Chapter 226: White Orchid Rain Festival (Part 8)
"Did you hear that?"
As soon as they left the High Priest's Mansion, Nan Huan pulled Bei Xi to follow behind and asked each other carefully.
"I heard it. It's exactly the same sound I heard when I first arrived at the mansion yesterday."
Bei Xi nodded, "And I didn't think about that voice again last night. As soon as we left today, it started to sound again, as if it was deliberately avoiding us."
It seems that the high priest's mansion is not as simple as it seems, especially the high priest who has not yet appeared.
Due to the mission rules and the housekeeper's instructions last night, they did not have time to explore this mansion which was much larger than it looked.
"Miss, did you notice it just now?"
Perhaps seeing the two of them stop, President Alice also stopped, "Just now, the players on President Gambler's side didn't react right, and President Miaojiang obviously had some problems."
"Also, our side quest showed as successful, but the prompt said that our nutrients were not correct."
The president of Hongfen Club also came over. She wanted to say the same thing in the hall just now, but after all, there were outsiders present, so it was not convenient to say too much.
Nan Huan was originally planning to keep an eye on the other party's movements and find a quiet place to inform them that she had received a different message. However, when she looked up, she found that except for the players on their side, the rest of the players had disappeared at the door.
"Where are they?"
"As soon as we went out, we separated. I don't know if they had discussed it beforehand or agreed to meet somewhere else."
Nineteen had been observing the other party's movements. When he heard the eldest lady's question, he gave a considerate answer, "After all, except for the Gambler's Guild Leader's people who have heat insulation equipment, the players from the remaining guilds will be physically harmed if they stay outside for a while longer. Everyone should want to complete the task as soon as possible and then return to the High Priest's Mansion. After all, the housekeeper only said that they have to go back before dark, but didn't say that they can't go back earlier."
Nan Huan indicated that he understood, and then shared the tips he received with them. "So I suspect that the tips the players just received should be different depending on the specific situation. The flowers that are about the same size should have received the same tips. It is very likely that, except for Miao Jiang, the other players on the Gambler's Guild received normal tips, so they didn't show any doubtful expressions."
"That is to say, their blood should meet the nutrient standards. The key lies in the water with black gas that they drank yesterday."
Although these are just Nanhuan’s speculations at present, based on the situation of control variables, these speculations have been confirmed to some extent.
"As for Miao Jiang, I always feel that what the housekeeper said this morning seems to have hidden meanings. Although it is not clear what hints she got, it is obviously not positive. So we need to pay attention to her actions or special things. I always feel that this copy is a little strange."
Even if the same side quest was completed, they received different prompts depending on the completion status. This was the first time these players had encountered this, so they found it even more strange.
Hearing the eldest lady say this, everyone became extremely alert.
“It’s a little strange.”
When everyone was digesting the eldest lady's words, Bei Xi suddenly said something for no reason.
What's going on with the president? Is this a disguised display of affection?
The remaining guild leaders hadn't noticed anything was wrong, but Nan Huan was the first to notice something was wrong from Bei Xi's tone. She turned her head and asked, "What's strange? Or did you discover something?"
After all, Beixi possesses a perception that is beyond the reach of ordinary people. Nanhuan, you still thought she had discovered some important clues.
"No, it's those people. They have been hiding in the corner and observing our movements since we left the house," Bei Xi looked around the hidden corners, "but they didn't show any obvious tendency to attack, unlike the residents who watched us yesterday."
ah?
Who?
Where?
After hearing what the leader said, the remaining players became alert. They looked around and finally found a few people behaving strangely in the crowd.
"Is it my illusion?" The president of the Workers' Union yawned and squinted his eyes. "Are there a lot more people in this city than yesterday? Even the streets are bustling?"
When they were brought into the city by the housekeeper yesterday, they did not see so many people, and the streets were very deserted, but today was different.
Despite the scorching sun and flying dust, this small town finally seemed to have a bit of life. Many shops along the street were open, and there were even some small vendors on both sides.
If you ignore the fact that the temperature outside is too high and the stall owners are all wearing headscarves to block out the sun and heat, there really is a thriving atmosphere.
"It's not an illusion. There are more people than yesterday."
President Barbie stood up and said, "It may be because we came too late yesterday, or the alternate saint in the plot has arrived and they have a plot that needs to be unfolded, or it may be simply because of the side quest we just received. After all, I have seen several abnormal shelves and shops."
"Ryukakusan?"
Nan Huan squinted his eyes and saw clearly the words written on a green banner on the opposite street, "Strengthen your body, prolong your life, no cheating, ten times compensation for fakes?"
She finished reading the words on the green banner with doubt, and curled her lips in disgust, "Why does it smell like a quack doctor? Do you think this Ryukakusan is the one we understand for curing throat, or is it..."
Nan Huan hadn't finished his words when he saw the sign hanging on the door of another pharmacy on the street. He swallowed back what he was about to say.
"Miss, I think it should be the latter."
Lingyue didn't know whether she could tell that Nanhuan was joking or was simply communicating her opinion with him. "After all, in real life, no one would put up a sign to sell dragon hearts and dragon tendons?"
Nan Huan looked at the other person helplessly. How could such a nice sentence coming out of her mouth suddenly carry a hint of horror?
"But I didn't see any signs selling dragon scale paper?"
Nan Huan looked around again, and for a moment she couldn't tell whether she was looking at the shops on both sides of Lin Street or at some dark slaughterhouse. In short, she seemed to have seen everything that could be bought but not sold, but she didn't see what they wanted to buy.
"Don't they believe in the Dragon God?"
Nineteen was a little puzzled. "Although the Dragon God did not descend again and Bailan City fell into withering, it is not that it has suddenly become so bitter and vengeful. Could it be that there really is a dragon?"
"It definitely doesn't exist in the real world," Bei Xi picked and chose among several shops and finally chose the strange pharmacy. After all, the owner of that shop was also peeping at them at the door.
"But it should be in this instance. As for what deep hatred the people here have against dragons, just ask them and you'll know."
After saying that, she led everyone straight to the pharmacy.
There were too many people, and the pharmacy couldn't accommodate so many people at once. Bei Xi only brought the eldest lady and several guild presidents, and the rest of the players stayed outside to be on guard and observe the surrounding environment.
The owner of the pharmacy is a short and fat middle-aged man.
Maybe it was because there was no rain in Bailan City, his skin was dark, and the whites of his eyes were too white, so there was always a weird feeling when he looked at people.
He was clearly secretly observing them just now, but when Bei Xi brought people into the store, he didn't have any intention of greeting them. He just stared at them blankly, as if he was trying to distinguish or observe something.
"Boss, we want to buy some things."
Bei Xi spoke first and knocked on the counter twice to attract the other party's attention.
"Oh, oh," the boss came back to his senses after a long time, showing a normal expression, "What do you saints want to buy?"
He grinned and greeted with a friendly smile.
Just the name that was spoken surprised everyone.
"How do you know we are all saints?"
Bei Xi smiled and did not respond to the boss's words, but asked back.
The boss didn't say anything wrong, or look panicked as if he accidentally let something slip. He just took the rag beside him and wiped the table absentmindedly.
"The original population of Bailan City is so small that the outsiders are still very eye-catching. Besides, I saw you enter the High Priest's Mansion yesterday and just came out of there. In our city, only the chosen saints can enter the High Priest's Mansion. This is not a secret."
Nan Huan originally thought that it would be difficult to communicate with this NPC boss, but he didn't expect that the other party did not hide anything and spoke very clearly.
After a walk around Nanhuan, I found that this pharmacy had two huge walls and a large cabinet with many drawers. Each drawer had a nameplate on it, which showed the medicine inside. It looked a bit like a modern pharmacy, except that the furniture was old-fashioned.
She returned to the counter and continued with what the boss had just said, "Since you know who we are, you must also know what we need, right? Do you sell anything here? I don't see what we want on the sign at the door?"
Based on the plot setting, they are definitely not the first group of saints to come here. It’s just that the previous saints all failed and did not successfully complete the Rain Festival to allow the Dragon God to come again.
That means that the previous saints also have to go through layers of review, and the things they need to prepare are similar to what Nan Huan and the others need to collect. If the boss can tell their identities from their faces or experiences, then the other party must also know what they need.
Sure enough, as soon as Nan Huan finished speaking, he saw a smile on the boss's lips.
"Of course I have the stuff here, but I don't know if you have decided to buy it from me?" When the boss talked about this topic, a sinister smile appeared on his face, as if he had suddenly become a different person. "As for the signboard? I don't think anyone in Bailan City would be so bold as to write withered dragon scale paper on their own signboard?"
The players didn't expect that things would go so smoothly. They just asked casually, but they actually made a discovery.
Bei Xi and Nan Huan were not in a hurry and did not agree directly. "Don't you have to inspect the goods first before buying? After all, there are so many people out there who have the goods. Who knows whether yours is real or fake?"
"That makes sense."
The boss turned around and fumbled around in the medicine cabinet behind him.
Bei Xi had already embraced Nan Huan and retreated to the door, while shooting an air arrow.
I saw a flash of green light where they had just landed.
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