Because it was a special period, it was nearly impossible for outsiders to enter the city.
Fortunately, Tang Yu carried Liu Yirui's Provincial Commander waist token. After easily entering the city, he did not hurry to meet up with his subordinates. Instead, he wandered around the city.
After the great battle, everything in the city was as it had been before. Business continued as usual, as though nothing had happened.
With the city-protecting grand formation in place and a group of Great Ascension cultivators presiding over it, those refugees truly had no way to breach the formation easily.
After making a round of the city, Tang Yu found a large magical artifact shop and walked inside.
A female cultivator with an outstanding face and figure immediately came forward, bowed, and said softly, "Honored guest, what would you like to buy? Magical artifacts, pills, talismans, spirit beasts—we have everything."
"Do you have lightning-struck wood?"
"What age?"
"A thousand years."
Tang Yu answered.
The female cultivator pondered for a moment, then smiled. "Honored guest, Cloudveil Province is in a special situation right now. There is a refugee uprising outside, and the mountains that produce lightning-struck wood have now been occupied by those people. So the price of lightning-struck wood is much higher than usual."
"Price isn't an issue. I'm looking to buy quite a lot."
Tang Yu waved a hand. "If I buy a hundred thousand jin at once, can you give me a discount?"
"A hundred thousand jin?"
The female cultivator's mouth fell open. Her face lit up with excitement, and her gaze at Tang Yu practically dripped with desire.
A hundred thousand jin—how much commission would she get?
Then she leaned against Tang Yu and said softly, "As long as you want it, not to mention a hundred thousand jin,