It was dawn when Chen Ping'an left the inn, telling the dozing inn attendant lying sprawled on the counter that he was checking out.0

The young inn attendant didn't think much about this, nodding in response to show that he understood.0

Even though the young wanderer wearing a bamboo hat was checking out two days in advance, it wasn't like the money that the wanderer wasted would fall into his pockets as a result. Thus, the young inn attendant was lacking energy and motivation as he instructed the female inn worker to clean the room. He would think about these things later.0

He turned his head and looked at the quiet street outside the inn, yet the figure of the young wanderer was already nowhere to be seen.0

The young inn attendant felt slightly unhappy as he thought about the news that had traveled over from Mural City. The fated opportunities tied to the three murals of the female heavenly officials had all been taken away by outsiders, and this was a complete betrayal of people like him who had wasted their time visiting the murals so often. 0

He thought to himself that the three divine maidens weren't as ethereal and impressive as they appeared, and they had definitely run away to chase some handsome men and their powerful clan. The more the young inn attendant thought about this, the more deflated he became. This was absolutely infuriating.0

Chen Ping'an left the market and went to the row of archways at the entrance of Malicious Ghost Valley, handing five snowflake coins to a guard cultivator from the Flax Robe Sect and obtaining a ninefold seal script jade tablet. If one managed to leave Malicious Ghost Valley alive, one could return the jade tablet and receive two snowflake coins back.0

The entrance fee wasn't expensive, and it was only the cost of a dozen or so cups of gloomy tea from the Swaying River.0

Moreover, people could enter without paying first, leaving this as a debt to the Flax Robe Sect....0