Fire Stream Dynasty, Liyang City.
"Master, Eagle Slave is dead. I have investigated and found out that the ones who killed Eagle Slave were two Human Immortals. I don't know how high their cultivation levels are for now. However, the two Human Immortals seemed to have a good relationship with an old mortal man. It was because of that old man that they killed Eagle Slave." A middle-aged man stood respectfully in front of a young man and explained in a low voice the relationship between Ning Qi, Chen Huan, and Bei Xiao in detail. The young man was expressionless as he sat on the main seat. After listening, he said indifferently, "Investigate the old man's background and see if he's an expert hiding in Bluestone Town. After all, the Origin Luo Patriarch of the Yi Xuan Sect said that there's a 70 to 80 percent chance that the second Tomb of the God of Sin will appear nearby. If the old man's background is extraordinary, let's forget about this matter. The Tomb of the God of Sin is more important now, and we can't afford to cause trouble.
The death of a cultivator at the Form Synthesis Stage is nothing to me. "
"Yes, Young Master."
A few days later, there were a dozen new faces in Bluestone Town. However, to the people of Bluestone Town, the dozen or so people were inconspicuous at all.
Time flew by. For the mortals of Bluestone Town, the past ten to twenty years had been pretty good. After all, the population of Bluestone Town had increased, and it appeared to be unusually prosperous. Many of the originally well-off families had been moving closer to the path of great wealth as their businesses grew.
These people who later settled in Bluestone Town were extremely generous. Sometimes, they would throw away a hundred taels of silver for a meal that only cost one tael of silver.
Therefore, the people of Bluestone Town gradually stopped thinking about the origins of these people.
For Ning Qi, he had sent away another group of acquaintances in the past ten or twenty years. These acquaintances were people he had known since he came to Bluestone Town. In addition, even people of Chen Huan's generation began to die of old age. Unknowingly, Ning Qi had been in Bluestone Town for more than ninety years. Chen Huan was also over eighty years old, but because of his cultivation, he looked like he was in his fifties or sixties. Xiaoqing looked much older than Chen Huan, and Chen Huan's son, Chen Xi, had married and had children in Bluestone Town. He had given birth to a plump baby, and when he was young, his heart was filled with love.
He didn't know when he had forgotten about the little things in his youth.
"Grandpa Qi, I heard from dad that your hundredth birthday will be in three years."
Chen Xi carried his child and brought his wife into the shop.
The sound of Bei Xiao hammering could be heard from the back of the shop. Bei Meng, who looked like she was only seventeen or eighteen years old, was massaging Ning Qi's shoulders.
The people of Bluestone Town were already used to this. After all, Bei Xiao and Bei Meng had already shown that they weren't ordinary people when they first returned.
Chen Xi's wife looked at Bei Meng with a hint of unhappiness in her eyes. As a woman, she had a strong intuition. Even though Chen Xi kept addressing Bei Meng as Auntie, she could tell that deep within Chen Xi's eyes, there was an unknown emotion.
"So fast?"
Ning Qi was slightly stunned. In the past 80 years, apart from the time when Zhang Chaozhong had killed two people, Ning Qi had never made a move again. His life had been very peaceful. He did not expect that in the blink of an eye, he would stay in Bluestone Town for so long. Back then, Ning Qi had been running around everywhere and had never stayed in the same place.
Apart from secluded cultivation, he had stayed there for so long.
"So fast."
Chen Xi laughed bitterly.
With a pause, he looked at Bei Meng and said respectfully, "Auntie Bei Meng, my father plans to hold a celebration for Grandpa Qi's 100th birthday."
"Master, what do you say?"
Bei Meng looked at Ning Qi with a smile.
"Let's do it."
Ning Qi smiled.
"Alright!" Over the next few years, Chen Xi seemed to be preparing for Ning Qi's 100th birthday. Chen Huan's idea was that Ning Qi's 100th birthday had to be grand and beautiful, so Chen Xi invited everyone he could. The people of Bluestone Town, as well as those who came to settle down in Bluestone Town, were all sent invitations.
With the wedding invitation, those who were willing to come would have hot food and hot wine to eat.
With the amount of money that the silk shop had earned over the years, it was not enough to hold a 100th birthday. But Chen Huan seemed to have a small treasury that never lacked money.
On the day of Ning Qi's 100th birthday, Bluestone Town's largest empty plot of land was filled with more than a thousand tables. Based on the calculation of ten people per table, Chen Huan had invited at least 10,000 people. With a table costing 30 taels of silver, that was 300,000 taels of silver!
Chen Xi's wife seemed to be surprised that Chen Huan had so much money. She was also surprised that Chen Huan had taken out so much money to hold Ning Qi's birthday in a fit of pique. If not for Bei Xiao and Bei Meng, which made her a little wary, she would not have been in a good mood even when facing Ning Qi.
On this day, Bluestone Town was bustling with noise and excitement. When the passing merchants saw this, they could not help but stop in their tracks and ask in private who the birthday party was. It was such a grand occasion.
"I heard that the owner of the silk shop, Chen Huan, is holding a birthday party for the owner of the sword shop, Boss Ning. Their families have been friends for generations. Boss Ning came to Bluestone Town in his teens and stayed there for more than 80 years. He's even older than my father."
"The owner of the silk shop? Oh, that's it. But it's just a silk shop. How can they hold such a big birthday party? I'm guessing they've invited at least 8,000 people, if not 10,000? How much money must they have spent! "
"You definitely don't know what happened in the past. Ignoring the background of the silk shop's owner, Chen Huan, this Boss Ning is no ordinary person!"
"Oh? What do you mean? "
"Do you know Zhang Chaozhong?"
"I've heard of him. He's one of the Four Great Experts several decades ago!"
"That's right. Then do you know that Zhang Chaozhong bought a sword from Boss Ning and is an old friend of his?"
"There's such a thing? There's actually someone in this small place who is an old friend of one of the Fire Stream Dynasty's Four Great Experts, Zhang Chaozhong? "
"Hur hur, it's been too long and many people have forgotten about it. But it's absolutely true. Although I was young back then, I saw the Heavenly Sword Zhang Chaozhong with my own eyes!"
When the passing merchants saw that the people of Bluestone Town were so honest, and then saw the extravagance Chen Huan had put on for Ning Qi, they gradually came to believe that Ning Qi was a master swordsmith. They could not help but think of staying behind to join in the fun. When they mentioned this idea, the people of Bluestone Town were overjoyed.
"Stay and eat. Chen Huan said that anyone can come and eat today."
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