After leaving the main hall, Jiang Zicheng took Feng Qingwu towards the side room. He also met many servants of the Jiang family along the way, but they didn't seem surprised and just greeted them silently.
Seeing this, Feng Qingwu could guess that the head of the Jiang family should have informed these servants that even though Jiang Zile, whom Feng Qingwu was pretending to be, did not recognize his ancestors and return to the clan, he was still treated as a young lady of the Jiang family.
And Feng Qingwu had reason to suspect——
Her identity had long been suspected by the head of the Jiang family and Mrs. Jiang. However, due to the presence of Jiang Zicheng, they did not reveal her identity and silently condoned it.
It sounds like they think these two people are pretty good to Jiang Zicheng?
But Feng Qingwu didn't think so.
It's not so much connivance as it is a complex emotion - they seem to be afraid of and resist Jiang Zicheng and want to drive him away, but they have no choice but to maintain a relationship with him and dare not really drive him out.
But Jiang Zicheng is just the eldest son of the Jiang family. Not to mention that his talent is not the best. Even his cultivation is only in the foundation building stage, which is already incomparable with the head of the Jiang family in the golden elixir stage.
So why are the Jiang family so afraid but unable to leave Jiang Zicheng?
Even Feng Qingwu couldn't figure out the reason in a short period of time. Maybe Jiang Zicheng himself knew it, otherwise he wouldn't have been so sinister and powerful when facing the head of the Jiang family and Mrs. Jiang.
But even though she was a little curious, Feng Qingwu did not ask. She only spoke after Jiang Zicheng led her into the wing room——
"Brother, Xiaobai, please take care of him. His condition is getting worse and worse. I don't trust him to follow me out."
"I understand, sister, don't worry, Xiaobai will follow me, but -"
Jiang Zicheng paused: "It's the eve of the alchemist gathering now, and many people have poured into Luochuan City. Among them are extraordinary masters. Sister, if you want to do something, you must not be careless."
"Just be careful in everything, but don't be too cautious. As far as I know, the people in the alchemist gathering are all a mixed bag. Even you, sister, are just a drop of water mixed in and are inconspicuous."
Hearing this, Feng Qingwu nodded, and then placed Xiaobai in his arms on the bed in the wing. Seeing him closing his beastly eyes and falling into a deep sleep, he felt even more worried.
Ever since she brought Mu Jiuke out from the sect's secret realm, Feng Qingwu had never seen him like this, and it was even unsettling.
If Mu Jiuke could still open his eyes and answer at this moment, he would probably tell Feng Qingwu not to worry, because this was most likely a backlash from heaven.
But now Mu Jiuke is still sleeping, so naturally he cannot convey this emotion to Feng Qingwu.
After instructing Jiang Zicheng on the follow-up matters, Feng Qingwu left the Jiang family. Due to Jiang Zile's identity, she even brought a few servants of the Jiang family out to act as bodyguards.
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When Feng Qingwu came to the streets of Luochuan City, he realized that Jiang Zicheng was right.
Because the alchemist gathering was approaching, a large wave of people poured into Luochuan City. There were quite a few people of various origins and strange shapes...
While walking on the street, I found out that the stall owner of a small stall was the one who killed his father and his enemy, so he got into a fight;
A disciple of the righteous sect was traveling, and happened to bump into a wanted demon monk who was on the mission list, and then chased him all the way;
There were also unlucky monks who raped civilian girls in the street, but when the guards came forward, they were killed by the "weak civilian girls"...
It has to be said that Feng Qingwu pretended to be a mortal and brought along the Jiang family's guards to mix among these people. It was already quite normal, ordinary and simple.
Feng Qingwu, who found that he was "extremely ordinary", felt a little relieved. After wandering on the street for a while, he took the servants of the Jiang family to the nearest chamber of commerce, the Shuiyue Chamber of Commerce.
Of course, one reason is because this chamber of commerce is indeed the latest, and the other reason is... the name is too similar to the Shuiyun Chamber of Commerce that Feng Qingwu killed before.
It was only when Feng Qingwu walked into the Shuiyue Chamber of Commerce that he noticed that there were only a few monks coming and going in the entire hall of the Shuiyue Chamber of Commerce, which seemed particularly deserted.
"This... Shuiyue Chamber of Commerce has a bad reputation, or is the product not good enough?"
"Miss, the alchemist gathering was organized by the Xia family, and the Xia family vaguely cooperated with Duobao Pavilion, so during the period when the gathering was held in Luochuan City, Duobao Pavilion's business was the best."
The Jiang family servant who came out with Feng Qingwu was explaining to Feng Qingwu in a low voice: "Not to mention the Shuiyue Chamber of Commerce, other chambers of commerce are basically in the same situation."
"Duobao Pavilion already has strong financial resources, and with some cooperation from the Xia family, it basically covers everything in the entire gathering."
"They have what others have, and they have what others don't have. Not only are the things from Duobao Pavilion, their quality is guaranteed by the Xia family."
"So during the alchemist gathering, those who came to Luochuan City, except for those who wanted to pick up missing items, would go to the small stalls of casual cultivators to buy. Others who wanted to buy something basically went to Duobao Pavilion."
Hearing what the servant said, Feng Qingwu understood a little bit. I am afraid that except for Duobao Pavilion, other chambers of commerce will not have a good time during this period...
Therefore, when he saw Feng Qingwu walking in with the Jiang family guards, the person in charge of Shuiyue Chamber of Commerce became energetic and ran forward quickly.
He naturally also noticed that Feng Qingwu's mortal identity was exposed to the outside world, but now that most chambers of commerce were suppressed by Duobao Pavilion and could not make much money, he naturally did not dislike such a mortal lady.
The steward of the Shuiyue Chamber of Commerce rubbed his hands and asked with a smile: "This must be Miss Jiang, right?"
"Well, let me see if you have anything good for sale here."
"Okay, okay, I wonder what the lady wants?"
The steward of the Shuiyue Chamber of Commerce had a shy smile on his face, without any of the condescension of a monk facing mortals.
Although he is a monk, he is still essentially a businessman after all, and as a businessman - making money is not shabby!
It just so happened that the young lady from the Jiang family in front of me was just an ordinary mortal who probably didn't know much about the world of cultivation. She just sold some cheap goods and treated them as high prices——
"Is there any elixir that can be practiced by mortals without spiritual roots?"
Such words directly confused the steward. He hesitated for a moment: "No, but miss, do you want to see our Zhuyan Dan, Changchun Dan and the like?"
Zhuyan Dan and Changchun Dan, one can make the appearance ageless, and the other can strengthen the body. They are both very common yellow-level elixirs, but they are quite popular among mortals.
The refining cost is low, but when sold to mortals, the profit can be several times higher.
To put it simply, it is used to deceive others.
Feng Qingwu is also an alchemist, so why doesn't he understand this?
She looked at the steward with a smile and said meaningfully: "I don't need these. Anyway, my sick body will just die if I want to."
"It's just that your chamber of commerce is so arrogant? You can't even produce elixirs that allow mortals to practice. No wonder the business is not as good as that of Duobao Pavilion next door."
Upon hearing this, even the manager, as a businessman, couldn't hold back his anger.
He snorted coldly: "Miss is just a mortal, not even a monk. It's better not to get involved in the elixir matter. She doesn't understand anything anyway."
"There is a difference between immortals and mortals, and the difference between monks and mortals is like the difference between clouds and mud. Miss, if you don't like me, Shuiyue Chamber of Commerce, you can go out to find Duobao Pavilion, but Duobao Pavilion can't get it out anyway!"
"Moreover, not only Duobao Pavilion took it out, but even the alchemist couldn't refine this kind of elixir for mortals without spiritual roots to practice it, even the one who was rumored to have improved the foundation-building elixir!"
