Chapter 1382: Slaughtering Him Like a Fat Pig

After traveling for two more days, Chen Guanlou successfully entered the Great Wilderness.

Just as the waiter said, the Great Wilderness was all mountains at a glance, mountains that couldn't be seen to the end. And they were all stone mountains, unable to grow trees, only tough weeds popping out from the stone peaks, but because of the lack of water, they were dying.

Scorched by the sun during the day, and ravaged by cold wind at night.

At his pace, he hadn't seen any human smoke for several days.

He didn't know where everyone was hiding.

He didn't know if he was lost, and he couldn't even find anyone to ask for directions.

He could only wander around, trying to find a densely populated market town, so he could settle down for two days and ask about the situation.

Wandering in the mountains for another two or three days, he finally found a clear road. Walking along the road, he finally saw villages, market towns, and water sources that were protected.

This was a small basin in the mountains, where people could live, plant, and the population was relatively dense.

People here don't smile.

When he walked into the town from outside, the people in the town used eyes that measured goods to measure him, and even children were evaluating his value.

He smiled!

He really didn't expect that such a place would produce an interesting person like Pure Yang Zhenren.

He walked into the biggest inn in the town.

"One upper room, stay for three days."

At this moment, he encountered the first smiling face since stepping into the Great Wilderness.

The proprietor looked at him, laughing until he couldn't see his teeth. "Alright, one upper room, three days. Total 5 taels of silver."

Chen Guanlou was clearly stunned for a moment; he thought he had misheard.

What the hell?

In this broken place, a broken inn, staying for three nights costs 5 taels of silver.

5 taels of silver in the capital could allow you to stay in a medium-grade inn for a month.

He smiled again, took out a 5-tael silver note, and handed it to the proprietor.

The proprietor showed a trace of dissatisfaction. "Guest, you might not know yet, we don't accept outside silver notes here, only gold, silver, and copper. If you didn't bring silver, we also provide pawnshop services."

Chen Guanlou smiled, took back the silver note, took out 5 taels of silver, and placed it on the counter.

The proprietor instantly revealed a brilliant smiling face. "Guest, what is your surname? Please register."

"Surname Chen!"

"So it is Mr. Chen! Someone, lead Mr. Chen to the Heaven-grade room on the second floor."

"Bring me a bucket of hot water."

"Guest, hot water costs extra."

At this moment, Chen Guanlou's murderous intent arose.

He looked at the proprietor with a smile. "Say it all at once, what costs money and what doesn't."

"5 taels of silver only includes accommodation fees; everything else costs money." The proprietor looked at him with a smile, as if looking at a fool, a sucker.

Chen Guanlou took out 1 tael of silver. "Tell me, what can this money buy?"

"Three days of hot water can be bought."

"Nothing else?"

"Nothing else!" The proprietor had an expression of 'I am very honest, no cheating'.

Chen Guanlou came to the counter again, grabbed the proprietor's collar, and pulled him in front of him.

Instantly, the waiters, guests, and others in the inn stood up one after another, holding big knives in their hands.

Ding!

A crisp metallic sound suddenly rang out in the lobby.

Bang!

The big knife in the waiter's hand broke from the middle, and half of the blade fell to the ground!

Everyone looked at each other, their hearts uneasy, becoming even more vigilant.

Once again...

Ding! Ding! Ding!

All weapons broke into two halves one after another and fell to the ground.

This was no longer unease, but terror. Everyone retreated one after another, preparing to escape at any time.

Only then did Chen Guanlou speak to the proprietor. "Can we talk properly now?"

"Yes! Yes, yes, yes! Of course we can. What does the guest want?" The proprietor changed his previous attitude and became exceptionally fawning.

"I want hot water and a sumptuous lunch. Can you do it?"

"Yes!"

"Does it cost extra?"

"No, no, no, no need. 5 taels of silver is enough."

"That is excellent!"

Chen Guanlou smiled with satisfaction, tidied up the proprietor's messy collar, and patted his cheek. "Serve well, I think highly of you."

The proprietor revealed a fawning smile. "Many thanks for Mr. Chen's appreciation! If Mr. Chen has no other instructions, I will arrange for the kitchen to cook."

"Very good! I appreciate your attitude; keep it up."

After speaking, he pointed to the waiter standing at the door of the back hall. "You come over and lead the way, take me to the guest room."

The waiter was trembling. "This way, guest!"

Entering the Heaven-grade Room No. 1, Chen Guanlou greeted the waiter to talk.

"Do you all slaughter guests like this, regardless of whether they are locals or outsiders?"

"Guest, you are joking."

"I am not joking. I only want to hear the truth."

After saying this, he threw a 2-qian silver tip to the waiter.

The waiter took the tip, and the fear instantly disappeared, saying fawningly and dog-leggedly: "Guest, your eyes are like torches, you saw through our inn's way of doing business at a glance."

Chen Guanlou almost laughed out loud.

"Does no one smash your place for doing this?"

"Guest, you are joking. We dare to do this, naturally we have something to rely on."

Chen Guanlou nodded, the basic operation of a local snake.

He asked: "Are there many people staying at the inn?"

"Quite a lot. The big kang below is full, and the medium rooms are also full. Only a few Heaven-grade rooms are empty."

"So many guests? Where are they from?" Chen Guanlou was very curious.

"Within a few hundred miles, this is the only market town. Those mountain people, coming out to exchange for supplies, must stay."

"Only one market town every few hundred miles?"

"Who makes our Great Wilderness poor and sparsely populated. However, those villages with many people have people who act as second-hand dealers, buying goods from our town to sell in the villages. People in the villages don't have to come out, which is much more convenient."

"Are your goods very rich here? Where do you get your goods?"

"Very rich, everything they have outside, we have here. And you don't have to go outside to get goods; the caravan will bring them back. Several caravans come to the town to sell goods every year."

So that's how it is.

"When I came, I wandered in the mountains for several days, and it was hard to find the road, and I only came to your town by following the road."

"Then you must have taken the wrong road. Our town is the market town closest to the outside, and there is a road that leads directly outside the Great Wilderness. You are from outside, without a guide, you must have taken the wrong road."

Chen Guanlou recalled carefully, he really didn't see the road when he entered the Great Wilderness.

Perhaps there was a road, but in his eyes, it wasn't a road, so he missed it. So, he wandered blindly in the mountains for several days, and finally found the right road.

Sure enough, a guide is still needed.

He took out the waist token given by Hall Master Tan, placed it on the table, and carefully observed the waiter's expression.

The waiter looked at it as if it were a curiosity. "Guest, what is this? It's quite good-looking."

Chen Guanlou smiled. "I don't know what it is, someone gave it to me. It looks good, so I carry it with me. Have you seen it before?"

"Never seen it. It's definitely not produced here. Such good iron, of course, is used to forge weapons; making it into a token is such a waste."

Makes sense!

Chen Guanlou laughed. "Do you think it's safe for me to stay in your inn? I see outside, many people look at me as if looking at goods, weighing by the catty."

"Guest, rest assured, there is no place safer than our inn!" ===== CHAPTER 1383 =====