After Lin Daqiao's words, Li Yan finally understood that buying things here depends entirely on one's own vision and luck. It is not like buying or selling in a shop, where one can directly find the merchant to settle the matter if there is a problem.
"We are not here on this trip. We don't have enough time to set up a stall here. It's better to go directly to the store. Although it will be charged, it is acceptable, and it is also much faster in terms of time."
Wen Xinliang looked at Li Yan who was standing there watching, and began to explain lazily.
Li Yan certainly understood that once they set up the stall, if all these things were sold out, it would probably take several days to be successful, and this was not what they wanted.
"Thank you for your guidance, brother!"
After Li Yan finished speaking, he no longer looked towards the place for free trading, but walked forward with the two of them again.
The three of them began to walk through the street lined with shops. After walking for about half a cup of tea, just when Li Yan was dizzy, an imposing three-story attic appeared in front of him.
This attic covers a large area. The shops on the first floor alone are lined up on the street, which are as big as five or six shops next to it.
Li Yan looked up and saw a huge golden plaque hanging in the middle of the second floor of the third floor attic, with four eye-catching cinnabar characters written on it - "Return Home"
At first glance, one would never think that this is a store.
Li Yan had seen this building in the distance just now, but he didn't pay much attention to it. Along the way, he had come across at least a dozen large buildings like this one, and there were even some shops with more majestic and more luxurious gates than this one.
Wen Xinliang did not look back but walked straight to the door of the shop on the first floor. Standing at the door of the shop was a tall and thin scholar who looked like a waiter.
He would keep talking to the person who came in, and then shout inside, and a man who looked like a servant would come out and greet the person warmly and lead him in.
There were two burly men standing on both sides of the gate, emitting the aura fluctuations of the eighth or ninth level of the Qi Condensation Stage, and they were using their two pairs of ring eyes to constantly scan the people coming in and out.
When Li Yan and his companions approached, the eyes of the three people at the door fell on the three people headed by Wen Xinliang at the same time. When they saw the attire of the three people clearly, the scholar who was supporting the guest template hurriedly took a few steps forward and smiled before he spoke.
"Oh, I didn't expect you to be from a noble family. I'm here to show my respect and welcome the three distinguished guests to our store."
"Hehehe... It's okay. I haven't seen Director Feng here today. I guess it's not his turn to be on duty today. Well, please inform Miss Su Hong that Wen Xinliang from the Wuliang Sect wants to see you."
Wen Xinliang also glanced at this person casually and spoke lightly.
The guest who called himself Yingcai couldn't help laughing when he heard this.
"So you are a regular customer of our store. You are not an outsider. I just came here from another branch this month. But Branch Manager Feng will be on duty here the day after tomorrow. I will be here to serve you all these days."
The middle-aged scholar who called himself Ying Cai spoke with a hearty laugh. With just two sentences, he brought the people closer together, as if they were old friends.
Wen Xinliang nodded after hearing this, without saying anything, but just smiled at the man. Ying Cai of course understood what was happening and quickly extended his hand to invite him.
"Since you are acquainted with Miss Su, you must be a distinguished guest of our restaurant. Please come in. I will pass the message to you right away."
Since Ying Cai was a host, he was a very versatile person and could arrange these matters appropriately.
Then, he waved into the store, and a handsome young man with bright eyes hurried out, and Ying Cai pointed at him.
"Xiao Que'er, please welcome the guests from all parties here for me first. I will personally introduce these three distinguished guests."
The young man named Xiao Que'er saluted and said yes very shrewdly, then he bowed deeply to Wen Xinliang and the other two obediently, then he walked out of the shop and began to greet other visitors.
Some monks who arrived later, when they saw Li Yan and the other two in front of them, hesitated for a moment and then waited behind.
"Please wait in the hall for a while. I will inform Miss Su first. I think this little time will not delay your important matters."
After Ying Cai arranged things outside, she turned around with a smile on her face again and spoke to Wen Xinliang who was standing in front of the door. Then she went into the store first without any intention of greeting the three people, leaving them to do as they pleased.
But just like this, Li Yan felt like the owner of the store treated him and his friends as regular customers for many years, and everything was casual and natural.
Wen Xinliang also had a smile on his face. Although he was not the familiar Branch Manager Feng, he did not feel unfamiliar at all. He nodded slightly to Li Yan and the others and walked into the store first.
“The business of this shop is quite fair. I heard that it comes from a place called Wutian. I don’t know where this place is. The power behind it is not one of the eight forces here, but there must be a Jindan cultivator.
This shop not only purchases spiritual herbs and monster materials, but even some things of unknown origin can be eaten.
They also sell a lot of very high-grade spiritual tools and magic treasures, some of which are not available in other shops, so it is easy to attract all kinds of cultivators to come, and business has always been very prosperous. Most of us trade here."
As the three of them entered the shop, Lin Daqiao whispered a few words to Li Yan, roughly explaining the situation there.
After listening to this, Li Yan thought quickly in his mind and quickly came to his own conclusion.
“This store is not an ordinary business. They dare to eat things of unknown origin openly, and nothing has happened here. It may not be as simple as having a Jindan cultivator behind the scenes.
There may be more than one Jindan realm master, and they should be masters among the Jindan realm. Only with such confidence can he be so safe and sound after collecting the dirty things.
Senior Brother Seven said that some of the spiritual weapons and magic weapons he has here are not commonly seen in other shops, which shows that their sources of goods are also different and have other sources, or even some items of unknown origin, which are re-refined and then sold again.
The name of the store is "Return Home", "Return Home", what a beautiful picture of a bustling crowd of customers... "
While Li Yan was thinking, they had already entered the store. The first floor of the store was divided into several areas. There was a counter selling elixirs, an area selling spiritual tools, a separate place selling herbal raw materials, an area selling monster bones and furs, and an area separated by several side rooms, and no one knew what they were used for.
After entering the first floor lobby, on the left side close to the first floor, there is a staircase about four feet wide leading directly to the second floor.
In the lobby, there were many people who looked like servants, leading different cultivators to look at elixirs, spiritual weapons, herbs and other things in different areas.
In the area separated by several rooms, only occasionally would a person walk out of a room.
Many people on this floor, when they saw Li Yan and the other two enter, saw that they had no servants to guide them, and couldn't help but look at them a few more times. After seeing the three people's clothes clearly, they all avoided their eyes and continued with their own things.
Li Yan had encountered all these reactions repeatedly since he came to the city and had gradually become accustomed to this kind of gaze, but he was still a little depressed. Wherever the three of them went today, they did not meet any other monks from the Wangliang Sect, which made them feel like a crane standing out among a flock of chickens.
Li Yan glanced around and quickly found a problem. When he was about to ask Lin Daqiao, he heard a pleasant voice.
"I was delayed by something just now. I am sorry to have kept Senior Brother Wen waiting for a long time. I hope you will not be offended."
As the voice was spoken, light footsteps were heard on the left staircase, and everyone on the first floor immediately looked in the direction of the sound.
At the stairs, a slender and graceful figure appeared from the second floor, and a young woman was walking slowly and gracefully towards them.
She was wearing a light green tight palace dress, her hair was tied up high, her skin was white as snow, her teeth were as white as rhinoceros jade, her eyes were beautiful and charming, and the sides of her tight skirt were slit very high, revealing a large area of heart-pounding white skin when she stepped. Behind her, Ying Cai was following with a respectful look on his face.
As the woman approached, one could hear a pin drop on the first floor.
The silence in the shops on the first floor did not make the woman who was going downstairs feel uncomfortable. Instead, she was immersed in the fragrant breeze, looking around with her beautiful eyes, and she had already floated down to the first floor. In the eyes of everyone, she walked lightly towards Wen Xinliang with lotus steps.
"Oh, it's a bit abrupt for us to come visit unexpectedly. We can't help but disturb Miss Su."
When Wen Xinliang saw the beautiful woman approaching lightly, his lazy expression changed into a smile and he bowed.
"I'm just opening a small shop for business, how can you say that you're disturbing me? I can't wait to welcome you all."
The woman called Miss Su pursed her lips and chuckled softly, her voice sounding like the soft opening of the jade lips of a yellow oriole. Her smile and frown made her already radiant face even brighter.
And although she said these words to Wen Xinliang, to the ears of the crowd, it sounded as if they were speaking to themselves, making people feel more favorable towards this store.
"Oh, I forgot to introduce them to Miss Su. These two are my junior brothers. I hope you can take care of them when I come to your store in the future. My two junior brothers, this is the person in charge here, Miss Su Hongsu."
Wen Xinliang moved aside to make way for Li Yan and the other person, then pointed at them respectively. The first half of his sentence was directed at Su Hong, while the second half was addressed to Li Yan and the other person.
Su Hong's beautiful eyes moved to Lin Daqiao and Li Yan, and she smiled sweetly, but when her eyes moved to Li Yan, she froze for a moment, and then returned to normal, and she bowed lightly.
"I meet two junior brothers."
Although Li Yan stood there without saying anything, he could sense Su Hong's presence the moment she came down the stairs.
"Strong, very strong, at least at the peak of the late stage of foundation building. She should be only half a step away from reaching the state of great perfection of foundation building. No wonder she can be in charge of this place. However, she should not be the strongest person in this shop yet."
Li Yan was thinking about something in his mind. When he saw the other party bowing, he quickly returned the greeting with a smile. Lin Daqiao also nodded with a smile.
Although he had been here once or twice, he had only come here with others after he had established his foundation, so he was not familiar with the person in charge here.
After Su Hong bowed, she looked around and saw that most people were still looking at her. She couldn't help but smile.
"This is not the place to talk, can we move on?"
Wen Xinliang had long been annoyed by the looks given by the people here, so he agreed immediately.
"I think so too."
"Ying Zhishi, you continue to take care of the distinguished guests here."
Su Hong's beautiful eyes moved around, she nodded and smiled at the people on the first floor, then she said something to Ying Cai behind her, then turned and walked towards the stairs.
Ying Cai bowed with great respect and agreed. Then he saluted Wen Xinliang and the other two, smiled, and walked towards the group of monks.
It was not until Su Hong and Wen Xinliang and the other two had left for a long time that many people in the shops on the first floor began to whisper.
"This Miss Su is not only pretty, but also has a very high level of cultivation. I heard that she has been in charge of the shop here for seven years.
This 'Return to the Past' has become more and more prosperous under her management, and its scale has increased several times. It was not like this a few years ago."
"Of course not. Miss Su is the most beautiful girl in Peiyang Market. She is also a top-notch businessman. Otherwise, how could she be so successful in this mixed place?"
"Oh, she does have certain abilities, but the most powerful thing is the power behind her. Otherwise, no matter how strong she is, can she be stronger than a Jindan cultivator?"
"Hush, stop talking nonsense... Brother Li, aren't you looking for a flying needle magic weapon? I think I've seen one here before..."