Chapter 225

"Ye Yu."

"A good name. My name is Shi..."

Before Shi Guanyin could finish her sentence, everyone around them revealed expressions of terror.

In this vast desert, the name Shi Guanyin was like thunder to the ears.

She was a woman even more terrifying by a thousand, ten thousand times than the bandits who killed without blinking.

Shi Guanyin seemed to realize the problem of her reputation being too loud.

She immediately changed her tone.

She continued, "My name is Shi Xing'er.

Look, now that we both know each other's names, it doesn't count as being too fast."

Ye Yu revealed an awkward yet polite smile.

He turned his head to see Jin Xiangyu standing at the counter and hurriedly asked, "Shopkeeper, may I trouble you with a question?"

"Young Master, please speak."

Jin Xiangyu did not believe the name 'Shi Xing'er' at all.

She had been running an inn at the desert border for nearly thirty years.

Apart from Shi Guanyin,

she had never heard of any girl surnamed Shi.

Shi Guanyin's fierce reputation was well-known.

Even someone like Jin Xiangyu, who dealt in the business of heads, dared not provoke her.

She wanted to approach even less.

Thus, she could only stand behind the counter and speak from a distance.

Ye Yu took a silver ingot from his sleeve and placed it on the tabletop.

"Shopkeeper, come over here; I want to ask you about something."

Seeing the silver ingot, Jin Xiangyu's eyes went a bit straight, but upon seeing Shi Guanyin's back,

she still held back.

She said softly, "Young Master, my leg has a cramp.

Let's just talk like this.

I think even if others hear it, they will pretend they didn't.

Right?"

Upon hearing this,

the expressions of the burly men around them changed instantly.

Well, you shopkeeper.

Shifting the blame onto us?

Am I, Zhu Aotian, the kind of person who likes to listen to other people's conversations?

Hmph!

A burly man stood up instantly.

Ye Yu and Shi Guanyin turned their heads to look.

"I'm finished eating, farewell."

This burly man immediately walked out of the inn.

With the first person gone,

the others also left one after another.

Soon,

inside the inn,

only Ye Yu, Shi Guanyin, and Jin Xiangyu remained.

Watching the others' fleeing figures,

Ye Yu's expression was somewhat complex.

Meanwhile, Shi Guanyin rested her face on one hand and turned to look at Jin Xiangyu.

She said silently with her lips, "Get over here, or die!"

This tone was undoubtedly that of the killing god, Shi Guanyin.

Jin Xiangyu was on the verge of tears and had no choice but to hurriedly walk out from behind the counter.

She came before Ye Yu.

"Young Master, my cramp has suddenly gone away.

Whatever you want to ask, feel free; I will certainly tell you everything I know."

Looking at Jin Xiangyu's slightly fearful expression,

Ye Yu could tell.

She seemed very afraid of this woman named Shi Xing'er.

Recalling the reactions of the crowd when he first entered the inn,

Ye Yu understood instantly.

The woman beside him was definitely not as simple as just being a lovesick fool.

But he didn't pay too much attention to it.

Because Ye Yu could feel that she held no malice toward him.

As one's Martial Dao realm grows higher and higher,

a person's sensory abilities also become stronger.

Who has killing intent, who has hostility—

even if Ye Yu had his back to them, he could still feel it.

This was the power of Martial Dao.

Ye Yu pushed the silver ingot toward Jin Xiangyu.

"Shopkeeper, have you seen a group of experts from outside recently?

The leader is handsome and has a clean-shaven face."

"I have not seen them.

In the last two months, you are the only new face I have seen.

The desert is not like the city.

Here, yellow sand fills the sky.

Apart from some wanted criminals and bandits, only those who have been exiled come here.

Since you are a friend of Miss Shi, the silver is unnecessary."

Although Jin Xiangyu was extremely greedy for wealth,

she was also someone who cherished her life.

What money could be taken and what money could not,

she saw very clearly.

Ye Yu was refined and scholarly.

In normal times, Jin Xiangyu would certainly have fleeced him for a large sum.

But if what Shi Guanyin said was true,

that she had taken a fancy to Ye Yu,

then once Jin Xiangyu dared to take Ye Yu's money, she would certainly not see tomorrow's sun.

Who in the entire desert didn't know?

Shi Guanyin was cruel and vicious, treating human life like blades of grass.

Seeing that Jin Xiangyu refused to accept it no matter what, Ye Yu did not force her.

Just at this moment,

the inn door was pushed open.

A person who looked extremely ugly but was full of coldness walked over.

Behind him,