Behind the tavern was a remote street, and after landing steadily, Li Xin'an summoned the Ghost-Faced Demon Spider and said to it, "Can you smell the ice worms?"

The Ghost-Faced Demon Spider felt it for a moment and said, "It was washed away by the rain and couldn't smell it." ”

Li Xin'an responded: "It seems that I have only been looking for it little by little, let's look for the ghost-faced demon spider separately, you go to the east, I will go to the west, try not to attract the attention of others." ”

"Okay, master. ”

The Ghost-Faced Demon Spider suddenly went into stealth and ran to the east to start searching, while Li Xin'an walked in the other direction.

At this time, the sky was still raining lightly, Li Xin'an took out a mask to cover his face, so as to avoid being accidentally discovered by others and exposing his identity.

......

In the sewers of Hezhou City, the tired young man looked at the last bit of liquid at the bottom of the bottle, opened the cap of the bottle with some reluctance, and sucked hard into the bottle, and suddenly became energetic, and the liquid in the bottle was less.

Not far away, there was a sudden sound of footsteps.

"stinking! I'm sure I'll break his leg if I find that kid!"

"You said he would have escaped from Cloud City. ”

"No, Second Master Feng has found a wizard to cast a spell, and he has already confirmed the location of that kid, which is in Cloud City. ”

"Damn, it's not going to hide in this place? Is this a place for people? It stinks. ”

"That kid is a cheap dog, he's not human, he could be here. ”

"Haha, that's right. ”

The young man listened to these people's words, his face did not rise a wave, and quietly slipped away in another direction.

......

Five hours later, the sky was slightly bright, and some of the hunters had already gotten up early to call their friends to hunt in the mountains.

Li Xin'an returned to the tavern, flexibly opened the window, entered his room, checked and found that the hair on the window and door was still there, so he lay down on the bed to rest.

He didn't find the boy last night and decided to go out to look for it during the day.

I slept until almost noon, and I woke up and went downstairs to order some food to eat.

There were a lot fewer people in the tavern at noon, only a few foreign tourists like Li Xin'an, and some people who seemed to talk and laugh with each other, but actually stared at themselves, Li Xin'an felt that these people were eyeliner.

He didn't care, but ordered some food as usual.

The midday meal is still grilled or cooked, and with some spicy condiments, it is a meal.

People here love spicy food, probably because the humidity here is too heavy, and it is related to the need to eat some chili peppers to expel the moisture.

During the day, the streets of Hezhou City are much more lively, and there are many stalls selling things on both sides of the street, most of which are exotic fruits or mushrooms picked from the mountains, and merchants from other places come here to buy these things.

But Li Xin'an didn't see any of the fur stalls, it should be related to the so-called Feng Erye.

After looking for a while, Li Xin'an still didn't see the young man.

"Where is this kid hiding? I and the Ghost-faced Demon Spider should have been looking around Hezhou City, why haven't we been able to find it?

Could it be that the kid is really hiding in the sewers? But I had to find a house first, I had been living in a tavern with limited mobility, and I needed a safe place to enter the boy's dream and help him solve that nightmare. ”

Li Xin'an decided to buy a house, and he searched the street.

"I'm not familiar with life here, I have to find someone to help me introduce it, it is still necessary to find an agent to buy and sell houses, after all, I am a living person, I am not familiar with this place, I can't buy a suitable house, but where can I find an agent? ”

When Li Xin'an was worried about the intermediary, he suddenly saw a business on the corner of the street, with the words "Zhou Family Chamber of Commerce Branch" written on the plaque, and a flag hanging in front of the door, with the word "Zhou" written on it, and the word "Zhou" was very similar to the words on the token given to him by Zhou Qian.

This seems to be the shop of the Zhou Family Chamber of Commerce, but it is too simple, even simpler than the shops temporarily built by the Chamber of Commerce in Frost City before, which made Li Xin'an hesitate.

Li Xin'an walked into the store curiously, there was only a young man in his twenties in the store, who was lying bored on a recliner reading a book.

Although the shop is simple, it is very clean, there is not a trace of dust on the stone floor, and there are some goods on the shelves on both sides, which are very miscellaneous, including common medicines, weapons, books, and many other goods, all neatly placed.

Li Xin'an asked the young man, "Hello, is it the Zhou Family Chamber of Commerce?"

The young man immediately put down the book, sat up, and said to Li Xin'an with a smile: "That's right, this is the branch of the Zhou Family Chamber of Commerce, what do you need?" ”

Li Xin'an was about to speak, when an old man suddenly walked in outside the door, his feet were covered with mud, and he stepped on two footprints on the floor in an instant, and the young man's expression twitched, as if he was very distressed, but he immediately controlled his expression and forcibly changed to a programmed smile.

Li Xin'an looked amused.

The old man shouted in a native dialect: "Has my letter arrived?" ”

The young man got up and walked to the corner, took out an envelope from the box and handed it to the old man, and said kindly: "It's already here, uncle, the distance of this letter is a little far, 50 copper coins." ”

The old man took out a handful of copper coins from his bosom and put them in the young man's hand and said, "Take it." ”

Then the old man turned and left the shop, leaving a trail of footprints.

"Haha, you can add a slice of bacon at noon. ”

The young man looked at the copper coin in his hand and was happy for a while, and then turned his hands over, and the copper coin disappeared suddenly, he obviously also owned the storage emperor's tool.

At this time, the young man remembered that Li Xin'an was still here, and explained embarrassedly: "There is very little business in the trading house, so I am also in the business of receiving and sending letters, earning some copper coins, I don't know what is the matter with the guest officer?"

Li Xin'an said: "Is this the branch of the Zhou Family Chamber of Commerce in Zhou Kingdom?"

The young man said patiently: "That's right, it's the Chamber of Commerce." ”

Li Xin'an took out the token that Zhou Qian gave him and handed it to the young man.

The young man's eyes lit up, and he began to examine it carefully, and after a while, the young man respectfully raised his head and asked Li Xin'an:

"This is the gold token of the Zhou family, are you a member of the Zhou family?"

Li Xin'an pretended to smile profoundly, without confirming or denying it.

The young man thought that this was a sign of acquiescence, and hurriedly said: "My name is Wen Tao, and I am the president of the branch of the Zhou Family Chamber of Commerce in Hezhou City. ”

Li Xin'an did not directly say what he needed, but asked:

"Why is this so ...... It's simple, and there's so little business. ”

The young man said with some embarrassment:

"My lord, do you know, the main purpose of our chamber of commerce to set up a branch is to collect special resources from all over Zhongzhou, and at the same time sell goods.

And the most important thing in Hezhou is the fur business, in addition to the refining materials on some fierce beasts, but these businesses are all in the hands of the second master Feng and the government, and we can only collect some ordinary food things from here.

We are also not good at selling our goods, because the branch has been established for a short time and is not well advertised, so people just think of us as an ordinary chamber of commerce.

The people here like the medicines and weapons made by the lich more, and they also trust the second master Feng and the official business house more, and the recognition of our Zhou Family Chamber of Commerce is not high, plus we don't have any special products, so there are very few goods sold.

I also tried to find a way to open up sales channels and achieved some successes, but it didn't take long for me to be sanctioned by Feng Er Ye because I touched part of Feng Erye's business, cutting off my customer source.

Therefore, the Zhou Family Chamber of Commerce is now mainly playing to collect information. ”

Li Xin'an heard some information from his words, first of all, the commerce of Hezhou City was controlled by Second Master Feng and the government, and others who touched Second Master Feng's interests would be sanctioned by him;

Secondly, although the Zhou Chamber of Commerce has set up a branch here, it has not given this branch resources and funds to open up sales, it seems that it wants to let this branch fend for itself, which can be seen from the simple shops and commodities, and the shops of the Zhou Family Chamber of Commerce only have ordinary commodities, not even pills, which is a bit strange.

After thinking for a while, Li Xin'an asked, "Didn't the Zhou family headquarters allocate resources to you, why is the supply of goods to you so poor?"

A look of joy appeared on Wen Tao's face, as if he was waiting for Li Xin'an to ask this question, but he quickly hid it and replied respectfully with an embarrassed face:

"The Zhou Family Chamber of Commerce has a rudder in the north and south of Yangming Kingdom, and the leader of the rudder in the south is Chen Lao, and I used to work under Chen Lao.

However, due to my lack of ability, I did not meet Mr. Chen's requirements, so Mr. Chen sent me here and arranged a shop for me to experience, and I also hope to create some achievements as soon as possible and contribute to the Zhoujia Chamber of Commerce. ”

Li Xin'an heard the meaning of Wen Tao's words: there was a festival between Chen Lao and this Wen Tao, so Chen Lao arranged Wen Tao to serve as the branch president in this backward and isolated place, and did not give him any support, so Wen Tao was struggling.

For a self-motivated young man, this punishment can be said to be severe.

And Wen Tao said so much to Li Xin'an, just thinking that he was a direct family member of the Zhou family, and wanted Li Xin'an to help him get out of his current predicament.

Li Xin'an used his mind to gently probe the energy fluctuations of this young man, and he was able to reach the level of an ordinary third-level transcendent, which was already good at his age, and it was indeed a grievance to fall here.

Li Xin'an opened his mouth and said, "I know, I'll find a way." ”

Wen Tao is also a smart person, he understood what Li Xin'an meant, and immediately showed an excited look on his face, and said to Li Xin'an: "Wen Tao must not forget the kindness of the adults, may I ask what the adults want to do when they come to Hezhou City this time." ”

Li Xin'an replied: "Come out and travel, by the way to see the operation of the firm, this time I want to stay in Hezhou for a while, I want to buy a house, it should be remote and comfortable, do you have any recommendations?"

Wen Tao thought about it seriously, and after a while, he spoke: "I know that there is a good house, located in the west of Hezhou City, which is being sold, and it is an idle property under the city lord, but because the price is too expensive, no one has cared about it. ”

Li Xin'an asked, "How much?"

Wen Tao replied: "I heard that it costs 500 gold coins, which is a very expensive property in Hezhou City." ”

Hezhou City is a small remote city, and it is indeed a bit expensive to buy a property at this price.

Li Xin'an said: "Take me to see it first." ”

Wen Tao hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll close the doors and windows first." ”

The doors here are sealed with long wooden boards, and Wen Tao quickly sealed the shop doors with wooden boards.

Then the two left the trading house and walked towards the western part of Hezhou City.

Walking on the street, someone greeted Wen Tao from time to time, and Wen Tao also responded with a smile, it can be seen that Wen Tao is very popular here.

When passing through a street close to the City Lord's Mansion, Li Xin'an found that the people on this street were dressed much more ornate than ordinary Hezhou City people, and most of them also had energy fluctuations on their bodies, and there were many transcendents, and the weapons they wore did not look ordinary.

And they all go in and out of a group of people, some are in and out by a few adults with a few teenagers and girls, and some are a few adults with strong temperaments in and out together.

This place was searched by the Ghost Face Demon Spider, so Li Xin'an had not seen it before, and he felt a little curious when he saw it at this time.

Wen Tao saw Li Xin'an's doubts, so he explained to him: "There are many sects and families in Yangmingguo, as well as some scattered people and transcendents who have awakened their extraordinary abilities.

Without exception, they are all transcendents with strong strength, and some of them come here to train young disciples, and some to hunt fierce beasts near Hezhou City, or to collect elixirs.

In order to prevent these people from causing trouble, the government specially set up a street for them to live here and manage it in a unified manner.

Among them, the strongest ones are the Mercenary Association, the Extreme Fire Courtyard, the Soul Crying Temple, the Spirit Snake Village, and the Xiaoyao Cave.

Among them, the mercenary club is a large organization spread across the six countries, and the assessment of entering the organization is very strict, and the status of the organization has nothing to do with strength, but has something to do with the number and difficulty of the tasks you complete the mercenary club.

The mercenary guild emphasizes potential, everyone in the organization has excellent abilities, and most of the people in the mercenary guild in Hezhou City are here to collect some materials and complete the task.

Most of the people in the Extreme Fire Courtyard are awakened people with fire-based abilities, and most of them have fiery personalities and are very strong;

Most of the people in the Soul Crying Temple awaken psychic abilities, which can control souls, which are the most weird;

The people of the Spirit Snake Village have the ability to control fierce beasts, and they also master some witchcraft, which is very difficult;

The Xiaoyao Cave is composed of some scattered people, a large number of people, mixed fish and dragons, the strength is different, relatively scattered, due to the lack of control, there is no lack of great evil people in the Xiaoyao Cave, often do some evil things. ”

Li Xin'an asked puzzledly: "I can understand that the mercenary club is for money, but it is difficult for me to understand the rest of the sects." Doesn't everyone's supernatural abilities depend on awakening, and what is the use of sects?"

Wen Tao saw that Li Xin'an was not very old, thinking that he had not yet come into contact with this matter, so he replied: "Although everyone's ability depends on awakening, similar extraordinary abilities have the same points, and the strength of each other can be discussed faster, and the experience of predecessors can also be used as a reference.

The most important thing is that these sects have some powerful martial arts or exercises.

For example, the Extreme Fire Academy has exercises that can quench fire-based energy, making the released fire-based skills even more powerful, and also has some very strong martial arts, so that fire-type transcendents whose extraordinary abilities are not very good can exert extremely strong combat power. ”

Li Xin'an nodded and said, "It turns out that not only rely on the ability to awaken, but also improve your combat power through exercises and martial arts, it's really interesting." ”

Wen Tao echoed: "Yes, the wisdom of our ancestors gives us the opportunity to break free from the shackles of innate conditions. ”

Li Xinjiao said to Wen Tao with an unintentional look: "If you open a shop on this street and sell some imperial tools used by transcendents such as pills and imperial tools, you will definitely be able to make a lot of money. ”

Wen Tao smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "It's a pity that I can't get these goods." ”

Li Xin'an smiled and didn't speak, and the two continued to walk towards the location of the house that Wen Tao said.

After walking for a while, the two arrived at the house that Wen Tao said, there was a seal on the door of the house, and there were several soldiers in armor standing guard at the door, Li Xin'an and Wen Tao were checking from a distance and did not approach.

The house has a separate yard, and the exposed part of the house structure can be seen from the outside of the courtyard wall, and every position has been carefully carved, which shows that the person who built this house was a master builder.

The house was desolate, sparsely populated, with a lot of weeds, but the view was good, a small stream passed by the yard, and a pavilion was built next to the stream to take shelter from the rain and fish, and on the other side of the house was a bamboo forest, rustling in the breeze.

This house just met Li Xin'an's needs, and the architectural style was also very popular with Li Xin'an, so he decided to buy this house.

"I only have 35 gold coins left now, I have to find a way to make some money first, why don't I practice some pills. ”

Li Xin'an asked Wen Tao: "How many gold coins does the firm have now?" ”

Wen Tao replied with some embarrassment: "Due to the poor operation of the trading house, it only has 20 gold coins now. ”

Li Xin'an then asked, "Do you have any money?"

Wen Tao's face stiffened, and he responded: "When I served under Old Chen before, my salary was not bad, I saved some money, and now I still have 400 gold coins. ”

Li Xin'an was a little surprised, he didn't expect that this Wen Tao had saved a lot of money, Li Xin'an said to him: "Lend me this money first." ”

Wen Tao's face showed a painful look, his eyes instantly turned red, it seemed to be extremely painful, he wanted to turn his expression into a smile, but it seemed too sad to do it, but instead he cried and laughed, opened his mouth, and did not speak.

"He's still quite a money obsesser, and when he heard that I was going to borrow money, he became like this, so he didn't think I wouldn't pay it back. ”

Li Xin'an held back a smile and thought to himself, and then said to Wen Tao: "Borrow, just borrow, I didn't bring money with me when I traveled this time, and I will pay you back soon." ”

When Wen Tao heard Li Xin'an's words, he was a little skeptical, but he still got some comfort.

He also understood that he couldn't offend Li Xin'an, so he said, "Okay." ”

Immediately, with tears in his eyes, he took out a box of gold coins from the storage and handed it to Li Xin'an, a total of 420 pieces.