Huagu City, also a city appearing in the original novel, is no smaller than Tianbei City, which has a significant role in the story.
However, it's quite far from Tianbei City, outside the sphere of influence of the Fenglei Pavilion, and closer to the Tianmu Mountains further north.
"Isn't this just a coincidence...? I originally planned to go to the Tianmu Mountains, but I stumbled upon this place by accident."
Mo Tang smiled slightly, marveling at the strangeness of fate.
Well, actually, Zhi Yuanxing didn't want him to wander around anymore, so he just dumped him here...
It's said that Huagu City is controlled by a force called Huagu Sect, which is quite powerful, with a strong expert exceeding a five-star Dou Zong in charge. Therefore, the Huagu Sect has considerable influence within a radius of several thousand miles.
In the Doupo world, several thousand miles isn't actually far. If Mo Tang and Xiao Yixian were traveling at their current speed, they could probably fly across in less than half a day.
So, the Huagu Sect can only be considered a near-first-rate force, a local organization.
However, since it was a city in Zhongzhou, there should be more good things there, so Mo Tang went straight to the largest shop in the city and wanted to buy some things like seventh-tier magic cores...
His words startled the shop assistant, who quickly asked the two distinguished guests to wait a moment and brought out the shop manager to serve them.
The shop manager was a young woman in a blue palace dress, as charming and beautiful as Su Mei.
However, as soon as she appeared, Mo Tang sensed the rich, moist aura emanating from her, clearly indicating that she was a powerful cultivator of water-attribute battle qi.
"Hmm, it's said that the Bone-Melting Sect mainly cultivates water-attribute techniques, it seems that it's indeed true." Nodding to himself, Mo Tang glanced at some of her outstanding features and thought to himself.
After dismissing her shop assistant, the young woman gracefully approached, looked at Mo Tang, and smiled, "Welcome, esteemed guests. I am Ruyu, the manager of Shuiqing Pavilion. May I ask what you two would like to buy?"
"Ruyu?"
Mo Tang silently repeated the name to himself, then looked at the woman before him and nodded inwardly.
"Indeed, her name suits her well."
He coughed lightly and smiled, "Manager Ruyu, I would like some high-grade medicinal herbs that can be used to refine seventh-grade pills, or perhaps finished seventh-grade pills and seventh-order magic cores. Do you have any?"
Upon hearing Mo Tang's words, the young woman Ruyu's eyes lit up. Knowing that a big customer had arrived, her attitude became even more enthusiastic.
"Yes, yes, yes, but these are all precious items. Even our Shuiqing Pavilion only has a handful of them..."
Mo Tang's lips curled into a smirk, naturally understanding the woman's meaning. He said directly, "Please, Manager Ruyu, show them to me. If they meet my requirements, money is no problem."
"Hehehe, then please come upstairs with me to rest for a while. Ruyu will have someone bring the items over for you to see. 6899.L.M."
Of course, the woman's enthusiasm wasn't entirely due to Mo Tang's boastful tone.
Rather, it was because she saw that Mo Tang himself possessed extraordinary strength, and was accompanied by the stunningly beautiful young Dou Zong, Little Doctor Fairy...
This combination truly resembled the direct descendants of some powerful forces venturing into the continent.
After all, in business, one must first have a good eye.
One must be able to recognize at a glance who is worthy of one's enthusiasm.
About ten minutes later, the sound of footsteps came from outside the reception room.
A moment later, an elderly man in a blue robe entered the reception room and handed a storage ring to Ruyu, who had already stood up, saying, "Elder, these are the medicinal herbs and magic cores you mentioned, they're all here!"
Ruyu took the storage ring, examined it briefly, and then immediately walked towards Mo Tang and the other man with a beaming smile.
"Guests, please look, these are all the high-grade items in our Shuiqing Pavilion."
As he spoke, Ruyu directly took out the items from the storage ring and placed them one by one on the table.
Mo Tang casually picked up a jade box, opened it, and found a golden fruit inside…
"Intermediate Energy Detected: 300 points, Absorb?"
"Yes/No."
Raising an eyebrow, he thought, "Only intermediate energy?"
Shaking his head with some regret, Mo Tang closed the box and placed it back on the table.
Seeing Mo Tang's expression, Ru Yu also frowned slightly, wondering why he didn't like this Golden Fruit.
This was a key ingredient for refining a Grade Seven Vajra Pill!
Next, Mo Tang picked out a few more, choosing seven kinds from the ten spiritual herbs she had brought, a fairly good haul.
As for the two Grade Seven pills and two early-stage seventh-tier magic cores, he naturally accepted them directly.
Seeing this, the previously somewhat displeased young woman, Ru Yu, immediately beamed with joy again, happily giving Mo Tang a 5% discount, charging him over twenty million gold coins in total, making Mo Tang's lips twitch.
This woman, she's really ruthless!
But there was no way around it; the higher the level of the resource, the scarcer it was, and its value increased exponentially.
Anyway, Mo Tang still had some savings, so being ripped off wasn't a big deal.
Next, Mo Tang inquired about Tianmu Mountain and the Tianshan Blood Pool from Ru Yu…
She seemed to think it was a given, and said with a charming smile, "It seems you've come for the Tianshan Blood Pool, young master…
But that's understandable. With your current strength, the Tianshan Blood Pool is perfect for breaking through your bottleneck."
Mo Tang smiled slightly, not surprised that she could see through his cultivation level.
After all, when he first met this woman, Mo Tang had already known her cultivation level through the map: a four-star Dou Zong…
one star higher than the current Little Fairy Doctor!
Such a powerful person couldn't be just a simple shopkeeper!
Furthermore, the old man had addressed her as Elder, so her identity was obvious…
Yan Ru Yu, the Grand Elder of the Bone-Melting Sect!
"Sucking bones and marrow, corrupting hearts and crushing wills..."
This is how the people of Bone-Melting City describe this Grand Elder.
Even in Central Continent, she is no ordinary woman...
Seeing Mo Tang's attentive expression, Yan Ruyu chuckled and continued, "The Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool opens every three years, and each time it's packed with countless people from the Northern Region of Central Continent and even other places, including many prodigies from powerful forces..."
As she spoke, the woman glanced at Mo Tang before adding, "Young Master, you've come at just the right time. The next three-year period is exactly one month from now..."
(End of Chapter)