After clearing the level, the fairies were reborn!

But to be able to take a nap amidst such a noisy chanting... have they already gotten used to it?

"Two taels of silver a day, how long will you stay?"

"I haven't decided yet, but I'll stay here for now." Xu Ze took out a hundred-tael silver note and placed it on the counter, thinking to himself that it was indeed quite expensive.

However, the thing he has no shortage of right now is money.

The woman put the silver notes away and slowly lay back down in her chair. "Find an empty room on the second floor and tidy yourself up."

"Is there anything to eat?" Xu Ze asked, not caring about the service.

As soon as he finished speaking, that fair and delicate hand reached out from behind the counter again and beckoned to him.

Xu Ze was slightly taken aback, then took out another silver note and placed it in that hand.

"The mountains are teeming with birds and beasts, and there are even fish in the pond in the backyard; you can catch as many as you want."

"Seriously? I have to do it myself?"

"Otherwise what?" the woman retorted.

Xu Ze was genuinely dissatisfied now. "What kind of inn is this?"

Poor service attitude is one thing, you can say it's because they have a personality.

How can guests have to cook their own meals?

"This wasn't originally an inn!"

To everyone's surprise, the woman also got angry, her eyebrows furrowing as she cursed, "This is my home!"

Xu Ze was stunned on the spot.

He then recalled that the scene he had just observed from the outside was indeed without a single sign.

Looking back at the so-called 'hall' behind me, it really was the original reception room.

"I just wanted to find a quiet place to live, but I don't know where this bunch of lunatics came from. They're noisy and disruptive every day for years. I'm really fed up with you guys."

Seeing that the boy in front of her remained silent, the woman added impatiently, "In short, you can stay here if you pay me, you can use my kitchen, you can catch the fish I raise... but don't even think about ordering me around, understand?"

Xu Ze had nothing to say.

To put it bluntly, you can do whatever you want if you pay me, except for her.

He scrutinized the face that seemed familiar, and tentatively asked, "What...did you do before?"

"What's it to you?" the woman replied coldly.

Another silver note was handed over.

She glanced at it, decisively snatched the money, and said impatiently:

"Would you believe me if I said I used to be a world-renowned female swordswoman?"

Xu Ze actually nodded: "I believe you."

"……Neuropathy."

The woman rolled her eyes at him speechlessly, thinking to herself that, as expected, no one who came to her place was normal.

"Then why aren't you a sword immortal anymore?"

Xu Ze prepared the silver notes in advance before the other party got angry.

One hundred taels of silver per question, no cheating the young or old.

"Because the people that sword immortals encounter are even more insane." The woman's answer was quite convincing.

"How about you teach me to be a sword immortal? Anyway, I'm not exactly a normal person."

"...That's a different price."

Xu Ze was surprised that there was room for negotiation on this matter, and he eagerly asked, "How much?"

This time, the woman didn't lie back down. She unusually showed a serious expression as she looked at the handsome young man before her. "You're very rich?"

"If all you want is money, then we do have plenty."

"I'll have to think about it... Hmm, five thousand taels it is."

"Xu Ze, ten thousand taels!" He immediately doubled the amount.

This has now even made the woman, who already had a bad temper, lose her temper.

This guy doesn't look like a rich kid at all, so why is he so generous?

Hidden billionaire?

Is money in the mortal world really that easy to earn?

"Then let me make this clear beforehand: I will only teach, but I cannot guarantee that you will learn it."

"Here you go." Xu Ze slammed the money on the counter without any hesitation.

Being rich means you can do whatever you want!

Moreover, no matter how badly you teach, how can you be worse than someone who is bad at moral studies?

The woman had no idea how things would turn out. After struggling on the soft cushion for a while, she was finally swayed by the thick stack of silver notes.

As soon as she stood up, the noisy hall fell silent almost instantly.

An invisible force brushed across Xu Ze's face, making him involuntarily recall the feeling he had on Thousand-Foot Peak.

That's the kind of oppressive feeling only a Golden Core cultivator could have.

A thought that felt like 'I am like an ant' involuntarily arose from the bottom of my heart.

He turned around abruptly to look at Sun Desheng and the others, only to see that they were all standing still like statues, as if they had been frozen in place.

"It's too noisy, I'll ask them to be quiet for a while."

The woman had appeared at the pond outside the door at some point, looking calmly at Xu Ze.

What are you still standing there for?

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Xu Ze walked over step by step, his heart filled with shock.

No, she really is a female sword immortal?!

Are all the world's top experts so fond of hiding their abilities?

No wonder this game only shows item information and not character information...

Otherwise, if you see an old man who's a master alchemist and an innkeeper who's a female swordswoman, you'd think the game has a bug!

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Ding Wan."

The woman looked at the boy walking towards her and said sternly, "You can just use this name normally, but once you leave this mountain, you're not allowed to say you know me."

Upon hearing this name, Xu Ze froze on the spot.

Ding Wan?!

The elegant figure in the simple dress before my eyes finally overlapped with the portrait of the person with delicate makeup and a professional suit.

He finally remembered where the familiarity with that face came from.

Isn't that the new teacher?

For a moment, he didn't know if there was something wrong with his 'ghost brain' or with the system.

Why would you add people you know in real life into the game?

No matter how perverted Xu Ze was before, he never fantasized about his teacher!

"Wait... no, this game was generated yesterday."

"And the time I saw Ding Wan's photo was at noon today."

"In other words, she was already a character in this game before I even met her!"

His pupils contracted sharply as he suddenly realized a startling possibility.

at the same time.

"You little rascal, you better watch your step. Don't expect me to teach you step by step."

Not far away, Ding Wan watched the boy's dazed and absent-minded expression, and used her cool voice to pull him back from his chaotic thoughts:

"If you don't have the talent, you might as well give up and join them in chanting slogans."

Xu Ze quickly came to his senses, bowed respectfully, and called out, "Master."

"I've told you my name, so don't call me that."

Ding Wan frowned, a hint of obvious annoyance appearing on her face.

"Then, teacher?" Xu Ze changed his address.

"That's absolutely unacceptable!" Her earlobes turned slightly red, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. "...Fine, do whatever you want."

A gentle breeze just in time to sweep across the calm surface of the pool.

Ding Wan's long, flowing black hair rose silently along with the slender branches of the willows by the pond.

The next moment, a willow branch seemed to be cut off by an invisible blade in the wind, and it floated lightly to Xu Ze's front, where he subconsciously reached out and caught it.

"Let me make this clear first, I entered the Qi Refining stage when I was three years old, and it only took me a breath from start to finish, so I don't have any insights to share with you."

"According to the beliefs of my hometown, Dongzhou, if you haven't cultivated Qi by the age of 12 and haven't established your foundation by the age of 20, then you won't achieve much on the path of cultivation."

Before giving her instructions, Ding Wan laid out the unpleasant truths upfront.

The implication is that at your age, you're just an ordinary person and destined not to go very far.

After listening, Xu Ze was not discouraged at all. He was looking at the willow branch in his hand and murmured softly:

"Teacher, I want to know, what exactly is the difference between the so-called 'first level of Qi Refining' and ordinary people?"

This is a problem that has troubled him for a long time.

Most of the Taoist immortal masters were at the first level of Qi Refining.