"May I ask if Young Master Zheng-Fu has enough time to talk to me for a bit or not?"

"Ha ha ha! The Third Prince has given me too much respect. I'm only a person from a small clan. You don't have to submit it to me. I'm always pleased to talk to you. If you want, you can go to see me at the In-See Napa Auction House.

As for now, I'll have to excuse myself, and I'm sorry that I can't take you to your accommodation." A smile on the corners of Zheng-Fu's mouth appeared as a polite expression that sounded respectful to the Third Prince.

"That's alright... So, see you later at the In-See Napa Auction House." Hearing that, the Third Prince was no less happy and excited that he had a chance to talk to Zheng-Fu, a person who was now famous throughout the palace for having such great talent at this age.

"Then, I have to excuse myself." Zheng-Fu clasped his hands up in a salute before saying goodbye and turning to walk away with Ba-Xie and the four young men and women.

"I'd never thought we would meet so soon. Plus, he didn't seem arrogant in any way. But the most interesting thing seems to be his calm expression and speech, which look like someone who's been through a lot of things," The Third Prince looked at Zheng-Fu walking away until he was out of sight, admiring him with a smile of satisfaction.

After a while, the City Lord's forces arrived to take the Third Prince into the City Lord's mansion to organize a reception for the visit of the Third Prince. This was a normal thing that had to happen when Lao-Ying-Ba found out that the Third Prince had come to his city.

As time passed, more and more people flocked to In-See City to participate in the auction. The people that had flowed in came from both large and small sects all over the country. Both famous and unnamed also participated in this auction.

It was because the main items being auctioned this time were the elemental spiritual stones that everyone wanted to use for cultivation. This time, Zheng-Fu announced to everyone in the city that there would be many people from other places coming here; let everyone join hands and help each other to beware and prevent commotion.

And, of course, various trades were becoming more active as well. Some even rented an area to open a shop. Moreover, after the city had expanded its territory, Lao-Ying-Ba had also set new rules for monster beast hunting: levels and registrations in the hunt were also restricted for fairness.

And everyone agrees on this because by setting up a hunting team, all clans could join together with each other. And it also helped increase the bond between each clan as well.

However, there were still some groups that used their power to persecute the weaker ones, which the city had yet to forbid in this matter. The forbidden was only about killing each other because, in order to survive in the outside world, one had to be strong; otherwise, only death awaited.

At a tavern in In-See City...

"Hey, bottom up!!!"

Clank!!!

Gulp!!! Gulp!!! Gulp!!!

Spit!!!

"Hey… The liquor in this town tastes awful!"

"That's right… Waiter, what is this bad liquor? There isn't anything better in this shop? Why would you dare to serve such bad things for customers to eat!?"

On the second floor of the tavern, there were about five or six people who had ruthless faces, sitting and drinking alcohol frantically. They talked loudly, not caring about anyone, that the taste of liquor in this tavern was very bad. In fact, the liquor from this shop was the most famous in the city. And it was accepted by everyone, no matter if they were city dwellers or wanderers.

"Ma... Ma... Master, our Liang Liquor is known as the best liquor in this city. Not only is it sold at our shop but everywhere; it is also taken from ours," The waiter hurriedly rushed over to explain to the group of six men that their liquor was the best in the city.

"Tsk! Is this the best in town? The water by the roadside tastes so much better!"

Ha ha ha ha ha!!!

As soon as the words of the middle-aged man wearing a red turban and a fur robe ended, the laughter of the group rang out at the same time. His speech was full of scorn and bragging.

"If so, why don't you go drink the roadside water as you said!?" At that moment, a small squealing sound suddenly sounded from the table behind them.

"Who said that!?" The young man sitting beside the middle-aged man immediately spoke up when he heard the voice just now while staring at the people around the area. Then his eyes landed on a young woman with a beautiful face, a good figure, and glowing skin like an angel, and sitting beside her were the elderly man and woman.

"Wow!!! Young Miss, were you the one who said that just now?" The young man hurriedly changed his expression to become more polite, which made his face look handsome immediately when he saw her. But his face looked more like a horny, lustful person than a good-looking one.

"It was me. And why?" replied the girl in a calm tone with a cold face, as cold as a hundred or a thousand years of winter, staring at the young man.

"Nothing, beautiful lady. Our Desert Valley Sect is considerate. I don't take offence to you, beautiful lady. I just wish that Young Miss would agree to come and have a drink as our friend, and we won't hold a grudge against you," said the young man with his seemingly elegant words but with a threat of force in his words as well.

"Before I go to sit with you guys, I want to ask you one thing. Do you think that if you sit, drink, and talk to stupid rocks, other people will think you're crazy?" the girl asked the young man with the same expressionless face.

"I must be accused of being crazy, Young Miss. Who's going to be crazy enough to sit, eat, and talk to a stupid stone?" the young man hurriedly replied with a smile on his face. However, his boss and the other people sitting there began to understand what the girl was referring to.

"Look, you can still think. If I sit, eat, and talk to you, aren't other people going to think I'm crazy?" said the girl, a contemptuous smile tugging at the corner of her mouth.

"Ah!!! Are you saying that I'm such a stupid stone, Miss!?" The young man immediately gasped in anger when he caught the girl's words.

"I'm not saying you are, but also all of you."

Bang!!! (The sound of smashing the table)

"Fatuous!!! Do you think that being a woman can insult us like that? At first, I thought I wouldn't do anything to you, Miss. But you picked a fight with us yourself." The middle-aged, man who had previously tried to hold back even though he already knew what the girl meant, when he heard her say that she meant all of them, the thin line of patience was broken along with the pressure he released.

Whirrl!!!

Bang!!!

But suddenly, his pressure dissipated as if nothing had happened before. That was because the old man stood up and flickered his hand, sending a wave of energy to disperse the pressure until it disappeared.

"Ah… Immortal stage cultivator!?" the young man closest to him had a pale face, exclaiming in shock when he sensed the level of the old man's energy released.

Immortal stage!?

Everyone in the group recognized and exclaimed as well. But the one who had to suffer the most was the middle-aged man who had just acted so arrogantly because he was the only one who was hit by a small wave of energy that smashed into his chest, causing a slight injury with a small amount of blood dripping from the corner of his mouth.

"Even if the head of the Desert Valley Sect comes by himself, I, Elder Yan Immortal Flute Master, am never afraid!"

In fact, the elderly man and the elderly woman were Elder Yan and Elder Lady Ma. As for the good-looking girl, it was impossible to be anyone but Qi-Fu-Er, whose beauty was like an angel from heaven, which everyone had to stare at without blinking. But since she was wearing a headscarf just now, no one noticed until she spoke to this group of people.

"Do... don't tell me that... you are El... Elder Immortal Flute Master, and El... Elder Lady Immortal Harp Master!?" the middle-aged man who was the leader shouted out a stuttering question with beads of sweat that filled his face with fear.

"That's right, it's us!" the elderly woman, who had been silent the whole time, added in a simple tone. But it was hidden by intense pressure.

Ah!!!

Thump!!!

"I was wrong. We're all dizzy. Please forgive us!!! Young Miss... Kind-hearted, beautiful Young Miss, please forgive our ignorance!!!" The middle-aged man and his group immediately knelt and clasped their hands, apologizing to the two elders in fear before turning towards Qi-Fu-Er and saying sorry to her.

"Huh!!! From now on, don't show me your face again. Otherwise, I'll let you all go drink the water around here in In-See City until it's all gone," Qi-Fu-Er said with a calm expression on her face, but her words, the more one listened, the more one felt goosebumps because they were very cold and emotionless.

"Yes!!! Thank you very much, Young Miss. We won't be here to show you our faces again!" Having finished speaking, the middle-aged man hurriedly led his men out of the tavern without knowing whether or not they had paid yet.

Whoosh!!!

"Hey… wait, wait!!! You haven't paid your money yet!!!" The boss of the tavern saw that the six men ran out of the tavern, rushed out, and shouted for them to come back and pay for the food. But it was too late; they had all already disappeared.

"Boss, their food costs, I'll pay for it myself."

Huh...?

While the elderly man was in a bad mood, suddenly, a loud noise came from behind him, telling him that he would pay for the food they had not paid for. The boss gave a wide smile and turned around to look at the person who had said this recently. But as soon as he turned around, his face instantly turned frozen because the person who said it was someone he knew and even knew well.

"Ah… Young Master Zheng-Fu!"

"Yes, it's me... Why are you acting so shocked, Boss? I'm not a ghost," Zheng-Fu said with a mischievous smile and a little teasing at the elderly man.

"Sigh... You don't need to pay for their food, sir. Let's just say I made merit for those animals!" said the tavern owner with a hopeless smile, and he could only refuse. How dare he take the money from Zheng-Fu since Liang Liquor's recipe and many of the monster beast meats belonged to Zheng-Fu, who gave them to him?

"It's alright, Elder. The merchant must get money... Here, I hope it's enough for their food, including my wife's." When Zheng-Fu finished speaking, he immediately threw the purse over to the boss.

But at that moment, he felt an intense psychic killing coming from behind him with a shout of anger,

"Who is your wife!?"

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