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"Hi, I thought something was wrong, but it turns out like this. Every person wanting to enter the Forbidden Land knows nothing about it. You can just go and get a token, and naturally, someone will take you in. Isn't that... oh! I understand now." Halfway through, the shopkeeper felt something was off. Looking at Mo Wen's smiling eyes, he suddenly realized.
"Shopkeeper, could you prepare a few small dishes for me? Let's eat and chat," Mo Wen suggested. Since the shopkeeper understood his intention, he must know some ways around. The shopkeeper naturally wouldn't refuse a customer's request, especially since he had only one customer left in the tavern. This young man often stayed until closing time, which had caught his attention. Mo Wen handed over the ingredients to the kitchen.
"Little brother, are you thinking..." The shopkeeper looked at Mo Wen and made a gesture indicating stealthy infiltration.
"Haha! Shopkeeper, you truly are perceptive. I wouldn't mind spending money on a token to enter, but the Official Government takes half of what you find inside..." Mo Wen pretended to be pained. He had studied the Official Government's regulations carefully; besides paying for the token, anyone entering must hand over half of what they find inside to the Official Government. This was something those looking for relics of the Mo Family were reluctant to accept. Since some people were unwilling to comply with such rules, there must be others who made a living from it. What Mo Wen wanted to know now was whether there were other ways to enter the Forbidden Land besides the Official Government. As for infiltration, that was nearly impossible; every year, the Official Government caught many trying to sneak in.
"This old man can't help you with that. Hmm! Where did you get these ingredients, little brother?" As they spoke, the waiter had already brought out the dishes.
"Hehe, I obtained them years ago in Lian Yun. I'm quite fond of good food; after tasting it, I brought some along. If you would..." Mo Wen paused and threw a glance at the shopkeeper.
"Then little brother needs to go into town and look for someone named Tongtian Shen at Yun Jiu Fang." Unable to resist the temptation before him, the shopkeeper spoke while eating.
"Thank you very much, Shopkeeper! This is all I have left in terms of ingredients; consider it my payment for the meal." Mo Wen placed a bag on the table.
As he stepped out of the tavern, Mo Wen tightened his fur coat; the cold of Cold Ice City was biting. Although it wasn't much for a cultivator, he needed to be cautious and behave like an ordinary person. By the time he reached the city gate, dusk was approaching. Yun Jiu Fang was a black market within Cold Ice City; it seemed that black markets followed a rule: they operated at night and closed during the day. He had timed his entry perfectly.
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"Master, we have news about He Er Gou; he just entered through the south gate," a servant reported to Gong Shangnan at Xiangguo Mansion.
"What is his age? What is his realm? Is he alone?" Upon hearing that someone named He Er Gou had appeared in town, Gong Shangnan immediately jumped up. For days now, he had sent people out searching for someone named He Er Gou nearby. They had found many people with that name, but either their ages were wrong or they lacked the ability to go to Cloud Mist Forest. According to what his young master described, He Er Gou should be relatively young but capable enough; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to appear alone in Cloud Mist Forest. Now Gong Shangnan worried that He Er Gou might be with his master, which would completely eliminate any chance for him.
"His age is about what you instructed; as for his realm, we couldn't tell. There were many people who entered town with him; we don't know if they are companions," the servant reported truthfully. Since their actions had to be conducted secretly, they only learned from the city gate that someone named He Er Gou had entered town; everything else remained unknown to them.
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