"What are you doing?"
Another two days passed. While Xiao Yexuan was helping Meng Yiran temper her body outside, Xiao Wu happened to pass by, her face filled with shock.
This...
The scene was a little hard to look at.
Tying someone to a red-hot pillar.
Using an electrified whip to train their physique?
Whoever had thought up this method of physical training definitely had something going on.
"Ahem! I'm helping her temper her body. Xiao Wu, where are you headed?"
Xiao Yexuan gave an awkward smile and hurriedly changed the subject.
"Body tempering! This way of tempering the body seems even more effective."
Xiao Wu also tempered her body in the Simulation Pod. Like Ning Rongrong, she blocked out her sense of pain, then spent extra time getting used to her body afterward.
She felt that she could simulate this kind of environment in the Simulation Pod later.
When she went to see Da Ming and Er Ming in a moment, she could tell them this secret too.
As for being tied up here and getting ten lashes in a row from Xiao Yexuan...
Better forget it.
She quickly greased her soles and ran.
She passed through the inner gate and reached the main gate.
Since Maple Forest Evening only accepted women, the guards lived in rooms partitioned off between the main gate and the inner gate.
All future guards would have to live here and would not be allowed through the inner gate.
But when Xiao Wu reached the entrance, the people there caught her attention.
There were two of them, a man and a woman.
The man was an elderly fellow with graying hair and beard. His short hair stood upright on his head like steel needles, and his build was extremely burly. Standing there, he resembled a towering mountain, immovable as a peak, exuding authority without anger.
The other was a beautiful young woman of elegant, luxurious bearing who looked twenty-seven or twenty-eight.
Her long blue hair was pinned up behind her head, and her pale gold court gown fit her perfectly, accentuating her shapely, alluring figure.
"Hello, is this an inn? We were passing through and felt tired, so we'd like to stay here for a night."
The visitor was none other than Tang Yuehua.
The person beside her was Tai Tan, patriarch of the Strength Clan.
After learning that he was the young master of the Clear Sky Sect, Tang San had gathered a great deal of information and made use of everyone he could.
The Strength Clan was precisely the kind of force he wanted most.
Weren't all those blacksmithing skills just the thing for his Hidden Weapon assembly line?
"Hello, beautiful miss. Here at Maple Forest Evening, we offer the finest accommodations."
"It only costs one Gold Soul Coin a day. You can try it out before checking in."
Da Ming and Er Ming spoke in perfect coordination.
"One Gold Soul Coin? Isn't that too expensive?" Tai Tan grumbled.
Tang Yuehua smiled gently. "You only accept women? It looks like a safe place, so I'll go inside and have a look."
Tang Yuehua had to get inside, and she had found a reason to do so.
That reason was that an all-female establishment was safe for her.
After all, with looks as beautiful as hers, it was difficult not to attract covetous eyes.
"Oh! Another newcomer."
Xiao Wu chuckled softly.
"Sister Xiao Wu."
Da Ming and Er Ming greeted her happily.
They also remembered to ring the bell, calling Rem out to bring Tang Yuehua inside.
Tang Yuehua said a few things to Tai Tan, then entered Maple Forest Evening with Rem.
As she left, she vaguely heard Xiao Wu saying something about whips and lightning strikes...
Could this Xiao Wu be a "dominatrix"?
She didn't understand it, but she respected other people.
Her only goal now was to help her older brother obtain healing pills and powerful Soul Bones here.
"Ugh, ah~!"
The moment she passed through Maple Forest Evening's inner gate, she heard strange sounds coming from within?
Her body tensed. This place looked like an inn on the surface, but could it be hell inside?!
Was there more than one dominatrix like Xiao Wu?
Then she saw an unbelievable sight.
Meng Yiran was having her physique trained by Xiao Yexuan in that thoroughly improper manner...
"Master, Rem has brought a new guest."
Rem bowed slightly to Xiao Yexuan.
Xiao Yexuan put down his work, then spoke to Tang Yuehua with a gentle expression:
"Hello, beautiful big sister. Would you like to try things out before checking in?"
Looking at Meng Yiran, who was still suffering in torment, Tang Yuehua shuddered and hurriedly shook her head, saying:
"No... just get me a room."
Try what out first?
Try getting ten lashes in a row?
She needed to hurry and exchange all her money for draws so she could get treasures.
Still, she had to act like a normal person and ask curiously:
"What... are you doing? This freezing cold and windblown sand... could you be cultivating?"
Tang Yuehua was also a woman of broad knowledge and experience.
"This is a free cultivation service offered by our establishment. Beautiful big sister, we have many other services too, guaranteed to satisfy you."
Xiao Yexuan spoke with a gentle expression.
"I... I'll pass. I only want a room."
Tang Yuehua hurriedly shook her head. Noble and elegant as she was, she didn't want to be tainted by such improper things.
"All right, beautiful big sister. Come with me."
Xiao Yexuan took her to the front desk to handle the formalities.
She only rented a room for one month, but the points still came in, and so did the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
Xiao Yexuan knew what Tang Yuehua had come here for.
But Xiao Yexuan held nothing back and introduced the lottery system to her.
When Tang Yuehua saw the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, she covered her mouth in shock.
Her Brother Hao really hadn't lied to her.
Thrilled, she immediately topped up one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for over two hundred and seventy draws.
But after she finished drawing, she was somewhat disappointed. She hadn't drawn what she wanted.
There were pills, but they were only things like Explosive Spirit Pills and Dragon Strength Pills, which briefly increased combat strength.
There were no healing pills or Mystic Water Pills.
Mystic Water Pills were extremely effective, especially during the Douluo I period.
So Xiao Yexuan had set the odds of drawing a Mystic Water Pill very low.
Just as Tang Yuehua was about to go out to deliver the things she had drawn and get money from Tai Tan.
The corners of Xiao Yexuan's mouth lifted, and he said:
"Beautiful miss, I have a special event here. Would you like to take part?"
"An event? What kind of event?"
Expectation filled Tang Yuehua's eyes. Paying rent to exchange for lottery chances was one kind of event, so with another event, wouldn't she be able to obtain rewards even faster?
Xiao Yexuan smiled warmly. "A seven-day check-in event."
"To increase activity at Maple Forest Evening, follow a group organized by Maple Forest Evening to check in at different places each day, and you can receive different rewards."
"Participants who complete every check-in will receive a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone as their final reward."
The lottery relied far too much on luck. How could she miss a chance to obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone with absolute certainty?
So Tang Yuehua decisively signed up.
Once the others heard about such a benefit, every one of them joined in.
Xiao Yexuan moved quickly too!
He announced the event that very day and would launch it that same day.
Looking at everyone's expectant faces, Xiao Yexuan curled his lips and said:
"Then for our first check-in location, let's visit a hidden cave and witness a story of love between a person and a blade of grass..."