The Rebirth of the Cultivation Leader Qin Zhao as a Celebrity
Chapter 187 - 184: Checking into the B&B, Discovering Something Amiss

Chapter 187: Chapter 184: Checking into the B&B, Discovering Something Amiss

Red lanterns hung outside, the door was open, and inside were modern amenities like incandescent lights, air conditioning, television, computers, and more, though some furniture was made of wood in a retro style.

Stepping into the house, the chill on one’s spine gradually faded under the bright glow of the incandescent lights.

"Is anyone here? Is the owner around?"

"Yes! I’ll be right there!"

Si Xuekai called out loudly, and someone hurried downstairs from the upper floor.

"I am the owner."

The newcomer was a woman, presumably the innkeeper.

The innkeeper seemed surprised by the number of people, "Are you here to check in?"

"Yes, how much for one night?"

"The price for a king-sized room and a twin room is about the same, ninety yuan each."

"That cheap?"

The innkeeper gave a wry smile, "My place is in a bad location, too remote. Plus, there’s something quirky nearby, so tourists don’t like staying here. Luckily, it’s my own house, so I won’t lose money."

"It really feels eerie walking out from here at night."

Xing Changqing complained, "Especially with those red lanterns, can’t you switch to another color?"

The innkeeper smiled at him but didn’t speak.

Xing Changqing’s tone was a bit impolite, so it was quite normal that the other party didn’t want to engage with him.

"Innkeeper, my friend is just blabbering, don’t mind him. We’ll take three rooms, please."

Si Xuekai apologized and then turned to Qin Zhao, "Do you and your husband want a king-sized room or a twin room?"

Qin Zhao opened her mouth to answer, but Chu Yan spoke first, "King-sized room!"

The three rooms were arranged with Qin Zhao’s family of three in a king-sized room, Shangguan Qiu alone in another king-sized room, and Xing Changqing sharing a twin room with Si Xuekai.

Now being the off-season for tourism, there were hardly any guests here, so the inn was even more sparse with people. Their rooms were also very close to each other.

"Have you guys had dinner yet?" the innkeeper asked casually while processing their check-in.

"Not yet, can you provide dinner here?"

"Yes, but we only have some local home-style dishes, I don’t know if you will be accustomed to them."

"As long as there’s food, we’re not picky eaters."

"Would you like your dinner delivered to your rooms, or will you eat in the lobby?"

Si Xuekai looked at the others, and everyone expressed they wanted to eat in their own rooms, given that the relationships among them weren’t very warm, and there was no need to dine together at one table.

After ordering a few dishes, Qin Zhao and Chu Yan headed to their room.

"Is there something strange about this place?"

Chu Yan asked as he closed the door.

"That mansion indeed has a heavy presence of yin energy, probably something unclean."

"A creature with the head of a sheep and the body of a human," Chu Yan was somewhat curious, "If it really exists, what kind of creature is that?"

"I don’t know, I’ve never seen one before."

Qin Zhao hadn’t encountered such creatures in this world, but in her original world, such creatures were plentiful, mostly combinations of humans and the Demon Race.

To describe it in terms of the Canglan Realm, they were called Half-demons.

Certainly, the Demon Race must exist in this world, but whether Half-demons existed was unknown.

"Are you planning on entering that mansion tomorrow?"

Qin Zhao nodded, "Yes, that’s our destination. If you’re scared, you don’t have to join me tomorrow. I can have Tengshe stay with you in the inn."

"No need, I also want to check it out."

Every time he went out with Qin Zhao, he would encounter some odd and interesting things, which was quite amusing.

Chu Yan smiled, pulling Qin Zhao close to him, "You’ll protect me, right?"

"Heh," Qin Zhao scoffed, not very eager to protect him. She herself couldn’t understand why she had to bring along these two burdens!

Chu Yan wanted to kiss her, but just as he lowered his head, he noticed a little baby on the floor, eyes wide, black and shiny, staring curiously at them.

Qin Zhao followed his gaze and saw a grain of rice stuck to Tengshe’s cheek.

She immediately became angry, "Tengshe! Did you steal some food?"

"No, why would I steal food?"

The little baby looked innocent and pure, just like Chu Yan when he pretended to be a white lotus.

"What’s this?!"

Qin Zhao removed a grain of rice from the corner of his mouth.

The little baby’s eyes shifted, then he guiltily said, "I just ate a rice ball."

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"I’ll go open it."

Chu Yan walked over, and it was the landlady outside.

"Your dinner is ready."

"That fast?"

The landlady smiled, "My husband is quite a professional chef."

Chu Yan took the tray from the landlady’s hand and placed it on the table.

After he closed the door, the landlady went to deliver meals to other people.

"Wow, it smells so good!"

"This place’s specialty dishes seem quite nice."

Chu Yan put the tray on the table, and the two foodies in his family gathered around.

Tengshe didn’t even use chopsticks; he grabbed a chicken leg with his hand and started gnawing at it.

"You’ve already eaten rice balls, how can you still eat?"

Qin Zhao picked up chopsticks, unable to resist teasing him.

She would try the dishes first. If they weren’t tasty, she’d eat the packed lunch Chu Yan had prepared.

"I didn’t eat my fill; are you heartbroken over this little bit of food?"

Tengshe mumbled and suddenly, with a "wow," spat out the chicken leg.

Not only that, he vomited on the untouched dishes.

Qin Zhao: "..."

Chu Yan: "..."

Both of them synched up with ghastly pale complexions.

Just as Tengshe was about to face mixed doubles retribution, he quickly said, "This chicken leg is spoiled!"

Tengshe then smelled the other dishes, "They’re all spoiled!"

Qin Zhao looked surprised and also sniffed the untouched food, "Not at all, isn’t it quite fragrant?"

"It is spoiled! Spoiled!"

Tengshe insisted, and Chu Yan also took a whiff.

"I didn’t notice anything wrong."

"Hmph, would Lord Snake lie to you?"

Tengshe stood with hands on hips, unsatisfied, as his pitch-black eyes instantly turned emerald green and the vertical pupils flashed a hint of golden light.

The golden light shone on those dishes, and Tengshe’s little face became much paler.

He used his Bloodline Power, finally making Qin Zhao and Chu Yan sense something amiss.

The stench that hit them was that of putrefaction.

Those plates of food weren’t the fresh and pleasant-smelling specialty dishes at all!

But rather a pile of bloody, rotten meat, with wriggling maggots on top, utterly disgusting!

Qin Zhao’s face turned unsightly, nearly throwing up.

She waved her hand, quickly reducing that stuff to ashes.

"Good thing we didn’t eat, otherwise we’d have been sickened to death."

Just thinking of that scene made Qin Zhao feel queasy.

Immediately after, she and Chu Yan exchanged a grave look.

It seemed not just the manor had problems, this B&B and the landlady were problematic too!

"The landlady went to deliver meals to others too. Should we stop them from eating?"

Qin Zhao suddenly stood up, thought for a moment, and then decided to go out and warn them.