Chapter 65 Nanpingfang Market

"Miss, she's vanished without a trace."

Sitting atop the mountain, Ouyang Yue leaned against a rock, her hands supporting her head as she gazed at the distant sunset. A maidservant beside her spoke.

"Old Master Lu, do you think we'll ever see each other again?"

The void beside Ouyang Yue flickered, and an old man with white hair and a youthful face walked out.

"Of course, Miss. Everything is predestined, everything is only natural."

A smile finally appeared on Ouyang Yue's face, and then she seemed to have thought of something and suddenly spoke.

"Elder Lu, were you there during the trip to the cave?"

Old Deer, who was stroking his beard and speaking, stopped and said somewhat awkwardly.

"It's all an illusion!"

"Don't change the subject. Why didn't you show up to help back then? Be careful, or I'll tell Grandpa when we get back."

Upon hearing the word "Grandpa," Old Master Lu immediately raised his hands in surrender.

"Grandma, my little grandma, there's a reason why I haven't shown myself. Before we set off, the guild leader said that you would definitely turn bad luck into good this time, and that I should not show myself."

They also said they'd go back after you'd finished fooling around.

After hearing what Elder Lu said, Ouyang Yue lowered her head and turned to look longingly into the distance.

"I understand, Elder Lu!"

Nanping Market Town is a market town located in the heart of the Cao family's territory in Jindan. It is situated in a land with numerous lakes.

Because of its proximity to a lake, the entire town is half on land and half in water.

The road in the market town was partially built up with earth to form a city, with wooden barriers and interconnected ditches and rivers. If viewed from the air, the ditches looked like lines, and the city was shaped like a large sun in the center.

The water section is built on a base of boats, with earth and stones on top, and trees and willows planted to form walls, resembling a crescent moon, stars, and the sun and moon, and is quite orderly.

It seems that the entire market was specially opened up for this formation. This kind of formation, which utilizes the terrain, is far more powerful than one that uses array flags.

"The entrance fee is five spirit stones!"

Xu Yuanlang arrived outside Nanping Market. He had a token prepared for him by his family, so he was able to enter Nanping Market without any hindrance.

Upon approaching the market, it was not as noisy as the Jiang family's market. The entire street was quiet, and all the pedestrians were in a hurry. Xu Yuanlang was not surprised to see this scene. After all, this place belonged to the Golden Core Cao family, so it must be much better than the Jiang family's market.

"Medicines, medicines, medicines!"

There are so many pills for sale in this Nanpingfang market.

Xu Yuanlang glanced at the signs on both sides; almost all of them were shops selling pills, but he didn't know how many of them were genuine pills.

Besides the pills, he also saw that many people were selling golden beetles that could turn people into pseudo-cultivators, and some people even divided them into several grades.

"Mine is a mutated golden beetle, capable of opening water-based spiritual apertures. Although it can't compare to a regular golden beetle in combat, it's far superior in support abilities. Five spirit stones, no questions asked!"

As the stall owner proudly introduced the product, the surrounding cultivators subconsciously gasped.

"Five spirit stones? That's too high a price. No way!"

"No, I have other golden beetles here."

Xu Yuanlang stopped looking and walked along the street, searching for the Xu family's shops according to the instructions of his clan. He walked all the way to the edge of the market when he suddenly heard a quarrel coming from ahead.

"What, does your Xu family not want to admit it? We brothers bought a first-grade high-quality healing pill from you at a high price."

As a result, not only did it have no effect, but it even worsened the injuries, and now the person is poisoned. Doesn't the Xu family need to provide an explanation?

Hearing the voice coming from inside, Xu Yuanlang's expression changed. The Xu family? The direction was exactly the same as what his family had told him. Thinking of this, he quietly walked over without making a sound.

At this moment, a person was lying in front of the Xu family's shop. His face was ashen and he was barely breathing. Blood was seeping from his chest from time to time, which looked very frightening.

Furthermore, the wound was faintly tinged with purple, and jagged purple veins along its edges were penetrating deeper into the wound.

Several menacing figures stood to the left and right of the injured man, with the leader being particularly aggressive. Xu Yuanlang frowned. Although this man spoke harshly, if it was indeed caused by the pills from the Xu family's shop, they could only accept their bad luck.

"The Xu family is in deep trouble this time. Although Boss Hong is a rogue cultivator, he has a very high reputation among rogue cultivators. If it really is the responsibility of the Xu family's shop, he can easily wipe out the Xu family's business in the future."

"These unscrupulous merchants deserve it. They often sell inferior goods as superior ones and pass off cheap medicines as rare items. If you ask me, it would be better if they had no business at all."

"That's not how it works. The Xu family's shops are relatively weak in the market, so they do business very fairly. Their pills are cheap, and they buy spiritual herbs from independent cultivators for 10% more than the market price."

Therefore, they used to have a good reputation among independent cultivators, and many poor independent cultivators were willing to do business with them. Hopefully, this is just a misunderstanding.

Among the onlookers, some were gloating, some were hateful, and some felt sorry for the situation. The latter group made up a significant proportion, which indicated that their reputation was quite good.

Xu Yuanlang's brows relaxed; the situation wasn't too bad.

At this moment, an old man with white hair and a strong fragrance of medicinal herbs walked out of the shop.

"That's impossible. Our shop's first-grade Luminous Pill is a genuine healing pill. It has miraculous effects in replenishing qi and blood, strengthening muscles and bones, and dispelling evil spirits."

"Fellow Daoist Hong, not to mention your brother, even more serious injuries can be healed. I wonder if you fed him something he shouldn't have?"

Hong Laoda was a straightforward and impatient person. When he heard the old man's words implying that he was being blamed, he immediately got angry and grabbed the old man's collar, ready to lift him up.

"You bastard, what nonsense are you spouting? Do you think we're newbies? Don't we know anything...?"

Just as a conflict was about to break out, a hand suddenly grabbed Boss Hong's wrist tightly.

"Who are you?"

Although Hong Laoda was reckless, he was not stupid. Xu Yuanlang's surging aura was like an abyss. Even though his cultivation was above Xu Yuanlang's, he did not dare to act recklessly for a moment and had to release his grip on the old man's collar.

In an instant, all eyes fell on Xu Yuanlang, and before anyone else could speak, he spoke first.

"Passerby, besides the Lumenis, you should have also given your brother some Aconite Root, right?"

Xu Yuanlang spoke with great confidence, his voice filled with certainty, and Boss Hong nodded subconsciously.

"Yes, my brother was injured at the time, and we could only temporarily stop the bleeding with aconite root to keep him alive."

After he finished speaking, he seemed to realize what he had said and angrily retorted.

"Aconite root is not poisonous. You're not saying all of this was caused by aconite root, are you?"