Volume 1: Mixed in the Bandit's Lair Chapter 6: Lonely Mountain Town Has a Hidden Inn (Seeking Collection, Votes)

  Xu Fei followed the beautiful woman for over 40 minutes before they finally walked out of the continuous mountain valley, and a somewhat dilapidated town appeared before their eyes.

  The woman pointed to the town in front of her and said, "This is Gushan Town, which is under the jurisdiction of Yingkou, located fifty kilometers east of Yingkou. Due to its remote location, this place is often plagued by bandits. After the devils occupied the three eastern provinces, they stationed a squad of devils and a company of puppet troops in the town to prevent bandits from raiding their supplies. The town is full of suspicious characters, so be careful when you go there. Once you find a way out, it's best to leave as soon as possible. I have to hurry to my mother's house now, so I won't accompany you into the town!"

  Xu Fei glanced at the checkpoint set up by the devils in the town, where several puppet soldiers were constantly checking pedestrians. The woman was eager to leave him, so he nodded slightly and smiled: "Sister, go home first! Your outfit will cause trouble for those bad guys when they see it. I also have things to do in town. Sister, we'll meet again!"

  The woman's face turned red as she nodded and turned to leave. Xu Fei looked at the pseudo-military forces showing off their might at the town entrance, his eyes somewhat cold. These guys were even more hated than the devils who invaded their own country. They oppressed the good people just like the devils, but for some reason, the merit system had reduced their merit points by half. Was it because they also had Chinese blood?

  "Halt! What's going on?"

  Xu Fei had just walked to the town entrance when a puppet soldier holding an old Type 38 rifle pointed at Xu Fei and loudly interrogated him.

  Looking at his fierce appearance, Xu Fei, an ordinary person, could only smile and reply: "Boss! I'm going into town to take care of some business."

  Another fake soldier walked up and searched Xu Fei's body from head to toe, only to find that he didn't even have a single copper coin on him. He looked so poor that the soldier finally nodded for him to enter the town. As soon as Xu Fei entered the town of Gu Shan, he felt nauseous when he couldn't see those fake soldiers anymore. The feeling of being groped all over by a man made him feel uncomfortable all over his body, and it was only slightly better than having his little brother touched by someone else.

  "Boss, are you staying in the hotel or just having a meal?"

  Xu Fei searched for half a day before finding this guest house in Gu Shan Town. Upon closer inspection, it was indeed just like the ones on TV - a large horizontal sign with four bold and powerful calligraphic characters that read "You Jian Ke Zhan". As soon as he stepped inside, the shout from the young servant almost shook down the already somewhat rotten eaves tiles at the entrance of the guest house.

  Xu Fei's eyes swept across the lobby of the inn, where a long counter was lined with account books and abacuses, as well as several jars of old wine that had been bought in bulk. Behind the counter, high wooden shelves were stacked with countless wine jars and some paper gift boxes adorned with red paper. The wines were just the usual thousand-year-old brands like Lao Bai Gan, Nv Er Hong, and Shanxi Old Fenjiu, while the contents of the gift boxes didn't need to be seen to know they were the usual dried fruits and candies.

  At the counter, there was a tall and thin old shopkeeper with a long gown, a melon hat on his head, and a pair of round glasses on his eyes. He kept rubbing the abacus beads to calculate accounts, looking as if the inn's business was booming.

  However, Xu Fei saw that in the entire lobby of the inn, apart from a few guests who were obviously locals, there were also three thugs with shaved heads and robust physiques drinking wine in one corner.

  Xu Fei glanced around the hall, taking in the scene inside, and said to the waiter in a light tone: "I'll be eating and staying here. How much does it cost per day to stay and eat here?"

  As soon as Xiao Er heard that Xu Fei was coming to stay at the inn, his smile became even more radiant. Since the devils and puppet soldiers entered Gushan Town, outsiders had almost never come here again. This inn hadn't had a single guest for many days, and business was so slow that the boss was about to fire someone. Xiao Er would definitely be one of them if he didn't get any customers. So, with a smile, he introduced: "Boss, we have three types of rooms here: upper, middle, and lower. The upper room is 50 copper coins per day, the middle room is 15 copper coins per day, and the lower room is 3 copper coins per day for a shared bed. You can eat in the main hall or we can deliver food to your room. Look! Here's our menu, you can order whatever you want."

  Xu Fei nodded and said: "Just give me a room on the upper floor! Temporarily, I'll stay for one day. This is a big ocean, food and lodging will be deducted from it, if not enough, you can come to me again!"

  Xu Fei slightly connected to the system space with his consciousness, pulled out a yuan coin and threw it to Xiao Er. Xiao Er blew on the coin and put it next to his ear to listen for a moment, then excitedly handed the coin over to the shopkeeper.

  "Boss, please..."

  Xiao Er said, as he led Xu Fei through the main hall and into the backyard. Unlike inns in the south, northern inns typically had their living quarters in the back. At the end of the yard was a small independent courtyard, with four separate rooms upstairs.

  Xu Fei was led into a tidy room by Xiao Er, who then asked with a smile: "Boss, are you going to have something to eat now?"

  Xu Fei took a glance around the room, which was much brighter and more comfortable than the small bungalow he lived in with his master. He nodded at the waiter and said: "Bring half a catty of wine, two dishes of snacks, and a hot soup to add to my rice."

  Xiao Er closed the door and left after going upstairs. Only then did Xue Fei slowly sit down by the window, staring at the courtyard as he began to think deeply.

  This master lets him kill enemies to cultivate, is it to let him establish a powerful country or just to make him an immortal, and the so-called enemy in Xu Fei's view are all enemies of Huaxia in the world, do you want to wipe out everyone in the world? Is there no problem with this kind of cultivation?

  The function of the enemy-killing merit exchange system has not been revealed yet, and the only thing that has been shown is that it can really store things, and the things that come out of it seem to be real too. The clever little second verified that the ocean was indeed genuine goods. Although Xu Fei always believed in his master's words, facing this completely unknown enemy-killing merit exchange system and this turbulent era, Xu Fei still felt a slight sense of unease.

  Xu Fei hadn't fully figured it out yet when Xiao Er called from outside the door: "Boss! Your meal is here."

  Xu Fei shouted in a low voice: "Come in!"

  The young servant carried a tray into the room, placing on the table a plate of fried peanuts, a plate of braised pig's trotters, a porcelain bottle of wine and a bowl of green vegetable soup. After arranging the bowls, chopsticks, cups and plates, he let out a breath, straightened his waist and exited the room again.

  It was already 1933 when the master brought him here, had he been hungry for eighty years or had he eaten his fill before running over? Anyway, after Xu Fei mixed around for a morning, his stomach was empty. Looking at the steaming hot dishes, he couldn't help but move his chopsticks, pouring himself a cup of light Fen wine and starting to gnaw on the pig's trotters.