Chapter Twelve This Ancient is Too Frustrating

  Longmen Inn, Caishen Casino, Yihong Courtyard, Xinglong Rice Shop...

  He thought he would fall into the sea domain, and perhaps seeing Xiner again would allow Xiner to tell him whether Xiaxia really existed. But reality took him to an ancient city!

  This ancient-style shopping street not only has a nostalgic name, but the entire street is also decorated in an ancient style. Each shop has its own unique characteristics and closes with a sense of grandeur. The quietness of the deep night makes people feel uneasy.

  "Is this Photography City?" Taotaozi chose to face it innocently.

  "It's already nighttime now, but the inns and tea houses here are all closed, it's very likely that this is indeed a film set." Lu Xi Ling quickened her pace with Tao Taozi, hoping to leave the film set and head home.

  A dimly lit inn slowly came into view, with only a single female proprietor inside, who had an elegant demeanor, like the daughter of a noble family, but her hairstyle and clothing were in ancient Chinese attire, which shattered Luoxi Zero's and Taotaozi's hope that they had already returned home.

  "Hello! Welcome to Todeceive Inn." The beautiful hostess warmly greeted the guests.

  Luo Xi Ling and Tao Tao Zi were originally preparing ancient vocabulary to converse with the shopkeeper, but unexpectedly, the ancient people could speak English? Although they couldn't understand this English, this point had already left them stunned.

  "Excuse me... is this modern times? The 21st century?" Taotaozi asked innocently.

  "No! No! No! This is an ancient city, just like you modern people say it's from ancient times. My name is Luo Miss, and I'm the shopkeeper here."

  "Can ancient people speak English?" Taotaozi completely collapsed at this!

  Lu Xi Ling however discovered the subtlety, supporting the almost fainting Tao Tao Zi, and then asked Miss Lu: "You just said we are modern people, so that means there are people like us appearing in this place?"

  "Not only have you appeared, but also living here! I think you're new here? Why don't you spend the night at my inn and I'll slowly introduce you to the characteristics of this ancient city. What do you say?" Miss Luo's warm, sweet smile made it hard for people to refuse.

  "Our inn's dishes are the most delicious in the ancient city, would you two like to try some?" Miss Luo continued to "sell" to the duo.

  "Great! Great! I'm starving to death!" Tao Taozi immediately became energetic and lively!

  "But we don't have any silver!"

  "No problem! No problem! I accept RMB too!" Miss Luo's mouth curved into a elegant crescent, like a bright lamp in the dark night, guiding these lost lambs on their way.

  Miss Luo showed them the menu, and dishes like Dongpo pork, Ru Yi rolls, Tonghua Tuo Rui, Qun Xia Xi He, and Sha Dan Tà Cuì were all very attractive, and the prices were also very reasonable.

  Tao Tao was so hungry that she ordered eight dishes! Luo Xi Ling watched her eat non-stop, while Luo Xi Ling only ate a little "appetizer". In the end, even the side dishes were all scooped up. Luo Xi Ling couldn't help but applaud for her, but when Tao Tao felt extremely satisfied, Luo Xi Ling suddenly spat out an astonishing sentence: "One silver coin is equivalent to ten RMB, which means one hundred yuan is equal to ten coins, thank you for 3,565 yuan."

  Both of them almost spat it out while drinking tea!

  "What? Where did the three thousand come from? Why didn't you tell us earlier that exchanging for RMB is ten times more?" Tao Taozi asked indignantly.

  "You didn't ask, so why should I tell you?" Luo Xiaojie looked at Taotaozi with an innocent face.

  "Even if we didn't ask, let's say we were unlucky and entered a black shop, but adding up the most would be around one thousand yuan, where did the three thousand come from?"

  "Oh no, didn't you know? We're going to charge a 200% service fee at our inn!"

  "What?" The two of them were so scared that their eyeballs almost popped out.

  Lu Xi zero re-analyzed the word "to deceive", deceive means to cheat, isn't "to deceive" equivalent to "坑爹"?

  "It turned out we've entered a black shop!" The two of them shouted in unison, but the originally elegant Luo lady suddenly changed color and revealed a completely different ferocious original form!

  "Three thousand five hundred and sixty-five yuan, not a single cent less, sir." Miss Luo narrowed her eyes, that kind smile turning into a sinister crescent moon, sending chills down one's spine.

  "We don't have that much money, and you're just trying to cheat us." Loxi emptied his pockets, but only had a few hundred yuan. "We only have this much, there's nothing we can do if you say no."

  "There's a way! How can there be no way?" Miss Luo first smiled slyly, then changed her face, and with a wave of her slender hand, the wind generated by her spiritual energy closed the inn's gate. "You! Go work in the brothel, with your looks you should be able to redeem yourself within three to five years!"

  "What? You want to sell your body just for a meal? And then you'll make a profit from it too? Ah, Miss Luo, aren't you being greedy? We're already willing to give you several hundred yuan, isn't that enough to save face?" Taotaozi stood up with puffed cheeks and surprisingly dared to negotiate with this woman who possessed "eighteen kinds of dark martial arts".

  Miss Luo showed no fear towards this stunning yet brainless girl, crossed her arms and snorted, "Hmph, you eat the most! You have no right to negotiate with me! And please, call me Miss Luo in full!"

  Tao Taozi was immediately speechless, and Lu Xi Ling also chose to surrender and plan a way out for them: "How about this, we work here and pay back the money."

  Miss Luo thought for two seconds, then took out an abacus to calculate how much they would have to pay each day to stay in the inn's hayloft and eat mantou congee, and astonishingly calculated that it would take five years before they could leave the inn.

  Tao Taozi was furious and jumped around randomly, but Luo Xi zero calmly agreed, leaving her no chance to vent.

  Miss Luo sat down on the chair with a plop, raised her second leg, stretched out her slender hand, palm up, and said "E-book" after which a book suddenly appeared in her palm. What's even stranger is that the E-book had touch-screen functionality, Miss Luo inputted the two people's names, got the result, and disdainfully said: "It turns out you're just ordinary civilians without any rank! I thought you came from somewhere else to this ancient city, how boring!"

  "What is this?" Roxie boldly walked up to Miss Luo and studied the E-book.

  "Considering you're a handsome guy, I'll teach you!" Miss Luo intentionally gave the mischievous Taotao a warning, "Actually, an E-book is a must-have thing here. As long as you say 'E-book', it will appear. It's a booklet used to look up other people's information."

  Two people heard, eager to try, and indeed the E-book appeared, but no matter how hard Luo Xi Zero searched, he couldn't find Xia Xia.

  Luoxi Zero told Miss Luo about his dream, hoping she could give him some answers. But instead, she spat out a disappointing answer: "I can only tell you that it's just a dream, one that you fell into the boundary of the Feather Falling Era, but can't escape from. You've already set foot in the Feather Falling Era, so you fundamentally can't leave. Even if you didn't go to the Chongsheng Temple Three Towers this time, you'll eventually encounter other things that will draw you into the Feather Falling Era. Because once someone has come into contact with the Feather Falling Era, no one has ever been able to leave."

  Tao Taozi forcibly suppressed the heartache and comforted: "Zero, that was really a dream, forget it!"

  Seeing Luo Xia's seriousness, Luo Xi Ling had no choice but to believe her.

  Seeing this, Miss Luo continued to explain the survival method of this place: "You see your own level? It's 0th level, representing ordinary civilians, with no abilities at all. The 5th level is knowing how to buy weapons, finding merchants, and basically understanding the game situation. The 10th level represents having a certain attack ability."

  Tao Taozi was mischievously searching for Luo Xiaoling's information, and Luo Xizero seriously asked: "Then how can we buy weapons and find merchants?"

  "Hey! Why should I teach you guys? What if you bully me later?"

  "Ah! So she's only level 10, easy to deal with!" Taotaozi said with a sly smile.

  Miss Luo's face sank, and she said sinisterly: "Want to go to a more difficult place to be a slave? I still have this ability!"

  "She was just joking! You teach us how to shop, or else we won't be able to help you with things!" Lakshya launched a gentle offensive.

  Miss Luo's brain suddenly flashed a sinister idea...