Xiao Ying whispered, "This snack stall seems to be unattended!"

Ye Yang gestured with his chin towards the iron pot not far away, "Isn't that him?"

Xiao Ying shuddered, "There's no one there! There are only wontons and noodles! I..."

"Don't use your eye technique!" Ye Yang raised his hand to block Xiao Ying's eyes, and took out a few big coins from his pocket.

Big coins, like yellow paper and yellow incense, were essential items for sorcerers. Everyone carried a few, and Ye Yang was no exception.

Ye Yang placed three big coins in a row on the table. "Boss, a bowl of noodles."

The snack stall only offering wontons and noodles was actually a secret code in the sorcerer world.

If a customer ordered wontons, it meant: I'm just looking around to see if there's anything I need. I don't need to know anything specific. I'll take responsibility for the consequences of the deal. Just take me to a place where I can do business.

If a customer ordered noodles, it meant: I'm here specifically for information, and the information needs to be complete and detailed, not vague.

If you sat at the stall and shouted, "Boss, give me wonton noodles," you could expect a kitchen knife to fly your way!

The boss would definitely think: You're not here to buy information; you're here to cause trouble.

Only after Ye Yang placed three copper coins did a hunched old man slowly walk out from a distance. "Three coins aren't enough for noodles. Have wontons instead!"

"I only want noodles!" Ye Yang slammed two more big coins on the table.

The boss thought for a moment and said, "What do you want to ask?"

"About Beishui Town!" Ye Yang looked directly into the other's eyes as he spoke.

The latter's expression darkened. "Then you don't have enough money for noodles!"

Ye Yang's expression didn't change. "How much do you want?"

"One hundred coins for noodles with soup, three hundred coins for dry noodles! No soup." The boss looked at Ye Yang with a smile that wasn't a smile.

Among sorcerers, copper coins meant one was equivalent to a thousand.

In ancient times, sorcerers would display copper coins, but the final payment would be in real gold and silver.

The price the boss was quoting now was: Ten thousand for the information, but it would definitely be incomplete, and you'd have to make your own judgments about some things. Thirty thousand for complete information, no omissions. I'll tell you everything I know.

Ye Yang thought for a moment and said, "What about with extra ingredients?"

The boss chuckled and said, "Five hundred for the full works! Pay first, then eat."

"Okay!" Ye Yang said, "Give me your account."

The boss placed his phone on the table and turned to make the noodles.

Ye Yang had Lao Liu transfer the money, and the boss's noodles were ready.

It had to be said that the boss's noodle-making skills were truly extraordinary. A large bowl of noodles with sauce looked very appetizing. The only slightly unsuitable thing was that the bowl was a bit too big.

If the bowl wasn't filled with noodles but with warm water, it would definitely be enough for washing hands.

Ye Yang pushed the bowl in front of Xiao Ying. "Eat it all, don't leave any."

Xiao Ying stammered, "R-Really eat it?"

"He's selling noodles and chatting with me in passing." Ye Yang was also speaking according to the rules of the martial world. People who made a living selling information never said they were selling information. It was just that you bought my things, and I chatted with you for a bit, casually saying some idle words for you to listen to.

Only Fengmen, Tianji She, and other organizations with backgrounds and strength dared to sell information openly.

The boss lit a bag of dry tobacco and puffed away. "Speaking of which, Beishui Town has several hundred years of history. In the beginning, it was just a place where migrant workers building the city walls lived. Later, when the city walls were finished, the migrant workers dispersed, leaving behind this empty town."

Ye Yang looked up into the distance. Sure enough, a city wall ran horizontally across the top of the opposite mountain, looking like a military fortress left over from some dynasty.

The boss continued, "When there were soldiers stationed here, it was considered peaceful. After the army withdrew, it became completely desolate, and later it became a place for bandits to settle down."

"Until a woman named Hua Lianqing came here, this place prospered again, and the name was changed to Beishui Town."

"Hua Lianqing lived in Beishui Town for decades, and after several expansions, Beishui Town became a well-known gathering place for sorcerers."

As the boss spoke, he tapped the wall twice with his tobacco pipe. The courtyard wall built of blue bricks suddenly opened a secret door in front of Ye Yang, and the stairs behind the door led straight down to the underground.

As Ye Yang's gaze fell on the stairs, the boss smiled and said, "Don't mind it, there's no one down there. This place is just restoring Beishui Town to its former state. The people aren't the same people, and the ghosts aren't the same ghosts as before."

After Ye Yang withdrew his gaze, the secret door returned to its original position.

The boss continued, "There were three unsolved mysteries in Beishui Town back then."

"The first is the mystery of Hua Lianqing's agelessness. Hua Lianqing lived in Beishui Town for at least sixty years, or even longer. She came when she was in her prime, and after sixty years, she still retained her youthful appearance."

"Some people suspected that Hua Lianqing was using disguise, some suspected that Hua Lianqing had a substitute, and some suspected that Hua Lianqing used some kind of evil technique to prolong her life… In short, there were various speculations!"

"Originally, Hua Lianqing dismissed these things with a smile. Later, Hua Lianqing's attitude suddenly changed, and she actually gathered people in Beishui Town to start a bet."