Beauty and the Bodyguard

After resting in the inn for a whole day, Lin Yi finally recovered his energy. He was eager to see Wang Xinyan and Huang xiaotao, but he didn't go to the Morning Star Academy just like that.

Lin Yi had a lot of experience in the martial world after wandering around for so long. He had to ask before he did anything, and only after he knew the way and the rules would he be able to get twice the results with half the effort. Otherwise, with the East Province Academy's character, he'd get himself into trouble if he just barged in recklessly, especially if he accidentally messed with some powerful figure. He wouldn't even know how he died.

After leaving the inn, Lin Yi glanced at the West Mountain's Almighty with a half-smile on his face. He was a late-stage mysterious Ascension evil practitioner, but now he was almost a beggar on the street, and there were even people giving him alms ... It was really sad to think about ...

After asking around a bit, Lin Yi went straight to the biggest market in the city. It was a crowded place, and it was the best place to get information.

As the crowd strolled through the market, the scale of this market was not much different from that of the North Island. However, if one considered that this was only a small city in the East continent, while the market in the North Island represented the highest standards of the North Island, the difference between them was self-evident.

A while later, Lin Yi followed the crowd to a noticeboard. There were all sorts of new notices posted there, and a large group of people were gathered there, whispering to each other.

Lin Yi scanned through it-there were all sorts of notices, wanted posters, new city rules, current news, and so on. The one that caught the most attention was an auction notice.

"Morning Star Auction?" Lin Yi listened to the discussions around him as he read the announcement-he might as well join in the fun.

It seemed that this auction was the highest-level auction in the morning Star City. He had not seen an auction in the two months he had been in the East continent. There must be all kinds of super high-level treasures. After all, this was the East continent, and the level of the auction couldn't be lower than the auctions of the other sky-class islands.

Although he had this thought, it was not easy to participate in the morning Star Auction. The notice had stated the time and place, but there was no other specific information. It did not state what qualifications were needed to enter. It was impossible for just anyone to sneak in.

It seemed that he had to find someone to inquire about the specific situation! Lin Yi left after a few glances and continued to stroll around the market.

As far as he knew, there were many local markets that did not only trade goods, but also specialized in the information business. As long as one could afford the price, it was easy to get all kinds of secret information from these people.

However, most of these local tyrants were underground businesses. If one didn't pay attention to the special markings on the streets, it would be hard to find them just by wandering around. Fortunately, Lin Yi was experienced and knowledgeable, so it shouldn't be hard to find them.

After a while, Lin Yi suddenly stopped. It wasn't because of the code, but because of the name of the Chamber of Commerce. It was the Hong Chamber of Commerce of Morning Star City.

He didn't plan on buying anything, and he didn't know anyone in a place like this-he was just an honorary Vice President, and the only people he knew within the Chamber of Commerce were Hong Zhong and honest Chai. He'd never even seen the others before, but Lin Yi still walked in subconsciously.

"What can I do for you, Sir?" A waiter immediately came up to greet them enthusiastically. His manners were very proper, and it could be seen that he was well-trained. In terms of the quality of employees, he was better than the other branches of the sky rank Island.

"Oh, it's nothing. I'm just looking around." Lin Yi waved his hand, not planning on revealing his identity yet.

Although his honorary Vice President status was considered high and mighty, not every branch would be willing to listen to him. If he rashly asked the branch manager here for information, who knew if it would cause trouble? who knew if it was another Wei Zhaotong?

"That's good. If there's anything you need, please feel free to call me." The waiter smiled and walked away.

Lin Yi's eyes brightened as he looked at the shelves-there were some tier six and even tier seven pills here, and quite a few of them!

This surprised Lin Yi-these were all rare items on the market, and while he didn't see the Thunder Mystic pill or the beautifying pill, the more heaven-defying Level Seven pills, they were still common stuff. They were still level six and seven after all.

Lin Yi had never seen such high-grade pills in the North Branch. Even if there were, they wouldn't put them on display on the first floor, and there wouldn't be so many of them. If these pills were auctioned in the North or even the North Island, it would be an unimaginable amount!

The prices here weren't low, but they couldn't be compared to the prices of the other Sky Class islands. Lin Yi found a huge loophole-if someone were to buy tier six or seven pills here and bring them to the other Sky Class islands to sell, they'd be able to earn a huge profit from the difference in price!

But when he saw the line of text at the bottom of the display cabinet, Lin Yi instantly understood. Such an obvious loophole couldn't exist, because it was clearly written on it: The above pills are only available for sale in the yellow-class Sea area of the East continent.

"These pills are actually sold in different regions?" Lin Yi could figure out the reason behind this, but he was still surprised. This was the same as the common world's methods. After all, some things in the common world were sold in different regions, and they couldn't mix goods between different malls. He didn't think that they had the same rule here. All the merchants were smart.

The waiter from before had been paying attention to Lin Yi's side, and explained enthusiastically,"Hehe, you may not know this, but most of the Chambers of Commerce in the East Province cooperate with the alchemists of the Academy. In order to ensure the superior status of the East Province, these pills can only be circulated in the East Province and are not allowed to be sold."

Lin Yi nodded silently. Although this would cause a huge loss in economic benefits on the surface, it would actually ensure the strength of the East continent's cultivators. As long as they had absolute strength, they would have absolute authority. In comparison, the loss of some spiritual jades was nothing. This was a very wise move with foresight. (To be continued.) "If you like this work, you're welcome to come to Qidian.com to give your recommendation and monthly vote. Your support is my greatest motivation. For mobile users, please read on M.Qidian.com.)