Chapter 37: Cutting the grass must be done at the root

"How many?"

Shopkeeper Feng suddenly heard that there were ten thousand pairs, and he couldn't help but spit out his mouth full of tea, and even his voice turned into a male duck's voice.

A rare gaffe.

"Ten thousand pairs."

Lu Tao calmly stated the number of seventh-level chopsticks again, while looking at the food sprayed with tea on the table with some pity.

"There are actually so many?"

Shopkeeper Feng was almost dumbfounded. After murmuring, he didn't know how to speak.

Originally, in his opinion, even if Lu Tao's forging ability had increased significantly recently, he could only make dozens of pairs of seventh-level chopsticks in just a few days, and it would not exceed a hundred pairs at most, right?

The result was 10,000 pairs.

According to the financial resources of the Tianyun Inn he is responsible for, he can afford a hundred pairs or even a thousand pairs of seventh-level chopsticks, but ten thousand pairs...

One pair is fifty thousand taels, and ten thousand pairs is five hundred million taels.

He simply can't afford it.

"It's too early to talk nonsense."

Shopkeeper Feng is a little melancholy. As a senior, he wanted to appear more generous after reaching such a long-term cooperation, but now he is a little bit frustrated.

Right now.

Just listen to Lu Tao say: "There are one thousand pairs that have been made now, and there are still nine thousand pairs that are being made. They should be ready in a while. Shopkeeper Feng, what do you think of selling one thousand pairs first?"

Lu Tao also saw the embarrassment of shopkeeper Feng. After thinking about it, he decided to deal with a thousand pairs first. He was even worried about whether he had overpaid.

Fortunately, his worries were unnecessary.

Shopkeeper Feng said hurriedly: "Okay, okay, let's deal with a thousand pairs first."

One thousand pairs of seventh-grade low-grade chopsticks cost fifty million taels of silver, which is equivalent to five million taels of gold.

This number made Shopkeeper Feng feel envious and jealous.

"Young Master Lu's ability to make money is even better than ours at Tianyun Inn."

After the transaction was completed, shopkeeper Feng couldn't help but sigh. Fifty million taels of silver was the income of their Tianyun Inn in several years.

Hearing this, Lu Tao shook his head and said, "Senior, this is made of wood accumulated by our ancestors for dozens of generations. Once the wood is used up, it will be difficult to make high-level chopsticks."

"That's true."

Shopkeeper Feng also had no doubts about him. The wood that could be made into high-level items must not be ordinary.

He did not ask Lu Tao what kind of wood it was, or whether he needed help finding it. He believed that with such a cooperative relationship, if Lu Tao really wanted to find any wood, he would think of their huge Tianyun Inn.

"Thank you, Shopkeeper Feng." Lu Tao smiled and stood up to say goodbye.

"Young Master Lu, walk slowly."

Looking at Lu Tao's leaving figure, for some reason, shopkeeper Feng had the illusion that Tianyun Inn was working for Lu Tao.

certainly.

Tianyun Inn is definitely not losing money, especially shopkeeper Feng. He can also make a lot of money by selling these chopsticks to other branches of Tianyun Inn.

Shopkeeper Feng immediately arranged everything in the inn and left Mufeng City in a hurry, rushing to Tianyun Inn in other cities.

…

"It's time to clean up the skills again."

After receiving the 50 million taels of silver, Lu Tao returned to the room with excitement.

Then another retreat begins.

However, just three days into seclusion, He Zongming suddenly knocked on the door of his room.

Lu Tao opened the door and saw not only He Zongming, but also the mayor who looked anxious and haggard.

Lu Tao frowned and said in a deep voice, "What happened?"

The mayor actually came to Mufeng City from Dafeng Town. Obviously something happened in Dafeng Town, and it was undoubtedly related to Honghua Valley.

really.

I heard the mayor say anxiously: "Lu Tao, the people from Honghua Valley came to Dafeng Town this morning and arrested Zhang Quan and several others. They said they gave you three days to come to Honghua Valley to plead guilty, otherwise you will be punished." They were slowly tortured to death."

Lu Tao knew who Zhang Quan and the others the mayor was talking about were the same late-stage leather refiners who came to help him during the bloody battle with the Caiyi woman and helped him capture Fan Jian.

He didn't expect Honghua Valley to be so shameless. Even someone who was just doing a small favor and didn't have many close relationships would be directly arrested and used to threaten him.

"Don't worry, Mayor, I will rescue them."

As soon as Lu Tao said these words, the mayor hurriedly shook his head and said: "No, no, no, Lu Tao, you misunderstood. I'm not here to ask you to save them. I'm just here to tell you that Honghua Valley is looking for you. Their strength It's too powerful, you must be careful, as for Zhang Quan and the others..."

Having said this, the mayor was silent for a moment and said in a somewhat lonely tone: "I hope you will become stronger in the future and be able to avenge them."

Although the mayor has been hiding under the power of the Ax Gang for decades, he knows the difference between the important and the important.

If he had to choose between Lu Tao and Zhang Quan, he would choose to sacrifice Zhang Quan and others.

Lu Tao is indeed talented, but his strength is still too weak now. Once he goes to Red Flower Valley, it will be like a sheep in a tiger's mouth. Not only will he not be able to save Zhang Quan and the others, but even Lu Tao himself will not be able to come back.

Instead of doing this, it is better to let Lu Tao practice hard, and when he becomes stronger in the future, he can avenge Zhang Quan and others.

"Don't worry, I won't be impulsive."

Lu Tao chuckled lightly, remembering the set of yin and yang skills he got from the woman in colorful clothes, and comforted him: "Mayor, you don't have to worry too much, they will be fine for the time being, and they may even get some benefits."

"Can we still get benefits?"

The mayor and He Zongming were both a little confused.

If a person is captured, can there be any benefits?

Lu Tao explained in detail to the two the Red Flower Valley skills he had obtained.

That set of skills was mainly used in the blood refining realm. It was an evil skill that used Yang to nourish Yin, and used the blood and essence of the male body to nourish women through combined practice.

Zhang Quan and others were only in the late stage of skin refining. Relatively speaking, their blood and essence were not very abundant. However, if they were promoted to the blood refining realm and then harvested, they would get more Yang blood.

This was equivalent to raising Gu.

Lu Tao got that set of skills, so he naturally understood these.

And.

The most important thing was that Zhang Quan and others were all in the late stage of skin refining, and Zhang Quan himself was even perfect in skin refining. If he wanted to raise them to the early stage of blood refining, it would not take much time with the strength of Red Flower Valley.

This was equivalent to saving time for the female cultivators of Red Flower Valley in disguise.

Even.

They don't have to absorb all the essence at once. They can leave a breath for the person to continue practicing. Once the blood and qi are restored, they will absorb again, and so on...

"This sect is really evil."

After listening to what Lu Tao said, He Zongming couldn't help but sigh. What is the use of yang to replenish yin and yin to replenish yang? It is completely a cannibalistic practice. This is a one-sided absorption, not a dual cultivation practice that complements each other.

Thinking of the powerful strength of Honghua Valley, which even has the innate realm, He Zongming couldn't help but remind Lu Tao, "Lu Tao, Honghua Valley is not the Axe Gang or the Three Wolf Gang. You must be cautious."

"I know."

Lu Tao nodded.

Since he knew that Zhang Quan and others were fine for the time being, he naturally wouldn't foolishly run to Honghua Valley to save people now.

Lu Tao asked curiously, "Mayor, it stands to reason that not many people would know that Zhang Quan and his men helped me catch Fan Jian. How did Honghua Valley know about this?"

The mayor sighed, "It was Fan Jian's wife who told Honghua Valley."

"Sure enough, you have to root out the weeds before you can cut them."

Lu Tao was a little helpless. If it weren't for this person, the people in Honghua Valley would naturally not know that Zhang Quan and his men had helped him.

…

"By the way, Lu Tao, a few days ago, Cai Zhiyong returned to Dafeng Town and wanted to inquire about you, but was driven away by everyone."

After dealing with the matter of Honghua Valley, the mayor mentioned another matter and reminded: "It's just that Fan Jian's wife suddenly betrayed everyone today. I don't know if she contacted Cai Zhiyong a few days ago. When I came into the inn just now, I met Cai Xuan. They had a group of people squatting outside the inn. When they found me, they even wanted to catch me, but they didn't succeed because I had already entered the inn. You have to be careful of them."

"Well, it doesn't matter."

Lu Tao nodded and continued: "Mayor, you stay in the inn first and go back in two days."

Lu Tao knew that Cai Xuan and others wanted to catch the mayor, and they must have used it to threaten him, so naturally he couldn't let the mayor go out now.

The mayor stayed in Tianyun Inn temporarily.

What made Lu Tao speechless was that according to the rules of Tianyun Inn, the mayor could not live with them and needed to live in another room, and the accommodation fee was calculated separately.

Without much care, he quickly arranged for accommodation.

Then Lu Tao returned to the room to gain experience for the knife and the gold silk soft armor.

Lu Tao's ten fingers worked together, constantly tapping on the gold silk soft armor, as if playing the piano. Soon, the gold silk soft armor was promoted to the seventh-level middle grade.

To be promoted to the seventh-level upper grade, 10 billion experience points were needed. Lu Tao needed to play with his ten fingers for two days and two nights without stopping.

"This experience is still too slow."

Lu Tao gave up decisively.

Lu Tao displayed his cultivation level at the middle stage of bone forging, glanced at the door of the inn, and then left Tianyun Inn.

As soon as Lu Tao left Tianyun Inn, a group of people from the Han family followed him silently. After walking 500 meters, the people from the Han family directly surrounded him...