"Do you friends need lodging?" A sleazy-looking man saw Ding Huan and her companions come in and immediately greeted them with a cheesy smile.
Jia Baihe was about to speak when the woman who entered with her blurted out loudly, "Of course, we need lodging, but I’d like to look around first to see if there’s anything better."
The sleazy man chuckled, "This Void Flying City is owned by our Wanjie Commerce, so there’s only one Rest Inn here. These days, many people come by every day, and if you wait any longer, there won’t be any place left to stay."
Worried about not finding a place to stay, Jia Baihe quickly said, "Then we’ll stay at your Rest Inn."
The woman, with no sense of caution, looked at Jia Baihe helplessly and said, "You really are inexperienced, aren’t you? Saying that, won’t he just jack up the price?"
Ding Huan was speechless, this woman was actually saying that Jia Baihe was inexperienced...
The sleazy man put on an aggrieved face, "Our Wanjie Commerce always conducts business formally and fairly, we never overcharge our customers, and our prices are exceptionally reasonable."
"How much is it per night?" Jia Baihe asked eagerly.
"A nicer room is fifty thousand top-grade Spirit Stones per night..."
"So expensive?" Jia Baihe exclaimed in shock before the sleazy man could finish his sentence.
The woman said, "See, I told you he’d rip us off."
But Ding Huan spoke up, "We’ll stay here, let’s go rest right away, just fifty thousand per night."
Jia Baihe, though a seasoned killer, was seldom in contact with others and never stayed in Tao City, so she lacked decisiveness.
Hearing Ding Huan’s words, she immediately said, "Okay, we’ll take a suite."
"A suite will need a hundred thousand top-grade Spirit Stones per night," the sleazy man upped the price again.
"Okay," Ding Huan said in two words.
Jia Baihe followed, saying, "Okay, lead the way."
"Wow, you guys are really rich, so I guess I’ll stay in your shop too. I don’t have that many Spirit Stones, I’ll take the room for fifty thousand per night," the woman exclaimed with a tone of resignation.
Ding Huan was even more speechless; every sentence she spoke seemed to show off how rich she was.
They were getting a suite because there were two of them, you, alone, are spending fifty thousand for a night, isn’t that being rich?
Ding Huan was eager to settle down because he constantly felt some unease.
"My name is Fan Jiansi, from the Origin Star Land. Just a simple person, I’m glad we are staying at the same Rest Inn again," the woman was not only enthusiastic but also revealed her name and origin.
Jia Baihe gave a vague reply, not in the mood to get to know this Fan Jiansi.
She didn’t even consider that the name Fan Jiansi sounded obviously fake.
Although they were in a Void Flying City, the standard of the Wanjie Rest Inn was not low.
The suite Ding Huan and Jia Baihe stayed in not only had six rooms but also a separate guest room and a dedicated Alchemy Artifact Refining Room.
Moreover, the Spiritual Energy in the room was very rich.
"Bai He, just place me in the room, I can heal myself," Ding Huan said.
Ding Huan felt that the murderous aura of the man in gray seemed to be continuously increasing within him, and he vaguely felt that the guy might not have been finished off by him.
Only if the person who injured him was not dead would this kind of murderous deathly aura inside him keep getting stronger.
Thus, it seemed that Jia Baihe’s choice to immediately flee, even not bothering to check if Lou Yunsheng was dead, was correct.
Given Jia Baihe’s experience and methods, once Lou Yunsheng’s Primordial Spirit invaded her Sea of Consciousness, it would be extremely dangerous.
Indeed, being cautious is sometimes not a mistake.
"Okay," Jia Baihe was a poison expert, totally incapable of healing.
Moreover, Ding Huan’s injury was not a common one but a corrosion from the Great Dao Rhythm; she had no ability to help Ding Huan.
As soon as he entered the room, Ding Huan began to set up a defensive formation.
A severe injury didn’t mean he was completely incapacitated to set up an Array.
A day passed, and Ding Huan took out a few excellent Spirit Stones and then dumped millions of Spirit Stones into the Protecting Array before he began to heal.
Ding Huan’s healing process was different from others; he had already integrated a gene for injury recovery, meaning even without treatment, his injuries would gradually heal.
Besides, his Great Universe Technique could also accelerate the healing process.
This time was different; Ding Huan had been gravely injured and comatose, allowing Lou Yunsheng’s murderous Dao Rhythm to run rampant at the site of the injury, rampaging through his body’s channels.
In other words, if it had been anyone but Ding Huan, they would have perished long ago.
They couldn’t have lasted until Jia Baihe reached this Void Flying City.
Ding Huan could survive as long as he had a shred of consciousness.
The reason he hadn’t recovered until now was that he had been gravely injured and comatose before, with even his consciousness sealed away.
Now that Ding Huan was awake, the injury Lou Yunsheng had left to destroy his lifeforce was merely a joke.
Once the spirit source and defensive formation were set up, Ding Huan constructed the Great Universe Technique Circulation as his immediate priority.
The first cycle passed, and the life-devouring, murderous Daoist Rhythm at Ding Huan’s severed leg began to be stripped away.
As soon as the first whiff of this Daoist Rhythm was peeled off, Ding Huan knew that Lou Yunsheng had not truly been killed.
At least his Primordial Spirit still existed.
Once this healing session was over, he was determined to return and kill his opponent once more.
His injuries would heal in just a few days at most, and Ding Huan was certain that Lou Yunsheng’s recovery would not be as swift as his.
Lou Yunsheng’s physical body had collapsed, requiring a treasure like the Immortal Quan Flower for recovery.
While stripping away Lou Yunsheng’s murderous Daoist Rhythm, Ding Huan also preserved this rhythmic essence.
In the future, he could use this very essence to locate Lou Yunsheng, just as he had previously found Lou Yunsheng.
The difference was that he had found Lou Yunsheng because he had severely injured Lou Yunsheng, leaving behind the aura of the Great Universe Technique on his body.
Finding Lou Yunsheng, on the other hand, was because Lou Yunsheng had gravely wounded him, and he had collected Lou Yunsheng’s Daoist Rhythm essence.
Outside, Jia Baihe felt the spiritual energy fluctuations in Ding Huan’s room growing more and more powerful and heaved a sigh of relief.
Although she did not yet have a profound understanding of Ding Huan, she could sense that as long as Ding Huan was not killed off at once, he could come back again.
Jia Baihe decided to return to her room and go into seclusion.
Her Tao Foundation had been repaired by Ding Huan, and she had also stepped into the eighth level of Earth Immortal, having witnessed Ding Huan’s confrontation with the warriors of the Immortal Bridge.
With these experiences, if she digested them properly, not only could she assault the peak of Earth Immortal, but she could also comprehend a portion of the Immortal Bridge Dao Rhythm.
It was just at this moment that a knock sounded on the prohibitive spell outside her door.
Jia Baihe deactivated the prohibition and saw Fan Jiansi standing at the doorway. With some confusion, she asked, "Mr. Fan, is there something you need?"
Fan Jiansi waved his hand nonchalantly, "We both come from afar, from Star Land, and should stick closer together, huddling for warmth, don’t you agree?"
Jia Baihe was puzzled inwardly. Even if they were to huddle for warmth, she currently had the appearance of a man, and it wasn’t proper for a woman to seek her out so frequently, was it?
Nevertheless, she nodded her head without speaking, just hoping that Fan Jiansi would leave soon so she could begin her secluded cultivation.
Truth be told, despite Jia Baihe having killed a slew of people and wiped out one sect and family after another, she was definitely not some emotionless killing machine.
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Even the simple act of directly rejecting Fan Jiansi felt rather difficult for her.
"I still don’t know how to address you, do I?" Hearing Jia Baihe nod, Fan Jiansi immediately found an opening for conversation.
Jia Baihe, not adept at lying, could only say, "My name is Jia Baihe."
"Hm, that’s a nice name, very good," Fan Jiansi promptly made an attempt at small talk, complimenting her.
After speaking, she lowered her voice, "Ga Daoist, in three days’ time, this Void Flying City will hold a massive auction. I’ll tell you, at this auction there will be methods and experiences to advance to the Immortal Bridge Realm.
Besides that, I heard that a Nine-Colored Immortal Mortal Lotus will make an appearance. You know about the Nine-Colored Immortal Mortal Lotus, right? It can be consumed directly to charge at the Immortal Bridge Realm.
If refined into Medicine Pills, the effects would be even better. I have no partner, and I’d like to invite you to this auction with me. Will you go?"
If Fan Jiansi had mentioned only the methods and experiences of the Immortal Bridge Realm, she would not have cared at all.
But it was as if Fan Jiansi knew her thoughts, mentioning the Nine-Colored Immortal Mortal Lotus.
That immediately piqued Jia Baihe’s interest.
Before encountering Lou Yunsheng, she only knew of the realm of the Immortal Bridge.
After witnessing Lou Yunsheng’s formidable display of power, nearly slaying Ding Huan, her urge for the Immortal Bridge Realm became urgent.
Despite Ding Huan’s victory, Jia Baihe knew that it couldn’t be deduced by ordinary logic.
Firstly, cultivators like Ding Huan were exceedingly rare.
Secondly, Ding Huan’s victory was because, at first, Lou Yunsheng was intent on breaking the Sealing Array of Jiuyuan Star and had not focused all his attention on Ding Huan.
This allowed Ding Huan’s psychological tactics to succeed, ultimately turning the tables and killing Lou Yunsheng.
Even so, Ding Huan had also been grievously injured and nearly fell, now still in the midst of healing.
"Ga Daoist, such an opportunity is rare, especially a Nine-Colored Immortal Mortal Lotus, which is hard to encounter once in a century.
Do you know why so many people think of coming here from all directions? It’s for the Nine-Colored Immortal Mortal Lotus. Of course, that’s also why I came," he added, knowing Jia Baihe’s thoughts.
"Alright, we’ll go together in three days," Jia Baihe was finally persuaded by Fan Jiansi.
Having entered the Wanjie Void Flying City, Jia Baihe felt it was relatively safe.
At least, the management within this Flying City was extremely strict, without the usual issues of forceful buying or selling or the use of power to oppress others found in ordinary Cultivation Cities.
Fan Jiansi was overjoyed:
"Alright, then it’s settled. I’ll come to find you in three days, and we’ll head to the auction together. If we can buy the Nine-Colored Immortal Mortal Lotus by joining forces, we’ll find a Pill King to refine an Immortal Ascension Pill for us."
(That’s all for today’s update. Good night, friends!)