Yun Niang watched Li Yunxiao walk away and hesitated. "That man said he was a retainer of the Pang Household. Could he have something to do with my little brother?"
Ren Shanshi's brows drew tight. It was only their first day in Badu, and already trouble had found them.
Yun Niang was pregnant now. Even if they wanted to hurry back to Three Rivers Prefecture, they had to consider how exhausting the journey would be.
"Don't go guessing. Let's get settled first. I'll ask around over the next couple of days. We'll get to the bottom of it. Yun Niang, you just rest."
Yun Niang nodded, and Ren Shanshi helped her into the martial arts school.
Li Yao was about to follow when Mouse True Person appeared silently at the entrance.
She hurriedly bowed. "Greetings, Senior Brother Instructor. Does the Immortal Master have instructions for me?"
Mouse True Person came straight to the point. "The Immortal Master wants you to manage the shops outside the Primordial Beginning Temple. There are four of them, at the far end of the Market Ward."
"The shops will cater to Rogue Cultivators. What do you think we should sell, Junior Sister?"
Li Yao thought for a moment. "Pills. Most Rogue Cultivators lack medicine and treatment. Even if the quality is a little poor, they'll still sell."
Mouse True Person gestured for her to come along, and the two entered a shop facing the street.
The shop had been empty, but as they discussed the details of the pill shop, wooden shelves and a counter grew out of thin air. In the blink of an eye, it was furnished.
Mouse True Person knew it was the work of the Seven Immortals of the Temple and nodded repeatedly in acknowledgment.
He then took three porcelain bottles