The little cousin of the group is actually a genius in cultivating immortals

In the silent and dark desert, there is a bright light on the edge of the sand dunes. That is the offshore inn.

Mo Mo, who had just finished washing up, had extremely dark and bright eyes, but they were slightly hazy due to the mist. The temperature of the hot water made her bright little face slightly red, adding a bit of charm.

"Who?!"

A dark shadow suddenly flashed across the bright light in the room. The expression on Mo Mo's face instantly turned cold, and she shouted in a cold voice.

"It's me, Momo. I'll go down first. I'll wait for you in the lobby." Yan Mu's voice came from the door of the inn, and the coldness in Momo's eyes dissipated a lot.

"Okay, you go down first." Mo Mo responded.

**

"Why is this store called an inn? Instead of a hotel?"

In the center of the inn's hall stands a large round table, which is filled with various tea sets and wine jugs for guests to use at will.

Mo Mo and Yan Mu were sitting at a table nearby. Mo Mo, who was eating peanuts, suddenly asked.

"Maybe it's an old store that has survived the passage of time and history. Look at their decoration and walls, they all look very old."

Mo Mo nodded in agreement with Yan Mu's explanation.

On the other side of the hall, several scholars in Song Dynasty costumes were writing and exchanging poems. Their conversations were full of the elegance of ancient scholars and their pursuit of beautiful things. Mo Mo and his friends saw this and just thought it was a respect and inheritance of traditional culture. At the table next to Mo Mo and his friends, there were several young men in suits sitting together, drinking and discussing the latest business and market conditions.

The big man who had been talking to the proprietress earlier was still sitting in his original seat, leisurely eating peanuts and drinking wine, humming a little tune happily, and from time to time he would busy shuttle between the guests, refilling their tea and pouring wine, and chatting with the proprietress who always had a warm smile on her face.

Although the scene looked harmonious, Mo Mo always felt that there was something strange about it.

"Xiaoyu! Xiaoyu!" The proprietress was swiftly cleaning the table where the customer had just left, while shouting, "Where is this girl going to play? It's so cold, and she didn't even add more firewood."

As soon as the proprietress finished speaking, the little girl who was originally sitting by the stove adding firewood came out. She called out to the proprietress in a soft and tender voice, "Auntie."

"Where have you been hiding again? I just called you for a long time but you didn't respond. Go add some firewood to the stove."

After hearing the boss's instructions, the little girl obediently went back to the stove to add firewood.

Mo Mo saw the proprietress take out a stick of incense from the counter drawer and light it.

"Hey! Big brother, drinking tea is so boring. How about having a couple of drinks with me?" Suddenly, a big man who was drinking alone took the initiative to greet Yan Mu.

Yan Mu looked at him suspiciously.

"Come on! I'm alone and bored." After saying that, the big man sat down at Mo Mo's table without any hesitation.

"Ah Xiang, bring me the jar of good wine that I left with you!"

"okay!"

Yan Mu thought that he was only staying for one night and didn't want to have too much interaction with other people. He wanted to refuse, but was stopped by Mo Mo, who gave him a look that said "don't worry".

"What kind of good wine is this?" Mo Mo asked.

"This is our specialty Shuangxiong wine, which is very good at replenishing kidney yang and improving essence and blood." The proprietress who came over with a jar of wine and a wine glass told Mo Mo. Finally, she glanced at Yan Mu who was sitting there, covered her face with her hands, and smiled coquettishly before walking away.

Yan Mu felt like he was being teased, but he couldn't find any evidence.

Mo Mo found his unhappy look somewhat cute.

"Come on! Give me a glass too. I'm tired from traveling today and I want to have a good sleep." Mo Mo stood up and asked the proprietress for another wine glass, then handed it to the big man.

"Okay! As the saying goes, 'happiness is better shared than happiness alone', come on!" The big man was also generous and poured a full cup for Mo Mo in one swoop.

Yan Mu looked at Mo Mo with some concern.

Mo Mo first sniffed the wine, then took a sip, savored the aftertaste, and finally grinned, "Good wine! Strong enough."

As if he had received a signal from Mo Mo, Yan Mu finally felt relieved.

The guests in the hall left in twos and threes. Mo Mo got drunk and shouted that he would rush out to find Liang Chuxin and Zhao Wenting that night, but was stopped by Yan Mu, who was also a little drunk.

"Excuse me, thank you Brother Wang for the wine tonight. Let's... go back to the building and rest first."

After saying goodbye, Yan Mu carried Mo Mo back to the room, covered her with bedding, and then went back to his room to rest.

**

The midnight was not as lively as the daytime when there were many people. The windproof boards outside the inn's door creaked in the cold wind.

"Is there anything to eat at this time?" Mo Mo asked in a low voice, wrapped in a quilt and with his head tucked into his collar.

"There should be, right? We should have eaten first and then drank with him, so we didn't even have dinner." Yan Mu looked back at Mo Mo behind him, then turned around and continued to grope his way into the kitchen.

"There are still a few steamed buns. How about eating some first?" Yan Mu handed Mo Mo a big steamed bun.

"This is the only way." Mo Mo felt reluctant, but there was nothing he could do. It was his own fault for getting drunk and missing dinner.

"Squeak——!"

Suddenly there was the sound of a wooden door being pushed open.

"Are there other people besides us who have also gotten up to look for food?" Mo Mo asked in a low voice.

"It should be in the hall. Let's go and take a look." Yan Mu walked in front with a candle in his hand.

“Hahahaha—hahahahaha—!”

A very light but creepy laugh came from all directions, and Mo Mo tightened her grip on Yan Mu's arm.

"Mo Mo, don't be afraid, I'm here." Yan Mu comforted her softly.

"I'm not afraid, I'm just a little afraid of the dark because I can't see what's on the other side." Mo Mo muttered as he looked at the faint light in Yan Mu's hand.

"There's no other way. After all, this is not the modern era. In this environment, we are lucky to have food and shelter." The conditions that Yan Mu had imagined before coming here were much more difficult than this.

“Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!”

"Who's there? Why don't you light a fire in the middle of the night?" Mo Mo asked in a hoarse voice.

However, what responded to her was still creepy laughter.

“Hehehe——!”

Yan Mu had a bad feeling in his heart. He lifted a bench with his foot and prepared to kick it towards the darkness where the last laughter came from.

"Sister, why are you here too? Are you here to find something to eat as well?"

Suddenly, a little girl called "Xiao Yu" appeared.

"Yes, I was drunk and now I'm hungry. But I found some steamed buns. Do you want some?"

"Okay, thank you sister."

Yan Mu looked at Mo Mo and the little girl talking to each other without any sense of incongruity, and he quietly put down the bench on his feet.

The next morning, Mo Mo and his friends planned to leave the inn. Before leaving, Xiaoyu gave Mo Mo a wooden doll.

Mo Mo was playing with the wooden doll in her hand. She seemed to be in a good mood and was smiling to herself.

"Pa-ta-!"

The wooden doll's head was broken off.

Mo Mo picked it up immediately, with an obvious look of disappointment on her face.

"It's really something made by a little girl. Even though it's crudely made, it's thoughtful." Yan Mu felt that Xiaoyu was just a girl in her teens, and her work could not be compared with that of a professional sculptor. "If you like it, I'll help you find a master's work when we get back."

"Wait..." Mo Mo, who originally thought that this handicraft was going to be thrown away, suddenly found a small hole at the broken neck. If you don't look carefully, it's hard to find the secret hidden in the body of the wood carving. Mo Mo looked at it carefully and looked incredible: "This is a flap mechanism, there should be a secret room inside."

"what?!"

Even Yan Mu was stunned by Mo Mo's discovery!

After half an hour of struggling, Mo Mo cracked the mechanism with the help of his memory. There was no note inside, but the words "Save Us" were clearly visible on the flap!

"You... where did you learn this? You can even decipher mechanical devices?"

"I saw it in an old book called Lu Zhe's Travels in the library. I wasn't sure at first." Mo Mo's brain was working fast as she answered. Suddenly, she thought of something: "Oh no! They are in danger! We have to go back!"