Chapter 548 - Chapter 548: Chapter 540 Thousand Beast Pavilion (2/2)

said the middle-aged man impatiently, waving his hand.

“Yes, understood!”

She nodded with a smile on her face.

“Master, where should I find you if I have some news?”

“Just go to the Thousand Beast Pavilion to find me. You only need to tell the clerk that you have something to inform Master Wu, and someone will take you to see me. If you can uncover some important intelligence, I will reward you with at least ten taels of silver, or even a hundred taels.”

The middle-aged man wearing a mask was actually from the Thousand Beast Pavilion.

I must investigate the background of this Thousand Beast Pavilion.

Upon hearing that a hundred taels of reward silver could be obtained, the eyes of the innkeeper’s eldest daughter-in-law lit up.

“So, Master Wu is the owner of the Thousand Beast Pavilion. No wonder you are so generous! It must have been hard for you to come all this way. How about going to my room for a cup of tea to quench your thirst?”

She pressed her body against Master Wu as she twisted around.

This woman, by her age, wasn’t exactly old either, somewhere around twenty-seven or twenty-eight.

From the looks of it, she was ready to offer herself to curry favor with the middle-aged man. Of course, her main motive for doing this was money.

Seeing that the two were having a rather close contact, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

At this moment, Qin Niu made a bold decision, controlling the green silk worm on the head of the innkeeper’s eldest daughter-in-law, quietly flicking it onto the middle-aged man.

As the green silk worm landed on the middle-aged man, Qin Niu’s heart was in his throat.

Because if discovered, the green silk worm would most likely not survive. It might even startle the snake in the grass, making the man wary.

“I don’t have time.”

The middle-aged man clearly was not interested, coldly rejecting her, and subtly distancing himself from the innkeeper’s eldest daughter-in-law.

Qin Niu’s green silk worm successfully crawled atop the middle-aged man’s head and concealed itself among the multitude of hairs.

The middle-aged man seemed to sense something and scratched his head, but not finding anything, he let it go.

…

After watching the middle-aged man leave, Qin Niu also left with his wife and Xiao Qing.

Heading straight to the site of the Water and Land Dharma Assembly.

“Wan Yan, Xiao Qing, later on you two just try to break through the Immortal Gate on your own. Even if I went with you, I wouldn’t be able to take care of you both,” he said.

Inside the Immortal Gate, there were restrictions. Even if ten thousand people entered at the same time, they wouldn’t encounter anyone else.

This prevented any possibility of mutual assistance.

Each contender had to rely on their own skills to break through.

Qin Niu was not in a hurry to attempt the challenge, instead, he prepared to let his wife and Xiao Qing try to break through the Immortal Gate first.

The scene was packed with a sea of people, and there were many challengers.

The two followed the crowd towards the light gate in front of the Reed Platform.

Everyone was queuing to enter.

From time to time, people were ejected from the light gate, looking utterly disheveled. Some were even injured.

But there were also a few who entered and never came back out.

This was actually a good sign.

As long as one wasn’t ejected by the Immortal Gate, there was still a chance.

Wang Wanyan and Xiao Qing leaped into the light gate together, while Qin Niu stood nervously below the Reed Platform, watching.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, Wang Wanyan was ejected by the Immortal Gate, retreating again and again in disarray. Soon after, she was caught by a pair of strong arms— it was Qin Niu.

“It’s too hard, I tried my best inside but couldn’t last even a quarter of an hour, let alone find the exit,” she said with a look of frustration.

“No worries, if we fail this time, we can participate again next time. I believe that in ten years, you will surely pass. Go back to our lodgings and rest. I should be going up to take the challenge soon,” Qin Niu comforted her.