Chapter 26: Having Friends Come from Afar

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  Han Jin generally didn't scold people, but the six of them had traveled for five days to arrive at the eleventh town of Beituo Meng, and when they saw the scene inside the town, Han Jin really couldn't control himself. He even suspected that he had arrived in a monster paradise!

  He saw some things with wolf heads, but their bodies were almost human-like, standing upright like humans, and a few of them even held production or living tools; he saw some things that looked like uncivilized gorillas, only with green skin, sturdy build, and ferocious faces; these could barely be accepted, but what kind of monster was it that had a human head on top and a horse body below?

  Stilberg and Han Jin were equally inexperienced, so scared that they didn't even dare to lift their heads. In comparison, Lian Xiuli's performance was much better than Han Jin and Stilberg.

  Sasou noticed that Han Jin was a bit tense, so he smiled and patted Mo Xingke's shoulder: "You lead them east, at the end of the road there is a Honghe Inn, the inn owner is my friend, let's rest there today."

  "What about you? What brings you here?" Mo Xinkai asked.

  "I'm going to gather some information about Sacred Crown City."

  "I'm going too," said Keli hastily.

  "Kairi... you're going to get into trouble looking like that, why don't you go with Moshinco instead? Don't worry, I'll be the first to tell you if I hear anything."

  Jiali bit her lip, she found that almost all the passersby focused their attention on herself, those pairs of eyes with different colors, shot out undisguised covetousness.

  "Sasori, go into town and look for a Morgan merchant branch. If you find one, tell the people inside that I've arrived."

  "Does your family's business also have a branch here?"

  "I'm not clear about this place, but Beitou has four defensive cities in the southeast, northwest and northeast."

  "I understand." Sasuke nodded.

  Han Jin noticed the gaze of those 'monsters' earlier than Kairi, a thread of unease floated up in his heart: "Moxinke, I'm now very suspicious, whether it's correct for us to come to Beit Alliance or not."

  "Is this your first time seeing these half-beasts?" Mo Xinko smiled and said, "It's nothing, actually I was more nervous than you when I saw them for the first time."

  Han Jin slightly shook his head, still feeling uncomfortable. From the culture he inherited, there was a saying "If it's not my kind, its heart must be different". As a cultivator of the true way, their duty is to slay demons and eliminate evil, if he really had that ability, he would have started killing long ago, at least those 'monsters' who frequently provoke him with their gaze, he wouldn't let them off.

  Mo Xinke lowered his voice to introduce to Han Jin, "Over there are the werewolves, this side are the half-beasts, and the one walking over is a barbarian. There are also centaurs and cave people, etc." Finally, he comforted Han Jin by saying, "There are rules here too, no one dares to cause trouble."

  "What you said is just normal." Xanier replied calmly.

  "Yes, so we must keep a low profile." Mo Xinkai smiled awkwardly: "Actually... other places are the same too."

  "I really miss Ladong Town now." Han Jin let out a light sigh.

  "Although it's a bit messy here, aren't there also many opportunities?" Mo Xinkai cheered up and smiled: "Let's go, we'll head to the Red River Inn that Sasou mentioned."

  A group of people walked towards the east of the town, after a long time, just as they were about to leave the town, they saw a small inn with a worn-out gate and the words "Honghe Inn" written in crooked characters above it.

  Moxinke pushed open the door first, and several people entered in a line. The first floor of the hotel should be where guests eat, but there was not a single guest, only a few old chairs that were just as old as the door, placed sparsely around, although they were very clean.

  A young man in his twenty-three or four years old was dozing off behind the counter, Mo Xinkuo walked over, stretched out his hand and knocked on the counter a few times: "Hello, my name is Mo Xinkuo, I'm from Sasou."

  The young man opened his eyes: "Sasori? He's back?"

  "Yes, he will be here soon."

  "My name is Michelle, and since you're friends of Sasori's, that makes you my friends too." The young man stood up, his tone polite and enthusiastic, but his expression was surprisingly flat, a perfect match for Tsunade's: "Please, have a seat."

  "Michelle, business seems to be slow here." Mosike said, getting close.

  "I don't care about getting rich, if there's business to be done, I'll do it, and if not, so be it." Michelle shrugged her shoulders: "You guys are from the Holy Crown City side, right? Want something to eat?"

  "This... won't trouble you anymore, let's go eat outside."

  "What? You think this place is small?" Michell said with some displeasure: "I suppose Sasori didn't tell you, I'm a first-rate chef! Not to mention in these eleven towns, even throughout the entire Bite Alliance, there aren't many who can surpass me."

  "No, no, you misunderstood." Mo Xinke turned his head and glanced at Han Jin: "The few of us have a big appetite, so..."

  "Big appetite?" Michelle's gaze swept around, finally fixing on Mo Xingchu: "How interesting, the owner of a hotel is afraid of big appetites? Don't tell me you guys plan to eat for free?"

  "That's not it..." Mo Xinkai scratched his head.

  "Haha...... I'm just kidding with you guys." Michelle smiled and said: "It's been years since I've had a few guests here, friends from afar come to visit, I'm not even happy enough yet, how could I charge you money? Tell me, what do you all want to eat?"

  "Michelle, I...I didn't mean anything else, it's just...we can't freeload off you, let's just settle the bill as is." Mo Xinkai said with a chuckle, genuinely looking out for her.

  "Has Sasori ever mentioned me to you?"

  "There isn't." Mo Xing Ke said honestly.

  "I'm best friends with Sasori, got it?" Michelle smiled again: "So, you don't have to be polite to me, hehe... Don't look at my small inn, I can afford to let you two stay and eat for free for a year."

  Mo Xinkuo was stunned, and Xian Ni'er and others looked at Michelle with sympathetic eyes. Raising him for a year? Not to mention others, even if Han Jin let go of his belly and ate the cheapest cassava, he could eat away tens of silver coins in a day. Who can afford to raise him for a year?

  "Let's have something simple, with yams, bread and roasted sausage, we'll be satisfied," said Xanier.

  "How can something like that showcase my culinary skills?" Michelle frowned in discontent.

  I don't know if I'm dead or alive! Mo Xinkai helplessly turned around: "Raphael, what do you want to eat?"

  "I want to eat grilled steak." Han Jin was not polite, among home-cooked dishes, beef and mutton contain the most energy, since someone is treating him, he should choose more to eat.

  "No problem." Michelle snapped her fingers.