Although the two of them successfully entered Tenglong City, Liu Hao still felt a little aggrieved and couldn't help but whisper to Li Mu: "Palace Master, you have great cultivation, why do you have to endure this?"
Li Mu smiled faintly upon hearing this and said, "Haha, the city is theirs, and the rules are theirs. If we want to enter the city, we have to abide by their rules, right?"
"But..." Liu Hao wanted to say something, but saw Li Mu waving his hand.
Seeing this, Liu Hao had to swallow his words. Since the palace master had his own arrangements, he just had to follow them.
Although Tenglong City is roughly the size of a galaxy, the area open to the outside world is not large. It is only a small area not far from the city gate.
Soon, Li Mu and the other person arrived at a street where monks gathered. This was the place where monks traded with each other.
The population here is complicated, especially during this turbulent period in the Chaos Sea, all major forces are killing each other like crazy, and nowhere is safe. Tenglong City, as a city that is isolated from the rest, is indeed precious. Therefore, most of the people who come here to trade are high-level officials from various forces. They are shouting and killing like mortal enemies outside, but here it is much more peaceful. Although there are sometimes some verbal conflicts between them, at least they won't fight.
It was for this reason that Liu Hao chose to come to Tenglong City to gather intelligence.
"Old Liu, you're here at last!" As soon as the two men arrived at the street, a young-looking monk came up and greeted Liu Hao.
"Haha, sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time, Brother Qian." Liu Hao walked up to him and bowed to him.
This person is Qian Gui, a trader who has been running a shop in Tenglong City for a long time. Liu Hao had exchanged Chaos Stones in his shop several times before.
"Who is this...?" Qian Gui looked at Li Mu with a puzzled look on his face.
"This is our Palace Master!" Liu Hao explained. There are so many forces called Palaces in the entire Qiongzu Universe, and even in the Chaos Sea there are countless forces, so Liu Hao did not hide the identity of Palace Master Li Mu.
"Oh, I've long heard of your name, senior. Nice to meet you!" Qian Gui smiled and bowed to Li Mu.
In response, Li Mu bowed, without any airs at all.
"Senior, since you are here in person this time, what about the deal between us...?"
Li Mu waved his hand and said, "Just the two of you can talk, I'll go somewhere else."
This time Liu Hao did not leave with Li Mu. Li Mu had already told him on the way that after entering the city, he should just mind his own business and he didn't need to stay with Li Mu.
"Then, Old Liu, let's go to my shop to discuss in detail?" Qian Gui made a "please" gesture.
Then, at Qian Gui’s enthusiastic invitation, Liu Hao came to Qian Gui’s shop.
This is a shop specializing in weapons. The interior is decorated very luxuriously, but judging from the lack of people inside, it seems that this shop has not been doing well recently.
As soon as he entered the store, Qian Gui couldn't wait to ask Liu Hao to take out the goods. This was a batch of high-quality weapons. After a careful inspection, Qian Gui readily paid Liu Hao 30 million Chaos Stones.
After the transaction was completed, Qian Gui was obviously relieved and complained to Liu Hao: "Luckily you two arrived in time, otherwise I'm afraid my store would have closed down!"
"Brother Qian, you're joking. Your business is so big, and we're not the only supply channel for you. How could you possibly go bankrupt?" Liu Hao said with a smile.
"Ah~" Qian Gui sighed heavily upon hearing this, "You also noticed when you entered the city, right? These bastards are too greedy. They actually raised the entrance fee by 10 times! How many customers can we get with this? Not only has the entrance fee increased, but even the prices of our shops have increased several times! If I rely on selling those low-end goods, I'm afraid I can't even pay the rent!"
"Since business is so depressed, why would Tenglong City raise prices like this?" Liu Hao was puzzled.
"Ah~! What can I say? They have the confidence! Nowadays, the outside world is in such a mess, but Tenglong City is the only one that has not been affected by the war. If you want to seek shelter, you can only pay money." Qian Gui smiled bitterly.
"Since business is so difficult, you might as well just pay a permanent residence fee and move into the inner city!" Liu Hao said.
Qian Gui smiled bitterly and shook his head: "You don't understand, the water in the inner city is very deep!"
"Oh~? What do you mean?" Liu Hao looked curious.
Qian Gui did not answer Liu Hao, but changed the subject: "Let's not talk about these unhappy things. Old Liu, you don't know that Chunfenglou has launched several new dishes. The taste is so authentic! It's a rare visit for you. As usual, I will treat you!"
"Okay." Liu Hao agreed readily.
Every time after he sold weapons to Qian Gui, Qian Gui would invite him to have a meal at Chunfeng Tower, and he would readily agree every time. It was not that he wanted to take advantage of Liu Hao, but because Chunfeng Tower was one of the best restaurants in the outer city of Tenglong City, gathering powerful people from all over the place. Naturally, it was the best choice if one wanted to gather information.
It was obviously not appropriate for him to go to Chunfeng Tower alone, as it would easily arouse other people's vigilance. After all, Chunfeng Tower's consumption was not cheap. For monks like them who had long stopped eating, who would spend such money for no reason? But if there was a vested interest in him, it would be natural for Qian Gui to treat him.
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On the other side, after Li Mu and Liu Hao separated, he came to an inconspicuous little shop at the end of the street alone. On the plaque in front of the shop was inscribed four big characters "Nothing Left to Be Calculated". Obviously, this was a shop that focused on deducing the secrets of heaven.
Li Mu smiled. He didn't expect that in this high-dimensional universe, there are still people who practice fortune-telling.
What is fortune-telling? It is stealing secrets from the Heavenly Dao. The Heavenly Dao of the ordinary universe has limited power. If a cultivator has mastered certain skills, he may be able to steal some secrets from the Heavenly Dao when it is napping. However, the Heavenly Dao of the high-dimensional universe is many times stronger than that of the ordinary universe. It is simply a foolish dream to want to steal secrets from the high-dimensional universe.
Even Li Mu can only control the Heavenly Dao at will in his own Lingxiao Universe, but if he is in the Qiongzu Universe, the Heavenly Dao will simply ignore him.
Of course, everyone has different ideas, and it is not ruled out that some monks will believe in this. Regardless of whether it works or not, at least it can give some psychological comfort, right?
Li Mu shook his head helplessly and strode into the store. An unremarkable old man was sitting on a chair in the middle of the store with his eyes slightly closed.
After Li Mu entered the store, the old man slowly opened his eyes and said with a smile: "Young man, what do you want here?"
"Haha, since you have 'every plan left out', why do you need to ask me?" Li Mu joked.
"As the saying goes, the secrets of heaven cannot be revealed. How can my deduction technique be used casually?" The old man shook his head.
"That makes sense. Then tell me who is the owner behind Tenglong City." Li Mu said with a smile.
The old man narrowed his eyes and stared at Li Mu. After a while, he smiled and said, "Don't count it. Tenglong City was built by me."
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