"Shenyan, do you mind telling me how you were able to defeat those bandits from before?" Wang Lei suddenly asked him.
"W-What do you mean?" Shenyan did not know how to reply as he had no idea either.
"Hmm…"
"Well, if you don't want to say, that's okay, you can tell when you feel comfortable talking about it." Wang Lei said after a while of contemplating.
"No, it's not like I don't want to say, it's just that I don't know either— I only know that even though my cultivation realm didn't increase when I cultivate, my strength seems to increase as I can feel my constitution improving every time I cultivate for the last two years." Shenyan hurriedly replied seeing Wang Lei's expression.
"Hmm, that's strange," Wang Lei said after pondering and then he continued, "Well, your situation itself is strange, there hadn't been anyone who can't increase their cultivation despite being able to absorb spirit energy into their body."
Wang said after a while, "Anyway, it's good that we survived and that's all that matters at the end of the day."
"That's true." Shenyan also agreed.
"Well, let's go downstairs to order some food." Wang Lei suddenly said.
"Oh!" Shenyan's eyes began to sparkle with anticipation.
"Haha, I knew that you just can't wait to eat." Wang Lei laughed slightly as he teased Shenyan.
…
The two of them made their way downstairs since their room was on the second floor of the building and they sat around a table which was structured nicely despite the inn itself costing less money.
A while later, both Wang Lei and Shenyan looked through the menu and they were instantly shocked by the prices for some of the meals that they offer in this inn, and they started wondering how much it would take to eat in a real restaurant in the capital since this is only an inn.
After looking for a while, they decided to pick the cheapest food on the menu which cost only 5 gold coins each. Wang Lei could feel his heart hurting a little just thinking about how extravagant they were spending money the moment that they arrived in the capital.
Even Shenyan could tell that the food here were expensive and that one could go broke if they were careless in their spending of money in this capital city.
Although the reason why the food in the capital were expensive was that most of the dishes were made with spirit beast meat which most cultivator indulge themselves in buying as it improves one's constitution and aids in cultivation.
So, while it may appear to be expensive to common folks, to a cultivator, it was not expensive at all, in fact it was worth their money just to eat a dish made with spirit beast meat.
"Have you decided on your orders, esteemed guests?" The voice of a young lady resounded in both Wang Lei and Shenyan's ears and they both turned their head.
It was young girl with pretty appearance dressed in a maid outfit, she appears to be fifteen to sixteen years old, but her demeanor was that of a professional when she receives customers.
Wang Lei then replied, "Yes, we would like to make an order for these dishes, please." Wang Lei said as he pointed at the dishes on the menu.
"Understood, please wait for a few minutes, esteemed guests, your dishes will be ready by then." The young lady said with sweet smile on her pretty face before turning around and leaving to take care of their order.
After the young lady left to take care of their order, Wang Lei then spoke, "What do you want to do tomorrow, do you want us to look around the city some more since we have a few days before the academy registration?"
"I don't know, but I don't mind taking a look at the stalls in the capital city." Shenyan replied after a moment later.
"Stalls? I bet you just want to try those food stalls" Wang Lei guessed Shenyan's intentions.
"N-Not really, I am talking about seeing some weapon stores and check out some weapons that we can use." Shenyan hurriedly replied with an excuse.
"Really?" Wang Lei said while looking at Shenyan with a knowing look before suddenly saying, "Anyways, you're right about that… the recent event brought to my attention that we need weapons if we want to protect ourselves from now on."
…
A few minutes later, a waitress brought their ordered food to their table.
Shenyan looked at the food in front of him and could not help but drool before saying, "This is smells so good!"
"You're right, I hate to admit to it since we also sell food, but this food is well made— it has such rich aroma." Wang Lei also said a moment later.
Thus, the two of them proceeded to indulge in savoring their food. Shenyan especially was eating his food so savagely that he had drawn the attention of the people in the surrounding tables, and they gave him a strange look.
"Who are those brats?"
"I don't know, they probably live in this inn just like us."
"Are you sure about that, they look like bumpkins at a glance, I mean look at how the other brat is eating."
"Well, who are you to complain, when you purposely came to this inn since it was cheap."
"T-That's..."
"Enough you two, who cares who they were, everyone has their right to eat however they want, what does that have to do with you?"
"What! How dare you speak to me like that! Do you know who I am?!"
"Like hell I give a shit about who you are!"
"Y-You!"
…
Both Wang Lei and Shenyan heard the conversation between the individuals just now, but they did not bother to react to them at all since it does not matter what people think about them.
They were currently trying to register in the academy and bickering with some random people will only get them in trouble and they might miss their chance to take the examination.
Thus, they ignored them and continued eating their food in peace and after they finished eating, they called for the waitress to ask for the bill before paying for the food and heading to their rooms and proceeded to rest.
…
The following morning after cleaning up, they made their way to city. On their way, they visited some food stalls.
"Owner, can we get some skewers?"
"Sure, how many do you want?"
"Um…Give us six please?"
"Six? Alright, coming right up."
"Hmm, this meat is so tender, what kind of meat is this?" Shenyan asked after taking a bite at the meat skewer in his hand.
"Oh, you have good taste, young lad, the meat is from a wild boar that is almost a spirit beast." Owner was pleased as he hurriedly said.
"Oh." Shenyan was surprised by his response.
"Anyway, thank you for the meat, it was really delicious." Wang Lei suddenly thanked the owner of the stall.
"Haha, no need, no need, I should be the one thanking you instead." The owner was flattered as he waved his hand while replying.
After this, Shenyan and Wang Lei made their way towards another store as they decided to take a tour around the capital city for the next few days.