Shen Tianyu turned back around and looked around her at the various shops lining the street . "We should look for an inn to stay in for the night . " She said as she went to ask around . Luo Shue and Rong Jian followed her lead .

Ling Le town was a middle-sized town separated into four districts . The district in front of the South gate the three had just gone through was the Shopping District, lined with shops and stores . Further East is where the inns for travelers are located . To the West, is where the residences of the city and the City Lord reside . The "Flower District" is mainly situated in the East with some brothels in the West . At the other end of the town, situated in front of the North Gate is another s.p.a.ce belonging to the shopping district .

The three arrived in the East where the inns were situated . Along the way, some people recommended some inns or cautioned which inns ripped off customers while some other people offered to lead them to a particular inn after advertising it to them, most likely residents hired to pull customers .

"The people of this town are nice . They haven't completely shed the kindness and naivety of a quaint little village . This town should be pretty new . The City Lord is amazing to design the districts in such a way, how admirable . " Shen Tianyu commented . 'With the way the shopping districts are arranged, there is a higher likelihood of earning more money . The excitement of coming to a new town might compel others to buy things right of the bat, making the location of the shopping districts a strategic move . And the citizen residences are separated from the inns for visitors so the citizens won't be troubled by delinquent customers and the like . In addition, the City Lord lives in the Residential District so if anything happens, the first to be protected will be the residents, as it should be . The Flower District is also placed strategically to earn money . I would certainly like to meet this City Lord who has a good head on his shoulders . '

"Which inn should we stay in?" Rong Jian's question pulled shen Tianyu out of her thoughts .

"Hmm . . . We probably shouldn't choose the ones that were pulling customers . If their business was doing well, there would be no need to hire someone to pull customers . A second-rate inn should be fine, we just need a place to sleep, after all . " Shen Tianyu answered . 'And first-rate inns usually have obnoxious rich kids that I don't want to deal with because they're annoying . ' She didn't say her last thought .

After choosing an inn and paying for two rooms for the night, the sun still had yet to set . The three went back to the shopping district in front of the South gate to look around .

"I didn't pay much attention to the shops before but some of them are selling pretty good stuff . " Luo Shue commented as she looked around .

"Shue'er, is there any herbs or anything you need? We need to make sure our healer always has enough stock . " Shen Tianyu asked Luo Shue .

"There's nothing I particularly need . I haven't started running out of anything since we didn't use much of anything . But Miss, are you sure you should be wondering around here? Shouldn't you be trying to have your breakthrough?" Luo Shue replied and asked another question .

The fights in the Forest of Death have indeed served as good training ans Shen Tianyu had been about to make a breakthrough . But because the miasma in the Forest sucks in spiritual power, she couldn't have a breakthrough so the three had hurried out of the Forest . Though, thanks to Luo Shue, they didn't loose much spiritual power on their journey . Luo Shue had broken through not too long ago before they entered the Forest so she wasn't on the verge of a breakthrough like Shen Tianyu was . In addition, Luo Shue's cultivation talent was low .

"It's fine, it's fine . You need an opportunity to break through . Now that I don't have to worry about getting my spiritual power sucked out, I just need to wait for the right opportunity . " Shen Tianyu replied offhandedly . "There's nothing I particularly need to buy, how about you, Rong Jian?" She returned to the topic at hand .

"Hm? There's nothing I need either . " Rong Jian said . "Aren't women supposed to have more to buy? If your worried about money, I can help pay . " He said, remembering his mother and sister .

"How rude . Not always . Besides, I don't like wasting money on useless things or things I'll only use a few times before it's thrown away . Better to save that money or use it to buy more meaningful things, like food . " Shen Tianyu countered .

"I follow in Miss's logic . " Luo Shue nodded .

In the evening, the three returned to their selected inn with nothing else in hand . Ling Le town wasn't a big town after all, there wasn't much of value to a prince, a courtesan from a capital city or a doctor .

The next morning, the three set out again . There wasn't much to see in this little town . Incidentally, right after they got out of the town . . .

"Someone's following us . " Shen Tianyu warned . "Sigh . . . so troublesome . Can't they see we don't have anything? Why are they wasting their time . . . When did bandits become so stupid?" She lamented .

"Miss, what should we do?" Luo Shue asked from right beside her .

"Let them follow . We don't have any specific destination anyways so there's no harm . We don't know if they're residents form Ling Le city either . If we hurt them so close to the city, we could be the ones in trouble . " Tianyu replied .

"Even though, they were following us?" Rong Jian furrowed his brow .

"It certainly is suspicious, but there's no proof they've caused any harm yet . Besides, who would you believe: your family or some strangers?" Tianyu retorted . "If worse comes to worse, we always have my darling fiancee . " She smiled at him .