Chapter 23: Setting up stalls and digging corners!

  Half a month later.

  Near noon, Leng Ruo Xue and others arrived at Blue Cloud City.

  Standing outside the city gate of Blue Cloud City, looking at the tall and majestic city wall, the mood of Cold as Snow and others was also extremely excited. This is one of the largest cities on the Vast Heaven Continent! Even outside the city gate, you can already feel the grandeur of Blue Cloud City, its majesty unparalleled!

  "It's indeed Blue Cloud City!" Old Man Zuo exclaimed.

  "Of course, this is our Blue Family's main city." Lan Lie said with a proud face.

  "Our Cold Clan's Haohan City is no worse than yours!" Leng Wudi said, unwilling to show weakness.

  "Sun's Sun Zhou Cheng is probably about the same as Lan Yun Cheng!" Leng Ruo Xue said calmly, glancing at Sun Teng who remained silent.

  "You'll know if you go and take a look, won't you?" Sun Teng said coolly, his face expressionless.

  "Don't worry, we'll go." Leng Ruoxue smiled lightly and said. Sun Zhou City and the others would eventually go anyway...

  "Hmph! You bunch of country bumpkins, you've finally arrived." At this time, a disdainful mocking voice came from the city gate, and the owner of the voice, Lan Ning'er, also appeared, followed by a large group of people.

  Leng Ruo Xue looked at Lan Ning Er whose tail was about to lift up to the sky and smiled faintly without speaking.

  On the second day of their journey, when they passed through Liancheng, this young master abandoned them and returned to the Lan residence with his maid, as for the reason... Of course it was because of the tent!

  When they passed through Liancheng, Leng Ruxue knew she didn't have a tent and asked her to buy one. However, she said she would rather die than do so. Later, Leng Ruxue explicitly told her that since she refused to buy one herself, no one would lend her a tent the next time they camped in the wilderness. As a result, she ran away in anger...

  Inside Liao City, there are many shops owned by the Lan family. It's likely that Lan Ning'er was looking for a shop, so she returned to Lanyun City ahead of time.

  "You bumpkins who have never seen the world, didn't you hear me talking to you?" Lan Ning'er saw that no one was paying attention to her and suddenly became angry. Humph! This is the territory of the Lan family, these ugly freaks came here, don't think about having a good day!

  "Ning Er's sister, are they the ones you were talking about?" A woman in blue clothes next to Lan Ning'er asked.

  "Hmm, it's them." Lan Ning Er gritted her teeth and said.

  "You really have a big nerve, daring to bully our Blue family's people!" The woman in blue clothes indignantly scolded.

  Leng Ruo Xue turned her head and glanced at Lan Lie, without saying a word.

  "Lan Fei'er, how dare you be rude to my friend!" Lan Lie shouted, furious. That cold face of Ruo Xue's with that mocking expression made him want to find a hole in the ground and crawl into it, it was too humiliating!

  "Seventh brother, they bullied Ning'er sister, and as her brother, not only did you not stand up for your own sister, but you even helped them! If Grandfather finds out, he won't let you off!" Lan Fei'er accused, as if Lan Lie had committed some great wrong.

  "Lan Fei, don't use that old man to pressure me, and there's no need to try so hard to curry favor with Lan Ning, she will never agree to share a husband with you." Lan Lie bluntly exposed Lan Fei's thoughts, saying with a hint of mockery, "Hmph! Lan Fei liking someone in the Lan family has long been an open secret, only she thinks she's hiding it well!"

  "Lan Fei'er, you too... Is what he said really true?" Lan Ning'er asked with a burning jealousy.

  "Ning Er, sister, don't listen to his nonsense. Can't you see that he's trying to drive a wedge between us?" Lan Fei'er hastily comforted, her heart seething with hatred for Lan Lie!

  After listening to Lan Fei'er's words, Lan Ning'er still had some doubts, but after thinking about it, she felt that Lan Fei'er was also very reasonable.

  "Lan Shaozhu, your status as a young master isn't that great either! It seems anyone can scold and yell at you." Cold Snow said calmly.

  "Exactly! Blue kid, you're too incompetent as a young master. Today I just found out that the Blues don't take you seriously." Old Man Zou also said with a tone of inciting discord, his face full of sympathy.

  "Hmph! That's because some people like to curry favor with others, always using an old man to suppress me." Lan Lie said lightly, his tone cold and detached.

  "Damn it, who are you calling a dog?" Lan Ning'er roared in anger.

  "I'm talking about dogs." Lan Lie smiled lightly, then turned his head to glance at Leng Ruo Xue and the others, saying: "Don't mind those dogs, let's enter the city!"

  "Good." Leng Ruo Xue nodded slightly, completely ignoring Lan Ning and her group.

  "Wait, they can't enter the city." Lan Ning Er pointed at Leng Ruo Xue and the others, a smug expression on her face.

  "What did you say?" Lan Lie asked with narrowed eyes.

  "I said, they can't enter the city." Lan Ning'er said with a hint of pride, humph! Blue Cloud City was her territory, she didn't believe that if she didn't allow it, these ugly creatures could get in.

  "It's been a long time since I've been home, and only today did I realize that Blue Cloud City is actually run by you, Lan Ning'er?" Blue Lie was amused and teased.

  "Hmph! This is what Grandfather meant." Lan Ning'er brought out her trump card, moved out the master of the house, and she didn't believe that Lan Lie would still dare to stubbornly protect these people.

  "Is that so?" Lan Lie's expression was very calm, but in fact, he was furious inside. Hum! You old man, just you wait! He didn't think that Lan Ning'er would lie to him, because Lan Ning'er simply didn't have the guts to fake an order from above. Moreover, this was indeed something that old man would do, because he always liked to trip him up and cause trouble for him!

  "If you don't believe me, you can go ask your grandfather." Lan Ning'er said confidently, humph! She was going to let Lan Lie know today who was the most favored in the Lan family.

  "I'll definitely ask, but they must also come into the city with me." Lan Lie said without any room for negotiation. Originally, his status was not high in front of Leng Ruoxue and others, now if he loses face again at his own doorstep, then he won't be able to mix in anymore.

  "How dare you disobey Grandfather's orders?" Lan Ning'er questioned, with a triumphant expression on her face.

  "Is this the first time?" Lan Lie smiled and asked back, from young to old, he didn't know how many times he had disobeyed that old man's orders, but he hadn't seen that old man do anything to him!

  "You'll regret this, Grandfather won't let you off this time! What are you still standing there for, hurry up and go! The master has given orders, not to let these people into the city." Blue Ning Er said loudly.

  However, after waiting for half a day, Lan Ning still didn't see any reaction from the person behind him.

  "Do you also want to disobey orders?" Lan Ning Er said with a tone of displeasure, feeling that her authority was being challenged.

  "Miss Wu, we dare not harm the young master." The leader of the guards said with some helplessness, "Wu... Master! Why do you want to treat us like this? We didn't do anything wrong! You and the young master are fighting, why drag us into it?"

  "He will soon no longer be the young master, what are you afraid of?" Lan Ning Er shouted in frustration.

  "But he's still like that now! If we accidentally hurt the young master, we'll also be punished." The leader of the guards said with a difficult expression. Humph! They were just here to make up the numbers for the fifth miss, not to be her thugs, so Lan Ning'er didn't know at all that she couldn't command them.

  "Lan Lie, no wonder some people dare to shout at you, it turns out that your position as the young master is about to be lost!" After watching the commotion for a long time, Leng Ruo Xue spoke up with sympathy, but what did these guards mean? Their reaction was indeed intriguing!

  "The position of the young master is not something I'm interested in, whoever wants it can take it." Lan Lie said disdainfully, humph! If he hadn't lost that bet to that old man back then, he wouldn't have become this young master in the first place.

  "Alas! Judging from the situation, it seems we won't be able to enter Blue Cloud City today." Cold Snow lightly sighed and said, but there wasn't a hint of anger on her face.

  "Xue Er, since we can't get in, let's set up camp at the city gate then." Leng Qing Tian said nonchalantly, his calm demeanor making it hard for others to believe.

  "Yes, Xue Er, I'm a bit hungry too." The demon said pitifully, his bright star-like eyes shining like black onyx.

  "What are you waiting for? Let's get started!" Cold Snow gave the order and everyone quickly set up the tents.

  Blue Ming's mouth twitched slightly as he watched Cold-as-Snow and the others quickly set up the tent, then lit a fire and brought out food. A few black lines slipped down his forehead as he thought to himself, "You're already preparing to camp? Honestly, Blue Ming was deeply impressed by their carefree attitude! However, what he didn't understand was what his father was trying to do."

  Lan Lie and the other two were relatively calm, having mentally prepared themselves beforehand. Lan Yun's sleeping on the dueling platform was nothing compared to camping outside Blue Cloud City!

  But Lan Ning'er's sisters and the servants of the Lan family were somewhat stunned, huh? What is this situation?

  "Who allowed you to camp here?" Lan Ning'er was stunned for a moment before she came back to her senses and shouted with a displeased face.

  "What? Not allowed into the city, and not even allowed to camp outside?" asked Leng Ruoxue with a cold smile.

  "Of course not! You'd better hurry back to Windless City, Blue Cloud City is not a place for you ugly freaks!" Lan Ning Er said with disdain.

  "As far as I know, this Blue Cloud City is your Blue family's territory, but it seems that the outside of the city isn't, huh?" Leng Ruoxue said with a smile.

  "That's not allowed, you can't camp here!" Lan Ning'er shouted angrily, although she didn't know if this place outside the city belonged to her Blue House or not. But she just wouldn't let these ugly creatures stay here and be an eyesore.

  "Lan family's Fifth Miss is really overbearing! Not allowing guests to enter the city is one thing, but not even allowing them to stay outside the city is going too far! Sigh... Grandfather, why don't we just leave? The Lan family is a massive entity, and we're just small fries who can't afford to provoke them!" Leng Ruoxue lamented with a sorrowful face.

  "Xuě ér, don't be afraid, we must never bow our heads to the evil forces!" The demoniac hugged Lěng Ruò Xuě tightly and comforted her.

  "But, we can't really afford to offend the Lan family, can we?" Leng Ruo Xue leaned into Yao Jiao's arms, her face full of worry.

  "Good granddaughter! We're not afraid! Justice is in people's hearts, we'll set up camp outside the city today. I want to see if the Blue family will really drive us away. And also, let those who are entering the city see how the Blue family treats their guests, even with an invitation they can't enter the city gate!" Leng Qingtian said calmly and unruffled.

  "Girl, isn't it just a medicine exchange fair? We have so many good medicines, whether we enter the city or not doesn't matter." Old Man Zao chimed in, implying that they could just exchange them outside the city instead, no big deal.

  "Hmm! You're right." Cold-as-snow nodded in agreement, then took out a sign from her sleeve and placed it on the road leading into the city. The sign read "Medicine Material Exchange Meeting" in five large characters. Next, she released the charming beasts to serve as part-time exchange guides.

  Moreover, Cold-as-Snow also took out several lounge chairs, a huge parasol, and various drinks and snacks from the carriage for them to enjoy.

  The old man looked at the scene in front of him, rubbed his eyes, and finally confirmed that it was true! Ah! The speed of the young girl is really incredible! Admire! Admire!

  In fact, Leng Ruo Xue had already decided to do this before the old man said those words. So at that time, she transmitted a message to Wu and let him arrange everything. Although she didn't know what the master of the Lan family truly intended, these few clowns from the Lan family would definitely be made aware of the consequences of provoking her.

  This time, except for Leng Ruo Xue and others who were already used to seeing strange things, everyone including Lan Meng was shocked again. Eh! Is this going to dig a hole in the wall of the Lan family?

  "Ruo Xue, you guys...!" Lan Lie's eyes shone brightly, extremely excited, stuttering and unable to speak. Oh heaven! It's really over, haha! Now let's see how that old man gets out of this, he couldn't help but feel delighted at the misfortune of others.

  "Lan Lie, you go into the city! I won't be going in either." Leng Wu Di said, he thought that staying with Cold Ruo Xue and others would lead to more interesting encounters.

  "I won't go in either," Sun Teng said.

  "Haha, then I won't go home either, I'll stay outside the city to accompany you guys!" Lan Lie said happily, his current mood was so excited! As long as he thought about it, that old man was going to be in trouble, he would feel happy.

  "No way." Leng Ruoxue refused.

  "Why?" Lan Lie asked pitifully, almost in tears.

  "Come over here." Leng Ruoxue called out to Lan Lie and the other two, then whispered a few sentences in their ears. The three of them looked at each other with strange expressions on their faces, but nodded repeatedly.

  "Let's go into town!" Blue Liet said with great enthusiasm and energy.

  Leng Wudi and Sun Teng nodded, and the three of them strode into Blue Cloud City with large steps.

  "Lan Meng, aren't you going into the city?" Leng Ruo Xue looked at Lan Meng and said. She thought Lan Meng would go in with Lan Lie and the others!

  "You are the ones I brought, you can't get in, how can I go into the city by myself!" Lan Meng said lightly. In fact, even if he entered the city, he would still have to find an inn to stay in, and it's better to be with Leng Ruo Xue and others than to do that.

  Leng Ruo Xue nodded slightly, in fact, she knew about Lan Meng's situation.

  "You... are looking for death!" Lan Ning'er, who had just come back to her senses, reacted and shouted directly.

  "Your young masters have all entered the city, aren't you going back?" Leng Ruo Xue ignored Lan Ning Er's anger and directly asked that group of guards.

  "Let's go." The captain of the guard gave a direct order, and all the guards immediately dropped the two sisters Lan Ning'er and turned to leave.

  "Ning Er, sister, let's go too!" Lan Fei'er saw that her heartthrob had already entered the city and she didn't feel like staying outside anymore.

  "Hmph! You just wait and see, you're doomed!" Lan Ning'er said with a cold tone after which she angrily returned to Blue Cloud City with Lan Fei'er.

  "Xue Er, those who should leave have left, let's cook and eat!" the demon suggested, his stomach was already hungry.

  "Let's get cooking then!" Leng Ruoxue said with some resignation. Alas, this glutton! But they had originally planned to cook anyway.

  Everyone worked together and soon prepared a sumptuous meal. After lunch was ready, Leng Ruoxue sent some to her adorable beasts, then came back to have lunch with everyone.

  After finishing dinner, Leng Ruoxue felt a bit sleepy and bid farewell to everyone before returning directly to her tent.

  "Little Enen, you've worked hard! We'll also go take a nap." Leng Qingtian said with a glance at Zheng En.

  "Uh, you guys go to sleep!" Zheng En hastily said, now that it's almost noon and the sun is shining brightly, if he didn't have to stay and watch the stall, he'd also want to take a nap.

  Everyone greeted Zheng En and then each went into their own tent.

  It was unclear how much time had passed when Zheng En leaned back in his recliner and began to drift off to sleep...

  "Zheng En, wake up!" Mei stretched out her small paws and pulled at Zheng En's clothes, shaking him.

  "Huh? Did I fall asleep? Mei, is something the matter?" Zheng En said somewhat awkwardly, w... how did he fall asleep?!

  "Someone wants to exchange medicine." Mei said, pointing to the old man beside her.

  At this time, Zheng Encai discovered that there was an ordinary-looking old man standing beside Mei. Although the old man didn't look impressive, his eyes were shining brightly and he was sizing up Zheng En from head to toe.

  "Huh? I don't know what kind of medicine you want to exchange?" Zheng En asked politely, this old man's strength he couldn't see at all, presumably above his.

  "Listening to those beasts, you have all kinds of medicinal materials, so I came over to take a look. If there's what I need, I'm willing to exchange with you on an equal basis." The old man said with some skepticism, Ah! He has lived for many years, to be honest, he really hasn't seen such eloquent beasts before! If it weren't for his strong willpower, he might have been persuaded by them long ago.

  "Old man, take a look at this first." Zheng En took out two cards from his ring and placed them in front of the old man. The two cards were written with the medicinal materials they needed and the ones they had.

  "Do you really have all of these?" The old man finished reading the contents on the sign, his face filled with shock and incredulity. Good heavens! What kind of person is this? All the medicinal herbs he needs, they actually have them all.

  "Of course, how is it? Old man, do you have what I want to exchange?" Zheng En asked with a smile, heh heh, he was very clear that the medicinal materials they had were enough to drive any Dan master crazy.

  "Yes, I think they all have what I want to exchange." The old man said happily, Ah! It seems that this trip is not in vain after all.

  "What else do you need?" Zheng En asked again, the miss thought their medicine was not complete, so they wanted to exchange some of theirs that were not enough or not many.

  "This... I need to exchange ten kinds of medicinal materials, but I only have eight that you need. Can I use something else for the exchange?" The old man hesitated for a moment before speaking up.

  "What else? What is it?" Zheng En asked with some curiosity.

  At this time, the old man took out a red flower from his ring, which was as big as a palm, bright red like fire, and seemed to have a slow flow in its petals. Moreover, the fragrance of the flower made people feel refreshed and delighted just by smelling it!

  "Can I use this to exchange for the remaining two medicinal materials?" The old man asked with great reluctance. Since he inadvertently obtained this red flower, he has been treasuring it, and after searching through all the ancient books, he still couldn't find out what this red flower is, but one thing is certain, this flower must be a good thing!

  "This..." Zheng En hesitated, to be honest, every single medicinal material that the young lady had taken out for exchange was a priceless treasure on the continent of Huang Tian, and many of them were beyond measure by gold. But if he used their precious medicinal materials to exchange for this red flower whose name he couldn't even call out, well, he really didn't have the guts!

  "Zheng En, exchange with this old man!" At this time, Leng Ruo Xue lifted the tent and walked out from inside.

  "Yes, miss." The young lady spoke and Zheng En felt at ease.

  The old man raised his head and looked at Leng Ruoxue, sizing her up from top to bottom. The more he looked, the more surprised he felt in his heart. This little girl's fire attribute is so intense! She should also be an alchemist. And, unexpectedly, a Xuan Wang actually calls a low-level Xuan Master "Miss". I wonder, which family's daughter is she?

  "Elder, I'm just an ordinary person from the Vast Heaven Continent. He made a bet with me and lost, so he acknowledges me as his master." Lan Ruoxue explained calmly, sighing inwardly that this old man's thoughts were written all over his face, making it impossible for her to pretend she hadn't seen them.

  "Ah!" The old man was embarrassed, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. He thought to himself, "Is my performance that obvious?" Moreover, he didn't believe that Leng Ruoxue was an ordinary person. Would an ordinary person have so many precious medicinal materials? However, since she didn't want to reveal her identity, he naturally wouldn't force it!

  "Old man, what kind of medicine do you need?" asked Leng Ruoxue with a light smile.

  "I need silver bellflower, rootless grass, and carling...". The old man rattled off all the medicinal herbs he needed in one breath. Then, he took out the medicinal herbs that Leng Ruoxue needed from his ring and handed them to her along with the red flower.

  "Old man, you're choosing three medicinal herbs! The value of this red flower can't be compared to the other two medicinal herbs." Leng Ruoxue said as she accepted the medicinal herbs handed over by the old man.

  "Does Little Friend recognize this red flower?" The old man asked with a surprised and delighted expression, his aged face full of anticipation.

  "I suppose we're acquainted now!" said Leng Ruoxue.

  "Then please, young friend, tell me, and consider it as compensation for the value of this red flower!" The old man said somewhat urgently, he had wanted to know what this flower was for many years, and now that someone finally recognized it, he wouldn't let go of this opportunity.

  "The origin of this red flower can't make up for its value, so you'd better choose three more!" said Leng Ruoxue, she didn't want to take advantage of the old man.

  "Alright! But, little friend, you must tell me about the origin of this flower!" The old man said with some unease.

  "Hmm." Leng Ruoxue nodded slightly.

  "I've chosen." The old man had selected three medicinal herbs and was now staring at Leng Ruoxue with eager eyes.

  "This red flower is called Xue Ti! It's the main medicine for refining Xue Ti Dan, a legendary divine-level elixir." Leng Ruo Xue explained simply, but she believed this old man would understand.

  "Blood Wailing Dan! No wonder!" The old man couldn't help but sigh, it was actually the legendary Blood Wailing Flower. Alas! He had heard of the great name of the Blood Wailing Flower, however, the records about the Blood Wailing Flower, along with the formula for the Blood Wailing Dan, had already disappeared in the vast expanse of the Continent of Vast Heaven thousands of years ago. Nowadays, on the Continent of Vast Heaven, no one was able to refine the Blood Wailing Dan. To know that it was a divine medicine that would drive even the mysterious and powerful Xuanzun mad! Unfortunately, it had long been lost!

  "Old man, you already know the origin of this flower, so now, do you still want to exchange it with me?" asked Leng Ruoxue with a light smile.

  "Hmm, I won't change my mind, the Blood Tears Flower is precious, but I'm afraid that even if I spend my entire life trying, I won't be able to refine it. However, if in the future you were to successfully refine the Blood Tears Pill, would you let me take a look?" The old man asked with a face full of expectation, since the woman in front of him knew about the Blood Tears Flower, then perhaps she might also be able to refine the Blood Tears Pill in the future.

  "Alright." Lan Yu nodded in agreement. She had a good impression of this old man, and earlier when she asked if he regretted it, it was just to test his character.

  "That old man then blesses the young friend with success." The little old man said happily, his face full of relief.

  "Old man, this is the medicine you need. Please count it." Zheng En had already taken out the medicine the old man needed from his ring and handed it to the little old man while speaking with him.

  "Little friend, these medicinal herbs..." The old man took the medicinal herbs and looked at them, and couldn't help but be extremely surprised. Because the quality of these medicinal herbs was really too good, even better than he had imagined, and all of the medicinal herbs were surprisingly fresh. This was truly unbelievable.

  "What's wrong? Are you dissatisfied, old man?" Leng Ruoxue teased, her mood exceptionally good after obtaining the Blood Wail flower.

  "Ah, no, I'm satisfied! Satisfied, I'm just a bit surprised, the quality of these medicinal materials is too good, it will definitely drive all the alchemists crazy." The old man hastily said, although he knew that the young friend in front of him was just joking with him, but he still explained very seriously, afraid that the other party would misunderstand. Mainly because this exchange made him too satisfied, unexpectedly easily exchanging for all the medicinal materials he needed, originally he thought that being able to exchange for half of them would be good enough, after all, most of the medicinal materials he wanted were ones that couldn't be bought even with money.

  "It's fine as long as you're satisfied." said Leng Ruoxue with a faint smile.

  "That little friend... why don't you go to Blue Cloud City and exchange with others? With the quality of these medicinal materials, they will definitely drive all the alchemists crazy." The old man said with a suspicious expression.

  Since we've already arrived at Blue Cloud City, why not enter the city? Even if you're not qualified to participate in the formal exchange meeting, you can still set up a small stall at the entrance of the venue and exchange with others! After all, many alchemists do it that way, so he just couldn't understand!

  Digression

  Thank you dear jenhui and Heng Li's flowers.

  Thank you xiaoqin138 and 511567152 for your votes.

  Highly recommended: