Chapter 133

When the two returned to the room, they happened to run into the two traveling merchants. The traveling merchants, who were very arrogant yesterday, were unusually friendly today and even invited the two to come in and sit for a while. Lu Yang was unwilling to have too much contact with them and refused directly.

After being refused, the traveling merchants were not annoyed and closed the room door.

The sound of the gong sounded again, and the night watchman shouted "The Hour of the Bo has arrived."

Da-da-da, the sound of regular footsteps came from the hallway again, and the waiter with pitch-black eyes wandered in the hallway.

The waiter knocked lightly on the door across the way: "Guest, are you there? Please open the door."

Just when the two thought it would be the same as last night, the traveling merchants firmly wouldn't open the door, and the waiter's knocking would become louder and louder, reaching a deafening level.

Creak—

The door across the way was opened.

One of the traveling merchants was shocked by his companion's actions: "You, what are you doing! Why open the door!"

"Hurriedly close the door, hurriedly close the door!"

"If you want to die, don't drag me with you!"

"Why won't the door close!"

Clearly there were two traveling merchants, but from beginning to end, only one traveling merchant spoke, and the other traveling merchant didn't make the slightest sound, which was very strange.

"You, don't come over, ah—"

Following a heart-rending scream from across the way, there was no more movement.

"What happened? The traveling merchants aren't stupid, why would they take the initiative to open the door?" A chill rose from the bottom of Meng Jingzhou's heart.

Lu Yang pondered for a moment and thought of a possibility: "Do you remember the person killed by the government office runners we saw this morning? He died and came back to life, looking no different from a living person."

"The rules said that corpse activity is a normal phenomenon, but the rules didn't say corpses come back to life!"

"Is the person who came back to life this morning really still himself?"

Meng Jingzhou widened his eyes: "You mean... one traveling merchant has already died, but the companion didn't notice?"

Lu Yang nodded: "Yes, that's what I mean!"

Meng Jingzhou felt his scalp tingle. Seeing the pedestrians on the street today, he thought not many people had been harmed. Now it seemed that, I'm afraid there were many living dead on the street during the day!

Violent knocking sounded again. This time, it was knocking on the door of Lu Yang and the other.

"Help, hurry and save me! The waiter wants to kill me!"

"Open the door, hurry and open the door!"

"I beg you to show kindness, save me. Gold, spirit stones, the location of the ruins and caves, I can give them all to you!"

"Don't kill me—"

Then came the dull sound of an axe entering flesh and hitting bone, accompanied by the screams of the traveling merchant.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou looked at each other and decided not to open the door. Clearly, there had been no movement across the way just now, and now there was a plea for help. No matter how you thought about it, it didn't feel right; it was strange and bizarre.

Moreover, Lu Yang learned from the Decayed Fairy that the two traveling merchants were not kind people, so there was no need to save them.

The traveling merchant's voice disappeared, and the waiter's gentle knocking sounded again: "Two guests, are you there? Please open the door?"

"Two guests, are you there? Please open the door!"

"I'm telling you two to open the door!"

"Open the door for me!"

Just like yesterday, the knocking became louder and louder, and the whole inn could hear it.

Not knowing if it was the quality of the door or the restriction of the rules, the waiter did not succeed in knocking the door open.

Lu Yang heard the waiter walking upstairs; he should have gone directly back to the Heaven-grade room.

The monster outside the window did not appear again, and tonight was safe.

When leaving the inn at the Hour of the Si the next day, Lu Yang noticed the door across the way had changed from brown to black, and the two traveling merchants came out of the room laughing and chatting, greeting Lu Yang with a smile.

The sixteenth rule: After entering a black door, do not speak, and do not eat the things inside.

Lu Yang's eyes narrowed; the two traveling merchants no longer needed to follow the ordinary rules.

Meng Jingzhou couldn't help but ask: "Who among you called for help last night?"

The two traveling merchants were very confused, their expressions not looking like they were faking it: "Call for help? Who called for help?"

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou couldn't gauge the situation of the traveling merchants and were unwilling to say more, leaving in a hurry.

During the day today, the two kept following the government office runners from a distance and discovered that the government office runners only ate one meal a day, and it had to be meat buns.

Meng Jingzhou had once stolen a meat bun, and after opening it, saw that besides meat, there were things suspected to be fingernails and hair inside.

After the government office runners finished eating, they would walk on the street, driving the crowd like herding ducks. If someone was unlucky and accidentally turned their head, they would die miserably and come back to life immediately.

"Did you notice? The government office runners walked all over the town, but they didn't go near the private school!"

Lu Yang spread out the map, which was drawn when visiting the town yesterday. The map marked the crash site, inn, private school, tailor shop, pharmacy, and government office.

The map was drawn in a way that was hard to describe, but the good news was that he could understand what he drew himself.

"It seems the rules they follow are not the same, and they are not all of one piece!" Meng Jingzhou laughed. This was good news; it just depended on how to use this information.

When walking on the street, the two noticed shadows flashing in the thatched cottages through the paper windows.

The rules required that one could not return to the thatched cottage or inn before the Hour of the Xu. What kind of things were the people in the thatched cottages?

"It seems there are still many rules in this town that we don't know."

Different identities needed to follow different rules. Lu Yang felt the ancient Integration stage cultivator was truly bored to death.

"Fairy, can you see the situation outside? How is my master fighting?"

The Decayed Fairy clicked her tongue in wonder: "Your master's comprehension of the Dao of the sword is very deep. Fighting four with one, he doesn't fall behind."

Lu Yang nodded, and then he felt relieved.

The two returned to the inn. Lu Yang wrote a line on a note and handed it to the innkeeper: Are you from outside?

Meng Jingzhou watched from the side, understanding Lu Yang's meaning. The rules said locals couldn't reveal things about the town to outsiders, but the innkeeper could, which meant the innkeeper was not a local.

The innkeeper didn't expect Lu Yang to ask this question and wrote the word "Yes".

Lu Yang wrote: Ordinary person or cultivator?

The owner wrote: 9th layer of Qi Condensation.

Lu Yang wrote: How did you become the innkeeper?

The owner wrote: I cannot say.

Lu Yang wrote: Do you need to follow rules different from ours? What are the specific rules?

The owner wrote: What I follow are the Cloth Town inn rules; I cannot tell you the specific rules.

Lu Yang wrote again: Do you want to leave?

The owner's right hand shook: Yes.

Lu Yang took out his identity jade token: We two are disciples of the Congwendao Sect, strayed into this place, and also want to leave.

Learning they were disciples of the Congwendao Sect, the owner became even more excited and wrote with a trembling hand: What do you need?

Lu Yang wrote: Take off your white clothes.

Seeing Lu Yang's request, the innkeeper was stunned for a moment, not expecting Lu Yang to make such a request.

The rules he followed stipulated that within the rules, he should satisfy the guests' requests as much as possible, except for those violating ethics and morality. It didn't mention he couldn't take off his clothes.

The innkeeper took off his white clothes and handed them to Lu Yang.

Lu Yang put away the clothes, and he and Meng Jingzhou returned to the room.

"Knocked on the door for two days, today it's our turn!" Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou smiled coldly.

(End of chapter)