Ye Chen suddenly appeared behind her.
This startled the middle-aged man. When he came to his senses, he rolled his eyes and shook his head. "Who's following you? Don't tell me that I'm following you just because I'm walking the same path as you?"
"Really?"
Ye Chen chuckled softly and stopped asking. He squeezed the hand that was on his shoulder softly.
With a cracking sound, the middle-aged man immediately screamed, "Stop … stop pinching, I … I'll talk!"
Only then did Ye Chen let him go.
This guy had been following him for a long time. He had been following them from afar since they left the Longxi bus station. Ye Chen's Divine Consciousness had sensed all of that.
However, since Ye Chen did not sense any hostility from him, he did not perform the Soul Searching Tactic on him.
The middle-aged man shook his shoulder and sucked in a breath of cold air from the pain. "Brother, you're here to participate in the Pill Exchange Conference, right?"
"What Elixir Exchange?"
Ye Chen frowned slightly.
"Stop pretending!"
The middle-aged man thought that he didn't want to admit it, so he grinned and said, "I've been following you all the way, and I know that you're not from Longxi. In the past two days, there have been many people like you, and they're all here for the Pill Exchange Conference."
At this point, he paused for a moment and rubbed his hands together. "I saw that you were outsiders and unfamiliar with this place, so I wanted to be your tour guide. However, I didn't dare to approach you, so I followed you from afar."
In the past few days, countless people from other provinces had come to Longxi to participate in the Elixir Exchange Conference. Some unemployed people in Longxi took the opportunity to work as tour guides and earned a lot of money.
Therefore, he could not help but have such thoughts. He had his eyes on Ye Chen as soon as he started work, but he did not have the courage to greet him until Ye Chen found him.
Medicinal Pill Exchange?
Ye Chen's heart jolted.
He didn't expect that he would be able to come across the Elixir Exchange on his trip to Longxi. This was good too. He could go and see if he could take it back.
He had always wanted to refine the Age-retaining Pill, but he lacked a herb at the moment. If he could gather all of them, he would refine the Age-retaining Pill for Su Yuhan and his parents.
The so-called Face Retaining Pill could keep one's appearance in the state before taking the pill. Even after a few decades, one would not age.
Ye Chen asked immediately, "Where will the Medicinal Pill Exchange be held? When does it start? "
"About that."
The middle-aged man rubbed his hands, looking as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. "Hehe, you know …"
Ye Chen took out 10,000 yuan from his storage ring directly and tossed it into his hand. "Is that enough?"
Earlier on, he had taken out five million yuan in cash and placed it in his storage ring, saving it for emergency use.
"Enough, enough!"
Seeing him suddenly take out ten thousand yuan, the middle-aged man was shocked at first, but then he took the money and beamed with joy.
His friends could only earn a few thousand at a time, but he earned ten thousand. How could he not be excited?
"Boss, my name is Ma Qiang. The Medicinal Pill Exchange Conference will be held in the Murong Family's ancestral home in Dongcheng District. It will start at four o 'clock sharp tomorrow afternoon and will last for ten days."
Ma Qiang told him everything he knew in one go.
It turned out that the Medicinal Pill Exchange would be held in Ganzhou every year. The organizer was a wealthy family in Ganzhou, the Murong clan. Moreover, it was held in the Murong clan's ancestral home in Longxi.
Every time this time, countless people would come to participate, and it was said that a thousand-year-old spirit herb would appear.
"Sure, wait for me here at four o 'clock tomorrow afternoon." Ye Chen shook his head and said, "You'll be rewarded, but you better not play any tricks."
"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare!"
Ma Qiang shook his head like a rattle drum.
Ye Chen walked to the supermarket across the street and returned to the hotel after buying two ice creams for his daughter.
…
The next morning, Su Yuhan asked while putting on a facial mask, "Ye Chen, when are we going to the Ghost Rider Sect mountain gate?"
"We'll go two days later. There's a Medicinal Pill Exchange happening, so I'd like to check it out." Ye Chen peeled a peanut and fed it to Mengmeng.
"Sure."
Su Yuhan nodded and said while smiling, "I won't go with you. I'd like to bring Mengmeng around. After all, it's rare that we're here. I'll buy something along the way. Also, I'm running out of facial masks."
"Then, I'll get Wushuang to follow you and your daughter."
Ye Chen glanced at Ye Wushuang.
…
Time flew, and it was the afternoon. Ye Chen only went to the alley last night after Su Yuhan and Ye Wushuang left. However, he did not see Ma Qiang.
He frowned as he realized it was already 4: 30 p.m. He suspected that Ma Qiang had run away with the money.
A ferocious gleam flashed through Ye Chen's eyes as he thought to this point. Did Ma Qiang really think that he, Mad Southern Ye, was that gullible?
"I'm sorry, Boss. I'm late."
At that moment, a panting voice came from far away. Ma Qiang ran over with two dark circles under his eyes, and he was drenched in sweat.
"I'm sorry, Boss. I served two people at the club last night, so I overslept," Ma Qiang said while wiping his sweat.
Ye Chen shook his head as he looked at his legs that were shaking. He walked to the street and hailed a cab without saying anything. Ma Qiang got into the cab and told the driver where to go.
Ma Qiang yawned as soon as the cab left, "Boss, I heard that the Spiritual Medicine Mountain's Yao family and Wannan's medical family, the Zhang family, will be attending the Medicinal Pill Exchange."
"The Spiritual Medicine Mountain?" Ye Chen raised his brows slightly.
"The Spiritual Medicine Mountain is a medicinal pill refinement sect in Ganzhou. It's said that it originated from the Pill Refinement Master Ge Hong during the East Jin Dynasty. They have monopolized all of the medicinal herbs in the entire Ganzhou. Besides that, they have many herb gardens. It's not an exaggeration to describe them as a giant."
Ma Qiang introduced, "Meanwhile, the Zhang family from Wannan is known as a national medical family. I heard that the old master of the Zhang family is known as a national medical family. He's said to be able to revive the dead and bring the dying back to life."
Ye Chen came to a realization and subsequently asked, "How about the Murong family? As the organizer, they should be a medical family, right? "
"No."
Ma Qiang shook his head and said, "The Murong family is a cultivation family. They're the No. 1 in Ganzhou and lead all of the families in Ganzhou. Even the Spiritual Medicine Mountain has to respect them."
"A cultivation family?"
It was Ye Chen's first time hearing that.
Ma Qiang took a deep breath, and there was a burning desire in his eyes. "They're the ones who can cultivate spells. I saw a Murong family disciple lighting up rows of candles with just a wave of his hand.
"Rumor has it that the Murong family has a very powerful cultivation sage who can freeze water into ice and exhale like thunder. He can even ride on clouds."
Ma Qiang was spitting saliva as he spoke to this point.
Ye Chen chuckled softly, revealing an indifferent expression on his face. To him, any cultivator who had just stepped into cultivation would be able to do those techniques.
As for riding on clouds, that must be an exaggeration.
Ma Qiang panicked a little upon noticing that Ye Chen did not care at all. "Boss, I'm telling the truth. You must believe me. Also, you can offend anyone in the entire Ganzhou except for the Murong family …"
Just when he was speaking …
The cab arrived.
(PS: Chapter 2 will arrive at 9: 30 p.m)
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