She became increasingly alarmed as she thought about it; she had already suspected something was amiss.
Most people associated it with animals, never imagining that the bag contained a living person.
Judging from the conversation between the shopkeeper and the hunter, this kind of operation seemed quite commonplace in the city.
Buying and selling people is like buying vegetables; not only is delivery to the door, but people can also discuss their merits and demerits on the street.
And everyone took it for granted, showing absolutely no moral bottom line.
Qin Luo was shocked, but her expression remained unchanged as she continued chatting with the waiter.
"You're right. No wonder the shopkeeper said he only wanted the hides, not the live ones. It's really troublesome to clean them up."
The waiter scoffed at this.
"If you believe this, sir, you'll really be fooled."
"Oh, what do you mean?"
"In business, no one is without a self-interest. The shopkeeper only said that to try and lower the price. If the goods sent were really leather, he would have said something else entirely."
Qin Luo truly hadn't expected this; indeed, the saying "no merchant is honest" is absolutely true.
"Hey, it's just a way to survive. Judging from the shopkeeper's expression, he seems to have received some good goods."
"Oh, that's really rare. This city is a dog-eat-dog world. There haven't been any outsiders for hundreds of years. It has only relied on internal reproduction. All the good stuff has been hidden away. It's really not easy to come across it."
Qin Luo broke out in a cold sweat. So, the moment she walked in, she'd lumped her and Wu Hua into the category of "goods."
Fortunately, that Wu Zhaoliang didn't attack me in the street, otherwise he could have easily made a scene.
She and Wu Hua had to run for their lives. She smiled as she watched the waiter ask about other things.
"Anything else? Are there any other interesting stories?"
The waiter thought for a moment and then continued his story.
"There weren't many interesting things, but they were all trivial matters. There were a few big things, though."
"Oh, what's the big deal? Tell me about it."
The waiter's face lit up with excitement whenever he started talking about gossip.
"The children of the nine powerful families in the city were killed by their enemies on the day they came of age. The Duan Yang family, on the other hand, has never given up their ambition and has wanted to take the position of city lord for hundreds of years."
"To become the city lord?"
Qin Shilu couldn't believe it; such a large city didn't have a city lord.
The waiter understood her reaction perfectly and pretended not to notice the surprise in her words.
"Yes, isn't it ridiculous? The people who can come here are all of similar cultivation levels, and none of them want to be inferior to others. They usually don't bother others unless they bother them, but he always wants to be superior to others."
Qin Luo didn't know how to respond to this, so he could only smile and change the subject.
"That's right, haha, hey, this tea looks great, it's different from any of the teas I've had before."
After she finished speaking, she picked up the bowl to put it in her mouth, but Wu Hua waved it away.
"Sister, I want to go home, I want to go home, go home..."
He threw a tantrum like a normal child, pulling Qin Luo's arm and shaking it from side to side.
"My butt hurts from sitting on this chair, I want to go home, waaaaah~"
Qin Luo knew he wouldn't throw a tantrum for no reason, so she went along with the act.
"It's like this every time I take you out. It's so annoying."
As she said this, she picked him up and gave him two hard slaps on the bottom.
"Stop making a scene, all you do all day is cause trouble, and we can't even enjoy the tea..."
Then, he tossed the waiter a high-grade spirit stone.
"I see you really like this, so I'll give you another one as payment for the tea. Don't tell anyone, or you won't be able to keep the one you have."
The waiter quickly stuffed the spirit stone into his pocket.
"Rest assured, sir, I am very pragmatic. You are a guest here, and you can leave as if you never met me. But I would like to remind you to change your clothes as soon as possible, or you will surely be killed."
Upon hearing this, Qin Luo thanked him and immediately left with Wu Hua in his arms.
After the two had walked away, the waiter patted the spirit stone on his chest and muttered to himself.
"Let's quit while we're ahead. Who cares about alchemy cultivation or not? Even if they exist, I won't be able to grab this much if a fight breaks out."
After saying that, they acted as if they had never been there and went back to hawking their wares and attracting customers.
Qin Luo walked quite a distance before asking Wu Hua why she had acted like a child.
Wu Hua did not answer her immediately, but only told her to find a secluded place.
"Let's go into the space first," Qin Luo thought, though curious, he didn't ask.
Finding a secluded corner, he turned around and entered the space.
Within seconds, a dozen or so people had gathered where the two had disappeared.
They searched everywhere but found nothing.
Half of them dispersed, while the other half remained in place.
It seems they're planning to catch the two of them off guard when they come out.
As soon as Qin Luo entered the space, he couldn't wait to ask questions.
“Son, why are you in such a hurry to come back? Is there something you can’t say outside? No one can hear our conversation.”
"I can hear you."
After he answered, Qin Luo thought she had misheard.
"What did you say?"
“They can hear what we say in our consciousness. Not only that, they can also sense the fluctuations in space. I guess there are already people guarding the place we came in.”
Qin Shi was truly incredulous.
"Are the people in this city that powerful?"
Wu Hua nodded her head slightly, her expression somewhat heavy.
"I have a bold guess."
"What guess? Tell me quickly."
Wu Hua looked up and met her gaze, her eyes full of seriousness.
“I suspect that Ming Yi did not kill those who ascended to immortality at all, but instead trapped them in this barbaric and sinful land.”
Qin Luo…
For a moment, she seemed to have lost all words.
I frantically tried to recall everything that had happened since I entered the city, and finally remembered what the waiter had said.
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