The Innkeeper

Chapter 1255 Difficult decisions

Lex was about to return to the Midnight Inn when he sensed a gaze fall on him. If someone even as much as thought about him within 100 miles of his body, Lex would be able to sense, which is why it was so easy for him to detect someone looking at him.

Much more than that, Lex even sensed the emotions within the gaze. They were filled with curiosity, but much more than that, they were filled with a competitive spirit.

”How was it? Did you find what you were looking for?” Lex asked, even before Giselle revealed herself.

”Unfortunately not,” said the ballerina, without divulging that he was responsible for that failure. Even then, Lex could easily surmise what had happened.

”If you donʼt mind me asking, is there something specific that youʼre hoping to achieve by finding such obscure treasures? Maybe I can help you out.”

Giselle shook her head.

”Not everyone can go through a bunch of tribulations on a whim like you,” she said with a hint of accusation. ”Some of us need to work hard to grow stronger to face our future tribulations.”

Lex snorted, not believing her at all. But then again, it was true that not everyone had as easy access to treasures as he did.

”Iʼm kidding. I just have a challenge coming up that Iʼm preparing for. Some of the treasures Iʼm searching for are to buy others help, while some of them are to genuinely aid my own growth. This place, for all the valuable treasures it still holds, no longer has what I need, so I was thinking of leaving. Do you have a way out of here?”

”Iʼm just going back to the Midnight Inn. Why donʼt you use the Inn as well?”

”Iʼve already used the Innʼs privilege to travel to another planet. I canʼt use it for a few more years. If I have to spend time in some place, I might as well spend it here. At least I donʼt need to pay rent.”

Lex let out an amused chuckle.

”Trust me, you can use the privilege again. Itʼs been a lot more than ten years since you probably last used your ability - at least within the Inn.”

Lex held out a golden key for her, but she produced one of her own and left. A moment later, Lex also left.

He didnʼt know how much time he had before Lilith sent word, so he had to recover as much as possible. The faster time flow of the Midnight Inn was perfect for that - not to mention that he needed to check up on some things.

Giselle, who returned to the Inn after years, was stunned the moment she returned. It was not just the World Eater in the sky that shocked her, or the exceptionally nourishing spiritual energy, tinged with elements that she could not find anywhere else, it was because she could feel the faster flow of time.

This was definitely not the case the last time she was here. Giselle had been to her fair share of other realms, and generally speaking, the flow of time was slower, not faster than the Origin realm.

The flow of time was usually determined by the size and maturity of a realm, but even then, lately there had been fewer and fewer realms with faster flows of time. It was like there was a universal trend for realms to reach a flow of time closer to the Origin realm.

In fact, the ongoing trend was to reach an even slower flow of time than that, as the flow of time even in the Origin realm was steadily slowing down. It was just that such a process occurred over a few million years, which is why it was not noticeable right now.

Giselle knew a few things that most in her realm did not - mainly concerning the ongoing realm wars which were wreaking havoc across the universe. The fact that the Innkeeper was so openly displaying a realm with a faster flow of time was a blatant challenge to some immensely powerful entities.

She felt afraid. Spending even a second here was incredibly dangerous. She wanted to immediately use her privilege to escape this place and teleport to another planet. At the same time, she was immensely tempted. The faster flow of time would not only aid in her cultivation, it could rapidly increase her understanding of her affinity with time.

She dared not directly peer into the secrets of the law of time, but developing her affinity and letting the natural influence her affinity allowed her over time should not be a problem. She was caught between two immensely critical decisions.

Ultimately, her thoughts went to Lex, and his overwhelming performance within the Trial of Eternity. Even though, on a universal scale, he was still incredibly weak, she had to admit that even the top most forces of the universe might have trouble making someone that powerful.

Of course, she herself did not count. She was an exception due to her unique circumstances, and was more than certain that if she went all out she could go toe to toe with Lex. But when she considered that he had only just entered the immortal realm, she felt slightly inferior.

She clenched her fists and directly went to rent out a Meditation room of the highest level.

At the same time, Lex walked into his personal Meditation room, and looked at the giant, slumbering dragon there.

Pelvailin, or rather Pel. Jr. was wearing the Midnight Inn uniform - meaning that the massive dragon was wearing a suit. This was not an aesthetic thing, though Lex had to admit that the dragon looked quite dashing. Instead, the purpose of the suit was solely to help the soul trapped within the body to be able to move the body.

In the distance, Geeves was standing on a stepladder, hand-stitching something near the tail of the dragon. Lex ignored him, appeared near the head of the dragon, and gently laid out the cultivation mat he had received as a gift, before sitting down.

It was time for his first cultivation session as an immortal.