Eternal Swordsman - 2
Chapter 108 - Looking Good For You

"This is more than the required amount. Do you want me to find you something else?" the woman asked after seeing that there was more silver than expected.

"No, it's okay. The remaining silver was in the house" Jia Lin smiled and clasped his hands at the woman before turning to leave.

"Do you want a place to stay, maybe foraging and bathing, you stink so much" the woman turned to Jia Lin once again after picking up the silver.

"Huh, well I better accept your offer" Jia Lin looked at her dirty body and shook her head before turning to face the woman.

"Don't you think I might try to hurt you or something?" Jia Lin put on a strange face.

For this woman to openly invite him in was a bit too strange and if this was how she did things with everyone, she would eventually die sooner or later.

The woman looked at Jia Lin's facial expression and knew exactly what she was thinking. He simply shook his head at her, Jia Lin only frowned more.

"You don't seem to be the type of person who hurts someone innocent. Moreover, this was the first time I had invited someone to my place. The reason for that was because this was the city's lockdown clock and it seemed like this was your first time in this city as well. Maybe if you go outside again, you might get imprisoned and interrogated"

The woman smiled, making sense when Jia Lin thought of everything. After all, he noticed the woman looking out the window and sighed when he saw that the night time was getting deeper and the people on the street were starting to leave.

"Come here, I'll give you one of the back rooms and send you some food"

The woman turned to close the shop, her delicate and delicate hand locked the door and with a wave of her hand, a defensive formation was activated on the door.

"Hmm, defensive formation."

Jia Lin's eyes lifted for a split second before returning to normal before the woman could see. From the looks of it, this woman must be someone who has a hidden background or that every shop in this city is like this.

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The night quickly passed with the blink of an eye. Jia Lin was given a room in the back for the night and the shop lady did indeed keep her promise by sending some food for her to eat.

The room given to him was not very large, but had a bathroom and seating area. Jia lin bathed well, washed the dirt from her hair, and cleansed her body of all the dirt that had accumulated in her body over the years.

Besides all that, Jia Lin had learned that the name of the young lady was Lou Ming. She was the daughter of Lou Xiao, the former owner of this shop. She had died 36 years ago and left her daughter in the care of the store, after her father died, Lou Ming started walking on the cultivation path where he slowly extended his life span and had reached Saint realm pinnacle.

This would allow him to live at most 200-250 years of life at his best. After knowing this, Jia Lin could only sigh at the rough path that had to be taken once they decided to walk on the cultivation path.

"So this Blood Demon huh haha. Just got to the King's Realm and wanted to capture my city, how arrogant he wasn't"

At this moment, Jia Lin was again walking on the streets in the morning. The only difference for him was that he had a bamboo hat on his head that covered most of his face and the robe he was wearing was quite clean and nice. He had also studied the profound happenings in the city from Lou Ming before leaving the back room of the shop.

He thanked the woman for her hospitality before saying goodbye. What he found strange was why these Blood Devils were so stubborn in this city, the cultivators were not as strong as the cities with greater resources and even though this city was shining, the cultivators were not as strong as the cities with greater resources, there were only weak practitioners who were next to humans here.

Apollo chuckled with an explosion of evil laughter. The sword started to grumble in excitement on Jia Lin's back, after leaving the Dark Abyss, Jia Lin and Apollo did not fight at all. This kind of situation was strange for those who fought and trained every day for the past hundred years. It seemed that their bodies and minds were now so used to fighting that otherwise things would not feel right.

"No, not yet. I want to see how long this city can last. At the last minute, that's where I'll move"

Jia Lin declared with an evil grin on her face. Although he had changed, he had not changed to the point where he did not kill, his tall body now looked dashing with his blue robe as he walked along the way. Her white hair was neatly tied starting her back and her mature face was smooth like Jade and her aura was calm but firm.

"Where we're going"

Apollo asked after seeing Jia Lin change direction several times.

"Ke Mage and Martial Halls. This place has no heritage, that's why it's so weak, I left early so I can't give these people anything good. Although many have their own paths to follow, some paths can be given or happen as luck"

Jia Lin replied without thinking. It was true that a Sect that did not have an inheritance would someday fall at an astonishing speed. No matter if the Sect, school, or Faction had a lot of resources, the result would still be the same. Inheritance was the foundation or backbone of any strength, not only that but to ensure the continuous improvement of the Sector Faction, they also needed a strong leader.

"The Asura City lacks heritage and strong leaders. But that will all change from today onwards"

Jia Lin walked towards a large building that had many cultivators going to and from the building in hasty strides. These cultivators were all wearing the same robe which was a black robe with a white flame burning behind, surrounded by mist.

"Hah, haha they really made my strength a symbol. It's nice"

After seeing the Martial Hall symbol, Jia Lin felt quite pleased. No one was guarding the front door of the hall, but that did not mean that there was no one to watch over the door.

"There are three men hiding in the shadows. I think they're the guardians of the shadows"

Apollo said to Jia Lin as he climbed the stairs with a smile on his face. Jia Lin had long since found these four men since the first time he stepped on the path of this Martial Hall. With his perception as well as the connection to the mental scroll that listed all these people in it, none of them could hide from his common sense.

"Let them"

Jia Lin pushed the door of the hall open and entered with large strides. When he entered, as if he had entered a different world, the space within the hall was enormous, there were many side rooms where masters would teach the Dao or train their disciples.

But it was not the only one, Jia lin could feel a large amount of profound Qi rising from the ground and spreading throughout the entire hall. Cultivating here would be much faster than cultivating outside.

"So Mist devoured me who was under the two Hall is still fully functional, so"

Jia Lin stared at the floor of the hall, he could feel a deep connection or a deep call coming from the floor below the hall. Inside the hall, hundreds of soldiers could be seen, some were practicing and some were meditating in a sealed room that locked all sounds.

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...Seriate...