[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle":3,"chapter-dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-chapter-258":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Dimension Park: I Am the Summoning Apostle",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2279275,4458,"Chapter 258: Wilderness Inn, Midnight Trade","dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-chapter-258",258,"\u003Cp>“A roadside inn in the wilderness?” Chu Danqing stared at the dilapidated inn, its entrance hung with red lanterns—signaling a prosperous opening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet inside, not a single guest could be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night was falling; they would reach Meilong Town by tomorrow, but the journey had been unnaturally quiet—no quests triggered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing had considered pushing through the dark, but then thought: rushing like this would only exhaust them, even if they arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why not stay the night? We’ll set off tomorrow.” Chu Danqing asked Yang Qianyuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Qianyuan replied bluntly: “Brother Chu, you know this is the wilderness. Anyone running an inn here can’t be good. I suspect it might be a black inn.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know that,” Chu Danqing nodded. “But they should be the ones afraid—not us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they ran an honest business and didn’t reveal any suspicious signs, then nothing would happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing wouldn’t act on mere suspicion or baseless guesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this was baiting them—if they took the hook, they’d have no right to complain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Chu Danqing strode boldly into the inn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shopkeeper was a woman dressed in flashy finery, her features strikingly beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the counter lay a Spirit-Flame Black Fox—clearly her spirit beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing them enter, the shopkeeper swayed her hips forward, her voice dripping with artificial sweetness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Welcome, sirs! Are you here to eat or to lodge?” she hurriedly asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing scanned the inn’s layout, then ignored her question: “With this place so rundown, you can’t even afford a serving boy?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, sir, don’t say that,” the shopkeeper quickly replied. “It’s just that lazy donkey—urinates and defecates too much. The boy just went to the latrine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Bao sensed the lie. Following the rule: liar = bad, he raised his hand to slap her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing shot him a glance—he stopped mid-swing and scratched his head instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he’d swung, the Spirit-Flame Black Fox wouldn’t have had time to intervene—the shopkeeper’s head would’ve spun three hundred sixty degrees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bring us a full table of fine dishes—plenty of portions, no shortchanging,” Chu Danqing tossed down a silver ingot. “Two adjoining upper rooms. Mattresses and bedding must be freshly aired—no stale, musty stuff.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shopkeeper snatched the ingot, weighed it in her hand, and grinned like a blooming chrysanthemum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rest assured, sirs, we attend to every detail.” She slipped the silver into her pouch and swayed toward the kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, a dashing serving boy appeared, pouring tea and water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re too good-looking to be a serving boy,” Chu Danqing teased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was clean and handsome—he could’ve lived off looks alone, yet chose to rely on skill. Unusual indeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether that skill was serving or swindling remained to be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Skill earns a living—no waste,” the boy replied, unfazed—he’d heard this before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after, the food arrived. The boy didn’t linger, heading straight to the back of the inn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire inn was now empty—save for Chu Danqing and his group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Bao sniffed, then immediately grabbed a dish and began shoveling food into his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant the food was safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing him eat, the others picked up their chopsticks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just Da Bao—Chenming Spider Feidi had also scanned it and confirmed no poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing felt disappointed. The odds of them being a black inn had risen significantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they were truly a black inn, skipping poison in the food was a blunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Full and satisfied, Chu Danqing called the serving boy to clear the table and lead them upstairs to their rooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout the entire process, nothing seemed amiss—the boy’s demeanor was flawless, and his good looks didn’t breed arrogance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That serving boy and the inn are both suspicious.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After settling in, Yang Qianyuan spoke immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. His appearance, skin, demeanor—even his voice—none of it fits a serving boy.” Chu Danqing agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clearly wasn’t used to the physical labor or shouting of the trade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What? No customers? Then why open an inn at all?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The inn’s been recently renovated—only recently. These people aren’t genuine shopkeeper or boy—they’re after something else,” Yang Qianyuan continued. “But we don’t yet know what.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Bao and Da Bai’s senses were sharp, but they weren’t specialized in perception, so they missed finer details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, mainly because their intelligence was lacking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing had noticed something too—but not as precisely as Yang Qianyuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The perception boost from Chenming Spider Feidi had made Yang Qianyuan’s perception extraordinarily strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing was certain Yang Qianyuan’s Purple Mansion wasn’t ordinary—it was a special one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And very likely one that enhanced perception or heavenly fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Yang Qianyuan’s base perception stat was lower than Chu Danqing’s, his passive bonuses and effects made him far superior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perception, heavenly fate, detection—these were his natural strengths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How recent is ‘recent’?” Chu Danqing asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hard to say. I’d guess about a month,” Yang Qianyuan replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Possibly a transit point,” Chu Danqing offered his theory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Legitimate business couldn’t sustain them—nor could a black inn expect customers daily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More likely, they were involved in some other operation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rest for now. See what happens at midnight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If we sleep through till dawn, we’ll leave as planned tomorrow,” Chu Danqing said—he wouldn’t act without evidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if he killed the wrong people?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Qianyuan agreed with Chu Danqing’s plan, nodded, and returned to his room to rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing didn’t sleep—he quietly cultivated and studied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Replacing sleep with cultivation was his habit—only when truly exhausted or needing rest did he sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, after leaving the cultivation chamber, he always slept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, it was unnecessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around three in the morning, Chu Danqing clearly heard the inn’s front door open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound was quiet—but his high perception made it unmistakable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just him—Da Bao had also woken from sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Bao was no longer the same as fifteen days ago. Through cultivation materials from Xuan Yuan Temple and Yunyun White Peony as primary ingredients, his power had surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His five core stats had been pushed to the 1st-tier limit of 30, and his bloodline concentration reached 3%, triggering an upgrade to his Blood Cavern Blood Beast talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His skills had also reached level 30.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Bloodline]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ancient Afterglow (Bloodline Concentration: 3%)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Effect 1: +3 to all five core stats]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[. ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Talent]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[. ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Blood Cavern Blood Beast]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Effect 1: . ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Effect 2: All Blood Rage skill effects increased by 13%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Effect 3: Recovery efficiency +13% when severely wounded or near death]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Effect 4: Effectiveness of Rampage and Fearless states increased by 13%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Effect 5: Perception efficiency increased by 13%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skills]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Rending Claws (Active) LV.30: Upon activation, attacks deal an additional 30 Rending damage and apply Bleeding. Consumes 30 Blood Rage per minute while active]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Bloodthirsty Pursuit (Passive) LV.30: When damaging enemies with Bleeding, gain life drain and add an extra 30 Bleeding damage]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, Rending Claws and Bloodthirsty Pursuit reached LV.MAX at level 30—meaning fully maxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when bloodline concentration rose to 2%, their levels reverted to numerical values.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This proved bloodline advancement could raise the cap of these skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, resources for further bloodline growth were insufficient. Chu Danqing prioritized stats, then skills, then bloodline—so after maxing stats and skills, only enough remained to raise bloodline by 2%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it didn’t matter—he was confident he could raise Da Bao’s bloodline to 10% within this trial world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Da Gu, his power was sufficient for now, not lagging, and his resource needs were unusual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing chose to prioritize Da Bao’s growth first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pluck the flower while it blooms—don’t wait till none remains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If resources suited Da Bao, use them—why hoard them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little Chu, woman, trembling, voice,” Da Bao listened carefully, then reported to Chu Danqing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing narrowed his eyes—he understood Da Bao meant not the innkeeper, but someone else entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's go take a look.\" Chu Danqing’s expression remained unchanged as he silently opened the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stepping out, he bumped into Yang Qianyuan, who was also opening his door; the two exchanged glances and instantly understood each other’s intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Qianyuan had also sensed the anomaly and came to summon Chu Danqing for help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His own strength was mediocre, and the Omen Spider was a Celestial Mechanism beast, ill-suited for combat—he couldn’t possibly go alone and risk death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Qianyuan was not the type to charge headlong into battle despite knowing he was outmatched; instead, he sought other solutions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before meeting Chu Danqing, his methods had mostly avoided violence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t fight even if he wanted to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two crept quietly downstairs and found a concealed spot with a clear view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, in the center of the inn’s main hall, lay a sack, from which a woman’s head protruded—her mouth gagged and face covered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shopkeeper was conversing with several men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From their expressions and words, it was clear these men were acquainted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Human trafficking? Doesn’t seem like it,\" Chu Danqing thought it more likely to be an abduction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this raised another issue: the woman’s skin condition suggested she was no noblewoman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you? Come out!\" A man with a howling white wolf suddenly tensed, his gaze locking onto the two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1519,"2026-06-20T00:54:41.633Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","2a66482069a598914f0cdc078c4fab47fd1328c3dec40ce6ca4811c0cc5a6dec","dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-chapter-259","dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-chapter-257",305,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-cover.jpg"]