Chapter 1148 - West Region, Dragon Gate Inn (1/2)

Dragon Gate Inn was quite famous in the plains, because it was coincidentally located at the borders of the country. It was connected to the trading route linking all of the feudal territories in the Chinese plains, and it is a place that local and foreign merchants as well as wanderers had to pass. It was also a very famous place to receive quests.

Here, the players passing by could get some quests from the coquettish and bold female owner of the inn, Jin Xiangyu.

The players in the evil cult could obtain quests telling them to collect materials. They were to kill wanderers passing by the area and sell their corpses to the female owner so that she could turn them into human meat buns.

The players in the righteous sects could obtain quests from Cao Huaian, who came to stay at the inn. They could work to fight against the Embroidered Uniform Guards and even attack the special agent organizations at the borders.

But since yesterday, a new Dragon Gate Inn popped up beside Dragon Gate Inn. The ruins of an inn which had been buried under the sand of the desert showed up in just one night, and the words on its plate could be seen clearly. It showed up out of the blue one-third of a mile away from Dragon Gate Inn. Then, the customers who came from within and outside the country increased by leaps and bounds. All of them fought against each other to observe this strange ruin which had showed up in the sandstorm.

Since yesterday, the information that popped up the most from the merchants who dropped by was the legend behind this new Dragon Gate Inn, along with the legend of a palace in the desert whose existence was practically a miracle.

Silver Wolf brought Knife, Bar, and Thunder and passed by the new Dragon Gate Inn while they braced the rampant sandstorm.

Bar went inside the ruins before he quickly returned to the party. There was uncertainty and shock on his face.

Silver Wolf saw this, and the puzzlement in his heart increased.

“What did you manage to find?”

“There’s nothing special about it.” Bar frowned and answered, “The people inside are all talking about the palace in the desert, and they speak as if it really exists. Also, aside from trap masters, there are also a few rather famous players from the Chinese plains inside. All of them seem to be searching for something in groups, and they’re not saying anything. Big Brother Silver Wolf, I think there’s a complicated reason behind the sudden appearance of Dragon Gate Inn’s ruins, or else, why would it have appeared so coincidentally? It showed up right when the sandstorms in the desert are about to start raging, and it lured over so many curious barbaric merchants.”

“Barbaric merchants?” Silver Wolf was stunned.

Bar nodded and quickly explained, “Most of the people surrounding Dragon Gate Inn are barbaric merchants…”

“What’s the percentage of NPCs?” A thought popped up in Silver Wolf’s mind, and his tone changed. It turned slightly graver.

Bar quirked an eyebrow in the direction of Dragon Gate Inn’s ruins and answered, “NPC? I didn’t see them. But by the looks of it, there should be a lot of them…”

Right after he finished speaking, Knife spoke up by the side, “Big Brother Silver Wolf, Dragon Gate Inn’s legend might be true. There might really be treasures that could allow a person to fight against an entire country in there!”

“That’s right! This time, the sect master sent a message to us, telling us to fight against the imperial court’s army, but something like this appeared. What should we do?” Thunder was a little tempted.

Silver Wolf cast the trio a glance, and he knew exactly what they were thinking about.

They had joined the game for a long period of time. Even though they were offered a lot of quests in the past, most of the time, due to time constraints or the problems brought about by the location of the quest, they could not join the quests in time. It was either this, or they were not strong enough. Right now, after training hard for four days, the levels of their martial arts had increased exponentially. Their skills had also improved. Right now, since they had come ahead of time, they managed to run into this quest at Dragon Gate Inn, and there was a chance that they could obtain the treasures in there.

They did not want to miss it.

“The ruins will not run away. Besides, the sect master told us to gather at Dragon Gate Inn. It’s not too far away from here. Let’s complete the task the sect master told us to do first, and we’ll also pay attention to the palace in the desert. We’ll see if we’re lucky enough to participate in it.” When he said this, Silver Wolf stopped talking for a while, and subconsciously, he said something strange, “But I find it strange. When the sect master told us to come over, Dragon Gate Inn’s ruins appeared. Isn’t it too much of a coincidence?”

Knife, Bar, and Thunder looked at each other, but they did not say anything in response.

To them, while Happy was strong, he probably did not have any sort of connection with the palace in the desert.

“Since that’s the case, we should hurry…”

“The original Dragon Gate Inn is right in front of us!”

“Let’s go!”

The party of four pulled down the veil over their bamboo hats. They clamped their thighs around their horses, and their horses instantly started charging forward to head to the banner flying on a pole in the distance.

At Dragon Gate Inn…

“Whoa!”

Silver Wolf and his group mingled in the crowd moving about the area. They arrived outside Dragon Gate Inn, and soon, they noticed that the atmosphere here was strange. They tugged at the reins to stop their horses.

Jin Xiangyu, the coquettish and bold owner of Dragon Gate Inn, might be dressed in a normal dress, but it could not hide her charms during her youthful years. With great hospitality, she stood at a spot not far away from the entrance and sent away an elegant swordsman who stood tall. She looked as if she was reluctant to see him go, and she leaned against him while she handed the reins of his horse into his hands.

“Huaian…”

“…Thank you, owner.”

Cao Huaian’s expression was calm. There was a certain wildness in his features. He cast the people behind him a glance and said, “I’ll be back soon. Keep a close watch over my things.”

Standing behind Cao Huaian was a handsome and pale swordsman. He was incredibly displeased with Jin Xiangyu’s hospitality, and he had his face turned to the side. His disdain and impatience was incredibly clear.

When he heard Cao Huaian’s instructions, the handsome and pale swordsman turned his head around.

“Don’t worry.”

Cao Huaian cast him a profound look before he jumped on his horse.

“Giddy-up!”

He struck his horse, and they left into the distance.