bestfiction Chapter 356 A Visit to the City of Ruins!
Chapter 356 A Visit to the City of Ruins!
A moment later, the group was taken to the city lord's mansion, where Xiao Yu quickly came out to greet them.
"Lord Xueye City Lord! I've long admired your name!"
"City Lord Xiao Yu, I have long admired your name!"
"You're too kind! Please have a seat and some tea!"
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Xiao Yu invited them to take their seats.
Then, the maidservant served Bodhi tea and popcorn snacks.
"Hmm, what is this made of? It's so fragrant, sweet and crispy! It's so delicious!" When Xue Qingcheng first came here, the little maid also served popcorn, but at that time she needed something from the girl, so the blonde girl was not in the mood and was too embarrassed to do so.
But now, after eating popcorn, his eyes instantly lit up.
The maid smiled and introduced, "Miss Xue, these things are available in the shopping street. If you like them, come and have a good look around our shopping street later."
"Okay, I understand." Xue Qingcheng nodded gently and made a mental note of it.
"I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Lord Xiao Yu!" On the other side, Lord Xueye could only smile apologetically at Xiao Yu when he saw his daughter looking like a glutton.
But he could understand it.
The daughter should have been an angel in the heavens, but she fell to earth.
He wanted to give his daughter the best of everything.
But... due to my limited abilities, my daughter has been confined to the City of Ruins for more than ten years.
"It's alright, it's good for girls to be lively." Xiao Yu waved his hand dismissively and asked with a smile, "I wonder if there's anything else that Lord Xueye has to do with his presence in my Dragon City?"
prior to.
Contact with Sotun and Xue Donglai was merely a private transaction between a few individuals.
The Earth Dragon Turtle arrived at the City of Ruins and met the city lord, Xueye, before their meeting was considered official.
However, Xiao Yu was used to being lazy and casual, and did not like such overly formal occasions.
Let's get straight to the point and end the meeting as soon as possible.
"Haha... Lord Xiao Yu is a very straightforward person. Actually, it's nothing."
Lord Xueye was quite pleased with Xiao Yu's straightforwardness. He laughed heartily and said, "Lord Longcheng generously helped me recover to my former state and resolved the crisis in the City of Ruins. Therefore, I came here specifically to visit Lord Xiao Yu and express my gratitude in person."
The city lord of Xueye City adopted a very humble attitude.
He did not feel superior just because he was a ninth-level expert.
As the lord of a major city, it would be beneath his dignity to take the initiative to visit them.
Xiao Yu smiled modestly and waved his hand again: "It's all just business, nothing to brag about."
The fact that the other party was so powerful yet had no airs made him think more highly of them.
Isn't this a hundred times better than that cheap old man?
"Lord Xiao Yu is too modest, it's only right!" Lord Xue Ye said, smiling and cupping his hands in greeting, then continued, "Besides, I also want to see with my own eyes the paradise this brat is talking about."
Previously, when Xue Donglai returned to the City of Ruins, he talked a lot about Dragon City.
Not only Xue Qingcheng was very interested.
The city lord was also very curious about the snowy night.
"Oh? How did it feel?" Xiao Yu looked at Lord Xueye City curiously and asked, "Does Lord Xueye have any opinions? If there's anything I did wrong, please point it out."
He also wanted to know the city lord's opinion of Dragon City.
"no no!"
The City Lord of Snow Night shook his head and waved his hands repeatedly, speaking in a rather serious tone.
"Dragon City is already very good! Really! Or rather, it far exceeds my imagination! To be honest, the lifestyle of ordinary people in Dragon City is better than that of me, the lord of the city of ruins."
This is no exaggeration at all; even Xueye felt a little envious of those ordinary people.
"Not at all," Xiao Yu said modestly, shaking his head again, though with a hint of pride.
Originally, he thought that Xueye, as the city lord of the ruins city, could offer some advice.
Let's see where Longcheng still needs improvement.
Now it seems that his Dragon City has far exceeded his expectations.
"Speaking of which, there's something else I need to say."
After exchanging pleasantries, City Lord Xueye spoke again, "City Lord Xiao Yu has done a great favor for my City of Ruins, and I would like to invite you to my City Lord's Mansion. Although my City Lord's Mansion is not even as nice as the houses where ordinary people in Dragon City live, this is, after all, the City of Ruins."
"Furthermore, I've heard that City Lord Xiao Yu is interested in formations. I'll introduce you to that formation master, and then..."
"can."
Xiao Yu thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
He had a few things to do when he came to the city of ruins.
We still need to discuss these matters with Lord Xueye.
Since the other party has invited me to visit, it would be unreasonable not to go.
"In that case, I will wait for City Lord Xiao Yu in the City of Ruins tonight!"
"no problem!"
After exchanging pleasantries for a while, the two sides...
The group then left the inner city.
Led by Xue Donglai, the group went to the commercial street.
Before leaving, Lord Xueye made a special inquiry about the Dragon City Academy and even sat in on a part of the proceedings.
Xue Donglai never expected this.
In less than a month, the number of students at Longcheng Academy had reached several hundred.
Even orc children have been lured away in large numbers.
Both Lord Xueye and Xue Qingcheng's eyes lit up.
"Are you going to the shopping street?" As you left the inner city, Chenlong, who was guarding the city, reminded you, "If you're going to go shopping, I suggest you exchange some dragon coins first, it will make trading more convenient."
"Dragon coins? What are those?" The group was completely bewildered.
Only Xueye was pondering what kind of good thing Xiao Yu had come up with this time.
"Here, this is it."
Chenlong took out two dragon coins from his pocket and handed them to Lord Xueye City. "Now, we use these for small transactions in Dragon City. They're convenient and fast. Of course, for transactions worth millions, it's more direct to use energy stones."
Upon examining the dragon coin in the snowy night, he discovered that its material was exactly the same as the bracelet on his right hand.
The two dragon coins are printed with "1 Yuan" and "1 Yuan" respectively.
Xueye had a rough idea of what was going on, but he wasn't quite sure yet.
"Thank you!" Xueye nodded and handed the two dragon coins back to Chenlong.
Then, following Chenlong's instructions, the group went straight back to the entrance of the commercial street.
There is a newly built bungalow here, which is a place specifically for exchanging energy stones.
On the roof of the small 20-square-meter house, a level 6 phoenix-tailed pheasant perched as a guard.
"Father, let me do it." Xue Qingcheng volunteered to take the animal skin bag and ran to the exchange window.
This exchange window was specially made by Xiao Yu, and it's similar to the bank counter in his previous life.
The four walls are made of black iron, and an iron door allows staff to enter and exit.
A large iron window with a human head and bars was used for currency exchange.
Even if someone tries to break into the exchange point and steal the energy stones inside, it will instantly trigger an alarm, and the police superintendent and city defense troops will arrive immediately to arrest the robber.
If they can't handle it, Xiao Yu and the Crystal Beast will teleport over directly.
"Here you go." The blonde girl dumped a leather bag into the hole in the window, and it clattered and filled with colorful energy stones.
"Okay, please wait a moment!" The staff member finished counting in the shortest amount of time.
It's confirmed, it's 100,000 energy stones.
Then, the staff member asked with a smile, "Where are you going to shop?"
Xue Qingcheng casually replied, "We're going to the shopping street to buy some food."
The staff member smiled and nodded, suggesting, "We have seven denominations of currency here: [10,000 yuan], [1000 yuan], [100 yuan]... I suggest you exchange nine 10,000 yuan notes, five 1000 yuan notes, and the rest into 100 yuan notes."
As he spoke, he showed everyone the different denominations of currency and taught them how to use them.
"Um... is there a specific way to do this? Why do we have to exchange it this way?" Xue Qingcheng tilted her head, her beautiful eyes wide as she looked at the staff member.
She understood: a dragon coin worth 10,000 yuan represents 10,000 energy stones.
A 10 energy stone is quite large, but ten 10 Yuanlong coins can be held in one hand.
With these Dragon Coins, transactions become incredibly convenient and fast.
But she didn't quite understand why the staff was asking her to exchange it this way.
"That's how it is." The staff member, a young man, saw the blonde girl's expression and his heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly explained:
"If you want to buy corn, it's best to use 100-yuan notes. It's more convenient and faster that way. Otherwise, if you try to buy corn with 1-yuan notes, the shopkeeper will have to spend a long time just making change, and you'll have to wait a long time..."
By the way, here's a map of the shopping street and a consumer guide; these are complimentary.
As the staff member spoke, they handed a beautifully designed paper map to the blonde girl.
"Oh, I think I understand now." The blonde girl glanced at the crystal coin handed to her by the staff, nodded in realization, and took the shopping street map to look at it.