Chapter 37 Qinghefang City
Qinghefang City is located at the intersection of several rivers in the western part of Qinghe County, and is located on a second-level medium-grade spiritual vein. It is the only city in Qinghe County. It was founded thousands of years ago by a Jindan monk from the Xiaoyao Sect and jointly with several major foundation-building families in Qinghe County.
There are more than 100 large and small shops in Qinghefang, most of which are rented to local Xiuxian families in Qinghe County, and some are rented to casual cultivators who have been doing business in Qinghe County all year round.
Most of the shops deal in first-level monsters, spiritual herbs, talismans, magic tools, elixirs and other raw materials and supplies. There are also a few bookstores, grocery stores, and convenience stores that sell various low- and intermediate-level exercises. Restaurants and inns for city visitors to eat and drink.
The Xiaoyao Sect occupies 40% of Qinghefang's share, and the remaining 60% of the market share is jointly owned by other foundation-building families in Qinghe County.
For this reason, the Xiaoyao Sect also has to assign a foundation-building monk to garrison this city all year round, and the four major foundation-building families in Qinghe County who have obtained the rest of the city also need to appoint monks to help guard and manage this place.
According to the rules set by the Xiaoyao Sect when Fang City was first established, all immortal cultivating families in Qinghe County, as long as there are foundation-building cultivators in the family, will be automatically promoted to the foundation-building immortal clan and can share the shares of Qinghefang with other foundation-building families. However, Foundation-building monks should also be assigned to take turns to help guard the city.
If the Foundation-Building Immortal Clan loses all the Foundation-Building Monks, they will also be downgraded to the Qi-Refining Immortal Clan. If they are unable to send out Foundation-Building combat power to defend the city, they will also automatically lose their share of Qinghefang.
Among the four major foundation-building families in Qinghe County today, the Huang family is the strongest and occupies the largest share of Qinghefang City. The Qian family, which has just become a foundation-building family, naturally gets the smallest share now. .
In order to maintain order in Qinghefang City and prevent anyone from causing trouble, Xiaoyao Sect specially relied on this second-level mid-grade spiritual vein to set up a second-level defensive formation in Qinghefang City. In addition, there are two foundation-building monks who are stationed there all year round. In this defense, even if three or five foundation-building experts come at the same time, it is impossible to break through Qinghefang's defensive formation in a short time.
Once a large number of foreign enemies come to attack Fangshi, the Huang family and the nearby major immortal cultivating families will quickly come to the rescue. After all, the major cultivating immortal families in Qinghefang City now have more or less rented shops. The rise and fall is also related to the direct interests of the major families in Qinghe County.
After advancing to the fifth level of Qi Refining, Song Qingming came to Qinghefang for the first time. This time he came here also to purchase some intermediate talisman-making materials and pills to increase the speed of cultivation.
Although Taoist Pinglu in Caolu Mountain obtained a source of talisman-making materials, because the number of casual cultivators who came to Caolu Mountain was limited after all, Taoist Pinglu collected more talisman-making materials in addition to the first few times and later sent them to Song Qingming. The materials for making talismans are becoming less and less, and now they are completely insufficient for Song Qingming.
For this reason, Song Qingming had no choice but to come to Qinghefang. Fortunately, now that his cultivation level had improved, Uncle Jiu was relieved that he would go on a long journey. Lingyuan Mountain was hundreds of miles away from Qinghefang. Song Qingming We set off early in the morning and didn’t arrive at Qinghefang until the afternoon of the next day.
Although he had been here a few times in the past, most of them were with the elders of the clan, who came here to transport or purchase supplies needed by the family. He did not stay too much in the market, and he was actually not that familiar with Qinghefang.
When he walked to the gate of Qinghefang City, he saw several Qi-refining monks guarding the gate. The leader was a late-stage Qi-refining monk. Looking at his clothes, Song Qingming also knew that he was a member of the Xiaoyao Sect. Qi refining disciple.
Large sect disciples are naturally arrogant when facing low-level monks or casual cultivators from small families like them. Song Qingming also felt this in Guiyunfang a few months ago.
After carefully registering his identity at the door, Song Qingming received a token that could prove his identity and successfully entered Qinghefang City.
The entire Qinghefang is like Mujiao Town, with a street running across it, with dozens of pavilions and shops of different heights scattered on both sides. There are many private houses where mortals live in the north of the street. In addition to monks, there are also people living in the entire city. Some ordinary mortals who live here all year round.
The mortals living here are all under the rule of Xiaoyao Sect. Once there is a cultivating family in Qinghe County, it is no longer possible to protect the mortals under its rule, or it is necessary to move away from this place. A large number of mortals who cannot be taken away will generally be taken away by Xiaoyao. The sects unified into Qinghefang are directly under the jurisdiction of the monks stationed in Xiaoyao Sect. Once the mortals here have spiritual roots, except for those with outstanding spiritual roots, they will be directly sent to Xiaoyao Sect for training, and most of them will become casual. Xiu, many of the casual cultivators in Qinghe County originate from here.
There is also a large open space with flat stalls on the south side of the street, which is specially reserved for casual cultivators who want to set up stalls on a temporary basis. As long as they hand over a low-level spirit stone to the monks who manage this place, they can set up a stall in the open space for a whole day, and during this period they will be protected by the market. They don't have to worry about others making trouble or enemies seeking revenge. It's almost time. It was getting dark, and there were still many casual cultivators in the open space who were reluctant to leave.
Qinghefang City has always been relatively calm and friendly to all kinds of casual cultivators. It has a pretty good reputation in the northeastern part of the Wei Kingdom. Although most of the Qinghefang City contains first-level spiritual beings, occasionally some second-level spiritual beings flow out. , will also attract monks from nearby counties to come here specially.
The Song family also rents a shop in Qinghefang, which is currently run and managed by their fourth uncle, Song Changqiu. Song Changqiu is the fourth eldest son in the Song family and helps the family run the Qinghefang shop all year round.
The Song family only has one shop in Qinghefang. They usually sell some spiritual talismans, elixirs, magic weapons and other items, and also purchase first-class materials such as monsters and spiritual herbs from various casual cultivators. Relying on this shop, Song The family can once again make a profit of about one hundred spirit stones every year, which is also one of the important sources of income for the Song family.
Song Qingming went directly to the Song family store on the south side of the street. As soon as he entered, he saw several mortal clerks of the Song family busy greeting a casual cultivator who was shopping in the store. Song Qingming was about to ask when he happened to see someone walking out of the back hall. Song Changqiu greeted him with a smile.
"Qing Ming, meet your fourth uncle"
"Oh, Qing Ming is here. Last time I returned to Funiu Mountain, I heard that your cultivation level broke through the fifth level of Qi Refining. I didn't believe it yet. I didn't expect that you would catch up with me so quickly at such a young age. A descendant of the family. With you and Qingze among them, we are really formidable."
Song Changqiu was a little surprised when he saw Song Qingming coming in. Seeing that Song Qingming's cultivation had now caught up with him, he was also happy for him from the bottom of his heart.
The fourth uncle, Song Changqiu, was just a Five Spiritual Root monk, and he was not very interested in the way of cultivation. He gave up his own cultivation early and came out to manage the family's overseas properties. Now he is over seventy years old, and he is a cultivator. His talent is no more than the fifth level of Qi refining.
However, after Song Changqiu took over the family's store in Qinghefang, he had quite a lot of experience in doing business. He was also a very well-rounded person in the market, and the business of the family store was much better than before under his hands.
More than ten years ago, Song Changqiu met a Sansun nun in Fangshi. The two became Taoist couples. Now they have given birth to several children. The family has been living in this Fangshi. It was quite enjoyable.
"Fourth uncle, don't make fun of me. My talent is not comparable to that of my third brother. My breakthrough in cultivation is just a matter of luck." Song Qingming shook his head and said modestly.
Song Changqiu smiled and continued: "Aren't you still stationed at Lingyuan Mountain? I came to Fangshi this time, but I sent you here because of something at home."
"I have nothing to do at home. I came here on my own. My nephew is learning how to make talismans recently. I want to come to the market to buy some materials for making talismans. I don't know which store in this market sells materials for making talismans. My nephew wants to do it once. Buy more and ask your fourth uncle for advice.”
After hearing this, Song Changqiu frowned and said, "Qing Ming, you are still young, so you should put more thought into your cultivation. You must not neglect your own cultivation because of making talismans."
Song Qingming lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "Fourth Uncle, you also know that cultivation also requires spiritual stone resources. I am learning to make talismans so that I can be more comfortable in my future cultivation."