There was a knock on the door.
Su Ya even suspected that the waiter had been standing guard at the door all along.
We're just waiting for her to call for help anytime.
"Come in."
The waiter asked with a smile, "Honorable sir, did you look for me?"
"Tell me, how many taels of silver can one spirit coin be exchanged for?"
The waiter secretly made a "one" gesture with his fingers.
He put it down again and made a gesture that spelled out the number two.
"Minimum ten taels. Maximum twenty taels."
This time, Suya won't guess one or two.
It's impossible to even think about it.
One spirit coin is worth one tael, so what's the point of changing the price?
The waiter nodded.
He'd been in this Never-Sleeping Tower for so many years, and he'd never seen a cultivator reward someone with a spirit coin.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have mentioned the incident at Nevernight City where someone lost their head.
Su Ya waved her hand. She didn't even want to ask why cultivators from Why Night City didn't have to pay to enter the city.
No wonder he calls himself a nobleman; 20 taels of silver, how could it not be expensive?
"My esteemed guest, what would you like to eat tonight?" the waiter asked in a somewhat ingratiating manner.
Su Ya said irritably, "I don't have any spirit coins to give you."
The waiter felt somewhat ashamed.
He genuinely believed this important person knew, so...
But it's absolutely impossible to get him to return the spirit coins.
The waiter said with a fawning smile, "Esteemed sir, since you have already paid for the room, all expenses incurred within the room are included in the room rate."
Are all the same regardless of price?
"No, that's not the case. Different price ranges and rooms include different things."
"Alright then, just bring me whatever you want to eat."
"Yes, sir, you'll be right there."
The waiter was really fast.
In a short while, three dishes and a soup were prepared.
One meat dish and two vegetable dishes.
The waiter brought the food up and then left.
Suya felt that these things tasted just so-so.
They're not even as good as the steamed buns in her space, but I can't heat them up in my room right now.
Su Ya didn't enjoy the meal at all.
Whether or not cultivators are particular about their tastes.
Immortal cultivator: Nonsense, I usually fast and don't eat human food.
Suya suddenly read aloud:
The Never-Sleeping Tower.
The city that never sleeps.
The Never-Sleeping Tower.
The city that never sleeps.
The Never-Sleeping Tower.
The city that never sleeps.
After reading it countless times, I suddenly realized what it meant.
Could the City That Never Sleeps be run by the city lord of the City That Never Sleeps?
Su Ya was a little annoyed. She should have gone to other restaurants to see if they also accepted spirit coins.
The waiter just said that the gatekeeper has a stone in his hand that tells him who the cultivator is.
Therefore, the city lord should have known when she entered the city.
The Lord's Mansion of the City That Never Sleeps.
A dignified-looking man looked at the person kneeling in front of him.
"You just said that a cultivator has come to the city?"
"Yes, City Lord, that cultivator is already residing in the Never-Sleeping Tower."
"Then you just keep an eye on it. Report any developments immediately."
"Lord of the city, our people have been keeping an eye on things, and this cultivator even saved a child today."
"A child. What's going on?"
The subordinate then recounted how Su Ya had saved the person.
"Did you see clearly how she saved the person?"
"No, by the time we got there, the woman and the child were gone, and the cultivator had returned to the Never-Night Tower."
"Interesting. Keep a close eye on her."
"Yes, Lord City Lord."
The city lord of the city that never sleeps waved his hand.
He dismissed his men.
Then he turned around and went back into the bedroom, pressed a button on the wall, and saw a mechanism open.
It was pitch black at first glance.
After the city lord had walked for a while, light finally appeared ahead.
Looking further inside, it was filled with memorial tablets.
The city lord lifted his clothes and knelt on the prayer mat.
Looking at those memorial tablets.
Her eyes were brimming with tears.
"I will definitely avenge everyone."
It turns out that the lord of this City That Never Sleeps is a descendant of the former lord of Sunset City. On the day of the massacre, he was playing hide-and-seek with some people, and several of them hid in the secret room of the lord's mansion, which is now the place where the memorial tablets are placed.
The food and water we keep here are for use in case anything happens and we have to escape.
Moreover, this place is protected by a formation that prevents fire and water damage.
Before her death, her mother activated the magic array in the secret chamber. As a result, those people didn't even fight; they simply set the city on fire.
This secret room can only be opened by the person inside; people outside cannot open it because they cannot find the switch.
They stayed inside for six months, only daring to come out after they heard no sound outside. When they emerged, they saw a torrential downpour outside, and everyone in the city was dead.
Houses, streets, and corpses burned to ashes.
With tears in their eyes, they turned on the city's floodgates.
The ashes flowed away through the passage.
They escaped the city, and he separated them from him, telling them to live in anonymity until the time was right, at which point they would reunite. He was only five years old at the time, and later he unexpectedly saved the current king.
When the king asked him what kind of reward he wanted, he said he wanted to be a city lord.
The king was so pleased that he said he could choose whatever he wanted.
Finally, he chose Sunset City as his lord and transformed it into the City That Never Sleeps.
His alliance with cultivators was a scheme to overthrow the current king.
The reason the people in this city go crazy during the day is because he has someone sprinkle a drug all over the city during the day.
When this drug is inhaled, it causes foaming at the mouth and convulsions.
Those who cultivate immortality all like to cause trouble.
Once they know something has happened here, they'll come to investigate.
Suya was unaware of all of this.
After she finished eating, she talked about what the waiter had told her.
She felt that an unseen hand was driving all of this.
The idea that there wasn't even a corpse or ashes left in that city is pure fantasy.
When Su Ya entered the city, she noticed by chance that there were flood control tunnels built in the city. To put it bluntly, they were actually modern sewers, meaning that rainwater in the city would flow out through the flood control tunnels.
The fire burned for days and nights; not only would the bodies be burned to ashes, but the next month's heavy rains would surely have washed them all away.
However, Suya quickly dismissed her idea. The flood control tunnel wasn't very big. If the rain was really as heavy as the waiter said, the whole city would definitely be flooded. In that case, the rainwater could only drain out if the flood control tunnel was completely opened.
Or there needs to be another place where the water can be drained.
If someone opened the flood shelter, then people from Sunset City did survive.
Furthermore, this person must know how to open the flood shelter, so this person must have some connection with the former lord of Sunset City.
If it's another drain, then someone has to open it too.
Ultimately, regardless of the method, someone has to open the gate so that the water in the city can be drained.
Suya decided to go out for a walk during the day tomorrow.
She's never believed in superstitions.
To Su Ya's utter surprise, before she could even take action, someone else had already done so.
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