Qi Ji felt that there was nothing more to talk about, so when Friang came back she said to everyone, "If there is nothing else, I will leave first." "Goodbye then." Friant nodded. "There is a caravan on the east side of the North District. We are staying there for the next few days." For some reason, Lina seemed to be obsessed with Qi Ji. She left her contact information before leaving. "We will all stay in Stio this week. Xiao Xuelun can come to see us when you are free." "Well, it's completely dark now." Qi Ji walked to the street alone. The last ray of light in the west completely sank into the horizon, and the thick night covered the sky. A pale blue full moon slowly rises, hanging obliquely in the sky, casting its bright moonlight on the earth. "Let's find a hotel to sleep for a night. I just happen to have some money on hand." He weighed the small cloth bag in his hand, which contained dozens of copper round coins. This was the common currency of the Templar State, "Ferum". I currently have 500 Ferums... I don't know how much purchasing power this money has, and whether it is enough to stay in a hotel for one night. The North District has a prosperous economy and there is a night market at night. The streets are brightly lit and the number of pedestrians has not decreased much. It seems that the residents of this city still have a nightlife. Wandering along the road, Qi Ji soon found a store on the side of the road that looked very much like a hotel. The short and fat owner was slumped behind the counter, his face supported by his hands, in a daze. "Boss, is this a hotel?" Qi Ji walked over. "How much is one night?"
The boss looked up as if awakening from a dream and said, "A normal room is 38 ferrums a night. How long will you stay?" That's quite cheap. At this price, five hundred Ferums can last for a long time. "Just one night." Qi Ji said as he took out three ten-ferum coins, three one-ferum coins, and one five-ferum coin from his cloth bag and placed them on the counter. As for the future...she hasn't made any plans yet. She suddenly felt like she had nothing to do. She wanted to do something but there was nothing to do. She was bored but couldn't find any entertainment. After all, this world was not modern. There were no mobile phones, computers, or game consoles. She had nowhere to kill time. "I'm so lazy, so idle, so bored, and I really want to do something..." Qi Ji felt like he was going to become a salted fish. After collecting the money, the boss asked a waiter to take Qi Ji upstairs to find a room. He did not check her identity or even ask her to show her face. His safety awareness was truly worrying. The room was small and the furnishings were simple, with only a table, a bed, a water cup, and a bench. The bed was a single wooden bed with cheap bedding on it. There is not even a private bathroom. The accommodation conditions are not even as good as a university dormitory. I should have spent more money to find a more upscale hotel. "Hiss, come to think of it, did I not eat all day?" Sitting on the edge of the bed, Qi Ji suddenly realized, "It's not that I didn't eat at all... but a bag of apples is not enough for an adult to eat in a day, but I'm not hungry at all." Moreover, not only did she not eat much or drink any water today, she didn't even go to the toilet! I had been active all day and hadn't taken a shower, but I wasn't dirty at all and I didn't feel unwell. There was just some dust on my cloak. She had an idea and reached out her hand and rubbed it against the wall. The decoration here was ordinary. The wall was not puttyed or painted, not to mention tiles. It was just a bare wooden partition wall, covered with stains and quite dirty. With just a slight touch, the delicate and fragrant skin was covered with a layer of gray dust, like a precious jade covered with dust. But Qi Ji held the back of his hand in front of him and blew gently, and all the dirt flew away. His skin returned to its healthy, even whiteness and smoothness, without any blemish at all. ——It seems that dirt cannot stain her body. "Wow, is it true that beautiful girls are always sparkling and don't even need to poop!?" Qi Ji was shocked. "But even if my body doesn't get dirty, my clothes are still covered in mud." Qi Ji looked at the long black cape he wore when he appeared on the stage, "I didn't buy any change of clothes... It's unbearable." She couldn't sleep naked, could she? Besides, the bedding wasn't very clean. Although this body certainly wasn't afraid of germs or infection, the modern concept of hygiene made it unacceptable to her.
"...Forget it, I'll just lie here for one night. It's not my bed anyway, and the store's people will wash it if it gets dirty." After hesitating for a while, she decided to do something unethical and went to sleep in the dirty cloak. After blowing out the candle, she sat back on the edge of the bed, kicked off her shoes, and revealed her tender and delicate little feet. Her flesh and bones were evenly proportioned and clean, and her toes were like tender lotus buds, neatly packed together, and her watery appearance was very tempting, making people want to take a bite. She lay flat on her back on the bed, without a blanket, with her hands on her stomach and her eyes closed, and fell asleep. after an hour. Qi Ji opened his eyelids, and there was no trace of fatigue in his dark eyes. "I'm not sleepy at all. How can I sleep?" She was getting more and more curious about her body. Today's exercise was not small. She defeated two C-class alien "skull ghosts", a group of vicious thugs, a righteous warrior, and a B-class alien "Guge Giant". It can be said that she fought all day. If it were an ordinary extraordinary person, they would have been exhausted physically and mentally. But she was not only not tired, but also very energetic, her thinking was sharp and not stagnant at all, and her condition couldn't be better. "But if you can't even sleep, what's the point of life...huh?!" Qi Ji's inspiration suddenly caught a spiritual fluctuation, the level was between the early and middle stages of mindfulness. In fact, she had sensed it a long time ago, but extraordinary people were not uncommon in this prosperous and wealthy North District, so she didn't pay attention to it. But this spiritual fluctuation was a little special, and it was slowly approaching this hotel. That was fine, maybe there was just another extraordinary person who happened to want to stay here. The problem is... that spiritual fluctuation not only moves on the plane, but also fluctuates in the vertical direction! What does this mean? This means that guy is climbing over the eaves and walls to get closer to us! This doesn't make sense no matter how you think about it, right? Qi Ji closed his eyes and focused on the strange spiritual fluctuations. Its position was swaying left and right, up and down, erratic, but overall it was approaching the hotel. First, he went around a workshop outside the northern district, then climbed over a few low-rise houses, then he zigzagged up the outer wall of the hotel, and finally... Stopped at his window. Chapter 13 Uninvited Guest Thief? Burglar? Kidnapper? The target...is it me? Was it a coincidence that I was chosen, or... was it specifically targeting me? Qi Ji closed his eyes and remained calm, thinking quickly in his mind. If it was against me, then why? I had only been in this world for a short time and had not offended anyone, so who would want to harm me? No, not completely. If you must say, the East Side robbers that morning definitely count, but they were wiped out. Maybe... there really are some remnant forces that haven't been eliminated, so they want to take revenge on me now? This is indeed possible. Friant's team's investigation may not be perfect, and it is understandable that there are omissions. It cannot be ruled out that there are other forces behind these robbers. "Tuk! Tuk!" The intruder knocked on the window frame several times with considerable force, and if the people in the room were still awake they would have surely heard it. After the knocking, there was a sound of clothes rubbing against each other, which should be the sound made by quickly hiding in the wall near the window. Very cautious...
This guy is probably testing whether the people in the room are asleep. Now he is probably putting his ear to the wall, paying close attention to Qi Ji's movements. "I want to see what you want to do..." Qi Ji could of course punch the man into two pieces with one punch, which was no problem. But even if he dealt with the pawn responsible for the crime, the guy behind the scenes who had directed all this would be hard to let go, and would most likely send someone else to cause trouble. If violence alone didn't work, he would have to use other means. Although it is highly unlikely that they will pose any threat to her, it is still annoying when someone shows up from time to time to cause trouble, and it makes her feel uneasy as if someone is always thinking about her with bad intentions. So she remained motionless, without making any extra noise, waiting for the other party's reaction. The person outside the window was silent for several minutes. After confirming that the people inside the house did not make any sound, he pushed the window open a millimeter at a time with extremely slight force. "Squeak-" The silence was broken by a scratching sound as light as a mouse's chirping, and the window was pushed open to a gap of more than ten centimeters. A thin figure dressed in black slipped in, his body barely touching the window frame. He fell from the window frame to the ground with a familiar movement, making almost no sound, like a black cat running in the dark night. Afterwards, he walked quietly, little by little, towards the small square table beside Qi Ji's bed. Isn't the target me? The intruder took more than a minute to cross the distance of several meters. He moved to the side of the table, groped his waist a few times, and pinched out a small folded paper package from the inner pocket of his nightgown. He opened it carefully, moved to the water cup on the table, and made a tilting motion. "Sand..." The sound of something tiny falling. It was as if some powdery substance in the paper bag was poured into the empty cup of water. Then, as if to confirm whether Qi Ji showed any signs of waking up, he tilted his head and glanced at the bed. Qi Ji heard that his breathing, which had been very steady, suddenly became disordered. His heart rate increased rapidly, and the hand holding the paper bag shook violently, almost spilling the powder out of the cup. Then, as if frozen into a sculpture, he stood there motionless, staring at Qi Ji who was sleeping peacefully, without any other reaction for a long time. One minute, two minutes, three minutes... After about a quarter of an hour, he suddenly tilted his head back, took a deep breath with an exaggerated amplitude, held it for dozens of seconds, and then exhaled long and heavily, and it took dozens more seconds to exhale completely. After taking several rounds of deep breaths, his condition finally stabilized. He lowered his head and looked at the cup with something poured into it, then looked at Qi Ji who was "sleeping soundly" lying on the bed. His eyes alternated between the two, and he seemed a little impatient, as if he was having some kind of intense inner struggle. Just when Qi Ji was wondering what this guy was struggling with, he suddenly picked up the water cup and put it into his clothes as if he had made up his mind! Then he stepped back to the window, climbed up the window frame and got out. He turned around and looked at Qi Ji again, then jumped up and disappeared into the deep night. "What does this guy mean..." Qi Ji opened his eyes and looked at the window that was not closed. The guy had already gone far away, and she didn't detect any other signs of abnormality, so she sat up from the bed and looked at the empty bedside table, confused. Why did he leave? He even took the cup with him. Was this also the messenger's request? It's really baffling...
Since I can’t sleep anyway, why don’t I catch up and check it out? "Forget it. Going now might alert the enemy." After careful consideration, she shook her head. "Let's wait until daybreak to see what happens next..." She has already remembered the spiritual fluctuations of that person just now. If she wants to find him, he will basically not be able to escape, so there is no need to rush. Therefore, the more sensible approach now is to wait patiently, observe the situation, and watch the other party's next move. "flutter!" Qi Ji lay back on the bed and closed his eyes again. Even if he couldn't fall asleep, it wouldn't hurt to close his eyes and rest. Just like this, several more hours passed until the eastern horizon began to turn pale and the bright sun slowly peeked out from the edge. Qi Ji, who was still awake, got up from the bed, put on his shoes, got out of bed, pulled out the bench from under the table, sat on it, and touched the ground with his toes. "When did I become so patient..." She rested her elbows on the table, her chin supported by her hands, in a daze. She actually lay there the whole night without moving at all! She was awake throughout the whole process, neither distracted nor dizzy, she just lay there for several hours without thinking about anything. Such an ethereal and transparent state of mind has surpassed the willpower of simple endurance and reached a kind of noble realm as clear as a mirror. Very few people possess it. Qi Ji didn't remember practicing any spiritual training such as yoga or meditation, so how could he do it so easily? "It seems that this body is affecting me again..." She had been sitting at the table for almost an hour at this point, the sun now fully above the horizon and the light was warm. "Tuk Tuk Tuk!" A knock on the door brought her out of her thoughts and she turned to look at the door that was being pushed open. A middle-aged man with a full beard came in. When he saw Qi Ji sitting at the table as if nothing had happened, he was stunned and looked shocked. This was normal, as most people who saw Qi Ji for the first time had this reaction. "Who are you?" She narrowed her eyes slightly and asked calmly and slowly. "Ahem, excuse me, miss. I'm a waiter here. I'm here to check the room." The man coughed dryly a few times, and his demeanor quickly returned to normal. "Excuse me, is there anything I can help you with?" Qi Ji could tell at a glance that he was lying and was not from the store at all. Because this guy is a warrior, even though he only has the skill of tempering, he is still a transcendent. Which transcendent would come to this poor hotel to be a waiter and experience life? No matter how badly he does, he can still go to the Adventurer's Guild to accept commissions. So why did he pretend to be a shop assistant? Thinking about what happened last night... "Haha, you're here so soon? The person behind this doesn't have very high patience..." Qi Ji sneered in his heart, but his expression remained calm. He shook his head and said to him lightly, "Nothing." "Excuse me." The man nodded slightly, took a few steps back, left the room and was about to close the door. Qi Ji suddenly spoke, his tone was very calm, as if he was talking about something as ordinary as what to eat today: "If you think you can get away with it, try." Chapter 14 Shady story
Thomas is an underground adventurer. As the name suggests, he is an adventurer who is willing to accept missions that cannot be posted on the guild's commission board... Of course, the premise is that the price is right. Today's commission was quite easy: the employer provided the location of a small hotel and the house number of a room in the hotel. His task was to find a way to sneak into the hotel, check on the guests in the room, and then report the results truthfully to the person waiting not far away. It was so simple that it felt like giving money away for free - all the details had been arranged in advance, and he just had to follow the instructions in an orderly manner, and the technical content was close to zero. The process of sneaking into the hotel was smooth, or it could not be said to be "sneaking" at all, because he walked in with a swagger, and the stupid fat owner at the door didn't care at all. I went upstairs, found the room I was assigned to, knocked on the door, and entered the room, all in one go without encountering any obstacles.