The organization of the Xijia people is very different from that of the Houtu Dynasty. In the Houtu Dynasty, the city lords almost always occupied most of a city's industries and could dominate the sky with one hand. However, the city lords of the Xijia people were simple landlords.

If these lands are not rented by Xijia merchants, they will be idle land and worthless. The city owner must recruit famous merchants like Duanli Baoshe to move in in order to obtain rent.

The city lord not only collects rent, but also organizes local people to provide various convenient services to these businesses, such as housing rentals, security, food supply and other services.

Once the merchants decide that this place is not suitable for business and move away, all sources of wealth in this place will be completely destroyed. Moreover, if the Xijia people's property does not exist, this so-called neutral city will naturally no longer be a neutral city.

Therefore, although Lu Baiyu is the lord of the city, he is just a distinguished customer here in Duanli Treasure House. However, no matter how noble he is, he does not dare to take things away by force despite the merchant's objection.

But it was inevitable that he would be in a bad mood. Especially Lu Hao, who was playing with the elixir in his hand happily just now, but now his face was filled with anger.

"Shopkeeper Sai, Mr. Lu pays the money with one hand and delivers the goods with the other. Are you kidding me?" Lu Baiyu asked with an ugly face. He usually has to work hard to serve these companies, but this time, it's the other way around. He is the company.

The patron was so proud, but he didn't expect to suffer such a defeat.

Shopkeeper Sai's face was not good-looking, with an expression of miscalculation. In fact, his bid was to go far beyond what Lu Baiyu could bear, so he asked for a high price of five thousand taels of blood spirit stones.

He is just the shopkeeper, not the owner of Duanli Baoshe. Most of the owners of Xijia people's shops are a financial group, which has the power of life and death over shopkeepers like him at any time.

At the end of April every year, the entire business needs to settle accounts. If this year's income does not meet the standard, he can go back to his hometown in Xijia to drink from the northwest wind. It is already early February, but he still has a shortfall this year.

With more than three thousand taels of blood spirit stones, it can be said that the situation is extremely dangerous.

This rare yin-yang double crystal elixir that has expired is his only life-saving straw. This is completely a property that the customer has not picked up after the expiration date, which is regarded as abandoned property and has no cost. If he can sell this

Items can simply be included in profits.

But based on his decades of experience in appraising treasures, the value of this crystal seed is equivalent to two thousand taels of blood spirit stones. There is still a gap of more than one thousand taels that cannot be filled.

He took a liking to Lu Baiyu, a wealthy customer, at a glance. Especially since Lu Hao was getting closer to building the foundation, it was obvious that he would reach the peak of the ninth level of foundation building in half a year at the latest. His father did not dare to take advantage of this elixir.

Interest is impossible.

So he directly offered an exaggerated price of 5,000 taels of blood spirit stones. In this way, Lu Baiyu would definitely leave in anger. Two months later, he offered another 4,500 taels, or even a bottom-line price of 3,500 taels. With his respect for people's hearts,

Based on my speculation, Lu Baiyu is 90% likely to accept it.

But although he was experienced in dealing with people, he was not a Taoist monk. Especially since he had no heirs, he underestimated the heart of a father. He never thought that Lu Baiyu would take action without hesitation for his precious son and five thousand taels of blood spirit stones.

This time it was quite embarrassing.

Although this object has been preserved and expired, it still has an extension period of two months until now. The owner has not made any movement for more than five hundred years, as if he has long forgotten the existence of this object, but in theory, it is still possible to use it for the rest of his life.

Appear within two months.

Once the owner wants to claim the thing back and the thing is sold to Lu Baiyu, it will not be as simple as just packing up and going home.

The advantage of the neutral city is that it will not be affected by the flames of war. Therefore, countless classics and treasures have been preserved in the neutral city. In the history of the Cutoff Treasure House, very few items have been lost or damaged.

Once something like this happens, it will destroy the golden sign of Duanli Baoshe. The headquarters will definitely send an inspector to investigate in detail. Sai Luosheng will really lose his head.

"Two months!" Sai Luosheng held out two fingers, "City Lord 6 only needs to wait for two months, and I will personally pack this elixir and send it to the mansion."

"Humph, since the shopkeeper said this," Lu Baiyu stood up, but the young and energetic Lu Hao still sat angrily, "there is no reason to take back my money. I will take this money as

The deposit is placed here. According to the rules of breaking away from the treasure house, if there is no goods at the expiration date, just double the compensation."

Sai Luosheng showed Lu Baiyu a product that had not yet expired as a commodity, which broke the rules. Lu Baiyu wanted to use the five thousand taels of blood spirit stones as a deposit, which was also a cruel move. He didn't dare not accept it.

If he can't produce the yin-yang double crystal elixir in two months, he will have to pay back 6 Baiyu and 10,000 taels of blood spirit stones. At that time, he will really have to go in with his entire worth.

There were many people handling affairs in the Duanli Treasure House. Gou Zhu took a number plate as soon as he entered. There were hundreds of people waiting for numbers in front of him. After more than half an hour, it was finally his turn. He walked to a small window guarded by an iron gate.

, one of the men with a stern expression glanced at him and asked with great familiarity:

"Is there anything I can do for you, your honorable guest?"

Gou Zhu took out the purple magic key in his hand. Before he could say a word, he saw the man's expression change. In the blink of an eye, he was full of smiles. He stood up, bowed, and extended his right hand to say a greeting.

The posture: "You are a distinguished guest of Ziyao. There is no need to queue. Please go this way."

In order not to attract attention, Gou Zhu did not wear the Taoist robes of the Jade Palace, but the gray cloth short clothes commonly worn by businessmen walking in the demon world. In fact, if he dressed more elegantly, people would take the initiative to ask him about the Dharma he held when he entered the door.

The key level will not let him wait in line at all.

Gouzhu looked in the direction of the man's hand, and a heavy iron door opened with a bang. A beautiful woman with a smile, wearing a tight and dignified black dress, with a slim waist and slim legs, stood there and bowed respectfully.

,explain:

"My little girl, Xiao Di, is the official steward of Tianzihao. If anything happens in the future, just use this slip to send a message to me. Please come with me."

He has seen many beautiful women seduced and killed. But he has not been to such a wealthy place often. Ever since he came here, a certain professional emotion began to stir up in his heart.

The iron door was simple, and when Gouzhu heard the clicking sound of the lock, he understood in his mind. Although it was said to be an iron lock from the demon world, it was actually similar to the copper locks of wealthy people he had picked up on Qingshi Street, but it was more precise.

A little more complicated.

If he were still the little thief on Qingshi Street, he would definitely not be able to break this lock.

Now that he has built the ninth level of foundation, he has taken the Nine Soul Calming Pills, plus he still has the power of the eye array, the power of his spiritual consciousness is far beyond that of ordinary people. Just taking a look from the outside, and hearing the sound of the lock core turning, he seemed to be right.

All the mechanisms in this lock are clearly understood.

After entering the iron gate, there was a multicolored spiritual light flowing, like a thin film of restriction. Gouzhu knew that this was a water elemental formation wall, but this kind of formation wall required a secret key to crack.

Deriving the secret key requires patience and time, and mistakes may result in a ban warning or even killing himself at any time. Therefore, if he is itchy and sneaks in here, these bans will be a real difficulty.

What he didn't expect was that Xiao Di took his purple magic key and drew on the restriction, and the film-like restriction immediately wrapped forward and swallowed them up. Gou Zhu looked up and saw that they had already passed this barrier.

Prohibition.

"How can this magic key of mine be used to open this restriction?" Gou Zhu couldn't help but ask, and quickly added, "I only got this from an elder recently, so I don't know what its use is."

Xiao Di raised his eyebrows and said with a charming smile: "Your distinguished guest is unaware of something. The purple Dharma key of this residence is only given to the most distinguished Tianzihao patrons. With this key, many places in this residence can be accessed without hindrance."

"Oh?" Gou Zhu's heart moved, and he thought to himself that this purple magic key seemed to last for a few more months. After getting the elixir, he would still have the opportunity to use it in this treasure house to see this famous magic key.

What good treasures are hidden in the treasure house? Thinking of this, he felt itchy and hesitant.

After all, he is already a cultivator.

"Where is what I want to get?"

"Honored guest, please come with me." The woman lowered her head gently and walked down a spiraling corridor. Along the way, she passed through several restrictions, all of which could be opened with his purple key. Gou Zhu saw the walls on all sides.

, has suddenly turned into a complete purple rock.

Ziying rock is extremely strong. The treasure house of Juanli Treasure House can be dug directly into the rock. It is surrounded by mountains of unknown thickness. If a thief wants to dig a hole in, unless he has the ability to escape from stones, he will be trapped.

Extremely difficult.

Gou Zhu guessed that even if there were thieves who knew the stone escape technique, there must be formation restrictions around them specifically to deal with them.

At the deepest point, there was a huge bronze door. Xiao Di took out his silver magic key and inserted it into the two keyholes together with Gou Zhu's purple magic key. Hearing a roar, the bronze door slowly moved away.

Already.

"Although I'm in charge, I can't open this door without your Dharma key, just with my Dharma key. So you can rest assured of the safety here." Xiao Di introduced with some pride.

"Oh? Doesn't that mean that if the guests don't come, you can't open the treasure house yourself? You don't even have a backup?"

Xiao Di smiled and said: "It's not that there are no backup keys, but there is only one, and it is in the hands of our shopkeeper, Mr. Sai. You can't come and go at will. Generally, you can only use the collection when it is expired and must be taken out.

The master key to his treasury comes in and out here."

Walking into the Tianzihao Treasure House, Gouzhu saw densely packed squares, just like a medicine cabinet in a drug store. Each square was a drawer, and there was a number and a keyhole on each drawer. Looking around,

No less than a thousand.

These drawers are antique, their color is like gold, but their surface is warm and moist. A force of space emanates from them. They are obviously made of dragon wood.

Gouzhu's curiosity aroused and he pulled out a drawer. It didn't move at all. He took a closer look and saw that it was just a piece of dragon wood nailed to the amethyst stone wall. Even if it was removed violently, nothing would be left.

"Even the purple key of your distinguished guest can only open the treasure chest belonging to you alone." Xiao Di found the number of Gou Zhu's treasure chest and inserted his magic key into the keyhole. With a slight fluctuation of air escape spirit, she had already

The drawer was pulled out out of nowhere.
Chapter completed!