Chapter 6: Secret Escort Goods

The three Realms of Body Tempering, Pulse Opening, and Blood Transference all focus on internal cultivation.

As long as one does not actively reveal their power, outsiders generally cannot tell. Chen Yuan did not need to intentionally hide it either.

After taking a shower, Chen Yuan called Zhang Xiaoyi to go to Xiande Tower on Azure Dragon Street to eat mutton.

Having just entered the Pulse Opening Realm, Chen Yuan needed a large amount of meat to replenish the energy consumed from just impacting his Meridians.

Lianshan City is in the northern part of Youzhou, close to the grasslands, so the quality of the mutton here is very good.

Xiande Tower is the best place for mutton in Lianshan City.

After going upstairs and into a private room, Chen Yuan directly told the waiter to serve all the signature dishes of Xiande Tower.

The manager of Xiande Tower also recognized Chen Yuan’s identity and hurried to the kitchen to supervise personally; he absolutely could not offend Young Master Chen of the Heaven Wolf Gang.

Steamed lamb head, roasted mutton, spicy lamb soup, wine-braised lamb heart—the chef displayed all his hidden talents, and Zhang Xiaoyi ate until his mouth was dripping with grease.

Although Chen Yuan’s eating manner was much more refined, his speed was extremely fast.

Large chunks of mutton entered his mouth almost without chewing; with a slight press of his tongue, they went straight down.

Plate after plate was served. By the time Chen Yuan was almost full, he calculated that he and Zhang Xiaoyi had eaten nearly half a sheep.

No wonder they say literature is for the poor and martial arts for the rich; the consumption of martial arts practice just for food alone is exceptionally high.

However, once a Martial Artist reaches a certain Realm, they will purchase some Medicinal Pills to assist their cultivation and replenish energy.

Otherwise, relying solely on eating to recover strength is too inefficient.

Some Sects and great families also have professional Alchemists to refine Medicinal Pills, and they cultivate various rare beasts and precious Spirit Medicines.

Chen Yuan slightly closed his eyes, his fingers lightly tapping the table, considering what Opportunity he should go for next.

He urgently needed an Internal Skill Mind-Cultivation Technique now. Normally, he should secure a Cultivation Technique first.

But thinking of Medicinal Pills, there seemed to be an Opportunity related to them recently. The difficulty wasn’t high, so he could go and take it first.

“Xiaoyi, do you know about the Weiyuan Escort Agency?”

Zhang Xiaoyi’s belly was stuffed round at this moment. Hearing this, he nodded with effort: “Of course I know. It’s the largest escort agency in our Lianshan City.”

“Keep an eye on the movements of the Weiyuan Escort Agency for me. When they have Secret Escort Goods to auction, come back and inform me immediately.”

Normally, an escort agency must know what the goods are when transporting them to facilitate charging based on the value of the goods.

Secret Escort Goods, however, are a type of escort where the agency is not allowed to inspect the goods, and they remain sealed throughout the process.

Because the goods cannot be inspected, a price cannot be set. Therefore, the agency’s rule is to provide a base price according to the distance.

Then the owner sets the price for the Secret Escort Goods themselves. In case of loss or damage on the road, the agency will compensate according to the price given by the owner.

Weiyuan Escort Agency is the largest in Lianshan City. Every day, teams travel to various cities in Youzhou to deliver goods, and they often encounter ‘Dead Escorts.’

The so-called Dead Escorts are when the goods arrive but no one collects them, and the owner cannot be found. If the agency cannot get the final payment, it becomes a Dead Escort.

Dead Escorts are usually kept for three months. If unclaimed after three months, the agency will sell the goods to cover the final payment.

However, if this Dead Escort also happens to be a Secret Escort, the agency finds itself in a bit of a dilemma.

Because some Secret Escorts contain very private items but aren’t worth much money.

Others are very valuable, but the owner chose to report a low price to keep a low profile or save money.

If they open a Secret Escort and find worthless items inside, the agency would suffer a huge loss.

Therefore, Weiyuan Escort Agency chooses not to open the Secret Escorts themselves but to hold a public auction.

Whether there are good things inside depends entirely on luck. In any case, as long as the agency recovers the final payment, it’s not a loss.

In the original plot, Weiyuan Escort Agency would hold an auction for Secret Escort Goods recently.

A gambling addict player bet his entire net worth to buy Secret Escort Goods, and he actually ended up getting something good.

Among the Secret Escort Goods at Weiyuan Escort Agency that time, one of them turned out to contain the secret Nine Revolutions Vitality Pill from Medicine King Valley.

Medicine King Valley is a famous Alchemy Sect in the Jianghu. Any Medicinal Pill refined by Medicine King Valley is priceless; one could say it’s unavailable even with money.

Usually, other forces use various rare treasures to trade for them, or complete certain tasks issued by Medicine King Valley to obtain pills produced by them.

The effect of this Nine Revolutions Vitality Pill is extremely domineering; it simply and directly increases cultivation without any side effects.

Back then, that player relied on this single pill to lead other players in level for a long time.

Unfortunately, his gambling nature never changed. Instead of using his earned money to increase his cultivation, he just kept gambling, eventually losing everything down to his underwear.

Zhang Xiaoyi nodded repeatedly, wiped his mouth, and immediately ran off to keep an eye on Weiyuan Escort Agency.

Chen Yuan had more than one trusted follower besides Zhang Xiaoyi, but after transmigrating, Chen Yuan used Zhang Xiaoyi the most.

Although this young man’s strength was average, he was very reliable in his work.

He wouldn’t ask Chen Yuan why he wanted to watch the Secret Escort auction of Weiyuan Escort Agency, or why he was interested in things that only low-level Jianghu People cared about.

He only knew that since the Young Master ordered it, he had to do it well without the slightest negligence.

Zhang Xiaoyi watched for three days, and as expected, news came from Weiyuan Escort Agency about the auction of Secret Escort Goods.

Chen Yuan did not plan to attend the Secret Escort auction himself, nor did he plan to let Zhang Xiaoyi go.

Because those participating in Secret Escort auctions were basically all low-level Jianghu People.

Most Secret Escorts put up for auction have low insurance values from the owners; if the price were high, the agency would have opened them themselves.

The rest are basically just gambling on luck, and only those low-level Jianghu People would be interested in them.

Chen Yuan was too conspicuous, and even Zhang Xiaoyi was quite noticeable; neither of them looked like low-level Jianghu People.

Like that Hu Lao San who was killed by Chen Yuan’s blade before—that kind of image was what a low-level Jianghu Person looked like.

So Chen Yuan told Zhang Xiaoyi to take a hundred taels to Wangyou Tower and find any random wanderer, then have him bid for all the Secret Escorts in the shape of small boxes at the auction and hand them over to Zhang Xiaoyi.

On the evening of the fourth day, the Weiyuan Escort Agency’s Secret Escort auction began right in their own courtyard.

Zhang Xiaoyi waited in an alley next to the escort agency.

Chen Yuan was on the top floor of a restaurant next to the agency, eating and drinking while observing the movements inside to prevent any accidents.

An escort master wearing black arrow-sleeve clothes and sporting a large beard had dozens of boxes brought over and cupped his hands to the crowd.

“Everyone, this is not the first time our Weiyuan Escort Agency has held a Secret Escort auction. You all know the rules, so I won’t say much more.

Take a good look at the special seals on the Secret Escorts; there are no signs of tampering. Our Weiyuan Escort Agency will not ruin its own reputation.

Without further ado, the Secret Escort auction officially begins now.”

The price for a single Secret Escort was not expensive, with the highest not exceeding fifty taels.

Chen Yuan’s targets were those small boxes, with a starting price of only ten taels each.

Back then, that player had opened the Nine Revolutions Vitality Pill from a small box. Chen Yuan wasn’t sure which box it was, so he simply decided to bid for them all.

The person Zhang Xiaoyi found was a burly man wearing a wolf-skin vest, with a shaved head and a faint smell of mutton about him, named Wei Yi Dao.

Wei Yi Dao’s appearance was that of a standard low-level Jianghu Person.

He generally made a living by running errands, guarding homes, or taking temporary escort jobs, and he wouldn’t stand out in a crowd at all.

As soon as the auction started, Wei Yi Dao kept his eyes on those small box Secret Escorts, bidding on every single one. If someone tried to outbid him, he would even add twenty or thirty taels, acting very generous.

“Damn it, Wei Yi Dao, are you planning to stop living your life?”

Someone who had been repeatedly outbid by Wei Yi Dao couldn’t help but curse.

Wei Yi Dao grinned: “I have money, and I feel like it!”

Spending several hundred taels of silver like water, Wei Yi Dao instantly felt incredibly refreshed.

However, he was also puzzled; why did this sucker insist on bidding for the small box Secret Escorts?

Usually, small box Secret Escorts contained things like private letters; it was rare to find gold or silver jewelry in them.

Hard currency like that generally wasn’t sent as a Secret Escort.

When the auction ended, Wei Yi Dao tied a dozen small boxes together, strode out of the agency, and circled around twice before arriving at the small alley agreed upon with Zhang Xiaoyi.

“Did you win everything?”

Zhang Xiaoyi asked with a serious expression.

In front of Chen Yuan, he appeared somewhat simple and honest, but in front of these low-level Jianghu People, he still had to show some Aura.

“Thirteen Secret Escorts in total, costing four hundred and eighty taels of silver. I have the receipts from Weiyuan Escort Agency.”

Wei Yi Dao patted the Secret Escort boxes in his hands.

Zhang Xiaoyi nodded: “Including the money promised to you, it’s five hundred and eighty taels. I gave you six hundred taels before, so you don’t need to return that twenty taels; consider it a reward.”

At this moment, Wei Yi Dao suddenly grinned: “Little brother, you calculated wrong. You still owe me five hundred taels.”

Zhang Xiaoyi was stunned and frowned: “What do you mean? How do I owe you five hundred taels?”

Wei Yi Dao gave a strange laugh: “Daring to spend hundreds of taels to bid for these small Secret Escorts, the things inside are probably priceless. Trying to dismiss me with a hundred taels is a bit too stingy, isn’t it? You need to pay more!”

“You’re looking for death!”

Wei Yi Dao lifted the Secret Escorts, looking like a reckless rogue: “If you guys are eating meat, you should at least let me have some soup, right?

I don’t want to know what’s inside these Secret Escorts, but if you don’t pay more, I’ll shout right now that there’s treasure here. How many people do you think that will attract?”

Zhang Xiaoyi’s face instantly turned bright red.

He still had too little Jianghu experience and for a moment didn’t know what to do.

Just then, a flash of blade light abruptly swept past behind Wei Yi Dao.

Accompanied by the soft hum of a blade being sheathed, Wei Yi Dao’s head instantly fell to the ground, his face still frozen in that reckless, arrogant smile.

Chen Yuan took the Secret Escorts and gestured to Zhang Xiaoyi: “Let’s go.”

Zhang Xiaoyi said to Chen Yuan with a face full of guilt: “I’m sorry, Young Master. I didn’t do the job well, choosing such an insatiably greedy fellow.”

Chen Yuan waved his hand and said indifferently: “It doesn’t matter. No matter how meticulously you do some things, such accidents are hard to avoid. Besides, it’s only too normal for this kind of low-level Jianghu Person to do such a thing.”

“Why?”

Zhang Xiaoyi was somewhat confused.

Even if that guy didn’t know their identities, could someone who could casually take out several hundred taels to bid on Secret Escorts be a simple character?

How did he dare to threaten them for more money on the spot?

“Because they are greedy, and because they cannot see themselves clearly.

It is precisely because of this that they can only linger at the lowest level of the Jianghu.”

Zhang Xiaoyi nodded as if he understood, then immediately took back the remaining silver from Wei Yi Dao’s body and spat hard.