Chapter 391

The Myriad Treasures Tower is divided into five levels, with an overall pyramid structure.

The first level is the largest, with a width of a full 100 meters; for every level above, the width decreases by 10 meters, leaving only 60 meters of width at the top level.

Because the main body of the entire tower is built from the giant Jin Lin Wood unique to Red Wood Ridge, the exterior of the entire building glows faintly with a golden light under the illumination of firelight at night, exuding an atmosphere of grandeur and solemnity that inexplicably inspires reverence.

All five levels of the tower adopt the flying eave structure unique to Does Does Da Xia; the four corners of the roof eaves curve upward as if in flight, shaped like a bird spreading its wings, light and lively, adding a touch of softness to this grandeur and solemnity.

"Look, those cold beast statues on the eaves..."

Yue Long suddenly pointed at the eaves and spoke in surprise. Han Peng and the others followed the direction of his finger, and a look of shock instantly rose in their pupils.

It turned out that on the eaves overhead, there was a miniature cold beast statue about thirty centimeters high every ten meters. Among them were the Snow Shadow Wolf, Rock-Armored Bear, Frost-Maned Ape, and Six-Horned Demon Sheep they were familiar with... as well as species they had never seen before, such as a rabbit-shaped cold beast with sturdy hind legs, a boar-shaped cold beast covered in barbs, and a snake-shaped cold beast with a winding, coiled body...

These cold beast statues were in various poses: some were roaring with mouths agape, some were crouching quietly, and others were baring fangs and brandishing claws with hind legs braced, as if about to pounce on someone.

Not only were their forms diverse, but the craftsmanship was also incredibly exquisite. From the mane and scales on their bodies down to their eyeballs and limbs, different colored materials were used. It was clear they were replicated exactly from the original cold beasts, lifelike and exquisite to the extreme.

If it were just this, it would not have been enough to make Han Peng and the others show such shocked expressions. Does Does Da Xia's statues were indeed more exquisite than those of the Nine Towns, but for people from village-level camps like them, even if they were envious, they would not take such flashy but impractical things too much to heart.

The main thing was that the bodies of these sculptures all emitted an intoxicating silver radiance under the firelight at night. Everyone did not even need to touch them; just by looking with the naked eye, they could distinguish the material.

"Gulp..."

"These statues are each about the size of three fists, which means each one weighs nearly 500 jin, or 5,000 taels of silver?"

When Yue Long said this latter part, learning that each statue cost nearly 5,000 taels of silver to cast, let alone Han Peng and the others, even Yang Ning and Li Hu at the back of the team showed a look of shock on their faces.

5,000 taels of silver, whether for Han Peng and the 15 Cold-Resisting Realm members from village-level camps, or for Yang Ning and Li Hu from Beishuo, could absolutely be considered a large sum of money.

The key was that this was only the weight of the statue's main body. These statues were not made of silver alone; the other materials used for the eyeballs, manes, scales, and horns and claws were clearly also extraordinary.

If one were to add the craftsmanship of Does Does Da Xia's carving and casting, its value would at least increase by another 20 to 30 percent. In other words, the price of this one statue was at least 8,000 taels or more.

And such statues, calculated at one every 10 meters along the eaves, with a total of 20 eaves across the five levels of the Myriad Treasures Tower, totaled 140, with a total value of at least 1.12 million taels of silver.

And this was just something placed outside the Myriad Treasures Tower for people to look at casually!

"I have lived frugally for decades and risked my life for Jin Shan Town dozens of times, yet I have only saved 200,000 taels of silver. If it weren't for meeting a noble person six years ago and earning a bit as a secret agent for Cai Qiu, my current net worth would be at most 250,000 taels. It's actually not even enough for this Myriad Treasures Tower to decorate one level of eaves..."

As Han Peng looked up at the statues, while feeling deeply emotional inside, he also clenched his fists under his sleeves, and deep in his pupils flashed intense unwillingness.

Of course, it was not just Han Peng; the leaders of the other eight families of Yinhe Valley behind him, as well as the other Cold-Resisting Realm members, had expressions that were also complex to the extreme.

They were all of the Cold-Resisting Realm, and most had been to Jin Shan City, so their experience was definitely not low. But like Does Does Da Xia's Myriad Treasures Tower, they had truly never seen anyone so straightforwardly display over a million taels of silver outside for people to see.

"Does Does Da Xia, this is showing off their financial power to us outsiders, right?"

"Definitely. This Myriad Treasures Tower is mainly aimed at the eight major garrison towns, not people from village-level camps like us."

"If it's like this outside, how luxurious must it be inside?"

Yue Long's words immediately aroused the curiosity in everyone's hearts.

Although it was already dawn, there were quite a few people entering and leaving the entrance, and it was not just them. Everyone calmed their emotions first, then followed the people in the front row and walked toward the main gate together.

"Even the door is made of ten-thousand-forged iron, with silver engravings and edges, tsk tsk..."

The Myriad Treasures Tower is about six meters high per level. The two main doors on the first floor are about five and a half meters high, about half a meter thick, and about three and a half meters wide.

What was staggering was that the main body of the gate was made of ten-thousand-forged iron, and the surface was densely covered with silver engravings, with silver edges all around. The value of this one gate alone was equal to the entire wealth of many village-level camps.

One must know that except for experts with good backgrounds and relatively strong strength, the weapons used by the vast majority of Cold-Resisting Realm members were only made of ten-thousand-forged iron. According to the current market in the Eight Towns, excluding special types, the price of a normal ten-thousand-forged iron weapon is about 200 taels of silver.

These two gates, not counting the silver, just the ten-thousand-forged iron consumed, could probably cast thousands of ten-thousand-forged weapons. In other words, the iron material part alone was worth at least 200,000 taels of silver.

Everyone sighed endlessly in their hearts again and followed the crowd directly inside.

Unlike what they had imagined, after entering the gate, the first thing they saw was not a dazzling trade market, but a cyan wall. A long corridor extended from each side of the wall, leading to unknown places.

"Welcome everyone to the Does Does Da Xia Myriad Treasures Tower. Please follow Xiao Rou to the quiet room."

There were many young men and women in cyan clothes around the corridor. As soon as someone came in, they would immediately go up to greet them. After Han Peng's group entered the door, a young woman in her early twenties with fair skin also came up to greet them with a smile.

"I am Han Peng of Jin Yang Village. I have met Miss Xiao Rou!"

Although Zeng Rou came up with an incredibly warm smile, Han Peng's first reaction was still to bow and return the greeting somewhat cautiously.

The reason was simple: people rely on clothes, and horses rely on saddles. Like other staff members of the Myriad Treasures Tower, Zeng Rou was also wearing cyan clothes. These cyan clothes looked nothing special from a distance, but upon closer inspection, it was clear they were made of high-quality silk, and the fabric seemed to be even higher grade than the damask of Beishuo.

Furthermore, although Zeng Rou looked to be only in her early twenties, her cultivation had already reached the limit of the Earth-Digging Realm. Moreover, her skin was fair and delicate, and one could tell at a glance that she rarely went out and had not suffered from wind, cold, or frost. She spoke to the seventeen Cold-Resisting Realm members neither humbly nor arrogantly, and her temperament was exceptionally refined.

Standing in front of her, the Cold-Resisting Realm members from villages like them were instead set off to look like ordinary people with only Earth-Digging Realm cultivation.

"It seems that you are all visiting our Does Does Da Xia Myriad Treasures Tower for the first time. Han Lao, you don't need to report your background to me. Except for the eight town chambers of commerce, everyone else who enters the Myriad Treasures Tower is treated equally. We don't ask about status or assets, only about transactions. Everyone, please follow me to the quiet room to change clothes first!"

Seeing that Han Peng and the others were a bit cautious, Zeng Rou immediately knew that they were all visiting the Myriad Treasures Tower for the first time. After explaining with a smile, she led them directly toward the right corridor.

Do you have to change clothes to enter the Myriad Treasures Tower?

Han Peng and the others looked at each other, but they were too embarrassed to ask more, so they could only continue to follow behind Zeng Rou and walk toward the end of the corridor.

Walking this way, Han Peng and the others discovered that on both sides of the corridor, there was a small door every three meters. Many people like them were being led in by those cyan-clad attendants. Clearly, those small doors were the quiet rooms.

Soon, Zeng Rou led them to the door of a quiet room, pushed open the small door directly, and led Han Peng's group of seventeen people inside.

There were seats in the quiet room. Zeng Rou first invited everyone to sit down, then used a lock to open the wardrobe inside the quiet room. She took out a black robe and a red mask for each of them, turned around, and introduced them to everyone: "To ensure the privacy of all guests, the Myriad Treasures Tower has specially prepared these Breath-Restraining Black Robes and Zhu Mu Masks. You can try them on first."

Hearing this, Han Peng and the others' eyes lit up instantly. They then took the two items from Zeng Rou's hands, fiddled with them and observed them for a while, and their expressions became even more excited.

"It can isolate the movement of the human body's Qi and muscles."

"This mask is also not simple; my perception cannot penetrate it."

"Good stuff!"

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Ever since the Hong Sect Port opened in the seventh month, everyone coming here to trade was, of course, most worried about their own safety.

The eight towns at the southern foot of Mo'ao were not on good terms with each other to begin with. And since everyone was in the Cold-Resisting Realm, who hadn't risked their lives hunting and gathering in the wilderness? Who didn't have enemies in their daily lives? Even if you really didn't have any enemies, bringing so much silver and other important supplies to Hong Sect to trade—wealth moves people's hearts—it was hard to guarantee that no one would target you.

Why didn't Han Peng come by himself, but instead pulled in the other eight village-level camps of Yinhe Valley to form a caravan to Hong Sect? Wasn't it out of consideration for his own safety?

In fact, after entering Hong Sect City, whether it was him or the Cold-Resisting Realm members of the other eight families, they were always worried about this problem in their hearts.

Can safety be guaranteed during transactions?

What if I get targeted?

If I buy too many good things, will the return trip be too dangerous?

If I really buy some medicinal pills, should I use them in Hong Sect City?

…………

Unexpectedly, Does Does Da Xia had already arranged everything for them.

Han Peng held the two items in his hands, looked up excitedly, and asked, "May I ask Miss Xiao Rou, can we use these black robes and masks as we please?"

Zeng Rou smiled and shook her head, saying, "Han Lao, you are joking. These Breath-Restraining Black Robes and Zhu Mu Masks are not cheap. Naturally, they will not be provided to you for free. The price for renting them once is 2 taels of silver."

Renting once is 2 taels of silver. Hearing this price, everyone nodded slightly at first, but thinking of the flow of people they saw when they entered the door, they calculated slightly in their hearts, and looks of shock rose in their eyes instantly.

This Myriad Treasures Tower has quite a lot of people coming in and out every day!

With the effect of these black robes and masks, except for a small number of people with super strong strength or strong backgrounds who are not afraid of being targeted, everyone else will definitely rent them. Calculated this way, the Myriad Treasures Tower alone, just by collecting the rent for these two items, could make a fortune every day.

"Then Miss Xiao Rou, can we buy these black robes and Zhu Mu Masks?"

Hearing Han Peng's question, Zeng Rou's eyes lit up instantly, and she nodded hurriedly and replied, "Of course you can buy them!"

Speaking of this, she paused, looked at the clothes of Han Peng and the others, and her mood calmed down immediately. She continued, "To be honest with you guests, these Breath-Restraining Black Robes and Zhu Mu Masks are available at the Xia Clothing Workshop on the second floor. However, the price there is more expensive: the black robe is 320 taels, and the mask is 90 taels. If you buy them from me, the black robe is 300 taels, and the mask is 85 taels. You can go shopping first, and if you are interested in buying, you can come back to find me when you come out."

As Zeng Rou expected, hearing the price of the black robe and mask, Han Peng and the others' expressions stiffened. Clearly, the idea of buying them vanished by more than half instantly.

Zeng Rou was one of the first batch of staff members to come from the Xia City Camp Needs Department after the Myriad Treasures Tower was built in the eighth month. She had received at least seven or eight hundred people by now. Although with her cultivation, she could not distinguish the strength of these people, she had also developed a set of methods for judging people.