Four days later, Du Rong, carrying a rattan box, followed Chen Xiao and lined up to check in and board the ship. The rest of the luggage had been marked and handed over to the crew. They would deliver it to their rooms in a while.
The inner cabin is located in the center of the ship, and their cabin is on the second floor. The rooms in this area are pretty good. When sailing on the sea, they are relatively stable, unlike the rooms on the sides where you can feel the shaking. There are also some disadvantages. There are no windows in the inner cabin. If you want to breathe, you have to open the door from time to time, which is less safe and private.
After showing the boat ticket and receiving the cabin key, Chen Xiao and Du Rong walked in the corridor inside the boat one after the other. The corridor was relatively cramped and short. However, the width was not bad, and it didn't make people feel suffocated.
Following the number on the door, Chen Xiao found their cabin and opened the door with the key. The room was not as small as Chen Xiao had imagined. There were two bunk beds in the standard double room of a fast hotel. The head of the bed was close to the wall, and the bed frame was fixed to the ceiling and the ground. Chen Xiao shook it, but it didn't move at all, it was very solid.
There are two wall cabinets that are as high as the ceiling, and each wall cabinet has two layers. There are four cabinets in total, and each cabinet has a copper lock with a key, which is used according to the corresponding position of the bed.
In addition to the beds and closets, there was a flap with folding legs on the wall between the two beds, which could be used as a table. Chen Xiao thought that if he had a deck of cards, playing cards on it would be a good way to kill time.
Apart from these, there are no other facilities in the cabin. If you want to solve the problem of urgency, you need to go to the special space provided in the corridor. There are several compartments there, and public toilets are set up. In addition, there is a special place for washing and bathing. There is no basin, but there are several copper pipes that supply water all day long. There is a pool under the copper pipe. You can block the round hole for drainage and wash clothes or something. The shower is also in a compartment with a wooden bathtub inside. If you want to take a hot bath, you need to go to the hot water room to get it yourself, which is not very convenient.
Du Rong and I stuffed our luggage into the locker, locked the door, and planned to take a walk on the boat.
The name of this ship is Pansheng. It has no special meaning. It was named just because the captain called it that. The Pansheng charges a high ticket price, but the services it provides are relatively comprehensive. Not only is there a large area for activities on the deck, but there is also a special training room. Not only does it provide a secret room for retreat, but it also provides some elixirs, weapons, and equipment for sale. Chen Xiao curiously followed Du Rong and took a look, and was pulled away by Du Rong, whose face was a little pale. Everything here is quite complete, but in one word, expensive!
In addition to these rooms and shops related to cultivation, there are also some places, which are restaurants and teahouses frequented by cultivators and ordinary people. The restaurants and teahouses here are also divided into high, medium and low categories. The lowest is for cultivators, the middle is for high-level cultivators and practitioners with limited funds, and the high is for powerful families, immortal gates, and powerful people. Of course, such places are free to enter, but if you want to eat or drink something, you have to pay. The prices on the menu are proportional to their categories.
Du Rong was initially worried that Chen Xiao would not be able to handle the treatment. However, he did not expect that the young employer would be very calm after seeing it, and did not show any resentment at being treated unfairly. This made Du Rong have a better understanding of Chen Xiao's character.
Chen Xiao could not visit most of the facilities here. He just walked around outside to satisfy his curiosity, and then he stopped paying attention. The last place he visited was the one he cared about the most, which was the cafeteria on the Ascendant.
After all, since the boat ticket was so expensive, it was reasonable to provide free meals. However, the dining location was not a fancy restaurant or teahouse, but a canteen with a common name.
The meals provided in the cafeteria are also divided into grades according to the ticket price, but since the really rich people don't come to the cafeteria to eat, the distinction is not obvious, at most there is an extra meat dish or soup in the set meal.
Since it was food that even immortal cultivators could eat, it must taste good. Chen Xiao, who was a bit of a foodie, walked into the cafeteria with great expectations, and then he stood there motionless.
Du Rong asked him curiously: "Owner? Why don't you go in?"
Chen Xiao said uncertainly: "Look, is that Tong Nuonuo?"
Tong Nuonuo bought the boat ticket with them, so they were naturally in the same cabin. Just now, Chen Xiao saw that the closets in the room were empty, and he was worried that Tong Nuonuo would get lost again and miss the departure time. Unexpectedly, he saw someone who looked like Tong Nuonuo in the cafeteria.
Why is it suspected?
Not far in front of me was a man standing sideways, with several plates in front of him, eating voraciously. Not only did he not look like a master, he also looked very embarrassed.
Du Rong also hesitated. Even if he had been training in the wilderness and had been short of food and water for a long time, he would have been like this when he saw food. They had only been apart for four days. They couldn't be two different people, right?
Seeing that Du Rong was hesitant to speak, Chen Xiao simply walked over. The person who was concentrating on eating raised his head to look when he felt someone approaching.
The round face looked a little thinner, but it was still basically round. The eyes under the single eyelids were full of bloodshot, and it was obvious that she had not rested well. The nose bridge was flat and the nose tip was upturned. The round and full mouth was swollen from eating, and the lips were shiny and oily. Chen Xiao nodded in his heart, it was Tong Nuonuo for sure.
"Master Tong Xian?" Du Rong's tone was full of disbelief.
Tong Nuonuo was also surprised to see the two of them. He looked frightened and his eyes were wide open. His face first turned red, then turned pale. Chen Xiao wanted to say something, but Tong Nuonuo jumped up and started to walk around. Du Rong was confused and whispered in confusion: "What is Master Tong doing?"
Chen Xiao watched the boy frantically looking for something, and suddenly thought of something. He slapped his head in frustration and shouted to Du Rong beside him: "Hurry up and find some water, he's choking!"
After a while of chaos, Tong Nuonuo drank some water and pounded his chest hard before his face returned to normal. Du Rong said apologetically, "It's all our fault for disturbing you."
Tong Nuonuo wiped his mouth, took a deep breath, and said, "It's none of your business. I ate too fast and too fast."
Du Rong sat opposite Tong Nuonuo, and Chen Xiao also found a chair and sat down. Du Rong asked with concern: "Master Tong, what happened? Why are you so... so embarrassed?"
I don't know if it's because of the glass of water just now, but he obviously let down his guard. In front of Chen Xiao, he was willing to give a good look.
Tong Nuonuo smiled awkwardly and said, "After I separated from you that day, I accidentally got lost. Catfish City is too big, and I asked for directions several times, but I couldn't find the right place." For a person who is born with a natural directionlessness and can get lost in a small town market, the population and streets of a prefecture-level city are simply hell in a maze. "Later, I had to take out all the remaining money and hired a carriage to take me to the dock."
Chen Xiao was relieved when he heard him say that they had reached the dock, but then he heard the young man continue, "In the end, I arrived too early and the ship hadn't even entered the port. I had spent all my money and couldn't afford to hire a carriage to take me back. I was afraid that I would miss the day to board the ship if I left here, so I had to stay in one place and try not to move. I was hungry for two days, and as soon as I got on the ship, I asked the crew to take me to the cafeteria to eat."
After listening to Tong Nuonuo's complete experience over the past four days, Chen Xiao had only one thought in his mind: Whose master is so cruel to let someone like him go out when he has such a poor sense of direction!
Du Rong could only sigh, not knowing what to say. Chen Xiao said, "If you don't mind, Master Tong can follow one of us during the time on the boat." It would make people feel guilty to leave such a direction-challenged person alone. Tong Nuonuo said without any hesitation, "Thank you both, I couldn't ask for more!"
After Tong Nuonuo finished his meal, the two of them took him back to his room. It was useless to ask him to remember the number on the door, so they could only send someone to accompany him to fetch water and wash.
Living in the same room meant more opportunities to get to know each other. Plus, the boy no longer had a stern face, so Tong Nuonuo quickly became familiar with Chen Xiao and the others.
Chen Xiao asked him why he was so defensive when he first met him. Tong Nuonuo told him bluntly that he was too confident before and thought that ordinary people could not hurt immortal cultivators, but he ended up being cheated. Since then, he couldn't help but be wary when he saw ordinary people.
It was the first time he went out alone to train after leaving his master. Because he had always lived with his master and lived in the same place since he was a child, Tong Nuonuo didn't know how bad his direction was at first. So, Tong Nuonuo ambitiously set a faraway destination for himself.
He originally formed a team with other practitioners at Zhishitang near his hometown, but because he always fell behind and didn't show up at the scheduled time, the people in the team gradually became impatient and kept looking for him. Before they even arrived at the place, Tong Nuonuo was tactfully persuaded to leave.
Although the boy was a directionally challenged person, he still had self-esteem! He decided to go alone. Unexpectedly, the result was even worse than expected. He could only ask for directions along the way. When he arrived at a very remote place, he asked for directions from an ordinary person. It turned out that this ordinary person was a black-hearted person. Seeing that he looked easy to deceive, he led him to a black mine.
After realizing that he had been cheated, Tong Nuonuo killed the black-hearted mine owner and freed the miners who were forced to do hard labor. The rescued miners cried with joy and thanked them profusely before running towards a new life. But the unlucky Tong Nuonuo followed behind these miners, but lost them in a flash and got lost in the complex mine. After wandering around for a few days and almost eating up all the dry food he brought with him, he was lucky enough to find the correct mine tunnel and see the light of day again.
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