Infinite: Starting from Resident Evil

"Xuan'er, don't ask too many questions." Shen Ye patted Lu Linxuan's head, then said to Li Xingyun and Zhang Zifan, "Let's go while it's still early."

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(Think about how to use the condition that Zhang Zifan agreed to, hehe)

Chapter 402! The Town

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Zhang Zifan had been waiting for these words. He responded and ran out of the inn's courtyard. Shen Ye and the other two did not immediately follow. Instead, they called over the waiter and instructed him to take good care of the two sisters. They also extended their room rate for a few more days.

After all, apart from liking Zhang Zifan, they weren't bad people, and Shen Ye didn't want them to end up alone.

However, before leaving, Shen Ye specifically pulled the waiter aside and said to him:

"After they wake up, you tell them that all of this was arranged by that white-haired young master, understand?"

After saying this, Shen Ye even slipped a gold ingot to the waiter as payment for delivering the message. The waiter was so grateful that he patted his chest and said he would definitely praise the white-haired young master to the skies.

Only then did Shen Ye feel relieved enough to leave the inn with Lu Linxuan and Li Xingyun.

After that, the four of them rode away from Yuzhou City.

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The journey from Yuzhou to the Hidden Soldiers Valley in Zhongnan Mountain is more than a thousand miles. If you were to walk, it would normally take ten days or half a month. Even if you were to ride a horse, without considering the horse's comfort, it would still take at least a day and a night.

However, apart from Zhang Zifan, the other three of them, including Shen Ye, were not in a hurry. They deliberately controlled their horses' speed and traveled slowly. Zhang Zifan complained anxiously, fearing that if they were too slow, they would be overtaken by Qingguo Qingcheng.

"Brother Zhang, don't worry. Didn't Brother Shen say that those sisters will be bedridden for at least a few days and won't be able to catch up with us?" Li Xingyun comforted him first, then changed the subject and continued, "Besides, you have to blame yourself. If you hadn't had such a low alcohol tolerance and such bad behavior while drunk, you wouldn't have run into this mess. Unlike me, I just go to sleep when I'm drunk and never bother anyone. Of course, I'd never run into someone like that."

Zhang Zifan said with a bitter face, "It's mainly because I'm too unlucky. If I had met a really beautiful woman, I wouldn't have left even if she told me to."

"You're dreaming," Li Xingyun glanced at him. "Where would you find so many beautiful women, especially when you're drunk?"

Zhang Zifan suddenly laughed and said, "Haha, that's hard to say. Maybe at my next stop, I'll meet some stunning beauties, and a whole bunch of them at that."

"It's still daytime. If you want to have a wet dream, wait until tonight." Li Xingyun glanced at him again, annoyed. "Don't run into another 'beauty' like the one who could topple kingdoms. You'll be crying before you know it. You never learn your lesson."

"Hehe." Zhang Zifan remained silent, only managing a couple of silly laughs to cover his embarrassment.

"Speaking of which, Brother Li, do you know Brother Shen's identity?"

After traveling in silence for a while, Zhang Zifan glanced at Shen Ye, who was walking alongside Lu Linxuan ahead, and suddenly asked Li Xingyun in a low voice.

"I don't know." Li Xingyun shook his head; he had never asked.

"You didn't even know his identity, yet you traveled with him for so many days?" Zhang Zifan exclaimed in surprise. "How did you two meet?"

"We met by chance outside Yuzhou City," Li Xingyun said casually, then recounted the circumstances of their encounter, only concealing the fact that Ji Ruxue, who was close to Shen Ye at the time, was also present.

After hearing about how Li Xingyun and Lu Linxuan met Shen Ye, Zhang Zifan asked curiously, "He's so strong, how come he's being hunted down by the Xuanming Sect? Don't you find that strange?"

"That's strange, but Brother Shen didn't seem to have any ill intentions towards me or my junior sister, and I don't have anything on me that he would covet, so I didn't think much of it." Li Xingyun said, recalling the days he had spent with Shen Ye, but he really couldn't figure out what Shen Ye was planning. At most, he had seduced his junior sister, but matters between men and women are based on mutual consent, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with that.

"That's true, but I still think his background is not simple. A master like him couldn't possibly be unknown," Zhang Zifan said after thinking for a moment.

Before witnessing Shen Ye's true strength, he had never cared about Shen Ye's identity. But after Shen Ye defeated the two beautiful sisters, who were at least at the middle heaven level, in one move at noon, he began to search his memory. However, no matter how hard he tried, he could not recall that there was such a person in the martial arts world.

Li Xingyun wasn't a simple person, but after spending the last few days with Shen Ye, he still thought Shen Ye was someone worth befriending. So he said, "Hey, why think so much? Anyway, he doesn't mean us any harm. Besides, it was Brother Shen who helped you out of that predicament today. If you still doubt him, that wouldn't be fair."

Thinking about what happened this afternoon, Zhang Zifan felt a little embarrassed. He touched his head and chuckled awkwardly, "Haha, I was just curious, I didn't mean anything by it."

Li Xingyun pursed his lips and said, "That would be best."

He then looked at Shen Ye and Lu Linxuan walking ahead and shook his head slightly.

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Although the group did not travel very fast, they still covered several dozen miles in that afternoon. Moreover, because they were traveling along the official road, they were fortunate enough to see a town near dusk.

Upon hearing this, Lu Linxuan shouted excitedly, "Great! Brother Shen, we don't have to camp in the wilderness anymore!"

"We don't need to eat dry rations anymore," Shen Ye replied with a smile, then turned back to look at Li Xingyun with a slightly strange look that left Li Xingyun somewhat puzzled.

"Brother Shen, what's wrong?" Li Xingyun asked in confusion.

Shen Ye shook his head and smiled, "It's nothing."

"Then why did you look at me like that?" Li Xingyun continued to ask.

"Did I?" Shen Ye looked at him innocently, his eyes so sincere it was unbelievable.

Li Xingyun: "..."

The four then entered the town.

After entering the town, Li Xingyun asked a local where there was a place to stay, but was told that there was only one inn in the town, and it was located at another entrance to the town.

So the four of them quickened their pace and hurried in the direction the man had pointed.

However, when the four of them found the inn, there were several carriages and dozens of fine horses that looked like they were of exceptional quality parked at the entrance of the inn's courtyard.

Zhang Zifan, with his exceptional knowledge, immediately recognized that the horses were all top-quality warhorses, even the ones pulling the carriages. As he curiously peered into the inn's courtyard, he said to Shen Ye and the other two, "It looks like some important figures are staying here. These horses are all warhorses, and each one is incredibly valuable."

"This is none of our business. We're just checking into the inn." Shen Ye didn't know much about these things, so he just glanced at the sign and said indifferently. Then he dismounted and walked into the inn.

But as soon as he reached the door, he was stopped by the innkeeper who was feeding the warhorses.

The waiter, with a beaming smile, said, "Gentlemen, please wait a moment. Are you here for a meal or to stay the night?"

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Chapter 403! Encounter

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"You're here for a meal and a stay, what? You're not welcome?" Shen Ye said with dissatisfaction.

In the past, when people went to inns, whether for meals or lodging, the waiters or waiters would first lead them into the inn and ask what their purpose was. It was nothing like this, where they would just stop people at the door and ask them directly.

The waiter was also good at reading people. Seeing that Shen Ye looked displeased, he quickly said, "Sir, I'm really sorry, but all the remaining rooms in our shop have been booked today. If you're just looking for a quick bite, we'll certainly have good food and wine to serve you, but if you're looking to stay overnight, we'll have to ask you to find somewhere else."

Lu Linxuan, who was standing nearby, asked, "Are they all full? There aren't even any of the worst rooms left?"

"They're all gone, not a single room left," the waiter said with a forced smile.

At this moment, Li Xingyun and Zhang Zifan also came over. Upon hearing this, Li Xingyun sighed, "It seems we'll have to sleep on the streets tonight."

"I don't want to sleep on the streets," Lu Linxuan said angrily. It wasn't that she was being dramatic; it would have been fine if they hadn't found an inn, but now that they had one, she had nowhere to stay, which made her a little depressed.

"I didn't want to either." Shen Ye patted her shoulder and continued, "But there's nothing we can do. We just came at the worst possible time."

"So we should speed things up this afternoon," Zhang Zifan complained from the side.

"It's no use saying anything now." Shen Ye shook his head slightly, then said to the waiter, "Since there's nowhere for us to stay, we should be able to get a meal, right?"

"Of course, no problem. Come in, gentlemen." The waiter beamed with joy, turned around and pushed open the gate to the courtyard, inviting the four of them inside. He called out loudly, "Distinguished guests, please have a meal. We'll serve you the best wine and dishes."

"Coming right up!" A waiter came over upon hearing the call.

"Gentlemen, what would you like to eat? We have some here..."

The waiter then led the four to a corner seat, and after they were seated, the waiter inquired about their situation.

"Bring on the best wine and food."

Shen Ye was too lazy to listen to the waiter announce the dishes, so he slapped a silver ingot on the table. His eyes were scanning the situation inside the inn, but he was surprised to find that apart from their table, there were only two or three other tables of guests eating in the courtyard, and all the other seats were empty.

"Please wait a moment, gentlemen, I'll make the arrangements right away," the waiter said, bowing and scraping as he put away the silver.

Just as the waiter was about to leave, Zhang Zifan suddenly called out to him, "Waiter, didn't your staff say the rooms were full? Why haven't I seen many people eating?"

He also noticed that there weren't many people eating in the courtyard.

The waiter shook his head: "I'm not quite sure."

"Do you know who those people are?" Shen Ye interjected, tossing a piece of silver to the waiter.

"Thank you for your generous gift, sir." The waiter happily accepted the silver, weighing it in his hand and knowing it was worth a month's wages. His face immediately lit up with a smile. Then he lowered his voice and said to everyone, "Actually, I don't know where they came from either. After all, we servants don't dare to pry into our guests' information. However, when I was leading them around, I vaguely heard that they seemed to be from Fengxiang."

"Fengxiang?"

Upon hearing the place name, Li Xingyun and Zhang Zifan remained unfazed, but Lu Linxuan and Shen Ye's expressions subtly changed.

Shen Ye, in particular, wondered if the Empress had sent someone.

Before Ji Ruxue left, he told her about Li Xingyun's background. Given the Empress's personality, once she learned that Li Xingyun was a descendant of the Li Tang dynasty, she would definitely send someone to investigate. After all, that's what she did in the original drama.

"However, they're moving way too slowly. Several days have passed." Thinking about this, Shen Ye was puzzled again. Although Fengxiang was far from Yuzhou, it shouldn't be that they were still near Yuzhou after so many days.

Then, he looked back at the row of rooms with closed windows on the second floor of the inn and continued to think, "I wonder if Xue'er has arrived yet."

In the original drama, Ji Ruxue had some interaction with Li Xingyun, and the Empress believed that Ji Ruxue and Li Xingyun were having an affair, which is why she was sent over. But now Ji Ruxue has been intercepted by him. Even if he asks Ji Ruxue to convey Li Xingyun's identity, he is not sure that the Empress will send Ji Ruxue, even though he once assured Ji Ruxue that she would definitely come.

Thinking of this, Shen Ye sighed inwardly: "If Xue'er doesn't come this time, then after this matter is over, I will go to Fengxiang to find her... and while I'm at it, I'll also visit the Empress."

As he was lost in thought, Lu Linxuan and the other two had already dismissed the waiter. Seeing that he seemed to be deep in thought, Lu Linxuan poked his waist with his finger.

"Brother Shen, are you thinking about Sister Xue'er?"