Sword God Broken Kong

Chapter 2 The Old Shopkeeper

Outside the Qingyun Inn.

Sighing the wasted time, Ji Tiancheng looked at the flowing characters on the plaque of Qingyun Inn, gave a sigh of admiration, and then crossed the half-foot-high threshold and entered the interior of Qingyun Inn.

Without stopping at the restaurant on the first floor, go directly to the stairs on the left and walk into the second floor.

On the second floor of Qingyun Inn, at the corner of the stairs, is the account room of the inn.

He Longtao, the old shopkeeper of the inn, is a white-haired old man in his fifties.

Although it has been over half a hundred years, his face is still ruddy and full of energy, not like an old man at all, but like a young guy who only knows how to enjoy himself.

The day seems to be very leisurely, and at this time, he is squinting and resting on the rocking chair outside the account room.

Seeing this situation, Ji Tiancheng couldn't help shaking his head, with a slight smile on his face, he asked He Longtao who was lying on the rocking chair: "Old shopkeeper, do you know if there are any guest rooms with green characters here? I want the best one."

The rooms in Qingyun Inn are divided into ordinary rooms and superior rooms.

Among them, the superior rooms are divided into blue-word rooms and cloud-word rooms.

The difference between the two is that the guest room with the green character is used for long-term guests. Generally, only merchants who are engaged in the herb business will use it, because once they want to start a business, it will take several months to understand.

The Yunzi guest room is prepared for short-term guests. Rich young masters with a lot of money, or gangsters, will live in it. Dragons and snakes are mixed, but no one has caused trouble here.

Ji Tiancheng was going to look for medicinal materials in Xuzhou City, and meet his second brother and third sister. These two things could not be done in a short period of time, so he naturally planned to live for a long time.

Anyway, the money spent was "delivered" by some bandits on the way to Xuzhou City who were planning to attack Ji Tiancheng.

The big deal is to steal from the rich and give to the poor again, and I will be a poor man again.

"hey-hey."

Thinking of this, a faint smile appeared on Ji Tiancheng's face.

He Longtao woke up suddenly when he heard Ji Tiancheng's question, got up slowly from the rocking chair, and stood in front of the accountant's door.

And the rocking chair behind him, after he left, began to sway back and forth, making a "squeak, squeak, squeak" sound.

He Longtao looked at Ji Tiancheng, saw him dressed as a knight-errant, and remembered the question Ji Tiancheng asked just now, he smiled and echoed: "Okay, sir, please wait a moment."

Opening the door, He Longtao turned around and walked into the accountant's door, took an account book from the counter, looked at it carefully for a while, then raised his head, looked at Ji Tian who had just walked in from the door with cloudy eyes, and said :

"Qingzi room, there are six rooms in total. Right now, Qingzi No. [-] and [-], the top rooms, are being used by someone, and they will leave only the day after tomorrow. Now there is only Qingzi No. [-] room, which is still empty. I wonder if this young master is willing Go live?"

"In that case, let's live in Room [-]!"

Ji Tiancheng waved his hand holding the package indifferently, and Ji Tiancheng agreed to live in Qingzi No. [-] room.

He took out the money bag from his waist, and put the silver taels needed for three months' living expenses on the counter.

He Longtao took the silver taels with a smile, and took out a wooden sign from the counter. This wooden sign was made of unknown wood, it was extremely hard, with green characters engraved on one side and three characters on the other.

After receiving the wooden sign from He Longtao, he saw the door key inside the wooden sign. He Longtao summoned a servant, and Ji Tiancheng followed the inn servant to Room No. [-] Qingzi.

Follow the quiet path in the building, all the way to the left, and you will come to Room No. [-].

Gently opening the door, Ji Tiancheng stepped into the room, and he could see the beautiful landscape paintings hanging on the wooden walls. The paintings and the tree-lined scenery outside the window were in harmony with each other, which was absolutely wonderful.

He went straight to the wide bed and sat down on the soft bed. The comfort made Ji Tiancheng's heart flutter, and he couldn't help but admire in his heart: "As expected of a high-end guest room, I really enjoyed it."

Putting the Qingfeng sword on the square wooden table in front of the bed, and lying down on the bed, Ji Tiancheng slightly closed his eyes, thinking secretly.

"Where should we go first?"

One got up, opened the eyes that were slightly closed just now, stretched himself, and said to himself:
"Let's go to the Qijia tofu restaurant where Sanmei is. If Sanmei's family moves away, then I can only find another way to find Sanmei."

"As for the second brother, he should be able to find me soon at the God Thief's Gate! After all, my money has been leaked."

Ji Tiancheng is not a fool, he exposed his purse outside the Qingyun Inn just to attract people from the God Thief, as long as he finds the person from the God Thief, he can find out where his second brother is.

"Go find Third Sister now!"

Ji Tiancheng made up his mind.

When he walked out of the room, Ji Tiancheng couldn't help being stunned, because the servant was still standing outside the door.

Seeing Ji Tiancheng, the servant bowed down and asked respectfully: "Is the guest going to buy something? I wonder if I can help you?"

"No need, do you know if the Qijia Tofu Restaurant in Xuzhou City is still in Changqing Alley?"

"Qi's Tofu Restaurant?"

The servant lowered his head and thought hard, then suddenly raised his head, and said to Ji Tiancheng: "I remember that there used to be a small shop called Qijia Tofu Restaurant in Changqing Alley. But it is said that it has moved away a year ago. "

"Is that so..."

Ji Tiancheng felt a little headache, touched the bridge of his nose with his hand, and shook his head helplessly, it seemed that he had to find Qijia Tofu Restaurant again by himself.

The servant seemed to understand something, rolled his eyes, and said to Ji Tiancheng: "Guest officer, do you want to eat tofu? Our inn has a famous tofu dish called 'Bai Yu Mei Ren'. I wonder if the guest officer is interested. taste?"

When Ji Tiancheng heard this, he lost interest. He took out some broken silver from his purse and gave it to the servant as a reward for asking questions. Then he said to the servant:

"No, let's try it again when you have time! These pieces of silver are considered as a reward, well, if you have nothing to do, you can go down."

After receiving the broken silver, the servant looked excited. The broken silver that Ji Tiancheng gave him almost equaled half a month's wages, which naturally made him extremely happy.

"Yes, thank you, my lord."

The servant backed away slowly, and left outside Ji Tiancheng's room.

Walking into the room, Ji Tiancheng looked out of the window through the window.

With the hot and dry temperature outside the inn, the weather outside has become a bit cooler with the gusts of breeze.

Ji Tiancheng decided to take this opportunity to find the new address of Qijia Tofu Restaurant.

If Qijia Tofu Restaurant is still open in this Changping Street, all the shops in Changping Street should be very clear to the running boy. Since the boy doesn't know where Qijia Tofu Restaurant is, then there are only two possible.

One possibility is that Qijia Tofu Restaurant has not left Changping Street, but just changed another sign.

Another possibility is that Qijia Tofu Restaurant has moved away from the entire Changping Street.

If it's the former, it's okay to say, just ask some famous tofu restaurants on Changping Street, Xiaosi, and look for them one by one.

Ji Tiancheng believed that with the craftsmanship of the third sister's mother, if she was still on Changping Street, she would definitely be famous.

But if it is the latter, it will be troublesome.

Xuzhou City is so big, it is difficult to meet Qijia Tofu Restaurant again, and it is even more difficult to find Sanmei.

Ji Tiancheng touched the bridge of his nose with his hand, and he had a plan in mind.

"It doesn't matter, ask me how many famous tofu restaurants are there on Changping Street. Look for it first. If you don't find it, then go to other places tomorrow. The third sister's family can make such delicious tofu. , it is impossible not to be in the tofu restaurant business!"

With the Qingfeng sword in his left hand, Ji Tiancheng closed the door, walked through the quiet path, walked down the stairs slowly, and came to the first floor of Qingyun Inn.

When I came to the restaurant on the first floor, I could smell a tangy aroma of wine coming towards me, and there was an endless stream of noise.

Ji Tiancheng smiled. When he was in the Tongtian Sword Sect, he often stole the wine from his master Ji Minglu, and for this he also received lessons from his master Ji Minglu.This time when you come to Xuzhou City, you must indulge yourself.

Standing in the middle of the hall, Ji Tiancheng felt the chaotic voices around him, frowned, and shouted with a trace of inner energy in his body:
"Shopkeeper, come and deliver five altars of high-quality wine to Qingzi Building No. [-]."

The sound was as loud as a bell, resounding through the entire hall.

In the restaurant on the first floor, the wine in the wine glasses on all the tables rippled, and the whole inn seemed to shake because of it.

The original smacking sound in the inn, after Ji Tiancheng's yell, instantly reached the point where even embroidery needles could be heard falling.

However, everyone in the inn was only surprised, and looked at Ji Tiancheng in the light blue clothes standing in the middle.

Afterwards, the sound in the inn became more lively than before.

He Longtao's eyes were full of shock, and a storm surged in his heart.

With a calm expression, he said to the boy who was standing outside Ji Tiancheng's room before:
"Yingcai, hurry up and deliver five altars of 30-year-old Wenle wine to this young master's room!"

"okay!"

The commoner boy responded.

At this moment, Ji Tiancheng's eyes flashed brightly. At this moment, he could already feel the faint turbulence of inner energy in He Longtao's body.

Only then did I realize that the old shopkeeper was also a master of hidden secrets, and at least he had reached the state of exposing his internal energy.

If it wasn't for a small realm higher than the old shopkeeper, I'm afraid it would be really difficult to find out.

It's no wonder that the old shopkeeper alone supported the ever-growing Qingyun Inn, and many idlers from the rivers and lakes dared not come to provoke him.

From this point of view, I am afraid that this Qingyun Inn is not simple, and it is very likely that it is the industry of a certain top force.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be willing to use a master whose internal energy is exposed to watch the Qingyun Inn.

The way of cultivation consists of three levels of great realms, which are divided into vigor, inner qi, and true qi.

These three levels of great realm can be further divided into four levels of small realms: Rusi, Hualiu, Exposed, and Dzogchen.

A master like He Longtao who shows his internal energy is a high-level figure no matter in any first-class force.

There is no first-class force that is willing to let a master who reveals his inner spirit to take care of a restaurant and inn.

Because among the first-class forces, even the most powerful masters have not been able to reach the realm of true qi. From this, it can be seen that the status of masters whose internal qi is exposed is among them.

It is absolutely impossible for a master with a state of exposing inner qi to become a shopkeeper of a restaurant, unless he is a master of exposing inner qi and is willing to manage these worldly affairs.

The top forces are different. Among the top forces, there are not a few peerless masters in the realm of true energy.

First-class masters with perfect inner qi in the arena, in order to break through the inner qi and reach the realm of true qi, will join top forces to seek breakthrough methods.

Therefore, the overall strength of the top forces is unquestionable, so naturally they don't care about the existence of a master who reveals his internal energy.

The Tongtian Sword Sect that Ji Tiancheng belongs to is the most powerful sect among the top forces. There are only a few dozen people in the Realm Qi Realm above the Inner Qi Realm. As for the Inner Qi Realm - there are at least five or six hundred people.

The Tongtian Sword Sect belongs to a hermit sect and has never been born. Otherwise, the number of people in this inner qi realm may increase several times.

Ji Tiancheng's master and supervisor, Wang Kong, are both masters of the Realm of True Qi. As for Wang Kong, who once had the title of Sword Master in the Jianghu, he has reached the realm of the Great Perfection of True Qi.

Thinking about the Qingyun Inn, Ji Tiancheng groaned, touched the bridge of his nose, smiled helplessly, turned and left.

(End of this chapter)