After Chen Ru left, Yang Zhen's investigation continued.
After visiting a few more places, he discovered a problem. With Liang Xingling by his side, the shopkeeper would either answer him cautiously, downgrading the price of the goods, or hesitate and think for a long time before answering the question.
As a last resort, he had to ask Liang Xingling to leave.
"Manager Xiaoliang, you have been working hard today because you have been traveling all the way. Go back and rest. I will take a walk by myself."
Of course Liang Xingling disagreed, but he didn't dare to object openly. He just followed behind and refused to leave.
When Yang Zhen saw this, she simply scolded her with a straight face, and the woman finally stomped away.
Without the Liang family present, he entered the store, bought something, and then chatted with the shopkeeper for a long time, asking about the business status of the store, where the owner was from, how long he had been working here, etc. Although you may not always get the answer, the situation you ask is much more real than before.
Gradually, his brows became tighter and tighter.
There are about thirty shops in Liangjia Town, half of which are owned by the Liang family. If other stores do not have a certain backstage and conflict with the Liang family's business scope, the results will often not be very good.
The way the Liang family eats is very ugly.
"There used to be an elixir shop opposite. The elixirs were of good quality and reasonably priced. Later, someone in the town said that after buying his life-extending elixirs, not only did they not extend their lifespan, but they also died. So the shop lost a large amount of spiritual stones. , closed the door and left."
"What's even worse is Dongtou. There was a weapon-refining workshop there last year. The owner of the workshop was a casual cultivator from other places. He was not only good at repairing magic weapons, but the flying swords he made were also very popular among the casual cultivators who came to the mountains. As a result, last year, In the winter, the water ran out of the shop, but the shop owner was so drunk that night that the whole family was burned to death, what a tragedy!"
"This..." Yang Zhen's eyes widened when she heard this: "Someone did this on purpose?"
"Hehe." The narrator sneered without explaining.
This is a shop that specializes in purchasing spiritual herbs, and business is usually very light. The shopkeeper was a very talkative and strong man, and he took Yang Zhen to chat for a long time.
"You are also a casual cultivator, how are you doing well here?" Yang Zhen asked.
"Fortunately," the strong man said proudly, "I know the people from the Alchemy Academy. These spiritual herbs are collected for the Alchemy Academy and sent to the city every once in a while."
"The Liang family wanted to drive me away before, but I was warned once by the Alchemy Institute. I'm much more honest now, haha!"
Yang Zhen also laughed a few times, but her heart was heavy.
When he walked out of the store, he saw the woman Liang Xingling back again, with another person standing next to her.
Yang Zhen cupped her hands towards the man: "Third Elder."
Liang Daojun smiled brightly and returned the greeting: "Master Yang, my niece has been used to being arrogant since she was a child. If I offended you in any way just now, please forgive me! Haha!"
"No. I just want to walk around casually, and I don't dare bother Miss Fourth to accompany me." Yang Zhen said politely.
"Master Yang is such a talented person, how can he not be accompanied by a beautiful woman?" Liang Daojun joked.
"Don't dare, don't dare." Yang Zhen just declined.
In Heiwo Township, Hei Tuyue's company did not disgust him, but provided him with many conveniences. But here, after learning some of what the Liang family had done, Yang Zhen really didn't want to go with them.
However, no matter how much he refused, Liang Daojun refused to leave. When he strolled to a shop selling talismans, the third elder and Liang Xingling followed him in.
"Is the third elder trying to spy on our master?" Yang Zhen was slightly angry.
"Where, where," Liang Daojun said, "What a coincidence, I have nothing to do today and want to take a walk in Fangshi, haha!"
Yang Zhen looked coldly, ignored him, and looked at the shop in front of her.
The shop is not big, just a one-story bungalow, and it looks deserted. There is only one boss. He is an old man whose age cannot be discerned. His cultivation level is at the seventh level of Qi training, and his clothes are quite shabby.
The old man saw Liang Daojun at a glance and said in a trembling voice: "Three, third master."
Liang Daojun hummed, his face hesitant.
The old man became even more nervous and said tremblingly: "Third Master, didn't you say, grace, grace for three days? Why today..."
"Shut up!" Liang Daojun shouted loudly.
The old man immediately became frightened and did not dare to do it again.
Suspicion suddenly arose in Yang Zhen's heart.
"Old man, do you have any water-attribute talismans? Let's take a look." He greeted.
Only then did the old man notice Yang Zhen and was surprised to find that the young man was very impressive and that the third master of the Liang family was following him like a follower.
He took out a pile of talisman papers and placed them on the table.
Yang Zhen took out one, touched it gently, and input a little spiritual energy to sense it, and her eyes lit up.
Because this place is close to the territory of monster beasts, the talisman papers sold are just habitually called talisman papers. They are actually the tanned skins of various monster beasts.
The talisman paper made of this kind of animal skin is generally more capable of carrying and transmitting spiritual energy than ordinary talisman paper. Moreover, because of the different attributes of various monsters, talismans with different attributes can be refined, and the talismans drawn with them are often of a higher grade.
Most of Zixue's top-grade second-level water-based talismans use this type of talisman paper.
Each piece of talisman paper the old man took out was light and soft, but did not damage the original toughness of the animal skin at all. The technique was very superb.
"Old man, did you tan these talismans yourself?" Yang Zhen asked.
"Yes, this old man only has this bit of craftsmanship, and he has managed to survive until now." The old man laughed at himself.
"I want these second-level talisman papers." Yang Zhen picked out four of them.
In the past two years, he and Zhao Yue'er have received a lot of talismans from Zixue. In return, he also buys some water talismans from the market and gives them to each other.
He was greatly satisfied. These four second-level talisman papers are of good quality. In Zixue's hands, almost the same number of second-level top-quality water talismans can be made.
"Chenghui one hundred and twenty spiritual stones, thirty each." The old man said.
This price is more than double that of ordinary second-level talisman paper. However, if all four of these four sheets are drawn with second-level top-quality talismans, the price of each one will be more than a thousand spirit stones. In comparison, it is actually very cheap.
Yang Zhen quickly counted out the spiritual stones to him, and the old man took them away.
"What's your surname, old man? Where are you from?" he asked casually.
"The humble surname is Qi, from Liuxian County in Yunzhou." The old man replied while secretly glancing at Liang Daojun. Seeing that the other party had no expression on his face, he felt uneasy.
"Yunzhou? Haha, fellow countryman, I am from Shuyang County, Yunzhou. Do you know this place?" Yang Zhen laughed.
"Juyang County, I know." The old man agreed and looked at Liang Daojun unconsciously.
Yang Zhen noticed his actions, pretended not to know, and continued to ask:
"Are you the only one in this store?"
"Ah, yes, one person, one person."
"Where is your family? Aren't they with you?"
"This..." Old Man Qi hesitated, not knowing how to get back.
"Why, don't you have any family?" Yang Zhen said with a hint of contempt in her tone.
"Yes! I have a son!" The old man's eyes turned red and he shouted loudly.
"Where?"
"In..." The old man suddenly covered his face and started to cry.
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