Upon entering the town, both sides of the long street are lined with vendors selling all kinds of goods.
The appearance of Bian Lang and his group did not attract the attention of the townspeople; they did whatever they wanted.
Liu Yi and Shangguan Hongyu looked around, liking many things.
But after browsing for a while, they didn't buy anything.
Although those things looked nice and they liked them, they knew that even if they bought them, they would just throw them away and never take them out to look at them again.
Just walking around and looking at things like this makes me feel happy.
"Selling pork, freshly slaughtered fat pigs, the freshest pork..." A burly man was energetically hawking his wares on the street ahead.
The pork on his pork stall did indeed look very fresh.
Even before they got close, there was a strong smell of blood, which made the three of them frown repeatedly.
"That doesn't look like pork," Liu Yi said in a low voice, covering her nose.
Shangguan Hongyu said, "It looks very similar, but it probably isn't."
Now that they had discovered the unscrupulous merchant, the three of them naturally had to get to the bottom of it.
As the three approached, the burly man grinned and asked, "Gentlemen, buying meat? How much?"
"Boss, is this pork?" Liu Yi asked with a smile.
The burly man chuckled and said, "I'm just a pig butcher. What else would I sell if not pork?"
“But I always feel that this pork is a bit strange, it’s not quite the same as the pork I usually eat,” Liu Yi said.
The burly man said speechlessly, "Isn't all pork like this?"
"Then give me ten catties," Liu Yi said.
The burly man immediately beamed with joy, picked up the knife, and said with a smile, "Alright, please wait a moment, it will be ready soon."
Shangguan Hongyu looked at Liu Yi with suspicion, not understanding why Liu Yi would do this.
Bian Lang knew that Liu Yi was doing this simply to confirm whether the meat was indeed pork.
Without concrete evidence, their baseless accusations will only provoke public disgust and cause great harm to the burly man selling meat.
The burly man's movements as he cut the meat were very skillful. With one swift stroke, he took off a piece of meat, put it directly into a paper bag, and handed it to Liu Yi with a smile.
Liu Yi asked in astonishment, "Boss, aren't you going to weigh it?"
"I've been selling meat for so many years, I can cut off any amount of meat you need in one go, no more, no less, so please rest assured," the burly man chuckled.
Shangguan Hongyu said, "We're new here, so it would be more reassuring for us to weigh ourselves."
The burly man was speechless. He looked around and said helplessly, "The problem is, I don't have any scales here."
"Why don't we just borrow one from the side?" Liu Yi said.
The burly man took a deep breath, put the cut meat back, and said disdainfully, "I'm not selling this meat anymore. Everyone knows that I never shortchange anyone when I sell meat; I always give more than I should. How am I supposed to do business if you do this?"
Bian Lang took out some silver and laughed, "It's just ten catties of meat? I'll buy it."
"What's this?" The burly man asked, his face full of confusion as he saw the silver that Bian Lang handed him.
Bian Lang laughed and said, "Silver? Don't you accept silver?"
"Could you be...?" The burly man's expression clearly changed.
He quickly looked to both sides, tossed the silver back to Bian Lang, and whispered, "This is not a place for humans. You'd better leave quickly."
"Does that mean you're not human?" Shangguan Hongyu asked with a smile.
The burly man said, "Besides you, there are no other humans in the entire town."
Liu Yi asked curiously, "Then what are you? Are you monsters?"
The burly man didn't answer, but only urged the group to leave quickly.
“You are not monsters, I can’t sense any demonic aura,” Shangguan Hongyu said.
The burly man said, "I'm just a pig butcher, and my knowledge is limited. If you don't leave now, you might not be able to leave."
Bian Lang smiled and said, "So your town is hiding a secret that no one knows about. That makes us even more interested and eager to find out."
"Don't think that just because you're cultivators you can do whatever you want here," the burly man advised.
Shangguan Hongyu smiled and said, "It seems you're not a bad person. So, how should we pay for this pork?"
If silver won't work, spirit stones should be fine, right?
The burly man shook his head again; spirit stones wouldn't work either.
"So what exactly do you want?" Liu Yi's tone sounded extremely unfriendly.
If you can't pay with silver and spirit stones, anyone would be furious.
The burly man glanced to both sides again, then lowered his voice even further: "The town has been rather unsettled lately, all because I heard that a corpse-driver is passing through, and some evil fellows have their eyes on the corpses he carries..."
Just then, someone came by to buy meat, and the burly man quickly shut his mouth. Some things really shouldn't be said carelessly, or they could bring him utter disaster.
After the customer finished buying the meat and left, the burly man didn't want to continue the previous conversation. He had felt that the customer had talked too much while he was cutting the meat.
“I noticed that the person just now didn’t pay you.” Liu Yi had been watching the transaction closely.
The man bought three catties of meat, which the burly man cut into pieces, but the customer did not pay and simply took the meat away.
Liu Yi felt regretful for not being able to see the currency used in these transactions and wanted to find out more.
"You just didn't see it. Actually, that guy has already given me the money," the burly man laughed.
Liu Yi asked in astonishment, "Given to you with your mind?"
"I suppose so." But the burly man refused to say exactly what it was.
Bian Lang smiled and asked, "Is it lifespan?"
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