Mrs. Bai, the owner of Bai's Rice Shop, how strong her true cultivation is, Huang Yingying does not know, and Wu Jinliang even less so.

However, Shi Chun, who officially met her up close, could tell. With his right eye's superpower observing the depth of her magical source, based on the accumulated experience now, he shockingly discovered she is a demon cultivator who has stepped into the Earth Immortal Small Achievement Realm.

And she's a legitimate tigress, a White Tiger Demon.

This makes it even more puzzling. It's just a rice shop, even if the business is great, the money earned can hardly support cultivation reaching the Earth Immortal Realm.

He currently has a person in the Earth Immortal Realm, with Tong Mingshan and Zhu Xiangxin also in the Human Immortal Great Achievement Realm. He knows too well how much cultivation resources are needed to reach this level. It's truly not something a rice shop can easily support.

It made him increasingly realize that there was more to this tigress.

What's even more strange is that such a powerful tigress would be married to a nobody like Huang Yingying. It's truly bizarre.

Inside the rice shop, while Shi Chun was assessing the tigress, Bai Qiru was also assessing him.

From the news Bai Qiru got from Wu Jinliang, Shi Chun was brought in by Wu Jinliang as an assistant, with Wu Jinliang as the main, and Shi Chun as his subordinate, a trusted subordinate.

The two brothers reversed their primary and secondary roles, which was Shi Chun's suggestion to Wu Jinliang.

After some face-to-face negotiations, Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang became officially employed at Bai's Rice Shop, living and eating there, and without a fixed role.

In any case, Bai Qiru is the owner, and whatever she says goes for what the two do.

Therefore, a few more employees have to be recruited for the shop, as the legitimate work of the rice shop still needs people to do it.

The room the two stayed in was beside the rice shop's storeroom.

Before they could even put down their luggage, Shi Chun directly spoke to Bai Qiru, "Madam Boss, can you arrange for us to visit the Divine Mountain?"

He intended to solve the problem directly and to probe, wanting to see how much capability this tigress had.

Bai Qiru, puffing on her cigarette, glanced at Wu Jinliang's reaction through the smoke. Seeing that Wu Jinliang had no response, she assumed it was also his intention, and then slowly asked, "What do you want to do at the Divine Mountain?"

Shi Chun said, "To meet Huang Yingying and understand the real situation to decide what to do next."

Bai Qiru was puzzled, "What's the use of meeting him? Are you not here to rescue someone, or do you want to forcibly take someone out from inside? You must know that behind the Divine Mountain is the Phoenix Clan, right? If you forcibly take someone out, the Phoenix Clan will be enraged, and even in the vast world, he might have no place to hide. At that time, even I might get implicated. I advise you not to have such delusions."

As she said that, Shi Chun, being a quick thinker, smoothly changed his words, "Madam Boss misunderstood, we want to tailor the plan accordingly; only by understanding the situation can we tailor the plan."

It's easy to say what pleases others, but the goal he set won't be changed easily. If needed, taking someone out forcibly isn't impossible.

Bai Qiru puffed on her cigarette again, "The Divine Mountain isn't a place just anyone can enter. I can ask for help to visit my husband, which might have a slight chance of approval, but helping outsiders to meet someone inside is nearly impossible."

Shi Chun proposed, "Then how about sneaking in without the Divine Mountain's consent to secretly meet someone, what do you think?"

Bai Qiru shook her head, "That's even more impossible. The Divine Mountain is protected by an ancient formation. Without permission, if no one opens the door, people inside can't get out, and people outside can't get in."

Wu Jinliang was suspicious, "There's still an ancient formation at the Divine Mountain? There aren't many of those around nowadays, can it still be used?"

Bai Qiru thought for a moment and said, "This formation is somewhat related to Huang Yingying's ancestors. Among his ancestors was a genius who once dominated the Dragon and Phoenix Clans, once reigning supreme in the Demon Realm. They established the Divine Mountain as their Ancestral Court, using the power of stars to set up a protective formation. Even masters capable of shattering the void find it difficult to traverse the barriers constructed by this stellar force, and as long as the relevant stars do not perish, this formation can exist throughout the ages.

The Divine Mountain originally belonged to the Phoenix Clan, forcefully seized by Old Huang's ancestors. Later, his ancestors fell to the Demon Ancestor's hands, and the Phoenix Clan took back the territory. Seeing that the protective formation was good, they didn't destroy it, but continued to use it to this day.

Old Huang's clan has been kept as slaves on the Divine Mountain, and even they cannot break their own ancestor's formation, let alone outsiders."

Seeing her speak to this length, Shi Chun didn't want to teach her further, choosing to pause the conversation, first taking his luggage to settle in the room.

Wu Jinliang, who had already settled in, led him to the room, pointing to the two narrow bunks in the not-too-spacious room, "Rooms for the employees are like this. The two of us live here, previously, the two who were here died on Blocking Slope."

Shi Chun dropped the package he used as a cover, inspecting the room's environment, and softly said, "That so-called great formation, while heavily guarded, as long as there's an entrance, naturally there's a way in for people to enter. Let her probe the situation first..."

After given a briefing, the understanding Wu Jinliang swiftly left the room.

He then found Bai Qiru again, relaying Shi Chun's intentions in his own words, "I need a detailed map of the Divine Mountain, information about personnel, distribution of their power, and the exact location of Huang Yingying currently. Can you get these quickly?"

Without this convenience, Shi Chun probably wouldn't have bothered to come to the rice shop.

Upon listening, Bai Qiru frowned, "From your words, it sounds like you're intending to stage a robbery."

Needing even the terrain and personnel distribution chart, you say you're looking for a way to rescue someone, who would believe it? Listening to it made her anxious.

Wu Jinliang chuckled, unfazed by the words, directly countering her logic with her own reasoning, "Madam Boss is overthinking. With that ancient formation of the Divine Mountain, how could we rob it? Can we forcibly enter or forcibly exit? Simply because we are ignorant of the Divine Mountain's situation, we need to know our enemy and ourselves, to tailor the plan."

Bai Qiru was silent for a moment, then said, "I'll think of a way."

Without saying much, Wu Jinliang merely cupped his hands in thanks, not expressing any gratitude, for why would one need gratitude for saving someone's husband?

It is unclear what method Bai Qiru employed over here, but in any case, the rice shop soon closed, and the lady boss also left.

It was probably for a long trip, otherwise, there'd be no need to suspend business.

The staff idling in the rice shop also stopped working.

Three days later, Bai Qiru returned, and the rice shop reopened for business.

She also brought back the items Wu Jinliang requested, a scroll map and an atlas, detailing those matters about the Divine Mountain that Wu Jinliang had mentioned.

Furthermore, she brought back three new employees for the rice shop.

Upon seeing the unfamiliarity of the three employees with Dazhi City, Shi Chun deduced that they were not locally hired.

Bringing back three employees from other places suddenly, along with the feeling that Bai Qiru had something going on, Shi Chun couldn't help but use his superpower on his right eye to observe the three new employees.

What he discovered shocked him; the cultivation level of the three employees was no less than that of Bai Qiru, with some clearly stronger.

What kind of rice shop can afford to have such employees?

Shi Chun immediately signaled Wu Jinliang to go back to the room, informed him of the situation with the three employees, and Wu Jinliang was also taken aback.

That wasn't the main point though; the main point was to make Wu Jinliang thoroughly investigate Bai Qiru's background.

Wu Jinliang hesitated, saying, "I've checked, long ago. This rice shop is her ancestral business, an ancient one at that, existing since the establishment of Dazhi City. Most of the management was handled by the shop's employees in the earlier years. She would occasionally come back to settle accounts, and then later settled down here permanently, then married Huang Yingying. What she did outside, it seems no one really knows, it's hard to find out."

Shi Chun refuted, "Judging by the situation, the City Lord knows, and Lou Xiu probably knows too, otherwise he wouldn't have avoided her when killing A Xun. So, the dealings behind her shouldn't be a secret and shouldn't be difficult to investigate. The key is who does the investigating. Contact Young Master Nan and ask him to inquire, the Outer Court Supervisor who took care of the Treasure Hunting Pavilion after his request might know too."

"Right, right, Master is wise. I'll contact Young Master Nan right away." Wu Jinliang patted his forehead and immediately took out the Mother-child Talisman to send a message.

Meanwhile, the two didn't just wait around for news; they took the atlas given by Bai Qiru and departed.

According to Bai Qiru, they were going to find a way, but in reality, they headed straight for the Divine Mountain, fearing Bai Qiru might overthink, so they didn't tell the truth.

The two didn't make any preparations at all, not even carefully studying the atlas. Their idea was simple: instead of staying at home with the atlas to study, why not go to the site and compare the terrain in person?

It had been a long time since Shi Chun had left the city and roamed around; seeing the vast wilderness outside again, he felt extraordinarily relaxed.

The two left just in time, as shortly after, the young lady of Chao Yue Hall, Dong Liangyi, arrived.

Actually, it wasn't exactly coincidental; the rice shop had just reopened, and even Bai Qiru didn't expect that right after she gave them the things, those two would immediately rush out.

Dong Liangyi came to buy Spirit Rice.

Previously, such errands were mostly handled by her young brother, Dong Liangze.

This time, she came personally as the cook.

Being able to come out and purchase goods like this, she was greatly influenced by Shi Chun. His words before leaving spurred her, making her set aside the traditional teachings for young ladies not to show their faces too much in public.

She stepped out of her home.

She used a small portion of her savings to taste food made by outsiders, awakening long-lost flavors in her memory, realizing that what Shi Chun said was true.

After the rice was packed and the payment made, she nervously asked, "Is Wang Ping here?"

The employee didn't recognize her, as she rarely went out, and shook his head, "You've come at the wrong time, miss. He and Gao He just left, sent out by the lady boss to source goods. May I ask for your name, miss? I'll tell him when they return."

"No, it's alright. Never mind." Dong Liangyi shook her head anxiously and left with half a bag of Spirit Rice.

The hairpin squeezed within her sleeve remained there, not taken out in front of the others. Since Shi Chun had already left Chao Yue Hall, she felt it wasn't appropriate to keep the hairpin; she had intended to return it...

In the scenic and wonderful surroundings of the Divine Mountain, there was another city, considered to be at the foot of the Divine Mountain.

By the afternoon, Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang had arrived, first finding the best inn in the city to stay in.

They now had money, saved enough in the Land of Exile, so unless necessary, they wouldn't compromise on their comfort.

Enjoying good food, staying in nice places.

Of course, if needed, they could also stay in a hovel.

Just after settling down in the guest room, accepting the tea delivered by the staff and inspecting it, and just about to hand a cup of tea to Shi Chun, Wu Jinliang suddenly noticed Shi Chun was holding something strangely familiar, flipping through it, unable to recall where he'd seen it, but certain he had.

It was a golden Command Arrow, about half a foot long, with ornate carvings all over it, making him feel particularly familiar.

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