The crowd listened to these tales and watched the hustle and bustle outside the shop, and couldn't help but feel a sense of longing.

Because the passerby now might just be an ancient sage from some tomb!

Truly the core of the entire continent.

The official setup of each historical secret realm is just too entertaining.

The civilization built by history not only allows people to see history but also adds a sense of fun, making one famous and successful.

And it can also make the ancestors happy.

This is a win-win structure.

It can even stir up the competitive spirit of scholars and promote a flourishing age.

Truly worthy of being the government, playing smart.

The crowd was also increasingly happy.

They came here to run shops, to receive guests!

Later, when our shops become famous, the guests might not only be those Saint Children and Saintesses but could also be some ancient sage who hides their identity to purchase items.

Even, the most formidable ancient presence of this city, King Xinyi, might come to their shop disguised as a guest.

These NPC customers are just too cool!!!

This design of Xinyi State City's background, the development limit of the shop map, they give full marks to the game planning!

However, now their shop has just opened, they still need to continue to find this neighbor and communicate some information and intelligence.

Su Yuniang shifted her thoughts, "By the way, I heard, Jian Xin and his group are preparing to enter the capital?"

"I heard they are stationed at Xinyi Academy." Shopkeeper Lu answered, "It is said they will enter the capital in half a month or a month."

This matter has already echoed throughout Xinyi State.

Being the hottest topic recently, how could she not know?

"To prevent unnecessary dreaming over the long night, why not hurry into the capital?" Embers Jiucai Rong spoke from the side.

He had already begun habitually discussing politics, engaging in national affairs.

To this, Shopkeeper Lu did not appear surprised.

After all, talking politics is normal.

This world has no literary inquisition, as long as it's not rebellious opinions.

Paying attention to national affairs and world safety is what scholars ought to do!

In this world, if a scholar doesn't discuss national matters, people actually look down on him!

And if you express insightful opinions and thoughts, it will make you famous, even some great noble families will treat you with respect.

Nowadays, in the teahouses and taverns of Xinyi State, where isn't this topic being discussed?

Studying what will happen next?

What will the evil cult do? Will there be an attack?

"It is said that they are waiting for someone, waiting for the last escort team to arrive, and enter the capital collectively."

Shopkeeper Lu also had his insights, anyway sitting at the auction is boring, he began discussing with them:

"Of course, ostensibly waiting to enter the capital, but it might as well be a trap to lure those evil cults into attacking."

Shopkeeper Lu analyzed: "Don't underestimate the court, probably trying to catch the mole."

"Oh?" Su Yuniang said, "About the matter of the Saint... isn't it urgent? Shouldn't they race against time into the capital?"

"Though the current Saint is elderly, he isn't incapable.... Not necessarily racing against time into the capital to treat."

Shopkeeper Lu let out a mysterious smile:

"A group of elite individuals from various industries at Xinyi Academy can still conduct research, why must they enter the capital? They might as well set an ambush here to lure the enemies."

"It's rumored that many Divine Doctors and Divine Alchemists are already studying pills, and Divine Craftsmen are also researching the structure of the Yin Yang Rice Flower Sword."

"Reportedly as a contingency plan, if the Saint's eye cannot be cured in the short term, they plan to manufacture a day and night to illuminate the Nine-State!"

"It's said that the people in Xinyi Academy have already contacted an anonymous Divine Craftsman behind the scenes, who is quite remarkable, conducting exchanges with those scholars across distances."

"Speaking of anonymous, is an enigmatic master, reportedly not only skilled in forging but also frightening in medical expertise!"

Su Yuniang: "..."

Rumors are not to be trusted.

Speaking from experience: those Divine Craftsmen haven't contacted us at all!

Now, the tense atmosphere filled with truths and falsehoods, various rumors, sound reasonable theories, are flying everywhere.

Medical Fairy listens more joyfully.

Shopkeeper Lu, the true form of Sword Fairy is here!

I am the legendary Yin Yang Rice Flower Sword, the experimental subject being researched by numerous big shots in the city's depths.

No one imagined, I'm hiding in the outer ring, running a shop and medical clinic?

This is called hiding in the market!

This game is simply too enjoyable.

Perfectly restoring the protagonists from those show-off novels, where the protagonist runs an unnoticed little shop outside the city, listening to the big shots talk about their glorious deeds.

"Then if it's an obvious trap, will those people still attack?"

Su Yuniang was puzzled, thinking about her godmother Jiao Wuyu, who wouldn't be so foolish:

"Xinyi State City is heavily guarded, with so many ancestral beings from tombs, who dares to come?"

"Not necessarily."

Shopkeeper Lu shook his head, saying: "The inner ring is too far, each ancestral spirit is earth-bound spirit and unable to assist, the ancestors outside the city probably can only send a few remote attacks."

"Therefore, if it fights, the inner ring is the weak point, definitely sneaking into the city, both sides confronting in the inner ring."

Su Yuniang and others thought, indeed.

This leaves a clear flaw: inner ring defense is deficient.

Trying to bait those rebels into taking the bait.

But whether overconfident, those in the city like Jian Xin end up breaking themselves is another matter.

This is a game of tactics between both sides!

The calculations of the greats deeply profound, you bait me, I bait you.

Shopkeeper Lu revealed a knowing smile: "We are hiding in the outer ring's tomb, instead it is the safest, still able to watch the excitement in the center of the inner ring."

"Doesn't this feel like a beast fighting arena? We sit in the outer circle spectator seats, watching the combat in the inner circle."

"Like!" Su Yuniang quickly said.

Shopkeeper Lu chuckled: "This is a once-in-a-millennium battle, who would want to miss it?"

"Many people are frantically rushing over, preparing to spectate in the ring area inside the city, a mythical battle might erupt!"

Everyone present showed a look of yearning.

This sounds like an exciting and intriguing major plot performance.

Moreover, Sword Fairy, Jiao Wuyu, Jian Xin, these beings will all take part with their friendship.

They even have the chance to influence the situation.

For instance, creating a second Yin-Yang Divine Soldier.

Or perhaps, getting the Manor Master's Embers out, launching a ground-to-ground missile... the Manor Master slashing everyone.

Their little heads have already conjured up many rebellious, defying thoughts.

...

This Shopkeeper Lu was one who enjoyed chatting.

She chatted with a few blacksmiths all afternoon, her merchant's social skills quickly allowed her to blend with everyone.

Before leaving, Shopkeeper Lu reminded: "Those ghostly shops in town might make a move against you, be careful."

"They won't directly smash things, will they?" Embers Jiucai Rong asked.

"That won't happen," Shopkeeper Lu said. "You're under the protection of the Business Alliance. As long as you don't make the first move and give them a reason to act, they won't violently attack your shops."

"Then that's fine," Su Yuniang said, preparing to continue researching the shop. "We'll integrate into this part of history and have a proper struggle with them."

"Coming here is all about experiencing the customs and traditions of this era."

...

...

Early the next morning.

Ning Zheng got up early, brushed his teeth, ate breakfast, and then went up the mountain.

He wasn't heading to the Sword Casting Manor but to Xinyi Continent City to check out the shops and take a stroll.

After all, the Teleportation Array was built, and not using it would be a waste.

He didn't have the mindset to save; he, a Cultivator in the Four Viscera Realm, teleporting over, wouldn't incur much loss.

Though the cost of weapon teleportation is still significant.

Whoosh!

He entered the Teleportation Array, appeared in Xinyi Continent City, and walked down the streets.

[Today's Qi Fortune Value: 1850]

Seeing there were no issues, he boldly started strolling and playing around.

After all, the manor was too stifling; it was always the same stuff back and forth. It's better to come here and look around.

Ning Zheng also had a keen interest in those ancient saints, the noble families, citizens, customs, and traditions here...

It was good to broaden his knowledge while out and about.

He might even go to the tavern for a cup of tea and experience this ancient era's charm.

"Hide and seek?"

Ning Zheng sighed once; he was quite interested in it.

Others might not be able to find them.

But for him, it was different.

He could capture certain hidden presences through changes in fortune.

Of course, he was just trying to look for them.

If he found them, he didn't plan to go in person, but rather organize a mission for the blacksmiths to try getting close.

"Of course, Qi Fortune Value isn't omnipotent."

Ning Zheng strolled the streets, occasionally buying things to taste:

"Back then, I couldn't detect the true self of Li Youzhu's shop."

"Because for me, whether he was a fierce ghost or a stronger ancestor, the danger was deadly, so I couldn't even perceive he was an ancestor."

"Now, I can only encounter a lethal indigenous person."

"As for whether he is the owner of some tomb or a general to be buried with, a concubine, a wife, it's unknown."

Ning Zheng could only guarantee reducing the upper limit.

There are three thousand tombs in the corridor, but that doesn't mean there are three thousand people.

Some tombs are couples buried together.

They even include large numbers of concubines... Some tomb owners might bury with their loyal ministers and subordinates.

The lethal NPCs encountered aren't necessarily tomb owners, possibly a concubine or a descendant of a saint.

"Looking at it this way, the number should be considerable."

Ning Zheng took a deep breath and continued his leisurely stroll when he suddenly got hit hard by someone among the passersby.

Ning Zheng abruptly grabbed the dirty little beggar's hand, gave a hard squeeze, and the stolen Storage Bag fell directly.

This beggar looked only thirteen or fourteen years old, with arms and face marked with knife scars, messy long hair; she was just a little girl.

"Let me go, let me go."

The beggar's disfigured face revealed a cold look: "You've hurt me. Who in the neighborhood doesn't know my big name? Offend our Little Cake Gang, and we'll beat you to death."

Nearby in the alley gaps, several little beggars deliberately showed fierce faces, staring dead at Ning Zheng.

A group of kids, a pickpocket gang?

[Today's Qi Fortune Value: 1800]

[Today's Qi Fortune Value: 1600]

Good heavens, fortune started to drop.

Indeed, his luck was very good; he ran into something right away.

No, this drop in fortune clearly indicates bad luck, it's encountered through bad luck.

Ning Zheng sighed in his heart, momentarily caught in the contradiction between whether his luck was good or bad, but still loosened his grip on the little beggar's hand.

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