"Does this Shi Yi dislike the Human Race?"
Lin Ke was rather surprised.
The Human Race gave your kind room to survive, along with opportunities to study and rise through the ranks.
After all, in many people's eyes, simply being able to study was already impressive.
Plenty of people in Great Wei still had no access to books!
What was more, Shi Yi was a monster awakened by a human!
"That's right. I heard that when Master Shi was 'young,' people hollowed out his body and dug out all his iron ore."
"Later, a Daoist priest saw him and lamented that the locals didn't understand the way of nature. He set up an altar there to preach, and inadvertently awakened the hollowed-out Master Shi."
Xiao'er explained from beside him.
Only then did Lin Ke understand the whole story. He smiled. "So the people thrown out probably weren't members of the Daoist School?"
Xiao'er nodded emphatically. "Exactly, Master. You look like a well-read man yourself. You'd be better off not wading into those muddy waters."
Xiao'er was quite kindhearted.
The waiter also sidled over. "Sir, I'll give you another piece of information for free. Word is, someone in the underworld has put a bounty on Shi Yi's head."
"Oh? Passing the Child Scholar Examination makes him a Confucian Scholar, and he also practices Daoist methods. Someone still dares to kill him?" Lin Ke was surprised.
With the Confucian Path behind him, and being a monster registered with the Spirit Department himself, someone still dared to kill Shi Yi?
"The underworld, you know, the underworld." The waiter scratched his head and smiled. "I heard it from another guest a couple of days ago."
That was how inns were. People came and went, and every sort passed through.
Who knew exactly what circles