Blue Phoenix Chapter 17 – The Unknown Expert

The sun was high in the sky, leaving the streets bathed in sunshine and a scorching heat causing waves of warm air to rise from the hot roads constantly. Each street and road was filled with people bustling to and fro, pushing their way through the massive hordes of citizens.

A small boy with white hair was slipping past these busy adults. Moving with a certain smoothness which allowed him to proceed much quicker than the hurrying grown-ups no one seemed to notice this youngster.

This youngster was obviously Hui Yue. He had previously visited a shop which specialized in memory stones; however, the shopkeeper had instantly thrown him out. He assumed that this young child was a poor commoner who wished to steal his goods.

In his small child-like hand were three silver coins. Although Hui Yue had legitimately gained these, he knew better than to take them out. The shopkeeper had already deemed Hui Yue a criminal; a poor child with three silver coins who had apparently stolen them from a wealthy citizen. In turn, taking them from a thieving little child would not trouble anyone.

This had caused Hui Yue not to linger around and instead sprint back into the street where he vanished within the masses.

‘Let’s head to an inn,’ Lan Feng said with a carefree voice as he thought of the extra coins they had gained. Buying two memory stones had not seemed like such a problem. The two needed a place to sit down and go through their plan again. The sale of the pill had taken longer than expected. Although Hui Yue had the whole day at his disposal, he still needed to visit the City Lord’s mansion later on in the day.

Walking through the busy street, Hui Yue quickly found a big inn. He requested a standard room for the day at the price of a few copper coins. Upon reaching the room, Hui Yue slowly opened his bag and pulled out a few items.

The first thing that fell into Hui Yue’s hands was a piece of smooth fabric. This was the high-quality robe that he had been given earlier by his village upon his departure.

Hui Yue was aware that

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