After leaving the inn and walking two streets, Zhong Yan soared into the sky with his sword.
As far as the eye can see, there are lights everywhere, like stars in the sky.
The city that never sleeps is the fairy city Jingcheng.
There is no closing time, no midnight.
In order to facilitate the monks who were eager to enter the city after returning from the Mangdang Mountain expedition, the city gates were not even closed at night, and only more guards and patrols were added.
Compared to the day, the fairy city is more lively at night, and there are more rainbows of various colors passing through the sky.
Just like professional men and women in previous metropolitan cities carousing after get off work, many monks returning from adventures enjoy themselves in the evening.
Brothels, wine shops, restaurants, markets, animal farms... there was a feast of feasting and entertainment, and people stayed up all night long.
Zhong Yan followed the route in his mind, flew for more than half an hour, landed on the ground, and walked towards a shop in front of him - Wuyan Tongxing.
The store is not big, more than 30 square meters, and you can see it all at a glance.
On the left side of the door is a curved wooden counter, connected to a row of glass containers. The walls on both sides are inlaid with storage compartments of different sizes, filled with various monk supplies.
There is a door on the innermost left, which should be the gateway to the backyard resting residence.
"The shopkeeper's!"
Zhong Yan entered and knocked on the table.
A handsome man with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes appeared at the door of the inner room. He looked at each other and said expressionlessly: "What do you want?"
Zhong Yan pointed to a glass bucket with a funnel standing on the table and asked, "How do I change these prayer beads?"
"One for one hundred and three."
"I saw there was one hundred and four elsewhere."
"Then you go somewhere else."
"What an attitude, no wonder your business is not doing well!"
The shopkeeper didn't hold back, and showed a bright smile. He strode over, closed the store door, turned around and gave Zhong Yan a bear hug: "Brother!"
Zhong Yan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Be gentle, my body cannot withstand what you do."
After the separation of Qingyang City, the other party successfully built the foundation. In the past few years, his level has steadily improved, reaching the fourth level of foundation building.
Huo Donglai let go, his eyes were a little red, and he pulled his brother and turned around and went inside, "Brother, let's talk inside!"
Zhong Yan frowned and took a deep look at his back.
After passing through the small gate, there is a small courtyard slightly larger than the outside.
The body of a three-eyed green wind wolf lay on the ground, and there were jade porcelain bottles and animal skins on the stone table next to it. It was obvious that Huo Donglai had just been dismantling the corpse of the monster.
After waving his hands to clean up, Huo Donglai placed spiritual wine and dishes on the table and introduced them.
"The one on the left is the storage room, and the one on the right is the training room. A member of the Shi family is helping here. I asked him to go back first... Brother, sit down, let's have a good drink tonight!"
Zhong Yan looked around, sat forward, tilted his head and asked, "Why didn't you open the store to Fangshi?"
"The rent in Fangshi is high. There are eighteen Fangshi streets in Jingcheng. There are hundreds of shops in each category. Although the customer flow is large, but when divided, the unknown shops do not have many customers. Wufeng also has an elixir shop in Jiu. Haofang City Street…”
The two had a drink, and Huo Donglai continued: "I am mainly engaged in the repeat customer business, and now I have also accumulated some regular casual cultivator customers, and I use them to get resources from Mangdang Mountain;
At least, the net profit is more than a hundred yuan a month, and at most, it is more than a thousand yuan. On average, it is four to five hundred yuan a month. Things like prayer beads and elixirs are just sold incidentally..."
"It's much better than staying in the sect." Zhong Yan nodded and said. The other party's opening a store to make money is secondary. The purpose of coming here is to collect information from all parties for Wufeng.
"Yes, it's easier. You don't have to take risks yourself."
Huo Donglai took a sip of spiritual wine and said: "Brother, I am really surprised and surprised. He has cultivated to the ninth level of Qi refining! According to the speed of these years, it shouldn't take long to build the foundation. By then I will save enough money to buy it for you." A foundation-building pill!"
"You don't have to worry about me."
After having a drink with each other, Zhong Yan turned to ask, "What's going on over there with the sect?"
Huo Donglai waved his hand to form an isolation barrier and said in detail: "The situation is getting worse and worse. The sect is probably inseparable from the split. The reason why the sect master and the Law Enforcement Hall can't come to an agreement is partly because the other eight peaks have their own problems." Thoughts..."
"The State of Yan fully implemented the guest palace system, and sent monks to take charge of the city lord's palace, completely controlling the harvest of prayer beads. However, the effect of prayer beads on warriors is even better than that of monks. It would be strange not to cause a war..."
"According to the information I have learned, it is speculated that in the end there will only be one or two leading forces, and the rest will all become princes. Each force will control one or several cities, and they will only need to pay a fixed amount of rosary beads tax down the layers."
"By then, a small Qi Refining family may own a small city or a market town, not to mention the different factions in each sect."
Zhong Yan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you no longer want to exist in the form of a country?"
Huo Donglai nodded and said: "It should be. Think about it, the resources of the prayer beads are huge and sustainable. How can it be controlled by mortals? However, the number of monks is only a drop in the bucket compared to the mortal warriors. It can only divide the warriors' power." , to suppress and win over the strongest group of people, otherwise there will really be a battle between monks and warriors, who knows how long it will last and how many people will die."
Zhong Yan said speechlessly: "Even if we don't fight monks against warriors, it will still take a long time. According to what you said, the cities and family forces will have to compete with each other first, and even continue to annex each other."
Huo Donglai was silent for a moment and said: "Absolutely. This matter is an opportunity for the elder brother. You can prepare in advance. Now all forces are secretly planning. Wufeng has united three foundation-building families..."
As he said that, he took out a stack of information from his storage bag: "Brother, I have analyzed it for you. In the area around Qingyang, the 'Shunyi Ding Family' and the 'Heishui Peng Family' are the strongest. The former and the second Feng has a close relationship with Feng, who secretly cooperates with the Five Elements Sect..."
Zhong Yan listened and watched, frowned and pondered for a long time, and then asked casually: "Is this why Mazhida came to you?"
Huo Donglai: "Yes, the Ma family and the newly promoted Ma Zhida have only four foundations. They want to find Wufeng as a backer and follow them to drink soup. It's just a favor, I just pulled a string."
"..."
Huo Donglai also mentioned that the 'Changning Shen Family', which is closely related to the Four Peaks, has also recruited several foundation-building guests in recent years.
In addition, among the peaks of the Fire Cloud Sect, the one with the most confusing behavior is Qifeng, who is originally a 'conservative' of the sect leader's lineage, but the second disciple is very close to the Law Enforcement Hall and his whereabouts are exposed in the Wei Kingdom.
And now, the sixth disciple is married to the Tang family.
The Tang family is undoubtedly the first echelon of immortal cultivating families in the Yan Kingdom, and is stronger than the Five Elements Sect and the Qingyu Sect, but it would be unwise to offend the 'conservatives' and the 'main station sect' at the same time.
"Brother, I still can't figure it out. How could Qifeng marry the seventh disciple to Qingyang to marry you?"
"You ask me who I'm asking." The corners of Zhong Yan's mouth twitched, and Yuan Ziyi didn't even know it.
But by now, he has determined that Su Yue asked Pei Nanjin to kill Shen Lanxin in order to prevent him from marrying the Shen family and leaving Qingyang.
"Is it because of me or because of Qingyang..."
Zhong Yan secretly thought that although he performed well in Qingyang, he would definitely not let Qifeng sacrifice a true spiritual root disciple. Wouldn't it be better to marry a powerful foundation-building family?
As for her relationship with Li Lin, judging from Su Yue's performance in all aspects, she didn't care much about it in her heart.
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