My family tree hollow connects to the modern era : Chapter 19

Lin Xiaoyang was wondering whether he should go see what He’er was doing. If he were alone right now, he would definitely follow. Changing faces was not unusual in the cultivation world, and techniques like human skin masks were not unfamiliar in their circles, so he was very curious what He’er was disguised to do sneakily.

But now he had Bai Zhizhi by his side. He really was afraid another conflict would break out. He did not have Brother Jiang’s cultivation level, so he could not stop this little fox.

Just as Lin Xiaoyang was trying to get Bai Zhizhi to return to the courtyard while he went to tail He’er himself, Bai Zhizhi moved one step ahead of him. “Let’s go, let’s follow them and see what they want to do.”

Lin Xiaoyang said, “Uh… Zhizhi.”

Bai Zhizhi saw he was not moving and asked strangely, “What is wrong, are you not curious?”

Lin Xiaoyang tested the waters. “How about you go back to the courtyard first and wait for Brother Jiang to return, and I will go take a look.”

Bai Zhizhi said, “You cannot even recognize which one is He’er, so what are you going to tail? Besides, you cannot beat He’er. If he discovers you, you will only get beaten.”

That was true, but as a fox he did not need to be so honest.

Watching He’er and his group walk into a club, Lin Xiaoyang made a bitter face and sighed. “Forget it, let us not go. Let us wait for Brother Jiang to return before talking.”

Bai Zhizhi did not understand. “Why must we wait for Jiang Lin to return? Without Jiang Lin you cannot do anything?”

Lin Xiaoyang explained, “No, look at the place they entered. This is a private club. Besides entertainment venues, it has trading floors and auction houses, so security is extremely tight. Without a membership card we cannot get in.”

This club was very famous. This fame was not among the general public, but rather among the wealthy circles and the cultivation circles. The club had its own plantations, growing spirit fruits and spirit rice. These things were in short supply, and reservations were calculated by months in advance. Not to mention the price, not everyone even had the qualifications to reserve.

Besides the spirit food restaurant, below the club was an entertainment city, and above was an auction house. It had high privacy and strong background backing. Whether one came for entertainment, business discussions, or transactions, it was very secure, so many people with power or money liked coming here. Therefore the security was also very strict.

He did not have a card here, but Brother Jiang did. To get in they could only wait for Brother Jiang to return.

Bai Zhizhi beside him was shocked. “As a cultivator, you actually cannot get into a shop opened by ordinary people?”

Lin Xiaoyang said, “The key is this is not a shop opened by ordinary people. Besides looking at identity, they also look at funds.”

He was flat broke. So what if he was a cultivator? Cultivators could not turn stones into gold.

Just as Lin Xiaoyang was frowning and thinking of a way, he turned his head and saw Bai Zhizhi beside him, and his eyes lit up. “They can guard against people, but they cannot guard against demons. Zhizhi, how about you turn into a fox and sneak in?”

Bai Zhizhi, who was watching the crowd excitement, narrowed his eyes and smiled, hiding killing intent. “If you want to die, you can say it directly.”

Lin Xiaoyang thought of Bai Zhizhi’s claw speed and immediately knelt down to apologize. “Sorry.”

Seeing Lin Xiaoyang was so useless, Bai Zhizhi did not count on him anymore. “If you do not go try and just stand here, you can rack your brains and still will not get in.”

Seeing Bai Zhizhi really walking toward the club, Lin Xiaoyang felt a headache coming on, hoping the little fox would not get violent when rejected.

Lin Xiaoyang, who had no time to think much, hurriedly sent Brother Jiang a rescue message, then chased after Bai Zhizhi.

When Lin Xiaoyang caught up running, the manager of Wangting Club standing at the door was politely refusing Bai Zhizhi’s request to enter.

“We operate on a membership system here. If you have not made an advance reservation and do not have a membership card, we are unable to provide services for you. We ask for your understanding.”

It was unclear whether the service staff here had high requirements so their quality was good, or whether the other party saw Bai Zhizhi had an aristocratic face and did not know his background, afraid of offending someone, so the refusal was especially polite.

But no matter how polite, it was still a refusal.

Lin Xiaoyang knew the rules here, and was preparing to pull Bai Zhizhi away. At worst he would just stake out at the entrance. If Brother Jiang returned quickly, maybe they could still get in and find the person. Before Lin Xiaoyang could act, Bai Zhizhi asked the manager, “How can one apply for a card to get in?”

The manager had a polite smile on his face. “You may apply here. Fill out the materials and we will have dedicated personnel review it. After the review passes, there will be asset verification. If everything is fine, we can process a membership card for you.”

Tiny human world, the place was not big, but the rules were quite many.

Bai Zhizhi saw that applying for a card would not work, so he changed direction and asked, “If customers cannot enter, what about employers?”

The manager did not understand his meaning for a moment. “Your meaning is?”

Bai Zhizhi said, “If I enter to consume, you have entry thresholds. If I do business with you? Do you not have an auction house here? If I want to sell things, do you still block me from entering?”

Lin Xiaoyang, who had already become like a mute, could not help but glance at Bai Zhizhi again and again. Thinking of that fox spirit working at the zoo, was the gap between fox spirits and fox spirits this big?

The fox spirit at the zoo was still playing in mud to get three meals a day. The one at Brother Jiang’s place had already unlocked negotiation skills. Comparing foxes makes you want to throw yours away.

The manager looked at the two people with empty hands before him, his smile unchanged. “If you have items you wish to auction here, we naturally welcome them. It is just that we do not accept just anything here. We also need our appraisers to first appraise and evaluate. May I ask what you wish to sell?”

Bai Zhizhi turned to look at Lin Xiaoyang.

Lin Xiaoyang thought, what are you looking at me for? Human trafficking is illegal!

Seeing Lin Xiaoyang blinking foolishly at him without making a sound, Bai Zhizhi had no choice but to open his mouth and ask, “Do you have anything on you that can be sold?”

Lin Xiaoyang subconsciously covered his waist. “Human trafficking and organ trafficking are both illegal! We cannot do this!”

He had been so busy teaching him to read characters, he forgot to teach him the law!

The manager beside them coughed lightly. “Excuse me for interrupting. We only accept the sale of objects here. We do not want anything else, whether whole or partial.”

Bai Zhizhi showed a surprised face. “People can be bought and sold here?”

Lin Xiaoyang came back to his senses. “You were not trying to sell me?”

Bai Zhizhi looked him up and down, not polite at all. “You are not worth much.”

Lin Xiaoyang, who just realized he had misunderstood, had a speechless face. “Do I look like I have anything valuable on me?”

Probably because Bai Zhizhi was genuinely good looking, with clear bright eyes and a clean temperament, even though the manager knew they were looking for a reason to get in and did not really have anything to auction, he did not drive them away. He was very patient in communicating with them. Anyway, there was nothing to do right now. Looking at a beauty a few more times was not a loss.

Confirming Lin Xiaoyang had nothing on him, Bai Zhizhi thought for a bit, raised his hand, and several exquisitely crafted golden leaves appeared in his palm, which he presented to the manager. “How about this?”

The manager was stunned, and Lin Xiaoyang was also stunned. They were not shocked by the few golden leaves in his hand, but by Bai Zhizhi’s ability to produce objects out of thin air.

Lin Xiaoyang’s thought process was clearly somewhat abnormal. He leaned into Bai Zhizhi’s ear and asked softly, “Is this an illusion technique?”

Compared to a storage device, he thought the possibility of an illusion technique was greater. After all, a demon, knowing a few deceiving illusion techniques was not strange.

Bai Zhizhi said, “Of course not. This is real. If you do not believe it, touch it.”

The manager also changed from his gentle manner and immediately became serious. “Where did you just take this thing out from?”

Magic tricks and storage devices were two different things. If this person had a storage device on him, they would have to find a way to befriend him. Even among cultivators, not everyone had a storage device.

Bai Zhizhi said, “Why do you care where I took it out from? Do you accept this here or not?”

Bai Zhizhi had previously noticed that Jiang Lin had a storage device, but Lin Xiaoyang and the others clearly did not, proving that storage devices were something extremely few people had here. But as long as someone had one, that was enough.

The manager looked at the golden leaves in his hand and said, “I am sorry, gold and silver are merely ordinary objects and do not have much auction value. If you are a cultivator, if you have items used by cultivators, that might be worth a try.”

Then he had plenty of those.

But Bai Zhizhi was not stupid either. He understood the principle of not revealing wealth. He would not foolishly take out truly good things. Rummaging through his storage device for half a day, Bai Zhizhi could not find a single worthless trinket.

Then he thought of what Lin Xiaoyang said just now, that the reason this shop had such a big attitude was because they had the backing of a spirit plant garden. So food items should also work, right?

So his hand moved slightly, the golden leaves were put away, and a jade green spirit fruit with flowing spiritual light appeared in his palm. “What about this?”

Snake spirit fruit, only found in their Qingqiu. But this kind of fruit had tenacious vitality, and produced a lot of fruit. You could plant it casually by the roadside and it would live. Often there was so much that no one ate it, and it would fall to the ground and naturally rot to become nutrients for the earth.

Because he liked the fragrance of the snake spirit fruit, plus this fruit could glow at night to illuminate, afraid that in a new place without the familiar scent he would not be able to sleep, when he planned to sneak out of Qingqiu he had packed quite a lot in advance.

Speaking of what was worthless in his storage device, this snake spirit fruit should be the most worthless, after all it was picked up by the roadside.