My timeless tavern

Chapter 48 The Heart of the Dryad
As Yan Chixia entered the door, Nie Xiaoqian who was not far away quickly stood up and came over.

Seeing her, Yan Chixia became embarrassed.

He coughed dryly and handed out the scroll in his left hand: "Miss Nie, I rushed to the town overnight to find this from the painter's house."

Nie Xiaoqian took it with both hands and was about to say thank you when she heard Yan Chixia speak again.

"But that tree demon was really vicious. Seeing that it was no match for me, it actually killed all the demons controlled by it and spread their ashes."

Su Luo looked at Yan Chixia in astonishment and saw that her dark face turned faintly red.

He looked at Nie Xiaoqian again.

This pitiful female ghost was also stunned at this moment.

After a long while, she said in a trembling voice: "Can't I go back?"

"It's just not easy to be reincarnated." Yan Chixia said.

"What do you mean?" Serena, who was following, was curious.

"People have human registrations, and ghosts have ghost registrations. If the bones cannot be buried as memorials, they will not be able to obtain ghost registrations and thus gain the path to reincarnation," Yan Chixia explained. "If you live outside like this, you will become a lonely ghost."

Seeing Nie Xiaoqian's disappointed look, he comforted her: "But there is no way to solve it. As the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind. When I go back, I will find a ghost messenger to inquire about it, and I will definitely help Miss Nie get a ghost certificate."

At this point, he changed the subject: "Before that, Miss Nie can stay in the painting."

Su Luo listened to the conversation of several people and felt that he had learned a lot.

It turns out that ghosts are just like people. If they don’t have a house, they can’t settle down, so they become lonely ghosts like those drifting north and Shanghai.

No wonder ghosts are called Ah Piao!

But people have a collective household registration, and ghosts probably have a similar approach.

"It's hard to be a human being or a ghost." He sighed secretly.

"Excuse me, Master Yan." Nie Xiaoqian finally came to her senses.

"Just don't blame me." Yan Chixia said awkwardly.

Nie Xiaoqian shook her head, suddenly turned her gaze to Su Luo, and asked tentatively: "Sir, I have nowhere to go now, can I stay in the tavern."

It's not that she really has nowhere to go, it's just that now she's a lonely ghost in the original world, and some passing master might just kill her.

Or being kidnapped by other evil spirits, the situation may be worse than being coerced by the tree demon grandma.

Seeing that Su Luo didn't speak, Nie Xiaoqian hurriedly said: "I can help you bring tea and water, clean the room, and receive guests..."

If Serena hadn't heard that there was a princess who always wanted to sleep with Su Luo but was rejected, she would have wanted to commit herself to her.

This gentleman is young, handsome, mysterious, powerful, and has a good temper. Being able to be a maid to his wife is a blessing he has cultivated over many lifetimes.

As early as when she was rescued by Su Luo from Yan Chixia's sword, Nie Xiaoqian had a crush on this mysterious shopkeeper.

It's just that she felt that a princess would inevitably feel inferior after being rejected, and she was worried that speaking out would offend the other party, so she didn't dare to say anything and just looked at Su Luo helplessly.

Yan Chixia also looked at Su Luo and hesitated to speak.

He felt that he had poked the basket himself. If he had been more careful, he would not have let the tree demon raise his ashes before he died.

But it is quite troublesome to protect this female ghost outside. The best way is to let her stay here.

Serena also looked at Su Luo expectantly.

Because of her own inhuman experience, she got along very well with this new friend and didn't want to see anything unexpected happen to the other person.

With the expectant looks of the three of them on his face, Su Luo pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's fine."

He raised his hand and pointed to the wall near the corner of the tavern, and the scroll in Yan Chixia's hand flew out and hung on the wall.

Nie Xiaoqian quickly thanked her.

Yan Chixia and Serena also breathed a sigh of relief.

"I will definitely clean this place..."

Nie Xiaoqian was interrupted by Su Luo when she was halfway through her words: "No need to go to such trouble."

"You stay here temporarily," he continued. "In exchange, you can pay attention to whether any new guests arrive, and just notify me in time." Nie Xiaoqian quickly agreed.

Su Luo wanted to take the opportunity to see how this female ghost behaved.

If she is diligent and conscientious, it would be good to be a full-time night shift waiter in the future.

Anyway, the price he paid was just the tip of the wall.

……

Seeing that Nie Xiaoqian was allowed to stay in the tavern, Yan Chixia secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, he remembered that there was still something serious to do.

"I just killed the thousand-year-old tree demon. This is the body it left behind. Can it be exchanged for space-time coins?" Yan Chixia pointed to the tree stump on the table.

Su Luo nodded and ordered the tavern to start testing the value.

[Five hundred years of Taoism, worth 12500 space-time coins. 】

[Heart of the Dryad (one-time use), worth 20000 space-time coins. 】

Seeing this result, Yan Chixia smiled.

This harvest has exceeded his expectations.

Su Luo also nodded secretly, and combined with his experience in handling other corpses in the past few days, reminded: "Next time after you kill the demon, remember to bring it to the tavern as soon as possible, otherwise the value will be greatly reduced."

Just like the corpses of the ancestors of vampires and werewolves that Serena brought earlier, because the blood has lost activity for too long, only its blood can be obtained, and the blood cannot be sold again.

In addition, Su Luo was a little surprised that Grandma Dryad was known as a thousand-year-old tree demon, but only had 500 years of Taoism.

It was past midnight.

Today’s wine list has been refreshed.

Yan Chixia turned to look at the wine list.

After careful consideration, he only spent 12500 space-time coins to purchase the five hundred years of Taoism.

After adding eight hundred years of Taoism in just a few days, he was afraid that his foundation would be unstable, so he planned to digest it for a while before looking at it.

Even so, he still had more than 50,000 space-time coins left, which made Serena on the side jealous.

Seeing him happily walking out of the tavern holding a wine glass, Serena couldn't help but cast her eyes on the only limited-edition wine made from the heart of the dryad.

[Tree Demon’s Heart Wine, worth 20000 space-time coins. 】

When she saw the effect of this glass of wine, the expression of the former female vampire became particularly strange.

He could understand adding five hundred years of Taoism and one thousand years of life, but what did this gender reversal mean?
She glanced at Su Luo secretly, wondering if Mr. Su had any special hobbies?

Su Luo could see clearly and could vaguely sense Serena's emotions.

His face was expressionless, but his heart was screaming for injustice.

That Dryad Grandma is sometimes a boy or a girl, and she is a hermaphrodite. What does her body brewing this kind of wine have to do with me?
……

The next morning.

Su Luo washed up and went downstairs with his hands behind his back.

He was slightly surprised to see that the tavern had been cleaned, even the wine on the wine racks had been sorted, and the whole tavern was a little brighter.

He glanced at the hanging painting in the corner and wondered if it was an illusion. The person in the painting seemed to be smiling at him.

Su Luo nodded towards the portrait.

He could put things in their place in the tavern, but he couldn't organize them so pleasingly.

As expected, I am not good at doing housework.

When he walked to the bar, he first made himself tea. During this period, the portrait shook slightly, as if he was peeking.

Su Luo didn't think much about it. When the tea soup turned golden, he took a sip and then slowly opened the door of the tavern.

(End of this chapter)