Long River Eternity

Half an hour later, the four stood in front of the gate of Nanzhou City. To be precise, it should not be called a city gate, but a road intersection, because starting from the feet of the four people, a wide concrete road appeared in front of them. On the side of the road was a stone tablet nearly ten meters long, carved from a whole piece of stone. On it were engraved three large characters "Nanzhou City" and two relatively smaller characters "South Gate" were engraved in the lower right corner.

"Wow, although I've seen descriptions of Nanzhou City in books, it's still quite shocking to see it with my own eyes." Liu Xianxian exclaimed.

"Look, even the ground here is made of concrete. In our Nanshan City, it seems that only Lin Ding's residential area, the school, and the City Lord's Mansion use concrete?" Wei Wu squatted down and touched the smooth road surface, comparing it with the bumpy bluestone road in front of his own house, and said enviously.

Although this was Lin Ding's first time in Nanzhou City, he had seen people from Daoting and Tianshui City in his memories. Compared with the miraculous buildings there, Nanzhou City would only seem novel at first sight.

So Lin Ding looked at the two of them and couldn't help but laugh: "Okay, this is just a crossroads, there are not many people here, and there are not many houses. Let's go to the city center and sell the materials first."

As Lin Ding spoke, he walked towards the city center, and Wei Wu and the other two quickly followed.

The four of them walked forward, admiring the scenery of the surrounding city and looking for shops that could sell monster materials.

As the four of them got closer and closer to the city center, more and more people were around. Although Lin Ding, Liu Xianxian and Feng Hao looked a little dirty after several days of sleeping in the open air, they were generally normal. However, Wei Wu's outfit looked quite out of place in the city, causing passers-by to look at him sideways and talk in low voices.

After a while, even Wei Wu, who was a very calm person, noticed something was wrong and asked doubtfully, "Are they all looking at me?"

"It should be." Lin Ding replied.

"What's so good about me? Am I handsome today?" Wei Wu asked.

"Yes, yes, you are the most handsome!" Liu Xianxian said with a sarcastic smile.

Lin Ding couldn't help but smile when he heard Liu Xianxian teasing Wei Wu. He then explained, "Nanzhou City is the political and economic center of Nanzhou. It is guarded by many powerful people. The city was specially built in an area without any ruins. Therefore, it is basically rare for monsters to invade here. The surrounding area has also been cleared by powerful people, and there are no monsters. Therefore, it is rare for people like you to come to the city alone to sell monster materials."

"Then we won't be able to sell these materials?" Wei Wu said anxiously.

"Don't worry about that. Generally, we only trade in large quantities of materials here. Retail sales are relatively rare, but they do exist," said Lin Ding.

At this time, they saw a weapons shop on the side of the road, so Lin Ding said, "Let's go to that weapons shop and ask. Generally, monster materials are either made into decorations or weapons. They might buy the materials there."

After that, the four of them entered the weapon shop. Because the bones were too huge, Wei Wu had to put them at the door temporarily.

A male clerk saw someone coming in, so he walked over, took a look at the materials outside the door, and asked, "Excuse me, are you looking to buy weapons or have them custom-made?"

"Hello, I want to sell materials. I wonder if your store will accept them?" Lin Ding asked.

After hearing this, the clerk smiled and said, "We don't buy materials here. This is your first time in Nanzhou City, right? If you want to sell materials, you can go to the street ahead. There's a shop called 'Linglongfang'. They buy all kinds of monster materials and antiques there. In short, all kinds of strange and bizarre things, as long as they have value, they will buy them."

After listening to the clerk's story, Lin Dingxiang thanked the clerk, and the four of them followed the direction he pointed and came to the entrance of "Linglongfang".

This store is even bigger than the weapons store just now, but its decoration style is somewhat out of tune with the surrounding stores. Lin Ding was slightly stunned when he saw the decoration style, and thought: Why does this style look a bit like the architectural style on Pangu Continent?

Lin Ding walked into Linglongfang out of curiosity. This time, because the shop was spacious, Wei Wu brought the ingredients with him.

Although the store is large, there are not many customers in the store. There are only two or three people picking out items outside the cabinet on the side.

Apart from the customers, there was only one old man in his fifties sitting behind the counter, reading a book.

Lin Ding glanced around and found that the cabinets around him were filled with all kinds of strange things, just as the clerk had just said.

There are weapons such as swords, spears, swords and sticks, decorations such as ceramic bowls, plates, bottles and basins, various books, and bones of various monsters.

At this time, the old man heard someone coming in and looked up. Unexpectedly, he was attracted by the monster materials carried by Wei Wu.

The old man walked out from behind the counter and came behind Wei Wu, carefully examining the materials. He then said, "Two leg bones and four arm bones. Judging by their size, they are from the same monster. They are actually the skeletons of the twin bears of the Yuheng Realm. But what about the Black Wind in the south?"

"Old sir, you have a good eye. It's the Black Wind." Lin Ding was secretly surprised at the old man's eyesight.

"That Heifeng has been doing evil and causing chaos in the surrounding area. Several powerful people in the Tianquan Realm have gone there but failed to kill him. How could he be killed by you?" The old man looked at Lin Ding with a suspicious look on his face.

Wei Wu was about to speak when Lin Ding interrupted him: "Yes, my companions and I worked together to kill him."

The old man carefully looked at Wei Wu and Lin Ding again, then said with a smile, "As expected, heroes emerge from youth. So, are you here to sell materials?"

"Yes, I wonder how much these can be sold for?" Lin Ding asked.

"All of this adds up to about 20,000 Jiuzhou coins. What do you think?" the old man asked.

Lin Ding thought for a moment. Although the price was already high, he still asked, "We are planning to go to Zhongzhou this time. I wonder how much the ticket to Zhongzhou will cost?"

"One thousand Jiuzhou coins per person." The old man replied.

After hearing the price, Lin Ding and the other two were shocked. It was so expensive. You have to remember that Lin Ding's parents' monthly salary as archaeologists was less than 1,000 yuan. This was already considered an upper-middle-class salary in Nanshan City.

Fortunately, these materials could be sold for 20,000, enough for several people to go back and forth. So Lin Ding agreed to the old man's offer, took the money, and left happily.

But the old man stood there for a long time, watching the backs of the people leaving, until their figures disappeared at the corner of the next intersection.

The people who left Linglongfang were in a good mood. They earned 20,000 Jiuzhou coins in one go, which they had never dared to imagine before.

"With so much money, shouldn't we find a restaurant to have a big meal, and then find a place to take a good bath and rest?" Wei Wu said excitedly.

"It's time to take a shower. I'm almost stinking after these few days. But let's forget about the big meal and save some money. Didn't I hear that the train ticket costs a thousand yuan per person? It's too expensive." Liu Xianxian said with a distressed expression.

"If you don't eat, the little brat must eat. He's still growing. Look, he's lost weight today. Don't you think so, little brat?" Wei Wu rubbed Feng Hao's head and said.

"Huh?" Feng Hao was confused.

At this time, Lin Ding smiled and said, "Let's have a big meal. The round trip ticket is only 8,000 yuan anyway, and we still have 12,000 yuan. It won't be spent all in a short time."

Hearing Lin Ding say this, Liu Xianxian did not refute again. Besides, Wei Wu was right. Feng Hao was still growing and should eat something good.

As it was getting close to night, the four of them happily found a hotel where they could both eat and rest, preparing to relax for the night before heading to Zhongzhou tomorrow.