This market in Lishui City is much smaller in scale than Qinglan Market, but it has all kinds of shops.
The three of them strolled along the long and narrow stone walkway, looking at the dazzling array of shop signs on both sides, and put aside their worries about Gongsun Qi just now.
"Brother Mu, look, this kind of rouge is also sold here. I didn't expect that all these shops have opened in Lishui City."
Lin Qingzhu was suddenly attracted by a shop selling rouge and gouache in front of her. She grabbed Li Mu's sleeve and walked into the shop. As soon as she stepped across the threshold, an elegant and refined fragrance hit her face.
"Brother Mu, you don't know that their rouge is now a fan of all the girls in the empire. I didn't expect it to be available here."
Lin Qingzhu's slightly fanatical expression at this time reminded Li Mu of those live broadcasts with goods in his previous life. Sure enough, no matter where she goes, women can't escape the demand for cosmetics. After all, which girl doesn't want to be more beautiful.
"It would be great if my Qinglan Lady Cream can be as popular as this rouge. Then I will lie on the mountain of Cangyun coins to practice."
Li Mu picked up a box of pink rouge and played with it, but he couldn't see how this thing could attract the love of thousands of women in the empire, so he could only put it down again, and then whispered that if his lady's cream could
It's so popular that there's no need to bother selling elixirs.
The three of them walked around the market like this. Li Mu was often dragged by Lin Qingzhu to look at various accessories and clothes, but he knew that Fang Yan, who had been following the team at the end, would always remain vigilant.
I saw the eyes of this stubborn young man constantly scanning every corner of the market, paying attention to every trace of doubt, which made Li Mu's originally equally tense mood relax.
It has to be said that Fang Yan's joining gave Li Mu help in many things, and he also felt more confident when facing sudden dangers.
Finally, the three of them arrived at their destination, a small vermilion wooden building. Before they walked in, bursts of elixir fragrance wafted out from it. This was the only elixir shop in Lishui City.
The boss is a fat old man, with a white mustache that makes him look amiable, just like the old man next door who is leisurely retiring.
But the looming alchemy in his hand told Li Mu that this old man, who looked extremely ordinary, was actually an alchemist.
"A few guests came to my shop to sell elixirs, right?"
Before Li Mu could speak, the old man asked first, which made Li Mu a little curious. After all, the words that he wanted to sell Qi-Building Pills were not written on his face.
"Haha, sir, please don't be surprised. I just smelled the fragrance of elixirs on your body, so I boldly guessed that I met a colleague. My shop doesn't have any high-quality goods. If it is an ordinary elixir, sir, you can refine it yourself. In that case
, then you are obviously here to sell medicine."
When the old man saw the change in Li Mu's expression, he immediately understood what the three people in front of him were thinking, and quickly explained with a smile.
Li Mu is not disgusted with this shrewd old man. There are definitely not many alchemists in the immortal world. The loneliness and boredom required to practice during the training period are indeed difficult to persevere. Therefore, he can meet an alchemist in this small town.
His colleague, Li Mu, was also quite happy.
Li Mu didn't talk nonsense and took out a large bag of Qi-Building Pills that he had refined. But after seeing a hundred high-grade Qi-Building Pills that exuded a faint fragrance, the old man smiled brightly.
Then he led the three people into the inner room.
After some haggling, the deal was finally settled at a price of 3,100 Cangyun coins per pill. Li Mu also went from being poor to a wealthy man with more than 300,000 yuan. Sure enough, in the fairy world, as long as he and the cultivator
Related products are always expensive.
"Boss, how long have you been running this elixir shop in Lishui City?"
After the transaction was completed, the old man was not in a hurry to see off the guests. Instead, he dug out a completely blue tea leaf from the corner and made a cup of crystal blue tea for Li Mu and the other three.
I don’t know the origin of this tea. After drinking it, my whole body just felt cold. According to Li Mu, its sourness is definitely comparable to the iced fat house happy water in the previous life.
"It's been fifty years. I've watched Lishui City develop step by step from a remote and backward small town to the present. I have dedicated half of my life here."
When the old man answered Li Mu's question, his eyes were lost in thought for a moment, as if he was recalling the past and his youth.
"So long? So you were here when the previous generation of City Lord was in power? Do you know the current City Lord Gongsun? What kind of person is he?"
When he learned that the old man had lived in Lishui City for fifty years, Li Mu was also very surprised, but he soon realized that the walking encyclopedia of the development of Lishui City in front of him might know some unknown things, so he quickly gave it to the old man
Filling the tea cup, I waited quietly for the old man's story.
"How could I not recognize that boy Gongsun? He bought all the elixirs he used for cultivation from me when he was a child. I remember that he was very naughty at that time. He was always unwilling to attend classes at home, and then he would sneak to my place.
He came to play, but in the end he could not escape the fate of being taken back by the old city lord by his ears."
When talking about Gongsun Qi's past, the old man suddenly became interested, his chatterbox opened instantly, and he started talking about dusty past events with excitement on his face.
"But this kid is actually more competitive than anyone else at heart, and he practices harder than anyone else. He consumes an astonishing amount of pills to replenish qi and blood. This intensity of training also makes his cultivation improve by leaps and bounds."
"Then the old city lord passed away, and he inherited the position of city lord, and also inherited his father's lifelong hope, which was to lead Lishui City to become stronger. But sometimes when God opens a window for you, it will definitely close a window for you.
Door."
"Because he has been busy with government affairs in the city and the sales of refined iron ore, and maybe he practiced too hard when he was a child, advanced too quickly, and his foundation was not solid. His cultivation has stagnated for about ten years.
I also tried many ways to help him, and even helped him get a ninth-level mortal elixir through various connections, but it still failed."
"This child is so eager to advance to the Infant Transformation Realm. In this fairy world, only strength is king. No matter how rich Lishui City is, if the leader of a city only has the Core Formation Realm, it will never be called the main city of the empire.
level existence.”
When the old man said this, his eyes also revealed his regret and worry for Gongsun Qi. After all, he had grown up watching Gongsun Qi. He would definitely be deceiving himself if he said he had no feelings.
"Later I heard that he had broken the cauldron and closed the door to death. I prayed for him for three days. I didn't expect God to be so discerning. After he left the door, he really reached the realm of infant transformation. This is really unbelievable.
You must know that even the elders of the top sects will never easily choose the method of seclusion when they encounter bottlenecks in their cultivation."
"But..., after the breakthrough, he felt that his whole personality had changed, and he could no longer come to my elixir shop. Not only had he expanded the bodyguards of the city lord's palace, but he also became ruthless in his behavior. This was different from before.
He is so gentle and elegant that he is completely different."
"I can't tell what's going on. This may be a good thing. Only a true iron-fisted leader can protect this city favored by God."
The old man's eyes began to turn red. He drank all the tea in the cup and calmed down his mood. Then he apologized to Li Mu and the others, saying that he was old and would always lose his composure whenever he recalled the past.
After Li Mu chatted with the old man for a while, he stood up and wanted to leave. The old man also smiled and sent the three of them to the door, and told him that if he needed to sell pills later, he must come to him.
At this time, the market was still full of people, so the three of them found a tavern and sat down, and began to compile the information they got along the way.