Mystery: She came from the Chaos Sea.

Chapter 169 Impermanence

In the dead of night, Zhou Mei, who was sleeping alone in her room, sensed that people were gathering in the lobby on the first floor.

She got up and put on her coat. As the wooden door creaked open, Zhou Mei sensed the people who had gathered quietly disperse.

Following the faint light of the oil lamp, Zhou Mei went downstairs and saw that the shopkeeper was not resting.

"Miss." The shopkeeper smiled broadly, appearing very friendly, as he saw Zhou Mei come downstairs.

Zhou Mei didn't expose the shady innkeeper's accomplices hidden in various secret doors and corners, but instead asked, "Are the people traveling with me very famous?"

The shopkeeper paused for a moment, then quickly replied, "'Beauty Swordswoman' Tian Ruoyao, that's a renowned name in the martial arts world, a truly distinguished heroine!"

"Beauty Sword" is indeed a name that Tian Ruoyao is known by in the martial arts world, but in reality, "Woman of Impermanence" is the more widely known name for Tian Ruoyao.

Because Tian Ruoyao is a capricious and unpredictable female demon.

In this chaotic world, many unordained disciples of various powerful factions roam the martial arts world for power and money. In this world where strength reigns supreme, these groups who wield power control a portion of the local discourse.

However, disciples who have received the ordination certificate rarely do such things.

At least, very few of them show up in person.

At this moment, the shopkeeper was also wondering to himself who this woman traveling with the Impermanence Woman was.

It's quite unusual for two women to travel alone and choose to sleep in separate rooms. But considering Tian the Demon's infamous reputation in the martial arts world, who knows, this woman might also be a demon.

Of course, it's also possible that she was kidnapped by the Wraith.

I've heard that the Wraith Goddess has a fondness for handsome men and beautiful women.

The shopkeeper dared not say a word, and did not even dare to ask what the woman in front of him was doing when she suddenly came downstairs in the middle of the night.

The innkeeper just wanted the two of them to leave by tomorrow morning. So he provided them with normal food and lodging, and he didn't dare use any of the drugs or tricks he usually used to rip off customers on them.

Zhou Mei didn't know what kind of personality Tian Ruoyao had, but she knew that Napoli Disri didn't care whether this inn was a shady business or not.

Zhou Mei asked casually, "Innkeeper, why did you open an inn in such a remote place?"

Looking at Zhou Mei's seemingly innocent and naive face, the innkeeper sighed, "It's just a way to make a living. To be honest, young lady, in a place like this, it's very difficult to survive solely by selling wine, food, and lodging."

"I have connections in both the legitimate and underworld circles, so I also do things like selling intelligence and even stolen goods. Because of these transactions, it's not suitable to set up an inn in a nearby town."

The shopkeeper did not mention anything involving human life, such as robbery, murder-for-hire, or other acts of violence.

But Zhou Mei knew perfectly well whether a murder had occurred at the inn.

Listening to the shopkeeper's "frankness," Zhou Mei suddenly changed the subject and said, "There really are ghosts in this world. Aren't you afraid of ghosts coming to your door after doing so much of this shady business?"

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper showed no anger. He remained silent for a moment before slowly saying, "A ghost coming to the door? I'm not really afraid. People in this world respect ghosts and gods, but I've lived half my life and I've never actually seen a ghost... Actually, I want to see a ghost."

"Oh?" Zhou Mei looked up in surprise.

The shopkeeper continued, "My family was destroyed and I died many years ago, yet I've never seen any ghosts come to my door from my enemies. So, if ghosts really exist, I'd really like to see them."

"Unfortunately, the ghosts aren't seeking justice." Just then, Napoli Disri's voice came from upstairs, his expression cool yet tinged with a hint of mockery: "Everyone says I'm 'unpredictable,' but ghosts are even more unpredictable than me."

"So don't expect to become a vengeful ghost or anything like that."

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper quickly adopted a humble expression, smiling broadly as he said, "Miss Tian, ​​did my gossip disturb your rest? I'm truly sorry."

Napoli Disley merely chuckled and said, "Have you personally gone to seek revenge against your enemies?"

The shopkeeper's smile froze. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "My enemies are incredibly powerful. Even those who have turned to banditry wouldn't want to mess with them."

Zhou Mei could tell that the shopkeeper himself didn't have the courage to seek justice from his enemies, even though he now had many lives on his hands.

Napoli Disley replied, "I see... It's a pity that your luck is always a little worse than your enemies'."

The shopkeeper understood the hidden meaning in Napoli Disri's words, but what he didn't know was that a figure that wasn't human was clinging to the back of his companion, who was hiding behind the secret door.

……

In the early morning, Zhou Mei fetched some clean water to wash up, and then carefully checked the horses and dry rations.

At this point, apart from her and her fellow disciples Napoli Disri, there was no one else alive in the inn.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

A vengeful ghost took away the shady business gang that operated between the legitimate and criminal worlds. However, this vengeful ghost ultimately couldn't escape the grasp of the two talismans.

Zhou Mei rode off, silently asking Helmaenie, "Senior Primordial, the innkeeper said he'd never seen a ghost in his life, so why is it such a coincidence that he encountered one right after we checked into this inn?"

Zhou Mei was still thinking about the "unpredictable ghosts" that Napoli Disley had mentioned. Since ghosts were not born from evil, it was too much of a coincidence that the ghosts that appeared in the inn appeared.

"Because the monster was attracted by you and Napolidisri." Having discerned the true nature of the monsters of the Western Continent, Helmani explained, "More precisely, it was attracted by your bamboo sword and Napolidisri's dagger."

"The bamboo sword in your hand is crafted with extraordinary properties. Therefore, this bamboo sword will naturally attract evil spirits of corresponding paths."

The aggregation effect of extraordinary characteristics is more pronounced in the Western Continent, where extraordinary characteristics are scarce. This is because there are far fewer extraordinary characteristics serving as the source of attraction, but the number of evil spirits emerging from the source is much greater.

Zhou Mei was taken aback. She hadn't expected the root of the problem to be the bamboo sword in her hand. She couldn't help but ask, "So, according to you, even if that inn wasn't a shady place, it would still be attacked by evil spirits?"

"Yes." Hermaine's voice echoed in Zhou Mei's heart, making her feel cold at that moment.

Helmani sensed Zhou Mei's current mood and continued:

"However, if it were an ordinary inn, I doubt you would stand idly by and let evil spirits harm people..."

After a pause, Helmayne explained the solution:

"The sealing and storage of extraordinary properties are very particular."

"Actually, from the miscellaneous discussions you read in the sect, you can see that the Heavenly Court, the Buddhist sects, and the Taoist sects all have rituals and methods for sealing 'magical artifacts'."

"It's just that the various sects of Dark Pavilion obviously don't care about the fact that magical artifacts can attract evil spirits, which is why they don't have this kind of inheritance."

"If you want to solve this problem, you need to make contact with the regalia recipients of other factions."

"Before that, you can find something like tin foil to wrap the bamboo sword; that will do some good."

(End of this chapter)