On the tenth day they arrived in Pingyang Town.

Gufeng Mountain is located on the east side of Duzhou, with a river crossing down the cliff known as Lixiu. Water was coursing down the river, and the sails of ships swayed in the morning sun. Fishermans shouted unknown chants while casting the fishing nets into the river dyed red by the sunrise.

Pingyang Town is located at the foot of Gufeng Mountain, beside the Lixiu River.

The carriage stopped in front of the city gate.

Hong Su helped Zanxing out of the carriage, and Lao Niu spoke happily, "Miss, this is Pingyang Town."

Zanxing looked up into the distance.

Pingyang Town is a small town at the foot of Gufeng Mountain. Looking up you could vaguely see the mountain silhouettes and its peaks which were like clouds. Shrouded in purple 'qi', the place feels like a fairyland in a secluded valley.

Lao Niu followed Zanxing's gaze and smiled, "That's where the Taiyan Sect is located. If the young city lord smoothly enters the sect in the future, the young lady may be able to go to Gufeng Mountain to see the scenery inside

Zanxing withdrew her gaze and smiled, "Let's go!'

It is a very lively town.

The streets are wide and extremely tidy, with carriages passing from time to time. On both sides are various shops and restaurants, with people dressed in strange clothes, chatting happily in the streets. A cultivator dressed like an immortal, with a long sword hanging on his waist, sat down in a teahouse. There was also a strong and muscular man arguing with a friendly old man.

"Twenty spirit stones? Take a good look! This herb of mine is an intermediate spirit herb called 'Peach Blossom Face', it's at least a hundred spirit stones!" The big man roared fiercely.

The old man standing in front of him was not afraid, and replied in a gentle voice, "Guest, this 'Peach Blossom Face' is indeed an intermediate spiritual grass. However, the branches and leaves of the spiritual grass are incomplete, and only half of the petals are left. The quality is too poor, even if it is refined into a pill, its effectiveness is only one tenth of the original. Here are twenty spiritual stones, which are more than enough. If the guest doesn't want to do this business, they can go to another house. Our house has other businesses to do."

The big man argued for a moment, and finally left with twenty spirit stones in his hand, cursing.

Zanxing said "This person is quite tough."

Lao Niu standing by his side was like a dedicated voice assistant, explaining, "This should be the 'Huajinlou' that others talk about."

Zanxing: "Huajinlou?"

"This servant has also heard of it! "Hong Su hurriedly spoke," I heard that Huajinlou is the largest exchange in Pingyang Town. Some people find treasures and bring them here to sell them, and Huajinlou collects commissions. Various techniques, weapons, spiritual elixirs, and herbs can be found here. Because of Gu Feng Mountain, disciples of the Taiyan Sect sometimes come here to trade. There are many precious things that other exchanges do not have."

"The owner of Huajin Building, Jin Feicui, is said to be a beautiful woman... " A glimmer of expectation flashed in Lao Niu's eyes.

"Uncle Niu, don't fancy that beauty. Take a look at the great beauty in front of you first." Zanxing interrupted the driver's reverie, "There should be medicinal herbs in this place that can cure my facial injury. Go in and take a look."

"To buy medicinal herbs, you need spirit stones." Lao Niu thought for a moment.

By the way, in this world of cultivators, the currency was spirit stones, and ordinary coins are not important.

"Then take the spirit stones." Zanxing waited for them to pay.

Hong Su and Lao Niu looked at each other, and after a while, Hong Su cautiously said, "Miss, what are you talking about? We don't have any spirit stones on us.."

"How could it be?" Zanxing asked back "Am I not the young lady? How could I be lacking spiritual stones?"

"But... but..." Hong Su looked at her aggrievedly "When Miss needed spirit stones she directly asked the young city lord for it. When we came out, we didn't bring any money."

Zanxing: "..."

The "Miss Yang" in the original work, although she was called "Miss", she wasn't wealthy. Her family was that of ordinary merchants. If it weren't for her exceptional beauty, Wang Shao wouldn't have been engaged to her. It seems that Miss Yang exploited this long term meal-ticket to its fullest.

Buy clothes, swipe Wang Shao's cards, buy jewelry, swipe Wang Shao's cards, bathe pets, swipe Wang Shao's cards, from furniture to nail clippers, all bought with Wang Shao's cards.

Wang Shao, an emotionless credit card machine.

So on this trip to Pingyang Town, Miss Yang didn't bring any spiritual stones with her, and Wang Shao was responsible for the transportation and the daily travel costs. But now the problem is that when Wang Shao separated from her, she was left with no spiritual stones.

”Women still need some money in their hands." Zanxing sighed.

”It's okay, Miss." Lao Niu thought of something. "Didn't you get a demon pill? You can sell it at Huajinlou and exchange it for some spirit stones.”

”That's right!" Hong Su exclaimed happily. "That demon pill must be more valuable than that person's 'Peach Blossom Face'.

Zanxing interrupted their joy: "I have already refined it.”

”What?”

”I said," Zanxing repeated "that the demon pill has been refined by me.”

Hong and Su and Lao Niu were stunned.

Zanxing looked into the distance at the bustling crowd reflected in the morning light. Pingyang Town looked particularly lively, like a tourist scenic town with an unreal feeling.

But everything was real.

The wound on her face was getting more and more painful, and she must seek medical treatment as soon as possible. Without money it's difficult to do anything. Although she really wanted to avoid following the previous storyline, the novel still required her to meet the original characters to trigger the plot.

"Forget it, let's just go."

"Miss, what should we do now? "Asked Hong Su.

"Let's go," Zanxing smiled, "let's find our bank machine!"

…

Someone is sitting in the 'Good Luck' Inn in Pingyang Town.

The location of this inn is well chosen, close to the river. The guests live in their rooms and when opening the window, facing the Lixiu River. At night, when the river breeze blows gently, guests could put a pot of delicious wine on the small table, invite a few friends, play the piano and drink a glass of wine. It would not disappoint the beautiful scenery of the night.

Of course, the price of this inn is truly expensive, with a hundred spirit stones per night. Only those from wealthy families would dare to spend that much. This time, the Taiyan Sect recruited young talents from all over Duzhou, thus many young talents with prominent families gathered here. Wang Shao sat on a soft couch by the window, looking happily at his tea. The water used to make the tea was Lingquan water from Gufeng Mountain, which not only had a refreshing and fragrant air, but also had many benefits for the body.

Although the place was damn expensive, there were still benefits to renting it.

"Young City Lord," the servant came in and whispered, "I haven't found the whereabouts of Mu Cengxiao and Liu Yunxin."