kvmb Chapter 316: The 9th City, Snakes and Scorpions
Chapter 316: The 9th City, Snakes and Scorpions
After successfully finding a place to stay, it was already noon. Li Changxiao went downstairs, found the counter of the inn, and ordered some good wine from the fat innkeeper.
The shopkeeper agreed with a smile and asked Li Changxiao to go upstairs first. He would call the waiter later to bring up the good wine.
Not only that, the shopkeeper also told Li Changxiao that his store was having a recent promotion. If Li Changxiao ordered one or two more glasses of wine, he would get an extra portion of braised beef and half a roast duck.
Li Changxiao's eyes lit up and he quickly took out the silver. Although he was penniless when he went to the inn, he had plenty of ways to make money after he came out.
Being a bodyguard is the easiest way to make money the fastest, and he made rapid progress in his studies. With his strong martial arts skills, he had no problem finding someone to hire him. It can be said that if you master a skill, you will never have trouble making money.
Look, at this moment, his body is full of dozens of taels of silver.
The corners of his mouth curled up slightly. If he had been to Laiqu Inn, he would never have seen so much silver. The proprietress was a stingy woman. She did the least but took the most. She was always yelling that she had paid off her debts with her beauty.
Sometimes, if he looked at her a few more times, she would even ask for "eye money". It seemed like she was forcing a deal, but Li Changxiao would return the favor and take her "dream money".
Thoughts flashed through his mind, and Li Changxiao went upstairs. The shopkeeper smiled and watched him go. It was really a case of harmony bringing wealth. The name of this inn was "Snake Inn". Its style was different from other inns. The rooms in the inn could be roughly divided into "human rooms" and "animal rooms".
Li Changxiao lived in Room 307, which means the seventh room on the third floor. After returning to the house, Li Changxiao sat at the window, looking at the scenery outside and the bustling flow of people.
After arriving at the Ninth City, he was also confused. After all, the news about the "Soul-Extending Liquid" was very vague. However, since he was here, he might as well make the best of it. If there was something, he would be overjoyed. If not... he was helpless. Even if it was Yu Luosha, he felt that there was no need to make this trip just for her.
Li Changxiao would always explain to her that she didn't come here specifically for him, he just wanted to take a look around, and the soul-renewing liquid was just an opportunity.
Li Changxiao actually had a lot of wine on him. He didn't make any money going to the inn, but he had a lot of good wine. In the middle of the night before he left, Mei Sanniang went to the cellar and brought out three jars of authentic Spring and Winter Plum Fragrance Wine, the oldest of the year, and placed them on the table.
Needless to say, Li Changxiao put this in his dream space, reluctant to drink it or open it.
He didn't know that after he left, the proprietress joked that these three jars of wine were older than Little Leo's age.
In fact, Li Changxiao has been learning from others. He dares to boast that he has figured out at least 40% of Mei Sanniang's wine-making technique. During that time, he also tried to make wine, and the wine he brewed was recognized by Mei Sanniang and the cook.
However, there is still a huge gap between his cooking skills and Mei Sanniang's. Thinking of this, Li Changxiao felt hungry and went downstairs to order two glasses of wine.
And at the same time.
Mei Sanniang, who came and went in the inn, sneezed. The corners of her mouth slightly raised, her eyebrows slightly raised, and she said to herself, "It seems that she is not dead yet."
She felt much better, but then her brows furrowed again and she changed her tone and cursed, "This drunkard is thinking about my wine again. He never changes his bad habits."
……
Talking this way.
After Li Changxiao ordered a few ounces of fine liquor, he returned to the guest room and not long after he waited, someone knocked on the door. After opening the door, he found that the waiter was actually a snake man with a human upper body and a snake lower body.
The last time he came to Green Domain, Li Changxiao walked on a desolate road where it was hard to find any traces of humans or animals.
So at this moment, it was the first time for him to look at the snake man at such a close distance. The snake man was tall, with broader shoulders than the average man, and his face was generally slender and feminine.
The snake's body stands upright, about eight feet tall, with vertical emerald green pupils. When you look into its eyes, you can feel a slight chill.
"Your food and wine." The snake man spoke, his two fangs flashing coldly and his mouth slightly protruding.
Li Changxiao took the food and wine, looked at them for a few more times, took out a few copper coins from his pocket, and planned to ask some questions about Green Domain.
Unexpectedly, the snake man turned around and walked away without looking back, his snake tail swinging in a curved shape, and his speed did not slow down at all.
Even if an ordinary adult man ran at full speed, he might not be able to catch up with the snake man.
Li Chang smiled, took back the copper coins, took the wine and food, and returned to the room to enjoy.
But at the same time, I couldn't help but feel a little confused.
However, he has never been a person who is easily anxious or sad. After taking a few sips of wine and a few bites of snacks, he felt much happier.
After eating and drinking, he lay down on the bed.
I slept soundly and felt very happy.
When he woke up again, it was already evening. He rubbed his eyes and wanted to go out for a walk, but suddenly he heard several faint sounds of breaking wind in his ears.
Out of curiosity, he followed the sound and saw the shopkeeper, who seemed to be kind, in the backyard, whipping a snake man with a long iron whip.
His expression was ferocious and he spared no effort. This whip was enough to tear the skin of an ordinary person, but on the snake man, it only left a shallow skin scar.
The snake man held his head and dared not resist, while the other snake men's accomplices stared at the shopkeeper with cold pupils flashing in their vertical pupils.
The shopkeeper noticed someone behind him, turned around and saw that it was Li Changxiao who had just checked in. The fierceness on his face instantly disappeared, replaced by a kind smile.
He walked over and told Li Changxiao that these snake people were becoming increasingly undisciplined, and would simply refuse to obey unless some ruthless measures were taken.
Li Changxiao looked back and said, "Boss, I've always heard that the snake people are treacherous and vindictive. Aren't you afraid of their revenge if you do this?"
"Revenge?" The shopkeeper was obviously stunned when he heard this. "I never thought that they would retaliate?"
"This is within the rules of etiquette. Don't think that I am holding an iron whip. In fact, when I hit them, it is just like a ruler."
"As a shop assistant, he doesn't work hard, makes mistakes repeatedly, and becomes increasingly disobedient. As the shopkeeper, I only give him a slight punishment. How could I be retaliated against?"
Hearing this, Li Changxiao nodded. The shopkeeper was right about one thing.
The iron whip hitting the snake man is like a ruler hitting an ordinary person.
If it were only to this extent.
It is indeed still very far away from the word "revenge".
The shopkeeper's first impression of Li Changxiao was actually very good. This young man who came from afar was a member of his own clan and was handsome. Although he behaved in a dissolute manner, he was polite to others. So when he checked into the inn, the shopkeeper quietly gave him a 20% discount.
The two men came to the front hall. Li Changxiao happened to have something to discuss with the shopkeeper, so he sat on the guest seats with him and started chatting.
at this time.
A sturdy scorpion man walked in.
The so-called scorpion people actually look no different from humans, except that their skin is dark purple, their bodies are taller than ordinary people, and they have a scorpion tail behind them.
Behind the scorpion man, there was a little scorpion man following. The little scorpion man was still young and still had some childishness on his body, but his height was already as high as the innkeeper.
Moreover, the little scorpion human looked extremely arrogant.
The two of them asked to stay in the inn, but the innkeeper looked through the account book and rejected them without hesitation, saying that the "beast room" had been rented out.