1479: Chapter 1472: Deep Understanding 1479: Chapter 1472: Deep Understanding “I think we should take the opportunity to go on the streets and inquire about things.
I always feel that our understanding of the Ghost Race is too limited, hence our inability to make judgnts,” Cheng Ziang pondered.
“Both of us?” Baiyue pointed at herself and Cheng Ziang inquiringly.
“Yes,” Cheng Ziang nodded, turned his head to glance at Feng, was about to speak, but saw her looking aggrieved, thus he helplessly smiled and said, “Never mind, Zisu is safe in the city anyway, let’s all three of us act together tomorrow.”
“Hopefully, it won’t rain tomorrow.” Baiyue said, turning her head to glance at the door, where once again a downpour was raging outside, as if it was never-ending.
The next day, as soon as they got up, soone brought in food.
Zisu had already disappeared, probably off to consult with the elders again.
Cheng Ziang glanced outside the window, and thanks to possibly Baiyue’s blessing, the outside was bathed in sunlight.
Wujing Yv had finally welcod a rare sunny day, even the air felt fresher and much drier.
The three of them hurriedly ate their al and were eager to hit the streets.
This outing was mainly to assist Baiyue in a detailed cultural and geographical survey of Wujing Yv, to fully understand the Ghost Race among other ethnic groups.
While the overall living atmosphere of Wujing Yv still resembled that of a village, it was indeed more advanced than a village.
The large city had generated a vast consur population, so comrcial activity within it was quite developed, with street vendors and small shops visible everywhere.
The currency on Aximiya Island primarily consisted of silver and copper coins, mostly produced in Kyushu, as the island itself hardly had any mints.
rchants and travelers from the Continent would use silver and copper coins to buy handicrafts of the Ghost Race people, then transport them back to the Continent to sell for a profit.
The Ghost Race people were also happy to accept these coins, not boycotting Kyushu’s currency despite their animosity with Kyushu people.
Walking along the street, although mostly populated by the short-statured Ghost Race people, one could also see foreigners.
Among them, the Shanyue people were the most nurous as, historically, Fengyu had no grievances with the Ghost Race.
Initially, the main invaders of Aximiya Island were the people of Kyushu, with the Shanyue people being unwillingly dragged into the war, sothing the Ghost Race people were very clear about.
These foreigners observed the cultural traditions of the Ghost Race scrupulously, interacting with Ghost Race people almost entirely in the Ghost Race language, and hardly any Ghost Race was seen speaking the languages of the foreigners.
These foreigners were mostly much taller than the Ghost Race people, making them very conspicuous on the streets, even if they all wore masks, their height was a dead giveaway of their identities.
Occasionally, so extrely tall foreigners passed by, their proud height made the surrounding Ghost Race people involuntarily look up, feeling the oppressiveness of their stature, akin to facing the Faceless.
However, they wouldn’t mistake these foreigners for the Faceless.
Because the Faceless had a very distinct characteristic: they definitely did not wear masks.
Not only did they abstain from wearing them, but they also did not make them.
So, no matter how tall soone was, as long as they wore a mask, their identity was pretty much confird, and there was no worry about the Faceless mingling among them.
Cheng Ziang was originally worried about how to communicate with the Ghost Race people, but seeing these foreigners, he suddenly had an idea that perhaps using these individuals as a starting point to understand the Ghost Race could be effective.
“Let’s find out if there’s a tavern nearby, we can go check it out,” Cheng Ziang said, looking around.
“Why do you want to go to a tavern?” Baiyue asked warily.
“Don’t you get it?
Taverns are places frequented by Nine Streams, and they provide the best opportunity for gathering intelligence.
Haven’t you forgotten how we used to get information back in the Western Continent?” Cheng Ziang responded with exasperation.
“Do they do this in the East Continent too?” Baiyue pondered for a mont, her curiosity piqued.
“Wherever there are people, there will be public places of consumption, possibly a tavern, or maybe a theater.
After all, people need to enjoy themselves,” Cheng Ziang explained with a gesture of his hands.
“Then you go investigate.
Feng and I will go to collect so local atmosphere, and when it’s almost ti, we’ll co find you,” Baiyue said, clutching her notebook.
“Collect what?” Cheng Ziang unexpectedly blurted out.
Hearing his words, Baiyue was first stunned and then gently kicked him, reproachfully saying, “Don’t play around with puns anymore, you guys finish up first and then find us, we will be around here.”
“Okay, just be careful on your own and avoid trouble, after all, you don’t understand the Ghost Race language.” Cheng Ziang nodded, then parted ways with the two.
After leaving them, he wandered around the streets and finally found a place that seed like a pub.
Upon entering, it indeed turned out to be a pub.
The Ghost Race people were deeply influenced by the Kyushu civilization, so although the pub was a classical-style stone building, its interior decoration and layout were very similar to those of the pubs in the West Outer Heaven of Kyushu.
It can only be said that when Kyushu invaded places in the East Continent, they also injected their cultural genes into these remote and barbaric lands.
From this perspective, the Kyushu civilization indeed objectively promoted the common progress of the East Continent civilization.
Of course, this does not offset the cris of the Kyushu civilization’s annexation and slaughter of surrounding weaker civilizations.
From the owner to the servants, the pub mainly employed mbers of the Ghost Race.
The majority of the patrons were foreigners, with a few locals as well.
After entering the pub, these foreigners seed quite relaxed.
They took off their masks and set them on the table, then openly started drinking and chatting with their companions.
The Ghost Race people still acted as if they were at ho, keeping their masks lifted and silently eating with their heads down.
Once Cheng Ziang entered the pub, a waiter greeted him and kindly asked in the Ghost Race language, “Would the guest like a drink?”
Cheng Ziang looked around and then spoke in Kyushu language, testing, “Do you speak Kyushu language?”
Hearing his words, the Ghost Race waiter was first stunned, then stuttered a bit, “Yes, yes, a little…”
“Forget it, I can speak the Ghost Race language.
Just find a seat,” Cheng Ziang waved his hand dismissively.
As he spoke, he subconsciously touched his pocket, which still contained a dozen silver coins—enough for his expenses at the pub.
“Ah, right this way, please,” the enthusiastic Ghost Race waiter led him to a table.
Shortly after, a Ghost Race woman wearing a beast mask ca forward proactively, asking with warm enthusiasm, “What would the guest like to eat?”
“Get so liquor, whichever is the best here,” Cheng Ziang said while laying out three silver coins on the table.
“Ah, right, right, ensuring the guest’s satisfaction,” the Ghost Race woman said with a joyful smile, respectfully taking the money as she spoke.
She was so pleased because the value of the three silver coins was indeed significant.
Unlike the Western Continent, where gold coins are the common currency and gold is everywhere,
the East Continent had a more normal situation where silver and copper coins are the main currencies, although gold can also be used as currency, it is mostly considered a precious tal.
Cheng Ziang looked around and noted that the staff serving custors in the store were mostly Ghost Race won, responsible for serving dishes and wiping tables—even cooking was done by them.
Like the waiter who had welcod him, he was the only male in the entire establishnt.
Clearly, the Ghost Race also adopted the Kyushu social consensus of gender equality, although there were still so differences.
The reason for gender equality in Kyushu is that cultivation levels are not distinguished by gender.
As for the Ghost Race, he was not sure, as Cheng Ziang did not see many Cultivators in Wujing Yv, aning the Ghost Race’s cultivation system was controlled and not as widespread as in Kyushu.
Before long, the Ghost Race woman brought over a jug of liquor and clay bowls.
Here, drinking was done by pouring liquor into large bowls, a thod which the foreigners also seed to enjoy, often drinking it all in one go.
Cheng Ziang waved the Ghost Race woman away, then poured himself a bowl of liquor, moved his mask, and took a sip.
In terms of taste, this seed to be a sweet liquor, with the sweetness masking the intrinsic bitterness of the alcohol.
This liquor was smooth on the throat, feeling like swallowing a mouthful of oil, with the entire mouth and throat completely coated by the alcohol.
Carefully savoring it, Cheng Ziang noticed that the liquor’s alcohol content was actually not low; neglecting its potency due to the taste could easily lead to one falling unconscious later.
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