“Thank you, Miss Nan!” Lin Xiao thanked Nan Muling. No matter what, she had resolved his trouble for him, although he was not afraid of Zou Yun either.
“It is just upholding our merchant association. It has nothing to do with you. The escort mission is compensation for the threat you received inside the merchant association.” With that, Nan Muling did not glance at Lin Xiao again, nor at the elegant youth beside him. She turned and walked out.
“Miss Nan…” The elegant youth wanted to say something, but still could not attract Nan Muling’s attention in the slightest.
“Hmph, sooner or later, I will make you die under my bed.” The youth thought darkly.
In terms of talent, strength, and status, he was confident that Nan Muling was far inferior to him, yet Nan Muling treated him as if he were invisible. This made him very angry inside.
It was just that he did not show it.
Looking at Nan Muling, who was utterly indifferent to him as well, Lin Xiao was somewhat speechless. She truly treated everyone the same and did not regard him in the slightest.
Lin Xiao’s gaze now turned to the youth beside him. This youth was elegant and graceful, yet Lin Xiao faintly detected an evil aura from him.
He could also sense that the cultivation aura on this person had impressively reached the ninth-level Martial Lord realm.
It was not hard to guess that this youth must be the top genius among those from one of the four valleys who had come here.
Excluding Zou Yun from the Spirit Phoenix Valley and the Coiling Dragon Valley, it could only be Zhang Shi from the Falling Star Valley or Mo Yufeng from the Heavenly Fiend Valley.
“You dare to offend Zou Yun. You truly have guts, lad.” The youth gave Lin Xiao a laugh with an inexplicable tone, then walked towards other places.
The attendant woman retrieved the spirit core and handed it to Lin Xiao, saying full of apology, “I am very sorry for startling you.”
“…” Lin Xiao.
Startled?
A sixth-grade advanced spirit controller disciple from the Spirit Phoenix Valley alone was not enough to startle him!
However, he did not say anything. This Southern Source Merchant Association was very reasonable and rule-abiding, which surprised him greatly.
Handing over eighty Blue Spirit Stones on the spot, Lin Xiao then stored the spirit core into his storage ring.
This action also elicited waves of surprised voices from the surroundings, with people secretly speculating about Lin Xiao’s identity.
Eighty Blue Spirit Stones were not something an ordinary person could possess.
The attendant woman showed a professional smile and said, “Our Southern Source Merchant Association will send a third-level Martial Emperor to escort you to any place in the city. May I ask where you wish to go?”
Lin Xiao was slightly stunned. The Southern Source Merchant Association indeed had escort missions and even specially dispatched a third-level Martial Emperor.
This City Lord’s Mansion, to which even the four valleys had to yield three points, truly had formidable strength.
“Seclusion Inn.” Lin Xiao immediately said.
Although he did not need others to escort him, if he clashed with the people from the Spirit Phoenix Valley now, it would be very disadvantageous for entering the secret realm half a month later.
Since the Southern Source Merchant Association offered this free escort mission, he might as well accept it.
After hearing Lin Xiao’s words, whispers arose again among the surrounding group of people.
“Seclusion Inn. He truly is a rich one.”
“Someone who can take out eighty Blue Spirit Stones and afford the Seclusion Inn must have considerable wealth. But having offended Zou Yun, even if he has few Blue Spirit Stones left, he still has to go to the Seclusion Inn.”
“Indeed. Only the Seclusion Inn can guarantee his safety. Otherwise, spending eighty Blue Spirit Stones to buy a spirit core would just benefit others for nothing.”
“He should stay in the inn until the secret realm opens. At that time, the disciples from the four valleys will surely be eager to head to the secret realm and will not bother with him. Then, we might pay attention to him.”
…
Some even began to make plans, but these voices were all ignored by Lin Xiao.
“Please wait a moment. I will go and call over an expert from our Southern Source Merchant Association.” The attendant woman said to Lin Xiao.
“Thank you.” Lin Xiao said.
“You are too polite, young master. This is what our Southern Source Merchant Association should do.” The attendant woman smiled in response, then left.
Not long after, the attendant woman brought over an elderly third-level Martial Emperor. After asking this Martial Emperor to wait a moment, Lin Xiao purchased the auxiliary medicinal materials for the Yinlie Pill on the first and second floors before leaving the Southern Source Merchant Association.
When leaving, Lin Xiao did not see Zou Yun’s figure.
Presumably, knowing that someone from the Southern Source Merchant Association was escorting him, she would not come forward to humiliate herself.
Smoothly heading to the Seclusion Inn, after handing over twenty Blue Spirit Stones as a deposit, Lin Xiao was politely ushered into the Seclusion Inn by the innkeeper. Only then did the third-level Martial Emperor from the Southern Source Merchant Association leave.
Lin Xiao could not help but sigh that whether it was the Southern Source Merchant Association or the Seclusion Inn, their attitudes were extremely good.
No wonder they had such great renown.
After entering the Seclusion Inn, Lin Xiao also discovered that this Seclusion Inn consisted of one exquisite small independent courtyard after another. Apart from a small room in each courtyard being somewhat special, the other features were not particularly noteworthy.
The total number of independent courtyards was only a few dozen, occupying not a large area in the prosperous street.
The investment in the Seclusion Inn was probably just in those rooms that blocked divine senses and the experts guarding the inn.
Not far after entering the Seclusion Inn, walking along a small path lined with ancient trees on both sides, a group of figures suddenly appeared ahead.
There were a total of five people, three women and two men, all around twenty-four or twenty-five years old. The women wore skirts, the men robes, and each person’s robe or skirt bore a mark resembling a phoenix.
Very obviously, that was the mark of the Spirit Phoenix Valley.
Among them was one whom Lin Xiao had just seen, the genius from the Spirit Phoenix Valley in the red skirt, Zou Yun.
“You actually checked into the Seclusion Inn.” As soon as she saw Lin Xiao, Zou Yun glared at him angrily and said coldly.
“Senior Sister, is he the one who dared to rob the Yinlie Snow Weasel spirit core from you?”
“Just a kid in his early twenties. He truly thinks himself a top genius.”
“These days, there are more and more people who do not know death!”
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The other four young men and women chimed in with a few words, their tones full of disdain and accusation.
Seeing Zou Yun, Lin Xiao was also slightly surprised. In such a short time, he had encountered her again.
But thinking that this was the Seclusion Inn, he was relieved.
Even if the people from the four valleys had to give face, they would definitely stay at the Seclusion Inn. With only a dozen or so independent courtyards here, it was normal to run into a few people coming and going inside.
If one went in and out frequently, let alone disciples from the Spirit Phoenix Valley, one would surely encounter people from the other three valleys often as well.
“Something the matter?” Looking at Zou Yun and the others, Lin Xiao said in a flat tone.
“Heh, everyone, if you are not leaving, please make way.” Seeing that the group of youths seemed to have some grudge, the innkeeper leading Lin Xiao smiled and said.
He himself was a Martial Emperor realm powerhouse, and this was the Seclusion Inn. He was not afraid of them causing trouble at all and treated it as mere squabbles among the younger generation.
“Hmph, Lin Xiao, let’s see how long he can stay in the Seclusion Inn!”
With a cold snort, Zou Yun flicked her hand, turned, and strode away.
The others also gave Lin Xiao a fierce glare and followed along.
They could not fail to give face to the Seclusion Inn.
As for yielding the way, although it was yielding to the innkeeper, it was also yielding to Lin Xiao’s way. They could not possibly yield to him.
Disciples of the Spirit Phoenix Valley could not afford to lose that much face.
“This young master, please!” The innkeeper smiled and politely gestured with his hand.
Lin Xiao nodded and followed the innkeeper forward.
