Austin placed his Violet Royal Sword away, and then found about five or six thousand vital energy crystals.
"Such a beggar!"
Austin cursed, feeling very unsatisfied about his earnings that day.
Austin was about to spend 1 million vital energy crystals without hesitation. However, those five or six thousand vital energy crystals were still of great importance to him. He refused to ignore any crystal or leave them uncollected. Therefore, he placed those vital energy crystals inside his Space Ring.
Then, he dragged the two bodies and buried them in a remote forest.
He came back to the hotel and immediately fell asleep. It was around noon already when he finally woke up.
He got up and found nothing else to do for the day. Thus, he decided to have some fun in town.
At the same time, a fierce-looking man in black bellowed out a roar of sadness in a remote forest outside the Peace Town.
Anger had already engulfed him. He seemed to have gone mad with despair.
Two bodies were lying before the middle-aged man in black, which had already been bitten by wild dogs or other beasts. They were Marvin and Billy.
"Who did this? Who killed my son? I will definitely find out who the murderer is and avenge Marvin.
It must be Austin. He did this. He murdered my son and let him rot here.
Marvin came here to hunt Austin. Now he's dead. It must be Austin who killed him. Austin, you filthy murderer.
I will personally hunt you down and kill you.
... ..."
The middle-aged man turned out to be Johnson, the uncle of Marvin and steward of the Sun Sect.
But the truth was that Marvin wasn't really Johnson's nephew. He was actually his son. Johnson cheated on his wife and had an affair with his sister-in-law. Marvin was then borne from that affair.
They were connected by blood. Therefore, Johnson swore to kill Austin and avenge his son. Nothing could quench his anger, except killing and spilling Austin's blood.
... ... ... ...
Back inside the tavern, Austin went up the stairs quickly and reached the second floor.
The first floor was used to accommodate the establishment's regular customers.
However, the second floor was different. It was decorated elegantly and exquisitely. Only those distinguished and rich customers could book a table on the second floor.
"Sir, what're you doing here? Each guest will be charged with 400 vital energy crystals even if you don't have a meal on the second floor," said a waiter to Austin.
He blocked Austin's way into the second floor. Austin was only wearing ordinary clothes and seemed to be nobody, or just an insignificant disciple from an unimportant sect.
Meals were extremely expensive in the Lotus Tavern, and those regular warriors couldn't even afford a meal here. However, some poor warriors would sometimes earn some money out of sheer luck and want to have a taste of the extravagant life inside the Lotus Tavern. They would book a table just to show off.
This waiter must have confused Austin with one of those poor warriors who suddenly got rich.
Anybody who booked a table on the second floor would be charged with 400 vital energy crystals, even if he hadn't ordered a meal.
However, when those poor warriors found out that the entry charge on the second floor was 400 vital energy crystals, they would reconsider and oftentimes would rather choose to dine on the first floor instead in order to save money.
Austin kept silent and waved his hand, throwing 1, 000 vital energy crystals at the waiter's face. He then continued his ascent towards the second floor without as much as a single glance on the dumbfounded waiter.
Sparkling vital energy crystals fell on the waiter's body hard. He winced as a sharp pain shot through his head. Then, the energy crystals were all over the floor.
The waiter glowered furiously at Austin's disappearing figure. Moments later, he silently swallowed the insult and humiliation. He stooped down to pick up the crystals.
After all, it was his fault for judging Austin based on his appearance and clothing. He was duped into thinking that he must be one of those poor people who couldn't afford a meal on the second floor. He had insulted one of his potential customers, and if a complaint was submitted to his boss, he might be punished.
Once Austin entered the second floor, a dozen pair of eyes stared straight at him.
All of the guests on the second floor were either renowned, wealthy or powerful, being cold, arrogant, cultivated, elegant or just indifferent to everything occurring around them. None of them seemed to belong to the lower class.
Austin sat at a table near the window facing the street outside.
He was waiting for a waiter to bring him the menu.
... ... ... ...
"Good morning, sir. What would you like to eat? All dishes offered by Lotus Tavern are cooked with the blood and flesh of high-grade diabolic beasts, seasoned with all kinds of fresh drugs and herbs. They are really tasty and nutritious meals. You'll feel refreshed and invigorated after eating our food here.
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