In the central part of Yichengs main road, there is a three-story high-rise building that occupies an extremely large area. The front door hangs a horizontal plaque with three gold-plated characters - Wanxiang Building!

  In an alley more than ten zhangs away from the Wanxiang Building.

  "Im going to Wansi Lou with Qing Shan, you guys go to Lao Wangs place on the front street and sell all the animal hides. Then well meet up in this alley." Teng Yong Fan instructed, glancing at Teng Qing Hu, "Qing Hu, youve never been inside Wansi Lou either, want to come with us and take a look around?"

  "Of course I want to!" Teng Qinghuo said with a raised head.

  "Then hand over all the weapons to Old Wang and his men for safekeeping." Teng Yongfan said, "Qingshan, you also hand over your gun. Its not allowed to bring any weapons into the Wanxiang Building."

  "Teng Qing Shans broadsword is really big!" Teng Qing Shan also handed his iron spear over to the clan members.

  Then, Teng Yongfan, Teng Qingshan and Teng Qinghu walked towards the Wanhualou. The two women standing at the entrance of Wanhualou were wearing swords around their waists, smiling to greet every guest while reminding them not to bring any weapons into Wanhualou.

  Teng Qing Shan and the other two men were dressed as hunters and walked in directly. The two women did not stop them.

  "This place is really big enough." Teng Qinghus eyes suddenly widened.

  Hong Qing Shan was also secretly shocked, the interior space of Wanxiang Building was extremely large, with counters everywhere. Just the number of shop assistants standing at the counters inside Wanxiang Building exceeded a hundred. And this was only the first floor.

  "Green Mountain, this Wanxiang Building, all sorts of people can come in. And there are many things here, everything you need is available." Teng Yongfan sighed, "The first and second floors are for selling goods, as for the third floor... outsiders are not allowed to enter, but the good stuff, the prices are outrageously expensive!"

  Teng Qing Shan looked at the counter, where goods were displayed one by one, and secretly admired: "This Wanxiang Building is indeed grand, putting precious items directly outside, not afraid of robbery or theft!" Teng Qing Shans eyes scanned around, and he soon discovered that inside Wanxiang Building, apart from ordinary shop assistants, there were also people specifically patrolling.

  "Its probably an internal expert, preventing someone from stealing it." Teng Qingshan said quietly.

  Hong Qinghu stared at a bangle next to him: "Isnt this a blue flower stone bangle? We happened to collect a large piece of blue flower stone when we entered the mountain, and it was sold for 100 taels of silver. One piece of blue flower stone is enough to make dozens of bangles, but this one bangle actually costs 120 taels of silver."

  The fellow standing inside the counter merely cast a disdainful glance at Ceng Qingtian.

  He looks like a poor mountain villager, with such attire, its impossible for him to afford these exquisite bangles.

  "Alright, lets go take a look inside." Teng Yongfan furrowed his brow and glared at Teng Qinghu, then walked to the side and said in a low voice, "Qinghu, dont be so reckless, its embarrassing, you know?"

  Hong Qinghu smiled and said no more.

  "Dad, what did you come here to buy?" Teng Qing Shan asked.

  "Buy some materials for making weapons, this time the refining of Bihuang Knife has almost been exhausted, its time to buy some. Yicheng other places dont have any, only here does." Teng Yongfan immediately walked straight inside, "Come on, lets go take a look at the counter selling weapon-making materials, and open your eyes wide."

  Ordinary men from rural areas, when they come to Wàn Xiàng Lóu for the first time, are all dumbfounded.

  But for Tun Qing Shan, this is much smaller than the large shopping malls of his previous life, and the Wanxiang Building with many fewer items would not surprise him much.

  Teng Qing Shan and his group arrived at a counter selling materials for manufacturing weapons.

  "A lot of miscellaneous things." Teng Qinghu muttered.

  Indeed, the counter has blocks of different metals, or stones, and even some powdery substances, in short, things here look very inconspicuous. But the price is astonishing.

  "Green Mountain, take a look." Teng Yongfan pointed to a silver metal block with special patterns on the counter, "This is called Star Pattern Steel. It should be said that it is the best steel that can be refined nowadays. Its the best material for making long gun handles! Of course, the price is also very high."

  The fellow inside the counter, seeing Tun Yongfans goods, proudly boasted: "This star-patterned steel-refined long gun handle is said to be unbreakable even by the invincible strongmen who have reached the Xiantian realm."

  " Innate Boundary?" Teng Qing Shan was secretly shocked.

  Indeed, as "The Millennium Chronicle" says, an era with abundant spiritual energy is one that can give birth to pre-heavenly strong individuals.

  "What!" Teng Qinghu glared, staring at the piece of paper under that small block of Star Pattern Steel, "One catty of Star Pattern Steel for one catty of gold?"

  Hong Qingshan also looked at the price and was secretly shocked.

  This star-patterned steel is actually equal in value to gold. In this world, the purchasing power of gold is truly astonishing. One liang of star-patterned steel is equivalent to one liang of gold, which is equivalent to 100 liang of silver.

  "Star-patterned steel is very heavy, to make a long spear entirely out of star-patterned steel, at the very least you would need one hundred catties of star-patterned steel." The shopkeeper chuckled and said, "Thats equivalent to one hundred catties of gold, or one hundred thousand taels of white silver! Unless youre an extremely wealthy person or a formidable martial artist, its basically impossible for you to afford this amount of silver."

  Hong Qingshan took a deep breath of cool air.

  Good heavens! 100,000 taels of silver to make a single rifle? The remaining funds from the Teng Family Village would be around 20,000 taels of silver at most.

  "Thousand Year Cold Iron?" Teng Qing Shan stared at a black stone next to the Star Pattern Steel, an overwhelming chill emanating from it, making one feel its presence without even touching it.

  "Hmm, this Thousand Year Cold Iron cant be smelted, its all dug up from various places. However, the price is much lower than Star Pattern Steel, one catty of Thousand Year Cold Iron requires two taels of gold!" Teng Yongfan said on the side, the price of Thousand Year Cold Iron was only 20% of that of Star Pattern Steel.

  Of course, this is still something that Teng Qing Shan and his group cannot afford.

  "These materials... " Tong Qing Shan couldnt help but admire, it was indeed an era with abundant spiritual energy of heaven and earth, able to nurture countless magical materials. In his past life, the Thousand Year Cold Iron was a material that only existed in books, and in modern society, such magical metals no longer existed.

  "Green Mountain, you guys go take a look around elsewhere, Ill buy the materials and then come find you to head out together." Teng Yongfan said.

  "Alright, Dad."

  Hong Qing Shan and her cousin Qing Hu went to other counters in Wanxiang Building to stroll around.

  "Green mountain, green mountain." Teng Qinghu suddenly pulled a few times on Teng Qingshan. Teng Qingshan looked at him in confusion: "Whats wrong?" At the same time, following Teng Qinghus gaze, he looked towards the main entrance of Wanxiang Building and saw a handsome man wearing a light blue long shirt and a lovely girl wearing a white fox fur coat entering Wanxiang Building together.

  Behind them were guards and attendants.

  "Its the daughter of that big salt merchant." Teng Qinghu said in a low voice.

  "Its really her." Teng Qing Shan also discovered, but his attention was more on the young man, "Now its cold winter, but that handsome young man is only wearing a long shirt, not cold at all. Looks like hes a master of internal strength cultivation."

  "Teng Qinghu looked at the distance secretly, lowering his voice and said, "This Miss Qianjin is different from the mountain girls in our village. Look at that skin so white, her face... even more tender than those women in the brothel." Teng Qinghus words made Teng Qingshan cry and laugh at the same time."

  "Want to take a look, get close and take a peek from afar? Once you return to the village, you wont be able to see it again." Teng Qing Shan said with a smile.

  The girl from the mountain has been working hard since she was a child, with wind and sun on her face. How can she compare to those rich girls who have everything handed to them?

  "Hmm, lets take a closer look." Teng Qinghuo really had guts, and indeed walked in that direction.

  ……

  "Liu, youve been boasting about how powerful you are. Let me ask you, is your name on the Dragon List?" As he approached, Teng Qing Shan heard that the salt merchants daughter was asking a young man in a green shirt.

  "Qing Yu, those who can make it onto the Dragon Ranking are among the few exceptional talents in the Nine States. Which one of them didnt start cultivating their inner energy from a young age? I started late... But I dont care about that Dragon Ranking either. My ambition is to be listed on the Earth Ranking! Only those who can be listed on the Earth Ranking are truly heroes!"

  The salt merchants daughter, Li Qingyu, covered her mouth and laughed: "Cant even get on the Hidden Dragon List, yet wants to get on the Earth List?"

  That young mans face turned slightly red: "Qing Yu, dont mock me either, this is just my ambition! And, Im Qing Hu Islands senior brother, who is simultaneously listed on the Hidden Dragon List and the Earth List as a hero of his generation. How about your Return to Origin Sect? There isnt one person from your sect on the Hidden Dragon List or the Earth List, right?"

  "Your senior brother is impressive, but its not because of you." Qing Yun hummed.

  "Alright, Qing Yu, dont be angry." The young man continued to coax, "You didnt come to buy the Qian Long Bang and Chu Feng Bang? Buddy, Ill take two copies of each, the Qian Long Bang and the Chu Feng Bang."

  Teng Qing Shan clearly saw that the young man took out four thread-bound books, each of which was at least one inch thick. The top book had three large characters written on it in a flying dragon and dancing phoenix style - "Qian Long Bang". Then the servant behind the young man immediately paid, handing over four hundred taels of silver notes.

  "Four hundred taels?" Teng Qing Shan was secretly shocked in his heart. "Four books for four hundred taels? How can it be so expensive?"

  Books should be very cheap.

  That handsome man and beautiful woman also walked to other counters, while Teng Qing Shan came to the counter where books were sold earlier. The most eye-catching ones are three books: "Dragon List", "Phoenix List" and "Earth List". Among them, "Dragon List" and "Phoenix List" are very thick, only "Earth List" is thin.

  Among them, the first two books are worth 100 taels of silver each, while "The Earthly Banners" is worth 10 taels of silver.

  "What are these three books?" asked Teng Qing Shan.

  The shop assistant, looking at the still young Teng Qing Shan, smiled and said: "Little guy, these three books are about the famous heroes of the nine states and their biographical stories. If you want to buy them, ask your familys adults for silver." Most people who bought these books were either practitioners of internal energy or rich young men who admired warriors, so the prices of these books were extremely expensive.

  Hong Qingshans heart skipped a beat.

  Although nowadays, he knows that there are eight super sects on the nine continents, but many things, he is still confused.

  "That copy of The List of Land, I bought it," said Teng Qing Shan, as he took out a ten-tael silver ingot from his bosom.

  As the leader of the hunting team within the tribe, he is given ten taels of silver every month. Within the tribe, the leaders of the hunting team, marksmen, and first-rate blacksmiths make the greatest contributions and are given the most silver. In fact, a monthly salary of ten taels of silver is still lower than that of some guards in Yicheng.

  They have worked for the clan after all, so its impossible to ask for more.

  "Green Mountain, ten taels of silver for a book?" Next to him, Teng Qinghu had just shifted his attention from the salt merchants daughter and found that Teng Qingshan spent ten taels of silver on a book.

  "To me, this book is worth the price." Teng Qing Shan smiled as he took the book from his partner.

  "Hum, your dad knows, hell definitely say its yours." Teng Qinghuo said with a curl of his lip.

  Teng Qing Shan stood still, flipping through the book.