"Yes, yes, it was wonderful. How much am I paying?" Leon nodded his head repeatedly and asked.


    The boy smiled before saying.


    "The meat was from a wild beast that was hunted from the forest. It can strengthen one''s bones and increase their stamina if one eats enough, so the price for it is 3 silver coins. The wine costs 10 copper coins"


    Leon "..."


    He was stunned and could not help staring at the boy; he felt like his ears were ying tricks on him.


    It wasn''t that he was bothered by the ims of the boy about the effect of eating the meat, he knew that it was a marketing strategy and didn''t mind it since the meat was well prepared and delicious; he would not mind paying more, the issue was that…Everything wasn''t even up to five silver coins, how was he supposed to pay? All he had were gold coins!


    "Umm, is there a problem Mr?" The boy noticed Leon''s expression and immediately became nervous, thinking that Leon was about toin about the price. He hurriedly added.


    "You know the situation of the town these days, it''s difficult to get resources to keep the pavilion running with the attacks from the beasts and bandits. We pay a lot to get the meat to prepare, please don''t think the price is unreasonable"


    He bowed his head as he said.


    Leon''s expression turned strange.


    "That''s not it, it''s just…sigh, forget it. Here," Leon sighed and gave up on exining himself. He flickered his hand, and a single gold coin appeared in his hand before he discreetly ced it on the boy''s tray; only the boy saw it, and no one else noticed.


    The eyes of the boy trembled when he saw a gold coin suddenly appear in Leon''s hand, he was given a double shock.


    ''Storage ring, he''s a martial artist! And he''s giving me a gold coin!''


    The mind of the boy was about to explode, their pavilion would need to work for an entire month before they would be able to make a single gold coin. He didn''t expect this handsome man to be a martial artist and a generous one at that.


    His hands that were holding the tray trembled, he suddenly felt that it was too heavy because of the gold coin Leon had ced on it.


    "Shh, you can keep the rest" Leon shushed him and whispered with a small smile. The boy nodded his head vigorously before walking away with quick steps.


    After the boy left, Leon returned to eavesdropping on the soldiers; they were still chatting while drinking alcohol.


    "I heard that the town chief asked for help from the falcon sect and that they will arrive soon"


    "The falcon sect? The holynd of beauties? Damn, they had so many beautiful women there, we''ll get to see a top beauty soon"


    "Sigh, I wanted to go take a peek at the fairies of the falcon sect. Top beauties roam everywhere and seeing just their slender legs is like a blessing"


    "Sadly, they don''t allow men into their sect. All the good views are just wasting away, tks tks"


    " I long vowed to marry a disciple of the Falcon sect, maybe then I''ll be allowed in as an inw; please let me know when the experts from the Falcon sect arrive"


    " Get lost! Do you think you can get a powerful beauty with your frog face?"@@novelbin@@


    " Confidence is key"


    " Why don''t you open a treasure chest with that key then?"


    " Pff! Hahaha"


    Leon made a strange face at what he heard before shaking his head with a hidden smile. They were not wrong about what they were discussing; they were just not lucky enough to enjoy what they prayed for.


    He promised to enjoy as much as he could on their behalf.


    After listening to the discussion at various tables for more than an hour, Leon finally gathered useful information.


    It turned out that the beasts had the habit of attacking the town every two to three days and would alwayse at night. They usually came inrge numbers as if they had been provoked by something that was inside the town, and some would manage to enter the town at times.


    Rumors of ranked beasts being spotted had also been confirmed at times as the beasts could attack the town from different locations. Ranked beasts were beasts that were capable of using the natural Shi in the air to strengthen themselves; some of them were as powerful as top experts, while some were only a bit stronger than ordinary people but were able to rip iron with their ws and bite through hard walls.


    The highest-ranked monster currently was a rumored level 9 beast that no one had ever seen clearly before, and only its aura had been felt; it was as strong as the strong martial artists!


    As for the bandits, they usually attacked immediately after the beasts left or in the morning of the next day when the soldiers were tired and recuperating.


    Their numbers wererge and some even had martial artists apanying them.


    ''They said thest attack was two days ago, so the beasts should be attacking again tonight or the next if they follow the usual pattern, and the bandits will appear shortly after; we''ll be able to finish our mission quickly if this is really the case'' Leon thought to himself with a serious expression. Your next chapter awaits on empire


    He wondered who the martial artists who were supporting the bandits could be and concluded that they must be martial artists from the demon sect.


    After all, they had encountered a simr situation on their way here.


    ''That should be enough; I''ll go look somewhere else,'' Ivan thought to himself as he prepared to leave; he had spent a long time here.


    But just before he could leave, the door of the pavilion was pushed open with force and a group of people stormed in.


    Everyone''s attention was immediately drawn to this new group, they didn''t look like bandits.


    But Leon''s eyes still twitched when he saw the group of people standing at the door, he felt this setting was incredibly familiar.


    Standing in front was a young man who looked to be about 19 or 20 years old. He was dressed in expensive-looking brocade robes and had a goldence robe around his waist. His eyes were sharp, and his face filled with arrogance as he looked around the people in the ce.


    Behind him was a group of ten to eleven men in purple robes, and each of them was carrying sabers or swords as they guarded the young man in front.


    "Hmph, everyone, gets out; I want to eat here!" The young man stared at everyone for a while before snorting.


    Everyone immediately frowned. The tone of this young man was very arrogant, and he didn''t seem to have any regard for the people in the room; many of them were obviously older than him.


    "What do you mean by that? Didn''t youe to meet us here? Why should we leave for you?" A soldier got up and scolded the young man angrily.


    " How dare you raise your voice at our young master? Do you want to die?!" One of the purple-robed men behind the young man pointed hisrge saber at the soldier and shouted angrily.


    Leon''s eyes lit up from the side, he now knew why this setting looked so familiar.


    It was the ssic arrogant young master plot!


    "Are we there already?" he wondered as he nced at the soldier who was boiling with anger from being yelled at because he scolded a junior.