Chapter 118 Heading to the South Region
In the majestic city, Xiao Yun and Xiao Yixian were walking on the streets. In front of them, Zi Yan was jumping around, eating some roadside delicacies from time to time."Xiao Yun, Sister Xiao Yixian, this is delicious too." Zi Yan got a handful of roasted meat from somewhere, which had some fiery red powdery particles on it. She wondered if it was the "high-tech" of the Douqi Continent.
"Have you paid?" Faced with the skewers of meat handed over to him, Xiao Yun first gave them to the little medical fairy beside him, and then to himself.
He asked this not because he didn't believe Zi Yan, but because along the way, more than five vendors had caught up with them and asked them for money.
"Of course! Humph! I just forgot about it before." Zi Yan's mouth was full of oil and she rolled her eyes cutely.
After accompanying Zi Yan for a stroll, Xiao Yun found a hotel that seemed to be quite crowded. He ordered some food casually, and the three of them sat in a private room waiting.
"Knock, knock!" There was a knock on the door.
"come in."
"Sir, this is the meal you ordered." A waiter came in carrying a huge plate, then placed the dishes on it one by one and prepared to turn around and leave.
"Wait." Xiao Yun called out to the waiter, and with a touch of his palm on the storage ring, a bag of gold coins appeared in his hand and he threw it to him casually.
"Tell us where this place is. If you tell us well, this bag of gold coins will be yours."
After receiving the bag of gold coins, the waiter weighed them, a bright smile appeared on his face, and he said respectfully: "Thank you, sir. This is Lihuo City, located in the southwest of Zhongzhou. There are many cities like Lihuo City within a thousand miles, but Lihuo City is the most prosperous one."
"All the cities here are under the management of Fen Yan Valley. Do you know Fen Yan Valley? It is one of the two most powerful forces in our Western Region..."
In order to get this bag of gold coins, the waiter put in a lot of effort. He told them everything he knew, from small things like interesting things on the street to big things like the top forces in Zhongzhou. He talked for a full ten minutes.
"Sir, this is all I know." After a moment, the waiter, who was about to tell Xiao Yun about himself peeping at a woman taking a bath, looked at Xiao Yun expectantly.
"Well, that's right. This bag of gold coins is yours." Waving his hand, Xiao Yun asked him to leave, then turned his head to look at the two of them, and suddenly a trace of surprise appeared on his face.
While he was listening to the waiter, Xiao Yixian and the other two had already finished all the food on the table, and most of it went into Zi Yan's stomach.
"Would you like to order some more?" When the Little Medical Fairy saw Xiao Yun's expression, she covered her mouth and chuckled a few times, then asked.
"No need." Xiao Yun shook his head helplessly. In fact, for a strong man of his level, eating is just to satisfy his appetite. If he really relies on the energy in food to fill his stomach, then every meal will have to be calculated by tons.
"Let's go. The news about Lihuo City is pretty good. We'll go to the Cartography Pavilion that the waiter mentioned and buy a map of Zhongzhou."
Xiao Yun stood up, paid the bill, and walked out of the hotel with the two girls. Following the route indicated by the waiter, the three of them slowly walked through several streets and turned for a while before they stopped and looked at the luxurious and grand attic in front of them.
As he stepped inside, before Xiao Yun could say anything, a plump, scantily clad maid came up to him, twisting her body constantly, attracting the hot gazes of others.
She didn't care at all when being looked at like this by others, instead she twisted her body even more violently.
"Welcome, my three lords. Our Cartography Pavilion is the best map shop in the entire Lihuo City and has the most maps. May I ask what type of maps you lords need?" As soon as the maid came up, she bowed ninety degrees, and for a moment, the spring scenery was revealed.
"Oh!" Before Xiao Yun could take a closer look, he felt a sharp pain in his waist. He turned his head and saw that the culprit was the Little Medical Fairy.
She stared at Xiao Yun fiercely with her beautiful eyes wide open, as if to say, "If you look at me again, you're dead!"
"Ahem." Xiao Yun quickly turned his head and coughed a few times, saying calmly, "Does your Cartography Pavilion have a map of the entire Zhongzhou?"
"I'm sorry, sir. We don't have this kind of map in our store." Hearing Xiao Yun's words, the maid bowed slightly to apologize, and then whispered: "Although we don't have the map of the entire Zhongzhou, we still have the map of the southwest region. Do you need it, sir?"
"Yes." Xiao Yun nodded slightly and said, "Bring me the most detailed map in your store."
After hearing what Xiao Yun said, the maid smiled brightly. The price of a map is not cheap, let alone the most detailed one. Making such a map requires a lot of time and manpower.
"Please wait a moment, sir." The maid instructed and turned to walk towards the counter. After a while, she came over with a white scroll in her hands.
"Sir, this is the most detailed map scroll in our store."
Taking the map from the maid, Xiao Yun placed it on the wooden table beside him and slowly spread it out. He saw that the lines on the map were crisscrossed, and hundreds of cities were marked on it. Various mountains and rivers were also included, and some were annotated in small red characters. "I didn't expect that the Western Region of Zhongzhou alone is so vast, worthy of being the center of the continent." Xiao Yixian also came over and looked at the densely packed cities on it, and exclaimed.
"That's why there are space wormholes. Otherwise, relying solely on human power, even a Dou Huang powerhouse would find it difficult to fly out of a domain." Xiao Yun said with a smile. A Dou Huang powerhouse could definitely fly out of a domain if he wanted to, but flying by himself would not only take a long time, but the dangers along the way would be enough to make them give up the idea.
Douqi Continent is not a peaceful continent. It believes in the law of the jungle. Although Zhongzhou is much better than Black Horn Region, it is only limited to the city. In the wilderness, there are Black Horn Regions everywhere.
It was for this reason that Xiao Yun did not use Yao Lao and Yao Tianhuo's maps. Although they both had detailed maps of Zhongzhou, they were too old. Maybe two Dou Zun had a fight today, and a mountain or a city would disappear. Apart from the general direction, there was no other reference value.
"Good!" After looking carefully for a while, Xiao Yun nodded with satisfaction. He had already learned the specific location of Lihuo City from the map. It is a southern city in the Western Region. It is not far from the Southern Region where Xingyun Pavilion is located. He only needs to take another space wormhole to reach the Southern Region.
"This map is indeed very detailed. How much is it? I'll buy it."
"Sir, this map is not expensive, only 100,000 gold coins." The maid beside said with a smile.
"One hundred thousand gold coins?" Xiao Yun nodded when he heard that, took out a black crystal card from his ring and handed it to the maid.
If this price was placed in the Northwest Continent, someone would definitely smash the entire store. But in Zhongzhou where a meal costs hundreds of gold coins, it doesn't seem that expensive.
"Thank you, sir!" The maid took the black crystal card with a smile, and as if she was afraid that Xiao Yun would go back on his word, she quickly walked to the counter and swiped it with an object similar to a POS machine.
After paying the money, Xiao Yun and the other two left the Cartography Pavilion directly.
"It would be nice if everyone who comes to buy a map is as generous as him." The maid smiled from ear to ear as she watched the three people leave. Maps require money at the beginning, but all the rest is pure profit. Now, if she sells a map worth 100,000 gold coins, she can get a 10% rebate.
……
After leaving the Cartography Pavilion, Xiao Yun did not stop and returned to the Black Stone Square.
"How many people? Where are you going? Do you need a spaceship?" A middle-aged man who looked like a manager was sitting on a chair, writing something down with a pen and paper without even raising his head.
"If you don't need a spaceship, it's 50,000 gold coins per person. If you need one, add 10,000 more."
Hearing this, Xiao Yun took out the black crystal card from his ring again, placed it on the wooden table, and said calmly: "Three people, South Region, not needed."
"Hmm?" The middle-aged man heard Xiao Yun's answer, raised his head, looked at the three people in front of him, and finally locked his eyes on Zi Yan.
"Old man, what are you looking at?" Seeing the middle-aged man staring at her, Zi Yan's face sank and a strong aura emanated from her.
Xiao Yun and Xiao Yixian also looked at him unfriendly, and the latter even raised her hand, ready to release poisonous qi at any time.
"Ahem, you guys misunderstood." A drop of cold sweat rolled down the middle-aged man. He didn't expect the three people to react so strongly. He waved his hands quickly. He was just a Dou Ling, and the three people in front of him didn't need to squeeze into a spaceship, which meant they had their own. He couldn't afford to offend such a big shot.
"I was just looking at the lady's height." The middle-aged man stood up and took out a board from the side. It said, "Free for those under meters tall, half price for those between and meters tall."
"I think this lady is about meters tall, so she should be half the price."
"Hahaha!" Xiao Yun laughed out loud when he heard that, and the Little Medical Fairy couldn't help but cover the corners of her mouth.
"Damn Xiao Yun! What are you laughing at!" Zi Yan was furious. She hated it most when people talked about this. She kicked Xiao Yun's calf hard.
"Hiss!" After being kicked, Xiao Yun was obviously more restrained and stopped laughing. "Swipe the card, swipe the card, don't charge her half price!"
After paying the money, Xiao Yun took the depressed Zi Yan's hand and walked onto the black stone platform.
"Hmph! Go ahead and laugh! After a while, I will grow up! Bigger than you!" Seeing Xiao Yun's half-smile, Zi Yan kicked him hard again. Her desire to grow up had reached its peak. She wished she could turn back into Gu Long's body and crush Xiao Yun with her butt.
Then, he took out the jade bottle containing the elixir from the ring, tilted his head back, poured all the elixir into his mouth, and chewed it vigorously.
Then the three of them stepped into the space wormhole together, summoned the spaceship, and headed towards the southern region of Zhongzhou.
(End of this chapter)
