Xu Lian returned to the town and did not even bother to pull back the donkey that was tied to the dock. It was obvious that the donkey must have been taken away by someone... People in this world are like this. They will not refuse to take advantage of an opportunity.
Anyway, he doesn't care about this little money now, so just think of it as a gift to some poor person.
At this time, it is almost the hour of Hai (21:00), it is late at night, there are fewer people shopping, men, women, old and young have all gone home to sleep. There are not many entertainment activities in a remote place like Shitou Town, and "taking a nap" is the best entertainment.
Xu Lian had nowhere to go, so he had to go to the brothel... He was also helpless.
I have been running around all day and even had a fight with two warriors. I am really tired. I plan to rest here for a night and consider returning to Green Bamboo Town tomorrow.
Of course, there is also the matter of that girl tomorrow that needs to be arranged. Since I have promised to ask her to help, I have to take responsibility. I can't just leave without saying goodbye.
Moreover, the girl was really pretty and she liked him, so it would be a lie to say that he didn't want her... Based on his past experience, it was easier to improve his favorability with such a girl.
"Master, you're here again!"
The madam was very surprised and stuck to him like a dog-skin plaster, knowing that he was generous.
Xu Lian took out a silver ingot and threw it up, "Open a room for me, a quiet one, and serve me some wine and food, but I don't want a girl."
The madam quickly let him go, raised her head, shook it left and right, fixed her eyes on the falling silver, and caught it with both hands. When she saw that it was more than three taels, she immediately smiled and said, "Okay."
She brought Xu Lian to the room in the corner and said, "It's quiet here, and there are no guests next door. Is this okay, Master?"
Xu Lian took a look and said, "Okay."
The madam left and told the kitchen staff to prepare wine and food.
Soon, the food and wine arrived.
The kitchen of a place like this would definitely have wine and food prepared for twelve hours and they could be served right away.
Xu Lian closed the door and bolted it.
He didn't bother to eat and couldn't wait to take out the jade box in his arms.
Open it, put your hand on the "tofu brain"-like stone marrow, and say to yourself: add ingredients.
Added and advanced successfully
In an instant, the stone marrow in the jade box turned into ashes.
At the same time, his bones felt itchy, as if thousands of ants were crawling inside, and streams of heat rushed through his body, forming an explosive force!
Immediately afterwards, black impurities like mud began to seep out of his skin. This was a qualitative change that was like removing hair and cleansing marrow, and completely transforming one's body and bones!
Name: Xu Lian
Level: Marrow Refining Stage
Skills: Wind-breaking Sword Technique (Volume 1)
Props: Sharp knife (ordinary)
Note: You have one free advancement point, and you can choose to add points to one of the rank, skills, and props.
Xu Lian waved his fist slightly, which brought up a gust of wind. The marrow refining stage was one level stronger than the bone refining stage.
"Rank, give me some points."
These were the advancement points he had reserved previously, and now they could be used up, so he could also see what raw materials were needed for the next level.
The rank points are added, and a Qi Condensation Pill is added to advance to the Ming Jin stage
Qi Condensation Pill
Xu Lian knew at first glance that it was something used by practitioners. As expected, the higher the level, the rarer the raw materials.
"Let's not worry about this for now. Let's talk about it when we get back to Green Bamboo Town."
He sat down to eat and ate with relish. He was actually a little hungry.
"I just managed to seize the stone marrow without any danger. My white cat clone stopped the black dog mine patroller and let me escape smoothly. The black dog mine patroller must have some suspicions, but it has no evidence and can't do anything to me.
Using the White Cat's clone's position as Pingyang County Patrol Officer as a cover, this method can only be used once. If you use it too many times, there will definitely be problems. "
He ate and pondered, summarizing the experience of this operation.
The main reason for the trouble was that when he took the stone marrow, he triggered the bell-ringing mechanism. He didn't expect this and he had to pay attention to it next time.
After dinner.
After digesting the food for a while, he fell asleep.
No words were spoken that night.
The next day.
I got up, washed, and had breakfast. When I was about to leave, I saw the madam and the girls gathered together in panic, arguing in low voices. Their faces were pale and their eyes were full of fear.
"What's wrong?"
Xu Lian was not the kind of person who meddles in other people's affairs, but he couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.
The madam hesitated for a moment, then walked over quickly and pulled him aside. "Something happened last night. Did you feel anything unusual?"
Xu Lian was surprised. "What happened?"
The madam lowered her voice and said, "Last night, including you, there were five guests, that is, five men. According to the rules of worship, I asked five unemployed girls to worship the black box, but the black box did not react at all."
Xu Lian was stunned for a moment, remembering that his purple jade token glowed last night. He probably triggered the immunity... and was exempted from the entire brothel's worship.
He felt a little amused and comforted the madam, "Don't worry, nothing will happen. We can hold the memorial service tonight."
The madam looked at him doubtfully, "How do you know it will be alright? Why can we hold the memorial service smoothly tonight?"
Xu Lian said casually, "Because my family encountered a similar situation one night before. The strange creature in the black box might have some indigestion and skipped a meal... but it returned to normal after a day."
indigestion
The madam looked a little dazed. Could strange creatures also suffer from indigestion
Xu Lian didn't explain further and left with a smile.
When he arrived at the market, he bought a new donkey.
Then, he rode his donkey to look at houses and bought one that was neither big nor small.
This is his "home" in Stone Town.
It can also be called a new house, which is used to marry a wife tonight.
"Sister Xiya and Chan'er are from the same household. When Pei Zhaoxi followed me, she didn't want to be the younger one, so she had to live in a separate household. It's not convenient to take the girl from Shitou Town back with me. We can't let her and her parents live in a town together and never see each other, so this one is also considered a separate household."
Xu Lian felt that this was very scientific. Everyone could live their own life, avoiding competing for favor and thus avoiding affecting the improvement of favorability.
You will definitely have to open an account in the future... Only by blooming more can you get more advanced points.
Of course, having too many of them is useless. A favorability of over 90/100 is not so easy to achieve. It requires him to put his heart and soul into cultivating the relationship. It doesn't mean that just marrying her and leaving her there will increase the favorability.
"After you have a house, you still need to buy some furniture, bedding, pots and pans, firewood, salt, grain, vegetables and meat, so that you can feel at home."
Xu Lian rode his donkey to the market again and started shopping.
By the way, I bought some specialties of Stone Town and planned to take them back to Sister Xiya and the others. Favorability is often accumulated through these little details and it cannot be achieved overnight.
I finally waited until night.
Xu Lian tied a bag of grain on the donkey, and picked up two big roosters and a few fish as a betrothal gift. He rode the donkey through the streets and alleys to the home of the girl he met at the dock last night.