Chapter 13: Lin Luyao

Ling Feng lay on the ground looking up at the sky, thought for a while, and thus decided to sneak down the mountain to avoid Ling Ye's entanglement.

Taking advantage of the late night when all was quiet, Ling Feng sneaked down the mountain and arrived at the prosperous area in the center of Yun Shui Cheng.

"I haven't come down the mountain in a year; this capital is truly prosperous." Ling Feng muttered, with his hands behind his head, strolling slowly down the street.

"Hey, let's first find an inn to rest." Ling Feng gave a hehe laugh, turned around and walked to the inn.

"Waiter, waiter."

"Guest has arrived." The waiter came running over.

"Lodging." After saying that, Ling Feng took out ten thousand spirit crystals and presented them to the waiter.

Upon seeing the ten thousand spirit crystals Ling Feng produced, the waiter's expression immediately worsened; what a poor wretch.

"Guest, staying one night here requires one hundred thousand spirit crystals." The waiter, out of professional integrity, gave a fake smile and told Ling Feng.

"What? One hundred thousand spirit crystals, are you robbing me?" Ling Feng asked incredulously; in his view, although the capital's consumption is high, ten thousand spirit crystals for one night would already be enough.

"Sir, recently many cultivators have come to Yun Shui Cheng; the influx of people has driven up the price." The waiter explained patiently.

Upon hearing this, Ling Feng's face darkened; he only had twenty thousand spirit crystals left from a year ago, and he couldn't possibly spend half of them on just one night's lodging.

Ling Feng left the inn feeling disgruntled.

"Really, pretending to be rich when you have no money." Seeing Ling Feng slink away, the waiter couldn't help but mutter a complaint.

"What a big talk, I originally thought coming down the mountain with my twenty thousand spirit crystals would let me live it up for a month, but I didn't expect I couldn't even afford lodging; in such a situation as the waiter described, other expenses have also risen considerably." Ling Feng walked helplessly onto the street.

Just as luck would have it, thunder rumbled in the sky, and soon a downpour poured down.

"Damn it, even the heavens won't spare me." Ling Feng cursed under his breath, held his hands over his head to block the rain, and hurried away.

Ling Feng found a household; since it was late and quiet, he felt embarrassed to disturb them, so he sat beside the gate.

"At least it blocks the rain." Ling Feng sighed helplessly.

Ling Feng waited a moment, only to see the rain not lessen at all, but instead grow stronger.

Ling Feng also realized he could only sleep on the street tonight, so he leaned against the gate to rest.

The heavens were unkind; soon a cold wind blew with a wailing sound, Ling Feng shivered all over from the cold, and could only curl up his body to retain some warmth.

Not long after, the sky gradually brightened. The heavy rain and strong wind did not stop.

At that moment, the household's gate was opened.

"Ow, who is this, it hurts to death." Ling Feng, because he had been leaning against the gate to sleep, when the gate opened his head struck the ground directly.

"Ah!" Who are you? The one who opened the door was a woman; seeing someone suddenly lying at the gate after opening the door, the woman couldn't help but let out a scream.

Ling Feng instantly came to his senses, tidied his attire, stood up, and said.

"Miss, I'm sorry; last night a sudden downpour forced me to seek shelter from the rain; if I have disturbed you, please forgive me."

Seeing Ling Feng so polite, the woman did not hold it against him.

"It's still pouring outside; sir, you'd better come inside to avoid the rain." The woman replied kindly.

Ling Feng was not polite either, after all the outside was raging with wind and an imminent thunderstorm; he too was quite cold.

"Thank you for your hospitality, miss; I will impose on you greatly."

The woman led Ling Feng to a side room.

"Thank you for taking me in, miss." Ling Feng bowed his hands in gratitude.

"No need for formalities, sir; just call me Lin Zhiyu." Lin Zhiyu replied with a smile.

"I am Ling Feng."

"Zhiyu, breakfast is ready." At that moment a melodious voice came over.

"Zhiyu, who is this?" The one who arrived was none other than the First Genius of the Da Yan Empire, Lin Luyao.

"Sister, this is Master Ling Feng; he took shelter from the rain at our gate last night, and I happened to bump into him this morning, so I let Master Lin stay out of the rain." Lin Zhiyu explained.

Ling Feng looked up and saw an exquisite beauty standing before him, causing him to inwardly sigh that such a woman belongs only in heaven.

But Ling Feng merely glanced at her.

"I am Ling Feng; I have the honor of meeting Miss Lin."

Upon seeing Ling Feng like this, Lin Luyao felt a favorable impression arise in her heart.

After all, anyone who sees her appearance inevitably feels something unusual.

"Master Ling, why not have breakfast together?" Lin Luyao invited.

"Then I'll impose on Miss Lin." Ling Feng did not refuse, for he was indeed hungry.

When it came time to eat, Ling Feng paid no heed to the two women's strange glances and wolfed down his food.

"Don't choke, eat slowly, there's more." Seeing Ling Feng like that, Lin Zhiyu couldn't help but laugh.

"Ladies, please don't take offense; Miss Lin's cooking is truly excellent." Ling Feng said while holding a chicken leg.

Lin Luyao felt that Ling Feng's manner was not bad at all, because the people around her treated her with care, and their dignified bearing all revealed elegance.

Soon after, Ling Feng patted his full belly.

"Thank you both for your hospitality; the rain has also stopped, so I will take my leave." Ling Feng stood, bowed his hands, and said.

Lin Luyao was about to say something when she heard a voice at the door.

"Luyao, I've brought you your favorite hazelnut pastry."

Hearing that voice, Lin Luyao became visibly annoyed. The visitor was none other than the First Genius of the Da Qin Empire, Qin Dao Ming; it was common knowledge that Qin Dao Ming favored Lin Luyao of the Da Yan Empire.

As Qin Dao Ming stepped through the door, he saw Ling Feng beside the two women and instantly froze.

"Kid, who are you?" Qin Dao Ming asked with a hostile gaze.

"I am Ling Feng; last night I took shelter from the rain at Miss Lin's gate, and this morning she hosted me." Ling Feng said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Kid, I tell you, Miss Lin is someone I, Qin, have taken a liking to; you'd best stay far away from her."

Before Ling Feng could reply, Lin Zhiyu couldn't hold back.

"Surname Qin, you don't talk nonsense, my sister never agreed to you." Lin Zhiyu said angrily.

"Everyone knows I like Miss Lin; outside, everyone thinks Miss Lin and I are a match made in heaven. Being together is just a matter of time; after this martial competition, I will have Father Emperor propose to the Da Yan Guo Jia for me." Qin Dao Ming said to Lin Zhiyu.

"You..." Lin Zhiyu pointed at Qin Dao Ming, so angry she couldn't speak.

"Kid, you'd better be careful from now on." Qin Dao Ming said to Ling Feng.

And Ling Feng's personality is that he doesn't want to run into trouble, so he just left.

"Young Master Qin, you should just go back." Lin Luyao said to Qin Dao Ming.

"Luyao, you know my feelings, why do you always reject me?" Qin Dao Ming said, unwilling.