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"You guys are really out of touch with the news. I heard that an old man in the city is sick and needs this herb as a medicine. If we go to sell it now, it will definitely be sold out in no time, and we'll buy it at a high price."
"really?"
"Of course, I heard the news when I came to town a few days ago."
"Why didn't you tell us earlier so we could pick more of these herbs."
"You're overthinking it. The dried herbs we carried weigh several hundred kilograms. Even if those old men are in need of herbs, they can't buy more. We just need to carry them and sell them honestly. If we can sell them at a high price, then sell them at a high price. After they've bought them at the high price, we can just sell them at the original price."
"makes sense."
……
Yang Yu thought carefully. He recognized the medicinal herbs these people were carrying. They were the ingredients for a tranquilizing pill. He didn't know how many of these pills he had in his storage ring.
When I go to the city, I can get to know this old man after understanding the situation.
The guards at the city gate were wearing cloth armor and holding spears in their hands. They simply questioned the people carrying the medicinal herbs. When they saw that the clothes on Yang Yu and Wu Bai were completely different from those of the villagers in coarse linen clothes, they let them go without even asking any questions.
141 Blue Sky City
Entering the city, you will see neatly laid stone bricks on the ground. The streets are not wide, but the noise from the people coming and going makes the city very lively. There are various shops on both sides of the street, and some owners are sitting at their doorsteps waiting for customers.
The street vendors were wearing coarse linen clothes and hawking their wares, including jewelry, earrings, pancakes and buns. Occasionally someone would stop and buy one or two.
Young men and women dressed in luxurious clothes, followed by servants, were fanning themselves on the roadside and staying for a long time in the jewelry shops of street vendors.
Yang Yu and Wu Bai walked into the street. Their exquisite and luxurious clothes immediately attracted the attention of passers-by. People whose clothes were a little worn out immediately made way and dared not approach Yang Yu and Wu Bai.
The villagers who came in before Yang Yu and Wu Bai quickly found an open space on the street and placed their herbs on the floor tiles.
Before he started to hawk, a man in a green coat came up to him, carefully observed the villagers' herbs, squinted at the simple villagers, and asked, "How much?"
"Not much, two taels of silver per pound."
The villager raised two fingers.
“This price wasn’t there in the past.”
"When it rained a while ago, picking was too difficult. My brother was injured and spent a lot of money on medicine for injuries. We are all from the village, so these costs must be taken into account."
"How about this, I'll pack up everything you have here, and then you carry it back to my house. Everything in this brocade bag is yours. These herbs should still be in season these days, so dry them all and send them to my house."
The man in the green coat didn't want to bargain too much, so he threw out a brocade bag. Several villagers took it and opened it. They immediately showed joy on their faces and nodded hurriedly.
The villager put on his backpack and followed the man in the green coat.
Yang Yu took a few glances and took Wu Bai into an inn that looked quite luxurious.
The waiter came up to greet them enthusiastically, "My two guests, are you here to eat or stay?"
"One of the best guest rooms, some wine and food, and by the way, tell me what has happened in the city recently."
Yang Yu threw out a silver ingot.
The waiter held the silver, a full four or five taels, which immediately made him smile. He ordered his men beside him to prepare the best food and wine and arrange the best guest rooms. Then he guided Yang Yu and Wu Bai to sit in the best seats in the store and poured them two pots of hot tea.
"Master, Miss, you have asked the right person. There is nothing in this great city of Qingtian that I don't know."
"Let me tell you something. I'm from out of town."
Yang Yu tasted the tea elegantly. Although it was far inferior to those teas with abundant spiritual energy, it tasted quite good among ordinary teas.
When the waiter heard this, his expression became even more respectful. The Qingtian city was the only city nearby, and the nearest city was at least three hundred miles away. Even if an ordinary mortal had a caravan, it would be impossible for him to travel 300 miles in one day.
These two people must be immortal monks, or they have immortal monks as guards.
"I don't know what the master and the young lady want to hear. There have been a lot of things happening in the city recently. The eldest master is sick and needs special medicine to treat him. The position of the city lord is vacant, and countless forces want this position and various fights have broken out in private."
"Tell me about the masters in the city."
"okay."
The waiter understood what I meant and took out a map from behind the counter and placed it on the table.
"Master, this Qingtian City is neither big nor small. It is managed by the city lord and three masters. The eldest master's surname is Chen. He lives in the center of the city. There are several immortals and monks in his mansion, and there is even a legendary immortal. However, no one has ever seen this immortal. And I heard that the eldest master was sick recently, which is related to this legendary immortal."
"The second and third masters are brothers, both with the surname He. They live at the east gate of the city. There are also immortals and monks in their mansions. They don't have a good relationship with the first master and don't like each other, but they usually don't offend each other."
"The city lord suddenly died of illness a month ago. No one knows how he died. We haven't even seen the city lord's body. It's as if he was assassinated."
The waiter spoke in a very low voice, fearing that others would hear him. He paid attention to the people around him and made sure that no one was eavesdropping before he continued, "Recently, the new city lord has been selected. The eldest master is not interested in this matter, but the second and third masters are very active. People are privately saying that the second and third masters may have teamed up to kill the city lord. Now the eldest master's illness may be inseparable from these two masters."
"Oh."
Yang Yu's face was calm, and he continued to sip his tea.
"Master, this information is just superficial. It is mainly to let you know the situation in the city. The news I am going to tell you next is very explosive."
The waiter was confident, as if all the following information would lead to Yang Yu.
"Go ahead."
"I wonder if the master has ever seen the true face of the ghosts in the night?"
"Oh?"
Yang Yu stopped what he was doing and tilted his head to look at the waiter.
Seeing this, the waiter observed the surroundings vigilantly, pretended to wipe the table, took out a blueprint from his arms, and handed it to Yang Yu carefully, "Master, you have to be careful, the original of this thing was stolen from the master's house by my brother, and I secretly copied it. You must open it in the room, not outside."
"it is good."
Yang Yu took the drawing. The paper was very thin and had ink visible on it, as if it had just been copied.
"Master, this thing is said to be the true appearance of the immortal in the master's house. You must keep it a secret for me."
The waiter's expression changed slightly, and he wiped the table a few more times before returning to normal. He spoke in a very low voice,
"I heard from my brother that the Qingtian City will definitely experience a huge change in the future. The second and third masters are planning something. The eldest master seems to know about it, but he has not done anything. It is also said that the city lord is not dead. Everything is an act just to trick the second and third masters. These things are related to the mysterious immortal in the eldest master's mansion. The blueprint just given to grandpa is the key."
The waiter finished speaking, but there was no change in Yang Yu's expression, which made the waiter feel a little nervous.
"Do you know what level the immortal monks in the city are at?" Yang Yu spoke slowly.
"Master, you have asked the right person. I am the only one who may know this. When I was a child, I met an injured immortal cultivator outside the city. My family rescued him and I got a secret book from him. Unfortunately, I was stupid and could not understand the words on it. In the end, the secret book was lost and I only understood some ways to distinguish immortal cultivators. Today, I have seen all the immortal cultivators in the big city. They are probably all at the foundation-building stage."
As the waiter left, the rich dishes were served.
"Master, he speaks the truth, and the food is delicious."
Wubai grabbed a duck leg, took a bite, and said considerately.
"It means we came at the right time."
Yang Yu smiled slightly.
He had already taken out the map of the key and looked at it.
The location of the key is also quite fateful, it is this great city of Qingtian.
Intermission 1
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142 bundled xp
Late at night, the bed in the inn kept shaking.
……
The slim-fitting short skirt was misty white, and her well-proportioned long legs were barefoot, with only the panties woven with thin ropes faintly visible at the end. The naughty big white fox cut the hem of the skirt, creating a slit in the cheongsam, which went all the way to the side above the waist, just covering the area just above the base of the thighs.
A pair of beautiful legs without any decoration were exposed in the chill of the night. Wu Bai covered her mouth with her hands and smiled sweetly. The thin rope swaying slowly as she walked vaguely hinted to Yang Yu the infinite spring scenery hidden under the cloth, which made his blood boil.
Her white high heels stepped on the ground, and her plump buttocks swayed, twisting sexily with her light steps.
"Where did you get those clothes, you fox?"
Yang Yu squinted his eyes, enjoying the enchanting dance of the fox in front of him.
"Meimei found this. She said the master likes this kind of covering up, but not revealing all the things. Only when I dress like this can I be the most tempting to the master."
The misty white jade hand fell lightly, and the skirt was spinning as enchantingly as a lotus, with an outstanding posture and enchanting beauty.
"That girl..."
Yang Yu rubbed his forehead in admiration, not because of pain, but because of admiration.
In this regard, Luo Mei is truly a unique teacher throughout the ages. Which little girl can learn to this extent without any teacher?
"Then...Master?"
Wu Bai moved forward, raised her tall and round thighs, and pressed them on Yang Yu's shoulders. Her two beautiful legs were split 180 degrees, and the small strip of cloth on the thin rope was already shaking.
"Slut fox, get on the bed!"
Yang Yu was full of energy and he went into bed holding Wu Bai in his arms.
The flowers were already too wet to bear.
…………
The next day.
Yang Yu took Wu Bai out and wandered around the doors of the three masters the waiter mentioned yesterday. Although there were still 13 seals in his body and his strength was only at the fifth level of Qi training, Yang Yu was still more accurate in judging the unconcealed aura than the big fox beside him.
Yang Yu also toured the entire Qingtian city and sensed it carefully. He found that in the entire Qingtian city, only the first master, the second master, and the third master had cultivators in their families. All the others were ordinary people and had no talent for cultivation. They were mediocre.
This surprised Yang Yu a little.
It stands to reason that such a big city should have several people who can practice cultivation, regardless of talent. But in fact, among all the people he met in Qingtian City today, not a single one had the talent for cultivation.
When something strange happens, there must be something wrong.
It didn't look like anyone had died in the City Lord's Mansion. At least the mourning on the surface was fake. None of the people in mourning were sincere, and there was a faint fluctuation of the early stage of foundation building coming from inside.
The illness in the eldest master's family might be real. Yang Yu could feel the familiar fluctuations of alchemy outside the mansion, but the success rate was very low, with only one success in ten furnaces.
Return to the inn.
Yang Yu drew a map.