There was an inn in Redfang Village, too.
Wu Yu made a point of checking the direction the man in the suit had come from and spotted an inn called Aged Wine. It was an odd name, but the place did offer rooms and meals.
The man who appeared to be the innkeeper was watching several familiar faces warily.
Bai Xiaotian, Yu Tiezhu, and the blue-haired young man!
Those three made it here, too? Why are they together?
Wu Yu was curious.
With so many bandits back there, the fact that all three had escaped and reached this place...
Yu Tiezhu was one thing, but the other two definitely had secrets.
Bai Xiaotian's talent might not be [Accelerated Learning], and the blue-haired young man had never revealed his at all.
"I told you, get lost if you don't have money!"
"This isn't some rundown temple where you can stay for free!"
"And I don't have any quests here! What are you even talking about?"
"Keep making trouble and I'll have you beaten and thrown out!"
The innkeeper's face was flushed red, and his head looked as though it had swollen a size.
Wu Yu walked over. After listening for a moment, he fell into thought.
"Oh? Young man!"
Yu Tiezhu noticed Wu Yu as well and immediately waved in greeting.
Wu Yu nodded politely in response.
Seeing that it was Wu Yu, the blue-haired young man showed no interest in greeting him. Bai Xiaotian, on the other hand, called out "Big bro!" with a grin.
A moment later,
Yu Tiezhu demonstrated his strength, finally persuading the innkeeper to offer them food and lodging.
In exchange, they would help the inn haul goods from the mountains, such as wild beast meat, bones, and pelts.
"Listen up. You were caught stealing earlier, and they let it slide because you're kids!"
The innkeeper snorted. "If you steal anything here, I'll break your hands!"
With that, he turned and walked away.
Once the workers surrounding them had left as well, the blue-haired young man cursed, looking thoroughly disgruntled.
Just then, someone came down from the second floor.
It was the sixteen-year-old girl!
She had actually reached Redfang Village, too. Her clothes were neat, and she seemed completely uninjured.
By comparison, most of the blue-haired young man's clothes were filthy, and Bai Xiaotian and Yu Tiezhu weren't much better off.
"Young man!"
Yu Tiezhu strode over and said quietly, "The fog won't reach Redfang Village on the first day. We'll rest here tonight and leave tomorrow!"
"Right. Thanks for the reminder, Brother Yu."
Wu Yu smiled faintly.
"Hey, it's nothing! If you don't have any silver, you can help with the work. We can stay in the woodshed together."
Yu Tiezhu warned him, "There are Transcendent Martial Artists here. I don't think I could beat them."
"All right!"
Wu Yu's gaze shifted to Bai Xiaotian. "Kid, why did I hear something about you stealing when I came over?"
"It was all Brother Kun's fault!"
Bai Xiaotian's little face flushed red as he hurried to explain, "He told me to steal some silver from someone's house. Who knew I'd get spotted as soon as I went in? He was keeping watch outside and got caught, too!"
"Pah! They're just a few NPCs. Fucking bastards!"
The blue-haired young man had been fawning over the girl. At those words, he immediately swore in River City's local dialect, then added, "If Brother Liu were here, he'd shoot them one by one and wipe out the whole village. Everything would be ours!"
"Fucking hell! Bunch of bastards! I never had to put up with shit like this in the Jackal Gang!"
Listening to the blue-haired young man, Wu Yu realized that he seemed to be an enforcer for some gang in River City. How could he afford such expensive clothes?
Could it be... he didn't buy them?
All bluster, no backbone. A petty little thug.
At a thought from Wu Yu, some of the vital energy in his body was consumed, and a [Bi Fang Sigil] silently appeared on a certain person's body.
He did not detonate it, however, and simply chatted with the others.
Only six of them had entered Redfang Village!
During their escape, Liu Zheng had drawn away most of their pursuers. Yu Tiezhu had joined up with the others, killed two bandits, and then hurried toward Redfang Village with them.
Fortunately, those bandits were more interested in Liu Zheng and hadn't sent anyone else after them.
But the Middle-Aged Woman had run too slowly, and a bandit's arrow had brought her down along the way.
"Ah, I was terrified then. I didn't dare turn back to save her!"
Yu Tiezhu sounded guilty as he sighed. "It's only been half a day, and two people are already dead! I'd thought we could reach the extraction point and get home within half a day..."
"Oh, come on! It was a good thing that fat woman held them up. Didn't you see how almost everyone chasing us went over to her after she fell?"
The blue-haired young man was unconcerned. He even smiled.
"Lingling, I'll haul some firewood later and get you a bowl of food!"
"No, thank you!"
Chen Lingling spoke slowly, her voice clear and pleasant.
"I brought some props containing silver for my cosplay. I traded them to the innkeeper, so my room and meals are already paid for."
"Uh..."
The blue-haired young man scratched his head, then continued fawning over her.
After chatting for a while, Wu Yu found there was no more information to gather. He got up and went over to the innkeeper.
"What? You want work, too?"
The innkeeper was anything but polite.
But the next instant, his eyes went wide, and he swallowed.
Clack!
The silver landed on the table with a crisp sound.
The innkeeper looked down, as though nothing else in the world existed anymore.
"One night's stay, plus clothes, bathwater, and food," Wu Yu said.
"Right away!"
The innkeeper smiled and snatched up the silver. "This way, honored guest!"
Late that quiet night,
The workers carried a large wooden tub into the guest room, filled it with warm water, and placed a set of clothes and a clean towel on the table before respectfully leaving.
After closing the door, Wu Yu took off his sweat-soaked clothes and slowly sat down.
"There's even a little stool. Not bad."
He smiled and let out a long breath.
He had yet to begin cultivating immortality. After running for so long with a mortal body, he was utterly exhausted, and even his head felt foggy.
Nothing could beat the comfort of a bath!
"Coming to Redfang Village was the right choice."
After soaking for a while, Wu Yu flicked his wrist, and a card appeared in his palm.
It was the "Tiger Roar Eight-Slash Saber"!
Despite being only white quality, this was a genuine Technique Card. It might well grant transcendent power.
"Beast meat is white quality, too, but it should be worth far less than a technique. Looks like quality isn't everything. The type matters, too."
As he thought, Wu Yu casually took out a piece of beast meat.
The five jin of beast meat was perfectly ordinary. Its only real merit was its freshness, and it could fetch a little money in River City.
In the real world, dangers filled the lands beyond the cities, and twisted creatures were everywhere. Only breeding farms produced meat.
Naturally, its price was far higher than in his previous life!
In this life, people at the bottom of society mostly ate various energy blocks and only occasionally treated themselves to meat.
Putting the beast meat back into his Inventory, Wu Yu looked at the Technique Card and pondered briefly.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush!
I'll use it first and worry about the rest later!
He activated it with a thought.
The Technique Card instantly dissolved into countless motes of light that surged into his body!
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