Chương 135: Blue Sky Province's robbers Inn

A minute later, a yell sounded followed by a crisp punching sound and a pained wail. Yan Jian calmly walked back to Long feng's side after that with a solemn expression on his face. Long feng couldn't help but laugh when he glanced at Yan Jian.

"What are you laughing at?" Yan Jian glared at him as he tried to cover his black swollen left eye with his arm.

"That witch isn't a human at all. She punched me so brutally I saw stars!" He cursed. Long feng held his stomach in between laughter and almost choked.

"You deserved it. So tell me, did miss Li appreciated you? I think she did." Yan Jian huffed and looked away.

"Brother Yan, I have a healing pill with me. Do you need it?" Long feng wasn't about to give up and used this medium to vent his frustration. Five minutes later, they were still arguing and ten minutes later, both of them fell silent after laughing. Two hours later, Li yu'er breathed out and stood up, her heart filled with a new found determination. That was because she had finally seen slight hope in years! Her situation wasn't completely hopeless!

She still had hope of reaching the spirit realm and avenging her Clansmen, her parent and herself! Yet none of these changes reflected on her face. She nodded at Long who nodded back while Yan Jian glared at her with his left swollen eye. Of course Li Yue'er ignored him.

"So where to from here?" Yan jian asked gently.

"You still know the way to your Blue Sky Province?" Long Feng asked. Yan Jian's swollen face instantly bloomed with a grin.

"What're you saying. Of course I do. Even in my sleep."

"Great. Then let's head there. I hope your home isn't as boring as you are." Long Feng laughed and Yan jian laughed along.

"Let's go" Yan Jian led the way as they walked away.

Several days later, the trio crossed the entire Boundless Sky Province and stepped into a high ranked province of the continent; the Blue Sky Province, one of the three high ranked provinces in the entire Yihua continent. A trace of rectitude appeared on his face as he led them through a forest. It had been almost ten years since he left his province. Now he was back! Of course he would feel mixed emotions.

"Which forest is this?" Long feng asked, interrupting his unique moment. A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. Yan Jian turned to look at him speechlessly.

"How am I to know? If you ask me, then who do I ask?" Long feng was left speechless as well.

"Isn't this your province?" He asked. Yan Jian shrugged.

"You can't tell me you know every corner of your province, can you?" He replied. Long feng was silenced. Yan Jian's words weren't without truth. Within Jianhai province, Long feng only knew about three cities, and he didn't know every part of the cities. The three of them trudged forward in silence. Four days later, a group of three people stopped at the gates of a large city. This city spanned a size twice that of star mountain city and it's martial cultivation was even more advanced than that of Gan Yu city!

The city was surrounded by tall walls and there were only two gates into the city, which was guarded by some peak Yin level cultivators! Moreover, one had to pay ten Yang crystals before getting an entry token! Long feng found all of these novel to him.

"This is tiger city, one of the largest cities in the province." Memories flashed past Yan Jian's eyes as he spoke.

"My adoptive father as well as master is buried in a mountain behind the city." Long feng looked at him.

"You grew up here?" He asked. As far as he could see, the weakest cultivators on the streets of the city were peak connate cultivators and even Yang realm masters could be seen! Yan Jian nodded.

"Let's go and get an inn to stay. After we settle down, we will go and pay respects to your master." Long feng said. The trio aid thirty Yang crystals to enter the city which caused Long feng to feel sick.

"Brother Yan, the entry fee is already so much. How much will an inn cost us? An arm each?" Long feng cried.

"Brother Long Feng, don't be a miser. We know that you have thousands of Yang crystals." Yan Jian laughed. Long feng felt bitter.

"I earned those crystals with my blood and sweat after working hard for months!" He replied. Yan Jian looked at him in astonishment and even Li yu'er glanced at him subtly.

"Brother Feng, don't you mean stole the crystals? And what blood and sweat or hard work are you talking about?" Yan Jian had an incredulous expression on his face. Long feng shrugged.

"Same thing. Go and steal your own if you can!" He replied without an ounce of shame.

"Forget it. We will go to the best inn in this city!" Yan Jian said. They walked past countless stalls that sold varieties of thing by the roadside. Yan Jian led them through different narrow and wide roads before stopping in front of a large building. Hanging in front of the building was a plaque on which the words 'Tian Luo chamber of commerce' was written boldly. Yan Jian rubbed his palms together and stepped into the building. Long feng and Li yu'er followed and stepped into a large hall.

Dozens of tables were arranged in the hall and more than half of them were already taken by people who were eating and drinking. In the far end of the hall sat a fat man behind a round desk. The man was counting some figures and ordering the shop hands and waiters who went around entertaining the people. Yan Jian dragged Long feng and Li yu'er towards the fat man.

"We want three of your best rooms available! Don't worry about the price. We have more than enough to spare." Yan Jian's first sentence made Long Feng's face to turn black and almost spat blood. The fat man didn't even look up as he replied.

"Fifty Yang crystals per night. Three rooms making one hundred and fifty crystals per night!" Hearing this amount, forget Long Feng, Even Li yu'er was stunned. Long feng was so agitated that he cursed,"You might as well just grab some weapons and rob us!" He almost smashed his fist into the nose of the indifferent looking fat man.

"That is the cost of the best rooms. You can leave if you can't afford the price." the fat man remained indifferent. Yan Jian's expression quickly changed and he interfered.

"Of course not. We'll take the rooms. One hundred and fifty crystals per night it is then!" Yan Jian said, then turned to look at Long Feng.

"You'll pay, won't you, brother feng?" He flashed a childish smile.

"You…" Long feng staggered backwards and glared at Yan jian, feeling his heart aching. His hard earned Yang crystals… he spilt so much blood and sweat to earn them… but he naturally couldn't refuse to pay, so he grudgingly took out a hundred and fifty crystals from his void ring and smashed them onto the table. As he did so, his heart ached even more.

"This is only for the first night. Why are you looking like I stole your wife and killed your parent? Won't you kill me once you pay the same amount for a month" Yan Jian asked in amusement at Long Feng's pained expression. LongFeng grinned.

"Good thing that you are are. You'd best not let us live in this cursed place for more than a few days. Otherwise, I guess we'll have a new coffin behind the city." Yan Jian shrank his neck as a shop hand led them to the third floor of the inn where they were shown their rooms. Long feng walked into his room and couldn't help but feel that the fifty Yang crystals were not wasted. The room was beautifully decorated and there were some formations which were set in the room to prevent others from spying on the room.

Still, he felt sad after parting with a hundred and fifty crystals all at once. It was as though a part of his flesh was peeled away. A hundred and fifty! Those were like a hundred and fifty drops of blood… He sat down on his bed and began to assimilate the energy he absorbed from Li Yue'er's dantian.

One week later, Long Feng was so exasperated that he was planning on fleeing from this cursed inn. Every morning, Yan Jian would come and demand a hundred and fifty crystals from him. He figured that if this continued for three months, he would be sucked dry of his Yang crystals! He felt incomparable pain thinking of that.

"This is clearly daylight robbery. That is probably why I noticed that few people lived in this inn. Who can bear this kind of robbery?" These were Yang crystals! Not stones! He almost lost his life to acquiring these crystals from the Wuma clan, going through several dangers and pushing his brain to the limit. How could he afford to waste them so lavishly?