'Fire Merchant Guild'. Extracurricular Books
This was the only merchant guild in Tianan City. It occupied a vast area of three thousand miles. For a merchant guild to be so large, one could imagine how prosperous this place was. From this, it could be seen how large Tianan City was.
The buildings outside the Fire Merchant Guild were engraved with maple leaf-shaped flames. This was the unique symbol of the Fire Merchant Guild.
There was an endless stream of people coming and going, carrying out all sorts of transactions with the 'Li Fire Merchant Association'. Guards of the merchant association who were at least Fifth Revolution Dou Xian maintained order.
Xuanyuan stepped into the Ten Thousand Human Hall, which was responsible for receiving guests. He saw many beautiful women dressed in white with the symbol of a flaming maple leaf, indicating that they were members of the Fire Merchant Guild.
Here, everything was orderly. In the Ten Thousand Human Hall, everyone was discussing in harmony, but there was no loud noise.
Seeing Xuanyuan enter, a woman immediately came forward to welcome him. The woman had a gentle appearance, a sweet smile, and a gentle voice:
"Guest, may I know how many people?"
"Hmm? It's just me. " Xuanyuan looked at the grand scene of the Fire Merchant Guild and sighed in his heart. After coming to the Southern Hell Celestial Province, there were already too many things that exceeded Xuanyuan's expectations.
"That's good. Guest, please follow me." The woman bowed, turned around, and led the way. Xuanyuan followed closely. After a while, they arrived at an empty square table. The woman served a cup of fragrant tea to Xuanyuan. This cup of fragrant tea was intoxicating and contained rich spiritual energy of the heavens and earth. It could cleanse one's body and cleanse one's body. It was priceless.
"Guest, may I know what you need?"
Xuanyuan had an embarrassed look. He smiled and said:
"I don't have too much money on me. If you treat me so warmly, I'm afraid I won't be able to pay later."
The woman's smile froze for a moment.
"Young Master must be joking. We don't need to pay extra for our hospitality."
"Oh, that's good. Actually, I wanted to come to class. Ever since I was young, I've been a bad student. I like to go deep into the mountains and forests to cultivate. I don't know anything about the history of our world. Now that I've cultivated to a certain level, I want to learn and see if I can gain any insight into my cultivation." Xuanyuan rubbed his nose and smiled awkwardly, as if he was afraid of embarrassing himself. The woman saw all of this.
"If Young Master doesn't mind, I can teach you these things. The corners of the woman's mouth curled up into a smile.
"I'm really ashamed. Please tell me about it. As for the price, I'm afraid I can't afford it." Xuanyuan acted like he was in a pinch.
The woman nodded and smiled.
"Young Master, do you want to choose a quiet and elegant place to teach? Or here?"
"What's the price here? What's the price in a quiet and elegant place?" Xuanyuan asked seriously.
"If it's here, you only need to pay 1,000 celestial celestial coins. If you want to change to a separate place, it'll cost 10,000 celestial celestial coins for the Human class, 100,000 celestial celestial coins for the Earth class, and 1,000,000 celestial celestial coins for the Heaven class," the woman said.
Xuanyuan sucked in a breath of cold air.
"So expensive?"
Actually, this amount of money was nothing to Xuanyuan. Xuanyuan just wanted to test the attitude of these people.
The woman's smile remained.
"A better environment will help Young Master cultivate. There will also be some ancient inscriptions that will help Young Master understand. Moreover, the content of the lessons I'll teach is not known to the outside world. The tea I'll serve is also difficult to find in the outside world. I hope Young Master will consider it carefully!"
From the beginning to the end, the woman did not show a trace of impatience at all. If they were in the Dou Qi World, it was likely that the moment she heard that you did not have money, she would start to act perfunctorily or directly cast a look of disdain at you. It was not impossible for her to sneer at you.
Xuanyuan sighed in his heart. They were both Source Worlds, but why was there such a huge difference between them? Xuanyuan sighed.
"Fine, let's go to the Heaven class."
Hearing Xuanyuan's words, a trace of surprise flashed in the woman's eyes. She nodded and smiled.
"Yes, please follow me, dear customer."
With the woman leading the way, they walked out of the Ten Thousand People Hall and passed through a door. Finally, Xuanyuan came to a garden.
In this garden, there were plum blossoms, orchids, bamboo, and chrysanthemums. The four flowers were in full bloom. Plum blossoms, orchid blossoms, bamboo stalks, and chrysanthemums showed their various qualities.
In the center of the garden, there was a simple stone pavilion. It looked like it had been there for a long time. Around the stone pavilion, there were stone tablets carved with inscriptions left by sages.
At this moment, Xuanyuan and the woman were sitting in the stone pavilion. There was a flash of light in the woman's hand, and a jade plate appeared in her hand. There were exquisite jade pots and jade cups on the jade plate. They were all refined from rare immortal treasures and were very valuable. As containers, they could bring out their various magical effects.
"Dear customer, this is the Gentleman's Tea. It can calm the mind, dispel distracting thoughts, cleanse the breath, and purify the soul. It can also let you feel the awe-inspiring righteousness in this world. Perhaps it will help you gain more!" With that, the woman brewed the tea for Xuanyuan.
The Gentleman's Tea was as pure as water. It was colorless and tasteless, but just by looking at it, one could feel the righteousness, awe-inspiring, and wisdom contained in this cup of tea.
Xuanyuan's expression changed. He looked at the woman and asked:
"Miss, what is your name?"
"Li Yue."
"Miss Li Yue, if I may be so bold as to ask, what will happen if I don't have enough money to pay?" Xuanyuan looked at Li Yue with a harmless smile.
Li Yue was petrified. This customer in front of her was simply extraordinary. After a pause, she sighed lightly:
"If Young Master doesn't have enough money on you, you can write an IOU and enter the credit list of the 'Li Fire Merchant Guild'. If you don't pay the debt, the 'Li Fire Merchant Guild' will no longer do business with Young Master, and I will also have to pay ten percent of the money spent on behalf of Young Master due to my poor judgment."
Xuanyuan nodded. This way of doing things was indeed not bad. At least it was not like in the 'Dou Qi Mainland'. If there was no money to pay, they would imprison the customer, plunder everything on their body, and then teach them a lesson. Some would even cripple the customer's magical powers or kill them as an example. At least the 'Li Fire Merchant Guild' was much more civilized than the 'Dou Qi Mainland'.
In places like the 'Taibai Chamber of Commerce' and the 'Nine Tripod Merchant Guild', it was relatively better. In other private merchant guilds, it was possible to buy a priceless item here and be assassinated the moment you left. Then the item would be taken away. It went without saying who the culprit was.
"Mm, Miss Li Yue, you can begin. Go ahead, I'm listening." Xuanyuan drank the 'Gentleman Tea' in one gulp and felt a righteous aura rolling in his body. This aura could dispel all evil thoughts. Even the most despicable person would have all the evil thoughts in their heart dispelled the moment they drank the 'Gentleman Tea'.
Li Yue took a few steps and smiled. She brought Xuanyuan to a stone carving and said slowly:
"My 'Southern Inferno World' was originally a province called the 'Southern Inferno Immortal Province'. However, in a great war, the Source World was torn apart, and the 'Southern Inferno Immortal Province' was also separated from the Source World. Over time, it became the 'Southern Inferno World'."
"When the 'Southern Inferno World' was broken, it was during the Ancient Chaos Era. This was the earliest era. At that time, the Archean royalty ruled the world, and we humans were just lowly slaves struggling to survive in this world. As time passed, from the end of the Ancient Chaos Era to the Primeval Era, the luck of the human race began to rise, and the 'Southern Inferno Emperor' appeared. He ruled and governed the human race, and fought against the other races as equals, changing the status of the human race."
"Until one day, a group of people came from the Source World. They were humans from the Source World of the Southern Hades Immortal Prefecture. Their leader was an existence known as the Hongmeng Heavenly Emperor. He led his subjects, the Hundred Sages, to educate the myriad of races in the Southern Hades Immortal Prefecture, not harming a single person. They imparted their wisdom, courage, benevolence, great mystic arts and knowledge to the people of the world, spreading the knowledge and civilization of the human race to every corner of the Southern Hades Immortal Prefecture. Even the Archean royalty, the devil race, and the demon race were all influenced. Their God Emperor, Demon Emperor, and Devil Emperor all admired them from the bottom of their hearts. Their actions completely changed the status of the human race. Even to this day, the sacred grounds of our human race still worship the statues of the Hongmeng Heavenly Emperor and the Hundred Sages every day. In fact, there are even people from the Archean royalty, the devil race, and the demon race who worship them."
Upon hearing this, Xuanyuan was deeply moved. He did not expect that there were still people from the Archean royalty, the devil race, and the demon race who worshiped the Hundred Sages and the Hongmeng Heavenly Emperor and the Hundred Sages. One could imagine how great the impact they had on the other races when they spread the culture of the human race.
"Since then, all the races lived in peace. Everyone was educated and well-mannered. They did not fight easily. They worshiped the heavens and the earth. They burned wood for incense and wove grass for straw dogs. They worshiped the heavens and the earth. Natural disasters were reduced and the weather was favorable. The people lived in peace and contentment. They did not close their doors at night and did not pick up their belongings on the streets. This made the entire Southern Hades Immortal Prefecture flourish."
From what Li Yue had said, Xuanyuan could already see what the human race was like in the World of Fighting Qi during the ancient times. The difference between the people's hearts at that time and the people's hearts now was huge. In the World of Fighting Qi, every time they worshiped their ancestors, they killed all kinds of spiritual beasts and worshiped all kinds of celestial treasures. It was extremely complicated and decorated with gold and silver. They even sacrificed human lives to the heavens. It seemed that if they did not do this, they would not be able to show their respect for their ancestors and the heavens.
Wasn't it said that great joy came from within and great ceremony came from outside? Great joy must be easy, and great ceremony must be simple?
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