Chapter 258

"An inn opened in the wilderness?" Chu Danqing looked at this rather dilapidated inn; the red lanterns hanging at the entrance meant good luck.

It's just that it was empty inside without a single guest.

It was late, and they could reach Meilong Town tomorrow; it's just that the road was too calm, and no missions were triggered.

Chu Danqing originally thought about rushing there in the dark, but then thought, rushing like this, even if he arrived, it would affect his state.

"How about staying for a night? We'll set off again tomorrow," Chu Danqing asked Yang Qianyuan.

Yang Qianyuan said bluntly: "Big Brother Chu, you know this is the wilderness; anyone who can open a shop here is definitely not a good person. I think it's even possible that it's a black shop."

"I know that," Chu Danqing nodded in agreement: "But the ones who should be afraid are them, not us."

If they were doing business honestly and Chu Danqing hadn't discovered any clues, then naturally nothing would happen.

Chu Danqing would not take action based on his own assumptions and unproven guesses.

So this counts as fishing enforcement; if the other party takes the bait, don't blame him for being impolite.

After speaking, Chu Danqing walked into the inn swaggeringly.

The shopkeeper was a woman dressed in a flashy way, and her appearance was quite pretty.

On the counter lay a Spirit Flame Black Fox, which seemed to be the shopkeeper's spirit beast.

Seeing the two enter, the shopkeeper twisted her hips and greeted them, opening her mouth with a delicate voice.

"Guests, please come in; are you two here for a meal or to stay?" the shopkeeper asked hurriedly.

Chu Danqing scanned the structure of the inn and didn't answer the shopkeeper's question but asked: "The inn is so destitute that you can't even afford to hire a waiter?"

"Look at what you're saying, guest; it's just that the lazy donkey goes to the mill and has a lot of shit and pee; the waiter just went to the latrine," the shopkeeper explained hurriedly.

Da Bao heard that the shopkeeper was lying; according to the law that deceiving Chu Danqing = bad, he reached out and wanted to slap the shopkeeper.

Chu Danqing hurriedly gave him a look to stop, and Da Bao then changed his reaching hand to scratch his head.

If he really slapped her, the Spirit Flame Black Fox definitely wouldn't have time to rescue her, and the shopkeeper's head would have rotated 360 degrees.

"Bring a table of good dishes, the portions must be large, don't shortchange us," Chu Danqing threw out a silver ingot and continued: "Open two adjoining superior rooms; the bedding and quilts must be freshly sun-dried, don't give me anything with a stale smell to fool us."

The shopkeeper grabbed the silver ingot, weighed it, and smiled like a chrysanthemum.

"Don't worry, guests; we serve everything thoroughly." After speaking, she stuffed the silver into her purse and twisted her hips toward the back kitchen.

Afterward, a dashing-looking waiter was pouring tea and water on the side.

"Waiter, it's a pity that someone with your looks is running errands," Chu Danqing teased intentionally.

The other party looked clean and handsome; he could clearly rely on his face to eat, but he had to rely on his skills, which is indeed unusual.

As for whether this skill is running errands or slaughtering guests, that's another matter.

"Relying on skills to eat, it's not a pity." The waiter was already used to this situation, so he didn't care about this teasing at all; it wasn't the first time.

Before long, the food was served, and the waiter didn't stay, just walked toward the back of the inn.

The entire inn was empty, leaving only Chu Danqing and his group.

Da Bao sniffed, then directly picked up a plate of food and started pouring it into his mouth.

This behavior means there is no problem with the food.

With him starting to eat, the others also started to use their chopsticks.

Actually, not just Da Bao, the Fate-Divining Spider Feidi also investigated and confirmed there was no problem.

Chu Danqing expressed regret at this; it seems the possibility that this group is not a black shop has increased quite a bit.

If it were really a black shop, not drugging the food would be a bit of a miscalculation.

After eating and drinking, Chu Danqing called the waiter to clean up the mess and asked him to lead them upstairs to their rooms.

There were no problems in the whole process, and the attitude was perfect; the waiter didn't have any arrogance because of his handsome looks.

"That waiter and the inn both have problems."

After checking in, Yang Qianyuan said immediately.

"Yes, the looks, skin, and temperament are not what a waiter should have; even the voice is the same," Chu Danqing said.

Usually, one has to work and shout; the other party doesn't look like they are in this line of work at all.

What? No business usually? Then why open an inn?

"The inn has traces of renovation; it was done recently. This group of people shouldn't be legitimate shopkeepers or waiters, but have other motives," Yang Qianyuan continued: "It's just that it's unclear what they are plotting."

Da Bao and Da Bai's perception is indeed enough, but they are not specialized in perception, so they don't grasp the details well.

Alright, mainly because their IQ is not enough...

As for Chu Danqing, he also noticed some things, just not as detailed as Yang Qianyuan.

The perception boost given by the Fate-Divining Spider Feidi made Yang Qianyuan's perception overly powerful.

Chu Danqing can be sure that Yang Qianyuan's Purple Mansion is definitely not an ordinary Purple Mansion, but a special one.

And there is a high probability that it is a special Purple Mansion that boosts perception or Heavenly Secret types.

So the other party's naked perception stat is lower than Chu Danqing's, but with other passives and effects added, it might not be the case.

Perception, Heavenly Secret, detection, etc., are naturally good at these.

"How recent is recent?" Chu Danqing asked.

"Hard to say, I estimate about a month," Yang Qianyuan said.

"It might be a transit station," Chu Danqing said his speculation.

There is certainly not much legitimate business, and a black shop can't have people coming to be slaughtered every day.

A greater possibility is that they have other missions.

"Let's rest first and see what happens in the middle of the night."

"If we sleep until dawn, we will set off as usual tomorrow," Chu Danqing wouldn't choose to take action without evidence.

What if he kills the wrong person?

Yang Qianyuan also expressed agreement with Chu Danqing's suggestion, and after responding, he returned to his room to rest.

Chu Danqing didn't sleep but silently practiced and learned knowledge.

Using practice to replace sleep is already his routine; unless he is truly tired or needs to rest, he will choose to sleep.

For example, after coming out of the practice room, he would definitely choose to sleep.

There is no need for the rest of the time.

Until about 3:00 AM, Chu Danqing clearly heard the sound of the inn's front door opening.

The movement wasn't big, but he couldn't help it with his high perception stat.

Not only him, but Da Bao also woke up from his sleep.

Da Bao is no longer the Da Bao of fifteen days ago; under the cultivation of this batch of spiritual materials from Xuanyuan Temple and the Cloud-Smoke White Peony as the main material, his strength can be described as advancing by leaps and bounds.

The five-dimensional stats were pushed to the limit of 30 points at Rank 1, and at the same time, the bloodline concentration reached 3%, which drove the improvement of the Deep Cave Blood Beast talent.

In addition, the skills also reached level 30.

【Bloodline】

【Ancient Afterglow (Bloodline Concentration: 3%)】

【Effect 1: Five-dimensional stats +3】

【...】

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【Talent】

【...】

【Deep Cave Blood Beast】

【Effect 1:...】

【Effect 2: All Blood Rage-type skill effects increased by 13%】

【Effect 3: HP recovery efficiency when severely injured/dying +13%】

【Effect 4: Berserk state and Fearless state effects increased by 13%】

【Effect 5: Perception efficiency increased by 13%】

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【Skill】

【Tearing Claws (Active) LV. 30: After activation, attacking enemies will cause 30 points of extra tearing damage and add a bleeding state to the enemy; after the skill is activated, it consumes 30 points of Blood Rage per minute】

【Bloodthirsty Pursuit (Passive) LV. 30: When dealing damage to enemies with a bleeding state, gain a lifesteal effect and add an extra 30 points of bleeding damage】

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Actually, Tearing Claws and Bloodthirsty Pursuit were initially in the LV. MAX state when they reached LV. 30, representing that they were already maxed out.

But when the bloodline concentration increased to 2%, they turned back into numbers.

This shows that the improvement of the bloodline can indeed drive the upper limit of these two skills.

Unfortunately, the resources required for bloodline concentration improvement were not enough; Chu Danqing improved in the order of stats, skills, and bloodline, so after the stats and skills reached the limit, the remaining resources could only let the bloodline concentration increase by 2%.

But it doesn't matter; Chu Danqing is confident that he can raise Da Bao's bloodline to 10% in this trial world.

As for Da Gu, its strength is sufficient, it won't fall behind for the time being, and the resources it needs are also relatively unique.

Chu Danqing naturally chose to pull Da Bao's strength up first.

If there are flowers to pick, pick them; don't wait until there are no flowers and pick empty branches.

If you have resources suitable for Da Bao on hand, definitely use them; why keep them?

"Little Chu, there's a woman, shivering, voice." Da Bao listened carefully, then told Chu Danqing the situation.

Chu Danqing narrowed his eyes; he naturally understood that the woman Da Bao mentioned was not the innkeeper, but someone else.

"Let's go, let's take a look." Chu Danqing's expression didn't change, and he opened the door silently.

As soon as he went out, he bumped into Yang Qianyuan who was also opening the door; the two looked at each other and instantly understood what the other party wanted to do.

Yang Qianyuan also noticed the abnormality and thought about calling Chu Danqing to take action.

His strength is average, and the Fate-Divining Spider is of the Heavenly Secret type and not good at fighting; if he didn't find Chu Danqing, he couldn't just go to his death alone.

Yang Qianyuan is not the kind of character who would show off his courage knowing he is no match; instead, he would seek other solutions.

Before meeting Chu Danqing, the means he used were mostly unrelated to violence.

He couldn't fight even if he wanted to.

The two tiptoed downstairs and found a hidden position where they could see.

They saw a sack placed in the center of the inn's lobby; a woman's head was exposed in the sack, and she was gagged and blindfolded.

The shopkeeper was communicating with several men.

From their demeanor and words, it could be seen that these people were all acquaintances.

"Trafficking? Doesn't look like it." Chu Danqing felt it was more like kidnapping.

But this also involves a problem, which is that from the state of the woman's skin, she doesn't look like someone from a wealthy family.

"Who is it, get out!" A man with a Howling Moon White Wolf suddenly looked stern, his gaze fixed on the position where the two were.

(End of chapter)