2 Local Specialty From Hometown (1/2)

Wang Lu’s performance made him the center of attention of all the people in the lobby. He suddenly became the main topic of everyone’s discussion. No one was really sure which views about him were right, but nevertheless, everyone was in awe of him.

If this had happened in a regular inn, most people would call Wang Lu an idiot. However, a best room ticket at the foot of the Spirit Sword Mountain was worth a lot.

“Do you guys think he has connections with the Spirit Sword Sect?”

This kind of question was raised by some people, which then spread throughout the crowd. Soon, some of them even bizarrely claimed that Wang Lu was the bastard child of one of the elders in the Heavenly Sword Hall.

The Lady Boss coldly looked at the crowd from behind the counter and quietly muttered, “A bunch of idiots.”

After thinking for a moment, she said to herself, “I should just raise the room rate again, these idiots make me angry just by looking at them...”

At this time, a voice came from outside the inn.

“Young Master, Young Master!”

Although Ru Family Inn’s lobby was not very large, there were dozens of “young masters” sitting inside. Everyone turned around and saw a handsome ten years oldboy come running and stumbling as he shouted.

Seeing this boy, everyone’s eyes lit up.

This was not because the youth looked handsome or anything, but because the robe he wore clearly had the same style as Wang Lu’s; there was only a little bit difference in the pattern. He seemed to be an errand boy.

Although Wang Lu looked a bit tricky, this errand boy looked much softer and more naïve. If they wanted to get some information about their competitor, then this boy would be the perfect opportunity.

“Hi, little brother…”

One person, who seemed to have this idea in mind, lightly coughed, attracting the errand boy’s attention.

“Have you seen my young master? He’s almost the same age as me…”

“Oh, how about little brother come over here and talk about it in more details with me. There are a lot of people coming and going, I do not know which one of them is your young master.”

The errand boy paused for a moment and then nodded his head.

But obviously, some people did not wish for these princes to have the opportunity to begin talking again. The Lady Boss knocked on the counter and said, “Your young master is called Wang Lu right? He’s already upstairs on the second floor, the third room on the left. But remember, you need to keep quiet in here.”

The errand boy paused again and quickly bowed to the Lady Boss to show his thanks. He then swiftly ran upstairs, his footsteps full of joy.

“Young Master, Young Master~! I’m coming!”

The Lady Boss became enraged and slammed the counter with her fist, “Didn’t you hear what I just said!?”

Everyone in the lobby saw a jar of “Daughter Red Wine” fly across the lobby, smashing right in front of the feet of the errand boy. The errand boy was scared out of his wits; he did not dare to make a noise anymore as he quietly tiptoed up the stairs.

However, the Lady Boss’s anger had clearly not subsided. Her eyes swept around to find a target to bully. Soon, from this crowd of princes and sons of officials, she finally found a target.

“Hey, you, yeah you, the one who previously received my kick. You ordered a jar of Daughter Red Wine just now, right? Come here and pay your account, it is one thousand liang per jar, thank you.”

Wen Bao was taken by surprise. “When did I order a Daughter Red Wine!?”

“Just now when I threw out that jar near the kid. What, do you want to order another jar?”

Seeing the Lady Boss starting to pick up another seventy centimeters tall wine jar with one hand, Wen Bao immediately looked aghast, “I’ll pay, I’ll pay for it!”

Getting her ill-gotten gains, the Lady Boss was pleased. Her eyes swept across the lobby and said with a voice that could be heard by most people, “A bunch of waste.”

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On the second floor, the errand boy enthusiastically opened the young master’s door.

“Young Master, I’m here!”

Sitting at the desk, Wang Lu raised his head in surprise. “Hey, why did you come here?! Quickly go back!”

At the entrance of the room, the errand boy wanted to cry but had no tears; hepiteously looked at his young master sitting inside the room.

Wang Lu helplessly said, “I believe that I have told you not to come.”

The errand boy said with a bitter face, “The Master ordered me to come here. He said that it wasn’t safe for you to come and attend the Immortal Gathering by yourself.”

“And you here will make me safe? Your surname isn’t Du… Oh, my Father is definitely confused, I should’ve told you not to be confused like him.”

The errand boy was quite stubborn. “The Master asked me to come.”

Wang Lu sighed, “Even though he asked you to come, you could have broken your legs or just told him you were sick.”

The errand boy was speechless, “I…”

“If you didn’t want to make it too tragic, you could’ve drank some croton liquid, in short…” Wang Lu said, but when he saw the errand boy’s innocent yet pitiful look, he could only helplessly shook his head. “Forget it, just come in.”

The errand boy gave out a shout of joy and carried his large bag into the room.

Even if he was stupid, but after many years following his young master, he knew that his young master has a sharp mouth but a soft heart.

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Contrary to what most of the crowd had believed, the young master and his errand boy were neither royalty nor nobility, and they weren’t people of the Immortal Cultivator’s families either.

They were just a couple of villagers who had come from the Wang Family Village. This village northeast of the Dog Ear Mountain is part of the Marquis County of the Eastern Way Prefecture in the Great Ming Kingdom of the Blue River Region.

The young master’s surname was Wang, and his name was Lu. He was the son of the richest man in the Wang Family Village. Before the age of nine, his name had been Wang Tudi, a local specialty name.Afterwards, a kind scholar had changed his name from “Tudi” to “Lu” [1], making it seem a bit more elegant.