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The city of insects.

In contrast to the name of the city, the city does not appear eerie or scary.

Instead, there are bustling crowds, clean and wide streets, exuding a sense of worldly life.

At first, it was just a distribution market at the entrance of Wanchong Valley. Later, as more and more people gathered there, it gradually formed into a city.

Wanchong Valley is happy to see this happen.

After all, they are just cultivators, not real immortals, and it is impossible for them to be completely detached from the mundane world.

"Braised golden-rimmed turtle, peel the shell and eat it right away. One bite and your mouth will be filled with oil."

"The fire-roasted exploding bugs are big and delicious!"

Before Lu Bai and Li Mu entered the city, they could already hear various hawking sounds through the city gate.

Perhaps because it is located near the Valley of Ten Thousand Insects, the food sold on the street are almost all kinds of insects.

Although Lu Bai had no prejudice against eating insects, he did not have much appetite.

After walking for a while on the streets of the city, I also found many monks from the Ten Thousand Insect Valley. When they faced mortal vendors, they paid honestly when they wanted to buy things.

If I didn't know the true situation under the jurisdiction of the Valley of Insects, just looking at the bustling scene, I might really think that the mortals in this place live a good life.

But in reality, most people cannot afford to open a shop in this city.

Just find a shop that sells roasted insect meat, and you can probably get a connection with an elder of the Valley of Ten Thousand Insects.

As for those shops selling spiritual insects, magical instruments, elixirs and the like, it is even more impossible that they are opened by mortals. Even the source of goods is not something that ordinary people can get, so what are they selling?

"Smiley Boss, what are we doing here?" Li Mu finally couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked.

"Didn't I tell you?"

Lu Bai asked casually, and then explained: "I want to do a social experiment, and I plan to start with the Ten Thousand Insect Valley."

To be honest, he didn't have any special opinion about the Ten Thousand Insect Valley. It was just that the Valley was closest to him.

Lu Bai expanded his spiritual sense to cover the entire Wanchong City, and marked out those cultivators in the city whose cultivation was above the Nascent Soul stage.

There are not many monks of this level in the city.

After all, a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage has a lifespan of over a thousand years, and can be considered the backbone even in the top sects.

"Social experiment?"

Li Mu was confused. He always felt that this kind of vocabulary was somewhat out of place in the world of cultivating immortals.

"Come with me."

Lu Bai confirmed the target and walked straight towards a luxuriously decorated building.

It was a shop selling elixirs and spiritual insects. On the shop signboard, there were faint hints of some suspended jade buildings, surrounded by clouds and mist, which was extremely beautiful.

From what he perceived, this store, to use a more commercial term, was directly operated by Wanchong Valley, with no middlemen making a profit from the price difference.

The customers in the shop all have some cultivation experience, not all of them are cultivators from the Ten Thousand Insect Valley.

To be precise, more than 70% are cultivators from other immortal sects and some independent cultivators.

The spiritual insects and insect medicines produced by Wanchong Valley are still very useful when your cultivation level is low.

And there is no cost. The breeding is left to the mortals under its rule, and the Valley of Ten Thousand Insects only needs to provide some larvae.

Relying on this way of generating income, Wanchong Valley is considered to be one of the wealthy ones among the immortal sects.

"Two distinguished guests, what do you want to buy from my Immortal Gu Building?"

As soon as Lu Bai and Li Mu stepped into the store, a disciple of Wanchong Valley came up to greet them warmly. There was no way, Lu Bai's cultivation was too high, and Li Mu had not yet embarked on the path of cultivation and had no cultivation at all.

Therefore, the disciple from Wan Chong Valley who was in charge of receiving the guests had no idea what level of cultivation the two people had.

Considering that normally no mortal would dare to tease them, the disciple of Wanchong Valley's first reaction was naturally to think that two important customers had arrived.

Lu Bai got straight to the point and said, "Can you take me to see the head of your Immortal Gu Tower?"

Hearing this, the disciple of Wanchong Valley hesitated for a moment and asked, "Does the distinguished guest know Deacon Lai?"

"I don't know him." Lu Bai shook his head.

"Well, that's a problem. May I ask what you want to do with Deacon Lai?"

"It's nothing serious. I'm going to ask him to inform your Valley Master. I have something to discuss with you. This matter involves the life and death of your Ten Thousand Insects Valley."

Lu Bai spoke the truth throughout the whole thing, but it really sounded ridiculous.

The Wanchong Valley disciple couldn't hold back his smile, and reluctantly cupped his hands, "I have no right to comment on this matter. May I ask where your master is from?"

"I should be considered a cultivator of the Qingwang Sect."

Lu Bai was not in a hurry either. In his perception, the Nascent Soul cultivator from Wanchong Valley was still upstairs.

"Pfft~"

Someone sneered in disdain.

Those who enter the store are all monks, and they all have sharp ears and eyes.

Besides, Lu Bai did not deliberately conceal the process of the conversation. Even if he had no intention of eavesdropping, he still heard most of what was happening on their side.

"Xiao Kuai, can't you see? This guy is a fool. He thinks that any random person can meet the master of the Ten Thousand Insect Valley?"

"The Qingwang Sect has offended so many immortal sects and is on the verge of destruction, yet they still say that it involves the life and death of the Ten Thousand Insect Valley. Haha, I'm afraid they are saying the opposite, right?"

The commotion here attracted the attention of many monks in the store. Many monks who did not know the cause and effect also curiously asked others.

Xiao Kuai's face turned a little colder, but after all, he was doing business, so at least he didn't do anything directly: "Daoyou should leave on your own."

"No..." A disciple from the Wanchong Valley who was tidying up the shelves saw Lu Bai's appearance clearly, his eyes suddenly widened in disbelief.

Some guests looked horrified and hurriedly urged their companions to leave: "Go, go!"

"That person, isn't that person dead?"

"Who is it? Who died?"

"Lv Bai, Lu Bai from Qingwang Sect, is the strongest man of the younger generation and can compete with the older generation of cultivators." The disciple who was tidying up the shelves finally exclaimed, and the sound sounded like it was squeezed out of his throat, close to a growl.

"What?! It's him!"

The store was full of cultivators. Even if they had never seen Lu Bai, they had all heard of what had happened at this initial Taoist conference.

They couldn't tell the truth from rumors about him single-handedly killing hundreds of people in the God Transformation Stage and triggering the thunder tribulation of becoming an Immortal. But what was certain was that it was difficult for someone with such a great reputation to be false, at least not someone they could ridicule at will.

Xiao Kuai decisively took out the sound transmission note to notify Deacon Lai upstairs.

The next second, the roof of the Immortal Gu Building was suddenly and violently broken open, and Deacon Lai flew away from the scene as if fleeing.

The cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage in the immortal sect are qualified to know the truth about the Initial Dao Conference.

Therefore, Deacon Lai knew very well that if Lu Bai came in person, even if the Valley Master came, he would probably not be his match.

With my weak arms and legs, I'd better run first. (End of this chapter)