Niu Youdao didn't want to argue with him. He pointed at the gold notes in his hand and said, "Go walk around the city and exchange your Buddhist Commandment Blade for a better one in the shops of the Cloud Equipment Sect. Also, buy some Primary Spirit Pills for your cultivation."
Yuan Fang chuckled and said, "There's no hurry. I'll help Daoye save it up first."
Help me save it up? Niu Youdao was speechless. He knew what this old bald donkey was thinking. He was saving up to build a temple again. He sneered and said, "If you don't hurry up and improve your strength, when the temple is built, can you protect it if someone tries to make trouble? A mountain doesn't have to be high to be famous if it has an immortal. A water doesn't have to be deep to be spiritual if it has a dragon. Have you forgotten what the monkey said? "
Yuan Fang was stunned for a moment. He put away the gold notes and went out without another word …
The innkeeper returned to the front desk and sat behind it. Thinking about the extra 100,000 gold coins in his pocket, his mind was a little restless.
Dispelling the distracting thoughts in his mind, he asked the waiter who had helped him manage the hall, "Is everything alright?"
The waiter said, "Nothing. Oh, by the way, the waiter Old Dog came just now. He seems to be looking for you for something."
The innkeeper frowned. It was a little unusual for someone from the Immortal Retaining Sect to suddenly come and stay in the inn. He had secretly instructed Old Dog to keep an eye on them in case they caused trouble in the inn. Was there really something going on? He waved his hand and said, "Let him in."
"Okay!" The waiter quickly left.
After a while, the waiter nicknamed Old Dog came and squeezed into the front desk.
The innkeeper tilted his head and asked, "What's the matter?"
The old dog stuck close to his ear and whispered, "Those two from Keep Immortal Sect are indeed a little abnormal. They're sneaky and sneaky, and they've been strolling around the garden all this time. Just now, when the shopkeeper wasn't around, the two of them sneaked into Black Peony's Lei Zongkang's house. I have no idea what they did. After they came out, Huang Enping left, but Cui Yuan was still there. "
Lei Zongkang? The innkeeper immediately thought of Niu Youdao. Stroking his beard, he muttered, "What are these people trying to do? Are they trying to make trouble in the inn? "His first thought was to maintain the stability of the Moon Inviting Inn.
The old dog shook its head. "I don't know. But I don't think they'd go so far as to cause trouble at the inn. Even if the entire Immortal Retaining Sect was given a hundred times the courage, they wouldn't dare, let alone the two of them. Black Peony's group is even less so. I wonder where that Xuanyuan Dao came from. "
The innkeeper thought about it and agreed. However, to be careful, he still warned, "Call a few more people to keep an eye on these people. Don't let anyone cause trouble in the Inviting Moon Inn!"
"Alright!" The old dog nodded and left quickly.
That night, Niu Youdao called a few people over and ordered a table of good food and wine at the inn. Together with Black Peony's group, it was the first time they sat together and ate together.
After a round of toasting, Niu Youdao put down his wine cup and formally announced, "Everyone, have a good rest tonight. Do what needs to be done as soon as possible."
The few of them looked at each other. From what he said, were they going to leave? Especially Black Peony and the others. Didn't they say they were going to stay for half a year?
Black Peony asked, "Daoye, are you going to leave?"
Lei Zongkang subconsciously pursed his lips when he heard Black Peony call him 'Daoye.' He was dissatisfied. A stray dog dared to be called a master?
Niu Youdao nodded slightly and said, "We're leaving tomorrow."
Black Peony asked, "Where are we going?"
Niu Youdao said, "You'll know when we get there." He still had the habit of leaving some of his words unsaid.
Black Peony nodded and didn't ask any more questions. She just muttered to herself, wondering what this Daoye wanted to do. According to the various signs from before, he clearly wanted to get close to Sha Huan Li, but after he succeeded, he kept his distance.
She thought that Niu Youdao was playing hard to get, but now that he said he would leave tomorrow, it didn't seem like he was playing hard to get. Could it be that she had guessed wrong? What did he want to do?
After the meal, Niu Youdao strolled around the night market in the ancient city. He went to the shop of the Wan Shou Clan and bought some Moon Butterfly eggs. He wanted to hatch a glowing butterfly so that it would be more convenient to move around at night.
Niu Youdao bought ten butterfly eggs in one go. Each of them was the size of a jade pearl. A normal butterfly egg definitely wouldn't be this big.
It wasn't cheap. One butterfly egg cost a hundred gold coins. Ten eggs cost a thousand gold coins.
He spent a lot of money, but the Wan Shou Clan was very attentive to their customers. They gave them some tools to hatch the eggs and taught them how to control them.
When the group returned to the inn, they went to their own rooms to rest.
Niu Youdao and Yuan Fang were playing with the butterfly eggs. They each took a small wooden box that was half the size of a palm. They opened the lids and smelled nice. Inside the lids was a colorful paste. It was called the Hundred Flowers Mud. According to the Wan Shou Clan, it was made by crushing hundreds of flowers and mixing them with sea mud.
According to the records in the 《Shang Qing Shilu》, there must be some secret recipe in the Hundred Flowers Mud. Other people's Hundred Flowers Mud couldn't hatch Xiao Yue, only the Wan Shou Sect's Hundred Flowers Mud could. It was very strange. The Wan Shou Clan used some kind of screening method. All the eggs that they sold were male butterflies. They couldn't get any female butterflies to lay eggs. The Wan Shou Clan was holding the business of making money in their hands.
According to the method taught by the Wan Shou Clan, the two of them cut their hands and dripped a lot of blood into the small wooden box. Then, they mixed their blood with the Hundred Flowers Mud. After that, the two of them each took a butterfly egg that belonged to Xiao Yue and buried it in the Hundred Flowers Mud.
According to the Wan Shou Clan, after the butterfly egg was buried, it would absorb the essence of the Hundred Flowers Mud. When the little guy inside the egg broke out of the ground, it would eat all the Hundred Flowers Mud in the box. Then, it would spin a cocoon. When it broke out of the cocoon, it would become a glowing Moon Butterfly.
In short, the process was very simple. The buyer didn't need to worry about anything. The Wan Shou Clan simplified the complicated process. The Moon Butterfly that hatched would recognize the person who absorbed the essence of the Hundred Flowers Mud.
They applied some medicine on their wounds. The two of them looked at each other and smiled. They each took a small bag that looked like a sachet and put it in the box. Then, they hung it on their belts …
Lei Zongkang went back to his room and stayed there for a while. Then, he opened the door and came out. He looked around and left quickly.
He went downstairs and passed through the garden. He came to another guest room on the opposite floor. He looked around and knocked on the door. When the door opened, he went in.
The person who opened the door was none other than Cui Yuan.
When the door closed, the two of them met each other. Cui Yuan asked, "What happened?"
Lei Zongkang said in a low voice, "He will leave tomorrow."
Cui Yuan frowned. "Didn't you say he will stay here for half a year?"
Lei Zongkang said, "Master Cui, I don't know what he is thinking. He said he wants to leave. I can't stop him."
Cui Yuan said, "Where is he going?"
Lei Zongkang said, "I don't know."
Cui Yuan said, "You didn't ask him?"
Lei Zongkang said, "This person doesn't know what he is talking about. He is quite shrewd. Black Peony asked him, but she couldn't get anything out of him."
Cui Yuan thought for a while and patted his shoulder. "Okay! You go back first. Let me know if anything happens. "
Lei Zongkang nodded.
Cui Yuan went out and looked around. After confirming that there was no one around, he waved his hand behind him. Lei Zongkang quickly came out and left. Cui Yuan went back to his room.
Not long after Lei Zongkang went back to his room, Cui Yuan went out again. He quickly left the inn …
In a room on the top floor of the inn, the innkeeper was meditating. He couldn't stay in the lobby all day. He had his own time.
Knock knock! There was a knock on the door. The innkeeper slowly opened his eyes and said, "Come in!"
Old Dog opened the door and reported, "Innkeeper, that Lei Zongkang just snuck into Cui Yuan's room again. When he returned, Cui Yuan also left the inn. The people we sent to follow him reported that Cui Yuan returned to the Immortal Retaining Sect's shop."
The innkeeper put down his legs and paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. He narrowed his eyes and said, "This Xuanyuan Dao is colluding with the Immortal Retaining Sect. What is he trying to do?"
What he was worried about was what Chief Steward Xiang Ming had said. This Xuanyuan Dao might be trying to get close to the City Lord. He didn't know if he was trying to get close to the City Lord. If that was the case, he wouldn't dare take the hundred thousand gold notes even if he had a hundred guts. But no matter how he thought about it, it didn't seem possible. If he was trying to get close to the City Lord, then he would have to be crazy to meet up with him at the Moon Inviting Inn.
Old Dog said, "Innkeeper, it doesn't seem like Xuanyuan Dao is colluding with the Immortal Retaining Sect. It seems more like Black Peony and the others are colluding with the Immortal Retaining Sect behind Xuanyuan Dao's back."
"Oh!" The innkeeper suddenly turned around and asked, "What makes you think so?"
Old Dog said, "Innkeeper, think about it. If Xuanyuan Dao really was colluding with the Immortal Retaining Sect, would he need to put Lei Zongkang in the middle? It's not like everyone doesn't know that Black Peony and the others are already colluding with Xuanyuan Dao. Why would he need to do something so unnecessary? Moreover, Lei Zongkang seems to be intentionally avoiding Xuanyuan Dao from meeting up with the Immortal Retaining Sect's people. Lei Zongkang went to meet up with the Immortal Retaining Sect's people alone. The way I see it, Black Peony and the Immortal Retaining Sect are plotting something behind Xuanyuan Dao's back. "
The innkeeper nodded slowly. "That makes sense!"
After pondering for a while, he suddenly turned around and said, "Old Dog, go greet Xuanyuan Dao. Tell him that I'm treating him to tea. Just him alone!"
Old Dog was stunned. "Innkeeper, you're not going to warn him, are you? There's no need for us to get involved in this. We just need to keep an eye on them and make sure they don't cause trouble in our inn. As for the rest, they can do whatever they want. We can't do anything about it. It's none of our business. "
The innkeeper said calmly, "Xuanyuan Dao met with the City Lord today."
"Uh …" Old Dog was stunned. He asked suspiciously, "What's Xuanyuan Dao's background? Why would the City Lord want to meet him? "
The innkeeper said, "Is the City Lord's business something you can ask? Don't ask what you shouldn't ask. I have my own plans. "
How could he just ignore it? There were some things that he couldn't say clearly. He was worried that Niu Youdao would cause trouble in the Mooninvite Inn. He was worried that the hundred thousand gold notes were just to shut him up. If something really happened, he wouldn't be able to bear the responsibility. If Niu Youdao ended up in the hands of the City Lord's people and exposed the matter, he would be in an awkward position. That was a hundred thousand gold coins, not a small amount. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it was a reward!
He was going to sound out the situation first. If things went south, he would immediately hand over the hundred thousand gold notes to Xiang Ming.
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