Using spiritual power, Luo Yunshi spoke loudly. She then left Dali to collect spirit coins while she gracefully departed.
The cultivators at the city gate heard the news and immediately became excited.
"Brother Dali, here are my 1500 spirit coins."
"Here's mine."
"Don't push, take mine first."
"1500 spirit coins is a bit much, can I exchange them for other items?"
......
The cultivators guarding the city gate also quickly and smartly sent the news into the City Lord's mansion.
Jialan City Lord's Mansion.
"Quick, spread the word, tell all cultivators who haven't left to bring 1500 spirit coins and gather at the city gate to secure a spot. Also, send more people..."
Following this, the City Lord rapidly issued a series of orders.
Luo Yunshi entered Jialan City alone, found a place, and with a thought, returned directly to Good Fortune.
Yesterday, the sect masters of the Purple Heaven Sect and the Ten Thousand Sword Sect discussed the teleportation array and added each other as contacts.
She wasn't too familiar with the other people from the two great sects. Given the size of the sects, there might be devil cultivators among them. Therefore, she told the two sect masters everything she knew.
Soon, the two great sects sent people to discuss the matter of devil cultivators with her.
"Zhao Chang and his associates are operating in an organized manner.
Zhao Chang's accomplices have fled. Knowing their conversation was overheard, they might have already notified Zhao Chang. We will dispatch people to keep an eye on Zhao Chang as soon as possible. Fairy Luo, rest assured. Leave this matter to us," said the elder of the Disciplinary Hall of the Purple Heaven Sect.
"Alright, he hasn't left Good Fortune yet and hasn't made any moves for now. Once the culprits are caught, I can help you question them. Please let me know of any progress," Luo Yunshi said.
She wanted to watch the excitement.
"Understood, Fairy Luo, we shall take our leave."
After the discussion, Luo Yunshi returned to Jialan City.
At this moment, Jialan City, much like Tianyi City in the past, was abuzz with discussions about the Good Fortune shop.
"My son received news from a friend in Tianyi City yesterday and gathered a group of cultivators to form a team. They left long ago. Alas, we missed out," said a middle-aged male cultivator, taking a sip of tea.
"Indeed. Don't just talk about you missing out. The City Lord's mansion and some families also received the news yesterday and departed early. Who would have thought Fairy Luo would arrive today. I heard her Dharma artifact is very fast, I wonder if it's true."
"That's absolutely true. Think about this distance; yesterday she traveled to Tianyi City and back twice, then came here from Good Fortune. How much time has passed? Perhaps those who departed later will arrive at Good Fortune first."
"Hey, I heard that someone discovered that all the people in a village had gone missing yesterday."
"Ah? What happened? Tell me more."
Luo Yunshi's footsteps paused at this remark, and she turned to enter the teahouse where the two were conversing.
She found a seat, ordered another pot of tea, and intended to listen to what they were saying.
The male cultivator glanced at Luo Yunshi, then, unconcerned, continued, "I heard it was a Foundation Establishment cultivator returning to his village after completing a mission. He had been away for a month, and when he returned, he found the village empty. He immediately reported the incident to the sect in charge.
Upon investigation, it was discovered that the village had an incident shortly after the Foundation Establishment cultivator left. The villages and towns near him were all in panic, fearing their village would be next to disappear. Alas."
"It's safer in the city, especially a big one. However, those staying in villages are mostly the elderly and children. Their strength is generally not high. Why would devil cultivators capture them? Even if they absorb their spiritual energy, it's too low, there's no need for that," analyzed another male cultivator.
"Who knows? Perhaps it's not for absorbing spiritual energy? Devil cultivators have many methods. They capture so many people at once, who knows what they are doing with them."
Yes, what would they do with so many cultivators of extremely low strength? Accumulating them to increase quantity made no sense. 100 Qi Refining stage cultivators were not equivalent to one Foundation Establishment cultivator. If not for spiritual energy, was it like Xiu Wuchang and the others mentioned about devil cultivators absorbing vital blood and souls?
Recalling the novels and TV shows she had read before. Imprisoning souls, consuming souls, etc., hidden behind earth-shattering conspiracies, even world destruction...
Luo Yunshi took a sip of tea, controlling herself from letting her imagination run wild.
......
After half an hour, Luo Yunshi arrived at the city gate again.
The city gate area was divided into three groups of people.
One group stood far away, waiting. Their faces were filled with happiness and anticipation.
The second group surrounded Dali, hoping to add more people.
The third group was the envious onlookers.
"Brother Dali, add me to the list, there's still room if we squeeze."
"The 5,000 spots are full, there are no more places." Dali flatly refused.
"Let's go, we're departing," Luo Yunshi commanded, then looked at the second group of cultivators who wanted to board.
"Dali will be back again later. You can wait here for the next trip. Troublemakers will be blacklisted by the Good Fortune shop and will never be welcome."
As soon as her words fell, the cultivators immediately fell silent.
Luo Yunshi took out the cosmic spaceship again. 5,000 people boarded. The spaceship departed and arrived almost instantly.
The 5,000 people disembarked. No cultivators launched sneak attacks or caused trouble. After thanking Luo Yunshi, they quickly headed towards the Good Fortune shop.
Some were thinking of the Koi machine, while others were thinking of the spirit food.
The cultivators Luo Yunshi had saved also walked over to express their sincere gratitude again.
"You're welcome. If you have injuries, you can go to the medical clinic for treatment, recovery will be quick."
Luo Yunshi reminded them and returned to the shop.
The shop became even livelier with the arrival of 5,000 new customers.
The point redemption counter was instantly filled with people.
There were also many cultivators dining in the fast-food restaurant at noon.
From time to time, someone would be eating their meal and directly set up a barrier in place, then close their eyes to meditate and break through.
The cultivators who had just arrived from Jialan City were almost shocked speechless.
"Heavens! They're breaking through right here without finding a safe place. Aren't they afraid of accidents?" the newly arrived cultivators asked Zhao Youji next to them.
Zhao Youji, who had come to Good Fortune yesterday, looked as if he was used to it and explained.
"Hey! Brother Xu, you don't need to be surprised. These are minor matters. It's very safe in the Good Fortune store, and attacking others is not allowed. Attacking others results in death, or being injured by the rebound and then being blacklisted by the store. Once blacklisted, you won't be able to enter the store in the future."
Fearing that Xu Jiayou and the others wouldn't understand, he continued, "Moreover, that person just now was a Qi Refining stage cultivator. Their strength is low, and eating here is comparable to meditation and cultivation. You can see that many Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators are eating here.
We are already in the Foundation Establishment stage, and the food here is very helpful to us. The help is less for Golden Core cultivators. There are very few Nascent Soul and above cultivators here; they are all in seclusion practicing. Come quickly, there's a seat there. The line for the Koi machine is too long now, let's eat first and then queue."