"Fellow Daoist Feng, could you introduce me to Shopkeeper Yin?" Song Wen asked.
Shopkeeper Yin was the steward of the Moon-Drawing Pavilion.
"Introducing you to Shopkeeper Yin is a small matter," Feng Youyou said. "However, the other two fellow Daoists are currently away from Yang Stone City. Without their approval, Shopkeeper Yin cannot agree to let you join either. How about I introduce you to them in seven days? The four of us previously agreed to meet then to discuss the details of this journey."
"Then let us do as you suggest, Fellow Daoist Feng," Song Wen said. "I shall take my leave and trouble you again in seven days."
With that, Song Wen rose to his feet.
Feng Youyou hurriedly stood as well. After exchanging a few pleasantries with Song Wen, she escorted him out of the courtyard.
Song Wen did not leave the inn. Instead, he went to the front hall, rented a small courtyard, and settled in.
Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.
That day.
Song Wen knocked on Feng Youyou's courtyard gate as arranged.
A few breaths later, Feng Youyou opened the gate with a warm smile on her face.
"Fellow Daoist Ji, please come in. Shopkeeper Yin and Fellow Daoist Bu happen to be here."
Upon entering the courtyard, Song Wen noticed two male cultivators seated at the stone table.
One was plump and well-fed, with a cultivation at the peak of Spirit Transformation.
The other was thin, with a pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks, and a cultivation at the middle stage of Spirit Transformation.
Through Feng Youyou's introductions, Song Wen learned that the portly man was Shopkeeper Yin, while the thin man was named Bu Ren.
Both men greeted Song Wen's arrival quite amiably, giving him friendly nods.
Just then.
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