After Zeng Ruohai and the woman walked away, Qian Duoduo entered the “Zikelou” Inn.
A waiter came up to him.
“Lodging? One thousand gold coins per night.”
“I’ll stay for three nights first.”
Qian Duoduo handed over three thousand gold coins.
“Which room is that Ba Ling Sect woman staying in?”
The waiter smiled slightly.
“Guest’s privacy—”
Qian Duoduo slipped one thousand gold coins into his hand.
The waiter grinned and made a “three” gesture with his hand.
“Let me be closer to her.”
Qian Duoduo handed over another one thousand gold coins.
“This way, honored guest.”
The waiter led the way, taking Qian Duoduo to a room on the third floor, and pointed to the room next door.
“Fighting is prohibited within Wuzhu City. If violated, not even the Sect Leader of the Middle Road Four Sects can save you.”
Qian Duoduo cupped his hands at him.
“Brother, don’t worry, I just—”
The waiter waved his hand.
“No need to say more, she is indeed beautiful. Little brother has good taste.” With that, he closed the door and left.
As soon as the door closed, Qian Duoduo immediately took off his Refining Spirit Sect’s cyan robe, changed into a yellow cotton robe without any markings, put on the mask Yu Yixiang gave him, and lowered his cultivation to the Ninth Level of Qi Condensation.
Looking at himself in the bronze mirror in the room, Qian Duoduo said to himself, “From now on, I am Qian Duoduo, a Little Peddler from Facai City.”
Taking out the golden spirit commerce certificate, Qian Duoduo needed to verify it.
He wanted to see if this certificate was, as Yu Yixiang said, usable for opening shops on the Middle Road and Upper Road, and also for being an itinerant merchant in various places.
Coming out of the “Zikelou” Inn, the waiter who took Qian Duoduo’s money didn’t even look up.
Qian Duoduo didn’t believe he didn’t know that he had changed his face and clothes.
However, one should be shrewd when shrewdness is needed, and muddled when muddledness is needed.
Walking not far ahead, he arrived at Wuzhu City’s West Market.
Upon entering the West Market, the first thing that appeared before Qian Duoduo was a street specializing in Flying Swords.
Over a hundred shops on both sides of the road all sold Flying Swords, from low-grade Mortal Weapons to High-Grade Profound Artifacts, from wooden to ice-based, from as small as a toothpick to larger than a door panel—everything imaginable.
After passing through the sword district, came the blade district.
After the blade district was the armor district…
According to the waiters in the West Market, the entire West Market actually had over thirty Magic Treasure specialized zones and over three thousand Magic Treasure shops.
Whereas in Kongfang City’s market, where Qian Duoduo once reigned supreme, there were only a few hundred in total.
The difference in quantity was merely one aspect.
On the Magic Treasures sold in the West Market, whether Mortal Weapon or Profound Weapon, all had the Artifact Refiner’s emblem on them.
When the Artifact Refiner refined the Magic Treasure and what materials were used were clearly stated in the Jade Slip accompanying the Magic Treasure.
Artifact Refining, here, was a culture.
Every shop in the West Market, no matter how strange its name, had one thing prominently marked in large characters—how many years this shop had been open.
The oldest shop had surprisingly been open for over ten thousand years.
The business of this ten-thousand-year-old shop was also unbelievably good.
Every Magic Treasure in the shop was as clean as new, and every waiter was intelligent and capable; without you even speaking, they knew what you wanted to ask and what you wanted to buy through your gaze and demeanor.
The shop did not bargain, and any Magic Treasure bought there could be returned for a full refund at the original price whenever you no longer liked it.
Business, here, was a trust.
Besides Magic Treasures, the West Market also sold various Medicinal Pills, Formations, and Talismans, and even hundreds of Cultivation Techniques were available for sale.
Cultivation Techniques such as the Refining Spirit Sect’s Golden Light Technique, the Ba Ling Sect’s Blood Sword Skill, and the Shengling Sect’s Grass Poison Skill were all for sale.
Qian Duoduo bought three sets of Middle Road immortal arts: one set of Soul Blade Technique, one set of Wood-Stone Art, and one set of Phoenix Attraction Skill.
Since it was a new identity, he naturally needed new Cultivation Techniques, so as not to be found out that he was cultivating the Refining Spirit Sect’s immortal arts.