novelraw Chapter 1240 - 548: Undercurrents at the Inn (Part 2)
Chapter 1240 - 548: Undercurrents at the Inn (Part 2)
The man named Brother Tian looked excited.
Having struggled and fought hard in Thunder City, he endured countless hardships and beatings to finally reach his current status and power.
And his lucky gift package talent, [Polar Star Shift], played an extremely important role in this.
Unfortunately, his talent ability, the [Polar Star Shift] ability, has its limitations. When faced with martial arts that are far more powerful than his or at a high realm level, just watching once isn’t enough to learn.
He has to watch multiple times, stealthily learn repeatedly, brush up again and again, to have the chance to learn it. Against the top experts of the Ten Major Families, according to Brother Tian’s estimation, with his current strength, it may take thousands or tens of thousands of times of sneaking peeks to be able to copy and learn.
But if it’s just renowned experts like the Poison Scorpion Sisters, the probability of stealthily learning martial arts is still quite high. As long as he hides well and keeps following and stealthily learning several times afterward, perhaps he could learn it.
Although the martial arts learned stealthily are just the initial version, requiring him to start practicing from scratch. But compared to learning a martial art in Thunder City without connections, joining a gang where they hide stuff from you, not teaching you even slightly decent martial arts unless you show loyalty, being able to learn renowned martial arts directly from others is simply an extraordinary privilege.
Not to mention stealthily learning martial arts can also save a significant amount of initial attribute points for learning martial arts.
"Brother Tian, if you succeed in stealthily learning this time, we will be soaring!"
"Brother Tian, if you become prosperous, don’t forget us!"
"Brother Tian, you got us covered!"
The people around Brother Tian quickly said.
Although they are just riff-raffs, along the way they have supported Brother Tian, especially after knowing Brother Tian is a Lucky Gift Package player, they were eager and worshipful, hoping for the day Brother Tian takes off, so they could also rise along with him.
In the small inn, at this moment, the atmosphere was diverse, with undercurrents surging.
Just as the various small groups in the inn were competing secretly and lurking to build up strength...
Step.
Step.
Step.
Someone walked down from the guest room on the second floor.
Swish—
Instantly, the entire inn suddenly fell silent for a second.
All eyes, regardless of what they were doing before, were now all squarely focused on the staircase.
Qin Er was dumbfounded at the scene.
What’s happening? Why is everyone suddenly staring at me?
She just wanted to go downstairs to find the waiter and ask him to have dinner delivered to the guest room because he hadn’t come up yet, and she went down to urge him, only to find the inn was so bustling.
Moreover, those eyes looked as if they wanted to eat her, extremely frightening.
Qin Er had never been so shocked, and she was momentarily frozen.
Fortunately, in the next second, those gazes quickly retracted, the noise resumed in the inn, and the discussions were all about other matters, as if the previous scene of collective staring never happened, everything returned to normal, or rather returned to the usual dining atmosphere of the inn guests.
Qin Er, although a bit bewildered, managed to calm down.
At this moment, the waiter hurried over in a trot.
"Guest, why did you come down?"
"...Ah, I, I was just wondering why my food hasn’t been delivered for so long..."
Qin Er replied weakly.
Having been stared at by so many people just now, her heart still felt flustered.
"Guest..."
The waiter pointed awkwardly at the nearly full tables of guests below.
"Please be patient, I’ll now rush to the kitchen to urge them."
"Mm, mm..."
After speaking, Qin Er hurriedly turned and went back upstairs.
Too frightening, all the tables below are filled with armed people, none of whom seem like good folks.
Are they after me?
Has my identity as a Rebel Army been exposed?
Initially, Qin Er thought so, but quickly she realized.
How could they possibly be after her?
They must be after that white-clothed young man next door!
He is surely the target!
Qin Er’s anxious heart finally calmed down a bit, but soon she thought of one more thing.
Just in case they start a conflict later, hopefully, I won’t be dragged into it...
Qin Er decided to just hide in her room and listen for any commotion through the wall, making sure never to go out!
And at the moment Qin Er returned to her room and closed the door.
Fang Yu in the room next to hers also opened his door and went downstairs.
...
"It’s her, right."
[Poison Marrow Sword] Zhao Jinci raised her eyelids.
"No mistake, coming down from the second floor, should be the target." Poison Marrow Sword Zhao Yinxin nodded slightly.
The smile-hidden-flower Lin Yi Yuan, also smiling, spoke up.
"It seems we all share the same interests, so I must ask my two elder sisters to look out for us tonight."
"Hmph!"
Zhao Yinxin snorted coldly but said nothing more.
At another table, the group of a young man in black also spoke in low tones.
"Master, that woman... she doesn’t seem to know Martial Arts?"
"Some matters, don’t concern yourself with them too much."
Humblebane Plague lifted his eyelids, giving a hint.
"For someone who can offer this kind of price, it won’t be a simple task. With so many experts here, haven’t you figured it out yet? The real challenge this time isn’t the target but these competitors!"
The young man in black nodded, seemingly in thought and partially enlightened.
Meanwhile, at a corner table, Brother Tian was already stroking his chin.
"Quite clever, knowing to come down and check the situation. But if she wants to escape now, it’s already too late. With so many masters gathered here, if she dares to make a move, these people will immediately take action!"
A subordinate leaned in close and whispered softly.
"Brother Tian, something’s not right. Didn’t the intel say it was a man and a woman? Why have we only seen a woman come down?"
Just as the subordinate finished speaking, footsteps echoed in the stairwell.
The footsteps weren’t fast but not slow either.
A very normal pace, quickly reaching downstairs.
This time, everyone’s gazes discreetly glanced over instead of turning all at once.
"Waiter, why is the food taking so long? It’s been ages and still hasn’t been served."
Fang Yu tapped the counter, oblivious to the stares directed at him from behind.
From the moment he came downstairs, he scanned the entire room and quickly felt at ease.
He had been slightly concerned, coming down early to check what might be waiting for him downstairs.
Turns out, not much.
"I apologize, sir, it’s unusually busy in our little shop tonight, but I’ll make sure your order is taken care of right away! Right away!"
The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly, hurrying into the kitchen to urge the staff.
Then Fang Yu turned around, and those who had been secretly watching him quickly averted their eyes.
Fang Yu naturally pretended not to have noticed and called out toward the kitchen, "Hurry up, we’re waiting to eat," before heading to the stairs.
Behind him, whispers began to arise quietly.
"Breath steady, footsteps firm... this person seems quite powerful."
Poison Marrow Sword Zhao Jinci remarked, seemingly thoughtful.
Above her head, the health bar read...
[Zhao Jinci: 2000/2000.]
"What does it matter how powerful? As long as elder sister’s Poisoned Sword strikes, anyone would obediently lie down."
Sister Zhao Yinxin’s eyes flashed with contempt.
[Zhao Yinxin: 1500/1500.]
"No need for the two elder sisters to intervene, in my humble opinion, for such a person, I could handle it myself."
Smile-hidden-flower Lin Yi Yuan spread his fan and laughed.
[Lin Yi Yuan: 1500/1500.]
At another table, the young man in black looked towards his master.
"Master..."
"Hush!"
The master, with a solemn expression, seemed already inclined to retreat.
Because...
He could not discern the depth of that young man just now!
[Humblebane Plague: 3500/3500.]
At the corner table.
"Brother Tian, what do you think?"
"Pretty ordinary, I feel I could easily take him. Indeed, the difficulty of this task is that the competitors are too strong."
Brother Tian said with a smile.
[Zhao Wutian: 500/500.]
As Fang Yu went all the way upstairs, the gazes were also withdrawn.
For a moment, the inn returned to calm, but in truth, everyone was already ready to move, just waiting... for night to fall completely!
...