After sucking a noodle he was biting into his mouth, Cheng Lin looked at his phone and sighed silently:
"Life is full of surprises."
Originally it was just a tentative inquiry, but I didn't expect that this member of the group was actually online and happened to be in the local cultivator alley.
What a coincidence, isn't it?
"Yeah, I was passing by here and heard that the market here is open. I want to go and have a look." Cheng Lin typed with both hands, hesitated, and asked, "Are you on vacation?"
Because he wasn't particularly familiar with it, he was too sensitive to ask. Cheng Lin could only test it like this.
"Going on a mission." He replied concisely and concisely.
Cheng Lin sighed, but didn't get to the bottom of it. Every cultivator has secrets, and besides, everyone belongs to different departments, so it's not easy to ask in detail. He's just... on a mission? Logically speaking, this person is also in the same class as Cheng Lin.
The students are still enrolled and should be practicing in the academy. There has been no projection here recently... I don't know what the mission is.
Cheng Lin suppressed his curiosity and chatted briefly. Although the other party was not very lively, it was not difficult to communicate with him. After expressing his gratitude, Cheng Lin cautiously asked if he could meet, and the other party did not refuse:
"Okay, but... I'm still working on a mission here, so I can't leave. Let's take a look. If it's convenient, we can find a chance to meet later."
"Okay." Cheng Lin replied.
After sending this message, I clicked on the other person’s profile picture belatedly.
"Countless mountains."
Cheng Lin read it out softly. This was the other person's nickname, and the gender was a pink icon, indicating that he was probably female.
"Another girl... Speaking of which, I still have a lot of crushes... the twin sisters of the Sixth Division, the Myriad Mountains of the Seventh Division... This nickname is also interesting. Looking to the northwest of Chang'an, the Poor Myriad Mountains... was taken from Xin Qiji
What’s the word? Well, there’s something wrong with this name. She’s in Chang’an, so what else do you expect...”
Cheng Lin shook his head, turned off his phone, and concentrated on the noodle soup in the bowl.
It took five or six minutes to finish lunch. Cheng Lin paid the bill and walked out. He called a car and rushed to the location coordinates sent by "Countless Mountains".
…
"Are you sure this is it?"
The taxi driver asked as he stepped on the brakes and stopped the vehicle.
"Just stop here, how much will it cost?"
Cheng Lin said calmly, paid the money, and watched the rental car leave before he began to look around.
Similar to the alleys of practitioners in the Magic City, the location here is also very remote, far away from the city center. It is in a corner of the old city. It is very remote. There is a dilapidated residential building nearby, which is dusty and inconspicuous.
"I really don't know why the entrance is opened in such a remote place..."
After muttering something, Cheng Lin stuffed his hands into the pockets of his coat and strolled along the road, turning a corner. An unmarked courtyard appeared in front of him. In the courtyard was a last-century style building with a large elm tree sprinkled across the street.
The area below is shady and looks quite peaceful.
There was no guard at the gate, so Cheng Lin walked straight in. As soon as he entered the yard, he saw a young man in ordinary clothes walking out of the building, with a hint of joy on his face. He was stunned for a moment when he saw Cheng Lin, and then
His expression became a little more cautious, then he took two steps sideways and passed by Cheng Lin.
"Is this a practitioner?"
Cheng Lin blinked, and deep in his eyes, the exquisite "spiritual energy field" slowly rotated.
In the field of vision, this young man exudes obvious spiritual energy fluctuations, which are very weak and only about level 1 and 2.
At this time, another person walked out of the building with a slightly disappointed expression. When he saw Cheng Lin, he cast a suspicious and cautious look. He also passed by without making any conversation.
"Well, this one is weaker than the previous one... It's still a first-level one... It seems that he should be a local practitioner, a legal one, and he must have come to the right place."
Cheng Lin nodded and secretly guessed.
No longer hesitating, he walked into the building. When he entered the door, he saw a huge mirror, facing the door, two meters high. There were two large vases on both sides of the mirror. On the right hand side was a doorman.
In the room, there is a long horizontal corridor further ahead, and on the left hand side, there is an upward marble staircase leading to the upper floor.
"I don't know which floor it is on, or whether it's right in front of me."
Cheng Lin looked at the mirror suspiciously. The aura field deep in his eyes rotated, the invisible gray mist spread, the field of vision was raised, and the 360-degree perception was opened. In the new field of vision, the mirror seemed to have turned into an upright
The lake is light blue and calm.
Cheng Lin raised the corner of his mouth and was about to take a step when suddenly the guard room next to him opened and a "janitor" walked out and said to him: "You are..."
"Public Service of Special Agents."
Cheng Lin was too lazy to talk nonsense. He took out his temporary ID, unfolded it, faced the other party, paused for three seconds, took it back, took a step, and stepped into the mirror.
…
There was a ripple in the water.
Cheng Lin crossed this boundary and entered the alley of Chang'an practitioners.
The feeling is very similar to when I first entered the barrier.
One step in.
The noise was coming.
When he opened his eyes again, he saw a long street in front of him.
The streets are antique and paved with thick blue bricks. They are very wide and can allow at least two cars to pass side by side. There are many shops on both sides. Modern buildings and antique Tang-style buildings are mixed. The hidden alleys are not open to the air and lack natural light.
, the surroundings are brightly lit, as if entering a lively night market.
"Let's take a look at the ID." As soon as he landed, Cheng Lin heard someone next to him looking at him.
Turning around, he glanced at the man who was dressed like a government clerk. He smiled slightly and handed over his ID.
"Jiusi?" The staff member was stunned for a moment. He scanned the ID's chip on the device in his hand to confirm its authenticity. Then he smiled and said, "Welcome!"
It seems that they have more respect for formal lapels.
"Thank you." Cheng Lin took the certificate, put it in his pocket, and started walking along the street.
The overall layout is different from the alleys in the Magic City, but not too big. There are many shops on both sides, but there will be a sign at the door of the shop here to describe the function of the shop.
Naturally, it cannot be compared with the flow of people in the commercial street outside, but at a rough glance, the number of people is larger than Cheng Lin expected.
“Maybe it’s more lively because it opened not long ago?”
Guessing, Cheng Lin did not step into the store immediately, but walked along the entire alley with a curious look. After a while, he figured out the general layout.
"The shops on both sides are mainly for sales and acquisitions... Practitioners can sell any precious items they accidentally get here... Practitioners can also buy less rare spiritual plants, potions, spiritual ores, and spiritual energy products from here.
Things like that... Most of the cultivation resources can be purchased, even low-level exercises... but there are no weapons. It seems that the main target here is the legal casual cultivators in society, helping them provide a legal way.
Ways of practice.”
Cheng Lin could easily judge this.
As for the most conspicuous building in the entire alley, it is the "mission hall". As expected, it is a place where some tasks are issued to legal casual cultivators, allowing them to receive them and exchange them for resources.
After all, those cultivation resources are often expensive, and ordinary people can't afford much after awakening, so completing tasks has become a good way to make money.
"'Countless Mountains' claims that it is doing a mission...could it be in the mission hall? Could it be that missions are also given to spiritual practitioners here?"
Cheng Lin suddenly had some doubts, but he did not go there immediately, but decided to buy some spiritual plants first.
After making up his mind, he quickly walked into a spiritual plant shop.
There were two customers shopping inside. As soon as Cheng Lin entered, he saw a young clerk coming over and asked, "What do you need?"
"Can you introduce me?" Cheng Lin smiled.
The clerk girl nodded, "Of course, please come over here and look at the display cabinets here..."
Some understanding.
Cheng Lin probably figured out the products in the store. Overall, the spiritual plants were of a much lower grade. The ones currently on sale were all artificially cultivated. Naturally, their value could not be compared with wild ones. However, Cheng Lin was satisfied.
Yes, there are many types.
At a glance, there were more than a dozen types in the store, which was far beyond his expectation.
"Although most of them don't seem to be of high value..." Cheng Lin complained in his heart.
"As for the types, these are suitable for ordinary monks to buy. You can also save points by buying them here. If you have more points, you can exchange them for products... Take a look."
The little clerk girl pointed to the green plants displayed on the display cabinets in sapphire flowerpots and said.
"Very good, then let's get ten plants of all types." Cheng Lin looked at the price tags on the flower pots, silently calculated them, and said.
"Okay, so in total..." the young clerk said halfway, then she suddenly froze, as if she had just come to her senses, "Which one do you want?"
"We will invite ten plants of all types, thank you."
Cheng Lin repeated. After speaking, he looked at the clerk's wide eyes and suddenly realized a problem.
"Am I a little too much like a nouveau riche..."
"...I'm sorry, we have a purchase limit for one person here. The maximum limit is only three plants of the same kind..." the clerk explained weakly.
"Then just follow the quota, it's troublesome." Cheng Lin said.
"Is that cash, or..."
"Swipe your card."
"You need to show your ID and register."
"Okay." After hearing this, Cheng Lin took out the temporary ID and bank card and handed them over together. The clerk was obviously stunned after seeing his Jiu Si's ID, and said in a brisk tone, "I'll help you handle it right away."
"Wait a minute." Seeing the clerk turn around, Cheng Lin suddenly remembered something and stopped her.
"What's up?"
Then, under the surprised look of the young clerk, Cheng Lin reached into his pocket and pulled out a dark green ID card with "Modu Reiki Science Research Institute" written in gold font on the cover.
"Um... my assistant researcher certificate seems to be discounted, can you take a look?"
…
Ten minutes later, Cheng Lin held an invoice and walked out of the store with satisfaction.
The back is chic.
It was only when he walked far away and reached a remote place that the "indifferent" expression on his face turned into an expression of physical pain: