The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 393 - 233: The Valuable Qi Zai

She patted Qi Zai on the back: "Where did that bunch of people behind us come from?"

While flying, Qi Zai answered leisurely, "How would I know? Did those fools take the wrong medicine or something?"

In his tone, there was a hint of schadenfreude. Ning Xiaoxian just pursed her lips without giving it much thought.

It was now noon. Having flown for so many days, both she and Qi Zai were tired. The clouds ahead dispersed, revealing a wide view, and thus she saw the outline of a city below her.

It was time to find an inn and rest her feet. She wanted to take a hot bath and sleep soundly in a comfortable bed. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Contemplating this, she commanded Qi Zai to descend outside the city, transformed into human form, and summoned Tu Jin from the God Demon Prison. The three of them entered the city together.

This place was already the southern central region of the Southern Continent. As she entered the city, she realized that its style was completely different from the Central Earth she was familiar with. The city walls were made of fired clay bricks, and the buildings often featured large and round columns lavishly and extravagantly decorated.

The residents of the city, with their dress and appearance, were also entirely different from hers. Regardless of gender, inside they would first wear a loose cotton tunic with a round neck and overlapping fronts, while the outer garments were made of wool and leather, fitted close to the body. Most men wore soft-soled shoes made of calf leather, with a split top that opened upwards, and the face, waist sides, and shoe edges of the shoes were decorated with gold or bronze, exuding a wild air.

She also saw many men wearing leather armor vests, with bare arms revealing robust physiques, belted with double-edged swords at their waists. This was totally different from the gentle demeanor of men she had seen in the eastern part of the Southern Continent. The beautiful men she had met before, like Ru Changtian and Luo Miluo, were examples of tall and handsome, carrying majesty amidst their elegance. However, these men here, with their broad backs and bearish waists, bulging muscles, had a rough and unrestrained beauty.

She couldn’t help but take a few more glances before hearing Changtian huff discontentedly: "Don’t look at what you shouldn’t."

This guy’s jealousy was getting worse.

Standing in this city, she and Tu Jin’s attire stood out as peculiar, attracting extra looks from the passing residents.

"Having traveled for ten days, I’ll rest today and relax!" she said cheerfully, grabbing a passing child by the hand: "Little buddy, if you can lead me to the most comfortable inn in this city, these two taels of silver are yours."

An hour later, as expected, she was lying in the most comfortable inn’s bath in the city. Unlike all other inns she had stayed in, this hotel had a hot spring in its backyard, which the owner channeled into separate bathing pools, of course, segregated by gender. The inn’s main attraction was the hot spring baths, and for a mere three taels of silver, one could soak in the warm waters. If esteemed guests desired privacy in a separate room, it would cost ten taels of silver.

Naturally, she could afford the ten taels, so this white pebble-lined hot spring pool set in a small courtyard was hers for the time being. Of course, before getting into the water, she didn’t forget to cover the Demon Eye with her clothes. Meanwhile, Tu Jin and Qi Zai rested in another room, unable to disturb her.

After ten days of exhausting travel, a dip in the hot spring was an absolutely divine pleasure. Amid the misty vapor, she gradually drifted off to sleep.

After an indeterminate time, Ning Xiaoxian suddenly heard the sound of a door opening, followed by Changtian’s urging, "Wake up, someone is coming!"

Someone?

With a swoosh, the door to the small courtyard was pulled open, and a figure stepped in.

"Who?" Ning Xiaoxian immediately opened her eyes and instinctively sank a bit lower, not wanting the newcomer to see her body. As she questioned, Tusk already slipped into her hand. No one but her friends had access to her bathing pool, so the intruder was an enemy, not a friend.

Without thinking much, she beckoned with her hand, and Tusk flew out, aiming straight for the intruder’s face.

"Huh?" The person also seemed startled by her shout, then Tusk flew directly at them. A flash of cold light appeared in their hand, seemingly wielding another weapon to deflect Tusk.

Ning Xiaoxian’s hastily thrown strike was not full force, just a ploy to make the intruder dodge for a split second, allowing her to leap out of the pool and grab a bathrobe to wrap herself in. She also took the moment to cover her face.

The steam in the air was thick but couldn’t obstruct her view. Focusing slightly, she could tell the intruder was a woman.

Both voiced simultaneously, "Who sent you?" The soft, tender voice of the woman across from her held a heavy killing aura.