Chapter 17: The City of Zi Jin, Ju Bao Ge

  The glory of Jade Pendant has not completely dissipated yet.

  Tang Zheng tried to communicate with the star power, but he was really exhausted and couldn't control even a single strand of star power anymore.

  If it weren't for Tian Meng's jade pendant helping him gather his last bit of star energy, he would have absolutely been unable to break through the spatial waistband's passage today!

  "Take a little rest." Tang Zheng put on his shoes and got out of bed.

  Anyway, Xing Li won't be usable for a while, and since he can't use Xing Li, he can't take out the Zi Jin for now. He might as well go ask about this jade pendant first.

  The sky is getting late.

  Tang Zheng asked several people before finally finding Tang Xiaotang's father Tang Bofar's house.

  Tang Bohor was strolling in the courtyard when he saw Tang Zheng approaching, with a hint of surprise: "Master Tang, please take a seat."

  "No need, no need," Tang Zheng said hastily as he had something else to attend to that night and wanted to keep the conversation brief. "I came over because I have a matter I'd like to ask Master Tang about."

  "Sir is too polite, please speak." Tang Bofar said.

  Tang Zheng took out Tian Meng's jade pendant: "Does the master of Tang Manor still remember this jade pendant?"

  "Oh?" Tang Bo-yuan looked at it and said, "Isn't this the token that Tian Meng brought to the Tang Family Manor for you?"

  "Hmm..." Tang Zheng slightly modified what had just happened, omitting some details about the purple gold belt. He told it to Tang Bo Yu once more, "So, I'd like to ask Master Tang, what's going on here?"

  "Is there such a thing?" Tang Bo-yuan looked carefully again, "Looking at the engraved array on the jade pendant, it should only be invoking the power of purple gold to assist in cultivating star power..."

  Tang Bohor went back into his own room and took out several things.

  Some were jade pendants, some were necklaces, and some were bracelets.

  Tang Zheng also looked back, and on each thing, there were patterns similar to or even the same as those on He Tianmeng's jade pendant.

  According to Tang Bo Yu's words, these patterns were actually formation spells.

  It is said that jade cannot be made into a vessel without being carved, and the reason why the Tang Family's martial arts training ground can increase the cultivation effect by 10% with so little purple gold is precisely because of the formation method.

  The purple gold in Tang Zheng's purple gold belt is abundant, but without carving and engraving, they are not purple gold products that can greatly assist in cultivation!

  "I don't see it," Tang Bo said, shaking his head after comparing for a while. "Although I don't understand the array, from the pattern of the array carving, this should be just an auxiliary cultivation star power accessory..."

  "Doesn't Na Tian Meng know either?" Tang Zheng asked.

  "Tan Mong Lian Xing Li has never cultivated, it's unlikely to know." Tang Bo Yuan can only make a guess about this, "In the West Street of Wulong Town, there is a master in Jibao Pavilion who has good craftsmanship and vision, and his reputation is also good. However, the West Street is the territory of Yinhua Mountain Villa... it's much more chaotic than the East Street."

  "Isn't half of the shops on West Street going to be taken over by Tangjia Bu?" Tang Zheng asked another question, unable to help but ask about the danger facing Jibao Ge.

  "That shop doesn't belong to us, nor does it belong to the Hidden Blue Villa. All the Gathering Treasures Pavilions in the world belong to the Purple Gold City." Tang Bo-yuan still had a high regard for the reputation of the Gathering Treasures Pavilion. "What I mean is that recently, the west street has been quite chaotic. The Hidden Blue Villa hasn't even dug up the people who burned their flower fields, and it's a time when tempers are flaring. If you must go to the Gathering Treasures Pavilion, be sure to be careful on the way."

  Tang was at Tang Bo Yuan's place, although he didn't figure out the jade pendant thing, but got some more specific information about Ju Bao Ge.

  Tang Bo-yuan saw that he seemed to be unfamiliar with the Treasure Pavilion and told him some things about Zijin City, one of the four famous cities on the mainland.

  The City of Violet and Gold is the last imperial capital site of the already extinct Violet-Gold Empire, and also a gathering place for wealth all over the world.

  Those wine houses often sang "The world's purple gold is one hundred percent, ninety-nine percent in the Du family" refers to the city of purple gold. Although this statement is a bit exaggerated, but as Tang Bohor sees it, seven or eight percent should be indispensable.

  Jubao Pavilion is just one of the many industries opened by the Purple Gold City across the mainland.

  What's truly daunting is not just the wealth of the Violet Gold City, but its actual strength!

  Because of the possession of the Zi Jin mountain range, the cultivation speed of the Du family's children is naturally much faster than usual. Each generation of the Du family will have a nine-star strong person in charge, and there will be two seven-star or higher strong people. This does not include the disciples and guests of the Du family who borrow the Zi Jin mountain range to cultivate.

  The mighty Purple-Gold City is a behemoth on this continent.

  Even some top-notch families wouldn't dare to provoke them easily, only seven top-tier families might be able to match their strength. However, if not necessary, the top-tier families also wouldn't offend the Purple Gold City lightly.

  Because, Zijin City controls one thing, that is, their annual release of the 【Starlight Strongest Ranking】!

  The Star Ranking List is divided into the Heavenly Star List, Earthly Star List, and Human Star List. The Heavenly Star List records the top 100 strongest individuals in the world for that year. The Earthly Star List records the top 1,000 strongest individuals under the age of 60. The Human Star List records the top 10,000 strongest individuals under the age of 30.

  "No wonder, with such power, Huilan Manor really doesn't dare to make a move." Tang Zheng confirmed the safety of Jibao Pavilion once again after hearing this.

  As long as he takes advantage of the night and is careful to cross Xijie Street, there will be no problem on his way to Jubaoge.

  With his assassin background, it shouldn't be a big problem.

  ……

  Because he was going to Wulong Town, Tang Bofu arranged another horse-drawn carriage for him and asked him to wait at the entrance of Tangjia Fort half an hour later.

  After returning from Tang Bo Yuan, Tang Zheng's energy also recovered a lot. He sat down again and easily opened the already open space channel.

  Invoke stellar power, extract imperial purple gold...

  It was originally a matter of course, but Tang Zheng was stuck with a very minor issue.

  That space channel is only as thick as a thumb.

  But one piece of purple gold was as big as a brick!

  Moreover, the purple gold was extremely heavy. Tang Zheng had used dozens of strands of star power to try and move it up and down for half a day, but he couldn't even budge one piece of purple gold, let alone move it out of the space!

  It's okay, the space channel has been opened.

  Now it's just a matter of how to get things out.

  Tang Zheng quickly sorted out the known conditions and the situation.

  "The passage is too small, can't move, all the problems are caused by this piece of purple gold being too big."

  "There are two solutions now!"

  In just a few breaths, Tang Zheng had already come up with two solutions.

  That's the on-site ability cultivated in the game copies and task levels of past lives!

  The first solution is to continue practicing.

  Just refine a few more strands of star power and expand the space channel a bit, and the problem will be solved.

  But the problem with this solution is time!

  Can he refine a few more strands of star power for the time being? And how big can he open up the space channel?

  So, Tang Zheng chose the second solution!

  Cut!

  Just find a piece of purple gold in the waist space, cut off a small piece, no matter the weight or size, it should be able to pass through the thumb-sized space channel smoothly.

  Tang Zheng concentrated his star power, like a knife, and slashed it onto the Zi Jin!

  "Uh..." He thought he would need to chop many times to cut off a small piece, but unexpectedly, the quality of Zijin was so soft that he almost cut off an entire corner with just one cut.

  However, using stellar energy to perform such delicate operations in an independent space consumes even more than blasting a channel, and cutting off this small corner almost made him exhausted.

  Tang Zheng immediately didn't dare to move his hand again, and after resting for a bit, he took out that small corner of purple gold!

  The purple gold was in his hand, and it still had a hint of warmth...

  "It's out!" Tang Zheng held the purple gold that was only the size of a thumb and had a triangular shape, his eyes almost overflowing with tears.

  It's not easy!

  He came to this strange world with no skills, equipment, materials or NPCs, nothing at all... he was really left with only money.

  It's just this little money that he has spent all his energy on cultivating star power and opening up space channels, and it took him nine cows and two tigers to get it out.

  "Alright, let's go." Tang Zheng carefully put that small piece of purple gold into his pocket.

  Although the purple gold is soft in texture, its weight is not light.

  This little bit of purple gold, about the size of a thumb, weighed at least two taels by the standards of Xingyao Continent.

  Although he didn't know if it was enough, he could only take out that much. He put on Tian Meng's jade pendant and went to the Treasure Pavilion first.

  ……

  The horse-drawn carriage from Tangjia Fortress went all the way to Wulong Town and finally stopped at East Street of Wulong Town.

  It's not that they didn't want to go to West Street, but during this special period, Tangjiabao's carriage stopping on West Street was almost equivalent to looking for trouble.

  If the people in the carriage were young talents from Tangjia Village, the coachman would not be afraid of trouble. However, since it was Master Tang who sat inside, he decided to be more cautious.

  It just so happened that Tang Zheng was going to the Treasure Pavilion, not only to appraise Tian Meng's jade pendant on the first floor, but also to take care of the identity plaque on the half floor. It would be inconvenient if someone from the Tang family followed him.

  West Street, at night, there weren't too few people, Tang Zheng blended into the crowd and didn't spend too much time before he smoothly arrived at the first floor of Jibao Hall.

  The lamp in the Treasure Pavilion was not the kind of oil lamp commonly seen in Tangjia Village, nor was it a candle, but a night pearl palace lamp!

  A row of twelve, a total of two rows, the entire Treasure Pavilion is bright and spacious, as if it were daytime.

  At this time, there weren't many people in the Treasure Pavilion, and there was no waiter inside. There was only an old man with half-closed eyes sitting behind the counter, tinkering with something that clinked and clanked.

  Tang Zheng stood by and waited for half a day.

  He was also a craftsman in his past life, and he knew that repair skills were more difficult to practice than crafting skills. Some delicate operations, if interrupted, could result in irreparable losses.

  So he kept waiting beside... waiting...

  After waiting for about half a time, the old man behind the counter finally raised his head: "Young man, you've been waiting for a long time, haven't you?"

  Tang Zheng didn't stand on ceremony either: "That's right, it's been almost half a time."

  "Heh heh, young people from Wulong Town are indeed straightforward," the old man put down what he was holding and said, "Want to buy something? I can give you a good price."

  "Oh, no," Táng Zhèng shook his head, taking out Tián Méng's jade pendant. "I came specifically to see if anyone recognizes this pendant..."

  "What's wrong with the Tian Qin family's loyal jade pendant?" The old man only took a glance and didn't even touch it.

  "Take another look?" Tang Zheng pushed the jade pendant a bit closer again.

  "Hmm?" The old man picked up the jade pendant, and as soon as he did, his fingers slid over the intricate patterns of the array, his eyebrows slowly furrowing. His hoarse voice seemed to come from another space-time, "Where did you get this thing?"

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