Journey to the End of the Night-Chapter 1259 - 819: Mud Wine

The innkeeper’s assistant rolled away like a ball, but he didn’t have time to shout in pain. Dizzy and disoriented, he reacted with a burst of wailing: "Cuihua! Brother Huzi is useless! Brother Huzi has let you down! We grew up together since childhood! Childhood sweethearts! Innocent companions! But now I can only watch helplessly as you are sent like a lamb into the pig demon’s mouth!!!"

Baili An couldn’t stand seeing someone cry so heartbreakingly, so he hurried over to help him up, comforting him:

"Little Brother, don’t worry. I never intended to stay here long. I just planned to go back to the room for a short nap before leaving the town to seek the help of the people at Bai Tuo Mountain. But seeing you so heartbroken, I’ll set off right away. Please stop crying."

He generally slept very little each day, relying on elixirs to get by with just a single hour’s sleep. However, he had been on the road recently, having not closed his eyes for two full days and nights, thinking he needed to rest adequately to be in good shape for the journey ahead.

Seeing this assistant cry so bitterly, he silently thought that he must really love the childhood sweetheart.

Immediately, the assistant stopped crying, and with excitement, he repeatedly kowtowed: "I am grateful for the young master’s great kindness and virtue. This kindness is unforgettable for the rest of my life!"

Baili An quickly avoided his kneeling and salutation, as this young man was older than him, and he couldn’t accept such courtesy. He hurriedly helped him up, saying: "Just a small act of kindness, no need to be so polite. Little Brother, don’t worry about the tea. Instead, please go and prepare a bag of clear water and a bag of hay for the journey between the mountains, as I need to feed my horse along the way."

The assistant, full of gratitude, got up from the ground, thanked him repeatedly, and then quickly returned to the kitchen to prepare the water and hay.

Zhao Baixun finally couldn’t stand it, tearing away his false pretense, and said angrily: "Kid, just try stepping out of Beiliao Town!"

Baili An frowned and said: "Why? Finally admitting that you’re a hypocritical and shameless person?"

Zhao Baixun sneered, revealing a mouthful of menacing white teeth: "A little kid who’s just a rank lower than a real seeker dares to be so arrogant?"

The girl yawned drowsily: "So, does a mere Fourth Grade seeker dare to threaten to kill? Kid, you just go on without worry."

Baili An said no more. He bowed to the girl in gratitude, turned, and went to the back courtyard to retrieve his horse.

Zhao Baixun cast a malevolent look at the girl on the second floor: "Miss, are you determined to oppose the Moon Accompanying Palace?"

The girl twirled the hair hanging over her chest with her fingers and said indifferently: "So what if I am?"

Zhao Baixun’s face turned blue, his fists clenching and unclenching within his sleeves. After weighing his options for a long time, and considering her unknown strength and beautiful, young face, he ultimately held back.

After all...

The face of the Righteous Sect is still crucial. It takes only two days on horseback for the three-hundred-mile journey. As long as that kid kills the pig demon before him and leaves here early, he doesn’t have to worry about the Xijian Sect coming to share the spoils.

With a cold snort, he said no more, and the two went upstairs back to their rooms.

By the time Baili An arrived at the stables in the backyard, his horse, after eating enough hay, was fast asleep.

Baili An shook his head helplessly, gently patted the horse’s head to wake it up, signaling it was time to hit the road again.

The horse, looking resentfully, nevertheless had been tamed to be extremely docile over the days spent with Baili An, so it obediently walked out of the stable.

Baili An took the water and hay prepared by the assistant. Grateful, the assistant didn’t charge any fee.

And so, Baili An mounted the horse again and rode out of the inn.

In his heart, he thought, his father forbade him from returning to the Xijian Sect within a year, threatening to break his legs otherwise.

He wondered if his father would show leniency when he returned to the sect this time, considering he was doing it to save the townspeople.

His father, after all, was a relentless man.

It wasn’t until Baili An returned along the path and reached the entrance of Beiliao Town on horseback that he realized he had truly overthought things.

Because... even he couldn’t leave Beiliao Town.

As the horse was about to step out of the town’s entrance, as if triggering something, the path ahead appeared empty, yet the horse’s head hit an invisible barrier, unable to proceed.

The horse nervously pawed the ground, and Baili An silently rejoiced. Thankfully, it was a main road, and knowing the horse was tired.

He felt sorry for the horse. He didn’t urge it to gallop, or else that head-on collision might have ended with the horse seriously injured.

Baili An patted the horse’s head reassuringly, calming it down. He then dismounted, and gathered spiritual power into his eyes, finally seeing that a powerful Barrier had formed an enormous semicircular light dome, enveloping the entire Beiliao Town.

Baili An’s handsome eyebrows gradually furrowed. Could it be that he couldn’t leave?

Could this majestic and powerful Barrier truly be something a seventh-rank pig demon was capable of unleashing?

He searched around, eventually discovering a Crystal Stone embedded in a corner of the town. The stone emitted a mighty Barrier force from within.

Baili An reached out to dislodge the stone, but before he could touch it, the entire stone emanated a wave of irresistible force, tearing his hand open.

Baili An withdrew his hand with a frown. He didn’t rush back to the inn but circled around the entire Beiliao Town.