The waiter enthusiastically ushered Chen Nan and Xuan Qingniao to a spacious room on the top floor, and had hot water and food and drink prepared.
The ancient and elegant room also had a separate bathroom, living room, and bedroom.
It was very much like a high-end hotel suite on Earth.
"Two esteemed guests, please feel free to stay. If you need anything, just ask." The waiter's face was adorned with a chrysanthemum-like radiant smile, even though Chen Nan had only given him one divine stone.
However.
According to the housing prices in the Eastern Mulberry Kingdom.
One divine stone could fully purchase a large house in a prosperous area of the city.
"What do you want to do? Why are we two people sharing a room?" After the waiter left, Xuan Qingniao looked at Chen Nan with apprehension in her eyes.
Chen Nan: "What do you want to do?"
Xuan Qingniao snorted, "What do you mean, what do I want to do? It's me asking you, what do you want to do?"
Chen Nan nodded truthfully, "I want to do it!"
"Ah?" Xuan Qingniao was confused, "Do what?"
Chen Nan: "You!"
Xuan Qingniao immediately panicked, instinctively backing away, her eyes filled with deep unease, "Chen Nan, don't be like this. I'm not that kind of frivolous woman."
"I feel like we still lack some basic understanding between us, we can't do that!"
Chen Nan rolled his eyes.
It's not like they hadn't done it before.
Why was she still pretending to be pure?
Thinking of this, he cleared his throat and said, "Then I'll give you a simple self-introduction."
"Gender male, preference for females!"
Xuan Qingniao: "Is that all?"
Chen Nan retorted, "What else?"
"But..." Xuan Qingniao was speechless. Although Chen Nan had introduced himself, she felt like he hadn't said anything at all.
Knock, knock, knock!
Suddenly.
A knock on the door sounded, and Xuan Qingniao breathed a sigh of relief.
She quickly opened the door and saw several hotel staff members carrying buckets of hot water.
"Pour it into the wooden tub!" Chen Nan stopped his teasing and had the water poured into the large wooden tub, then gestured for Xuan Qingniao to bathe first.
Xuan Qingniao fled in disarray and hurried into the bathroom.
She was afraid of being devoured by Chen Nan.
Chen Nan, on the other hand, asked a staff member about the region's layout.
The Fourth Heaven had five countries.
They were the Eastern Mulberry, Western Ling, Northern Li, Southern Barren, and the Shang Qing Kingdom.
The five great nations lived in peace, and the people lived and worked in contentment.
He also wanted to inquire about cultivators.
But the other party was completely unaware.
Although he didn't get the information he wanted.
One thing was clear: there were very few cultivators in the Fourth Heaven.
Otherwise, ordinary people would surely know something about it.
"I won't think about it anymore. I'll take a bath first and relax!" Chen Nan got up and walked towards the bathroom, entering the wooden tub amidst Xuan Qingniao's surprised cry.
A moment later.
The sound of splashing water could be heard from the wooden tub.
It was the sound of water splashing against the tub.
An hour later.
Chen Nan, dressed in a white undergarment, walked out with renewed vigor.
He asked the waiter to bring the wine and dishes to the room.
A while later, Xuan Qingniao emerged with a flushed face, looking somewhat weak.
Although her expression was displeased.
Her eyes held a mixture of love and hate.
She wished she could just devour Chen Nan.
"Let's eat first, and then get a good night's sleep!" Chen Nan picked up the wine pot and poured two cups of wine.
Looking at the sumptuous dishes on the table, Xuan Qingniao said, "If I'm not mistaken, one divine stone can be exchanged for a lot of gold and silver, and could even buy a house in the Eastern Mulberry Kingdom."
Despite her words, she sat opposite Chen Nan and began to sample the dishes.
She lived in the Second Heaven.
It was rampant with demonic beasts and lacked material resources.
She had never tasted any delicacies.
The food before her was immensely satisfying to her taste buds.
"So what if it can buy a house? Can it compare to having meals provided three times a day and someone to clean the room?" Chen Nan took a sip of wine.
In the Third Heaven, he had people attack the demonic beasts' divine stone mines.
Now he had over a million divine stones in his possession.
Giving one away was like a drop in the ocean to him.
"What do we do next?" Xuan Qingniao couldn't help but ask.
Chen Nan: "Tomorrow I'll go to the medicinal herb store in the city."
Although cultivators were rare in the Eastern Mulberry Kingdom.
Chen Nan knew.
He might be able to gather information he wanted at the medicinal herb store.
After all.
Cultivators were rare in the Eastern Mulberry Kingdom, not non-existent.
Xuan Qingniao nodded slightly, "We do need to inquire about cultivators. Only from them can we find the whereabouts of the ancient gods and the entrance to the Fifth Heaven."
After dinner.
Chen Nan, full and satisfied, carried Xuan Qingniao in a princess embrace towards the bedroom.
"You're not going to do it again, are you?" Looking at Chen Nan's ardent gaze, Xuan Qingniao suddenly felt an inexplicable unease. She had only just recovered.
Who would have thought Chen Nan would be fully revived?
Chen Nan looked deeply at the blushing beauty in his arms, her eyes full of affection, "As long as you don't say stop, the dining room, the bedroom, I'm good with either!"
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The next day.
Chen Nan woke up first.
He didn't disturb Xuan Qingniao, nor did he have a so-called morning encounter.
After all, she was very tired last night.
After washing up, he went downstairs, had some breakfast, asked the waiter for a map of the Eastern Mulberry Kingdom's capital, and then went to a large medicinal herb store.
Regrettably.
The medicinal herb store had many herbs, but they were all limited to ordinary people.
Most of them were common medicinal herbs. Even if there were aged ones, they were at most a hundred years old.
There were no thousand-year or ten-thousand-year-old herbs at all.
Seeing Chen Nan's lack of interest, a staff member from the medicinal herb store asked, "Esteemed guest, what kind of medicinal herbs are you looking for? You can tell me your requirements, and even if we don't have them in stock, we can help you find them."
Chen Nan said, "I'm looking for thousand-year-old medicinal herbs."
He didn't mention ten-thousand-year-old ones, fearing he would scare the other party.
The staff member said politely, "We can help you find thousand-year-old medicinal herbs, but the price, well, it's a bit steep."
"Price is not an issue," Chen Nan said, "I need a thousand-year-old Lingzhi mushroom. How long will it take you to find it?"
In fact, he didn't need Lingzhi.
This was just a way to open the door between ordinary people and cultivators in the Eastern Mulberry Kingdom.
The staff member said, "How about this, you pay a deposit first, and pick it up in three days?"
"Alright." Chen Nan took out a divine stone, "This jade stone should be enough to buy a thousand-year-old Lingzhi, right?"
The staff member's eyes lit up, and he repeatedly said, "More than enough! Even a five-thousand-year-old Lingzhi would be more than enough!"
Chen Nan nodded slightly, "Then I'll take a five-thousand-year-old Lingzhi, and the rest is for you!"
The staff member was overjoyed and immediately gave Chen Nan a receipt, asking him to return in three days to collect the medicine.
Chen Nan left the herb store with the receipt.
Just then.
A little girl with a dusty face bumped into his arms, then kept apologizing.
Chen Nan didn't pay much attention to her, seeing that her clothes and appearance were like a beggar's.
But as soon as the little girl walked away, Chen Nan's expression changed.
The dozen or so divine stones in his embrace had vanished without a trace...
"Someone actually dared to steal from me?" Chen Nan laughed in anger. Could he possibly tolerate this?