Act 1 Little South Country Chapter 46 Yunzhou City
Yunzhou City.
The mottled and simple city walls stand in the sunset, guarding the life in the city.
The city wall is a full ten feet high, and the entire city is covered by a transparent canopy, with streams of light shining on it. It is indeed some kind of forbidden air barrier!
When people who cultivate immortality arrive here, no matter how high their cultivation level is, they must get down to earth and practice.
There are immortals and mortals, Taoists and monks in this city. It can be said to be a mixed place.
Thirty miles away from the city gate, Qin Shaoyou landed.
He changed out of his sect clothes, put on a bamboo hat, and dressed up like a casual cultivator.
"When we enter the city later, you are not allowed to run around!"
"Otherwise, I won't be able to save you if you are caught!"
Qin Shaoyou told Erha.
Erha sat on his shoulder with excitement and nodded repeatedly, obviously very curious about the mysterious city.
Then, the two of them headed towards the city gate.
There are many people lining up under the city to enter the city, and there are many soldiers standing at the city gate, checking one by one.
These soldiers are just mortals, but among them there is a middle-aged man dressed as a swordsman who is commanding these soldiers.
"Let me check you all carefully. If you let the Phoenix dog thief in, I will twist off your heads and use them as footballs!"
The soldiers nodded repeatedly, not daring to be careless.
Qin Shaoyou was a little surprised, and then he used his spiritual thoughts to investigate this person, and found that he was actually a monk in the late stage of Qi Refining Realm.
"Interesting, this city was actually taken over by immortal cultivators?"
With this thought in mind, he slowly followed the crowd to the city gate.
Seven days later will be the annual treasure appraisal meeting of Xingyun Pavilion. Sima Sheng received an order from Maple Valley to step up the investigation of people entering the city, and no suspicious people will be allowed in.
This person noticed Qin Shaoyou wearing a bamboo hat at a glance in the crowd.
Sima Sheng had doubts and walked up to Qin Shaoyou.
"you!"
"Take off the hat!"
When Qin Shaoyou heard this, he took off his bamboo hat.
"Huh!"
"Why is there a monkey?!"
Sima Sheng was a little surprised. No wonder he felt that there was something abnormal under the bamboo hat.
When he asked this question, the eyes of other people around him naturally focused on Qin Shaoyou.
"This is my spiritual pet."
Qin Shaoyou replied.
"Hahaha..."
“I’ve never seen a red-eyed monkey as a spiritual pet!”
"Fellow Taoist, are you going to the city to perform as an entertainer?"
Everyone laughed.
Qin Shaoyou ignored it.
Red-eyed monkeys are the most common first-order monsters. To say they are first-order monsters is to flatter them, and they have no actual combat capabilities at all.
Qin Shaoyou took this thing as his spiritual pet, so one can imagine how shabby he was as a casual cultivator.
Sima Sheng looked him over and asked with a smile:
"Who are you? Why haven't I seen you?"
"I, Qin Heizi, a casual cultivator, have come to participate in the treasure appraisal conference of Xingyun Pavilion."
"Participating in the treasure appraisal conference?"
"What about your invitation?"
Qin Shaoyou was startled when he heard this. Invitation letter?
Pang Guang didn’t say that you need an invitation letter to participate!
It seems that this guy is indeed very unreliable.
"snort!"
"The people who can participate in the Treasure Appraisal Conference are all well-known cultivating families in Yunzhou City. You, a casual cultivator, still want to join in the fun?"
Sima Sheng said with a look of disdain.
"I see. It looks like I came here in vain."
Qin Shaoyou murmured.
Sima Sheng saw that there was nothing unusual about him, and his vigilance suddenly became much weaker.
"Although you can't attend the Treasure Appraisal Conference, there are small trade fairs for casual cultivators in this city. You can go there and have a look."
With that said, he waved to Qin Shaoyou, indicating that he could go in.
After Qin Shaoyou thanked him, he walked into the city gate with his "spiritual pet".
The roads in the city are extremely wide. The main road in Yunzhou City is more than thirty feet wide, and it can't be seen to the end.
There are rows of high-rise shops on both sides of the main road, and the street is bustling with people. Tall lampposts stand on both sides of the street, and red lanterns are hung on the lampposts.
There are still a few days before the Xingyun Pavilion Treasure Appraisal Conference starts. He plans to find a place to stay first and find a way to find out about the invitation letter.
"Woof woof woof!"
He walked along the main street for a while, and soon after, his thoughts were interrupted by several barking dogs.
He looked for the sound, and it turned out to be an old yellow dog practicing his voice on the monkey on his shoulder.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"
Not to be outdone, the monkey bared its teeth and saluted the yellow dog in return.
The yellow dog was defeated and entered the house with its tail between its legs.
Qin Shaoyou looked up and saw that the place where the yellow dog entered was actually an inn.
Xianle Inn.
Hey!
Isn't this a coincidence?
So he stepped in and walked to the counter.
There were not many people in the hall, only a few tables of guests sitting and eating.
When the yellow dog saw the monkey's owner coming in, he whimpered and crawled under another table.
"Boy, are there any guest rooms?"
Standing in front of the counter was a lean man who looked a little depressed and was sitting there sleepily.
When Qin Shaoyou arrived, he didn't pay attention.
He didn't raise his head until he heard someone asking.
"monkey?!"
The waiter was startled.
Qin Shaoyou smiled and asked:
"is there a problem?"
"Our store rules, pets are not allowed inside!"
He pointed to the wooden sign hanging on the pillar nearby.
Qin Shaoyou looked in the direction he pointed, and it was true.
"No, that dog is not a pet? How could it come in?"
The waiter glanced at the old yellow dog, then replied, "Except dogs!", then lowered his head and dozed off again.
"Hey, what a coincidence, mine happens to be a dog too!"
He pointed at Erha and joked:
"Come on, call him!"
"Woof!"
Erha bared his teeth and yelled at the waiter.
"ah!"
The waiter suddenly woke up, backed away in fear, and fell down from the stool.
Almost everyone in the hall was attracted by the movement here.
A few of them heard the conversation clearly and couldn't help laughing.
And one of them was extremely interested in the Erha on Qin Shaoyou's shoulder, and kept looking at it.
The landlady who heard the commotion immediately ran out from inside.
She glared at the waiter fiercely.
"You're a disgraceful thing. It can't do anything. Get out of here!"
The waiter didn't dare to complain and left dejectedly through the back door.
The landlady is a woman who still has charm.
When she saw Qin Shaoyou's handsome appearance, she laughed and said, "Hey, this great immortal, why did you come to the hotel alone?"
"There are no more guest rooms, but my sister's room is vacant. I wonder if you want to come and stay?"
Qin Shaoyou couldn't help but feel a chill, and goosebumps appeared on his skin.
"Since there is no such thing, forget it and say goodbye!"
"Hey, Shangxian, I was joking with you. There are still guest rooms, so don't be angry!"
The proprietress quickly put away her smile and took out a wooden sign from under the counter with "Jiazi No. 3" written on it.
"Shangxian, we only have Shangfang left in our store. I want five low-grade spiritual stones for one night!"
Without saying a word, Qin Shaoyou took out a medium-grade spiritual stone from his body.
“Stay two nights first!”
The landlady smiled happily and quickly took the spiritual stone.
"Xiao Dezi! Quickly lead this immortal to Room No. 3 in Jiazi!"
With a greeting, an equally lean waiter ran out with a playful smile.
He nodded and bowed to Qin Shaoyou with a flattering look on his face:
"Shangxian, please come with me!"
Just when he was about to follow the waiter upstairs, a young man dressed like a rich man stopped him.
"This fellow Taoist, I am here to fight. I like your spirit beast very much. I wonder if you can part with it?"
"You can bid however much you want!"
As soon as these words came out, Erha immediately became nervous.
It retreated and hid behind Qin Shaoyou.
Seeing the monkey's reaction, Meng Zhan's eyes lit up even more.
"Sorry, this is not a spiritual beast, and I won't sell it either!"
Meng Zhan's face suddenly darkened.
"Fellow Taoist, have you ever heard of Muyun Villa?"
"My father is the owner of Muyun Villa!"
"If you are willing to transfer this spiritual beast to me, you will be our friend at Muyun Villa from now on!"
Muyun Villa?
Qin Shaoyou's steps slowed down.
What is this place?
A family of cultivators?
He remembered that Sima Sheng at the city gate said that there was indeed a Xiu family.
"never heard of that!"
Qin Shaoyou went up the stairs without looking back. Upon seeing this, the waiter on the side immediately followed him.
"That's unreasonable!"
Meng Zhan was furious, and the landlady was about to get angry when she saw him, so she immediately came to smooth things over.
All in all, with her sharp tongue, Meng Zhan suppressed his anger.
"snort!"
"We'll see!"
He glared at Qin Shaoyou's back, turned and left the inn.