Silver Paves the Way, Using a Martial Art!

Redfang Village had an inn as well.

Wu Yu deliberately watched the direction the man in the suit had come from and spotted an inn called "Aged Wine." The name was strange, but it did indeed offer rooms and meals.

The moment he stepped inside, Wu Yu saw a group of people gathered together.

Apparently the innkeeper was warily glaring at several familiar faces.

Bai Xiaotian, Yu Tiezhu, and the blue-haired youth!

Those three came too? Why were they together?

Wu Yu was curious.

And with so many bandits back then, the three of them had managed to escape here safely...

Yu Tiezhu was understandable, but the other two definitely had secrets.

Bai Xiaotian's talent might not have been [Accelerated Learning], and as for the blue-haired youth, he had not revealed anything at all.

"Like I said, no money, then get out!"

"This isn't some rundown temple where you can stay for free!"

"And I don't have any damn quests here. What nonsense are you talking about?!"

"Keep causing trouble, and I'll have someone beat you out the door!"

The innkeeper's face was flushed red, and his head seemed to have grown a full size larger.

Wu Yu walked over and listened for a few moments, his expression turning thoughtful.

"Oh? Little brother!"

Yu Tiezhu noticed Wu Yu as well and immediately waved in greeting.

Wu Yu politely nodded in response.

The blue-haired youth had no interest in greeting Wu Yu when he saw him, while Bai Xiaotian grinned and called out, "Big brother."

A moment later,

Yu Tiezhu displayed his strength, and only then did the innkeeper relent and agree to provide them with lodging and food.

The condition was that they help the inn carry mountain goods, such as beast meat, bones, and pelts.

"Listen up. You were caught sneaking around and stealing before, but I let it slide because you were kids!"

The innkeeper snorted. "If you steal so much as a thing here, I'll break your hands!"

With that, he turned and walked away.

Once the surrounding servants had dispersed as well, the blue-haired youth wore a thoroughly unlucky expression and muttered a curse.

Just then, someone came down from the second floor.

It was that sixteen-year-old girl!

She had actually made it to Redfang Village too. Her clothes were neat and tidy, and she seemed completely uninjured.

In comparison, the blue-haired youth's clothes were more than half filthy, and Bai Xiaotian and Yu Tiezhu were not much better off.

"Little brother!"

Yu Tiezhu strode over and said quietly, "The fog won't cover Redfang Village on the first day. We'll rest for the night and leave tomorrow!"

"Mm, thanks for the reminder, Brother Yu."

Wu Yu smiled faintly.

"Hey, it's nothing! If you don't have any silver, you can work for it. We can stay in the woodshed together."

Yu Tiezhu reminded him, "There are Transcendent Martial Artists here. I don't think I can beat them."

"Alright!"

Wu Yu's gaze shifted as he looked at Bai Xiaotian. "Kid, why did I hear that you were stealing when I came over?"

"It's all Brother Kun's fault!"

Bai Xiaotian's little face reddened as he hurriedly explained, "He told me to steal some silver from someone's house. Who knew we'd be discovered the moment we got inside? He was keeping watch outside and got caught too!"

"Pah! They're just a few NPCs, those dog-bred bastards!"

The blue-haired youth had been trying to ingratiate himself with the girl. Hearing that, he immediately cursed in the River City dialect and added, "If Brother Liu were here, he'd shoot them down one by one, slaughter the whole village, and everything would be ours!"

"Fuck their mothers! A bunch of mongrels! When did I ever suffer this kind of bullshit in the Jackal Gang?!"

Listening to the blue-haired youth, Wu Yu's heart stirred. This man seemed to be a thug from some River City gang, so how could he afford clothes this expensive?

Could it be... he had not bought them?

"Fierce on the outside, weak on the inside. Just a petty villain."

Wu Yu's thoughts shifted. The qi and blood in his body drained away, and a [Bi Fang Sigil] silently appeared on someone.

But he did not detonate it. Instead, he began talking with them.

Only six people had entered Redfang Village!

During their escape, Liu Zheng had drawn away most of the pursuers. Yu Tiezhu met up with the others, killed two people, and then they hurriedly fled toward Redfang Village.

Fortunately, those bandits were more interested in Liu Zheng and did not send anyone after them afterward.

But the middle-aged woman had run too slowly and was shot down by an arrow halfway there.

"Sigh, I was terrified at the time. I didn't dare turn back to save her!"

Yu Tiezhu blamed himself somewhat and sighed. "Only half a day has passed, and two people are already dead! We were clearly planning to reach the evacuation point and go home within half a day..."

"Give me a break! It was good that fat woman held them up. Didn't you see that after she fell, almost all the people chasing us went after her?"

The blue-haired youth did not care in the slightest. He even smiled.

"Sister Lingling, when I carry firewood later, I'll get you a bowl of food!"

"No, thank you."

Chen Lingling spoke slowly, her voice clear and pleasant.

"When I went to cosplay, I brought some silver-containing props. I exchanged them with the innkeeper, so my lodging and meals are already paid for."

"Uh..."

The blue-haired youth scratched his head, then continued trying to ingratiate himself with her.

After chatting for a while and seeing that there was no more information to be gained, Wu Yu got up and headed over to the innkeeper.

"What? You want work too?"

The innkeeper was extremely rude.

But in the next instant, his eyes went wide and he swallowed.

Clang—!

Silver landed on the table with a crisp ring.

The innkeeper lowered his head to look, and it seemed as though nothing else existed in the world.

"One night's stay, plus clothes, bathwater, and food," Wu Yu said.

"Certainly!"

The innkeeper smiled, snatched up the silver, and said with a grin, "Honored guest, this way!"

Deep into the night,

The servants carried a large wooden tub into the guest room, filled it with warm water, placed a set of clothes and a clean towel on the table, then respectfully departed.

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 cultivate immortality. Running for so long in an ordinary mortal body had left him utterly exhausted, and even his head felt a little foggy.

A bath—what comfort could compare to this!

"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!

Though it was only white quality, this was a genuine martial art card. It was very likely Transcendent power.

"Even among white-quality items, Beast Meat should be far inferior to a martial art. It seems quality isn't absolute; the type matters too."

Wu Yu pondered this as he casually took out a piece of Beast Meat.

These five pounds of Beast Meat were utterly ordinary. Its only real advantage was that it was fresh, and it could fetch a little money in River City.

In the real world, danger covered the land beyond the cities, and twisted creatures were everywhere. Only farms produced meat.

Naturally, its price was far higher than in his previous life!

In this life, people at the bottom mostly ate various energy blocks, only occasionally getting to eat meat.

Putting the Beast Meat back into his inventory, Wu Yu looked at the martial art 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!"

With a thought from him,

The martial art card immediately turned into countless points of light and surged into his body!