Chapter 308

The voice came along with the wind, but the person had already vanished without a trace.

The Night-Shining Jade Lion traveled a thousand miles a day; in the time it took to speak, Ren Yingying could no longer even see Lin Fan's back.

"Leaving so fast, how hateful!"

Ren Yingying muttered to herself indignantly.

"Miss, do you know them?"

The tea stall owner walked over tremblingly and asked.

"Yes, what's the matter?"

Ren Yingying was a bit confused.

"The total is three copper coins!"

"What do you mean?"

"The tea they drank hasn't been paid for yet!"

Hateful Lin Fan, I offered myself to you and you didn't want it, and what's even more infuriating is that you drank tea with another woman and actually made me pay for it!

Ren Yingying was gnashing her teeth in hatred, scaring the owner on the side half to death.

When Lin Fan and the others left just now, he had wanted to call out to Lin Fan, but the moment he thought of the golden dragon Lin Fan had unleashed, he was terrified, fearing that he might get hit with a palm strike too.

Then he saw that this green-clad woman knew Lin Fan and was beautiful, so she must be kind-hearted, which is why he gathered the courage to ask for money. But this stunning woman's face suddenly darkened and she became murderous, making him panic again.

"How about... forget it? I don't want the money!"

The owner, with a strong will to survive, struggled for three seconds between wanting money or wanting his life, and ultimately chose his life.

"It's fine, bring me another pot of tea!"

Ren Yingying sat in the seat Lin Fan had just occupied and ordered another pot of tea.

The owner on the side was almost crying; although I waived the cost of your pot of tea, you can't push your luck and ask for another one—this is a small business.

"Here, take this!"

Ren Yingying also noticed the owner's mournful face. Being clever, she saw through the owner's thoughts at a glance and handed over a piece of broken silver.

"Alright, customer, I'll bring the tea right away!"

After receiving the silver, the owner immediately beamed with joy and ran off to pour the tea.

On the other side, Lin Fan also suddenly remembered that he hadn't paid, so he frowned.

"What's wrong, Lin Fan?"

"It seems we didn't pay for the tea we drank!"

"Then should we go back?"

"No need, Ren Yingying will help us pay for it!"

"Pfft!"

Little Dragon Maiden looked back at Lin Fan and suddenly laughed. It truly was a case of "a single glance back and a hundred charms are born, the beauties of the six palaces lose their color."

"What's wrong, Long Er, what are you laughing at?"

"I remembered my first meeting with Sister Wuqing. Back then, I had just come down from the mountain and didn't understand anything. Later, I took a bun shaped like a tiger, and the owner chased me for money, but I didn't even know what money was. Thanks to Sister Wuqing for resolving the situation for me and teaching me many things. Thinking about myself back then is really quite funny!"

Little Dragon Maiden smiled softly, and even the flowers by the roadside lost their color.

"That's because you were inexperienced and naive. Having stayed in the Ancient Tomb for so long and being isolated from the world, that's why you made such a joke."

"There's nothing bad about the Ancient Tomb; it's quiet and secluded, far from the hustle and bustle, without so much deceit and infighting as in the Jianghu."

"There's nothing bad about galloping on horseback with me either. We travel through the red dust together, carefree and easy—this is another kind of life experience."

Lin Fan held Little Dragon Maiden while riding the Night-Shining Jade Lion, the two of them chatting and laughing as they headed toward the Forbidden City, finally entering the city at dusk.

Of course, this city was not the Forbidden City; Lin Fan estimated he would only arrive there tomorrow night.

"Want to go down and walk around? You've lived in the Ancient Tomb for a long time and rarely strolled through such a bustling market, right?"

"Mm!"

Subsequently, the two of them wove through the bustling market, and a faint smile couldn't help but appear on Little Dragon Maiden's face.

Lin Fan bought her a candied hawthorn, which she ate quite happily, but when Lin Fan bought a rattle-drum and placed it in her palm, Little Dragon Maiden suddenly looked at Lin Fan quietly.

"What's wrong? Don't you like it? I thought you would like these little trinkets!"

Lin Fan smiled awkwardly.

"Although I was adopted into the Ancient Tomb when I was small, Granny Sun went down the mountain and bought a rattle-drum for me back then, so I already had it when I was still in swaddling clothes!"

Little Dragon Maiden said, shaking the rattle-drum in her hand.

"I see. Then let it help you recall your childhood!"

"That's fine too. Where to next?"

"Let's go to the grain and oil shop to buy some food first; Rong'er and the others are about to run out of supplies!"

Little Dragon Maiden nodded, with the candied hawthorn in her left hand and the rattle-drum in her right, following closely behind Lin Fan.

Suddenly, she frowned and stopped, then looked toward the rear diagonal.

"Long Er, what's wrong?"

"The stinky Daoist priests of the Quanzhen Sect!"

Lin Fan looked in the direction Little Dragon Maiden was pointing and indeed discovered two Daoist priests in the distance peeking at them.

"Are they Zhao Zhijing and Yin Zhiping?"

"Mm. Lin Fan, do you know them?"

"I don't know them, but they have a way of seeking their own deaths!"

Before the words had even faded, Lin Fan had already vanished from where he stood. The people around discovered that the young master beside the stunning beauty had suddenly disappeared, and they all thought they had seen a ghost!

The next second, Lin Fan's figure appeared in front of Zhao Zhijing and Yin Zhiping.

"Not good, Junior Brother, run!"

Yin Zhiping was still foolishly looking at Little Dragon Maiden, but Zhao Zhijing reacted quickly, pulling Yin Zhiping and wanting to run. However, no matter how fast they were, they couldn't be faster than Lin Fan's Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms. A single move of "Shocking the Hundred Miles" struck the two in the back of the heart, and Zhao Zhijing and Yin Zhiping's souls returned to the Nine Springs on the spot.

"Murder! Run!"

The people on the street were scared and fled in all directions. Lin Fan didn't care and returned to Little Dragon Maiden's side.

Lin Fan had originally thought Little Dragon Maiden would ask him why he killed Yin Zhiping and Zhao Zhijing, but to his surprise, Little Dragon Maiden didn't ask a single word.

"Aren't you going to ask me why I killed them?"

Lin Fan asked, looking at Little Dragon Maiden, who was eating her candied hawthorn.

"I assume they offended you. Haven't you always been decisive in killing? Why would you need to explain?"

Little Dragon Maiden raised her head and looked at Lin Fan innocently, not knowing why he asked that.

"For others, naturally, I act as I please—why would I need to explain to the likes of you? But for you, that naturally has to be an exception!"

Lin Fan said with a smile.

"I don't need your explanation either. I listen to you; you must have your reasons for doing things!"

Little Dragon Maiden suddenly smiled brilliantly, leaving Lin Fan stunned.

"Lin Fan, what's wrong with you? Aren't we going to buy grain?"

Little Dragon Maiden woke Lin Fan from his daze, and then the two continued walking toward the grain and oil shop. ===== CHAPTER 310 =====