The Innkeeper

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“What do you mean?” Lex asked with a frown. He didn’t want to take any drastic actions on Earth, nor did he want to be responsible for any of them doing anything drastic either. The reason he had shared this information was because he was sure he had a handle on things. Although killing a few prisoners on Earth was not hard, he did not want to find out how the organization that had been using Earth as a prison would react to such hostility.

After all, even if he could retreat to the Inn, not everyone could. An organization that had been capable of interstellar travel, and who had been using earth as a prison should not be weak at all. Let alone, he did not forget that even Bastet and Falak, two Demi-Daolords, were prisoners on Earth as well. Things being handled peacefully or through negotiations was the best idea.

“I mean… the Jotun Empire will not interfere with anything on Earth. As for how or why I know this, I can’t say.”

Memories from his past life flashed in his mind. Things had changed a lot when spiritual energy returned to Earth, and most of them were not in a good way.

Once again everyone looked at Noman, who only shrugged.

Lex took this opportunity to wear an irritated expression and ask, “why do you all keep looking at him?”

An awkward silence filled the room as everyone looked at Noman. Everyone here had shared secrets with one another, though Noman’s was the only one everyone remembered. Still, that experience had built a bond of trust amongst them, and it did not feel right to just include Lex inside it without him sharing his secret as well.

“I did not expect this conversation to reach this point so quickly,” said Anakin, who was once again wearing a sly smile. “The Inn has this little room called the Chamber of Secrets. Are you familiar with it, Lex?”

The question was a rhetorical one for he did not expect Lex to actually know, and was once again about to enter his usual persuasive speech when Lex nodded firmly.

“Oh, um, yes, perfect then, that saves me from having to explain it to you,” he said, the disappointment in his voice evident. “Well, the point being, we all here have some… personal matters we’d like to keep personal. There are certain things we’d like to keep that way, but if we can come to an agreement, we won’t mind continuing this conversation inside the chamber. That way, everyone’s secrets stay safe and we can move the conversation forward.”

Lex did not reply immediately, and continued to look at Anakin with a scrutinizing gaze. There was definitely more than met the eye about this group, and curiosity about their secrets had already occupied a corner of Lex’s mind. This was also an excellent way to learn more about Souta, as well as Noman. The issue about Earth… well, if that was a matter that could be resolved as well then he had nothing to lose by joining them. Besides, he knew exactly what ‘secret’ to share.

“Alright,” Lex said finally, and leaned back on his sofa. A silence filled the room as everyone waited. As it happened, one of the train stations happened to be near the point where the chamber of secrets was located, so all they had to do now was wait till then.

Lex, however, was more occupied than he seemed as he was focused on his latest quest.

Lightning tempering room

A room in which cultivators can temper their body, spirit or soul with varying levels of lightning!

Disclaimer: Even the lowest level of lightning is meant for Nascent level cultivators and can cause injuries or even death if not adequately prepared.

Disclaimer: Due to limited system functionality, any upgrade to the Lightning tempering room will require the Innkeeper to manually provide new types of lightning before upgrade becomes available.

Fire tempering room

A room in which cultivators can temper their body, spirit or soul with varying levels of fire.

Disclaimer: Even the lowest level fire is meant for Nascent level cultivators and can cause injuries or even death if not adequately prepared.

Disclaimer: Due to limited system functionality, any upgrade to the Fire tempering room will require the Innkeeper to manually provide new types of fire before upgrade becomes available.

Both the new tempering rooms were meant specifically for Nascent realm cultivators, and cost a hefty 15,000MP per hour to use. Lex decided to set the price at 20,000MP per hour to use them, and would require the guest to have a prestige level of at least 2.

The matter relating to upgrading them was something that would require his personal effort, but it was a matter for the future, since he would need to develop a deeper understanding of their limits before working on that.

Instead, the remainder of his focus was on the third room.

Tribulation room

A room guests can rent while undergoing tribulations.

That one simple sentence was the entire description for this room, mainly because there was a new feature he had unlocked as well which he was supposed to use on the Tribulation room.

Room design

Using the various existing abilities and features of the Inn, alongside available upgrades, the Innkeeper can design a new kind of room to fulfill certain requirements for guests that the Inn needs but is lacking. The newly designed room will become a part of the system and will operate based on the conditions set by the Innkeeper. The expense and functionality of the room will be determined based on the used features. All upgrades to designed rooms will require the Innkeeper to manually bring in required resources and outline additional features.

This… this was one of the most amazing features Lex had received so far. To an extent, he was already doing this with various rooms and buildings that he created then retrofitted with formations. But when compared to rooms provided directly by the system, they had always been lacking. Now though… he could really take things a step further.