Chapter 111 - 110: 404 Small Inn

Chapter 111: Chapter 110: 404 Small Inn

A moment later, the young Daoist came running with a jade bottle.

"Drip it all on my arms."

Daoxuan quickly pulled the stopper, and a crimson liquid flowed out.

"HISS!" "HISS!" "HISS!"

As the liquid merged with the frost, it evaporated into a large cloud of gray, utterly repulsive gas.

"Cover your nose and mouth. Don’t breathe it in. With your cultivation not yet started, I’m afraid you’ll die," Shouyangzi warned. He had no intention of letting this promising cultivation seedling he’d worked so hard to find perish halfway.

Hearing this, Daoxuan immediately covered his face with his Daoist robe and backed away.

Shouyangzi, meanwhile, sat down on the spot and focused all his energy on expelling the yin-cold qi from his arms.

After a good while, he finally opened his eyes and exhaled a long, murky breath.

"This curse of yours... I can’t break it."

"???"

He Xiaotian was left speechless. ’After all that impressive maneuvering and dealing with the cold qi like some profound master, you turn around and tell me you can’t do it? You’re really blowing my mind.’

"I really can’t."

Shouyangzi showed no sign of feeling like a man who "can’t say he can’t do it."

"Actually, I’m rather suspicious of you."

"?!"

"I suspect you aren’t human."

"..."

He Xiaotian took a deep breath. ’If it weren’t for your age, I’d send you to see the Supreme Celestial Venerable in a heartbeat.’

"With such powerful yin-cold qi, by all rights, you should have kicked the bucket the moment you were hit! But look at you now, still alive and kicking like nothing happened." As he said this, an envious expression appeared on Shouyangzi’s face. ’What a strong man.’

He Xiaotian unconsciously took two steps back. The old Daoist’s lecherous expression couldn’t help but make one suspect he had some rather private secrets.

"To resolve your curse, or rather, that wisp of yin-cold qi inside you, it must be neutralized with an extremely powerful yang qi. Of course, in my experience, that’s the only way.

As for whether there are other methods, please forgive my ignorance."

"What about that crimson dew that took care of the cold qi on your arms? Won’t that work?"

Shouyangzi immediately shook his head upon hearing the question.

’The little bit of cold qi on my arm compared to the yin-cold qi clinging to your bones like maggots? It’s not just a matter of paling in comparison, is it?’

"Forget this tiny amount of crimson dew; even a whole barrel of it wouldn’t be enough," Shouyangzi said. After a pause, he added, "I can recommend someone to you. The Fire Daoist, one of the eight Dharma Protectors of the Daoist Alliance."

"The Fire Daoist?"

"He’s an Alchemist, so he should have a way to neutralize your yin-cold qi. At most, you’ll have some pill toxins left in your body, but with your constitution, you should be able to flush them out in three to five months. However, you certainly can’t treat him like you did me—by writing an IOU.

He’s not just a Daoist, but also a Fire Series adept with immense power. Even the director of the Cleaners has to show him respect. As for the price... well, you know. For anyone who seeks him out for Alchemy, the starting price is at least a thousand Spiritual Energy Crystals."

He Xiaotian rolled his eyes.

’What’s the difference between saying that and saying nothing at all?’

’If I had a thousand Spiritual Energy Crystals, I wouldn’t have had to write you an IOU in the first place.’

So, in the end, it was all up to him!

"Old Yang, if you keep talking to me like that, I’ll feed you escolar," He Xiaotian grumbled helplessly. Unfortunately, Shouyangzi was clearly an old fossil and didn’t get the reference.

He had no idea why X wanted to feed him fish.

Daoists weren’t Monks, after all. Not only were they not vegetarian, but they could also marry and have children!

Daoxuan, on the other hand, suddenly trembled violently.

"?!"

’Oho, found someone who’s in the know.’

He Xiaotian squinted, sizing up the young Daoist from head to toe.

Then, with an expression that said, ’I get it,’ he glanced at Shouyangzi.

"???"

’What kind of look is that!’

"Daoxuan, is there something you know?"

The young Daoist shuddered, wanting to flatly deny it.

But when he met Shouyangzi’s stern gaze, his brain short-circuited, and he told the truth.

"Escolar is also known as the ’gay man’s happy fish.’ It tastes amazing. But after you eat it, the human body has trouble digesting the wax esters in it."

Shouyangzi’s old face stiffened. ’Such an evil fish exists in this world?’

’Wait, the "gay man’s happy fish?"’

’Why does Daoxuan know this in such detail?’

"Pervert!"

Shouyangzi’s eyes darted back and forth between He Xiaotian and the young Daoist before he finally spat out a single word.

"What’s wrong with a man being a little perverted?"

"!!!"

The moment the words fell, the old Daoist and his young apprentice, with the speed of a thunderclap, leaped ten meters away from him.

"I was just kidding. It’s not like I’m serious. Anyway, I’m out. I’ll pay back the Spiritual Energy Crystals I owe you as soon as I can." He Xiaotian cupped his fists, left the wary master-disciple pair behind, and turned to leave the side hall.

’I might not be a pretty boy, but with this muscular body, I can definitely be called strong and powerful. Masculine energy is practically shooting out of the top of my head.’

’And they suspect me?’

’Pah!’

’Only people with dirty minds think dirty thoughts.’

He Xiaotian didn’t go back to his rental unit. For the time being, he was a human-shaped Spirit-Guiding Body.

It was one thing for a bunch of miscellaneous evil spirits to come and harass him in the middle of the night.

But what if some brain-dead creature had the sudden impulse to go after his family?

Sure, he had the protection of the statue and the Protective Talismans now.

But it was better to be safe than sorry.

In short, he had to keep his parents as far away from danger as possible!

He made a call, telling them he was going to be out and about for a few days.

He also gave his parents a stern warning not to clean his little room until he came home.

Didn’t He Xiaotian still have the statue?

Why not put it out to ward off the harassing evil spirits?

Please, these were living, breathing Experience Points.

It was a small amount, sure, but even a mosquito’s leg is still meat.

After another seventy or eighty-minute bus ride, he was back in downtown Shanghai.

He Xiaotian found a small inn on the street and ducked inside.

Don’t get the wrong idea. He wasn’t there for any unspeakable and shameful transactions.

It was simply to save money.

Was there a difference between a hotel and an inn?

It was just a matter of environment and service.

He’d just make do for a couple of nights.

After all, in Shanghai, any halfway decent hotel was, to be honest, a total ripoff.

Just one night could easily cost five or six hundred, and you wouldn’t get much for it.

And that was just for a standard room. If you were looking at a starred, executive-level suite...

Heh, a normal person’s monthly salary would be gone in twenty-four hours.

Although He Xiaotian was, more or less, a billionaire...

Minor flaws like saving money and being stingy were practically ingrained in his bones.

Perhaps he was only willing to splurge when it came to food.

What could he do? Having parents who raised their son frugally was a tough break!

When he was little, he had countless times wished he’d been born a girl.

Later, after witnessing... things...

He Xiaotian slapped his own face several times while feeling fortunate in his heart.

Half of him was thinking, ’Life is so miserable.’

The other half was, ’Those deliverymen work so hard.’

And it was then that a certain someone resolved to become a hardworking deliveryman.

It was only when he grew up that he learned that movies were all lies.

Oh, right. The name of this inn was very distinctive.

He Xiaotian glanced at it and felt a strange sense of dread.

[404 Inn]