Baiyun City at night is roughly divided into two stages, one stage is the first half of the night, all kinds of people walk around, not to mention some evil demons, and even in the sea countries hundreds of thousands of miles away, there are many big demons and the like who flock here, every night, the terrifying beast roar continues to spread, if it weren't for the Taihe Palace to use the formation to isolate some power, the terrifying sound wave will definitely echo in the city, and even enough to break the eardrums of ordinary people.

Standing on the railing of the Wangjiang Tower, Gong Xiu saw some creatures swimming beside the Li River outside the city.

There are creatures that look like human beings, look as beautiful as flowers, with cyan scale armor covering their whole body, and have a long snake tail like a banshee; there are also huge Tibetan mountain spiders that look like a small mountain, with a dark body and eight legs like knives; there are flying pythons with wings on their backs, more than ten meters long, as if they are draped in dragon scales; and there are tall demon corpses that roar in the sky and are like steel, walking on the banks of the Li River......

These originally terrifying creatures did not seem to avoid the deterrent power of Taihe Palace, and they were all walking around in the open, if it weren't for the gorgeous divine light above Baiyun City still shining, Gong Xiu would even think that he had come to the Demon Cave, not a city belonging to the human race.

"Miss, I bought the rhino paper you wanted!"

At this time, Meng Meng, who had just come from outside the door, carried a bamboo basket and handed a thick pile of rhino paper to Gong Xiu.

"Why did you come back so late?" seemed a little strange why Meng Meng only came back now, and her expression was a little strange.

"Miss, when Meng Meng came back, he met a bad guy, he hit me and didn't apologize, Meng Meng quarreled with him a few more words. She pouted, looking slightly aggrieved.

"How can you quarrel?" Gong Xiu frowned.

"Huh, what is this?" It seems that she has just found that there is an extra thing in her basket, and the little girl named Meng Meng can't help but blink her eyes after she clarifies this thing.."How can it be a puppet?"

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Time traces, half an hour ago, Qingliu Lane!

"Is there any rhino paper?"

Mengmeng, who was carrying a bamboo basket, blinked her eyes and asked a scholar in a study.

"Rhino paper?"

The scholar was slightly stunned, and then carefully looked at Xia Gong Meng.

It's not that he thinks Gong Meng can't afford it, but it's a thing like rhino paper, which is soft and tough in texture, not easy to damage, and has always been an excellent carrier of the Dao Law Books, but like this kind of thing, I'm afraid that the people who come to buy it are all from the family and the like of the family, and a young girl who is not old comes to buy rhino paper, no matter how you look at it, it's a little weird.

"Do you have any rhino paper here?"

Seeing that the scholar didn't speak, Gong Meng wrinkled her nose and asked again.

"Ah...... Yes...... Of course, the rhino paper we have here is the best rhino paper in Baiyun City!"

As if knowing that it seemed a little rude to look at him like this, the scholar scratched his head, snorted, and then turned around and took out a cardboard box from the bookshelf on the right, and placed it on the table, revealing a stack of dark yellow papers.

Rhino paper is like cowhide, with a thicker texture and relatively good flexibility.

"This is rhino paper, two pieces of gold each, I don't know how much the guests want?"

"So expensive?"

Seeing that Gong Meng had grown up, the scholar probably guessed that the other party seemed to be a little dissatisfied with the price.

"Guests know that the material of this rhino paper is made of the finest unicorn rhino oil, the process is rigorous, the production is excellent, it is the secret of the various sects and families, relatively speaking, although it is more expensive than ordinary paper, but it is worth the money. However, if a customer buys more than 20 tickets, I can decide to give them two copies. How?" the scholar had clear eyebrows, but his eyes were shrewd.

"But I only need ten. After a slight silence, Gong Meng blinked and said, "Why don't you give me ten and then give me one?"

"Guest, my store is a small business, the profit of this rhino paper is already low, if it is ......" The scholar wanted to refuse to welcome, but out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Gong Meng who wanted to leave, and his eyes rolled down at that time, he waved his big hand, pretending to grit his teeth and said: "Okay, okay, even if I lose money in my study today, I will lose some of it." ”

Seeing that the scholar pretended to be old-fashioned and looked painful, Gong Meng pouted and smiled silently.

After paying, Gong Meng took the rhino paper and ink pen she bought, turned around and left the study.

After completing the young lady's instructions, Gong Meng walked through the crowded crossing and walked to the left, and while passing through a barricade, she was hit by a man who was hurrying quickly.

"Smack——

The man who hit the person had a lot of strength, and the defenseless Gong Meng's little hand shook, and the rhino paper in the basket flew out and fell into the small puddle on the side.

Gong Meng frowned when she saw it, and immediately stretched out her arm and intercepted the man who was about to leave.

This is a middle-aged man with an ordinary complexion, a slightly burly figure and a dark complexion, at this time, he was looking at the back with an anxious face, and when he saw Gong Meng looking at him with an unkind face, he suddenly stopped.

"Get out of the way. ”

The middle-aged man glanced at Gong Meng, and his extremely flat voice made Gong Meng's hair stand up.

But how could Gong Meng, who was not afraid of tigers, be easily suppressed by others, she narrowed her eyes slightly, crossed her waist and shouted...

Her voice was so loud that it attracted the attention of many passers-by.

Seeing the middle-aged man who had attracted the attention of many people, his brows furrowed, and a sharp cold light flashed in the depths of his eyes.

Glancing sideways at a few looming figures, the middle-aged man endured his killing intent and asked coldly, "What do you want?"

"......How's it going?"

Gong Meng smiled, stared at the other party, and said without showing weakness.."You bumped into me, but instead asked me what I wanted." Uncle, you're not in the right mind, are you?"

"You ......"

The man's face was full of blood, and he couldn't wait to kill the little girl in front of him with a knife. Looking into the distance without a trace, he retracted his gaze, and looked Xia Gongmeng up and down, his eyes suddenly moved.

"Okay, I'll accompany you to make money. ”

The middle-aged man looked at Gong Meng and deliberately lowered his voice and said.

"You hit me, don't you need to apologize? I don't need your money?"

Seeing that Gong Meng was like a little pepper, the man's thick arms were bruised, and his clenched fists made a crackling sound.

"Good ......"

After a long time, the man took a breath, bared his white teeth, and could only say, "I'm sorry." ”

Looking at the reluctance on the man's face, I am afraid that he has never said these two words in his life. Gong Meng pursed her lips and turned around to leave.

"Slow. But the man stopped her suddenly.

"Huh, what else are you going to do?"

"I was wrong just now, I lost your things, it stands to reason that apologizing is not enough, I must compensate. ”

The man split his mouth, changed his face, and smiled boldly.

Saying this, he took out the money bag with his thick palm, and then pushed it to Gong Meng.

Listening to the jingling sound in the money bag, Gong Meng knew that there were still a lot of things in it.

"Forget it, I'm in a good mood today, and I don't need you to lose. ”

Instinctively feeling that there seemed to be something wrong with the man, Gong Meng shook his head, turned around and walked outside.

"Don't. ”

The middle-aged man looked anxious, and suddenly grabbed Gong Meng, who hadn't walked a few steps, "If you get rid of your things, you must accompany you, if you don't accept it, I won't let you go." ”

"Uh......"

What's going on?

Gong Meng was stunned for a moment, blinked her eyes, and was very puzzled by the middle-aged man's rapidly changing behavior.

"I'm a little anxious, and my temper was a little impulsive just now, as an apology, the girl must accept this money. ”

Looking at the other party's insistence, Gong Meng blinked: "I, I can't accept it." ”

"Girl—"

The middle-aged man's expression moved, he opened the money bag, took out a handful of coins from it, and stuffed it into Gong Meng's basket, "This is all the money on my body, there is only so much for the time being, and now I still have some important things, if there is fate, I will see you." Leave. ”

After the man finished speaking, he smiled weirdly, he strode away, and in a blink of an eye, he left Gong Meng's line of sight.

Looking at the direction where the man was gone, Gong Meng blinked, but she didn't notice that there was an extra thing in the basket.

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Unconsciously, the night darkened extremely quickly, and the White Cloud City shrouded in the dark night was quiet and peaceful, looking like a dormant beast.

Not far from Qinglong Street, in a low-slung adobe house, the bearded man with obvious exotic ancestry sat on a wooden table, munching on a coarse grain cake that looked like a fan in his hand.

The taste of the coarse grain cake was not delicious, rough and difficult to swallow, but the man seemed to be enjoying the most delicious thing in the world, and he looked as if he were a devout believer.

"Bang ——"

There was a sudden knock on the door.

"Who?"

The big man didn't move at all, but tilted his head, and his tiger eyes flashed with fierce light.

"Tuosen, it's me!"

The door suddenly opened, and a middle-aged man with a pale face walked in.

Seeing this person, the bearded man's expression was soothed, but when he saw the other party's appearance, his body instantly tensed up again.

"Are you hurt?" he narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Hmm. Ran into some tails, but they have been disposed of. The middle-aged man smiled bitterly, "The other party is watching too closely, and I don't have a chance to come forward to contact him."

"It's not in the way, there is no chance now, it doesn't mean that there will be no chance in the future. The bearded man stood up and asked, "What about you?"

"It's fine, it's just a minor injury. The middle-aged man waved his hand and said.

"That'...... Where's the thing?" the bearded man thought for a moment and asked again.

The middle-aged man sat on the chair of the originally bearded man, poured a glass of water, and poured it violently, before he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "At that time, I was not sure which organization intercepted me, so to be on the safe side, I put my things in a little girl's basket. ”

"Oh?" the bearded man looked at the middle-aged man, frowned, and asked, "That thing is very important, do you know the cost of losing it?"

"Don't worry, I've done something in the stuff, as long as I don't leave White Cloud City, it's easy to find it. The middle-aged man narrowed his eyes, "When I find it, I will definitely deliver it to her personally." ”

The bearded man thought about it for a while, patted the middle-aged man's shoulder, and said, "It's too late now, the main road of Baiyun City has been curfew, and if you go out at this time, it will be easy to be targeted by the people of Taihe Palace, or tomorrow morning, I'll find that thing with you, by the way, ......" The big man gestured.

The middle-aged man saw it in his eyes and nodded slightly.."Okay, then I'll wait for a day." ”

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And just as the two were talking slightly, a gorgeous carriage came over on the streets of Baiyun City.

The carriage stopped in Tsing Yi Lane, and then the driver lifted the curtain and suddenly stepped out of the car.

It was an old man, tall, with gray hair and a wrinkled face full of smiles, but the most impressive thing was the opponent that the old man placed in the sleeve of his chest.

It seems that from the moment he stepped out of the carriage, the old man never pulled out the hand in his sleeve, and the hand in this sleeve gave people a very dangerous feeling, like a sharp sword wrapped in a scabbard, and as soon as he made a move, he would reveal a peerless edge.

The old man in front of him is obviously a very powerful cultivator, but in the eyes of ordinary people, he is an ordinary old man.

"The old man's surname is Qin, he is a merchant from Zhongzhou Yiguo, and he came to Baiyun City this time, intending to find some interesting things. I don't know if the little brother knows, in this White Cloud City, there are some magical things circulating there. For example...... Talking wood carving?"

The old man looked at a market vendor with a smile and asked.

"Talking wood carving......s? I've never heard of ......."

The peddler thought for a moment and shook his head slightly, he really hadn't heard of these things being sold there.

Hearing the hawker's answer, the old man nodded with a smile: "By the way, I heard that there seems to be a family surnamed Chu in this Tsing Yi Lane?"

"Oh, I know that, it's in the alley, just turn around. The peddler opened his mouth slightly and said, "However, the current situation of the Chu family is a little bad, if you want to do business with the Chu family, you still have to be cautious." ”

"This old man naturally knows, but thank you for the reminder. ”

The old man smiled, but his eyes swept around, but he glanced at this one, and suddenly saw a little girl passing by the street, the little girl was not strange, but when he glanced into the other party's basket, the old man's cloudy eyes actually showed a trace of light, but this light was restrained by him in a moment.

Turning his head slightly, the old man worm peddler said, "Since this is the case, the old man will not disturb the little brother's business." ”

"Ah Fu, let's go. ”

"Yes, master. ”

The two of them quickly left, and the direction they were heading seemed to be the same direction as the little girl with the basket was walking.

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