Wuxia: Slay enemies to boost your cultivation; my power is boundless!

The first floor of the restaurant is a place to rest and eat, while the second floor is for accommodation.

At this time, nearly half of the twenty tables on the first floor were occupied, leaving only about ten empty tables.

Moreover, every diner had a weapon beside them, clearly indicating that they were not ordinary traveling merchants, but rather江湖客 (jianghu ke, a term referring to people who live on the edge of a knife and lick blood).

"Bring on all the good food you have!" Xiao Bieli removed the cloth covering his face to protect it from the wind and sand, revealing a face that looked different from before, weathered and worn. He appeared to be twenty-four or twenty-five years old, but if someone familiar with Xiao Bieli were present, they could still see a resemblance between this face and his father's.

With Xiao Bieli's current martial arts skills and mastery of external martial arts, changing his bones and appearance would be a simple matter.

Although using swordsmanship would still attract the attention of the Cangyuan Sword Sect, changing one's appearance would at least prevent detection in the short term.

As Xiao Bieli removed the cloth covering his face, dozens of fierce and greedy eyes fell on his face.

However, they looked away after only a moment.

Even though they were all desert swordsmen who lived on the edge of a knife, they knew that anyone who could travel alone through the desert in such harsh weather must be extraordinary.

There's no need to create trouble for yourself.

The meat dishes in the restaurant are all pre-cooked; they only need a little cooking before they can be served.

Xiao Bieli took a bite of the horse meat the innkeeper had mentioned. It was very sour and had a fishy smell. After only two bites, Xiao Bieli stopped eating.

Fortunately, the mutton in this restaurant was decent.

Seeing that Xiao Bieli was engrossed in his meal and showed no intention of causing trouble, the others in the restaurant also stopped paying attention to him.

However, these swordsmen were clearly not of the same ilk, and they were wary of each other.

But after they had eaten and drunk their fill, none of them chose to leave, whether out of concern for the sandstorm outside or because they were waiting for someone.

After finishing his meal, Xiao Bieli ordered another jar of wine.

In the desert, water is very expensive, at least more expensive than meat.

The price of wine was even higher than that of water, especially in this small town that was the only one in the surrounding area of ​​tens or hundreds of miles. A small jar of wine cost him thirty taels of silver.

This is just the inferior wine from outside; thirty taels would be enough to buy a jar of decent wine in Dongjiang County.

After an incense stick had burned, the sandstorm outside had subsided considerably.

"Pfft!"

The sound of camel hooves pounding on the sand reached Xiao Bieli's ears.

Xiao Bieli turned his head and looked towards the inn's main entrance.

Many others did the same thing as Xiao Bieli; they all put down their bowls, chopsticks, and cups and looked towards the door.

creak!

The restaurant's main door was pushed open from the outside.

An old man and a young man walked in from the entrance of the inn. The old man was wearing a simple gray robe, his hair was as white as snow, and his face was a little pale, as if he had been injured. However, his steps were steady and each step was powerful.

The young man beside the old man was dressed in a light blue outfit, with delicate features and uneasy eyes. He followed closely behind the old man, glancing left and right from time to time. After seeing so many people on the first floor, he subconsciously shrank back behind the old man.

The previously noisy atmosphere in the inn paused slightly with the arrival of these two, and everyone's eyes turned to them. The old man remained calm, unconcerned about the stares around him, and walked straight to an empty table to sit down.

The boy seemed a little awkward and carefully sat down next to the old man.

"Shopkeeper, fill all three water bags!"

"Give me some more meat."

The old man placed three large water bags on the table.

The innkeeper walked closer, looked at the three large water bags, and frowned, saying:

"Three, one hundred taels of silver!"

In the desert, water is a lifesaver.

If these three water sacs are filled and consumed sparingly, they will be enough to keep the two of them alive in the desert for more than half a month.

"Alright!" The old man took out a silver note from his pocket and three ten-tael silver ingots, and placed them on the table.

The shopkeeper took the silver note, looked at it, put the note and the silver away, and turned to walk towards the back of the restaurant with the three water bags.

At this time,

On the first floor, many swordsmen had already taken out portraits from their bodies and were comparing them.

The atmosphere in the inn became tense, and many people had their hands on the weapons beside them.

However, none of the wandering swordsmen in the inn dared to make the first move.

In this tense atmosphere,

The innkeeper and waiter came over with three water bags filled with water and some food. After putting the things down, the waiter and innkeeper went back behind the counter.

"Eat it!"

The old man glanced at the boy and sighed softly.

The boy was clearly hungry; he tore off a piece of mutton and began to eat it with gusto.

The old man ate his food slowly and deliberately.

When they were almost full, the old man picked up the wine jar and poured a full bowl of wine into it. Just as the old man picked up the bowl, Xiao Bieli spoke.

"This wine is probably not safe to drink!"

Ok?

The old man frowned slightly, paused, and looked at Xiao Bieli:

"I see you've had some, so why can't I have any?"

Xiao Bieli smiled and said:

"I can drink this wine, but you might not be able to!"

“You are already injured. If you drink this wine, you will probably die before the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.”

The moment Xiao Bieli finished speaking,

Whoosh whoosh!

Dozens of hidden weapons shot out from under the counter where the shopkeeper was standing, heading straight for Xiao Bieli's back!

"careful!"

Seeing the hidden weapon heading towards Xiao Bieli's back, the boy quickly called out to warn him.

Xiao Bieli smiled, as if he had eyes in the back of his head. He slightly turned his body, flicked his sleeve, and all the hidden weapons were swept away by this sleeve, densely sticking into the walls of the inn.

hiss!

This sudden turn of events caught everyone off guard, but Xiao Bieli's move left everyone on the first floor gasping in shock.

Based on this skill alone, the person in front of me is at least at the peak of the sixth rank, or even a fifth-rank expert!

Such a master must not be an unknown figure!

Even the old man, who had been reminded by Xiao Bieli, became serious upon seeing this scene, and he said in a deep voice:

"who are you?"

"Are they here for us too?"

Shen Hui naturally knew that many people in the inn had come for the two of them, but he was confident that he was a fifth-rank master, and the two people in the inn with the highest martial arts skills were only at the peak of the sixth rank. Even if he was injured, he could easily kill them.

But Xiao Bieli's sleeve made him lose his confidence.

Xiao Bieli nodded and said with a faint smile:

"We came here for you!"

"But I also need to kill someone along the way!"

Shen Hui asked subconsciously:

"Kill who?"

Xiao Bieli:

"The master of the Yellow Sand Bandits, 'Desert Bear' Ding Han!"