Hu Guzhu was halfway there with the alchemists of Yancui Valley when he received a message from Tianshui Market. After reading the content of the message, Hu Guzhu was slightly relieved. It seemed that the actions of the City Lord's Mansion were also unpopular. Gu Yao's situation was not as bad as he thought.
He was optimistic about Gu Yao's alchemy skills and did not want him to be suppressed by the City Lord's Mansion, nor did he want him to have a bad reputation and become a stain in the future. At the same time, he was worried that his grandson would be implicated, so he decided to go to support when he first learned about the situation there.
Tianshui Market.
Previously, the streets and alleys were still arguing about Gu Yao's actions, but soon after, a voice gradually spread among the monks. Those who wantonly criticized Gu Yao for being dissatisfied with his actions, why didn't they criticize those merchants for raising the price of the pills so high? Why
didn't they attack the City Lord's Mansion and the alchemists of other forces? They didn't even show up, so how many pills have they refined for the alchemists fighting on the front line? Those people were angry and would only criticize Gu Yao. It was because Gu Yao's background was not big, so they picked the soft persimmon.
Someone else listed the merchants who sold the highest price of elixirs. Unfortunately, Duobao Pavilion was at the top of the list. Moreover, the staff in Duobao Pavilion were arrogant and looked down on ordinary cultivators. It was not the first day that I learned about this. Many low-level cultivators were scolded as poor ghosts. And which party was behind this Duobao Pavilion? Not many people would not know. So, should the forces of the City Lord's Mansion give their best efforts to the cultivators on the front line first?
If someone brings up Gu Yao again, accusing him of not taking the lives of the cultivators fighting the sea beasts seriously, someone will bring up Duobao Pavilion. If they have the ability to make Duobao Pavilion reduce the price of elixirs, they will definitely help scold Gu Yao. Let's ask him if he dares? And which sect are you from? Where is the alchemist of your sect? Why not call him over or make some pills and send them over?
In this way, the blame on Gu Yao gradually weakened, and people no longer pointed their guns at him.
Gu Yao, who was about to set out to strangle the sea monster, heard about the situation in the market, blinked and asked: "Could it be that Senior Brother Jiang did it?"
It was obvious that someone was pushing it behind the scenes, otherwise how could public opinion change so quickly? In addition, the Xingyue Chamber of Commerce also has a branch here, but outsiders are not aware of it. The Xingyue Chamber of Commerce is making a fortune in silence.
Jiang Yan smiled and glanced at Chi Changye, then said: "I guess so. What the City Lord's Mansion did was really excessive, and you, Gu Yao, are a member of our Tianfu Academy, and you teamed up with us. It is right and necessary to protect your reputation. As long as you, Gu Yao, are not affected, it's fine."
This is what he was worried about, and it was also what Chi Changye was worried about, so Chi Changye came to him without Gu Yao's knowledge, to reverse the public opinion as soon as possible. The City Lord's Mansion pushed Gu Yao into the fire, so let the City Lord's Mansion have a taste of this for themselves. Although it cannot shake the status of the City Lord's Mansion, it is okay to dislike them a little.
Jiang Yan did not do much, just let the people from Xingyue Chamber of Commerce and Tianfu Academy change their identities and sneak into various places in the market. As long as they mentioned it a little when others were talking, someone would spread it. Compared with Gu Yao's current furnace refining pills, the pills in those shops are ready, and they would rather hoard them than sell them at a lower price.
Do those merchants dare to say that they don't have much pills left? Even if there are not many, they will organize people to transport them from the inland, which is faster than Gu Yao's personal strength on the spot. No matter how great a person's strength is, there is a limit.
Sure enough, with a little guidance, the discussion outside became heated.
Fortunately, Gu Yao was not affected much, which made Jiang Yan very happy. It was not accidental that Gu Yao could achieve his current success. This mentality was very good.
"It's okay. Who can avoid being criticized? As long as you stand high enough, those comments will disappear automatically." Gu Yao waved his hands nonchalantly. It's not like he hasn't experienced these things before. When you stand high enough, there will be people chasing after you. If it happens again, Gu Yao will be calm and composed, and his mood will not fluctuate too much.
"Yes! Well said!" Lu Qiusheng patted Gu Yao's shoulder fiercely. This was very much in line with his temper. There were actually quite a few people who were jealous of Gu Yao outside. "Let's go, let's go, let's show you how powerful I am!" Gu Yao
couldn't help laughing. It's not like he hadn't seen Lu Qiusheng in battle before. Wasn't it Brother Lu himself that he had seen in Ganggu Town before?
The group left Tianshui Market while chatting and laughing. On the way, people would occasionally say hello to Jiang Yan and Gu Yao. Really smart people wouldn't follow suit. Who would they find to make pills if they offended Gu Yao? Although most of the pills could be bought with spirit stones, high-quality pills might not be available with spirit stones, so making friends with Gu Yao would be more beneficial.
Even if he was forced to go to the City Lord's Mansion to refine pills, could those pills fall into the hands of those monks who were attacking so aggressively? Dream on!
Gu Yao also responded to those who greeted him with a very good temper. The little black cat squatting on his shoulder attracted the attention of many people. Seeing this group of people leaving the market, it goes without saying that the destination is the front line of the battle with sea beasts. So those who originally wanted to rest immediately followed them. After Gu Yao and his group disappeared, many teams ran out of the ±fang city one after another.
Some of these people went there for the purpose of getting to know Gu Yao, who might lend a hand in times of crisis, and they would get a favor. Some went there with the attitude of watching the show and taking pleasure in misfortune, not believing that Gu Yao, an alchemist, could have much fighting power, and wanted to see if he would drag down his teammates. There was also a team that had ulterior motives, and quietly followed Gu Yao and his team not long after they left. In
the City Lord's Mansion, Ruan Xinhui's mood became very bad again. At first, she was very happy about the criticism of Gu Yao outside, and she wanted to see if Gu Yao could remain calm after arousing public anger. However, she did not expect that the fire would soon burn to Duobao Pavilion, and she was so annoyed that she threw the cup in her hand.
"Those poor devils, if they don't have spirit stones, don't buy the elixir. I think they will die early!" Ruan Xinhui said disdainfully. Want to force Duobao Pavilion to lower the price? Wishful thinking! If you have the ability, don't come to Duobao Pavilion to buy.
Typical double standards!
"Where is the ancient man? Where is he hiding? Didn't he say he was going out to kill sea monsters? In the end, he is still a coward!" Ruan Xinhui scolded.
"Miss," just as she was cursing, someone ran in to report, "I just saw Tianfu Academy and Gu Yao's gang leaving the market, and those people followed them out, Miss, just wait for good news."
Ruan Xinhui immediately felt refreshed, just like drinking a cup of iced tea on a hot summer day, feeling refreshed: "Haha, I want to see if he comes back alive, who asked him to fight with me!" Elder He
also received the news, narrowed his eyes coldly, too many geniuses are not a good thing, he asked someone to approach
Chi Changye, lobbying him to join the City Lord's Mansion, and hinted that he could go to Changxianmen after making certain contributions, but it didn't work at all. Did this person not understand or was he pretending to be deaf and dumb?
Compared to Gu Yao, he felt that Chi Changye was a bigger threat. Now most people focused their attention on Gu Yao, but ignored Chi Changye. This was not a good thing, and the city lord did not like this situation that was out of control. Judging from
his age, he was at most in his twenties. A golden elixir in his twenties would be an outstanding talent even if he was placed in the Changxian Sect. Thinking of his own situation, Elder He's eyes flashed with jealousy. People who were too talented always made people feel uncomfortable.
In fact, if Chi Chang Ye is gone, what will happen to Gu Yao? How much self-protection power can the alchemist have?
Gu Yao and his party arrived at one of the strongholds a day later. Just before they set out, an urgent message came from here that there were sea beasts attacking, so they rushed here.
Looking down from above, even Gu Yao, who had seen the scene of the insect invasion, gasped. The dense sea beasts below were mixed together, and the salty and stinky smells were mixed together. The scene was hard to describe. Perhaps people with weaker minds would see such a scene and be frightened by the unpleasant smell, and I am afraid that their legs would become weak and want to leave.
Seeing that Gu Yao just took a deep breath and didn't show any other abnormalities, Chi Changye felt relieved and whispered to him, "There are a lot of people following behind, and their goals may not be the same. Be more careful.
Even if he is watching, he hopes that Gu Yao will be on high alert. He doesn't want to see Gu Yao get hurt.
Gu Yao glanced back. There were several auras behind him. Of course, he could sense that there were malicious auras among them. There was a flash of coldness in his eyes, but when he looked at Chi Changye, he smiled and said, "Brother Ye, don't worry, I will protect myself first, and then go hunt sea monsters."
"Yeah. "Chi Changye nodded. He didn't think that this idea was wrong. The road is difficult to travel, but first of all, one must stay alive to have a chance to advance.
And he thinks that it will be much more pleasant and easier to have Gu Yao accompany him on the road. It would be great if Gu Yao had the same idea as him.
Various lights flashed below. Some monks who had arrived earlier were hunting monsters. Jiang Yan had experience. He looked around and pointed to a position below and said, "Let's go there, use it as a base, and move forward little by little to clear out the sea beasts."
"Okay, let's listen to Senior Brother Jiang." The others agreed. The position there was high and the field of vision was wide. There was no need to worry about being suddenly attacked by sea beasts.
—The pedestrians stepped on the magic weapon and flew downwards. Before they landed, they launched various attacks, because the high ground was occupied by the sea monsters, and they had to take it back first.
After a loud bang, Gu Yao saw a crab-like sea monster with a hard shell below. Its claws were broken by the bombardment, but its two large claws were still waving in the air. The defense of this hard shell was really not to be underestimated. However, a sword energy with thunderous sound came down, and the sea monster was immediately split into two neat halves, including the other sea monsters around it. The sea beasts were also affected, and a large number of them died.
The Tianfu Academy monks who had seen Chi Changye's attack were fine, but the Tianhaimen disciples who had never seen it were dumbfounded and almost forgot to continue the attack.
It didn't take long to clear this high point, but the smell was still bad. Several monks took action to deal with it. They poured water and roasted the fire. They took out the useful parts of the sea beast's body and burned the rest with fire.
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