"What's happening?"
Leaning against the window, Qin Hai silently wondered.
"It seems like... a robbery?"
Qin Ning frowned.
"A robbery? What a joke!"
Qin Hai was even more surprised now.
These inns were specially built by the Bei Ming Empire as resting places for martial artists from other places. Who would be so bold as to dare to rob them?
"What should we do?"
Qin Hai cautiously said, "Let's go, okay? These people dare to rob here, which shows they are confident they can handle everything. It's not wise to stay here!"
"It's fine!"
Qin Ning waved his hand and said, "As long as they don't provoke us, it's fine. If they dare to provoke us, it will be hard for them to keep their lives!"
Seeing Qin Ning so confident, Qin Hai didn't say much more.
A creaking sound was heard at this moment, and the window of their room suddenly opened.
A small head appeared.
Big, round, intelligent eyes lit up as they looked inside. The innocent, joyful face, though dirty, still couldn't hide the delicate features beneath.
It was a little girl, about six or seven years old. When the window opened, she jumped in without any ceremony.
She wore ragged clothes, looking like a beggar child.
"Who are you, little one?"
Qin Hai asked cautiously.
"Me?" The little girl smiled sweetly and said, "My name is Ling Xiaofei!"
She wasn't scared at all, smiling as she said, "Two big brothers, someone is chasing me outside. They are bad guys. They want to use my blood to refine pills. Can the two big brothers let me stay here?"
Ling Xiaofei blinked, looking pitiful.
"No!"
"Yes!"
In an instant, Qin Hai and Qin Ning spoke in unison.
"Third Brother!" Qin Hai said with some worry, "This little girl's identity is unknown. She might even be a young miss from some family. Isn't it bad to let her hide here like this?"
"I know what Second Brother is worried about!"
Qin Ning smiled and said, "Whether those people are good or bad, we'll know if we just ask."
Hearing this, Qin Hai could only give a wry smile.
This Third Brother of his truly... feared neither heaven nor earth!
"Little one, hello, I'm Qin Ning!"
Qin Ning feigned innocence as he looked at the little girl in front of him.
Looking at him, anyone would feel he was like a kind older brother from next door.
"Brother Qin Ning, thank you!"
Ling Xiaofei giggled.
"No need, no need. When you see injustice, you draw your sword to help. Can you tell me where your home is?"
"Home?"
Hearing this, Ling Xiaofei's nose suddenly tingled, and tears streamed down.
"I don't have a home anymore. My parents were killed by them. I'm all alone!"
"Then what about your biological parents?" Qin Ning asked again.
"Huh, Brother Qin Ning, how do you know my biological parents weren't killed?"
Ling Xiaofei then asked in surprise, "Do you know my biological parents?"
"Know?"
Qin Ning shook his head, "Although I don't know them, I will definitely help you find them, but it might take a very long time."
"How long?"
"Short, a few decades; long, a few hundred years, or even... tens of thousands of years!"
When she heard this, the little girl's face turned pale.
"It's over!"
Sitting on the ground, the little girl said mournfully, "How can I live for so many years? I've seen all the old people in the village only live to over eighty before they pass away. By then, I'm afraid I'll have passed away too!"
"No, no? By then, maybe my parents will have also died of old age. They haven't even seen me, how can they recognize me!"
The little girl began to mumble, looking like a miniature old woman.
"That's impossible!"
Qin Ning then said, "As long as you're willing to follow Big Brother Qin Ning, I can take you to cultivate and help you find your parents!"
"Cultivate?"
The little girl then said, "Is it like this?"
Her hand waved, and suddenly a spiritual sea appeared in her palm.
"Spirit Sea Realm..."
Qin Hai was utterly astonished.
A girl only six or seven years old was already a powerful expert in the Spirit Sea Realm. Who would believe it if he told them?
Seeing this, Qin Ning's eyes flickered slightly, and his judgment became even more firm.
"Yes, that's exactly right!"
Qin Ning smiled and said, "You must have more than one spiritual sea, right?"
"Yes, yes!"
Ling Xiaofei smiled, stood up, and with a buzzing sound, circulated her entire body's energy. All nine spiritual seas appeared in her palm.
Qin Hai stiffened at this, almost falling to the ground.
"Ninth-level Spirit Sea Realm... this is..."
Qin Hai felt as if his worldview had completely collapsed since the day he was born.
"It's not the ninth-level Spirit Sea Realm!"
Qin Ning smiled and said, "This little girl can indeed condense nine spiritual seas, but she doesn't know how to control them. How interesting. I never expected to meet... a descendant of the Nine Nether Vermilion Bird..."
Nine Nether Vermilion Bird? What was that?
Qin Hai felt that his third brother was becoming more and more unfathomable.
Just then, the commotion outside grew louder and louder. Before everyone could compose themselves and rest, some of the weaker individuals were dragged straight out.
At this moment, among the hundreds of masked figures, the two leaders, whose auras were profound, were both powerful experts in the Spirit Sea Realm.
"Big Brother, almost everyone here has been captured, but three rooms haven't opened their doors!"
"Huh?"
The large man in black frowned tightly.
"Then force them to open the doors! We must find that girl!"
The man snorted again and said, "This time we're posing as bandits, which has violated the laws of the Beiming Empire. This is a capital offense. If we don't catch the person, then all of us brothers will be finished!"
"Understood!"
Immediately, over a dozen people split into three groups and climbed to the second floor of the inn.
Bang bang...
But at this moment, in a room on the left side of the second floor, the door opened, and several men in black, unable to resist, were beaten to death and thrown out of the room.
"Which blind fool dares to disturb this young master's peaceful cultivation?"
From inside the room, a figure stepped out.
He wore purple robes, had a fair face, and an air of frivolity, giving off the impression of a pampered young master.
"Don't you see the seal of the Qi Family from Tianshui Commandery?"
The young man stretched, glanced downwards, yawned, and said, "Robbers? You dare to rob an inn in the Beiming Empire? You truly have no fear of death!"
"While this young master isn't angry yet, quickly scram!"
The Qi Family of Tianshui Commandery!
Hearing that name, the leader's eyes subtly changed.
The leader in black immediately cupped his hands and said, "I unintentionally disturbed Young Master's rest. May I ask which esteemed member of the Qi Family Young Master is?"
"You don't believe me?"
The young man in purple patted his shoulder and said, "Qi Hao of the Qi Family!"
As soon as this was said, the man in black trembled slightly.
Tianshui Commandery was a commandery of the Beiming Empire with a population of tens of millions, very famous throughout the entire Beiming Empire.
The Qi Family was even more renowned.
It was said that