Lin Yuyan Loses Her Composure!

Du Yuanxiu was looking for them?

Xu Ye turned to look at Lin Yuyan and Zhao Heng.

He already had a guess in his heart.

But he did not waste words. After dismissing the minor clerk,

he immediately went to find Du Yuanxiu.

As a white-robed Demon-Suppression Guard, Du Yuanxiu had his own private office hall.

By the time Xu Ye and the others arrived, Du Yuanxiu was already waiting behind his desk.

Before Xu Ye could even salute,

Du Yuanxiu said directly, "Enough. There's no time to waste. Come take a look."

As he spoke, he pushed the document before him toward Xu Ye and the others. "This is information just sent over by the Demon-Patrol Guards."

"A fox demon appeared in Mu Family Town. According to them, this fox demon has the cultivation of the sixth level of Meridian Opening and is quite formidable."

Hearing this, Xu Ye and the others passed the document around and read it.

They gained a preliminary understanding of the demon disturbance in Mu Family Town.

A fox demon was causing trouble and bringing calamity upon the people.

After everyone had finished reading, Du Yuanxiu said, "There shouldn't be any problem handing this mission to you, right?"

Xu Ye was at the ninth level of Meridian Opening. Killing a fox demon at the sixth level of Meridian Opening would be as easy as taking something from his hand.

That was why Du Yuanxiu was so at ease.

"I have no problem with it," Xu Ye said.

As long as there was a mission, he had to complete it.

Not only because it was his responsibility, but because there were contribution point rewards.

The more demons he killed, the greater the rewards.

It would not be a bad thing to gather five thousand contribution points sooner.

"I have no problem either." Zhao Heng and Lin Yuyan both nodded.

Following Xu Ye meant they could lie back and win.

There was no reason to refuse.

Even Zhao Heng had to admit that he was going there to freeload.

"Good! The situation is urgent. Set out as soon as you're ready." Du Yuanxiu did not waste any more words.

Xu Ye nodded slightly, but still looked at Du Yuanxiu. "Uncle Du, about my little sister..."

He did not want anything to happen to his sister while he was out on a mission.

Du Yuanxiu said, "Don't worry! Even if you hadn't said anything, I wouldn't let anything happen to Zhizhi."

Only then was Xu Ye reassured.

Soon, the three turned and left.

The Demon-Suppression Bureau had special stables, where quite a few fine horses were raised.

They existed to make it convenient for the bureau's people to undertake long-distance missions.

Before long, the three each mounted a fast horse and left the city, racing toward Mu Family Town, a hundred li away.

Mu Family Town lay a hundred li south of White Cloud County.

It was neither too close to nor too far from the county seat, and was usually considered prosperous.

Yet when Xu Ye, Lin Yuyan, and the others entered Mu Family Town this time, they discovered that the town, which should have been thriving, was now steeped in deathly gloom.

The streets were dilapidated and uncared for.

There were even fewer people in the surrounding area.

Seeing this, Xu Ye and the other two could not help but frown.

"Let's find an inn to stay at first, then ask around about the situation," Xu Ye said.

Lin Yuyan and the others had no objections.

Very quickly, the three casually found an inn and walked inside.

"Are the three of you here to eat or stay the night?" The moment Xu Ye and the others entered the inn, a waiter came forward to ask.

Xu Ye glanced at the waiter and noticed that although the fellow appeared welcoming and wore a smile, his eye sockets were dark, and he looked utterly drained.

"We're staying the night," Xu Ye said calmly, making no fuss.

Hearing this, the waiter kept smiling. "Certainly!"

As he spoke, he yawned again and again, as if he had not rested properly.

Soon, he went behind the counter and fussed around for a while.

"Our rooms cost one tael a night. Three rooms will be three taels. Which of you will be paying?" The waiter placed three wooden tags on the counter and asked politely.

Hearing that, Xu Ye stared at him. "One tael of silver for one night? Are you robbing us?"

At a normal inn, even staying ten days or half a month would not cost a tael of silver, would it?

Was this inn really that shady?

Hearing this, Lin Yuyan and Zhao Heng clearly did not understand.

But they too stared at the waiter.

The waiter yawned at once, then smiled. "You three, that's no fun. You came for Miss Xi'er too, didn't you?"

Miss Xi'er?

At those words, Xu Ye's expression shifted slightly.

For some reason, he instantly felt that the demon disturbance was definitely connected to this so-called Miss Xi'er.

Otherwise, why would this waiter suddenly bring her up?

Xu Ye immediately smiled. "You even know that?"

The waiter sneered. "What's so strange about that? Quite a few people have come to Mu Family Town these past few days. Who wasn't here for Miss Xi'er?"

Hearing this, Lin Yuyan was greatly astonished. "Many people came for Miss Xi'er? Then who exactly is Miss Xi'er?"

At that, the waiter was no longer sleepy. An enamored look appeared on his face as he said, "Miss Xi'er is a fairy, a fairy sent down from heaven into this mortal world to save us."

"She is beautiful, so beautiful that words cannot describe her. She is someone many men want to possess."

Hearing that, Xu Ye's expression did not change at all.

What kind of damned fairy?

That mystical?

Lin Yuyan frowned even more. The waiter's words made her feel somewhat sickened.

A beautiful woman, and men wanted to possess her?

Seeing that Xu Ye and the others said nothing, the waiter did not mind and continued on his own. "Miss Xi'er has only been in our Mu Family Town for a few days, yet many people have come drawn by her reputation. They do not hesitate to spend huge sums just to glimpse her beauty, yet you begrudge a mere tael for lodging?"

Hearing that, Xu Ye could not help saying, "Spending huge sums just to glimpse her beauty?"

What use was it if a woman was beautiful but you could not have her?

Xu Ye did not understand.

The waiter sneered. "Of course it's not just a glimpse of her beauty. Miss Xi'er is very approachable. She is holding a Ten Thousand Flowers Gala. If someone is chosen by Miss Xi'er at the gala, they can have the chance to be alone with her."

At this point, his expression became lewd. "By then, don't you know what you can do?"

As the waiter spoke, his face was full of longing.

"A Ten Thousand Flowers Gala? What are the requirements to enter?" Xu Ye asked.

He was growing more and more curious about just who this Miss Xi'er was.

At the same time, he wanted to see what this Ten Thousand Flowers Gala was really up to.

"There are no requirements. As long as you're a man, you can enter. As for women..." the waiter said with a smile.

As he spoke, his gaze swept over Lin Yuyan, sizing her up from head to toe. Then a trace of disdain flashed across his face, and he clicked his tongue twice.

Lin Yuyan's face stiffened at once. "If you have something to say, then say it. What do you mean by that?"

She was being discriminated against?

"Nothing. I just suddenly felt that you're far inferior to Miss Xi'er. You're not qualified to be mentioned in the same breath as her," the waiter said bluntly.

"What the fuck?" Lin Yuyan's eyes widened as she swore for the first time.

It was the first time someone had compared another person to her.

And she had lost.

This was simply an insult.

Zhao Heng immediately said, "Yuyan, don't be angry. This guy is just a lowborn nobody. What does he know?"

Lin Yuyan ignored him and glared fiercely at the waiter.

The waiter spread his hands. "I'm only stating the facts."

Fuck me!

Flames instantly rose in Lin Yuyan's eyes. She nearly could not stop herself from stepping forward and slapping the waiter to death.