I asked you to go down the mountain and get married, not to shock the world!

When he heard Mingchuan's refusal, the smile on the man's face faded.

He was about to say something else when the boss behind the counter suddenly spoke.

"Wang Laosan, don't disturb the guests while they're eating! The monks have their own way. Why do they need us to lead the way?"

Wang Laosan was stunned for a moment, glanced at the boss, and stood up angrily.

"Okay, then if you can't find the way, you can look for me."

After saying that, he left with the other two men.

Zhao Hu didn't realize anything was wrong yet. He touched the back of his head and said, "This boss is quite nice. He's afraid we'll be ripped off!"

Mingchuan didn't respond, but only sighed in his heart that Zhao Hu's brain was exactly the same as Axiong's.

Simple mind, well-developed limbs.

Is the boss just worried that they will be cheated?

Mingchuan shook his head helplessly, staring at the wine jug on the table.

Just now, when Wang Laosan put down the wine pot, some black powder got on the bottom of the pot, which was a bit like the black air on the lining of the fox fur coat.

He quietly wrapped up a bit of powder with his spiritual power, and felt a slight tingling sensation at his fingertips. It turned out to be the Soul-Corroding Powder that could corrode spiritual power!

Mingchuan's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly held Zhao Hu's hand: "Don't eat it, something is wrong here, we have to be careful tonight."

Zhao Hu looked bewildered: "What's wrong? There's nothing wrong with this meal..."

"The food is fine, but the people are." Mingchuan lowered his voice, "There's something wrong with these people. I can't explain it to you in detail now."

"Don't wear that fox fur coat tonight. It puts your spiritual power on alert when you sleep. I suspect they have bad intentions."

Zhao Hu panicked a little and put down his chopsticks. "No way? What do they want to do? Steal things?"

"Not necessarily," Mingchuan shook his head. "This ice field is remote, and there might be something fishy going on. Anyway, don't be careless. We'll know what happens in the middle of the night."

Zhao Hu nodded and had no appetite for food.

Mingchuan then waved to the boss and said, "Boss, are the rooms ready for us? My brother and I have come all the way here and are really tired. We want to go upstairs to eat and then go to bed."

The weathered-looking boss emerged from behind the counter and said with a smile, "Ready, ready."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at the waiter and said, "Why don't you take these two distinguished guests upstairs?"

"Yes."

The waiter responded and came forward to lift up all the food on the table for them.

"My two guests, please follow me."

Mingchuan and Zhao Hu looked at each other, nodded, greeted the boss with a smile, and then followed the waiter upstairs.

After entering the room, the waiter put down the food and turned to leave.

"My two guests, please enjoy your meal."

Mingchuan nodded, sent the person out, closed the door, and immediately set up an isolation formation.

Seeing Mingchuan's series of nervous movements, Zhao Hu's heart also rose to his throat: "What's going on? What's going on? Why are you so anxious?"

Mingchuan took out the fox fur coat that he had not worn and showed Zhao Hu the black lines on the lining.

"This thing can absorb spiritual energy. You've been wearing it for so long, don't you feel that your spiritual energy is a little stagnant?"

Zhao Hu then realized it belatedly and began to circulate his spiritual power, his face changing.

"A little bit! I felt a bit listless while eating just now, and I thought it was just because I was tired..."

"Oh my god, this boss looks so kind, but he actually does this kind of trick!"

"It's not just the boss, those guys just now are also problematic. Let's not sleep too much tonight and wait and see what they want to do." Mingchuan said.

He rubbed his chin, thinking about the people outside: "We, the Qingcheng Yufa Sect, may have a lot of enemies outside right now, but we have already left their range and come here. Those people can't be transformed demon cultivators."

"That can only mean that they might have some plans for us..."

For a moment, Mingchuan couldn't help but think that these people might be going to kill them and feed them to some spiritual beast?

After all, in such a place, it is easy for some extremely rare spiritual beasts to appear, and they may absorb the spiritual energy from these cultivators to support their own cultivation.

Mingchuan told Zhao Hu his idea.

When Zhao Hu heard "feed the spirit beast", his eyes widened instantly and his voice became a few degrees higher.

"No way, Junior Brother? This place looks shabby, and it's hiding a spirit beast that can absorb the spiritual energy of cultivators? Wouldn't that make us food delivered to their doorstep?"

"Could it be the one we were looking for before?"

Mingchuan shook his head: "Not necessarily. Keep your voice down, this is just my guess."

"Don't let anyone outside hear it. This is just speculation, nothing is confirmed yet, but we must be prepared."

He paused, then continued, "Take off that fox fur coat first. It will absorb spiritual energy faster and faster. If you keep wearing it, your late Foundation Establishment stage cultivation will be reduced to the Qi Refining stage."

Zhao Hu realized belatedly and panicked.

He quickly stripped off the fox fur coat, threw it in the corner, and kicked it in disgust.

"This tattered piece of clothing almost ruined me! I should have listened to you and not worn this rubbish!"

Mingchuan ignored his complaints, took out two Qingling Pills from the storage ring and handed one to him.

"Eat this first. It will help stabilize your spiritual energy and dissolve the residual spiritual powder that you just touched."

"We'll take turns keeping watch tonight. You rest first. I'll watch the first half of the night, and then you'll take over in the second half."

Zhao Hu took the pill and swallowed it. He felt a cool spiritual power flowing down his throat, and the sluggish feeling just now was indeed relieved a lot.

"Huh...I feel better. Then do as you say. I'll go rest first."

Zhao Hu didn't dare to be careless anymore. He leaned against the bed and closed his eyes to rest, but he was always paying attention to the movements outside the door.

Mingchuan walked to the window, quietly opened a crack and looked out.

There were no guests in the inn lobby downstairs. Only the owner and the waiter were packing up.

The two of them huddled together and whispered something, occasionally looking up at the upstairs with gloomy eyes.

The inn was rather deserted overall. There weren't many guests staying there, and they all looked local. They were the only two outsiders.

I'm afraid they have become the hot commodity in this town now.

After a while, the boss took out a black token from behind the counter and handed it to the waiter.

The waiter took the token, turned around and walked to the backyard.

"It seems that he went to report the news." Mingchuan understood and quietly retreated, continuing to use his spiritual power to be on guard.

Before they knew it, it was late at night. Mingchuan woke up Zhao Hu to take over his shift, while he leaned against the wall and closed his eyes to rest.

But he didn't really fall asleep, after all, Zhao Hu was an unreliable guy.

Mingchuan's spiritual consciousness enveloped the entire room.

Just when he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly felt a rustling noise coming from outside!