Why do I have so many masters?

Fufeng, Xi Dingzhou.

Outside Guangfeng City.

This county city was extremely close to the State City of Xi Dingzhou, guarded on one side, its prosperity although inferior to that of the state and county cities, was unmatched by other county cities, covering a vast area with an endless stream of traveling merchants.

Even in the cold winter days, on the roads there were many travelers, some hurrying along all by themselves, others calling friends to form merchant convoys.

It was precisely because of this that Guangfeng City had quite a number of inns, with as many as three stations outside the city.

The newest of these stations was several zhang high, with seven floors, decorated with luxurious and elegantly, unlike a typical station outside the city, more like an inn specially prepared for prestigious guests, with numerous guest rooms which could accommodate a large merchant convoy of a hundred people.

But today, the guest rooms of this station had already been fully reserved by someone.

Only the first floor was still entertaining guests, providing meals and meat dishes.

The sky was quite gloomy.

From the east side of the official road, two majestic horses, one black and one white, both tall and mighty with not a single stray hair on their bodies, came charging. The two young men sitting atop them, dressed in blue attire, urged the horses with a crack of their whips.

As the horses galloped, their hooves kicked up waves of dust, reaching the spot in the blink of an eye. The young man on the horse raised his hand to pull the reins, and the two strong horses reared up, neighing like dragons, their presence quite intimidating.

In front of the station, the shopkeeper had already been waiting, with a warm and cordial smile on his face. As soon as the horses’ hooves hit the solid ground, he walked forward with a smile and said:

"Forgive the intrusion."

"Are you two the young heroes from Immortal Pavilion?"

The person riding the black horse, who was quite composed, dismounted and said with a salute:

"Indeed we are. I wonder if the shopkeeper has prepared the best rooms?"

"Our Great Elder is well into his years, but he still takes these matters very seriously. We cannot afford any mistakes."

The shopkeeper replied with repeated grins, "Rest assured, young hero, rest assured."

"The best rooms have already been prepared. If you feel tired, we have prepared hot water for soaking feet with good medicine; if you want to eat something, the cooks are ready in the back, and everything can be ready in a moment."

"We will not disappoint you."

"Good."

The young man nodded in satisfaction, pulled out a piece of silver from his bosom, and tossed it casually.

The shopkeeper of this station, tall and dressed in a thick cotton-padded jacket, looked like a black bear standing on its hind legs, yet was quite agile, catching the piece of silver steadily with his hand.

Some attendants naturally came to lead the young men’s horses to the stables while the shopkeeper guided the two men inside.

Just as they walked into the hall on the first floor, the two young men paused in their steps. The leader furrowed his brow, looked around the hall, and saw that there were quite a few diners drinking and eating, their voices quite noisy.

Feeling displeased, he looked at the shopkeeper, who had also stopped and turned to look at him, and said:

"Shopkeeper, it seems that I’ve sent someone ahead to reserve the station for today, haven’t I?"

"What is the meaning of this?"

The shopkeeper chuckled, rubbing his hands somewhat sheepishly, and said:

"Young hero, earlier you indeed sent someone to pay the silver, not a coin short, but that was only for reserving the rooms of this station. The hall was not included."

"After all, I need to do some business as well, don’t I?"

"I hope the young hero can understand, understand, haha..."

The shopkeeper laughed dryly.

The young man’s frown deepened.

The Great Elder of Immortal Pavilion was already quite old, but his temperament had not become more amiable; instead, it had become more peculiar, and he hated noisy sounds the most. That’s why he had sent disciples nearby ahead of time to reserve all the rooms at this station.

He did not want these trivial matters to irritate the Great Elder.

At this moment, the din from the traveling merchants and affluent guests in the hall was incessant.

If the Great Elder came, he would surely be displeased.

Even considering the Sect’s reputation and his own face, he wouldn’t make a scene on the spot, but it would certainly leave a very bad impression of him in the Elder’s heart. Later, if he wanted to be reassigned back to the Sect to learn advanced martial arts, the difficulty would increase more than just a little.

With this thought in mind, the young man suppressed a pang of pain and took out another ingot of silver from his bosom, throwing it to the shopkeeper and said in a deep voice:

"I’m also reserving the hall, have them leave quickly."

"Is there any problem with that?"

The shopkeeper smiled warmly, shaking his head repeatedly:

"No problem, no problem... how could there be any problems?"

"Waiters, waiters, come here!"

While carefully wiping the piece of silver with the sleeve of his own clothing, he waved and called over a few waiters, whispering in their ears.

A moment later, those waiters went to explain to the diners at their tables. Considering that the two young men were from a prestigious Sect in Jianghu, although the diners grumbled a couple of sentences, they didn’t say much and left one by one.

The hall was immediately much quieter and more spacious.

The young man nodded in satisfaction.

After a quarter of an hour, a plain carriage stopped in front of the station, and an old man with white hair walked out, followed by three middle-aged men and more than a dozen young men and women in blue clothes, pouring into the inn in a grand and imposing manner.

By then, the diners in the hall had almost all left, except for one person who seemed a bit drunk and was a little slow in his movements.

The two young men quickly walked forward, saluting the four leading people, saying: