94 Tongtong, come out and receive the guests
The six sects' competition in Suixing Mountain finally came to an end.
The final champion died in Suixing Mountain.
The sword of the Sword Ancestor was also missing.
Moreover, after the six sect leaders and elders came back, some went into seclusion or disappeared without any explanation.
The disciples of the participating sects were confused and had no idea what happened.
Among these people, only Fu Changgeng and Ruan Yichen had watched the whole process and had a clear idea.
However, after the two returned to their own sects, they did not contact each other again, let alone say anything to the outside world.
The six major immortal sects suddenly fell silent.
And it was a dead silence.
From the outside, they only lost a champion.
No one else was injured or killed.
The result was even more painful than the death of so many disciples in the secret realm.
But the immortal world was silent, and the demon world followed suit.
Because although the head of the Wuji Sect, Xue Wuxi, was missing.
The Demon Lord Guitong was also missing.
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Shangjing City.
This place is far away from the immortal world and the demon world. It is the center of the entire mortal world and the capital of China.
The mortal world has always been unified, and there is only one country-China.
Unless the battle between immortals and demons will cause unrest in the mortal world, there will be almost no war at other times.
This is also due to the credit of the Imperial City Bureau.
Without war, there will naturally be peace and stability, and the people will live and work in peace. They
may even live a rich and luxurious life.
Looking back at the streets and alleys, the early morning hawking, the rushing vendors, and the passing cars are so lively and noisy. Looking around, you can see
green buildings and painted pavilions, and embroidered pearls on the houses.
Carved carriages compete to park on the streets, and precious horses compete to gallop on the roads.
The gold and jade are dazzling, and the silk and satin are fragrant. These are the prosperous scenes that can only be seen in Shangjing City. This prosperity can even last from morning to late at night. After all, the Imperial City Department has long issued an order to cancel the curfew. But even in such a prosperous area, there are a few particularly remote corners, where no one is there, and even snakes and rats are unwilling to approach. For example, there is an abandoned street in the south of the city. It has been abandoned for many years, and even its original name has been forgotten. It is only called-dead alley. But in such an alley that no one visits all year round, the sound of "crackling" firecrackers rang out in the early morning one day. Residents living nearby heard the noise and ran over to see what was happening. They saw a small two-story store opening on a street that was once home to only a few empty shops. An ordinary-looking teenager was standing at the door holding a string of firecrackers, his face full of joy. Everyone was puzzled. "Are you crazy? Opening a store in a dead end alley?" "This young man looks like an outsider. He probably doesn't understand. He thought the rent here is cheap, so he opened a store here." "Yeah, the rent here is really cheap. Any place in the capital, as long as it's not here, the monthly rent of any shop is enough for an ordinary person to live for a year. How can a young boy like him get so much money?" "But this kid just saw that it's cheap, why didn't he ask around? This place is not a place to open a store. It has long become..." "Shh! Don't say that. You'll lose your head!" "Oh, right, right, right... Look at my memory. I forgot everything." ... Here, Ji Chen was happily setting off a string of firecrackers. Seeing that some people finally gathered around him, he quickly shouted to Gui Tong upstairs, "Tong Tong, come out to greet the guests." The lobby upstairs was empty, with only Gui Tong. He was wearing mortal clothes, took off his hair crown and tied a most ordinary ponytail, hid the red engraving on his forehead, and even took off his earrings. He stood there without moving. He turned a deaf ear to Ji Chen's call. How could he, a dignified Demon Lord, do such a shameful thing! Originally, after he agreed to Ji Chen's conditions, he wanted Ji Chen to stay in the Demon Realm and be his Demon Lord Consort. But after only two days in the Demon Realm, Ji Chen started to complain that the Demon Realm was too boring. Not only was there only one kind of wine, but there were also poison barriers everywhere, and he might be corroded into blood. He felt that Ji Chen was right, mainly because the poison barriers were indeed not suitable for Ji Chen's ordinary human body to survive. But he didn't want to go to the Immortal Realm. In the end, the two compromised, each took a step back, and went to the Mortal Realm. Ji Chen said that he had never been to Shangjing City, and that there were many people there, so it must be fun. He agreed with Ji Chen and went with him. Who knew that after arriving there, Ji Chen got excited and rented a two-story attic without discussing it with him at all, saying that he wanted to open a store? Moreover, he announced the opening of the store on the first day, but didn't prepare anything on the second day. He only bought a string of firecrackers and set them off at the door, and opened the business directly? Although Gui Tong had not lived much of the life of a mortal, he also knew the process of opening a store for a mortal. At least the first step of investigating the store location requires more thought, but Ji Chen completely skipped the first step. Then he omitted the second step, the third step... countless steps, and jumped directly to the last step... Although, Gui Tong knew in his heart that his master might be a little stupid sometimes. He did things without thinking. He thought that there would be some progress in five hundred years. As a result... he even regressed. But even though Gui Tong was reluctant to be embarrassed by Ji Chen's summons to the door, he finally walked towards the door silently. After Ji Chen finished setting off firecrackers at the door, he saw a group of people coming around. He clasped his fists and said politely, "Dear fellow villagers, I have just arrived in the capital. Because my parents passed away and my family fell into poverty, I had no choice but to open a shop. I hope you will give me more hospitality and patronage in the future."
Someone asked, "What are you selling? Why don't you even have a sign?"
Ji Chen was only thinking about opening the business first, so he didn't have time to make a sign.
"We sell food, but we haven't decided on a name for the store yet, so we don't have a sign."
"You haven't even decided on a name for the store, and you're still opening a store?"
The man mocked, "You look so young, you can probably do something... If you can't do anything, just go to the palace and become a eunuch, at least you can make a living, isn't it better than staying here and wasting money and time?"
"That's right, you dare to choose a dead end to open a store, just wait for death."
"You can't open a store here, and those who dare to open a store all end up badly. Either it's closed down for no reason, or they just don't want to do it and leave, or even worse, their families are ruined."
"You, since you haven't even decided on a name for the store, why don't you return the rent and leave as soon as possible. Otherwise, it'll be closed down by the people from the Imperial City Bureau within two days, and then you'll lose both the store and the money."