Chapter 349

Even if only a small batch of people were refining flying cars, the patent fees paid would be enough to make Lu Yang earn a fortune.

In the past, Lu Yang always thought the patent was still under review and the flying cars hadn't been mass-produced, so he put the matter of the patent fee to the back of his mind.

But with flying cars flying brightly overhead, one couldn't say the patent hadn't been approved yet.

"Could it be that the Fifth Elder is kind-faced but black-hearted, and embezzled my patent fee?"

This thought flashed through his mind and was quickly denied.

The Fifth Elder wouldn't go so far as to covet this little bit of petty profit.

"Forget it, I'll just ask the Fifth Elder when I see him." Lu Yang stopped thinking about this problem.

The old horse pulled the carriage, taking Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou to the foot of the mountain, where a newly built inn stood.

Every Qingzhou Grand Ceremony lasts for seven days. During these seven days, cultivators can't just sleep in the open; that would be beneath their dignity.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou arrived relatively early, so there were still vacant rooms.

"Give us two of the best rooms!"

"Very well, two Heaven-grade guest rooms. May I ask if you need to book a guest room for your horse?"

Meng Jingzhou was surprised, thinking to himself, could it be that the other party saw that his old horse was unfathomable and wanted to treat it like a person?

The innkeeper smiled and explained: "Guest, it's like this. Our inn has a free service for taking care of spirit beasts, but space is limited. We will have the spirit beasts stay in the backyard. The Qingzhou Grand Ceremony often sees great powers bringing high-tier spirit beasts, and if those high-tier spirit beasts are locked in the backyard, other spirit beasts will be affected to a greater or lesser extent. If you don't mind your spirit beast being affected, we can also take care of it for free."

Meng Jingzhou thought about it. Although he didn't know the old horse's strength, since it could be sent by the family to be a protector, its realm should be quite high; it would be good if it didn't bully others.

But considering the old horse had a habit of seducing little mares, it was safer to give it a room of its own.

"Then open a room for the old horse as well."

"Right away, three Heaven-grade rooms!"

"Old horse, give me the bottom line. What realm are you exactly? I promise to pretend I don't know," Meng Jingzhou asked quietly.

The old horse glanced at Meng Jingzhou and snorted, not believing Meng Jingzhou's nonsense.

After Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou went upstairs, another group of people checked in, but they were not as wealthy as Meng Jingzhou.

"Innkeeper, give us three Human-grade rooms."

"I'm sorry, guest, we don't have any Human-grade rooms here."

The other party was stunned: "Are the Human-grade rooms already sold out?"

He calculated his travel expenses and found they were barely enough: "Then give us two Earth-grade rooms."

Squeezing into two rooms would work too.

"I'm sorry, guest, we only have Heaven-grade rooms here."

"What?"

They were only at the Qi Condensation stage; how could they afford such high-end rooms?

"Senior Brother, let's go stay at another inn."

The innkeeper smiled: "Forgive me for speaking bluntly, but the other inns only have Heaven-grade rooms left too."

Their faces darkened. Would they have to sleep on the streets on the first day of the grand ceremony?

The innkeeper was not surprised by this: "It's not what you think, guest. Because every year when the grand ceremony opens, there are fights over Heaven-grade rooms, leading to brawls. Therefore, the Qingzhou government notified us to upgrade all guest rooms to Heaven-grade rooms, keeping the price of Human-grade rooms unchanged, with the excess subsidized by the government."

Compared to the chaos and disorder caused by cultivators fighting, the Qingzhou government would rather spend more spirit stones to nip the risk in the bud.

Meng Jingzhou didn't know that the Heaven-grade room he was staying in was very cheap; he had always had no concept of such small money.

"Lu Yang, let's go out for a stroll once you're packed. I heard people say there's a street on the mountain selling all kinds of antiques and magic treasures."

"Sure."

Lu Yang had nothing to pack. After the long journey, he took off his clothes. Since he didn't know the Cleansing Spell, he could only use the array in the room to wash his body, then changed into a fresh and neat set of clothes and went out to move around.

The old horse had nothing to pack. After the long journey, it took off the saddle. Since it knew the Cleansing Spell, it didn't need to use the array in the room to wash its body, then released its spiritual sense to see if any little mares had checked in.

"Foundation Establishment Pills, Foundation Establishment Pills containing pill patterns, guaranteed to succeed in Foundation Establishment, full refund if Foundation Establishment fails!"

"Monster beast fur, monster beast fur at the perfection of Qi Condensation, excellent material for refining magic treasures!"

"Monster beast barbecue, monster beast barbecue at the perfection of Qi Condensation, just got the stock from next door!"

"《Foundation Consolidation Art》, 《Flowing Cloud Sword Technique》, 《Clear Sound Secret Canon》... all kinds of cultivation techniques and spells, everything you could want!"

"The most complete star charts, personally drawn by me after twenty years of observing the heavens and pouring out my heart and blood, a must-have chart for practicing star-type cultivation techniques!"

"Phoenix Blood Stone, Phoenix Blood Stone for virility, Taiwen Stone for improving the quality of swords, Gold-Absorbing Stone for absorbing gold!"

The shouting on the street was constant, and it was extremely lively.

As soon as he entered the market, Lu Yang felt a sense of suppression. It wasn't suppressing his realm, but his spiritual sense.

After all, for things like cultivation techniques, one could know the content with a sweep of spiritual sense. What would the vendors sell then?

"Even the 《Flowing Cloud Sword Technique》?" Lu Yang was surprised. The Flowing Cloud Sword Technique was a sword technique created by the True Lord Flowing Cloud two thousand years ago, extremely rare, and not circulated on the market.

In this regard, Meng Jingzhou was more knowledgeable than Lu Yang: "Don't believe the cultivation techniques here. A sword technique written by True Lord Flowing Cloud can be called 《Flowing Cloud Sword Technique》, but you can write any sword technique and also call it 《Flowing Cloud Sword Technique》. The buyer hasn't seen the real 《Flowing Cloud Sword Technique》, so even if they find a problem after buying it back, they can't say you sold them fake goods."

"After all, new cultivation techniques are created every day, so it's normal for cultivation techniques to have the same name."

Lu Yang suddenly realized; he didn't expect there to be so many twists and turns here.

"You have star charts here?" Lu Yang noticed what the vendor said.

The cultivation technique he practiced had nothing to do with stars, but he could buy one to guess which star was the Senior Sister's Golden Core.

"This guest has a good eye. This star chart was made using a long-distance viewing magic tool. The cultivation technique I practice also has to do with eyesight. In order to draw this star chart, I poured out my heart and blood, persevered, and finally completed this star chart!"

"Can I take a look?"

The vendor became vigilant when he heard this: "No, I can't see through your realm. Even if spiritual sense can't be used here, maybe you've opened a spiritual space and can memorize the content of the star chart with one look, and then not buy it."

Lu Yang laughed dumbly; he naturally didn't have such thoughts.

"How many spirit stones? I'll buy it."

"There is only one such chart in the world, two thousand spirit stones, no bargaining."

Two thousand spirit stones were not expensive for Lu Yang. He was just about to pay when he heard a voice of surprise from behind.

"Senior Brother, look quickly, there's a star chart here!"

"What?"

The Senior Brother was overjoyed. He had a personal disciple Senior Sister who practiced a cultivation technique related to stars and needed a star chart.

To please his Senior Sister, a star chart was a must.

He saw that Lu Yang looked kind and should be easy to talk to, so he muttered in his heart: This Senior Brother, the star chart is something for a Senior Sister I admire to practice with, could you please part with it for me?

This Senior Brother, the star chart is something for a Senior Sister I admire to practice with, could you please part with it for me?

He muttered it twice, felt that the lines and tone were fine, suppressed the nervousness in his heart, cupped his hands and said to Lu Yang:

"This Senior Sister, the star chart is something for a Senior Brother I admire to practice with, could you please part with it for me?"

Lu Yang turned his head, confirmed his gender and the other party's gender, and silently took two steps back.