there was a piece of white paper with four words:

The elder offered it.

Shen Tai reached out and opened one of the jade boxes. With the lid opened, a clear blue light slowly overflowed. In this dark warehouse, beautiful colors were emitted, illuminating Shen Tai's face for a few minutes.

He stared at the contents of the box. After a while, the corner of his mouth moved slightly, and then he smiled coldly. Then he reached into his arms and groped for a moment, then pulled it back. A blue light that seemed familiar suddenly lit up and flashed between his palms.

It is a strange jewel shining with a clear and beautiful blue light. It is crystal clear. It seems that there are countless tides rising and falling in the Pearl. Shen Tai's breath suddenly became a little hasty. In the gentle blue light, he seemed to bite his teeth, and then gently put the blue pearl into the jade box. A moment later, when his palm was put away, a pearl almost exactly the same as before appeared in his hand. Only the blue light seemed not as strong and beautiful as before, but in contrast, The luster of this pearl seems softer and clearer.

"Pa!"

Shen Tai closes the jade box, hides the blue pearl in his arms, and turns away.