However, this still wouldn't reduce him to begging, after all he was a prince of a nation. This status alone was worth a lot of money. People could let him owe for a while—as a prince, he still had his inco and would eventually pay it off.
But after this ss, the Fourth Prince only had what was publicly his—those properties granted by the king. Only these others didn't dare demand, and he didn't dare sell.
This ti, the Fourth Prince only considered it negligence by his subordinates. His hatred toward Xiaoyao wasn't very high. Although he was also angry, he hated his negligent subordinates most.
If he knew this was originally Xiaoyao's calculated sche against him, he would definitely direct overwhelming hatred toward Xiaoyao, making Xiaoyao sneeze even while sleeping—well, just sneezing.
"Achoo..."
Xiaoyao rubbed his nose, wondering who was thinking about him?
"Young brother, drink so cold redy tea—ancestral secret recipe, effective with one drink," The old man in front of Xiaoyao said opportunistically. Xiaoyao was currently at a herbal tea stall.
"No need, I don't have a cold. Soone just missed . By the way, uncle, why are you setting up a stall here? Is there business selling herbal tea here?" Xiaoyao shook his head and looked at the old man with so curiosity.
"Business isn't great, but it's enough to get by," the old man said sowhat bitterly.
"Your stall here definitely won't have good business. Although dicinal materials are cheap here and your raw materials cost less, everyone here knows alchemy. Any random pill solves problems—who would drink herbal tea," Xiaoyao shook his head. This old man brought it on himself, selling herbal tea here without thinking about what kind of place this was. Who knows which genius thought of this thod.
Xiaoyao hadn't left Lingyue County yet. He was still wandering around inside, and in the most bustling places at that. However, others still couldn't find his presence. Even if the Young Miss stood in front of him now, she might not recognize him.
He had already used disguise techniques to simply make himself up and slightly used cultivation thods to change his physical characteristics. Ordinary cultivation thods couldn't achieve this—even Emperor-level experts would find it very difficult. But Xiaoyao's cultivation thod was very unique, allowing him to do this easily and even continue changing his body to greater degrees.
Physical characteristic changes plus disguise techniques ant even being looked at face-to-face wouldn't necessarily reveal him, let alone in such a bustling place with surging crowds. How could others discover this "stranger" among the masses?
As ntioned above, even if the Young Miss ca, she couldn't find him. Guxing might be able to sense sothing. Xiaoyao's current appearance was truly incredible—too different from his original self.
Now, Xiaoyao was actually a short, chubby little fat man. That he could change his bones and flesh this way was sothing no one would believe—that the person before them was Xiaoyao.
Although Xiaoyao wasn't the extrely handso, tall, rich type, he was quite tall and had a very pleasant appearance—well, the very pleasant kind. While he didn't have the potential to make people infatuated, he was above average.
Now, this little fat man image wasn't very ugly, but the difference from the previous Xiaoyao was still significant—very, very much so.
Xiaoyao disguised himself only because he wanted to continue staying here, wanting to look around and see if there was anything that might surprise him.
Although he had already prepared most of the advanced pills, he also wanted to try to see if he could find materials for top-tier pills. While these were things that could only be encountered by chance, searching was still better than not searching.
Previously, it was the Fourth Prince's people buying dicine, so he had no opportunity to access these things. Having co here, he couldn't possibly enter a treasure mountain empty-handed—how could he do such a thing?
As for Guxing's side, they were participating in the Dragon Gate Tournant themselves and didn't need him much. Last ti in the New Moon Empire, they hardly needed him either. Now it would be the sa. Of course, if he could make it in ti, he would still go, but if he really couldn't make it, there was no need to force it.
At the sa ti, Xiaoyao had already notified Guxing, saying he had so matters that delayed him and would co later.
Being beside Guxing at most ant cheering her on—he couldn't do much else. Here was different—he could prepare the pills Guxing would need in the future. Such opportunities would be hard to co by later, so naturally he couldn't let it pass.
Yes, this was about the opportunity regarding the Fourth Prince—the Fourth Prince had given him such an opportunity. Letting it pass would be too wasteful. Therefore, even if he stayed here for a year or two, he had to complete this matter.
Now, only a month had passed—not very long. Even the Dragon Gate Tournant preliminaries hadn't ended yet. The finals would only begin a month later.
As the final event of the Dragon Gate Tournant, this ti wouldn't be like before with massive eliminations, but one-on-one eliminations. Simply put, it would be in duel format to showcase a person's strength.
Many people ca to watch the Dragon Gate Tournant finals. These people ca from various countries, sects, academies, and clans. In short, basically all levels of people had representatives coming.
So ca to observe, so ca to watch the excitent, so ca to recruit talent, and so ca to gamble...
In short, these visitors all ca with their own purposes!
To receive and arrange for these people while preparing the best environnt for the Dragon Gate Tournant, the Great Tang Empire spent considerable ti and effort. Naturally, the preparation ti was longer.
If Xiaoyao rushed over now, he could still make it for the beginning. If he continued staying here, he could only catch the final few matches, or perhaps not even those.
However, even if he was late, it was because it was necessary. As for the competition there, Xiaoyao felt there was no need to watch. He had confidence in Guxing, and this competition was much safer than before.
Previously, competitions involved unexpected life-and-death struggles. Now it was in an arena with audiences and referees. If anything happened, people would intervene. Basically, no dangerous incidents would occur. The Great Tang Empire wouldn't allow accidents either—they would station experts there.
Therefore, if Xiaoyao could feel at ease letting Guxing go even in the previous situations, there was even less to worry about now.
Leaving the old man's herbal tea stall, Xiaoyao continued strolling the streets. Along the way were all dicinal material vendors—so with good quality at reasonable prices, so with inflated prices, and others passing off inferior goods as superior. The situation here seed quite complex, but thinking about these being street stalls, it was quite normal.
Here, most people would still choose to go to one place—the dicine shop opened by that family here. The prices there were fair and the quality was quite good. For those without keen eyes, the safer choice was to buy there for guaranteed quality.
These street stalls were generally browsed by experts, because there were often so good dicinal materials here. So materials weren't very precious but were quite rare. dicine shops didn't have these, so if urgently needed, one could only try their luck here.
Xiaoyao also found several interesting things here, but nothing of particularly high value. As expected, there were no top-tier dicinal materials here. Even if there were, others would have selected them—how could it be his turn?
Xiaoyao had long anticipated this result and didn't mind. He continued browsing, even entering shops, though dicinal materials were generally rarely displayed and were kept in dicine cabinets. Unless it was sothing particularly good, Xiaoyao generally wouldn't notice.
How could Xiaoyao still discover things if they were in dicine cabinets?
Using his nose—his nose could sll many things. Although he had never slled top-tier dicinal materials, that feeling definitely wouldn't be wrong!
What feeling? This kind of thing could only be understood, not expressed, because even Xiaoyao couldn't explain it clearly!
For alchemists, identifying dicines by sll was a very important skill. So Xiaoyao knowing this wasn't particularly unusual. Because of this, even when the few good things he found were discovered by others, it didn't attract too much attention, because so people felt they could do the sa.
Huang Family dicine Shop?
Eh, could this be the Huang Family dicine Shop from Qingyun City?
When Xiaoyao saw this dicine shop's plaque, he was stunned for a mont. Thinking of the Qingyun City Huang family he had dealt with many tis, he wondered if this could be the Qingyun City Huang family. But soon this thought was dismissed by himself.
Although the Huang family of Qingyun City was indeed a very good dicine shop, they shouldn't have such great strength—not that they lacked the strength to do business here, but lacked the strength to own such a large shop here.
This Huang Family dicine Shop had a very large scale, almost an entire courtyard compound. This was in Lingyue County's central area. Even the Fourth Prince couldn't afford property nearby, which showed how expensive shops here were. Even if rented, the rent would be terrifying.
Although the Qingyun City Huang family was also very wealthy, they didn't seem to reach this level. Moreover, the Qingyun City Huang family seed to only operate within the Heavenly Wind Kingdom, radiating outward from Qingyun City as the center, reaching areas that even the Heavenly Wind Kingdom generally didn't cover.
This dicine shop was definitely among the top in Lingyue County and shouldn't be related to Qingyun Province!
"Young sir, would you like to buy sothing?" Seeing Xiaoyao standing at the entrance in a daze, a shop assistant ca to greet him. Although they were among the top here, there was no reason to refuse business that ca to the door. They also needed to draw in custors who were hesitating whether to enter.
"Let first see what you have here?" Xiaoyao nodded and walked in.
"Young sir, it seems this is your first ti in our Lingyue County!" the assistant asked with a smile.
Xiaoyao nodded and replied: "Yes, first ti here..." Still brought here by kidnapping…
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