NOVPUB"Honored guest, please speak," the waiter scurried over with confidence and said.
"I’m pretty well-informed here in Ragefire City. There’s hardly anything I don’t know about."
"That impressive?" Mu Zhoubai said with a smile.
"Would you like me to take a guess?" the waiter chuckled hehe.
He paced back and forth a few times, chuckling hehe again.
"Out with it, don’t keep me hanging," Mu Zhoubai said impatiently.
"Those who come to our Ragefire City to ask about things are always concerned with the Misty Forest, right?" the waiter said with a smile.
"Hey, you actually guessed right," Mu Zhoubai said, surprised.
"What’s so strange about that? Our Ragefire City is in the middle of nowhere. What else would bring people here if not the Misty Forest?" the waiter laughed.
"Since you know so much, then tell me about this Misty Forest," Xu Zimei inquired.
"Well, I can’t just give away information for nothing," the waiter said, shaking his head slightly.
"With more and more people coming here wanting to hunt strange creatures these years, our city depends on the Misty Forest for its livelihood.
If the honored guest wants to know, you must buy my information."
"What’s the price?" Xu Zimei asked curiously.
"For a general idea about the Misty Forest, I’ll charge you one hundred Fusion Stones.
If you want a map, that’ll be one thousand Fusion Stones. And if you wish to go to the Swamp Lands, it’ll be three thousand Fusion Stones," the waiter said with a smile.
"These prices are set by the Ragefire Clan in town, there’s nothing little old me can do about it."
"But we’ve just arrived in Ragefire City, where can we get Fusion Stones from?" Fang Xiang frowned and said.
"Besides, we need Fusion Stones ourselves."
"I’m afraid I can’t help you with that," the waiter said, spreading his hands.
"If you have valuable things, you can go sell them at the pawnshops in town.
You can also go to the Combat Stage in the city. Win, and you’ll get Fusion Stones."
"Combat Stage?" Xu Zimei stroked his chin with interest.
"Let’s check it out after we’ve eaten," Liu Rufeng said indifferently.
Before long, the inn’s food was ready.
The table was heaped with a variety of Monster Beast meats, plentiful to behold.
"Let’s try to buy a map of the Misty Forest at all costs. We’ll need to gather some more Fusion Stones afterward to ensure a successful fusion with the Blood Lizard," Fang Xiang pondered aloud.
"I just don’t know what level Ragefire City’s Combat is at," Huangfu Xianyue said, frowning.
"What level could it possibly be? Could some remote city hold a candle to our Realm Emperor’s Holy Sect?" Mu Zhoubai said, biting into his meat without paying much mind.
"When the time comes, we will also become famous in this Ragefire City."
"It’s always better to be cautious. Let’s watch and then decide," Liu Yiyi suggested.
"Ragefire City isn’t that simple; I’ve been here before."
While everyone was eating and discussing strategies, suddenly there was a "bang" — the inn’s door was kicked open.
A young man, quite handsomely dressed and holding a folding fan, walked in.
The young man exuded a certain charm, but the only flaw was his sickly pale complexion and a flimsy gait, clearly indicating a weak constitution.
Following him were two burly men.
Both of the men were over two meters tall, their muscles exaggeratedly bulging.
As they walked, the excess fat on their bodies jiggled.
Both were bald, resembling twins, with scars on their faces that made them look fierce and menacing.
Next to the young man, the inn’s waiter had somehow appeared there.
"Second Young Master of Nu Family, take a look," the waiter pointed at Huangfu Xianyue and her three female companions, grinning as if seeking praise.
The youth in the white robe flicked the hair from his forehead and looked towards Huangfu Xianyue and the others.
Especially when his gaze settled on Liu Yiyi, his eyes lit up, and he revealed an indescribable smile.
Liu Yiyi was the petite type, her hair tied into buns, somewhat resembling a Lolita.
Delicate in stature, she was clad in a colorful robe that concealed her slender waist, invoking a protective urge at first sight.
Yin Rong, on the other hand, belonged to the mature beauty type, with heavy makeup that made her look very seductive.
"Not bad, not bad, you’ve done well this time," Nu Yang patted the waiter’s shoulder and laughed heartily as he walked over.
Xu Zimei’s group was quietly eating their meal when they saw Nu Yang approach and laughingly say with a fist salute, "Everyone, meet a friend, I am the Second Young Master of the Ragefire Clan, Nu Yang."
As his voice faded, a moment of silence ensued.
People continued to savor their meals, completely ignoring him.
Nu Yang felt a bit embarrassed, mysteriously wiping his lips.
The waiter beside him arrogantly shouted, "Didn’t you hear Second Young Master Nu speak?
Out-of-towners really have no manners, no wonder you don’t even have Fusion Stones.
I offer you a clear path: send out the three ladies beside you, and you can have as many Fusion Stones as you want.
I’m not afraid to tell you that the Ragefire Clan controls eighty percent of the business in this city."
Liu Rufeng was gently wiping his sword by the side.
As soon as the waiter’s voice dropped, a flash of sword light zipped by, and his speech abruptly ceased, his head already falling to the ground.
The sword was so swift, Nu Yang didn’t even see the sound or trail of it being drawn.
The head fell at his feet, blood spurting from the neck like a fountain, dyeing the entire floor red.
"You killed him," Nu Yang said indifferently.
He didn’t even furrow his brow, as if murder was nothing in his eyes.
"So what?" Liu Rufeng replied coolly.
His lean face tilted slightly, sharp as a Longsword.
"I’ve hated people who are better-looking than me all my life," replied Nu Yang calmly.
"Want to fight?" Mu Zhoubai slammed the table and shouted.
"I’ll remember you," Nu Yang stated bluntly. He looked down with disgust at the corpse by his feet and kicked it away with a direct blow.
"Bad omen."
...…
"What’s this, getting into trouble with the local snakes as soon as we arrive," Mu Zhoubai said coldly.
"If it weren’t for the troubles our Holy Sect is facing now, we would have wiped out their Ragefire City long ago."
"Is it our fault?" Huangfu Xianyue said with a light smile.
"What’s next?" Liu Rufeng asked.
"Let’s go to the city’s Combat Stage and see. Winning some Fusion Stones would be good," Xu Zimei stood up and said.
Everyone nodded and left the inn without bothering with the aftermath, heading straight towards the center of the city.
Speaking of the Combat Stage of Ragefire City, it is a characteristic feature of the entire city.
The Combat Stage has a history of a thousand years, and it is said that even when the Ragefire Venerable was alive, this tradition already existed. 𝖓𝔬𝔳𝔭𝖚𝖇.𝔠𝔬𝖒
Both sides of the combat wager Fusion Stones, with the winner taking eighty percent of the loser’s Fusion Stones. As for the remaining twenty percent, it goes towards the stage’s venue and management fees.
