The Emperor is kidnapped, and the useless daughter destroys the three realms

Chapter 237 Unkind Invitation

Not long after, the young man brought Ruan Xihe and his group to an inn.

"That's it."

The young man stopped, turned around and spoke to everyone.

This is a two-story inn. It looks rather shabby from the outside, as if no one has lived here for some years, and it exudes a sense of loneliness.

"We're going to live here? How can we live here when it's so shabby?" Xia Zhirou glanced at the inn with a somewhat dissatisfied expression.

Dai Yan frowned and said nothing, but her brows vaguely revealed her disdain for the inn.

"Junior Sister Xia, it's good to have a place to stay, why do you complain?" A senior brother said irritably, "Sometimes when we go on a mission, it's normal to sleep directly on the spot, and you've chosen it. If you can't accept it, you can go back to the academy now!"

Xia Zhirou knew she was in the wrong, so she didn't say anything and stomped her feet angrily.

Seeing this, the boy unconsciously hugged the paper bag containing the meat buns tightly with both hands.

He explained carefully, "There used to be three inns in the city, but one of them closed not long ago, and the other one was full of people like you who came recently, so this is the only one left."

Seeing that no one spoke, he asked again: "Do you have any other questions? If not, I'm going home."

The group looked at each other and shook their heads, while the few people following behind the team were too disdainful to speak.

"It's nothing, you can go now."

After getting Ruan Xihe's answer, the boy turned around and ran away holding the paper bag.

When the boy ran five meters away, Ruan Xihe suddenly called out to him, "What's wrong with your wrist?"

The boy was startled, and after realizing her question, he subconsciously pulled up his sleeve to cover the mark on his wrist tightly.

"That's a birthmark I've had since I was a kid."

After saying that, the boy ran out of everyone's sight and disappeared.

Even though Xiao Yin was slow to react, he still sensed a hint of something unusual. "Ruan Ruan, do you suspect there's something wrong with this kid?"

As soon as Xiao Yin opened his mouth, the others spoke up immediately.

"Then are we still staying in this inn?"

"I think this inn looks a bit weird..."

"..."

Jimo Qianyi disagreed with their views, "I think he should be telling the truth. There is indeed only this inn left. Otherwise, if he really has some conspiracy, it would be too obvious."

Another senior sister said, "I have been keeping an eye on the boy all the way here. I didn't see him have any bad intentions or leave any marks. I think he is just hungry and is using the information to buy some money to eat."

"I was also watching him all the way, and I found that the wrist bones at his ankles were very thin, and his body was very skinny, with hardly any flesh on it. This should be caused by not having enough food for many days." said another senior brother.

Feng Xin had no expression on his face and asked coldly, "What should we do now?"

Ruan Xihe glanced at the back of the team. Dai Yan and Feng Xin both had expressionless faces. Xia Zhirou raised her head impatiently. Only Ou Ye lowered his head, seemingly thinking about something.

"Come into the inn."

Ruan Xihe smiled mysteriously, turned around and walked into the inn.

The innkeeper was a plump woman. When the group entered the inn, she was still sleeping on the counter, with an unknown transparent liquid flowing from the corners of her mouth onto the counter.

When Xia Zhirou saw that her boss was so sloppy, she felt goose bumps all over her body and stomped her feet in anger to vent her anger.

Unfortunately, no one paid any attention to her.

A senior brother walked forward and knocked on the table with his fingers, which woke up the boss.

"You are......"

The boss woke up slowly, raised her head and half-closed her eyes, a little dazed. Then she seemed to think of something, slapped her head and looked at them.

"You must be here to stay in the hotel, right? Are you here to investigate that matter as well?"

"One room per person." Ruan Xihe replied with a smile.

After a pause, another white, round pill appeared on her fingertips. It was the spiritual elixir she had made when she was practicing before setting out.

Ruan Xihe pinched the pill with her fingertips and quietly placed it in the boss's palm, and the two of them smiled knowingly.

"Could you please tell me more about this city, boss?"

"Of course you can." The boss smiled and clenched his palm, holding the pill tightly. "But I can only tell you."

"I'll get you a room first."

As he spoke, more than a dozen rooms were ready. There were no waiters or maids in the inn, so the boss could only personally lead the group to assign rooms one by one.

After confirming their respective rooms, the boss, regardless of everyone's looks, forcibly pulled Ruan Xihe aside.

"You want to investigate the matter of the mummy and the human skin, right?"

"Little girl, let me tell you, those human skins are not from our city, but those mummies are all from our city."

Ruan Xihe frowned, "How do you know?"

"How could I not know this? Those human skins were peeled off alive, and some were hung on the city gates for several days. I had already seen the appearance of the human skins, but in the end, for some reason, they disappeared and then reappeared on the streets of the city."

"And those mummies. There was a lame man in the east of the city who was missing half a leg. He disappeared half a month ago. And one of the mummies that appeared seven days ago was without a leg..."

"Also, there have been fewer people in the city in the past few months, so I think those mummies are the people in our city."

After saying that, the boss patted Ruan Xihe's hand.

"Girls, you have already paid for ten days' rent, so you can stay here for the next few days. Don't bother me. I need to go back and train to prepare to join the Saint Maiden Church."

The Holy Maiden Sect is a major sect in the South Continent.

It is located on the top of the cliff of Longyang Mountain, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

It is said that the Holy Maiden Sect has secret skills that are only suitable for women to practice, so they recruit female disciples, and after these female disciples enter the sect, their cultivation will improve quickly.

Therefore, almost all women living near Longyang Mountain want to join the Holy Maiden Church.

This period of time happened to be the time when the Holy Maiden Sect was recruiting new disciples, so Ruan Xihe was not surprised by his boss's words.

Ruan Xihe nodded and agreed, "Okay."

Seeing that she agreed, the boss smiled. She leaned close to Ruan Xihe's ear mysteriously and continued to speak.

"Girl, I have a favor to ask..."

Ruan Xihe raised his eyebrows slightly, "What?"

The boss was shy, turned his head and secretly glanced at the people behind him, then lowered his voice.

"Can I use the spirit stones you just gave me to exchange for another one of your spirit-replenishing pills? Girl, you know that the Saint Maiden Cult recruits disciples based on their cultivation. I'm not short of money, I just want to practice more. If you help me exchange it for a spirit-replenishing pill, you can stay in the inn as long as you want."

When Ruan Xihe heard this, he felt a little moved.

She took out a spiritual pill from the big backpack in the space.

The boss was delighted and took out a pile of spirit stones he had just collected and piled them all into Ruan Xihe's arms.

"It's all yours."