Bayao City Pawnshop
When talking about their hometown Xuejin, this group of people has a lot more to say.
Everyone was beaming with joy, with the occasional teaser or taunt, making the procession incredibly lively. Lu Denghe listened, and while there were many that were meant to grab attention, there were also some vulgar, obscene jokes that were too crude and ridiculous to be repeated.
After three or five days of this, they finally left the forest and descended the mountain, arriving at a rural market. After asking around, they learned that Yaocheng was quite close.
The caravan had supplies to stock up on, and since this was already within Yao City's sphere of influence, no ghost would be bold enough to cause trouble in such a popular area. Therefore, they repeatedly thanked Lu Yinche and the others for their departure. Unable to resist, Lu Denghe casually picked out a carved wooden fan pendant from the goods they had stuffed in as a thank-you gift.
"It's made of Miaoyin wood. This tree grows slowly and makes a unique sound when knocked. It's only found in the northern border." Lu Yinche took a look and threw it back to Lu Denghe.
The latter hurriedly said, "Too valuable? Then I'll give it back to them."
Lu Yinche shook his head: "How would I know what the current price is, but that's what they sell. Using it to exchange for a group of lives, you can also count it as karma."
Lu Denghe was completely confused. What did "I've achieved karma" mean? Did it mean that those people used this to repay their kindness? But, it was you, the ancestor, who saved them, right?
Lu Yinche obviously didn't want it.
When he first appeared in front of Lu Denghe, he was wearing a white suit, which got dirty during the trip, so he was asked to use magic to clean it and restore it to its original color.
He looked like a clean person, but he had no decorations on his body and no patterns on his clothes. As for his sword Mingye, it was nowhere to be found.
Lu Denghe had no choice but to carry the pendant with him and continue walking towards Yaocheng with him.
He was curious. It wouldn't be hard to ask for directions when he was surrounded by people, but how did the ancestor find his way to Yaocheng in the mountains? Even the caravan he had rescued couldn't tell him the direction; he just followed them.
Lu Yinche shook his head.
Lu Denghe thought it was some secret trick that couldn't be shared. Could it be that it was passed down to daughters only?
Lu Yinche gave him a slap: "Control your mind and don't spread the message casually."
Lu Denghe smiled awkwardly.
His ancestor then said: "It is the guidance of heaven."
Heaven-sentenced, that is, granted by the way of heaven, is the guidance opportunity given to practitioners. Buddhists call it sudden enlightenment. Some people are born with knowledge, which is called innate wisdom.
Lu Denghe was very envious.
These are experiences only high-level cultivators have, and the Heavenly Dao will not be so idle as to give any instructions to a Foundation Establishment cultivator who may die in the next second.
…
Fortunately, the Queen Mother's Banquet will not end until two days later.
Entering the city was not like attending a banquet, and the inspection was not strict. The guards only glanced at the two people, and after judging that they were not ordinary people, they asked, "What do you two do?"
Lu Yinche pulled out a white, conical object from his pocket and said, "Doing business."
It's a piece of snake fang.
Venomous snake fangs can be used as medicine, but the venom glands are more common. Lu Yinche got this one that day by tricking the giant python into attacking and getting it stuck in the stone. It can only be said that it is better than nothing.
The guards couldn't tell good from bad. All kinds of people came into the city. Some sold this, and some bought that. As a man who earned less than a month's salary of one or two low-grade spirit stones, he was worried about what kind of business the rich people were doing, so he waved his hand to signal them to go in quickly.
Lu Denghe was still curious: "Don't you care what we bring with us? If we brought some gunpowder..."
Lu Yinche laughed: "There is a magic array in this city, can't you feel it? No matter what kind of gunpowder you have, it is difficult to have any effect on the buildings in this city. As for people... cultivators are needless to say, mortals, in the eyes of some people, they are even less of a problem."
Lu Denghe squinted his eyes and studied the floor tiles under his feet for a long time. He waited until Lu Yinche had walked a hundred meters away before he hurriedly jogged to catch up. He did not find any trace of any formation.
Lu Yinche commented that it was a good thing that he had no talent in formations, and that he didn't need to learn this subject.
He continued, "Back then, when this city was built with protective formations, it consumed immense manpower and resources, burned through an entire spiritual vein, and took a thousand years. The head of the Gong family personally supervised the construction, and at that time, even the Shenhua Valley hadn't been built yet."
"The Gong family? Isn't that a noble family in Nanjun?" Lu Denghe knew that Chenhua Valley and the Gong family were both famous for their mastery of formations, but how could there not even be a local noble family that understood formations in such a large area like Xizhou?
What a shame, Xizhou!
"Their family tree says that there was a clan leader's wife, probably that one, who came from an aristocratic family in Yao City." Lu Yinche recalled, "The last name was Qin."
Lu Denghe sighed, saying that the ancestor was really knowledgeable and knew everything that was written in the Gong family tree.
Lu Yinche said, "Oh, Gong Jin just found some to wrap the chicken legs. There's too much oil in it, so it's dirty."
Lu Denghe: ...
As he was speaking, a child selling newspapers nearby shouted, "Breaking news! The Meng-Yang marriage is another great story!"
The tabloids, that's the best source.
Lu Denghe was a little tempted, but he had no money.
Lu Yinche raised his hand and threw something to him. It turned out to be the locket with the character "Yan": "You go and pawn this. I'll sell the snake fangs, and then you'll have money."
He pointed to two shops not far from each other on the street, one was Zhang's pawnshop and the other was Meng's pharmacy.
Lu Denghe responded blankly, but when he saw the surname Zhang, which was the same as the ghost girl's, he couldn't help but shudder and walked into the store.
The Zhang family pawnshop was tidy and there were not many customers. Lu Denghe saw a woman who was dressed quite decently.
In comparison, Lu Denghe was not sent out directly after entering the store in tattered clothes. The receptionist had a smile on his face and was polite.
"I want to pawn this." Lu Denghe, a rookie with no experience in pawning things, simply slammed the gold lock on the counter.
The clerk took it and tried it. It was real gold, but it was very light and had no rare patterns. So he quoted a price and exchanged it for four taels of silver.
This thing was picked up for free, and maybe there was something weird in it. Lu Denghe naturally had no objection and took the money and left.
Lu Denghe went to buy a tabloid and waited at the door of the pharmacy for a long time. He even read the opera stories in the newspaper carefully before Lu Yinche came out.
As soon as his eyes met the tabloid in Lu Denghe's hand, he laughed: "How much?"
Lu Denghe answered honestly.
The old ancestor didn't look dissatisfied: "Well, it's a lot of free money, it's worth it... Where to stay and what to eat tonight is up to you."
Only then did Lu Denghe realize that the snake fang that the ancestor got was not exchanged for silver like he did, but was directly exchanged for spirit stones.
He even managed to get two tickets to the auction through the pharmacy!
His eyes suddenly widened. He had never expected that he would be able to see the market at an auction.
"Why are you so excited? It's just the lowest class of scattered seats."
The auction lasts for several days, and naturally there will be both good and bad items, rare treasures, and some not-so-good items to make up the number, so it is relatively easy to get a few tickets.
What's more, behind this pharmacy is the Meng family, one of the four major families in the city.
According to the pharmacy owner, although the Queen Mother's Banquet was hosted by the city lord, several major families had invested money and contributed, making them half-owners. However, his judgment was truly poor; such a small number of teeth were extremely rare and in short supply.
Are you going to make some antidote?
Lu Yinche didn't ask. Snake fangs have many benefits and he didn't want to meddle in other people's business.
As an old man, he should not get involved in the affairs of young people. He has a very accurate understanding of his own position.
But since the money had been given, Lu Yinche believed that it was the result of his legitimate labor and had no shame at all.
When asking for the side rooms, if Lu Denghe hadn't insisted on sharing one with him and swore to heaven that he would even sleep on the floor, he would definitely have asked for two top-class rooms.
"Are you still afraid? The ghosts are dead and can't die anymore."
Lu Denghe shook his head like a wave drum: "Isn't this just following the old ancestor? I'm being filial to you. If you need a drink of water at night, just cough and I'll make sure I'm there for you."
Lu Yinche was too lazy to say that this guy slept soundly. He was still worried about whether he had stepped on this guy in the middle of the night.
But I didn't reject him.
With such little money, we have to be frugal.
Lu Denghe also knew this and flattered the old ancestor furiously: "I still learn a lot from you. If I go back home, there is no one to teach me. A few years ago, the treasure pavilion was demolished to pay off the debt of the Wei family. I can't even find my original heart method."
Lu Yinche had heard him say that the ancestral land was divided between the Wei and Zhou families, and wanted to ask, "Wei family? Is there such a noble family near Qichuan?"
"It's not in the family tree. Hey, the people in their family are so arrogant. Every time they come to ask for money, they are sarcastic and say, 'You are not going to tear down the windows to make money this time, right? How can we face them? The Lu family is considered an aristocratic family. Is there any poor family in the world?' Don't you think it's infuriating, old ancestor?"
"I say? I say that if you guys are in such a mess, it's better to have no descendants. Don't pass it on. Destroy it, quickly."
Lu Denghe swallowed his saliva. Was he really that harsh when he scolded himself? However, the ancestor really had no need to continue the family line. He seemed to be a homosexual.
As soon as Lu Yinche saw the look in his eyes, he knew that this kid definitely didn't have a good idea in his mind. He said unhappily, "When I finish my work, I will go back to my ancestral land and take you back. I will teach you a lesson."
When Lu Denghe heard that he agreed to let him follow, he immediately cheered and didn't care about the future. After all, if the sky fell, he still had his father, brothers, and uncles to hold it up, so it wouldn't fall on a short man like him.
"Old Ancestor, can you tell me now? What are you here for? Is this the Dragon Fang that those people talked about, the Dragon God descending to the world?"
Lu Yinche shook his head: "Where did the Dragon God come from——"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
