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After living in the Autumn Reed Inn for three days, it was ultimately Lin Shouyi who proposed that there was not much point in staying there any longer.
He wasn't able to absorb much spiritual energy anymore, and for some reason, whenever he meditated for too long in the pavilion, he would feel a sharp aura that felt as if it were emanating from some type of bladed weapon, and his body and soul were unable to handle it.
In a rare display of humor, Lin Shouyi joked that Chen Ping'an should go to the bottom of the well to check if there were any treasures there.
Chen Ping'an had a rough idea of why this was the case. It had to have been the case that during his clash against Cui Chan, the two wisps of sword qi that had left his acupoint had to have harmed the fortune of this former city god temple site.
Due to the fact that this was a matter that concerned the sword spirit, Chen Ping'an couldn't elaborate much on it, and he could only take a couple of extra glances at Cui Chan as they were leaving the inn.
Cui Chan had originally been in quite a good mood these past few days, but he was feeling a lot more apprehensive after receiving those glances from Chen Ping'an, and he immediately began to consider which evil deed that he had committed that was leading to this retribution.
As they were leaving the inn, there just so happened to be someone coming in to stay in the inn. Cui Chan paid no heed to this newcomer, but the three children were all surprised to find that it was the old former minister of Yellow Court Nation.
As it turned out, he and his family and servants had arrived in the prefectural city as part of a sightseeing trip, and there were three horse-drawn carriages parked in the alley outside the inn.
The old former minister was extremely happy to be seeing the three children again, and he was particularly glad to see that they were all wearing new clothes and new boots in the place of their straw sandals. In fact, he was so happy to see them that he insisted on accompanying them out of the city.
Among his family members, the most eye-catching ones were a graceful woman dressed in simple yet elegant attire, and...
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