Chapter 24 Pearl

"Blood stained half of Li Nianran's sleeves, but he remained calm. Under everyone's gaze, he switched the sword from his right hand to his left hand..."

The storyteller on the stage vividly described the sword-testing competition jointly held by the Wanjian Sect and the Wenxin Sword Pavilion not long ago. The people in the teahouse listened with great interest, and some young people were full of yearning for the martial arts world.

Yun Wuque was eating small and exquisite pastries while listening to the storyteller telling about the interesting things that had happened in the martial arts world recently. He did not give any response to the obscure glances that fell on him.

Spies from various forces in the teahouse were secretly observing Yun Wuque. This blue-eyed young man had been in Shengling City for only a month, but he not only successfully cured the two unconscious people in the Feihua case, but also stayed in the Zhenguo General's Mansion for a few days. More importantly, the pearls he sold were as big as longan, round and shiny, crystal clear and solemn, each worth a thousand gold, and occasionally when he was in leisure time and was in high spirits, he would use smaller or defective pearls as rewards, making it impossible to guess how many pearls he had.

It is said that there was a wealthy man in Jiangnan who was unfortunately harmed by a villain and became disabled. Many doctors were helpless after seeing him. However, under the huge medical fees, many people still volunteered to treat him. Someone told the wealthy man that perhaps only the descendant of Yaowang Valley could help him stand up again. However, the descendants of Yaowang Valley have always traveled all over the world, and treating patients depends on fate. Even if the wealthy man has a lot of money, he may not be able to invite him. But who knew that this wealthy man would actually... He took a different approach and searched for all kinds of rare and precious medicinal materials everywhere, and made a bold statement that if anyone could successfully cure him, not only would he give all these medicinal materials as a gift, but he would also provide all the medicinal materials that the doctor would need in the future. Not long after he said this, the heir of Medicine King Valley actually came to visit him in person. Fu Jia said that few people are without desires, and the heir of Medicine King Valley is obsessed with medicine, and these rare and exotic flowers and precious medicinal materials are his desires.

Therefore, Yun Wuque's behavior of not being short of money made all the forces in Shengling City shift their attention to him. Money makes the world go round. Money may seem vulgar, but it is also something that almost everyone cannot give up.

Yun Wuque had no idea what everyone was thinking. Although he felt that he seemed a little ostentatious, that was his personality. It was impossible for him to be restrained. As for the pearls, they were just gathering dust in Shen Yuqing's game backpack, so he was just trying to help clear out the inventory.

Game Panel: I am a professional! There can be no dust in the game backpack!

Shen Yuqing clenched his fists with a smile: Although they are the same person, fortunately the pain is not related.

Yun Wuque: Meow meow meow! I don’t understand!

After hearing the storyteller on the stage talk about a swordsman whose sword was like the coming of winter, Yun Wuque threw a pearl into the box in front of the storyteller, then walked out of the teahouse without looking back.

The voice of the storyteller behind me was even louder, and if I listened carefully I could hear the voice trembling with excitement.

Since the spies did not find out Yun Wuque's background, and he had close ties with Wei Luobai, the only son of the general who controlled the country, all forces remained on the sidelines. However, people die for money and birds die for food, and the thing that the world lacks the least is people blinded by greed.

After Yun Wuque left the teahouse, he walked around along the way, and finally bought a portion of spicy dried fish at a shop on the east side before turning back home with a feeling of unsatisfied appetite.

Although Yun Wuque did not feel any ill will towards Wei Luobai, the General's Mansion represented too many things and he could not live there for long. So under the gaze of Wei Luobai's dog eyes, Yun Wuque bought a house slightly close to the General's Mansion.

The nearby residential areas were not as lively as the commercial areas in the city, and the surrounding streets were deserted. Yun Wuque was humming an unknown tune, and the tone of his voice was strange, but it made people listen attentively.

He turned left and right and entered an alley. The melody sounded even more eerie in the empty alley. Before he knew it, even the sound of the wind seemed to disappear.

After seeing the blue-eyed young man turn into the alley in front, two men jumped out from the darkness. They looked at each other and then turned into the alley as well.

"Are you sure that person entered this alley?" The person who spoke looked at the alley that seemed to have no end, with a sinister look in his eyes.

"Don't you have eyes?" the other person responded rudely. It was obvious that the relationship between the two people was not very good.

These two men used to be bandits, and countless of their subordinates died. Later, the government soldiers went to suppress the bandits, and they were the only two left alive in the entire mountain. Some treasures hidden by the bandit leader fell into the hands of these two men. Originally, the two men looked down on each other in the mountain, and even fought with swords, but now both of them were injured, and for a while, they could not do anything to each other, so they finally chose to travel together. In order to prevent others from recognizing them, the two decided to leave here, and then went all the way to the Holy Tomb City.

When they first entered the city, the two were shocked by the prosperity of the Holy Tomb City. The money in their hands was enough for them to live a life without worries about food and clothing. However, there were too many temptations on the road of life, and they soon became addicted to a life of dissipation and extravagance. As a result, even if they had more money, it would not be enough for them to squander. Seeing that the money in their hands was getting less and less, the two thought of their old business, and Yun Wuque, who was young, looked stupid and had a lot of money, naturally became their prey.

The two were a little hesitant at first, fearing to offend the Zhenguo General's Mansion, which was not an existence they could afford to offend. However, as the money they owed to the gambling house grew larger and larger, and the day to repay the debt was approaching, they decided to take a gamble.

The two of them saw Yun Wuque enter the alley with their own eyes, but when they entered, there was no one in front of them. Afraid of losing each other, the two of them could not help but speed up, but after walking for a while, they found that they still had not reached the end of the alley.

Looking at the endless alley in front of them, the two swallowed and slowed down their pace. It was so quiet around them that they seemed to hear each other's breathing.

One of them hesitated and said, "How about we go back the same way?"

The other person had a grim expression, but nodded in agreement. After all, what happened was really weird.

The sound of rapid running was heard in the alley. When the sound died down again, we saw that the clothes of the two people in the alley were soaked with cold sweat. Both of them looked terrified. They found that no matter how long they ran, they could not get out of this alley.

"A ghost wall?!"

"Help! Help!"

“Aaaaaaah!”

Lu looked at the two people who were moving crazily in the alley in shock, then shifted his gaze to Yun Wuque beside him.

"It's just an ordinary maze. Now that the maze is open, if a third person breaks in, the maze will immediately become ineffective. But if no one passes by, it will probably take another quarter of an hour for the maze to become ineffective naturally."

Yun Wuque had a very favorable impression of the Jiuyou Commander who had helped him to collect the medical fees, so he patiently explained the situation to him.

Lu Jingci nodded slightly, "Very impressive."

As the chief commander of Jiuyou, Lu Jingci had met many talented people and he also had some understanding of formations. The arrangement of formations required time and clever calculations, and the fact that Yun Wuque could set up a maze in such a short time was enough to move and amaze people.

Yun Wuque agreed with Lu's startled words. His blue eyes shone brightly like tiny gemstones. He asked in a good mood, "Tell me, why did you come to see me?"