I save spiritual roots for the next life.

Chapter 338 Meeting an old friend by chance

Blackstone City is not like Yunzhou City. The city gates are heavily guarded, and everyone who enters the city is scrutinized in detail.

After all, it is nominally the private city of Prince Yun's Mansion, so there is nothing wrong with it.

But in Li Jizhou's eyes, it was particularly annoying.

There is no royal land in the world, and there should be no private cities in the Jiuli Dynasty!

Fang Qingwei took out the identity jade talisman she had prepared in advance. It was the name of another merchant with whom she had made friends in Yunzhou City.

After seeing the jade talisman, the city gate guard glanced at Li Jizhou, especially Fang Qingwei and Hong Luan behind him, and a hint of joy flashed across his face.

Without further questioning, he smiled and invited him into the city.

"Is this Black Stone City so prosperous?" After half a day in the city, Li Jizhou looked at Fang Qingwei in confusion.

"Young master, you don't know. Almost 80% of the raw stone mines of merchants in Blackstone City come from bandits. Some of them are even opened by themselves. They have robbed the spirit stone mines. It is too risky to mine them by themselves, and ordinary senior stone mines are not willing to do so." I travel with them everywhere, so most of them come here to sell their stolen goods.

Because it has no origin, the price is nearly 50% lower than in Yunzhou City! "Fang Qingwei explained.

"That's it!" Looking at the crowded market, Li Jizhou nodded secretly.

In addition to the largest number of various types of stone shops, there are also various shops such as alchemy and talisman arrays, but most of them are second-hand shops, and their origins are probably from no-profit transactions.

The tax revenue Prince Yun's Mansion relies on from Black Rock City every year is probably an astronomical figure, but it actually supports gangsters like the Tunjin Gang?

Are you really taming high-level dead soldiers?

"Sir, the little girl wants to go to the palace to keep a close eye on her. You..." Fang Qingwei had already made a plan in his mind.

Li Jizhou nodded. He originally wanted to use Fang Qingwei to enter Black Stone City, but now his goal has been achieved.

But before he left, Li Jizhou asked him for some detailed information about Black Rock City.

"Blackstone Square?" After Fang Qingwei left, Li Jizhou's brows were frivolous and he headed towards Blackstone Square.

Blackstone Square is a stone gambling shop opened by Prince Yun's Mansion. However, compared to other thieves and bandits in the city, the price of raw stone in Blackstone Square is a bit higher. Of course, it is always lower than that in Yunzhou City.

Li Jizhou did not hesitate and immediately led Hong Luan towards Blackstone Square.

Although the price of the Lingshi mine in Blackstone Square is slightly higher, there is an endless stream of people inside, probably because of the blessing of Prince Yun's Mansion.

It wasn't until Li Jizhou stepped into it that he realized that its booming business was also related to its huge internal scale.

There are five whole yards of raw stone mines, all of which are fully displayed.

Prices range from kilograms of materials in the outermost courtyard to strange stones in the fifth courtyard that require a capital verification of 200,000 medium-grade spiritual stones before entering. There is a lot of room to choose from various types.

The courtyard is full of slogans, which are nothing more than fairness, justice and openness, never force, and you can take away whatever you win. Even if the Xuantian Treasure is released, Prince Yun's Mansion can guarantee the safety of its Black Stone City.

"I wonder if my good fortune is stable?" Li Jizhou walked directly to the fifth courtyard, checked his financial resources, and pondered for a moment before facing several strange stones that were said to have a high probability of yielding heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

In his eyes, these should all be his, but at this moment, he still needs to spend spiritual stones to gamble.

Even lose the bet.

"The Crown Prince is coming, please give way!"

At this moment, a sharp shout sounded from behind.

Then the group of people, led by the head shopkeeper of Heishifang, arrived at the fifth courtyard.

"The crown prince? My great-great-grandson?" Li Jizhou turned around with a smile on his face.

"Is it her?" Suddenly, a figure in front of him made Li Jizhou pause slightly.

I saw the young prince behind the big shopkeeper with his head held high, followed by a group of masters in regular uniforms, but with an obvious military atmosphere.

Among these masters, Liu Hongling's familiar yet unfamiliar face caught Li Jizhou's eyes.

What was familiar was the appearance and figure, but what was unfamiliar was the aloof indifference exuding from his body. I think that the first time I saw Liu Hongling was when I left the Wulaohui sea area in my previous life and the Liu family was driven out of the Tiangang ancestral land.

At that time, Liu Hongling was young and frail, and her life hung on a thread.

Later, after being tempered in the Ten Thousand Poison Swamp, and later accompanied by An Liuli, his temperament and mentality gradually became proud.

But now, the frosty look on his face was filled with anger and hatred.

No wonder when Li Jizhou sent Qing Qiong to Cangming Imperial City to investigate An Liuli and Liu Hongling last year, he only confirmed that An Liuli was imprisoned in the imperial city, but there was no news about Liu Hongling.

He was actually brought to the mining area.

This is where the Earth Spirit Master is more valuable.

It was also at this moment that Li Jizhou's heart moved slightly.

Liu Hongling is An Liuli's confidant and the most tacit partner with An Liuli's bloodline and magical powers. The Cangming Dynasty will never let her go easily.

It appeared here only because it was brought by people from Cangming Imperial City.

So... Prince Yun's Mansion colluded with the Cangming Dynasty?

So, the dozens of god-transformation masters who previously breached the Qishixuan Mining Area were the secret guards of the Cangming Dynasty?

Could it be that Prince Yun's Mansion, in collusion with the Cangming Dynasty, also wanted to rebel?

I wonder if it is in line with the dragon aspect?

Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Li Jizhou locked his eyes on Liu Hongling.

"I'm sorry, everyone. Today, the Crown Prince has brought some experts to view the stones. The selection of stones has been suspended. Please forgive me. You can go to the other four courtyards to select stones.

Of course, if you are interested, you can watch as the prince has instructions. "The big shopkeeper looked at a few familiar faces in the fifth courtyard and explained with a smile.

These people who can enter the fifth courtyard are all distinguished guests, so they should not be treated too lightly.

"Haha, the prince brought the master here, and we are lucky enough to meet him. Why does the shopkeeper need to apologize?"

"That's right. The expert invited by His Royal Highness will definitely give us some insights. That's a good thing."

"Of course we want to witness the strength of the master invited by the prince. We will not leave until we leave."

Several wealthy merchants who were attached to Prince Yun's Mansion immediately responded.

"Huh~ Master of Stone Viewing? I have lived for more than two thousand years, and I have never seen many masters of Stone Viewing, except for the mysterious Earth Spirit Master back then!" But there are also high-level monks who don't want to show off their dignity.

"Is that girl also an earth spirit master?" Someone looked at the prince's group and made an immediate judgment.

"Fourth-level Earth Spirit Master should not be underestimated! Maybe you can really see something extraordinary today!" There was even a strong person who said that he had broken Liu Hongling's Earth Spirit Master level.

When Li Jizhou heard this, he was slightly happy that Liu Hongling had actually broken through to the fourth level of Earth Spirit Master.

From this point of view, it seems that the bet has been doubled on the favor.

The fourth-level earth spiritual master is the real hot commodity in the Ten Thousand Poison Swamp.

Moreover, the average fourth-level earth spiritual master is already nearly 40% more confident than ordinary monks in observing the spirit stone mines.

Its spirit connected with the earth senses the situation in the raw stone mine, and it is almost certain whether the spirit stone has been successfully condensed inside.

However, it is temporarily impossible to sense whether there are heavenly materials and earthly treasures in the raw stone mines, and what grade the condensed spiritual stones are.

(End of this chapter)