Chapter 143 - Tantai Ling (1/2)

“A mystical beast that doesn’t hurt people?” Ye Chen was quite astonished and asked, “What mystical beast is that?”

“It’s a Serpent and it has wings!” The old innkeeper sighed.

“Are they going to leave or stay?” Ye Chen’s eyes darted to one side.

“They’re going to stay here tonight,” the old innkeeper replied, lowering his voice. He thought that Ye Chen was interested in that young woman. Cultivators were not to be offended, so he could only reply honestly.

Ye Chen hesitated momentarily. Did that woman come here for the mystical beast? A Serpent, with wings, that did not harm humans – Ye Chen did not know what mystical beast that was but its level was likely not low. Ye Chen became interested. If that woman sitting opposite him was interested in the mystical beast, then he would have no shot. After some thought, he decided to stay on and see what happened.

“I’ll stay here tonight. If my Nightwind is devoured by the mystical beast, I won’t blame you. Here’s the payment and keep the change.” Ye Chen fished out an ingot of twenty taels from the Heaven-Earth Pouch and placed it on the table.

“This is too much,” the old innkeeper said in a shaking voice. Most customers, when they stayed for three days inclusive of meals, would pay a tael of silver at most. This was twenty taels of silver!

“Keep it,” Ye Chen said. His Heaven-Earth Pouch had plenty of silver and gold anyway. This old innkeeper was willing to be honest about the mystical beast and had decent character. There was no harm in giving him more.

“Sir, you may stay in this humble inn for as long as you wish.” The old innkeeper was moved.

“Mmm-hmm,” Ye Chen replied absentmindedly. At this point, the three Taiyi Sword Sect members from the left table could no longer hold back and they walked toward that woman.

“Young lady, whose disciple are you?” The three Taiyi Sword Sect members had some level of perception at least. Although they were bowled over by her charm, they could see that this woman’s bearing was not ordinary. She was possibly a cultivator and they dared not act too rashly or overstep their boundaries.

Nonetheless, at sixteen years old, no matter how high her cultivation base is, surely it could not possibly reach the Tenth Level? They did not know what her background was.

That woman remained as cold as ice. She did not reply nor did she look annoyed. She only paid attention to her wine as if these three were not talking to her.

“A mystical beast might appear tonight but don’t you worry, young lady. The three of us will protect you,” one of them said.

“Maybe you don’t know where we’re from. The three of us are from the Taiyi Sword Sect. This is my First Senior, Zhou Yan. He’s only thirty but he’s already a mid-Tenth Level powerhouse. Among the younger generation of the Taiyi Sword Sect, his talent is the most extraordinary. This is my Third Junior, Lin Tao. I’m Wang Yue. Junior Lin Tao is the same as me, at the beginner Tenth Level,” the man to the left of the woman said.

“May we learn your name?” Zhou Yan sounded rather haughty. A mid-Tenth Level fighter at thirty years old could be said to have a reason for being haughty. Nonetheless, no matter what the three of them said, the woman did not pay them much attention, which vexed them.

“Tantai Ling,” as the woman spoke placidly, Tantai Ling’s nephrite-like right hand held up the wine cup and she took a sip. She still did not even spare Zhou Yan and the rest a glance. Conversely, she cast a look at Ye Chen’s side.

Although Ye Chen was relatively far away, her words rang clearly in his ears.

“Little Tanuki, where did she come from?” Ye Chen used his Astral Body to communicate with Little Tanuki.