The Wine Shop of Eternity
Chapter 167 Progress
A dazzling sun was emitted with a bright light that illuminated the entire Beltran City, waking everyone from their deep sleep. Clouds floated in the sky as the morning wind passed. It was another clear weather for the capital.
Jiu Shen who was sitting cross-legged on the floor inside her room suddenly stood up and stretched her muscles after the first rays of sunlight touched her face.
Cracks. Cracks. Cracks.
The cracks of his muscles could be heard as he stretched his limbs with a hint of force. This sudden voice awakened the little beauty who was lying on top of Jiu Shen's bed. He raised his head and glanced at Jiu Shen with a beautiful smile on his face. This woman was Xia Xinyue.
After he had slept naked beside Jiu Shen that night, he had already treated himself as his wife even though he did not accept her confession.
He will be satisfied as long as he can stay with her.
When they arrived last night in Beltran City, Xia Xinyue even insisted on staying inside Jiu Shen's room which was immediately rejected by the latter, but after her endless plea, she said, Jiu Shen agreed reluctantly.
“Master Sect Master, do you want me to make tea for you?” Xia Xinyue's soft voice floated within the room.
Jiu Shen glanced at him and nodded his head with a calm look. Regarding Xia Xinyue's feelings for her, she already knew about it, but her heart was not ready to accept this kind of emotion.
After which, Jiu Shen stepped out of his room and went downstairs to tell his subordinates to open the shop. He also wanted to check on the progress of the children he left behind in Can Ye's care. In addition, he would inspect the relocation process promised by the emperor.
When she saw Jiu Shen leave the room without speaking to her, Xia Xinyue let out a light sigh, but her expression was still affectionate. “Even if I serve you as your servant, I will be willing.” mumbled gently.
On the second floor, Jiu Shen saw Ren Shuang who immediately stood up after sensing Jiu Shen's presence.
“Good morning, mr.” Ren Shuang bowed respectfully as he spoke.
Jiu Shen nodded her head at him and recalled about Liuli's matter. “Shuang, I want you to investigate the woman who came with me last night. I don't need to tell you who I'm talking about, do I?”
Ren Shuang shook his head confidently. There were only two women who came together with Jiu Shen last night. Amongst the two, one was an elder from the Ice Cloud Sword Sect, and the other was someone he did not know, so he was sure Jiu Shen was talking about the latter. “Master, during your absence, experts from the Xue Family and the Immortal Corpse Sect often visit the store. Their top experts always visited the second floor to enjoy the fast cultivation speed, while their middle level members stayed on the first floor to gather information about us. Moreover, I did not find any strange movements from them, so they still had to wait for Elder Ming to come out of his seclusion.”
While Jiu Shen was far away from Beltran City, Ren Shuang was not idle. He continued to monitor the movements of the Xue Family and the Immortal Corpse Sect. He had also secretly protected the hundred young slaves living in the beast fighting arena, but he had no idea that there were already descendants of the god beasts protecting those children.
Jiu Shen's eyes shone when he heard Ren Shuang's words. He then patted the latter's shoulder and said. “Good work. Now go and investigate Liuli for me. The second floor will temporarily be protected by him while you are away.”
“Ya sir.” Ren Shuang bowed before her figure disappeared with a faint swoosh sound.
On the first floor, he saw Theia and Hestia were already preparing to open a shop. He also saw eight young women dressed in western servant clothes who barely covered their young figures. Hestia was dressed the same way, while Theia was still wearing knight armor.
Looking at the four additional servants, Jiu Shen was slightly stunned, so he looked at Hestia curiously.
Hestia immediately understood his questioning gaze, so she smiled sweetly at him as she explained. “Master, our shop customer doubled after you left, so I asked Sulan to bring four more disciples to work here. I hope you don't mind.”
Jiu Shen slightly shook his head. He wasn't good at managing his shop because he hadn't experienced this in his previous life, so he didn't mind the additional young maids. “No problem. You can open the store now.”
After hearing her words, Theia nodded her head and grabbed the door, slowly opening it.
Looking outside, there were already some customers waiting, and they even stood in line with patient faces. In fact, no one among the customers dared to act recklessly anymore as they had already heard the rumors about Theia. Even the Bai Family who were a prominent noble family in Beltran City did not dare to fart despite knowing that the death of one of their clan members was related to Theia …
“Hestia, I'll leave the store for a while. If Liuli comes here, have her guard the second floor for a while.” Jiu Shen ordered before leaving the store.
Hestia bowed to where Jiu Shen had previously stood. “Liuli? She should be that woman.” Her voice was soft like the spring breeze.
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At this time, Jiu Shen teleported above the skies of Beltran City to observe the ongoing relocation. There were still some people who refused to leave their homes, but it was only a matter of time before they left because this was handled by the emperor. “Elyk the old boy can indeed be trusted. Good luck.”
His figure then disappeared as he teleported within the fighting arena of the ferocious beasts.
Before Jiu Shen left Beltran City a few days ago, he gave Can Ye a training schedule and he also told her to instruct the young men in their practice.
One hundred teenagers with young faces were doing their morning routine under the orders of Can Ye. The children were afraid of this middle-aged instructor because he looked even scarier compared to Jiu Shen in terms of appearance, so they did not dare to complain during his lecture.
Can Ye treat this seriously because this is his master's order, so even though he's a little bored here, he doesn't neglect his duties as the youth coach.
Seeing this, Jiu Shen nodded in satisfaction. “Good. It seems like no one is lazy.”
Just as those words came out of his mouth, he saw a ball of feathers lying inconspicuously in one corner of the arena. When viewed more closely, this feather ball has a hairy tail that swings to the left and to the right.
Jiu Shen's lips curved upwards when he saw this. “I retract my words. This cat is still lazy as usual.”