However.
To Li Yun's surprise, after Ye Nong left, the old man actually made no further moves.
He remained at the mouth of that alley like any ordinary old stallholder, waiting for the various cultivators who came to shop at the West River Black Market.
For six whole hours, he never left his stall.
He did not even send a single message.
It was as though he had forgotten all about the Sky Tree Sapling.
Li Yun could not help being amused.
The old man was actually this unruffled?
If he had not already witnessed the exchange between Ye Nong and the old man, even hearing every word they said, he would have suspected that this really was just an ordinary old stallholder.
Li Yun thought for a moment, then decided he might as well stop waiting.
After giving Supreme Sage Yuan Zhang a few instructions, he slipped out of the courtyard, instantly changing his appearance yet again, while keeping his cultivation at the Dao Sage realm.
After all, a slightly lower cultivation level was less likely to put others on their guard, wasn't it?
Soon.
He, too, began wandering around the West River Black Market.
He walked and stopped along the way.
When he passed stalls and found things of some modest value, he actually bought them.
All in all, in the eyes of those paying attention, he was indeed an ordinary buyer.
Thus.
After just under an hour, the gazes that swept over him, deliberately or otherwise, grew considerably fewer.
There were fewer, but some remained. Li Yun did not care.
Only as nightfall approached did Li Yun arrive before the old man's stall in the southeastern corner.
His gaze swept over the stall, and his eyes lit up as though he had made some extraordinary discovery. With