Hong Mei kept knocking on Hua Baiyu's door until Hua Baiyu's voice was heard shortly after.
"I-I'm fine" Hua Baiyu answered weakly, she opened the door with her magic power while lying down after sitting for a long time. All night long she tried to heal her internal strength that was injured because of the events two and a day before.
Hong Mei entered the room after opening the door and saw blood stains on the floor.
"You are badly injured" Hong Mei approached Hua Baiyu who was lying down.
"Let me see your condition" Hong Mei added. Hua Baiyu just nodded weakly, her face pale. Luckily she didn't have any problems because of this.
"I apologize for not listening to you yesterday," said Hong Mei with a red face because of embarrassment while channeling healing magic to Hua Baiyu.
"It's okay, you were just trying to be polite, I don't blame you," said Hua Baiyu with a weak smile. Her previously pale face gradually began to improve when Hong Mei gave her healing magic continuously. When she felt that Hua Baiyu's condition had improved a little. She took a large bolus from her Qiankun bag.
"This is a qi replenishment pill, eat this first then concentrate all your qi into your dantian. I will watch over you while guiding you. You can do it right?" Hong Mei said which was then nodded by Hua Baiyu.
Then they adjusted their sitting positions, Hua Baiyu who had gotten a little better sat on the edge of the bed and Hong Mei sat behind her. Hua Baiyu ate the bolus and a moment later Hong Mei raised her hands and formed a hand formation which then concentrated her inner energy in her palms then flowed through Hua Baiyu's back.
The digested bolus immediately spread but Hua Baiyu concentrated her dantian to receive more bolus energy, Hong Mei also guided the bolus energy to immediately enter Hua Baiyu's dantian so that no bolus energy would be scattered.
When Hua Baiyu's dantian was full she immediately refilled her qi which had been damaged due to the previous fight and closed the gaps.
After everything was done Hong Mei and Hua Baiyu whose foreheads were covered in sweat slowly stopped their activities and took a deep breath.
Luckily nothing went wrong this time, if they didn't succeed and Hua Baiyu vomited blood, they certainly wouldn't be able to stay here any longer and would have to immediately return to Qing Qu to see a certain healer.
"Thank you for your help Hong Mei, I owe you again."
Hong Mei just brushed off her words with a thin smile, "Ah no need I did it not to expect your favor in return, you just said thank you I'm already happy"
"But still..." Hua Baiyu muttered softly.
"What?" Hong Mei asked enthusiastically, her beautiful green eyes shining brightly under the sun.
"Hhh, but still I feel indebted, in the future if you need anything from me just tell me."
"Okay, okay I understand, hmmm so are you feeling better now?" asked Hong Mei.
"I'm better than before, hmm but because of the second prince our plans were delayed"
"You're right, this is all my fault. How about we move after we have breakfast after this? I will order a horse carriage after that"
"Okay, let's go"
Then they cleaned themselves with cleaning magic and cast their disguise spell then went down to the ground floor of the inn, after they ate and ordered a horse carriage. They then left the inn.
The sun slowly rose into the air that was previously shady but felt hot little by little.
Hong Mei and Hua Baiyu who were in the horse carriage opened the horse carriage so that the outside wind could come in.
"How long until we reach the center of You Wu City?" Hua Baiyu asked Hong Mei
.
"2 more hours they said"
"This horse carriage is going very slowly," Hua Baiyu said.
"I agree, but if we choose to fly like yesterday we will be caught"
Hong Mei expressed her opinion which was agreed by Hua Baiyu.
"You're right"
"Then what about our previous plan?"
"Let's find the informant first before we find out who the mastermind behind this is."
"Okay"
The horse carriage continued to move and the city center of You wu was already in sight, they would soon arrive and the horse carriage drove into the bustling city until it stopped at a luxurious restaurant.
Hong Mei and Hua Baiyu got off the horse carriage and entered the restaurant which was then greeted by several female waitresses and directed to the dining table on the second floor.
Here several people with luxurious and beautiful clothes also sat and chatted.
Hong Mei and Hua Baiyu were led to an empty table in the corner of the room with a beautiful balcony. Then after ordering food, the waitress left and left.
"Hong Mei, aren't we going to look for an informant? Why did we come here and eat?"
"Relax, I've arranged it"
Not long after
then a waiter came to tell them to move tables because they had prepared the food they ordered in the VIP room.
"Come on, follow me!" The waiter walked in front which was then followed by Hua Baiyu and Hong Mei.
Hua Baiyu hinted to Hong Mei asking her for what really happened but Hong Mei just smiled meaningfully.
"Earlier I asked about the informant to our previous innkeeper and they gave me this address."
"Do you just believe it? what if this is a trap from the second prince?"
"Hey, no way, this time it's definitely safe" Hong Mei said trying to convince.
"Let's see later"
Then they entered a room not far from the main hallway and the waiter had previously knocked on the door twice before a male voice inviting them to enter was heard.
Inside the room where the table was already filled with dishes, an adult man with a beard and mustache with a sturdy build and neat hanfu clothes was drinking a glass of wine and eating snacks from his plate with chopsticks. He stopped his activities and told them to sit in front of him then the servant was a family leaving only the three of them in the room.
"Let's get straight to it, what information do you want to know?" asked the man.
Hong Mei was silent for a moment, she and Hua Baiyu stared at each other for a moment then she spoke. "Before that we want to ask you. How much is the price of each piece of information we ask for?" asked Hong Mei slowly, the informant smiled strangely, he looked at them from top to bottom his eyebrows moving with the assessment concluded in his mind.
"It depends, I will tell you how much you have to spend for this information after hearing your request"
"Huhft, okay, listen. We want to get the names of animal traders, craftsmen and buyers." Hong Mei said it mysteriously. But after listening and digesting it the man raised his eyebrows in confusion.
"Isn't this just ordinary information? You can ask anyone right? Do you want to start a business?" asked the man.
Hua Baiyu also spoke up after hearing it. "Our business is not for you to interfere, we just want you to find out the information for us, we will pay the deposit first and after you submit the names, we will pay for everything"
The man looked at the girl in front of him with interest, "Oh, Okay, I won't ask anymore, I can get this information in just 2 days we can meet again at this same place in two days. The total price is 200 liang,"
"Here is 50 liang first, the rest later" Hong Mei took out the money from the qiankun bag and put the coins into a small brown drawstring bag.
"Okay, see you later"
After that they left after telling the waiter to wrap up some of the menus on the table to take home.
Hong Mei and Hua Baiyu walked out of the restaurant towards the main road, while from the second floor of the restaurant the informant man stared at them with curiosity about their identities.
Hong Mei and Hua Baiyu walked all the way to the town square which was decorated with flower gardens and fountains. They sat down and ate their food that had been wrapped earlier.
A pair of humans sitting near them said something in a slightly loud voice so that Hua Baiyu and Hong Mei who were sitting "Don't worry honey, tomorrow's lantern festival I will accompany you I will ask for leave from my boss tomorrow, you just relax" The man said to the woman.
"I already told my parents tomorrow I will go to the festival with my brother, don't break your promise okay. Later my brother will also meet his lover, if you don't come I will be alone" the woman complained.
"Don't worry, wait for me at the usual place" "Okay" after saying that the two lovebirds then left.
Hua Baiyu and Hong Mei who heard that then also discussed it.
"Wow a lantern festival in the human world! I've never seen it before"
"Me too, when in Qing Qu we didn't have this lantern festival, do you want to attend it Hong Mei?" Asked Hua Baiyu.
"Of course, we still have two days, I heard that the lantern festival lasts for the next 5 days. I can't wait to see it!"
"Hmm, then, we need to find a place to stay first and find clothes and jewelry to wear"
"I, agree! Hmm I have a suggestion, how about we rent a house nearby instead of staying at the inn again? We can be ourselves without having to disguise ourselves, right?"
"Hmm sounds good, let's go then! Oh and then after that let's go shopping!"
"Let's go!"
The two girls who had finished their food then went to look for a house they could rent and after findingwith a good price they occupied it and cleaned the whole house with magic and cast a protective spell to prevent anything from happening.
Hong Mei and Hua Baiyu each chose the room they liked and after getting ready they decided to shop for their needs in the afternoon.
You wu city in the afternoon was also still crowded, this city is close to the sea which makes this coastal city more advanced than the cities next to it. No wonder Rei shu, the second prince, has such a confident nature because he thinks no woman will refuse a handsome, rich and powerful prince like him.
Luckily for them, from the time they entered this city until they walked around like now, no one bothered them because their appearance had been disguised and they looked like ordinary people now.
The two girls who were walking around saw a clothing store that displayed various kinds of beautiful clothes.
"Hey look at that," Hong Mei pointed to a piece of clothing in the shop and invited Hua Baiyu to follow her.
"Let's take a look inside"
There were several people in the shop at this time, the shop looked elegant and the items inside seemed to have a low price. The shop assistant greeted them and directed them to the clothes they liked.
Some of the finished clothes were mounted on wood to be displayed, the clothes had a beautiful style, with white and purple as the patterns decorated with carefully made fish and bird embroidery. The clothes had several colors with different patterns but with the same style. So that made Hong Mei and Hua Baiyu think about having one each. "How much is this?" Hua baiyu asked the waitress.
"This dress costs 1500 liang" said the waitress which made Hua Baiyu and Hong Mei surprised. "Very expensive?"
"Of course, the fabric of these clothes is made from mystical silkworm thread that is only made in the Gudan area, to obtain it requires no small effort"
"Mystical silkworm?" Hong Mei and Hua Baiyu immediately got goosebumps, did this mean that the clothes they touched earlier came from the silkworm demon family?
"Of course, that's why it's no wonder these clothes are expensive, if you don't want to buy this one you can look at the others" The waiter said a little disdainfully. "Is this the only clothing made from mystical silkworms or are all the clothes in this shop from the same source?"
"No, some are made from animal fur and silkworms but there are also some made from plants and leather"
"Like this, this clothing which is worth 150.000 liang comes from a mystical dragon creature that is 100 thousand years old, the cultivators who managed to catch it then the craftsmen made it into clothing that can withstand fire and water attacks"
What? Dragon? They also hunted the legendary dragon? Hua Baiyu and Hong Mei stared at each other with their hair standing on end.