Chapter 75: Taiwu State

quo;Hm, that's only natural, quickly take me there!” Yang Shuangquan gave a wink to an old man, seeing that he nodded, he led Shen Xiang into the door and there were also people coming to watch...Chapter 75: Taiwu State

Scenery Xiang looked somewhat refined, but dressed very simply. He didn't carry any flashy accessories that would show off his wealth, making him look rather plain.

“Do you know how much it costs to join Taiwu Pavilion It can easily drain your resources within a year,” Zhu Rong said with a smirk. However, he suddenly heard the sound of “click”, like someone biting into fruit.

Zhu Rong was a person with an appetite, so he immediately turned his head to see Shen Xiang holding onto a purple fruit and taking small bites out of it, spitting out the skin.

Zhu Rong was stunned for a moment and then shouted, "Idiot! Is that how you eat Purple Spirit Fruits Stop right now! Your mother’s, those skins are worth a lot, and you actually spit them out…"

Purple Spirit Fruits were main ingredients for refining Spirit Qi Pills, using them as fruits was practically a waste of resources. Zhu Rong wished he could slap Shen Xiang across the face, as in his eyes, eating Purple Spirit Fruits directly was a sacrilege!

Shen Xiang didn't care, "The taste of this Purple Spirit Fruit is really good. It's sweet, and eating it fills your body with a lot of Spirit Qi."

Zhu Rong, the fat man, was infuriated, even though it wasn't his Purple Spirit Fruit, he felt heartache seeing Shen Xiang wasting such valuable resources.

“Stop eating, I'll buy it,” Zhu Rong hurriedly shouted. Before he could finish his sentence, Shen Xiang swallowed the fruit in a few bites. Zhu Rong wished he could punch down the chin of Shen Xiang, who seemed to be enjoying his food.

“How much does it cost for an admission fee to join Taiwu Pavilion for a year” Shen Xiang asked with a smile.

Zhu Rong stomped his foot, angrily huffing out, "You'll never get into Taiwu Pavilion." Even though he didn't know Shen Xiang's identity, he was certain that Shen Xiang was rich beyond measure, otherwise he wouldn't have eaten such a valuable Purple Spirit Fruit so carelessly.

“Forget it, I'll ask myself.” Shen Xiang said while taking out another Purple Spirit Fruit and preparing to eat it.

“Outer disciples pay 3,000 grade middle-grade crystals for an annual membership,” Zhu Rong quickly said. Then, he took out several blue stones that were roughly the size of his thumb, and passed them to Shen Xiang, "These are worth 10 grade middle-grade crystals. Buy my Purple Spirit Fruit."

Crystals were similar to Spirit Money, both being types of minerals that contained Spirit Qi. However, crystals compressed more refined Spirit Qi than Spirit Money, making them preferable.

Shen Xiang learned from Su Meiyao that in this world, grade middle-grade crystals were mainly used as transaction currency. One grade middle-grade crystal was equivalent to 1,000 great Spirit Stones and ten crystals were equal to 10,000 great spirit money.

Wanting to buy Purple Spirit Fruits with 10,000 great spirit money seemed like Zhu Rong was trying to scam Shen Xiang.

“Brother Zhu, do you think I’m a pig This Purple Spirit Fruit is the main ingredient for refining Spirit Qi Pills, only worth this much I might as well eat it myself.” Shen Xiang said with a smirk.

“Thirty!” Zhu Rong calmly replied without changing his expression.

Shen Xiang shook his head and walked forward, Zhu Rong hurriedly followed him while screaming, "Fifty!"

Shen Xiang didn't bother to respond.

“Sixty!”

“One hundred!”

“One hundred and five…”

“Two hundred!”

Zhu Rong turned around and said, "You wanted to buy this Purple Spirit Fruit for ten crystals just now. Now it's much more than that, you're truly a cheat." Zhu Rong passed the Purple Spirit Fruit to him as he accepted the pile of crystals.

“We Zhu family is famous for commerce in Taiwu State. We're all born to be greedy, there’s nothing we can do about it.” Zhu Rong looked at the Purple Spirit Fruit and said honestly, "The price of Purple Spirit Fruits is inflated due to merchants."

Zhu Rong suddenly realized that Shen Xiang might have been tricked, but he was already determined to pay at least twenty thousand great spirit money.

Although Zhu Rong was just a small cheat, he and Shen Xiang had good conversations. They gained more insights into this world now that they were in Taiwu State, where one of the biggest and most powerful regions was governed by Taiwu Pavilion. All the forces within this vast area had to pay tributes to Taiwu Pavilion, while it also maintained the safety of the land.

“Little brother Shen, don’t make such foolish acts again. If those alchemists see you eating Purple Spirit Fruits, they’ll definitely beat you up,” Zhu Rong cautioned. Thinking about Shen Xiang eating one just now, he felt a pang in his heart.

Shen Xiang didn't care, he had Dragon Scenting Technique and could quickly cultivate new ones if necessary.

“Old Zhu, do you think I can get into Taiwu Pavilion now” Shen Xiang joked.

Zhu Rong chuckled, "If you give me another 10 Purple Spirit Fruits, I'll have a way. However, you need to pass Taiwu Pavilion's exam to truly enter, that’s common practice for every sect."

Shen Xiang followed Zhu Rong to a city called Tianmen City, which was the closest place to Taiwu Pavilion and where many people wished to enter.

As soon as they arrived, Zhu Rong said goodbye and headed back to his sect. Ordinary people couldn't enter Taiwu Pavilion freely.

“Tianmen, is this the entrance to Taiwu Pavilion” Shen Xiang stood under the city gates and looked at the powerful characters written on top.

As long as he passed through this city, he would see a straight path leading to an enormous luxurious building on the other end, which was Taiwu Pavilion!

“Young man, these are grade six common equipment. They’re on sale at only 999 crystals!” A big man standing outside a shop waved and shouted to Shen Xiang. People like Shen Xiang who looked around the city immediately after entering were usually newbies, and he was easy to deceive.

Weapons and defense equipment could be classified into common equipment, spirit equipment, and treasure equipment. Each level had nine segments, with common equipment being the lowest grade. Regardless of the quality of materials or craftsmanship, they were just ordinary techniques, but grade six common equipment wasn't bad. They were close to the highest grade nine.

“Young man, would you like some medicinal pills Grade high-grade Large Yuan Pills can be taken away for 55 crystals. Two pills cost only one hundred.” An old man in another pill shop shouted.

Shen Xiang was surprised by the number of pill shops in Taiwu State and walked over, asking, "Do you sell Purple Spirit Fruits"

“Of course,” the old man replied.

Shen Xiang's mouth twitched. He was indeed tricked by that fatty, and the fatty only wanted to give him ten crystals when he first saw him. Now, Shen Xiang realized that pill prices were much higher in this world than his South Wu Country and even more expensive than the ones he sold. This was good news for him because he was an alchemist!

At this moment, Shen Xiang understood that the price for a Spirit Qi Pill was 500 crystals and that it had a sales limit.

Shen Xiang wandered around Tianmen City and sold several Spirit Qi Pills, quickly accumulating 3,000 crystals. This was the tuition fee for joining Taiwu Pavilion although he had inherited skills from Su Meiyao and Bai Yuyou, entering a sect meant learning more techniques, fighting styles, and participating in various competitions. Winning would also lead to rewards from the sect.

Shen Xiang walked towards a distant gate, which was wide open with many people entering and exiting. This period was when Taiwu Pavilion welcomed new disciples, so many people came, but most were just there for a chance.

Shen Xiang passed through the gate and walked on a wide stone road, across which he could see Taiwu Pavilion surrounded by walls about twenty meters high. He originally thought Taiwu Pavilion was built on a mountain.

Standing in front of the huge gate, Shen Xiang looked at the three bold characters written as "Taiwu Pavilion". He felt a surge of豪氣, even though the gate was closed. But there was a small door that was open.

There were long lines of people in front of the small door testing their spiritual veins. Only those with qualified spiritual veins could enter the outer door, of course, without enough crystals, they also wouldn't be able to.

The method for testing spiritual veins was standing on a round disk with an array on it. The array could detect the spiritual veins in people's bodies and light up differently depending on the strength of their spiritual veins. Corresponding numerical values would appear.be that..." Shen Xiang suddenly became alarmed. He saw Long Xueyi nodding."This feeling is strange! I never expected this to be true. I really had a past life, but my current memories are incomplete a...