"By the way, do you all have your own spirit beasts?" After washing the dishes, the boss wiped his hands on a hanging cloth and turned to ask.
"No!" He shook his head.
"Then come with me!" The boss led a few people to the back of the courtyard, where there was a horse-drawn carriage. It was quite large. After feeding the horse some hay, he led it out.
"Get in the carriage!" The innkeeper walked up to Sui Yi, bent down, picked her up, and placed her on the carriage. Sui Yi was startled, stiffened for a moment, and then relaxed. She could only blame herself for being too deceptively beautiful; it was practically an essential weapon for robbery. It seemed that in the future, she could use her looks to get things done.
Suiyi boarded the carriage, found a seat, and a while later, Ziyou and the uncle also came in. Their attendants sat outside the carriage, while the uncle drove.
"How old is the young master this year? What is his name?"
"How old are you, sir? What's your status? How should I address you?"
"Haha! You little rascal, alright, let's return the favor. I'm over a hundred years old this year, and as for my strength, I really don't know. You shouldn't call me grandpa..."
"Then I'll still call you Uncle. You look so young, you don't look over a hundred years old at all!"
"Haha! Because I am also a cultivator. Once you cultivate to a certain level, you will have the art of preserving your youth. I reached that level when I was over fifty, so my appearance has remained unchanged!"
"Will you get old?"
"Of course it will, it's just that the aging process is a bit slower. Otherwise, how would you see a white-bearded, immortal old man?"
"Oh! I know! I thought those old men were just too incompetent and only achieved success in their cultivation when they were old." The innocent and childlike words made the uncle laugh heartily.
Ah Xing: Master is acting stupid again, and some people just fall for it.
"Haha! That's right, those with all white eyebrows, beards, and hair are just not good at it. Oh? You haven't told me your name yet, little guy?" She looked at him amusedly, almost letting him change the subject.
"I am twelve years old this year, and my name is Ci Ning."
"Ci Ning! What a fine name! Ning Ci Sai frequently travels across the desert, Ning Xiu Bai Fa shimmers in the clear water. I have a disciple with a military token, and I am pleased with the talented and favored Kou Xun. Joy and sorrow still come, and I am filled with resentment. You are like jade, born of heaven. Ci Ning is like jade, born of heaven, truly wonderful!"
"Hehe! Uncle, if you keep praising me, I'll get arrogant!" Sui Yi lowered her head shyly, slightly embarrassed. Zi You felt a surge of anger. Once on the bus, he hadn't had a chance to speak at all. That uncle was definitely a bad person who wanted to kidnap Ning Ning. Otherwise, why would he only talk to him and not ask about himself? →_→ He had no sense of caution at all.
"Young Master, we've arrived!" came the guard's voice from outside.
"Okay!" After answering from outside, she looked at Suiyi and said softly, "Ningning, we've arrived. Shall we get off?"
"So fast?" The uncle was taken aback, then chuckled. He hadn't expected to find himself laughing so heartily with a little kid in his leisure time. It seemed this was fate. Looks like I'll have to make some other plans for the future.
"Uncle!" Sui Yi called softly, but the uncle was preoccupied with his own thoughts and didn't notice her calling him.
"Ningning, if Uncle is ignoring you, let's go downstairs first?" Ziyou looked at her innocently, secretly pleased. This old man was more pleasing to the eye this way.
"Uncle!" Suiyi stretched out her little hand and waved it in front of the uncle's eyes. After a long while, the uncle was startled awake.
"Huh! What's wrong?" He blinked at her, his mind full of questions.
"Uncle, we've arrived, it's time to get off!" she said softly, though reluctantly.
"Oh! Okay! By the way..."
"Oh dear! It's already very late. Let's hurry up and get off the bus to find a place to stay. This place is definitely the busiest these days. With the assessment in a few days, if we don't leave now, we might not find anywhere to stay!"
Ziyou suddenly cried out, interrupting the uncle's words and drawing curious glances from the two men.
“That’s right, Uncle, I won’t say any more to you, we’ll be going now.” Sui Yi said to the uncle, and took the lead in lifting the curtain and jumping down.
Ziyou, beaming with pride, watched the uncle from behind, feeling a wonderful sense of victory.
"Childish!" The middle-aged man glanced at him and said expressionlessly, then turned and got out of the car.
"You...you're the childish one!" He clenched his fist and waved it a few times at the uncle's back, then realized that his actions were indeed a bit childish. He suddenly withdrew his hand and got off the bus awkwardly.
"Uncle, let's part ways here. Hope to meet again someday!" Sui Yi cupped her hands in greeting to the uncle and nodded.
"It's fate that we don't meet again!" Ziyou interjected from behind.
He successfully earned a glare from the older man; this kid is really not cute.
"Hehe! Don't worry, our destiny is yet to come! Haha!" The uncle said mysteriously, and then laughed to himself.
"You're sick!" Ziyou muttered.
"Alright, alright, you two little ones, hurry up and find a place to stay! Ci Ning, here's a communication stone. Take it. If there's anything I can help with, be sure to contact me."
"Okay! Thank you, Uncle!" Sui Yi took the communication stone and put it in her pocket.
"Uncle, we're leaving now!" After saying goodbye once again, Suiyi was pulled away by the impatient Ziyou.
"Hehe! My good disciple, your master will be waiting for you at the Xuanfeng Sect." The uncle murmured to himself. The most unexpected thing in life is finding someone you click with. Heaven has been kind to him; he never imagined that just before his ascension, it would send him such a great gift—a good disciple. His eyes and heart were filled with satisfaction. He shook his head and pulled the cart in the other direction.
"Don't worry, it's already evening. If we can find a place to stay, there will definitely be a place for us. There's no point in rushing."
"I'm not in a hurry, I just don't like that you're always talking to that old man and ignoring me!" Ziyou pouted, dissatisfied.
"Uh! Let's go now, let's find a place to stay first." Suiyi changed the subject, took Ziyou's hand, and looked at both sides of the street to see if there were any inns.
"Mmm!" Ziyou replied happily, and followed her as they ran all over the street.
"Let's go in and take a look at this one." Sui Yi and the others stood at the entrance of "Yuelai Inn," noticing that there seemed to be fewer people inside compared to the previous inns.
"Okay! Let's go ask."
"Shopkeeper, do you have any rooms available?"
"Yes, yes, yes, how many rooms would you two young masters like?" The innkeeper looked at Ziyou, who was dressed very elegantly and was just a child, and thought he was a fat sheep.
“We want…” He turned to look at the eight people behind him, then said to the innkeeper, “Five superior rooms!”
"Alright, a superior room costs one mid-grade spirit stone per night, so these five rooms will cost five mid-grade spirit stones. The accommodation fee will be paid immediately upon arrival. How many days do you all plan to stay?"
"One mid-grade spirit stone for one night? Are you ripping me off?"
"You can't just say things like that." The shopkeeper's face turned cold upon hearing Ziyou's voice.
"Hmph! Don't take us for fools. Ningning, come on, let's go stay somewhere else." With that, she pulled Suiyi and started to walk out.
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