Prying for Clues (Part Two)

A casual glance was enough for Li Yan to take in the shop. It was small, and there were no customers inside.

There was only one clerk. He had been staring idly out the door, but when he saw a customer enter, he hurried forward with a smile plastered on his face.

Li Yan merely nodded and began to look around carefully.

Three shelves stood against the back wall, holding sorted assortments of beast pelts, bones, and other materials.

There were also some spiritual artifacts, talismans, and other items that did not appear to be of particularly high grade.

In front of the shelves stood a long crystal display case. Even through the dim light, he could see what lay beneath it.

There were only a few yellowed blank jade slips, samples of several dozen herbs, and small porcelain bottles that were presumably meant to hold pills.

The whole shop looked utterly ordinary, much like the other privately run stores Li Yan had seen.

How simple. It's worlds apart from a big shop like Guiqulaixi!

The sight brought Guiqulaixi to mind, along with the incomparably beautiful Su Hong.

He had not seen Su Hong during the recent war with the Devil Race either. He wondered whether cultivators working for shops like Guiqulaixi could be called up to fight.

For an instant, Li Yan's thoughts wandered.

"Honored guest, what might you need?"

The clerk's voice brought Li Yan back to the present. He was a handsome mortal of the White Devil Race, and he was beaming at Li Yan.

The White Devil Race truly was blessed with beauty, and that held true even for its men. That smile alone lifted Li Yan's spirits.

He had seen the same thing in other shops, yet it still felt like a spring breeze washing