"But..." Xiao Lingxi said weakly, "No one in Chiyu City dares to mention anything about Guixu City. Some people are afraid just like others, but in fact they really don't know anything.
Even though these people are so deeply influenced by evil spirits, those who really know the truth are even more afraid to speak out."
"Yes!" Yu Wenxuan also quickly raised another difficulty in collecting intelligence. "Another point is that we don't know who really knows about Guixu City and who knows a little bit about it through hearsay.
.If we rashly ask questions on the street, it will definitely attract the attention of the Red Feather Sect. By then, we will not even know the whereabouts of Gui
The biggest obstacle.”
"Do you know why I brought you to the teahouse for tea?" Ling Xuewei asked.
"The teahouse has many guests from all over the world. It is the most well-informed place in a town. Could it be possible that we chose this place to better inquire about the news?" Xiao Yifeng suddenly realized.
"But there are many people in the teahouse. If we ask questions about Guixu City here, won't we be targeted by people from the Red Feather Sect faster?" Yu Wenxuan raised an objection.
"Inquiring about information is also a very skillful thing." Ling Xuewei showed an enigmatic smile.
"Xuewei, stop being so pretentious and tell us what to do quickly!" Yu Wenxuan said impatiently.
"Didn't you notice that the decoration of this teahouse is old, but the business is very booming?" Ling Xuewei sighed and gave a hint.
Yu Wenxuan was still confused about Ling Xuewei's reminder and looked at Ling Xuewei helplessly.
"Hey!" Ling Xuewei sighed, not expecting Yu Wenxuan to discover the secret of her choice of teahouse, so she took the initiative to explain, "The furnishings are old but the business is booming, which can only mean one thing. There are many teahouses in Akabane City.
It’s been a year and it’s a time-honored brand here. The teahouse is the best distributing center for news. Think about it, the owner of this teahouse receives and delivers news every day. What news might he not know?”
"Uh..." Yu Wenxuan secretly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He didn't even think of such a simple thing.
It is definitely the most appropriate person to ask the owner of a time-honored teahouse about some old stories from his adulthood.
"I don't know how long the Red Feather Sect has been using sorcery to make people fear Guixu City, but if such a sorcery is to be maintained forever, it must be supported by powerful spiritual power, so such sorcery is inevitable
It won't be used for too long, and it won't last more than ten years at most." Ling Xuewei analyzed, "The decline of Guixu City happened in the past few decades. In comparison, no matter how long the evil magic has been controlled, it will not last more than ten years in Akabane City.
There are also people who know the situation in Guixu City."
"The teahouse owner is indeed a good candidate, but how should we get him to speak?" Yu Wenxuan immediately had a new question.
When they were on the street, they asked a few people at random. There were many elderly people among them, but without exception, these people didn't have a good look on them.
Yu Wenxuan estimated that even if the teahouse owner knew about it, he would not tell them. If they didn't tell them the news until they were asked, they would be kicked out of the teahouse by the teahouse owner.
"You don't have to worry anymore!" Ling Xuewei showed a mysterious smile. "Learn well!"
Huangfu Chen looked at Ling Xuewei with a smile.
Ling Xuewei took out another Jingxin Pill from the wooden box and handed it to Xiao Lingxi.
"Lingxi, divide this Jingxin Pill into a quarter, and then grind the divided part into powder." Ling Xuewei ordered while taking an unused cup from the table and pouring it into the cup.
He poured a little boiled water and said, “After it’s done, melt the powder into this glass of water!”
Xiao Lingxi took the elixir and followed it without asking.
Yu Wenxuan stared at Xiao Lingxi for a while and asked uncertainly, "Xuewei, don't you want to give the teahouse owner a Jingxin Pill?"
"Isn't this the easiest way to get him to speak by eliminating the fear of Guixu City imposed on him by evil magic?" Ling Xuewei said nonchalantly, "Besides, I'm not trying to give him a whole Meditation Heart.
Dan, this is too wasteful. We don’t need to completely eliminate his fear. As long as others continue to live in Akabane City, even if the fear is eliminated now, he will still be affected by this evil spell as time goes by.
.”
"Xuewei, what kind of method do you use to grind the Jingxin Pill into powder and melt it completely in the tea?" Xiao Lingxi was very curious about Ling Xuewei's method, "Is it possible that this way the teahouse owner can be relieved?
Are you afraid?"
While Xiao Lingxi was talking, she had already done what Ling Xuewei asked quickly, and placed the cup with the powder of Jingxin Pill and the remaining Jingxin Pill in front of Ling Xuewei.
"Almost!" Ling Xuewei took the cup and signaled Xiao Lingxi to accept the remaining Jingxin Pill. "It is impossible to relieve the innkeeper's fear. He is much more affected by this evil spell than you are, but
To temporarily isolate the influence of evil magic on him, only a quarter of the Meditation Pill is enough."
Ling Xuewei took the cup into her hands while smiling. She held the cup with one hand and covered the top of the cup with the other hand.
Before Ling Xuewei could make any move, Huangfuchen grabbed Ling Xuewei's wrist.
"Let me do this for you!" Huangfuchen snatched the cup from Ling Xuewei's hand.
Ling Xuewei looked at Huangfuchen in surprise, but Huangfuchen didn't give Ling Xuewei a chance to get the cup back.
"You should concentrate on dealing with the teahouse owner."
"Oh!" Ling Xuewei shrugged. Seeing that Huangfu Chen had guessed what she was going to do, he stopped insisting.
She greeted the teahouse waiter.
Huangfuchen also put the cup back on the table.
Xiao Lingxi and Yu Wenxuan noticed with sharp eyes that the teacup that was filled with a glass of water just now was now empty.
Ling Xuewei tipped the waiter well enough. As soon as the waiter heard Ling Xuewei's call, he immediately walked up to Ling Xuewei.
"I wonder what your orders are, girl?" the waiter asked Ling Xuewei enthusiastically.
Ling Xuewei didn't say a word, she just placed a medium-grade spiritual stone on the table.
As soon as the waiter saw the spiritual stone, his eyes could no longer accommodate anything else, and he stared straight at the spiritual stone on the table.
It took him a lot of effort to control himself and not grab the spiritual stone on the table.
"Girl, if you have any orders, just tell me. I will live through fire and water without hesitation!" The boy looked at the spirit stone and swallowed his saliva.
"It's nothing very important." Ling Xuewei looked at the waiter's reaction and smiled with satisfaction, "I just have a few questions to ask your boss for advice, so I hope you can help me call your boss over alone.
!”
"No problem, no problem!"
The clerk almost thought there was something wrong with his ears. He thought Ling Xuewei had some important task for him. Who knew that he only needed to run some errands, a task that was not difficult at all, and he would get a spiritual stone for free?
The tip is worth more than his salary for a year.
He has never seen customers in teahouses tip directly to Lingshi.
The waiter didn't dare to neglect at all, and quickly said to Ling Xuewei, "I'm going to invite the boss over now, please wait a moment!"
The clerk turned around and was about to go out. Ling Xuewei stopped him, "I don't want the matter of finding your boss to be publicized. You should know what to do, right?"
"Girl, don't worry." The waiter gave Ling Xuewei a knowing look.
"Take the spiritual stone on the table, it's what you deserve." Ling Xuewei reminded.
The waiter happily took his tip and trotted off to find their boss.
With money opening the way, the teahouse owner came very quickly.
The teahouse owner was a middle-aged man about fifty years old. As soon as he entered Ling Xuewei's private room, he winked at the waiter and asked him to wait at the door of the private room.
"I don't know what news you want to know, but I know everything I can tell you!" the teahouse owner smiled philistinely.
Ling Xuewei and the others seemed to have extraordinary backgrounds at first glance, and the waiter told them that these people were generous. How could the teahouse owner miss this rare opportunity to make money?
Ling Xuewei was also very straightforward and threw a small bag full of spiritual stones on the table.
The teahouse owner was much calmer than the waiter. He just raised his eyebrows and did not lose his composure because he saw so many spiritual stones.
According to the estimation of the teahouse owner, there are no less than ten spiritual stones in the small bag on the table.
"Boss, we want to know all the news about Guixu City." Ling Xuewei said lightly, "As long as you tell us everything you know, all the spiritual stones on this table will belong to you."
The teahouse owner's expression changed immediately when he heard the words "Gui Xucheng".
His eyes were full of fear, but he was not like others, who got angry at Ling Xuewei and the others as soon as he heard the three words "Guixu City".
The teahouse owner was in a dilemma.
On the one hand, he did not dare to mention things about Guixu City, but on the other hand, he seemed reluctant to part with the large number of spiritual stones on the table.
Xiao Lingxi and Yu Wenxuan looked at the teahouse owner in surprise. The bag of spirit stones given by Ling Xuewei was the same amount that he had given to others before. However, as soon as those people heard that they were asking about Guixu City, they would immediately treat them.
Surprisingly, such a bag of spiritual stones, which is extremely precious to ordinary people, would not even look at it again.
Unexpectedly, the teahouse owner hesitated.
Hesitation means there is a chance!
Xiao Yifeng and Yu Wenxuan looked at the teahouse owner curiously, because after the previous temptation, they naturally would not believe that the teahouse owner was impressed by Ling Xuewei's generous benefits.
