Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Qin Zhou, what are you laughing at?
The journey to the provincial capital is long and it takes five days by horse carriage.
Qin Zhou and Chen San were fine, but Qin Haishan was really suffering from back pain. When they arrived at the provincial capital, Qin Haishan sighed: "When the elixir business is successful in the future, we will also buy a mount."
"Master, what is a mount?"
"They are spirit beasts. Look, those are the ones flying in the sky."
Several people stood outside the city and could see from afar a huge shadow flying high in the sky.
"Those are flying beasts, used by immortals. I heard they can travel a hundred miles a day, or even a thousand miles."
"Aren't you afraid of flying too high?" Chen San exclaimed.
"Of course. So let's buy a spirit beast to use as a mount. It will be slower and we can enjoy the scenery. What do you think, son?"
"Um."
Hmm what? Qin Haishan turned around and wanted to speak, but saw Qin Zhou standing with his eyes fixed firmly in the distance.
Following his gaze, under the moat bridge outside the city, there was a simple tea stall with a tent. A sign with the word "Tea" written on it hung on the top of a pole, swaying in the wind.
"Son, do you want some tea?" Qin's father couldn't help but ask.
"No." Qin Zhou looked again, and the figure he had just glimpsed sitting on a wooden bench and drinking tea from a cup was gone.
Maybe he just saw it wrong.
"Let's go into the city."
The provincial capital and Pingcheng seem to be two different worlds. The provincial capital is like the multi-A-level ancient city scenic spot that Qinzhou has visited before. Unlike the scenic spot, every blade of grass, every brick and every tile here are not made with modern technology.
The city wall built with blue bricks is tall and majestic, like a giant lion guarding the city, not allowing outsiders to trespass.
If you feel carefully, you can also detect a trace of overflowing spiritual power from the city wall.
The guards standing guard at the city gate were also extraordinary, and none of them were ordinary people. It was just that Qin Zhou could not tell how much they were capable of.
As we arrived at the city gate, more and more people came.
They found that even the immortals flying in the sky on their mounts landed voluntarily and gathered at the city gate. They handed over their mounts to the gate guards before entering the city.
Seeing this, Qin Haishan explained: "Most of these mounts and spirit pets are large in size. In order not to disrupt the order in the city, the mounts will be managed by the city guards."
I see.
But this has nothing to do with them.
The three of them just wanted to pass through the city gate quietly, but they didn't expect that before they even got through, someone would keep looking at them.
They were the cultivators who were handing over their spirit pets and mounts to the guards.
"Master, they seem to be looking at us." Chen San frowned slightly.
"Yeah. Never mind."
Qin Zhou felt that there was nothing special about him that would make those cultivators take a second look.
Just as he was about to enter the city, suddenly, a deep animal roar stopped Qin Zhou in his tracks.
“Woo!!”
Qin Zhou heard a roar that was considered to be huge. Qin Zhou turned around and happened to meet the eyes of the "giant beast" that was about three meters tall.
The giant beast was a walking animal, probably a kind of lion, with strong and lean limbs and a slender earth-yellow body. Its front limbs were slightly crossed, and it looked down at Qin Zhou with a condescending attitude. Its pair of bright green eyes were extremely intimidating.
That’s right, it’s neither Chen San nor Qin Haishan who is beside him.
This 'giant beast' was targeting him.
The beast's unusual movements startled the guards, who immediately drew their swords and pointed them at the beast. If it went berserk and hurt someone, it would not be surprising that the guards would kill it on the spot.
Surrounded by the guards, the giant beast seemed to understand what the guards meant and its face became ferocious.
The young man holding the beast's 'reins' was also confused, with a bit of panic on his face. Obviously, he had never seen such a situation before.
When the situation became tense, a voice rang out.
"Everyone, my lion has no ill intentions. It's just a little hungry." A young man in white suddenly came into everyone's sight, causing the young man who was pulling the reins to breathe a sigh of relief and call him "Young Master".
When Qin Zhou saw the man in white, his eyes darkened.
As expected, as soon as he appeared, the giant beast immediately became docile, its tall body shrank by half, and it lay on all fours, coming to the young man in white and rubbing against him with its head lowered.
Seeing this, the young man in white smiled helplessly at the people present: "The earth lion beast has a keen sense of smell. I guess this young man has something that the earth lion likes to eat. I am really sorry for disturbing you all."
As he spoke, the young man in white took out the bag from his waist, took out a pill that looked like an elixir, spread it on his palm, and gave it to the earth lion beast.
But when it came to his favorite snack, Tushimon didn't give it much face this time.
"Woo." The earth lion glanced at Qin Zhou unwillingly again, making a longing whimpering sound from its mouth.
"The earth." The young man in white frowned, his tone already containing a warning.
In the end, the earth lion reluctantly ate the meatball from the young man in white.
Seeing that it had lost its aggressiveness, the guards put the earth lion into the cage as promised and transported it to the place in the city where the mounts were centrally managed.
Qin Zhou and his companions wanted to leave, but were stopped by someone behind them.
"My friend, please stop."
Qin Zhou turned around.
The young man in white had come to the front. He had a good-looking appearance, was dressed elegantly, and spoke very politely with a smile on his face, which easily made people like him.
"My surname is Zhou. I do some medicine business in this provincial capital. My earth lion beast just offended you. To express my apology, why don't you let me treat you to a simple meal?"
His surname is Zhou, and he is in the medicine business.
Qin Haishan suddenly thought of something and asked tentatively: "Xuehua Pavilion... is it yours...?"
The young servant beside the young master immediately replied: "Snow Flower Pavilion is opened by my young master."
Qin Haishan was shocked, "So it's the boss of Xuehua Pavilion."
"Sir, do you know me?"
"Snow Flower Pavilion is famous far and wide."
Qin Zhou was also quite surprised when he heard these words.
I knew that this young man in white could ride a mount to go out, so he must not be an ordinary person. I didn't expect that he would be the owner of the Snow Flower Pavilion.
As early as in Pingcheng, he had heard Qin's father mention that there were two major alchemy merchants in the provincial capital.
Snow Flower Pavilion is one of them.
As one of the major alchemy merchants in the provincial capital, behind the Snow Flower Pavilion are the various alchemy sects in the lower world.
This time when I came to the provincial capital, I might get in touch with Yaoyue Sect and Xuehua Pavilion. But I didn't expect that I would meet the boss of Xuehua Pavilion before I even entered the provincial capital.
"Thank you for your compliments. Judging from your accents, you don't sound like people from the provincial capital, right?"
The other party was polite, so Qin's father naturally greeted him with a smile: "My surname is Qin, and I am from Pingcheng, but I often go to the provincial capital to do some small business. Like Xuehua Pavilion, we also do the elixir business."
The young man in white was surprised. "So we are in the same business. Then this person must be the alchemist."
His topic went straight to Qin Zhou.
"This is my son." Qin Haishan smiled but did not acknowledge his words. "He has never been to the provincial capital, so I brought him out to broaden his horizons."
The young man in white just smiled when he heard this, but his eyes were still on Qin Zhou.
He didn't believe that Qin Zhou was not an alchemist.
The earth lion beast was usually fed with good elixirs and medicines by him. If it weren't for its keen sense of smell and smelling something good, it would never have lost its composure in public.
But what on earth could this seemingly young man have that could make the Earth Lion Beast so covetous?
"I am also a local of the provincial capital. It is fate that we meet. I will be the host today and invite you all to the restaurant. We can talk while we walk."
This was the second time the young man in white invited me to dinner.
And Qin Zhou didn't seem to have any reason to refuse.
Originally, we were going to establish contact with the provincial capital's alchemy merchants through Yaoyue Sect. Now that it's earlier, there's no problem.
But just at this moment——
"I was wondering where my guest was. I spent half a day trying to pick him up, but I didn't expect that he was intercepted by someone." A voice with a sharp tone was heard.
Qin Zhou was the first to look back.
The same white clothes, the same long hair, but the hairpin in the hair of the young man behind him was particularly dazzling.
"What are you looking at?" The young man in white glanced at him. "I told you to wait for me at the city gate, but why are you running away with someone? You are unfamiliar with the place, aren't you afraid of being kidnapped and sold?"
For no reason, Qin Zhou felt a ripple in his heart, and a kind of joy that he hadn't even thought about spread in his heart, "Why are you here?"
"Why are you trying to sabotage me?" Wen Jue was speechless. "I can't be here?"
Qin Zhou shook his head.
"Then say it again." Wen Jue crossed his arms and frowned in dissatisfaction.
"I didn't see you in front of the city gate, so I chatted with others." Qin Zhou said without spoiling the story.
Wen Jue snorted coldly and was barely coaxed into silence.
Then he looked up at the young man in front of him who was also wearing white.
Similarly, the owner of Xuehua Pavilion was also looking at the young man in white who suddenly appeared.
It’s not that we wore the same clothes, but the same white clothes will inevitably lead to comparison.
With just one glance, the owner of Xuehua Pavilion could tell that the other party was extraordinary.
The other person was extraordinary from head to toe. Her moon-white clothes were not monotonous. Each layer seemed to be embroidered with inconspicuous golden cloud patterns. A jade pendant tassel was pinned on her slender waist. Her long boots fit her calves perfectly, making her legs look straight and slender.
The jade hairpin in her hair was a treasure so valuable that even the owner of the Snow Flower Pavilion couldn't name it. At a glance, you could tell it was made by a master craftsman.
Although his face was covered with a fox mask, his every move was a painting.
Such a person...
The Master of the Snow Flower Pavilion also felt ashamed of himself.
Of course, having said that, Qin Zhou and his group are even more extraordinary.
"Since you have friends to entertain you, I will not spoil your fun. If there is a chance, we will meet again next time..." The Master of the Snow Flower Pavilion is also a man with good vision.
"Qin Zhou." Qin Zhou gave his name.
The Snow Flower Pavilion Master smiled and said, "I'll treat Master Qin to a meal next time."
After saying a few simple words, the Snow Flower Pavilion Master left with his servant.
After walking a few steps away, they vaguely heard the servant ask:
"Master, who are those people? Are they worthy of you to make friends with them in person?"
The Snow Flower Pavilion Master smiled and said, "It was the Earth Lion Beast who was disrespectful first, so you shouldn't speak nonsense."
"oh."
"That's a high-sounding statement." Wen Jue commented, "I just have my eyes on the pills in the bag around your waist."
Wen Jue turned around, but also frowned, "Why don't you put those pills in the Qiankun bag? Hanging it around your waist like this is no different from asking someone to rob you on the street. It's a crime to possess a treasure, but if someone really robs it, you'll have nowhere to cry."
Qin Zhou had never thought that a spirit beast would be able to discover his elixir, so he said helplessly: "I don't have a Qiankun bag."
Wen Jue: “…”
Wen Jue really didn't expect this.
Qin Zhou actually has it, but he can't take it with him.
The things in his Qiankun bag were too eye-catching, so it was better to leave them in the village instead of carrying them with him. There was Wen Jue's barrier there, so nothing would go wrong.
"It's a good thing for us that Master Xuehua Pavilion is interested in elixirs," Qin Zhou said.
"Then you can still catch up now." Wen Jue's face darkened, "Or do you want me to chase him for you?"
Hearing this, Chen San and Qin Haishan couldn't help but take a small step back.
Qin Zhou: "No. You can't rush into business."
Wen Jue's complexion improved.
Wen Xianjun, it is true that you are moody, but it is also true that you are easy to coax.
"Since you are going to treat me, what do you plan to treat me to food?" Qin Zhou said.
"What do you want to eat? I can afford it." Wen Jue raised his face, looking very defiant.
Qin Zhou smiled and said, "Let's go."
Wen Jue tilted his head: "What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing." Qin Zhou lowered the corner of his mouth and walked towards the city.
Wen Jue didn't understand what was going on. He took out the fan from his waist, fanned himself, and followed.
Chen San and Qin Haishan, who were a few steps behind, looked at each other.
What about them?
Well... Senior didn't say he wanted to invite them.
"Dad, you and Chen San go back to the shop first." Qin Zhou's voice came from the front.
Qin Haishan, Chen San: "..."
OK, it turns out the son/master didn’t plan to let them follow.
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