11 tempered reeds were split into three batches and taken out of the city.
In a secret location, Tangning tied up the reeds and placed them into a camouflage cloth bag. As he put on his camouflage uniform, he once again blended into the green world of the wilderness.
In front of the cave in the Red Dragon Blood Mountain, the vines at the entrance of the cave seemed to have grown more luxuriant. The mechanism in the cave was not activated. He buried the reed in the deepest part of the cave.
When he came out of the cave, he thought of the phrase " Don't put all the eggs in the same basket." He then found a hidden cave and buried five reeds. He also planted some plants suitable for growing in a dark environment on the burial ground. Before long, the lush plants would cover up the traces of his digging.
After going back and forth between Blazing Sun City and the Red Dragon Blood Mountain four times, he finally hid his precious Red Cloud Song and the reeds properly.
The simple machine tools and exquisite tools in the basement were also completely destroyed by him. As long as he had the funds, he could make better ones. Therefore, he did not feel that it was a pity at all. At this point, he officially cut off his relationship with Blazing Sun City and boarded the carriage to Holy Light City without worry.
Carriages used for long journeys were different from carriages used for transporting goods. The latter was carried by demon horses that had a strong load capacity but were not fast, while the former was carried by pegasi that had an average load capacity but were fast.
The Pegasus was also a type of demonic horse. It had long and slender hooves, and on each side of its back, there was a pair of degenerated wings. There was a wind-type magical crystal in its body, and it could use wind-type magic to accelerate itself while running.
The pegasus was twice as fast as the demon horse, but its load capacity was more than half of the demon horse's. Even so, the carriage still took a month to reach Holy Light City.
As expected of a thousand-year-old ancient city, the city walls of Holy Light City were twice as tall as Scorching Sun City. They were all made of huge stones. The erosion of time had made these stones white. The small holes in them showed the traces of the war it had experienced. Even now, this city was still facing the threat of the demon race. The war was not as far away as it imagined.
There were three legions stationed in Holy Light City. One was the Rossi Empire's 1st Heavy Cavalry Legion, one was the Holy See's 1st Holy Knight Legion, and the last was the Rossi Empire's 1st Heavy Infantry Legion.
The three corps had a total of 300,000 people. In a critical moment, the nearby Cheng City could provide 3 - 5 corps as support for Holy Light City.
In the history of the Glorious Continent, Holy Light City had experienced countless small-scale battles, and there had been five battles with a scale of more than a million. Therefore, every inch of land around Holy Light City was stained with the blood of both human and demon warriors. No matter who it was, as long as they picked up a hoe and casually dug, they could dig out an arrowhead and weapon covered in rust.
At the same time, apart from being a military town, Holy Light City was also an economic center. This was because it was adjacent to the Demon Valley in the west, the Forgotten Forest in the southeast, the Hengduan Mountain Range in the northwest, and the Beastman Plains in the northeast.
The Radiant Continent had five dangerous places, and the Forgotten Forest and the Hengduan Mountain Range were both one of them.
No one knew how big the Forgotten Forest was, and the giant trees that covered the sky were its most prominent feature. Countless species lived in the forest, and Elves, Monster Beasts, and Tree Demons were the specialties of the forest. The rich variety of species attracted countless people to come here to adventure, and even though adventure teams only moved around the edge of the forest, the number of adventure teams that entered the forest was always more than the number that came out. No one had ever heard of anyone entering the center of the forest.
The Hengduan Mountain Range stretched for more than 8,000 miles, almost spanning the entire Brilliance Continent. Even the Demon Valley was only one of the few breakpoints of the Hengduan Mountain Range. Such a long mountain range was rare in the entire Brilliance Continent. There were countless mountain spirits living in the mountain range, and their levels were very high. Naturally, it attracted many people to take risks and search for treasures.
To the east of the Beastmen Plains was the territory of the Beastmen. It was cold and humid, and the living conditions were harsh. However, the area was very large, about one-sixth of the size of the Brilliance Continent. The magical beasts that lived on this land were also extremely fierce. To be able to survive in such an environment, one could see how powerful the Beastmen were.
The specialties of the two fierce areas and the plain, even the products of demons would naturally gather in Holy Light City. After that, they would be distributed to all corners of the continent through Holy Light City. Holy Light City played an important role in this process. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was the largest material exchange and distribution center on the continent.
Due to the special geographical location and trading target, there must be a set of trading rules that were different from those in other cities. In Holy Light City, no matter whether it was in the major shops or the trading market, they didn't need to explain the origin of the trading items. As long as both parties were willing to pay a certain tax, the trading would be protected.
Generally, the transaction tax was paid through the city entrance fee. Therefore, the city entrance fee of Holy Light City was more expensive than other cities. According to the number of people entering the city, each person had to pay a fee of one gold coin.
Even so, there was still an endless stream of merchants entering Holy Light City. What Tangning was interested in was the unique trading rules here.
After all, it was a big city. The streets were more than twice as wide as those of Scorching Sun City. The entire street was filled with traffic and pedestrians.
As she looked at the endless stream of people in front of her, Tangning suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. Ever since he came to this world, he had been fighting for his own survival and status. He rarely paid attention to the prosperity of a city. He couldn't even guarantee food and clothing, so why would he care about anything other than food? The streets were crowded with people. Elves, dwarves, Tauren, Golden Lion Men, Pig Men, and countless other races could be seen everywhere. He also occasionally saw a few legendary races such as giant treemen and cave lice people.
Inside an inconspicuous magic shop, Tangning pulled out a tempered bullet and asked," Uncle, how much can you sell this for?”
The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man with curly green hair. On his left chest was a badge with a scale engraved on it. Judging from his level, he should be a beginner alchemist.
After receiving the tempered bullet, the shop owner's gray eyes lit up. How much do you have left?"
Due to time constraints, when Tangning first used the Magic Strengthening Potion, she only managed to solidify a little over 100 bullets. Based on her visual observations, she only managed to make 21 bullets that fit the size of a reed. The rest were either larger or smaller than the reed.
For the bullets larger than the reed, he used the simple machine tool in the basement to work on them and got more than ten tempered bullets that met the standard. However, the raw stones of some tempered bullets were too big, and the hardness of the simple machine tool was not up to standard. It was really impossible to process such a large caliber difference, so he had to stop processing for the time being.
Those that were smaller than the reeds naturally became scrap. He was prepared to sell them for gold coins. However, he was worried that such a huge amount of rare tempered raw gemstones would fall into the eyes of people with ulterior motives and bring unnecessary trouble, so he could only sell them one by one.
Anyway, he didn't need money for the time being. He had plenty of time. He only sold one in each shop. Firstly, he could estimate the value of the tempered raw stone. Secondly, he could compare the goods with others. Only by comparing them could the value of the tempered raw stone be truly reflected. Therefore, he replied calmly," Uncle, I only have this one."”
" What a pity." The shopkeeper looked disappointed." Ten gold coins for one. Young man, the main thing is that one is too small. It's only the size of a peanut and can't be engraved with a magic array. It's too small to make jewelry. If it's ground into powder, the amount is too small. It can't even cover a dagger and can't be used to seal a magic array. I bought it to try my luck and see if I can gather enough in the future.”
Tangning really wanted to ask him how much he wanted, but she was afraid of arousing suspicion," Alright, I'll sell it to you for 10 gold coins."”
"Is there really only one?" "I'm willing to pay 100 gold coins for five of these.”
"Twenty gold coins for one? " I didn't expect it to be so valuable," Tangning gulped and pretended to be greedy," It's a pity that there was only one in the money bag..."
Before he could finish, he covered his mouth.
The owner's lips curled into a smile. It seemed like this uncle was treating Tangning like a thief.
Tangning did not explain," Give me 10 gold coins and it will be yours."
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