49 A Commoners Pas (2/2)
”What are the special traits of this body?” one of the experts could no longer stay quiet and asked the question that all wanted to know.
”I don't know,” the noble-born who had spoken before said while shaking his head, disappointing everyone, but he did continue. ”He managed to go from being a mere mortal to being someone at the ninth layer of the Ordinary Warrior rank within half a year. He is also much stronger than any average expert on the same level, and his Qi is denser – he has more Qi than others of the same stage, so he is capable of challenging those of a higher rank.”
The experts were baffled when they heard this. Six months to reach the ninth layer of the Ordinary Warrior rank? Stronger than average cultivators on the same layer? Denser Qi and more of it? This was simply a heavenly blessed physique. As long as Xue Wei did not die young, he would without a doubt become the next glorious Primordial Beast Hunter within Heping Kingdom.
The young master also paled. He understood that the value of such a genius far outstripped even his own value, and he could not help but feel inferior for the first time in his life.
”Well, I am honored to meet such a genius today,” he finally managed to squeeze out the words, attempting to be polite, but he knew that it was impossible.
”Spare the chatter, I know you don't feel honored,” Xue Wei sighed. ”Anyway, we have no more to discuss with one another. We are here to find an inn for the next week's time, and not to make enemies or friends. Let us just pretend that today never happened.”
The young master felt partly grateful for the fact that Xue Wei was not going to pursue the matter further, but he was also filled with blazing jealousy and an unreconciled heart. He could not accept that he had lost face in front of everyone in the Inner City.
The conversation between the two groups had gone on for a short period of time, but many had stopped close by to see what had happened. Everything the young master was involved in was always entertaining for the common noble, but this time he had truly dropped a stone on his own foot.
Not only had he failed in the acquisition of a beauty, but he had also managed to lose a great amount of face. Although no one dared to tell him that to his face, everyone knew it, and they would be gossiping about it for the following year.
Xue Wei wasted no more time as he strode past the tables filled with people and into the restaurant. The group of nobles from Tiankong City were first stumped by his actions, but they quickly scrambled to follow him.
As the group of fifty youngsters entered the restaurant, the entrance got incredibly crowded, but instead of shooing them out, the manager hurried to greet them politely.
”Young masters and misses, please, please, follow me into the inn!” he said as he was rubbing his hands. This manager had long since heard about the drama that was unfolding outside the restaurant and had listened in on everything that had been said.
He had heard that Xue Wei was Xiao Lei's nephew, which alone gave him special treatment, but to have a special physique on top of that made him a truly important guest.
”We would like to rent some rooms,” Xue Wei said as he looked at the innkeeper. ”We are fifty-three experts, seventeen women, and thirty-six men. Please arrange our lodgings so that women and men do not share a room, that is if you do not have enough for us to have individual rooms,” Xue Wei requested.
”That is no problem; we have five rooms with space for five that can easily hold twenty-five of you young men. Then you can have another five twin rooms, for the other ten, and finally a single room for the final guy.”
”For the girls, we can also provide three of our five-man rooms, and then one twin room. That way all of you will not be alone in the rooms, as I can imagine it is unnerving to be all alone when you are new to the city. You have to decide on one guy to be alone though,” the manager of the inn was lightning fast in planning who could go where, and no one questioned him.
”That sounds great,” Xue Wei agreed readily without asking the others for permission and then he withdrew ten gold coins.
Although ten gold coins was an astronomical figure, it was just barely enough to cover the rent for a week for fifty-three experts within the Inner City of the capital. This, of course, included breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
”Xue Wei, you take the individual room,” all of the youngsters said in unison, ”take it, so we do not interrupt your cultivation.”
The truth was that many of them still feared him, but after seeing him step up to help them in the situation they had been in before, they did feel much more comfortable around him.
Receiving the keys, everyone split up into the groups they had agreed upon before, and then the manager led them up a set of stairs that were right next to the counter, to the first, second, and third floor.
The inn was a beautiful building that had five floors and a cellar. The cellar was where all the wines and food were stored. The ground floor consisted of the kitchen and the restaurant, while the first, second, and third floor housed the rooms for the inn.
The fourth floor was where the offices and rooms for the staff to live in were located. It was a beautiful building, painted red and golden. It was made from some sort of heavy wooden material and seemed as sturdy as if it was built from stone.
Everyone eventually settled into their rooms. The first floor held the five-man rooms, while the second floor had the twin rooms, and the third floor held the single room for Xue Wei. It was also the floor with the best view of all the rooms belonging to the inn, allowing for one to have a great view over the skyline of the Inner City.