Watching the retreating back of Prince Lu, who had left in a huff, Lu Heng didn't pay much attention. He closed all the doors and shutters of the shop and went to the inn to find the disciples of the Danyang Sect.
Prince Lu would definitely not stay in a remote small town for long. Lu Heng planned to avoid him for a while. Since he had already collected enough level four magic crystals, he might as well temporarily hand over the management of the place to the Danyang Sect.
However, he couldn't casually hand over those crystals to these ordinary disciples. It would be safer to keep them with Du Feng.
A moment later, the disciple who had been sent to deliver the message returned with Du Feng to the inn. Lu Heng said to Du Feng, "Elder Du, I may have to leave for a while. I'll have to trouble you and the Danyang Sect to continue helping with the sale of crystals here."
Du Feng was not surprised. Prince Lu had come in person today, and his intentions were obvious. He was definitely after Lu Heng's crystals. Seeing that Lu Heng had found him, it was likely that their negotiation had not gone well.
"Yes, Brother Lu, rest assured. Although Prince Lu is a titled king of this region, our Danyang Sect is not afraid. After all, my master's medicinal pills are in high demand among their royal family. However, if you are away for a long time, these crystals..."
"Heh heh, you don't need to worry about that. I trust the Danyang Sect very much, so I will leave enough crystals for Elder Du. The sales model for crystals will remain the same. As for the collected level four magic crystals, Elder Du can manage them as you see fit. I've found that specifying a certain type of magic crystal for exchange is also quite difficult."
Lu Heng took out a cloth bag and handed it to Du Feng. "Here are a thousand level four crystals. It's best if you still exchange twenty per day. This way, it won't take up too much of your time each day, and you can handle other matters."
He then briefly revealed to Du Feng the conversation he had with Prince Lu today. There was no need to hide these matters, as he expected Prince Lu to still come during his absence.
After listening to Lu Heng, Du Feng fell silent and pondered for a moment. He didn't pay much attention to Prince Lu, as the Danyang Sect was already involved in the crystal business. Prince Lu couldn't openly cause trouble for the Danyang Sect.
However, he was surprised that Lu Heng could withstand Prince Lu's pressure and refuse to cooperate with him.
"Hahaha, Brother Lu, go and handle your business with peace of mind. With me, Du Feng, and the Danyang Sect here, this small shop will surely be well looked after."
Lu Heng nodded. After settling everything, Lu Heng handed the key to the front door of the shop to Du Feng. "I hope you will not enter the small courtyard, as that is my private residence."
"Brother Lu, rest assured. We will only stay in the shop every day. We will not open the door on the side of your small courtyard."
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Leaving the inn, Lu Heng went around to the small courtyard behind the shop. He didn't enter through the small door but climbed over the wall back into his room. Since he said he would be away for some time, some necessary disguises had to be made.
Afterward, he collected all the furniture in his room into his space. These items did not belong to this world, and it was more appropriate for them not to be here when he was away for a long time.
Lu Heng then placed the newly acquired magic crystals in a hidden compartment before returning to his space. Every time he obtained a new type of level four magic crystal, Lu Heng would repeatedly take out many of them and store them in his space.
This was also to prevent the magic crystals outside from being accidentally stolen. It was necessary to be prepared for anything. Only when the resources in his space were sufficient did Lu Heng feel more secure.
Lu Heng had also experimented with the crystals here. Perhaps these things did not belong to this world, so Lu Heng could not retrieve the crystals he had stored in the ancient city from his space.
After leveling up all his abilities that had not yet reached the twelfth stage of supernatural powers, Lu Heng returned to a villa he had left earlier.
At this moment, Lin Yu was still resting, and the pets were each lying in the room, guarding the situation outside. The pets were the first to sense Lu Heng's aura appearing in the small building. Pang Hu said to Lu Heng through telepathy, "Master, you're back."
"Mmm, is there anything unusual outside?"
"No, it's quite quiet outside. Since we came in, there's hardly any noise from outside."
This wasn't right. Although this was a villa area, no matter how few zombies there were outside, it shouldn't be to the point where no zombies touched anything and made a sound.
Lu Heng hurried to the window on the third floor, pried open some of the earth wall covering the window, and looked out. He saw that there were indeed no zombies moving outside.
"I'm going out to take a look. You guys stay here and guard Lin Yu," Lu Heng said to the pets with his consciousness.
Then, he pried off half of the earth wall on the third-floor window, opened the window, and agilely leaned out.
Clinging to the outer window frame, Lu Heng used his powers to seal the window with an earth wall again. He then looked around and found a spot to jump down lightly.
Fortunately, his body now possessed the agility of the director. Therefore, even though he landed from such a high position, he didn't make any sound.
Concealing his aura, Lu Heng lightly leaped over the courtyard wall and walked quickly in one direction.
Just now, from outside the third-floor window, he saw something flash past in this direction. The shadow moved very quickly. If Lu Heng wasn't strong enough now, and his position wasn't high, he might not have caught the change there.
The further he walked in that direction, the stranger Lu Heng felt. Yesterday, when he had been killing all the way to the vicinity of the villa area, there were still some scattered zombies wandering around. But now, after walking such a long distance, he hadn't seen a single zombie.
Level four zombies were no longer afraid of sunlight. They no longer hid in dark places and roamed freely outdoors during the day. Therefore, the situation here should be abnormal.
The shadow that flashed past earlier was also a bit strange. It was because the shadow had a human-like shape, but its movements were like a monkey's, moving with its forelimbs on the ground.
Could it be a mutated monkey?
Continuing to walk for a while longer, a few zombies gradually appeared on the road. The number was not large, and Lu Heng quickly killed those zombies before they could discover him.
Walking to the side of the zombie corpses, Lu Heng quickly collected the crystals from the brains of those zombies.
Moving forward, Lu Heng felt that the number of zombies inside had increased again. Looking at the crystals he had just obtained, Lu Heng felt that the energy contained within these crystals had significantly increased. This indicated that the levels of these zombies were on the verge of breaking through to level four.
However, in his previous life, most zombies only broke through to level four, and only a very small number of zombies underwent further mutations to become higher-level zombies.