"Since Fellow Daoist Qi has fulfilled the agreement, let's go now." Seeing Chu Ci accept the spirit stones and pills, Shopkeeper Zhang led a few people downstairs.

Chu Ci followed behind them.

Led by Shopkeeper Zhang, the group walked through a small door in the hall and into a courtyard.

It looked like this should be the backyard. Chu Ci noticed that there was a small medicine garden in the yard with more than twenty spiritual herbs. All of them were very young, basically less than two years old. However, one of them was a huge dragon blood red essence flower that was actually three hundred years old. It stood out from the crowd and grew in the center of the medicine garden, highlighting its uniqueness.

The medicine garden is surrounded by a formation that appears to be used for anti-theft purposes.

Chu Ci's eyes rolled around. Dragon Blood Red Essence Flower is the main ingredient necessary for the golden elixir. In order not to attract other people's attention, he just glanced at it and turned his head away.

Several people walked to a small room. Manager Zhang stretched out his hand and made a few incantations. With the infusion of spiritual power, the door slowly opened, revealing a small teleportation array inside.

Chu Ci looked up and saw that the radius of the teleportation array was about ten feet, and at most eleven or twelve people could stand inside.

At this time, Shopkeeper Zhang said, "Friend Qi, Brother Lu, the two of you enter the formation." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and took out a storage bag. A lot of spirit stones flew out of the bag with a shake of his hand. Shopkeeper Zhang waved his hands, and these spirit stones automatically fell into the five trays around the teleportation formation.

Chu Ci used his spiritual sense to scan and found that the number of spirit stones should be 10,000. He remembered that the last time he used the large teleportation array for fifty people, he also used 10,000 spirit stones. The two were very different in size, but he did not expect that the number of spirit stones used was the same.

Chu Ci thought about it and seemed to understand the reason. Whether it was teleporting ten people or fifty people, it was a medium-sized short-distance teleportation array, so the number of spirit stones consumed was the same.

At this time, Shopkeeper Zhang had already packed four of the piles of spirit stones. He then pointed to the center of the glowing formation and said:

"Friend Qi, Brother Lu, please enter the formation. Across the way is the headquarters of our Red Horse Merchant Alliance in Lingxi City."

Chu Ci nodded and stepped into the formation, and the young man named Lu followed closely behind him.

As the two of them stepped into the formation, Shopkeeper Zhang placed the last pile of spirit stones into the tray, and the entire teleportation formation was immediately enveloped by a dazzling white light.

The light dissipated, and Chu Ci found himself in a stone hall.

Chu Ci was mentally prepared for the dizziness that would occur during teleportation, so he quickly adjusted his state.

At this moment, a puzzled female voice sounded in my ears.

"The people from Huicheng branch have arrived." Then he said, "Eh? Who is this?"

Chu Ci looked up and saw that he and Lu Yiming were standing in the corner of a huge stone hall. There were more than a dozen teleportation arrays of various sizes in the hall. The hall was crowded with people, at least seventy or eighty people.

The person who spoke was a woman, looking at Chu Ci with a puzzled look.

"Your Highness, Fairy Zhou, this is Master Qi Fu, who has just joined our Chamber of Commerce. He came with me because he has to do some business in Lingxi City." Lu Yiming stepped forward and said.

The woman frowned and hummed, then said to Chu Ci: "Please show us the jade token of the Merchant Alliance."

Chu Ci bowed and said, "My name is Qi Fei, nice to meet you, Fairy Zhou." Then he handed the jade token in his hand to the other party.

After the woman took the jade token and sensed it, her brows relaxed a little, and she said to Chu Ci:

"Fellow Daoist Qi, since you are the talisman maker invited by our business alliance, you can naturally use the teleportation array. However, the situation in the entire Jin State is very tense right now, and I have never met you, so I am so cautious. I hope you will not be offended."

Chu Ci was stunned, not knowing what the other party meant by the tense situation.

He just observed that this woman was in the late foundation building stage. She had the highest cultivation level in the entire hall and guessed that she might be the person in charge of the Red Horse Merchant Alliance's teleportation array.

Chu Ci took out a wooden box, took the jade token from the other party and handed it over, saying:

"I am new here and I am sorry to trouble you. I hope you will accept these small gifts as a token of my respect."

The woman opposite was stunned for a moment, then she took the wooden box, opened it and looked at it, then smiled and said:

"I didn't expect you to be so polite. If that's the case, I'll be disrespectful to decline."

Chu Ci took out ten spirit gathering talismans, which were not expensive and just in line with his identity as a talisman maker.

Seeing that the other party accepted the things, Chu Ci said: "Fairy Zhou, Fellow Daoist Lu, I wonder what else needs to be done after the transmission?"

"This jade token is like a pass. You can pass through the remaining guards with the jade token. If you have something to do, you can leave. Of course, you can also go to the main store to see if there is anything you need."

Perhaps it was the effect of the ten spirit gathering talismans, the female cultivator named Zhou explained it very clearly.

Chu Ci nodded: "I still have some things to do, in that case, I will take my leave first."

"Do you need me to accompany you, fellow Daoist? I have something to do in the city anyway, so why don't we go together?" Seeing Chu Ci was about to leave, Lu Yiming suddenly stepped forward and said.

"Thank you, fellow Daoist, but I am used to doing things alone, and I am afraid I will disappoint you."

Chu Ci simply bowed, then turned and walked out of the hall.

Lu Yiming, who was standing behind him, stared at his back with a serious look in his eyes.

Walking out of the stone hall, Chu Ci found two Qi-refining monks standing at the door. These people were observing everyone who came in and out with sharp eyes.

When they saw the token on Chu Ci's waist, a hint of recognition flashed in their eyes, and then they let him go.

Chu Ci passed through three lines of guards and finally walked out of the stone hall. As soon as he stepped out of the hall, his eyes were attracted by a towering building not far away.

On the building, the eight bright red characters "Chima Merchant Alliance Jin State Headquarters" shone brightly, inlaid on a huge black plaque. The plaque was hung high, making people have to look up.

The building has five floors in total. The vermilion door in the middle of the first floor is open, and two beautiful female nuns are standing at the door to welcome guests.

Chu Ci couldn't help but sigh, what a magnificent shop it was.

He walked in, intending to see what was special about the Chima Chamber of Commerce's headquarters.

The lobby was bustling with people, some were concentrating on viewing the treasures, while others were bargaining, hoping to buy their favorite items at a more favorable price.

Chu Ci looked around and couldn't help but marvel at the prosperity and scale of the Chima Merchant Alliance.

Only then did he notice that he had just entered through the back door. On the other side of the lobby, a larger door was open, and standing at the door were four dignified female cultivators, all in uniform and with extraordinary temperament.

Chu Ci secretly admired in his heart that the Chima Merchant Alliance was indeed worthy of its reputation, and every aspect of it revealed its deep financial strength.

At this moment, a clear female voice sounded:

"Welcome to our store, what can I do for you?"

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