Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 31 — Accommodation
After reading many books in this second life, Zhou Yuan knew where the location of Riva City was next to as well as the location of the Green Bamboo Sect.
The distance between the two locations is quite far, it takes a long time to arrive but by using a horse at least they can shorten the travel time.
The Green Bamboo Sect had existed since 300 years ago, without looking for it Zhou Yuan also already knew with his memories in his first life.
As far as Zhou Yuan the Green Bamboo Sect was concerned was one of the three biggest sects in the Moon Empire the most influential in the martial world. There are 3 heroes who were born there who now serve as Sect Elders.
On the first day of the journey, Zhou Yuan and Zhou Bing had to stop as the sky began to darken, they also had to rest their horses that had been running all day.
"Sorry Yuan'er, we can't be on time..." Zhou Bing smiled awkwardly as his journey did not match his expectations.
They should have been able to arrive at an inn when the sky was dark but in reality both had to rest in the open.
"Grandfather, Yuan doesn't have a problem with this, I guess resting the roof of the sky isn't too bad." Zhou Yuan tried to comfort his Grandfather.
Zhou Bing smiled faintly, he could see no objection as his grandson said so. Zhou Bing had worried that Zhou Yuan would be angry or whining to ask him to continue the journey but on second thought he remembered Zhou Yuan had always been an adult since he was a toddler.
"Grandfather will look for firewood first, Yuan'er, please tie a horse in a tree..."
Zhou Yuan nodded, he saw his grandfather go to the forest area before his figure disappeared. Zhou Yuan then tied his horse rope to one of the tree branches, letting them eat the grass underneath.
"Ah, it's been a long time..."
Zhou Yuan smiled looking up at the sky which had now been decorated with various stars, his mind filled with memories in his first life.
Zhou Yuan often traveled from city to city to avoid his involvement in the martial world. Often on the way he stayed overnight and had to sleep in the open like this.
Shortly afterwards Zhou Bing returned with firewood, the night the two stayed up in the sky with Zhou Bing on guard all night.
When it was early morning, Zhou Bing then woke up his grandson but before doing so it turned out that Zhou Yuan was awake.
"Yuan'er seems to be sleeping really well?" Zhou Bing smiled faintly when he saw that Zhou Yuan had already woken up from his sleep.
Zhou Bing initially thought Zhou Yuan would have trouble sleeping in the open like this considering that his grandson slept in a luxurious and soft room every night.
Other than his hard-soil slumber, there was a bone-chilling night wind but Zhou Yuan did not seem to be bothered by either.
"Maybe Yuan was so exhausted Grandpa was able to sleep better..." Zhou Yuan replied his follower, he could see the astonished face of Zhou Bing's face.
Although it had been 12 years since he had not slept in the outer realm like this but Zhou Yuan was quite arguably used to doing so in his first life.
On the second day it seemed that the sky was still dark even though the time had come near noon, there was a wisp of black clouds floating above the sky.
"It seems like it's going to rain soon, Yuan'er, we're going to move quickly to the inn this time..."
"Grandfather, look..." After riding a horse for two hours, Zhou Yuan vaguely looked at the building from afar, he guessed the building was the inn his grandfather was referring to.
Zhou Bing smiled faintly, it took him a while to look at the inn when the distance was close, whereas back then there was a lot of fog but it seemed like his grandson's vision was very sharp.
The inn is a 3-story inn built in a quiet place, usually used for passing traders or warriors who are on their way.
Lodging built in a remote place like this will generally have an expensive price, especially the inn is very large and luxurious, there are restaurant facilities in it, where each floor has a different price.
As the two began to close in, Zhou Yuan could see around the inn were five horse carriages parked beside the inn. From the type of carriage Zhou Yuan guessed that the five carriages were a merchant entourage.
"It's not like we're the only ones who want to take shelter..." Zhou Yuan muttered with a faint smile, it was obvious that the sword wanted to take shelter as well.
Zhou Bing also realized the inn they were heading to was already crowded, he then got off his horse as well as Zhou Yuan.
"Please take care of my horse and my grandson's horse..." Zhou Bing gave a number of silver coins to one of the inn's servants who was in charge of guarding the horses of their customers.
When the two entered, Zhou Bing and Zhou Yuan saw that the first floor of the inn was already full, almost every table had been filled by the entourage of merchants.
Zhou Yuan also saw that some of the group were warriors, they were all bodyguards of the merchant entourage.
Due to the large number of criminals in the course of trading, traders will generally hire warriors to keep their trades.
Every average bodyguard possessed strength in the Intermediate Silver Stage Realm, almost all of them carried sword weapons that were sheathed at the waist.
The arrival of Zhou Yuan and Zhou Bing hardly anyone noticed it because everyone there was busy with their respective affairs, the servants also seemed troubled to serve the entourage of the merchants so that the inn was a little boisterous.
Zhou Bing's eyes combed the first floor while ignoring the surrounding noise, he finally found an empty table that was in the corner of the room. Zhou Bing then invited Zhou Yuan to sit there.
Even though it was noisy and a little busy fortunately the incident was not too long, the servants finally completed their tasks so that the traders could fulfill their respective orders.
One of the servants finally arrived at Zhou Yuan's desk, his face looking tired after serving the merchants. He offered what he would order both.
Since Zhou Bing had not had breakfast yet he then ordered some menus for the two. Zhou Bing deliberately ordered a little more so that Zhou Yuan could eat more satiated.
After taking down his order the waiter then said goodbye, he asked that the two wait for a while.
As the two were still waiting for orders, suddenly from the direction of the inn door appeared a group of warriors who had fierce faces.
Zhou Yuan frowned, he could feel the group of warriors had no good intention of visiting this inn let alone when they entered, the group had already removed their weapons from the scabbard.
Zhou Bing also felt the same way, including the merchant guards who now seemed wary of the arrival of the group of warriors.