Chapter 10: The Mysterious Guest (Part 2)

  Originally, there was nothing special, just two strangers came to the official road. If this were placed in any inn, it would be a normal thing that couldn't be more normal. However, when placed here, it seems a bit special.

  What's special is that the two guests actually wanted to book two rooms in the inn for a long time. The inn has many rooms, and even if they want twice as many, it's not a problem, but usually people who come here leave after one night, and even if something happens, they won't stay more than two nights, so what are their intentions for staying here for a long time?

  Two people seemed to have not noticed the inappropriateness here, and the reason for staying long was that they wanted to collect a batch of mountain goods. They said that there were some things in the mountains that were their needed medicinal materials, and also collected the fur of those wild beasts. When asking for rooms, two large silver ingots were thrown over directly, without even asking the price, it was a very lavish deal, if not enough, they would ask for more.

  This is a good thing for the mountain people. I don't know if there are any medicinal herbs in the mountains, but there must be some game. Now, in those mountain people's homes, apart from preparing winter clothes for the winter, they still have some leftover fur, which can be used to exchange for some extra money and improve their lives.

  As for the medicinal materials, the man who claimed to be collecting them also took advantage of Qin Yifan's presence and asked Qin Yifan to help pass on a message to the villagers. He can be responsible for teaching everyone how to identify medicinal materials, as long as everyone pays attention when entering the mountain and brings back any medicinal materials they see, he will purchase them at a reasonable price.

  This condition really gave Qin Yifan no reason to refuse. He had lived in this mountain forest for so long and also knew the hardships of the mountain forest, and this condition was truly a great opportunity for those villagers. For nothing else, just to let those people live better, he also had no reason to refuse.

  It's just that these two don't seem to be ordinary merchants collecting medicinal herbs and fur, their appearance is really too strange. In terms of time, it was after the emperor sent a great general here, and in terms of location, this place still has the reputation of being a place of evil omen. Previously, no merchant had ever come here to do these "small trades", if you say that these two suddenly appearing merchants are not eyeing the land under their feet, Qin Yifan would not believe it even if he was beaten to death.

  At this time, Lin Qiulü had already demonstrated her talent and ingenuity in cultivation. In just a short month's time, relying on the help of spiritual medicine and her own unyielding determination, she found the most suitable location for her to practice her skills. Every day, she would travel far away to that place to cultivate. Anyway, someone like her, no matter where they were, always had several reliable defensive measures at hand, and the dangers in the mountains could not stop her from cultivating.

  She followed Qin Yifan's suggestion and only practiced for one week each time. Afterwards, she wouldn't practice again. The distance between her and the mountain village wasn't very far, at least not tens of miles away. From the inn, with her average person's pace, it would take about half a time unit to arrive. From this point, her cultivation couldn't be said to be bad either.

  What made Qin Yifan feel most respectful was that after Lin Qiulü's second injury, she never let him see her injured again. No matter when he saw her, she was always full of energy and ready to be his bodyguard at any time. Qin Yifan knew that this was Lin Qiulü silently telling him that she was still a qualified bodyguard, not a poor thing that needed his care all the time.

  In this state, Qin Yifan was very appreciative and satisfied. Although he didn't know which school of Taoism Lin Qiulü practiced, the fact that she could still persist in such an environment as a delicate girl was worthy of respect. For the first time, Qin Yifan threw away the cumbersome thoughts that had arisen when he saw her injured at first.

  "What's their relationship?" Qin Yifan asked Lin Qiulü while fishing.

  "I don't know, can't see it for now." Lin Qiulü didn't know why Qin Yifan liked to fish in this lake with no big fish. Standing not far away and watching, she heard Qin Yifan ask, and immediately replied: "However, it's certain that they came here for this."

  "What's so special about this place of evil aura that it's worth you cultivators coming here?" Qin Yifan fixed his fishing rod and turned to look at Lin Qiuliu's processed face, asking in confusion.

  "In a place with such a strong aura of evil, there must be a demon that has already reached a certain level of cultivation. If we can capture this demon or refine its inner elixir, it would be the most excellent way to improve our cultivation." Lin Qiulü replied truthfully to Qin Yifan's question, despite her life and methods for dealing with evil auras being far inferior to Qin Yifan's. At least in terms of their understanding of cultivation, Qin Yifan was far behind her. By answering Qin Yifan's question and dispelling his doubts, Lin Qiulü also felt a sense of superiority.

  "Come here to catch demons?" Qin Yifan didn't know how to imagine these two people, but soon asked: "Do you think that catching this demon and refining it into the good thing you said to improve your cultivation, will roughly increase how much cultivation?"

  "I don't know." Lin Qiulü replied simply, but continued to explain: "No one knows how high the cultivation of this demon is. Even if it can be caught, whether or not it can refine these evil and fierce auras is still uncertain, unless it's a sect that cultivates yin and evil itself, otherwise the methods of other sects don't have much effect."

  "Are they practitioners of the dark arts?" Qin Yifan didn't understand at all, and in front of Lin Qiulü, his understanding of these cultivators was like that of an infant's, which made Lin Qiulü feel very pleased.

  "The demon can also be sealed in one's own weapon or treasure, as a spirit of the instrument." Lin Qiulü mentioned the concept of treasure for the first time, and Qin Yifan had never heard of it before, perking up his ears to listen: "With the spirit of the instrument, the treasure can be called a spiritual instrument. Those people are probably here for this purpose."

  Spiritual instrument, spiritual instrument, in the world before Qin Yifan, there was never such a concept. Upon hearing this, Qin Yifan was like a dry sponge, frantically absorbing the knowledge that Lin Qiulü casually spoke of. If he wanted to become even better than those guys standing in mid-air that day, he could only do better than them. And understanding these things was Qin Yifan's first step towards that direction——