Chapter 21
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Chapter 21: Meeting An Enemy
Panshi City covered an extremely vast area, its structures towering and magnificent. The unbroken city walls stretched across the land like a giant dragon coiled upon the earth.
Around the city, faint, lightly glowing patterns were visible.
These luminous patterns were also known as array patterns, forming part of the defensive grand formation.
It was precisely because of this defensive grand formation that anyone wishing to enter the city could only do so through the single gate entrance.
Thus, Lin Zhi Shou maneuvered the flying boat to descend slowly.
Their arrival, naturally, drew the attention of passersby on the ground.
\"Look! That\’s the legendary flying boat.\"
\"Such treasures are rare. Which long-life family is arriving?\"
\"Judging by the emblem on their chests, it must be the Maple Leaf Lin Family.\"
\"Truly befitting a long-life family—so grand. If only I could join them.\"
\"Wasn\’t the Lin Family recruiting people some time ago?\"
…
Countless voices murmured and discussed.
Lin Zhi Shou led the other two as they steered the flying boat down to the city gate entrance.
Cultivators guarding the entrance quickly approached, spotting the Lin Family insignia.
Soon, a cultivator escorted the trio inside Panshi City.
Though geographically remote,
Panshi City remained exceptionally bustling.
On its crisscrossing streets, people surged like woven threads.
Following the cultivator, the three arrived before a restaurant.
This restaurant stood ten stories tall, adorned with exquisite carvings and paintings, radiating imposing grandeur.
Before its entrance, horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians flowed ceaselessly.
The plaque above the door bore the bold characters \"Tian Xia\".
This Tian Xia Restaurant was Huoyun Country\’s most renowned chain.
With businesses spread across various cities, it boasted the title of the nation\’s top restaurant.
Hence it bore the name \"Tian Xia\", meaning \"Under Heaven\".
All honored guests attending the Spiritual Pill Conference were accommodated at Tian Xia Restaurant.
This was a tacit understanding among the families.
Stepping inside, fragrant aromas immediately wafted over. Countless exotic delicacies came into view, making the eyes of Lin Zhi Shou and his companions gleam.
After savoring spirit cuisine just once on the first day, they had lived on Vitality Pills during the subsequent days, utterly tired of the blandness.
Upon receiving their residence tokens, the trio quickly found an empty table on the fifth floor.
They sat down and ordered a lavish spread of spirit cuisine.
Oh? Isn\’t this the top-level first-level Pill Master, Master Lin?
At that moment, a mocking voice suddenly sounded.
Beside the three of them, a middle-aged man wearing splendid clothes and luxurious attire walked over at a leisurely pace, with several young-faced boys and girls trailing behind him.
Zhou Luo looked at this group, and his gaze fell on their chests.
There was unmistakably a blue sky pattern there.
It was precisely the mark of the Qingtian Lu Family.
Unexpectedly, he had encountered the arch-rival of the Lin Family here.
Zhou Luo panicked inwardly and subconsciously thought of that Explosive Spirit Potion in his backpack.
If the two sides truly fought, he would have to use this thing to save his life.
Fortunately, the other party was not here to fight.
They sat at the opposite table of the three, staring at them with mocking expressions.
\"Lu Chen, if you don\’t speak, no one thinks you\’re mute,\" Lin Zhi Shou said bluntly.
The sharp verbal exchange between the two families naturally attracted the attention of other cultivators on the fifth floor.
However, no one dared to provoke the two major long-life families.
\"Master Lin, don\’t get so heated. Who would have thought you were so energetic, still capable of attending the Spiritual Pill Conference,\" Lu Chen said with a light laugh.
\"Thanks to you, I\’ll live for several hundred more years without issue,\" Lin Zhi Shou responded coldly.
\"Master Lin, you really must take care of yourself. Otherwise, if you carelessly pass away, the Lin Family won\’t have a Pill Master anymore,\" Lu Chen said, focusing on him with a smirk.
\"Are you threatening me?\" Lin Zhi Shou frowned.
Lu Chen\’s gaze darkened abruptly, \"Unlike our Lu Family, where the juniors are all young and have plenty of time to waste.\"
After speaking, his sharp eyes scanned Zhou Luo and Lin Nian, and he sneered, \"Are these two the only ones who amount to anything in the Lin Family\’s younger generation?\"
\"The affairs of our Lin Family are not for you to interfere with.\"
After Lin Zhi Shou finished speaking, the spiritual food was just served, so he ignored the other side.
Instead, Lu Chen stared at them with a gloomy expression, without blinking an eye.
After eating the meal, Lin Zhi Shou brought them to the residences on the tenth floor.
The dwellings there were individually isolated by small arrays, making it impossible to sense the interior from outside.
Zhou Luo took the room key and went to the corresponding room.
When he saw the sensor-like device on the door, it involuntarily reminded him of the hotels from his past life.
He placed the room key on it.
The next second, a burst of light flashed, and the door opened directly.
A clean and tidy room appeared in his sight.
Zhou Luo walked in and immediately felt a thick spiritual energy.
It seemed that these arrays used for isolating the room could also absorb spiritual energy from heaven and earth.
Practicing in this room was far better than practicing out in the world.
After confirming the room, Lin Zhi Shou called both Zhou Luo and Lin Nian into the room.
The Spiritual Pill Conference would begin in thirteen days. For that period, he demanded that the two of them not step outside but focus solely on their cultivation.
Both of them nodded in agreement.
Only after imparting a few more instructions did Lin Zhi Shou dismiss them.
As soon as he returned to his own room, Zhou Luo muttered to himself, \"Not allowed out? Then how am I supposed to sell my pills?\"
Therefore, that very afternoon, Zhou Luo took out a set of clothes Lin Zi Er had prepared for him. After changing and redoing his appearance, he stealthily slipped out of his room.
Walking down all ten floors, Zhou Luo didn’t attract anyone’s attention.
Stepping out of the Tian Xia Restaurant, Zhou Luo looked at the bustling streets, picked a direction, and headed that way.
During his earlier trip back to the inn, he had noticed a relatively large market in this area.
After walking quite a distance, he finally spotted that market.
It was an open-air marketplace. Vendors inside energetically hawked their wares, calling out to passersby. It was a chaotic mix, all sorts of people and wares, no different from the secular world.
The moment Zhou Luo entered, a vendor intercepted him, peddling his goods.
Giving the items a cursory glance, Zhou Luo didn’t linger long and moved on to the next stall.
After browsing for a full hour, he finally grasped the consumption level here. He ascertained that the top-level first-level pills he had refined were not considered particularly rare commodities.
Feeling more confident, Zhou Luo set his sights on the higher-class shops.
He currently had a full twenty top-level first-level pills in his possession, and he absolutely intended to sell them all.
But he couldn’t sell them all in just one shop; that would surely draw the covetous eyes of those with ill intentions.
Whether he could even leave the marketplace afterward might become a concern.
So Zhou Luo planned to sell them separately. Moreover, the shops he chose should ideally not be familiar with each other, and even better if they harbored a bit of enmity.
During that hour, while observing the consumption levels, he hadn\’t forgotten to inquire about the relationships between the different shops.
Thus, he had a rough selection in mind.
But before that, he needed to leave first.
Because his actions earlier had already been noted by many eyes.
If he just walked into a shop to sell goods looking like himself now, it would definitely attract attention.
He needed to change into yet another disguise and return.
Before long, he reappeared in the market, draped in black robes that covered him entirely.
