Mo Wuji was sure this guy had something going on; otherwise, he wouldn't have rushed over to give him a look.
Pushing the thin booklet in his hand away, Mo Wuji said apologetically, "Shopkeeper Qi, this isn't very useful to me. I'm going to look somewhere else, thank you..."
"Don't be in such a hurry, you still have two pages left to look at. Maybe what you need is on the first or second page..." Just as Mo Wuji had expected, Qi Laoshi didn't seem too concerned about business, but as soon as Mo Wuji wanted to leave, he became a little anxious.
Mo Wuji hesitated slightly and said, "Shopkeeper Qi, to be honest, your prices are too high..."
"The map plus this spirit item booklet, it'll only cost you 50,000 earth-grade spirit stones..." Qi Laoshi quickly said. This time, Mo Wuji could even hear his worried heartbeat.
Mo Wuji noticed that the shop assistant at the door was giving him another anxious look. He became even more puzzled about what was going on.
"20,000 earth-grade spirit stones. If you're selling, I'll pay immediately. If not, I'm leaving," Mo Wuji said, seemingly impatiently.
Perhaps it was because the shop assistant had helped Mo Wuji, Qi Laoshi also saw the assistant. He grinned, revealing his black teeth, and stuffed the two items into Mo Wuji's hands, "Selling, why wouldn't I be selling..."
Mo Wuji took out his spirit stone card, paid the spirit stones, casually tossed the two items into his storage bag, and turned to leave.
As soon as Mo Wuji left, a narrow gap creaked open behind Qi Laoshi's small general store, and a woman dressed in grey walked out.
"How was it? What exactly did that kid want? Was he looking for Heavenly Net Flower?" The woman asked steadily as soon as she came out.
Qi Laoshi grinned, revealing his full mouth of black teeth, "I'm not entirely sure if he wanted Heavenly Net Flower. That kid is too shrewd. In the end, I deliberately acted like the deal wasn't going to happen, and only then did I manage to probe that he might really need one of the items. There's a high chance it's Heavenly Net Flower. However, there's also a chance that he was just buying it unintentionally."
"Pah!" The woman spat on Qi Laoshi's head, "Idiot, when he flipped to the sixth page, his emotions clearly fluctuated slightly. I could hear it, you old fool. Buying unintentionally? Would he pay 20,000 earth-grade spirit stones?"
Qi Laoshi chuckled obsequiously, "He's definitely a master who's not short on spirit stones. He has a treasure on him that conceals the aura of spiritual rhyme. If he has such a treasure, do you think he would lack spirit stones?"
The woman fell silent. If that person really had a treasure that concealed the aura of spiritual rhyme, then he really wasn't short on spirit stones.
After a long while, the woman asked, "Did you mark the things he took?"
"Don't worry, I've marked everything. Otherwise, that one Jiti Pill would have been wasted. As long as he goes to that place, he will definitely take the Jiti Pill. As soon as he uses the Jiti Pill, I'll know," Qi Laoshi said smugly.
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"That Qi Laoshi you introduced isn't honest at all. His things are too expensive," Mo Wuji said to the assistant waiting outside as soon as he walked out of Qi Laoshi's shop.
Although he was very satisfied with buying the location of the Heavenly Net Flower, the price was simply astronomical.
The assistant quickly said, "Although Qi Laoshi's things are expensive, they are really worth it. I don't know about other things, but I once introduced a customer to Qi Laoshi's shop to buy a spirit item distribution manual. As a result, that customer was very satisfied, and he even rewarded me specially, saying that I was capable."
Hearing these words, Mo Wuji suddenly had a very strange feeling, as if something inexplicable was about to be grasped, but he couldn't quite grasp it.
"By the way, what did you come to me for? Why were you in such a hurry?" Mo Wuji suddenly remembered why this assistant had rushed to find him.
The assistant also remembered his purpose, and quickly pulled Mo Wuji to the side and said in a low voice, "Friend, I just saw a wanted poster outside, and the person's image vaguely resembles you..."
Mo Wuji's heart skipped a beat. He had guessed that the Wentian School would suspect him of killing Jin Jiuzhen, but he hadn't guessed that his wanted poster would appear so quickly. He had just arrived at the Lost Sky Ruins, and the wanted poster was already chasing after him. Perhaps this wanted poster wasn't just in the Lost Sky Ruins, but also in those cities that he might go to.
This Jin Jiuzhen wasn't bragging; he really was an important figure in the Dao Gate. The Dao Gate was definitely the number one gate in the Wentian School, and its status was even above the Pill Tower and the Sword Lake.
"Senior, I'll take you out through the back door," the assistant said softly.
"Okay, thank you," Mo Wuji said. He knew that the assistant's actions of informing him were not only to get some reward from him, but more importantly, the six Mortal Earth Pills he had given earlier had played a role. Indeed, there was cause and effect. Even befriending an insignificant assistant could be of great help to him.
The assistant led Mo Wuji through the underground trading place for a dozen turns, and then pointed to a passage and said to Mo Wuji, "Senior, going up from here will take you to the outside of the Lost Sky Ruins trading market. I can't accompany Senior any further. I have to return the way I came."
Mo Wuji took out a jade bottle and handed it to the assistant, "I'll give this to you as a thank you for guiding me."
After saying these words, Mo Wuji quickly entered the passage and quickly disappeared. His spiritual will had already scanned the front and confirmed that the assistant hadn't lied to him. This was indeed a passage to leave the underground trading market.
After leaving the underground trading market, Mo Wuji didn't return to the bustling and prosperous Sky Ruins Market. Instead, he identified a direction and rushed forward.
While running, he opened the map he bought from Qi Laoshi.
Half a day later, Mo Wuji stopped. In front of him was a barren, seemingly boundless sandy area. According to the map, entering the sandy area was equivalent to entering the Lost Sky Ruins.
Mo Wuji put away the map. He had already realized that he hadn't brought any water. But considering that he was at the twelfth level of Meridian Opening, he wouldn't die of thirst in the desert, would he?
Since someone had issued a wanted order for him and had even found him in the Lost Sky Ruins, he definitely couldn't go back to find water.
Mo Wuji simply stepped into the desert and quickly disappeared into the endless yellow sand.
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In the Dao Gate Hall of the Wentian School, tens of millions of miles away from the Lost Sky Ruins, Dao Gate Elder Jin Yu's face was extremely unsightly. Jin Jiuzhen, his most promising descendant of the same clan, had been killed. He had been killed on the way from the Wentian School to Wentian City.
How could this not make him angry? He had specially brought Jin Jiuzhen back to the Wentian School from his clan.
"The one who killed Jiuzhen must be someone from my Wentian School. People from elsewhere wouldn't dare to act there, nor would they have the guts to act. I hope that a thorough investigation can be carried out on all cultivators above the Spirit Building Realm in the Wentian School. I ask the Dao Lord to support me," Jin Yu cupped his fists and said to a beardless man sitting in the first seat, his words extremely firm.
This beardless man was none other than Qu Jiangyuan, the Dao Lord of the Dao Gate of the Wentian School. He was different from Granny Linglong of the Pill Tower. The various alchemists of the Pill Tower couldn't be controlled by anyone. But the Dao Lord of the Dao Gate was the number one person in the entire Dao Gate of the Wentian School.
Qu Jiangyuan looked at the surrounding elders. At this time, no one stood up to help Jin Yu speak. Because Jin Yu's descendant of the same clan was too arrogant. Relying on Jin Yu's support and his own powerful spiritual root aptitude, he was a rampaging presence in the Wentian School.
Such a person would suffer sooner or later once he went out. Unexpectedly, he had been killed before he even went out.
Seeing that no one stood up to speak, Qu Jiangyuan had no choice but to say helplessly, "The Dean will definitely not agree to this. No matter how good Jin Jiuzhen's spiritual root is, he is just a Meridian Opening Realm disciple. My Wentian School has countless geniuses. If Elder Jin thinks it's feasible, I can help you ask about it."
"Brother Jin, didn't you leave a mark in Jin Jiuzhen's storage bag?" A female cultivator sitting next to Jin Yu asked in confusion.
Jin Yu sighed and said, "How could I not make a mark? Not only the storage bag, but also Jiuzhen's spirit stones, pills, and magical treasures, I have marked them all. But this person must be a habitual offender. He didn't want any of these things at all."
In fact, how could he not know what he said just now? The Dao Lord would definitely not agree. Even if the Dao Lord agreed, the Dean would not agree. Investigate the entire Wentian School? Jin Yu didn't have that much face. He said that just now to pave the way for the requirements later.
"Dao Lord, then I hope to issue a wanted poster in the name of the Wentian School..." After answering the question just now, Jin Yu said again. This sentence was what he wanted to say.
Qu Jiangyuan asked in confusion, "Do you know who killed him?"
Jin Yu shook his head, "I don't know yet, but before Jiuzhen was killed, he had a conflict with a disciple from the Outer Gate Peak. Then, Jiuzhen and his two guards were killed outside, but that Outer Gate Peak disciple happened to leave the Wentian School."
As for the matter that he investigated that Jin Jiuzhen had sent people to intercept Mo Wuji at Mo Wuji's residence, he wouldn't say it. This kind of thing could be done secretly, but it couldn't be said openly.
"Oh, is that Outer Gate Peak disciple's cultivation very high? What's his name?" Qu Jiangyuan asked with concern.
Jin Yu had no choice but to say, "His name is Mo Wuji. He hasn't joined the Outer Gate of the Wentian School for long. As for his cultivation, it's not very high. It should be at the Meridian Opening Completion Stage."
In fact, Jin Yu was also very puzzled. He had investigated Mo Wuji. Mo Wuji was indeed at the Meridian Opening Realm, and he hadn't found any information about Mo Wuji reaching the Spirit Building Realm. It was obvious that Mo Wuji really hadn't reached the Spirit Building Realm. How could an ant who hadn't reached the Spirit Building Realm kill two Spirit Building Mid-Stage cultivators and a Meridian Opening Ninth Level cultivator? How could he not be puzzled?
"Hehe, Elder Jin, are you confused? An Outer Gate Peak Meridian Opening Realm cultivator killed two Spirit Building Realm cultivators, and your descendant of the same clan, Jin Jiuzhen, was also at the Meridian Opening Ninth Level, right? Tell me, how did this cultivator do it?" A Dao Gate elder who didn't get along with Jin Yu in the first place unhesitatingly retorted.
If it wasn't for the fact that an important inner sect disciple of the Dao Gate had been killed and he had to come, he really wouldn't bother to discuss such boring things.
Jin Yu said with a cold face, "Who knows if he had any helpers."
After saying that, Jin Yu cupped his fists again, "Dao Lord, I just want to capture this person back and ask him face to face to find out the truth."
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