Extraordinary in Reality Through Magic Games

“Let’s skip the formalities.” An old man interrupted him and stepped forward. “You’re Ye Ming, right?”

“I’m a few years older, so I’ll take the liberty of calling you Xiao Ye.”

“As you wish. Everyone, please come in and talk.”

He led everyone to sit around the stone table. Because there weren’t enough seats, the assistants and students all stood nearby.

Ye Ming had intended to stand while talking, but the old men didn’t want to waste time. They pulled him down onto a stone chair and urged him to recount the details of the matter.

After spending ten minutes recounting the specific events, he explained, “Trading with the Mountain Gate definitely requires the state’s approval and the mobilization of resources, which is why the Director went back to report this.”

They clearly didn’t care whether the process followed regulations and hurriedly asked, “You said Immortal Xu can enter space with his physical body?”

“That is what he told me.”

“Is it credible?”

“Uh, I believe Immortal Xu has no need to deceive us.”

After pondering for a bit, they felt it was indeed so, so they changed the subject: “The list Xiao Xu brought back didn’t have prices marked on it.”

“Do you have any information on this?”

“I asked Senior Brother Zhou. He said he would give us a price list when the time comes.”

“Then let’s go now!”

“Hey, everyone.” Ye Ming quickly stopped the group as they stood up. “Senior Brother Zhou hates it most when people disturb him after work. It’s already dark.”

“Let’s go tomorrow morning.”

They didn’t object. After all, they were the ones asking for favors. Making someone unhappy would only be asking for trouble.

Besides, they had already arrived. No matter how urgent it was, one night wouldn’t hurt.

After sitting in the small courtyard for a while longer, Fellow Daoist Liu arrived leisurely and led them to stay in the adjacent courtyard, which had the same layout.

Afterward, with Ye Ming leading the way, the group went to the eatery to fill their stomachs and then returned to their respective rooms to rest.

Nothing more was said that night.

The next day, just as dawn broke.

Ye Ming got up early and went to the neighboring courtyard, knocking on doors one by one to wake everyone up for the routine send-off of the Kunpeng.

Only then did they head out to Qingfeng Hall.

Considering that too many people would be useless and overly disruptive, in the end, only three Academicians and Ye Ming walked through the gates of Qingfeng Hall.

“Senior Brother Zhou, morning.” Ye Ming greeted the person sitting behind the long counter.

Rising to return the greeting, he sat back down and said, “And these are?”

“Experts from China, here specifically for the trade.” Ye Ming briefly introduced their identities and then said, “Senior Brother Zhou, could you give me a copy of the price list for the exchangeable items?”

“It’s already prepared.” He smiled and pulled out a booklet from under the counter, handing it to Ye Ming.

With the main purpose of coming here accomplished, one of the old men was no longer in a hurry to go back and study it. He cupped his hands and asked, “May I ask your age, sir?”

“Hmm, according to the calculation of the mundane world, roughly eight hundred years.”

The old man was extremely excited. Wasn’t this a living history book?

“Sir, did the appearance of Emperor Taizu of Ming match the portraits passed down to later generations?”

Senior Brother Zhou smiled and shook his head: “I don’t know.”

“How could you not know?” The old man’s face was full of shock.

“Why should I know?”

“You’ve lived for eight hundred years!”

“My young friend.” Facing the old man’s slightly questioning tone, Senior Brother Zhou didn’t turn cold. He was still smiling. “For those of the Mountain Gate, the world changes in the blink of an eye, and a single sleep spans across vast eras.”

“If it were you, my young friend, would you care about what a mundane dynastic ruler looked like?”

Not only was the old man silent, but Ye Ming and the other two old gentlemen also fell silent.

Indeed, why care about such things? Anyway, after sleeping for a few days, the world would become a completely different scene.

“Thank you for your generous teaching, sir.”

The three turned and returned to the small courtyard.

The old men gathered their thoughts, opened the price list, and began to study it.

After browsing through it roughly, they found that the prices for various items were listed not only neatly but also exceptionally clearly.

But it wasn’t of much help.