Green Mountain

Green Mountain Town, located at the foot of the Demon Beast Mountain Range, was also known as Demon Beast Town.

Despite being only a small town, it was extraordinarily lively. Mercenary Groups and Mercenary Squads of all sizes were stationed here, making their living off the Demon Beast Mountain Range.

Nearly half of the medicinal herbs and Magic Cores in the Jia Ma Empire came from this place every year.

Although the Demon Beast Mountain Range was home to countless Demon Beasts and danger lurked everywhere, its opportunities were also the greatest in the Jia Ma Empire.

Here, as long as you dared to fight and risk your life, you could obtain all kinds of heavenly treasures, medicinal herbs, and Magic Cores.

If your luck was heaven-defying, you might even discover the place where a powerful expert had fallen and obtain their legacy—Qi Methods, Dou Techniques, medicinal pills, and pill formulas—soaring to the skies in a single bound.

Rising overnight and becoming rich overnight were not dreams here.

Every day, dreamers who held such thoughts came here in an endless stream.

As evening approached, a young man dressed in black with white hair arrived before the town gate, covered in dust from travel, and raised his head to look at the three words above the gate.

"Green Mountain Town, huh!"

This was practically a famous check-in spot. If one came to the Dou Qi Continent and did not take a trip here, it felt as if one's transmigration life would be incomplete.

After watching silently for a while, Xiao Bai came back to himself and walked in.

The sky gradually darkened. Xiao Bai strolled slowly along the town streets paved with bluestone slabs. The shops on both sides were brightly lit, and business seemed quite good.

People came one after another on the street, and most of those going back and forth were mercenaries.

Some had children riding on their shoulders and women held by the hand, heads lowered as they whispered to each other, walking side by side along the main street with unusual affection.

Others were in groups of three to five, calling friends and companions, constantly discussing which brothel's women had the most flavor, which tavern's wine was the richest and strongest, where the Demon Beasts were the fiercest...

Some people cast strange looks at Xiao Bai, this black-robed, white-haired young man with a cold, stern face, but Xiao Bai turned a blind eye and continued toward the center of the town.

Along the way, Xiao Bai kept sizing up the shops on both sides, though it was not because he was interested in them.

Although these shops had a somewhat different rugged feel compared to Wutan City, they did not arouse the slightest interest in him. It was not as if he were sightseeing in his previous life.

He was looking for "Ten Thousand Medicines Hall"!

At last, by the central square of the town, he saw the target of this trip, and Xiao Bai walked over.

It was a rather spacious Medicinal Herb Shop. Moonlight Stones hung from the roof and walls, illuminating the entire shop as if it were daytime.

At this moment, people were coming and going inside the Medicinal Herb Shop, making it very lively. Several clerks ran back and forth, extremely busy, and after Xiao Bai walked in, no one came up to greet him.

Xiao Bai wandered around the Medicinal Herb Shop on his own, seeing whether he could run into that young girl.

Right now, Xiao Yi Xian did not have white hair, and he did not know her appearance either, so he could only look at waists. This girl was known as "Battle Through the Heavens' Number One Waist Expert."

Whoever had the slenderest waist should be her!

But after sweeping his gaze around once, he discovered nothing. Instead, he attracted several looks as though people were looking at a pervert.

There were even two female mercenaries with fiery figures and daring outfits who, seeing that although his hair was grayish-white, his features were handsome, secretly threw him a few flirtatious glances.

Xiao Bai ignored them directly and silently mourned for the men beside them!

"Hm!"

A startled sound rang out in Xiao Bai's heart.

"Xiao Bai, boy, do this old man a favor. Hurry up and buy that piece of Yellow Lotus Essence!" Yao Lao transmitted to Xiao Bai somewhat urgently.

As he spoke, afraid that Xiao Bai would not know which one among those dozens of Yellow Lotus Essence pieces it was, he used Soul Strength to mark one of them.

Sensing the Soul Fluctuation, Xiao Bai swept his Soul Strength toward that pile of Yellow Lotus Essence.

Xiao Bai was instantly a little speechless. He had thought that by coming here almost a year earlier than the Original Timeline, he would not run into this bargain-hunting matter, but he had not expected the world to be so wondrous!

And then there was Yao Lao, that lousy old man, who was quite mischievous too. When viewed with Soul Strength, the piece of Yellow Lotus Essence he wanted looked as if it had been given a flashing effect, blinking on and off. Among a pile of Yellow Lotus Essence, it was obviously the flashiest one there.

At this moment, a young male clerk passed by. Xiao Bai grabbed him and said, "Take one stalk of that medicinal herb for me!"

Looking in the direction of his finger, the clerk curled his lips, but did not say anything. He walked toward the Yellow Lotus Essence counter.

He took out one piece and tossed it onto the counter, then yawned and said absentmindedly, "Yellow Lotus Essence, low-grade medicinal herb, one hundred Gold Coins!"

Seeing that it was not the piece he needed, and seeing the clerk's attitude as well, Xiao Bai did not take it. He shook his head and said teasingly, "This piece is too thin. I don't want it!"

The clerk was speechless, but when he thought of the first rule in the employee handbook—customers come first—he endured it! He then picked out the largest piece and tossed it onto the counter.

"This piece is too fat. I don't want it!"

At this moment, the clerk felt like hitting someone, but then he thought of the fourteenth rule in the employee handbook—do not beat customers!

Forget it, forget it. Endure a little longer.

He had just been about to reach out and take a piece of moderate size, but after thinking about it, for safety's sake, he decided he should ask this white-haired brat.

"Dear customer, why don't you just tell me which piece you want, and I'll get it for you. How about that?" the clerk asked through gritted teeth.

He thought to himself, Now that you're choosing it yourself, you can't possibly complain that it's too fat or too thin, right?

The corner of Xiao Bai's mouth curled up. He pointed toward one piece of Yellow Lotus Essence. "This one is just the right size. Perfect!"

The shop assistant hurriedly looked over, took out the piece of Yellow Lotus Essence, examined it, and cursed inwardly.

"Damn it, isn't this piece about the same as the first one? This brat must think my attitude wasn't warm enough and is messing with me!"

He gave Xiao Bai a disdainful glance, thinking that the brat was dressed all proper and impressive, but who would have thought he was only shiny on the outside—a pauper through and through.

Low-grade medicinal ingredients like this only sold for one piece, with not even a bit of commission. And he still expected this grandpa to serve him warmly? Dream on!

But when he thought of that damned employee handbook, he cursed again. It really was something capitalists had come up with—break one rule and ten days' wages were docked.

He tossed the medicinal ingredient to Xiao Bai and said impatiently, "One hundred Gold Coins!"

Xiao Bai did not mind. He put the medicinal ingredient away, took out one hundred Gold Coins and handed them to him, then casually asked, "By the way, brother, I heard Ten Thousand Medicines Hall has a Xiao Yi Xian. I wonder if she's in the shop right now?"

When the assistant heard that, he looked down on him even more. A pauper actually dared to covet Ten Thousand Medicines Hall's flower. Could this brat have spent all his family fortune on this outfit just for Xiao Yi Xian?

Before the assistant could speak, a drunken burly man beside them walked up to Xiao Bai, spraying spittle as he shouted loudly.

"Pretty boy, a useless showpiece like you dares to have designs on Xiao Yi Xian? Believe it or not, this grandpa will break your legs!"

Seeing this, Xiao Bai hurriedly took a few steps back, a trace of impatience in his eyes.

"You little punk, you still dare dodge!" As he spoke, the man was about to step forward and reach out to grab him.

The people in the medicine shop showed mocking looks. Just now, when they heard the burly man say this brat coveted Xiao Yi Xian, they had become displeased.

Xiao Yi Xian had treated many mercenaries in Green Mountain Town, and many among them were part of that group.

Seeing that he would not let it go, anger rose in Xiao Bai's heart.

"Get lost!"

A strand of Soul Strength mingled with his voice and rang beside the burly man's ear like muffled thunder.

The burly man's eyes rolled back at once, and he toppled to the floor, frothing at the mouth.

Seeing the burly man's state, everyone's eyes filled with shock, and the shop fell deathly silent for a moment.