Wilderness: I Tame Beasts to Survive

Chapter 456: Chapter 303: Outsiders’ Recreation (2)

The streets were crowded and noisy, but orderly.

The vendors calling out their wares by the roadside didn’t encroach on the street, keeping their goods neatly arranged within the designated lines.

Han Ning also summoned Yin Yi, Egg Pancake, the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm, and Fei Lin from his Soul Beast Space. They promptly claimed their respective perches on their master: his head, his left and right shoulders, and the crook of his right arm.

The All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm, in particular, had transformed into a chubby cat. It clung to the top of his head with its front paws, its little head held high and its eyes wide and round.

"This place is pretty nice. Shuixiu City might not have the hustle and bustle of a metropolis in our Xia Country, but it has a very exotic charm," Lin Tianhe marveled, tilting his head back to look at the stone houses on either side, which rose and fell in continuous waves.

Before long, Hailian led the three of them to a vast, luxurious six-story building. Its facade was dotted with colorful starfish, and a menacing, light-purple octopus monster at least twenty meters tall stood guard at the entrance.

A clear pool had been built in front of the building, where many adorable sea creatures swam leisurely.

The building was surrounded by neatly trimmed, uniquely shaped, fiery-red plants. Numerous thumb-sized Shell Pearls were embedded among the leaves, emitting a warm glow.

The short green shrubs planted to the right of the entrance had been deliberately trimmed into the shape of two words.

"Jiaomeng?"

Judging by the name, this "hotel" was likely under the direct control of the Merfolk Sea Alliance.

A clerk with a catfish head, sitting behind the counter, spotted them entering. His eyes lit up as he greeted them, "Esteemed Beast Masters, are you looking for lodging?"

"Three deluxe rooms," Han Ning said. He had asked Hailian about it before they arrived; a room cost about 1,000 Shell Pearls, which wasn’t too expensive.

After paying for the rooms, the catfish-headed clerk produced three exquisite seashells from behind the counter and handed them over. He then waved over a pretty, tall Merfolk girl. "Xiaohu," he said, "please show these three esteemed guests to their rooms."

"Yes. This way, esteemed guests."

As the two of them followed the girl down the hotel’s ocean-themed corridor, Lin Tianhe nudged Han Ning’s arm with his elbow and whispered mysteriously, "Ah Ning, I swear I saw a flash of disappointment in Ah Yu’s eyes when you said you were booking three rooms."

"Huh? What nonsense are you talking about? Ah Yu’s eyes are hidden under the brim of her hat. You couldn’t see a damn thing."

"..."

While they were talking, the pretty girl led them to their destination. She stopped before a quaint doorway, pointed to three adjoining rooms, and said, "Esteemed guests, here you are. These are your three rooms."

"Got it. You can head back now."

"Yes, sir."

Han Ning pushed the door open and stepped inside onto a thick carpet, momentarily taken aback by the opulence of the room.

In the terms of his past life in a modern world, it was a duplex suite of over two hundred square meters.

Beautiful hides taken from some unknown creatures hung on the walls, which were made from an unfamiliar type of wood.

The intricate bed frame looked as if it were cast from vibrant, multicolored coral. On a small, white jade table sat a platter of fruits and vegetables.

Beyond that, there was a slightly smaller wooden door.

Pushing it open revealed a bedroom-sized chamber. In the center sat a large bathtub, big enough for three people to stretch out in comfortably. On the northern wall, adjacent to the tub but set slightly higher, were two black stone beast heads of a design Han Ning didn’t recognize. Below each head, a single word was carved in the Universal tongue: "Cold" and "Hot."

’Pretty high-end.’

Han Ning hadn’t expected this place to have running hot and cold water.

However, having seen all kinds of luxurious presidential suites online in his past life, Han Ning was only briefly surprised before he felt completely unfazed.

’I’ve seen my fair share of the world, after all,’ he thought to himself smugly.

Setting down his simple waist pouch, which held a change of clothes and other daily necessities, Han Ning casually picked a fresh fruit from the table. After taking a bite, he looked at the four little ones darting all over the room and asked, "Do you want to stay here, or come out and play with us?"

"Ling!" "CHIRP~" "MEOW!" "Eee!"

The All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm, in its fat cat form, expertly scrambled onto its master’s head and gently patted his face with its little pink paw pads, signaling that it also wanted to go out and play.

Yin Yi, who had transformed into a small sapling, zipped over in a flash and claimed Han Ning’s right shoulder.

A step too slow, Egg Pancake had to settle for his left shoulder.

As for the grown-up Fei Lin, she simply hugged Han Ning’s right arm, rubbing her ample chest against him again and again.

"By the way... Little Fatty Silkworm, why did you suddenly change back into a kitten? Weren’t you always a little she-dragon before?" Han Ning raised a hand to stroke the British Shorthair, which looked about seventy percent like Lan Qian had before she evolved.

"Meow, meow meow!!"

The All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm cried out pitifully. As it meowed, it pressed its little paw onto Egg Pancake’s head and gave it a rough scrub.

"Oh... so you’re saying Egg Pancake thought you were a ’fake’ little she-dragon, and that it wasn’t fun?"

"Meeew..."

"Alright... That kid Egg Pancake is getting pickier."

Laughing and joking with his Soul Beasts, Han Ning headed downstairs, surprised to find Ah Yu already waiting for them.

Before long, Lin Tianhe came clattering down the stairs in a hurry. He grabbed Han Ning’s shoulders, his voice filled with excitement.

"Hey, hey, Han Ning, did you see it? Tsk tsk, that bathroom, that tub... It’s so damn classy! I’m sleeping in there tonight."

’What kind of weirdo wants to sleep in a bathtub?’

"Seriously? I thought you’d seen the world. You’re letting a small bathroom conquer you?" Han Ning was inwardly amused.

"Hey! You have no idea how long it’s been since I’ve had a proper, comfortable bath! You know what it’s like in Night Nether City. If you don’t wear a Protective Suit, even your little bird is in danger!"

"Alright, alright, enough said. Let’s go find a place to eat!"

"CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP!"

"..."

「The sky gradually dimmed, leaving only the last vestiges of sunset in the west.」

The area surrounding the Jiaomeng Hotel was also filled with upscale establishments.

Countless bright yellow Shell Pearls hung from the eaves of the buildings, brilliantly illuminating the otherwise dim streets.

As night fell, Shuixiu became even more lively than it was during the day.

"Come and see, come and see! Freshly stewed sea conger eel, guaranteed to be juicy and delicious~"

"You two Beast Masters from the Exotic Realm! Come on up and have some fun! We’ve got girls from the Merfolk Race, girls from the Flower Forest and Zeyu Races, and even special Soul Beasts! They’re all guaranteed to be lively and fresh, to satisfy all your different tastes~"

"Attention all you theater lovers! Look over here! Tonight, our Mighty Theater Building is honored to present the famous star from Fengze City—Mr. Hai Mei—performing in the renowned play, ’Sea Overturning Chronicles’! Seats are limited, first come, first served!"

"How about that? The Merfolk Race has theater, too?" Lin Tianhe commented, standing before a protruding stone balcony and staring with great interest at the half-human, half-fish person on it.

"When a civilization develops to a certain point, it’s only natural for theater to emerge. People gather when they’re bored, they start chatting, and before you know it, something like this develops," Han Ning said, pulling an explanation out of thin air.

Listening to the hawkers’ cries from all trades and professions along the road, he felt as if he’d been transported back to one of the so-called "ancient town" commercial streets from his past life.

"Meow~!"

The All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm stood up on its hind legs on Han Ning’s head, its right paw pointing toward a stall that appeared to be selling hats.

To be precise, it was pointing at a purple-and-white, octopus-head hat at the stall.

"You want that?"

"Meow~"

It was just a small trinket, so Han Ning had no intention of denying the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm. He walked over to the stall and gestured for it to pick one out itself.

As he got closer, he realized they weren’t hats at all, but devices that looked very much like hats but were actually for diving.

The octopus-head shape was purely for aesthetics; the merchant had simply added an outer shell to make the diving apparatus look more appealing.

The only reason he recognized it as a diving apparatus was because of an introductory wooden plaque set up at the stall.

"’Equipped with the air-exchanging ability of flying fish gills. When diving, it automatically gathers gases from the seawater, allowing land-dwelling Races to breathe...’" Lin Tianhe read the words on the plaque aloud.

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