Chapter 89 - 77: Entering the Luo River, Witnessing the Great World Conflict
In the month of August in Luodu, the market opened at midday, drawing people from all over the world and gathering commodities from every corner to trade and then disperse, each obtaining what they sought.
The market was divided into thirteen categories, including mountains of herbal ingredients and treasures, tea market, horse market, vegetable market, rice market, and the like, which were common marketplaces. Additionally, there were markets that opened seasonally.
In March, the silk market; in April, the brocade market; in May, the fan market; in June, the fragrance market; in July, the seven treasures market; in August, the cassia market; in September, the herbal market.
The prosperity of Luodu lay in the fact that, year-round, eight of the thirteen markets were open. If there was no merchandise delivered from one place, naturally, merchants from other areas would bring their goods to sell, and there were always substitutes available if needed.
Gu Wen and his companions walked through the herbal market, their eyes dazzled by all kinds of exotic treasures. Gu Wen purchased anything that possessed spiritual qualities. By the end of their trip, he had spent over a hundred silver taels, although he had only stolen three hundred from the official ship.
Silver was indeed valuable, but Gu Wen had stayed at Dragon Bridge for so long that his threshold was quite high.
However, the herbs he bought were not very good, as consuming all of them would not even yield a year’s worth of Heavenly Marrow. According to Ao Tang, they were all auxiliary herbs, unable to serve as the main ingredients in alchemy, but still better than none as they saved them the trouble of searching themselves.
Suddenly, a surge of mana fluctuated, making Gu Wen’s ears twitch as if he knew beforehand, and he looked toward the eaves to the southeast. There stood a three-story tavern, which stood out like a crane among chickens in the whole capital.
Immediately following, two figures soared into the sky, stepping on the silk tassels hanging from the eaves, standing on opposite ends of the roof just like characters from a martial arts novel—one wielding a sword, the other a spear.
This instantly caused countless people below to exclaim in surprise and gather around to watch.