This inn was very large.

It wasn’t built like an ordinary tavern, but looked more like a courtyard complex, covering an extremely wide area. The innkeeper led Zanxing and the other person into the courtyard. Apart from the occasional guests being led in by serving girls, they saw no other people—the privacy was excellent.

After winding around countless twists and turns, the innkeeper stopped before a large gate and smiled: “Here is ‘Guihai Blessed Land.'”

From the outside, this looked like an independent residence, so ordinary that it was almost excessively plain. Zanxing looked at the innkeeper with some hesitation: “This is it?” They weren’t being swindled, were they?

The innkeeper covered her lips and laughed, gently pushing the two of them inside: “The guests will understand once they go in.”

The courtyard gate opened with a “creak,” and a strange fragrance wafted out from within.

This was indeed a courtyard, looking very spacious—so spacious that in front of the house facing the courtyard gate, there was even room for a snow-white hot spring pool. The pool water bubbled with hot steam, scattered with various flower petals on the surface. Colorful lanterns adorned the four corners, and the water rippled with shimmering light. It could be said to be quite atmospheric indeed.

Gu Baiying gripped his Embroidered Bone spear tightly and reminded Zanxing, “There are soundproofing talismans posted on all four sides. Be careful of danger…” Before he could finish speaking, he saw Zanxing cheer and run toward the swing bed under the tree in the courtyard.

She touched the edge of the swing bed and said to Gu Baiying in amazement: “There’s this kind of bed here! How thoughtful!”

Gu Baiying: “……”

Rather than calling it a swing bed, it was more like a hanging bed. The bedding was laid very softly, with light pink gauze curtains. If one ignored the faint bloody handprints on it, using heaven and earth as seats with a hot spring pool as company, and soundproofing talismans around so others couldn’t hear… couples who loved excitement would probably really enjoy this.

Gu Baiying paused: “Maybe we should just forget about it.”

The next moment, Zanxing had already pulled his hand to go inside: “We’ve already paid. How can we just forget about it? Let’s go in and take a look.”

She couldn’t wait to visit all the novel places in Duzhou. Having found such an interesting place, how could she not go in and see?

Once inside the room, that sweet fragrant smell became even more intense.

Not far from the entrance stood a huge black cage. Inside the cage were thick iron chains. Upon seeing this, Gu Baiying immediately pulled Zanxing behind him: “Be careful! This place is strange.”

Zanxing interrupted him, her eyes bright: “This must be the demon clan’s handiwork.”

Only the demon clan would have such bold creativity.

Gu Baiying looked at her incredulously: “Yang Zanxing, don’t you think it’s strange? There’s such a big cage in this room with chains inside. Someone might have been imprisoned here before.”

Zanxing made a couple of “mm-hmm” sounds and spoke carelessly: “If you like, you could be imprisoned tonight too.”

Gu Baiying frowned: “What do you mean?”

Zanxing sighed: “You’d better stop talking.”

Going further inside, they discovered there were many things in this room. Water mirrors hung on all four walls, so they could see their reflections in the mirrors at any time. On the table was a large stack of colorful booklets. Gu Baiying glanced at them and immediately threw them away, his face suddenly flushing red to his ears.

Zanxing was still puzzled: “But why is there no bed here?”

There were quite a few odds and ends in this room, but it was missing a bed.

Could it be that the swing in the courtyard was the only bed?

As Zanxing was thinking, her attention was drawn to something on the screen.

This screen was very long, with different patterns painted on each panel, and two pieces of clothing draped over each panel. There were Daoist robes and cool skirts, with the pattern below showing an abbey master and a demon woman. There were phoenix robes embroidered with phoenixes and a general’s armor, with the screen below painted with an empress and a military officer. There were also actors and princes, consorts and civil officials, widows and wanderers… The brush strokes were as ethereal as the scenes were bold.

When Gu Baiying came to look, his expression immediately changed slightly. With a flick of his Embroidered Bone spear, he hooked a piece of clothing from the screen onto his spear tip, firmly covering the entire screen.

Zanxing: “…What are you doing?”

He avoided Zanxing’s gaze and said calmly, “This place is strange. I think we should change to another inn.”

Zanxing had a headache. Looking at the piece of clothing he had covered the screen with, she suddenly froze: “This is wedding attire?”

As soon as these words were spoken, the surroundings suddenly changed. In just a moment, this strange room was decorated with lanterns and festoons, with large red “double happiness” characters pasted everywhere. In the very center was placed an extremely large and wide soft bed, with bedding also in festive red. Before a small table were piled eight-treasure longan, and there was also a pot of acacia wine.

And Gu Baiying was right before her eyes, wearing bright red wedding robes, staring at her in surprise: “You…”

Without knowing when, her clothing had also changed into a bright red wedding dress. It was exquisitely embroidered with gorgeous patterns, making her shine like a bride about to be married.

“I understand now!” Zanxing suddenly realized. “Whatever clothing is chosen from this screen, the room will transform into the corresponding scenery.”

No wonder the innkeeper had said, “In other rooms, each room only has one type of scenery, but Guihai Blessed Land is different. Inside the room, there are also multiple choices. Guests can choose whichever type they prefer…”

So this was a choose-your-own-theme setup!

As if to confirm her words, that long screen suddenly disappeared, becoming a colored painting showing a person sitting properly before a bridal chamber bed, with four characters written above: “Wedding Night.”

This theme was the wedding night theme!

Gu Baiying stared at her in a daze.

Zanxing always loved to wear green dresses, like her own temperament—gentle yet resilient. This was the first time I had seen her in such brilliant red. She was naturally bright and radiant, usually too lazy to deliberately dress up. But the bright red wedding dress made her particularly enchanting.

The sound of the Jiexin Bell rang out crisply.

Zanxing stared at him thoughtfully.

Gu Baiying’s appearance need not be mentioned—whether among the human or demon clans, he ranked among the most handsome. Now that he had grown older, his temperament was not as reckless as before, yet this vivid color brought out all the spirited energy in his bones, just like the bright young man with red lips and white teeth that Zanxing had first met years ago.

Silk curtains with flying phoenixes, red candles burning bright.

Zanxing heard the sound of her heartbeat, beating intensely. She stepped forward and called Gu Baiying’s name in a low voice: “Gu Baiying.”

Gu Baiying’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he instinctively stepped back.

Speaking of it, Zanxing and Gu Baiying had been together for some time now. However, during their time traveling together, Gu Baiying had maintained proper etiquette with her. It wasn’t that there hadn’t been moments when emotions got carried away, but whenever the atmosphere became dangerous, this person would immediately sober up and pull away, as if he kept male virtue constantly in his heart.

So much so that Zanxing was often mocked by Bujiang for having grown so old without ever dual cultivating with anyone.