After leaving the banquet, Chen Ping'an did not hurry back.
This grand feast had mainly been for pleasantries and socializing, allowing everyone to become familiar with one another. It was more like a small-scale gathering. Though the banquet had ended after midnight, everything had gone fairly smoothly.
Declining the company of Han Zhiqing and the other colleagues, he took a simple look around Northern Mountain Pass by himself.
As a mighty city pass, Northern Mountain Pass covered an astonishingly vast area.
Under ordinary circumstances, it would likely take several days just to gain a detailed grasp of it.
However, at Chen Ping'an's current level, he basically no longer needed to consider most low- and mid-tier channels and shops. At most, he merely glanced at them as he passed.
Besides, his purpose this time was mainly to familiarize himself with the place, not to conduct any actual exchanges.
With that, his pace was naturally swift.
In less than an hour, Chen Ping'an had gained a rough understanding of the shops throughout Northern Mountain Pass.
During that time, he had also entered a large-scale Treasure Pavilion shop and learned some specific details.
"If you have any suitable goods, Fellow Daoist, you may come to my Qingmu Workshop for trade. As for the price, everything is negotiable." A plump, round-faced Elder personally escorted Chen Ping'an out to the front of the Treasure Pavilion, drawing astonished looks from quite a few people nearby.
"Is that... Shopkeeper Lu?"
"Who is that person? Why is Shopkeeper Lu personally seeing him off?"
"No idea. He looks quite young."
"Handsome and upright, with an elegant bearing. He should be a direct descendant of some great lineage."
"Hard to say. Cultivators can preserve their looks; outward appearances cannot be taken at face value."
"..."
Amid the murmurs, Chen Ping'an